California FIrst State Mandating Adult Vaccines

Published July 13, 2015, filed under HEALTH, Tyranny

Is California becoming a medical police state?

Contributed to TLB by: Health Impact News and Vaccine Impact

Editor Comments:

In a brazen act of medical tyranny, California recently became the first state in the U.S. to remove religious exemptions to those opposing vaccines for their children. The bill now signed into law, SB277, faces legal hurdles in court next.
Now, legislators in California want to pass the “first US adult vaccine mandate with NO personal exemptions and CRIMINAL penalties for failure to comply.” SB 792, would eliminate an adult’s right to exempt themselves from one, some, or all vaccines, a risk-laden medical procedure.
Will California soon become a medical police state?

URGENT ACTION ALERT Monday July 13, 2015

SB792- The first US adult vaccine mandate with NO personal exemptions (only medical exemptions approved by a doctor and defined by the bill) and CRIMINAL penalties for failure to comply will be heard in the California Assembly Human Services Committee this Tuesday July 14th at 1:30 in Room 437.
SB 792 would eliminate an adult’s right to exempt themselves from one, some, or all vaccines, a risk-laden medical procedure. This bill would make California the first state to require mandated vaccinations for all childcare workers, including all private and public school early childhood education programs (Headstart, Private preK and preschools), family daycares, and daycare centers.

Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed at a family day care home if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. An employee shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year.

This bill eliminates medical autonomy, crushes religious freedom, undermines personal freedom, and burdens quality providers with a non-optional series of medical interventions in the form of mandated vaccines that are not even 100% effective.
Bill SB 792 excerpt:

This bill, commencing September 1, 2016, would prohibit a day care center or a family day care home from employing any person who has not been immunized in accordance with the schedule for routine adult immunizations, prescribed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill would specify circumstances under which a person would be exempt from the immunization requirement, based on medical safety and current immunity, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes to provisions that set forth qualifications for day care center teachers and applicants for licensure as a family day care center. Because the bill would extend the application of a crime under the act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Read the entire bill here.

CALL – FAX – EMAIL – TWEET — URGE a NO VOTE TODAY

Assembly Human Services Committee: http://ahum.assembly.ca.gov/hearings
(916) 319-2089 – Fax (916) 319-2189

Kansen Chu (Chair) (D) – 25 (Abstain on 277)
P.O. Box 942849, Room 5175, Sacramento, CA 94249-0025
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Chad Mayes (Vice Chair) (R) – 42 (No on 277)
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Ian C. Calderon (D) – 57 (Yes on 277)
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Patty López (D) – 39 (No on 277)
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Brian Maienschein (R) – 77 (No on 277)
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Mark Stone (D) – 29 (Yes on 277)
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Tony Thurmond (D) – 15 (Yes on 277)
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SB792: Assembly Health Committee Hearing, June 30, 2015

Medical Doctors Opposed to Forced Vaccinations – Should Their Views be Silenced?

One of the biggest myths being propagated in the compliant mainstream media today is that doctors are either pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine, and that the anti-vaccine doctors are all “quacks.”
However, nothing could be further from the truth in the vaccine debate. Doctors are not unified at all on their positions regarding “the science” of vaccines, nor are they unified in the position of removing informed consent to a medical procedure like vaccines.
The two most extreme positions are those doctors who are 100% against vaccines and do not administer them at all, and those doctors that believe that ALL vaccines are safe and effective for ALL people, ALL the time, by force if necessary.
Very few doctors fall into either of these two extremist positions, and yet it is the extreme pro-vaccine position that is presented by the U.S. Government and mainstream media as being the dominant position of the medical field.
In between these two extreme views, however, is where the vast majority of doctors practicing today would probably categorize their position. Many doctors who consider themselves “pro-vaccine,” for example, do not believe that every single vaccine is appropriate for every single individual.
Many doctors recommend a “delayed” vaccine schedule for some patients, and not always the recommended one-size-fits-all CDC childhood schedule. Other doctors choose to recommend vaccines based on the actual science and merit of each vaccine, recommending some, while determining that others are not worth the risk for children, such as the suspect seasonal flu shot.
These doctors who do not hold extreme positions would be opposed to government-mandated vaccinations and the removal of all parental exemptions.
In this eBook, I am going to summarize the many doctors today who do not take the most extremist pro-vaccine position, which is probably not held by very many doctors at all, in spite of what the pharmaceutical industry, the federal government, and the mainstream media would like the public to believe.

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MEASLES - BEFORE VACCINE MARKETING

MEASLES  
Back In The Days Before The Marketing Of The Vaccine

World Health Organization Board Member Large Shareholder In Vaccine Company

Board Member Of The World Health Organization Is A Large Shareholder In Vaccine Company

We are sent in all kinds of documentation from readers like you and we appreciate that. This information was brought to our attention so we thought we would share it.

As you all know, the World Health Organization or the WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

 “In the 21st century, health is a shared responsibility, involving equitable access to essential care and collective defense against transnational threats."


What is interesting is that one of the board members of the WHO, Prof Anne Kelso is also a MAJOR shareholder in CSL Ltd(page 6 of this document shows the affiliation of adviser and company ).




What is CSL and how do they affect me?  Well, CSL is a global biotherapy company that makes many pharmaceuticals and vaccines.  CSL is one of the worlds largest producers of named branded vaccines that are scheduled and injected in people around the world today.

Gardasil, Fluvax,M-M-R II and others are among the long list of their products. Their flu vaccines are widely sold in the US and other countries.

SOURCE:  http://edgytruth.com/2015/03/09/board-member-of-the-world-health-organization-is-a-large-shareholder-in-csl-vaccine-company/#

MEASLES - A Common Sense Report

Measles: Exploring The Past Before The Marketing Of Vaccines

Did you grow up watching The Flintstones or The Brady Bunch? I know I did. These television programs were pretty popular in their day.

You might want to take a step back in time and reminisce by watching these hilarious measles episodes joking about how trivial getting the measles was, way back before the vaccine was invented. And maybe it will get you thinking, ”why all the fuss today?” Is measles something to be terrified of?

I’m sure we all can agree, most grandparents would say that they caught measles and that they “got through it just fine.” And our mothers can probably also remember measles and chicken pox parties, where people would invite their kids to be around other children who had either of these two viruses. It was nothing to be scared of. Sure, if you didn’t treat it correctly, it could make some children’s symptoms worsen, and it’s definitely not good for adults to get measles (hence the parties!) but all in all, measles was seen as something that was very common and nothing to be frightened of. Please try and view the video first, then read on.

Why are things are so different now?  We’ve all become very scared of contracting any illness. Even the flu makes people rush out and get vaccines that have actually been proven to harm (and can even kill). What’s worse, not only are they harmful, they really do not work very well.

Where Does The Fear Come From?

What has caused such a huge change in our attitudes towards the measles?

Cathy Jameson from Age Of Autism wrote the following in her article A Very Brady Measles:

Things are so different today. Illness is a bad word. What used to be called a common childhood disease is now viewed as impending doom. Fevers, rashes and sicknesses that last longer than a few hours are treated like the plague. Anything that can be passed from one person to another is a death sentence. These types of exaggerations fill many news stories.  With those exaggerations, as well as how other fear tactics are used, including the mantra that the almighty vaccine is the answer no matter the question, no wonder people feel anxious about disease today!

Cathy also wrote about the Disney ‘outbreak’ that has many people up in arms:

I don’t know why a growing number of news sources that are reporting on diseases are resorting to such exaggeration. Take the latest disease story in the news, the Disney measles story. Pre-vaccine hysteria, we recognized that after a childhood illness ran its course that natural immunity would be gained.  Nowadays, rather than promote natural immunity, we’re being ushered and demanded to get vaccines. I have to ask why, especially why the measles vaccine (MMR), when this particular vaccine clearly isn’t working.

We know that it isn’t working because several of the people who came down with the measles in the recent Disney outbreak were vaccinated. That fact – that vaccinated individuals got the disease that their vaccine was supposed to prevent – negates the current media feeding frenzy. You’d think focusing on those vaccinated individuals who fell ill is a more of a breaking news story. You’d think that because we’re told so many times that vaccines are always life-saving, safe and effective, effective in preventing disease. Evidently, they are not.

 The Chart Used in Brady Bunch TV program to highlight what the Brady kids had caught.

“Over $3 billion has been paid out to victims of vaccine reactions. Not $3 million. Not $30 million. Not even $300 million, but $3 billion. Are we paying that much money to victims of pretend reactions? I think not.”  – Dr Bob Sears

Worried About Measles & Other Viruses?

It personally boggles my mind that most people today are so frightened of common viruses that “everyone got” years ago, yet many don’t know that real health comes from what we eat, how much exercise we get, how we control our stress and how much Vitamin D we get.

But what can we expect when we have a medical system with doctors who don’t tend to learn more than about 12 hours (maybe I’m even stretching this amount!) of training to do with nutrition. And whilst they do mention the other things in their advice to patients, it’s not really emphasised in detail – eg. they will still prescribe a drug that might not be necessary when a lifestyle change may actually fix that concern.

Because doctors don’t receive much nutrition training, this of course, then effects what the media writes about nutrition and allows them to advertise these awful foods to begin with.

So because of this lack of education – generally speaking – many people often regularly eat junk food, always resort to medications (that can harm  the body with regular use), and don’t breastfeed their children for too long – or at all.  They also aren’t concerned about or don’t understand that chemicals are harming society, and just generally lead a very unhealthy lifestyle.

Yet they perhaps want to believe that a vaccine will take care of everything, instantly making them healthier individuals and immune to disease.

Ensure Adequate Levels of Vitamin A

There’s a lot we can do for ourselves and our children in relation to the measles. One is very simple and that is ensuring that we have adequate vitamin a levels.

Leon Chaitow wrote in his book  (published back in 1987 when measles deaths did occur) Vaccination and Immunisation: Dangers, Delusions and Alternatives about the evidence supporting vitamin a deficiences showing that:

• those children that have the worst symptoms during and following measles have lowest levels of vitamin a
• such children are the most likely develop eye symptoms during measles
• they are also likely to have a fever above 40 degrees (104 F) and require hospitalisation
• they are the children most likely to die from measles
• supplementing with vitamin a dramatically reduces the risks of severe illness or death associated with measles
• this has been demonstrated in Africa where a 700% reduction in children dying from measles followed with vitamin a supplementation

Therefore, it must be considered, we may be seeing these outbreaks happen today, partly due to simple vitamin a deficiencies. We know that many children aren’t eating good diets. That’s a fact. You only have to take a walk outside most cities and you will see overweight children who are clearly not having a good wholesome diet.  I often see children with dark circles under their eyes, sallow skin and just lack of ‘spark’ behind their eyes. If they don’t look healthy, chances are they are missing some pretty important nutrients.

excellent source of Vitamin A

Where Do You Get Vitamin A From In Diet?

As parents or as an individual, we can try and ensure we have good levels of vitamin a in our diets. High levels of  vitamin a – in the form of retinol (the most important source) –  is found in many animal products such as:

• grass fed organic egg yolks
• grass fed organic butter
• grass fed organic liver
• fermented cod liver oil
• grass fed organic full fat cream

It is found in plant sources too, but according to research its not the correct source.

Author Lauren, of the Empowered Sustanance wrote:

When you hear think about vitamin A foods, what sources come to mind? Most nutrition books and internet sources list the following as excellent sources of vitamin A:

1. Carrots
2. Sweet potatoes
3. Dark leafy greens
4. Cantaloupe
5. Bell peppers

Although taken for granted as ideal vitamin A foods, these plants provide only the precursor to vitamin A, carotenoids. Interestingly, we need to be consuming true vitamin A foods, foods containing retinol, to meet our vitamin A requirements.

The most important fact about vitamin A is the difference between retinoids and cartenoids. The vitamin A from animal sources is retinoids, also called retinol, while plant source vitamin A is carotenoids, such as beta carotene.

Think Carrots Are A Good Source Of Vitamin A? Not So

Animal sources of retinol is bio-available, which means the body can utilize it. The vitamin A from plant sources, in contrast, must first be converted to retinol to be useful in the body. This poses two big problems.

First, when we are in pristine health, it requires at least six units of carotenes to convert into 1 unit of retinol (source). To put this in perspective, that means one must eat 4 1/2 pounds of carrots to potentially get the amount of useable A as in 3 oz. of beef liver (source). What happens if we have digestive issues, hormone imbalances, or other health problems? It requires even more units of carotene in the ratio.

Second,  the carotene-to-retinol conversion is HIGHLY compromised. As a matter of fact, this conversion is negligible for many individuals. This conversion is virtually insignificant:

• In infants
• In those with poor thyroid function (hypothyroidism)
• In those with diabetes
• In those who are on a low fat diet or have a history of low fat dieting
• In those who have compromised bile production (think: gallbladder and digestive issues) (source and source)

This information is most certainly not going to appeal to vegans. However, I would suggest you get tested yourself for vitamin a levels and your children as well if they too are following a vegan diet.

Adequate Vitamin D Is A Must For Healthy Kids And Adults

Vitamin D

We also now know that many people are incredibly deficient in vitamin d, which is vital for good health and a strong immune system. I’d personally go as far as saying that vitamin d is essential for the health of every single part of the body. Concerningly deficiencies are now a huge problem found in children.

Sunlight is the best source, but due to the vilification of the sun years ago, many people always slather themselves with toxic sunscreens before they have any sun exposure at all.  These creams do a fantastic job of blocking out the bad and good rays.

So where are people getting their vitamin d from if they are always covering up? Diet is another area that we can tray and get some more from:

mushrooms – a source of vitamin d

Common Foods That Contain Vitamin D

• eggs
• mushrooms
• oily fish
• cod liver oil
• orange juice
• beef liver
• ultraviolet lamps

Supplementing with Vitamin D

In regards to supplementation, I would like to share what Dr. Mercola wrote on his website:

If You Opt for a Vitamin D Supplement…

If your circumstances don’t allow you to access the sun or a high-quality tanning bed, then you really only have one option if you want to raise your vitamin D, and that is to take a vitamin D supplement (make sure it is vitamin D3, not D2). I recommend regularly testing your levels to make sure you’re staying within the therapeutic range of 50-70 ng/ml year-round. The Society Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee recommends the following dosages. Keep in mind that these guidelines are thought to allow most people to reach a vitamin D level of 30 ng/ml, which many still consider suboptimal for disease prevention.

• Neonates: 400 to 1,000 IUs per day
• Children one year of age and above: 600 to 1,000 IUs per day
• Adults: 1,500 to 2,000 IUs per day

GrassrootsHealth offers a helpful chart showing the average adult dose required to reach healthy vitamin D levels based upon your measured starting point. Many experts agree that 35 IUs of vitamin D per pound of body weight could be used as an estimate for your ideal dose, but you’ll need to test your levels to find out the dosage that’s right for you.

Get Your Levels Checked

Another way to know whats going on with your body is to get some testing done in relation to your levels of vitamin d. You can ask your doctor to do a screening for you (you may have to be quite firm about your request) or you could purchase a kit like this one.

Why The Huge Rise In Autoimmune Disorders?

If vaccines were truly making us ‘healthier’ and have stronger immune systems, why is their such a huge increase in auto-immune disorders that we have?

It is estimated that in the US alone, 50 million citizens have an autoimmune disorder. And guess how many different ones there are these days?

Between 80-100.

This is beyond shocking.

I know, to achieve good health, it can cost more, you do have to spend more money on wholesome food, on supplements and other preventative measures, but the long term goal is to not need to suffer later in life – and cost the health system (which uses our taxes to pay for it) so much money.

There’s so much an individual can do to help their immune system become very efficient, it just takes a little interest and serious effort. It’s actually got to become a way of life.  We just need more education on how to do this.

Measle Vaccines Spreads Measles

Another thing people don’t seem to understand about the measles vaccine is that it can spread the disease to others. Because it contains a “live virus,” most people who are recently vaccinated can be contagious for approximately 2 weeks. This is called “shedding.” This is not hearsay, this is a fact and is often clearly stated on vaccine inserts.

In New York City, a 22 year old fully vaccinated adult developed measles and then unknowingly gave the virus to four other people, two of which had also been vaccinated.

Despite kids today being given up to 3 doses of the MMR vaccine, it’s also not guaranteed that they will still be immune later in life  – which is pretty frightening to know considering catching measles as an adult is certainly a lot riskier.

Vaccines that can shed

Measles Vaccine Reactions Not So Rare

If you check out the MMR’s adverse reactions that have been listed after they conducted their study, the list is enormous – too much to list here – but it contains some very frightening noted effects.

However, I also found some concerning information, again, found in Merck’s own product information PDF:

• As for any vaccine, vaccination with M-M-R II may not result in protection in 100% of vaccines.
• M-M-R II has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or potential to impair fertility.

So basically they’re saying that they can’t guarantee that the MMR vaccine will provide us with immunity and that it – or any other vaccines on the market – have not been studied to disprove if this vaccine can cause us long term problems such as cancer, or if it could cause other health problems or even effect your ability to conceive a child.

Not So Safe & Not So Effective

Really, they haven’t proven anything in regards to its safety. Sure, some will say, “My kids had it but they are fine, they haven’t had a reaction,” but how do we know that in the long term they might not develop cancer because of this vaccine?

There’s simply no proof from them to say this won’t happen.

Is this a good way to study something that is being commonly dolled out to all of our kids? And yes, the vaccines have been around long enough now for a study to be performed, but pharmaceutical companies simply don’t do these long-term studies.

I don’t know about you, but this is not good enough at all. If something is staunchly recommended for my child to take, I want real proof that it’s safe and that it’s going to work. What I don’t want is a long list of possible adverse reactions that have been recorded during trials and since reported to VAERS.

The possible effects from catching measles naturally (when treated the correct way)  is often so minimal.

The vaccine has far more possible side effects.

Court Documents Filed Against Merck

What About Deaths From Measles?

In fact, there have been some pretty serious adverse reactions due to the vaccine recorded with VAERS, namely deaths. Yet it’s questionable anyone has died from the measles in the last TEN years.  In the last year, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, made this statement in an Associated Press story published by Fox News on April 25, 2014:

“There have been no measles deaths reported in the U.S. since 2003.

Does it really look like the measles vaccine caused measles to decrease?

Just this past week a news story came out of Berlin, that a toddler has recently died from the measles. When you look at the story though, there is actually no proof this is true. There is no interview with the parents, no photo, nothing. Also if it true, they have said in the reports that he is an asylum seeker from Bosnia.  Now, if you have a think about what that could tell about his health – it could mean that he a) hasn’t been eating very well or very much b) has been living in poverty c) suffering a lot of stress.

The reports also say that he was suffering from some other disease as well. With what some of us know about the close ties between the media and pharmaceutical industry – this story could be more of a fear tactic. Regardless even if true, it is one death. Not ten, not twenty, not thirty but one. In ten years.

However, the amount of deaths recorded after receiving measles vaccines is up to approximately 108.  And it’s always best to understand the fact that not all vaccine injuries are ever recorded. If a doctor denies to a patient that the vaccine could have caused their child’s death (and most do), sometimes parents just believe that and don’t press the issue any further. So the real amount of deaths from the measles vaccine, could in fact be much higher.”

The odds are more on the side of receiving an injury from the vaccine, than from dying from measles.

This chart below is from Medalerts.org, a public database anyone can access to see what reactions have been recorded.

There have been 4 different measles vaccines in use over the last 10 years.  Not all were combined vaccines (such as the one used solely today – the MMRII)

Deaths From Measles Vaccines – MedAlert data base

  “It has killed no one. It can kill about 1 person in every 1000 cases. Will someone die of measles in the United States in the years to come? Maybe. But it hasn’t killed anyone in the past 15 years or more.” – Dr Bob Sears

Merck Lawsuit For Fraud

Oh, and lets not forget that Merck is being sued by two former scientists who filed a law suit back in 2010 claiming that Merck was trying to:

defraud the United States through Merck’s ongoing scheme to sell the government a mumps vaccine that is mislabeled, misbranded, adulterated and falsely certified as having an efficacy rate that is significantly higher than it actually is.

So not only do we have a vaccine whose own manufacturer admits that:

a) they can’t prove its vaccine is efficient for everyone

b) it can spread the disease to other people through ‘shedding’ process

c) they can’t say it won’t give you cancer, cause infertility or other health problems

We can also now say that it’s pretty likely they:

d) have committed medical fraud.

This is all so very comforting to know.

Are YOU Fully Vaccinated?

If you are a staunch believer in vaccines, can I get you to ask yourself this question:

Are you “fully vaccinated” for every disease that you are so worried about?

Have a good think about this, because most adults are not. This is because back in our early years, we didn’t have such a huge jam-packed schedule of vaccines. So chances are, technically you are “at risk” for catching disease.

Have a look at the vaccine comparison chart below and see what you would have received and what you are missing. There are about 25 vaccines I haven’t personally been given, but have I caught any of those things? Nope.

I do hope this gets you thinking though, that no, you are NOT vaccinated for all of these things, but you haven’t caught all of the diseases. You’re here and alive and well.

To continue being so adamant that ”everyone” should be vaccinated (with no personal choice on this matter) is an attitude which may in fact make you quite hypocritical.

Suggested Further Reading:

http://vaccineimpact.com/2015/zero-u-s-measles-deaths-in-10-years-but-over-100-measles-vaccine-deaths-reported/
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2014/06/24/measles-and-measles-vaccines-fourteen-things-to-consider-by-roman-bystrianyk-co-author-dissolving-illusions-disease-vaccines-and-the-forgotten-history/
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/vaccinated-spreading-measles-who-merck-cdc-documents-confirms

SOURCE: Collective Evolution.  We highly recommend everyone visiting the Collective Evolution website for up to date facts and findings on a growing number of topics.  We appreciate the work done by their research team of investigative reporters and writers. http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/03/07/measles-exploring-the-past-before-the-marketing-of-vaccines/

Genetically Engineered Vaccines

Genetically Engineered Vaccines Now & Future
Human and Animal

The following are the vaccines that are already GMO:

HPV - see below

Hep B - see below

Rotavirus Vax - http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Rotavirus.aspx
Two rotavirus vaccines have been approved for use in the US. These vaccines differ in how they are made and in the number of doses prescribed when they are given. Both are given orally and contain genetically engineered live attenuated human rotavirus strains or hybrid human-bovine reassortment rotavirus strains.

New Flu vaccine made of insect parts     http://www.naturalnews.com/039013_flu_vaccine_insect_virus_GMOs.html
FDA approves first GMO flu vaccine containing reprogrammed insect virus
and http://www.examiner.com/article/two-vaccine-study-participants-die-during-trials-of-the-first-gmo-flu-vaccine
http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/first-genetically-engineered-flu-vaccine-now-on-the-market/

Trial Malaria vaccine - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728184833.htm
The research is supported by a US$17 million, five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

and another http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7473887/Genetically-modified-mosquitos-could-be-used-to-spread-vaccine-for-malaria.html
Genetically modified mosquitos could be used to spread vaccine for malaria
A genetically engineered mosquito that vaccinates as it bites has been developed by scientists.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/06/27/researchers-develop-vaccine-to-treat-nicotine-addiction/
Researchers develop vaccine to treat nicotine addiction

As a result, the researchers had to develop a third kind of vaccine: a genetic vaccine, which works by binding the genetic sequence of a nicotine antibody to a non-harmful virus.  The virus is directed to go to the liver cells, and the genetic sequence of the antibody then inserts itself into those cells, causing the cells to produce a stream of the antibodies along with the other molecules they make.

“We can target almost any organ [with this type of vaccine], but the reason for using the liver is that it is a very good secretory organ,” Crystal told FoxNews.com.  “The liver is very good at making and secreting many proteins, so we just genetically modified the liver cells to also make antibodies against nicotine.”


http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2011-11-01/genetic-engineering-in-medicine-vaccines-blood-albumin-from-rice/
GE Vaccines Are Commonplace
this is sent as a separate lesson


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HPV Vaccine
http://anh-europe.org/campaigns/vaccine-choice/hpv-vaccination 

http://naturalsociety.com/analysis-finds-gardasil-contaminated-with-rdna-hpv-biohazard/
more than a dozen of the Gardasil vaccine vials were found to be contaminated with rDNA of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). What does this mean? The rDNA found inside the vaccine is not naturally occurring, rather it is the result of genetically modifying the genetic code of HPV. Furthermore, this genetically HPV is added to the vaccine during the manufacturing process.What’s even worse is that the vials were collected from around the globe, indicating that this is no isolated incident. Vials were collected from United States, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Poland and France.

Hepatitis B Vaccine
http://www.nvic.org/nvic-archives/newsletter/untoldstory.aspx Hep B
Hep B Vaccine Licensed By FDA Without Adequate Proof of Long Term Safety - In 1986, the FDA gave Merck & Co. a license to market the first recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine, which replaced the old hepatitis B vaccines made from blood taken from human chronic hepatitis B virus carriers. In awarding Merck & Co. and, later, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, licenses to market their genetically engineered hepatitis B vaccines in the U.S., the FDA allowed both drug companies to use "safety" studies which only included a few thousand children monitored for only four or five days after vaccination to check for reactions. As "proof" their hepatitis B vaccine is safe to be used in children, Merck & Co. stated in their 1993 product insert that "In a group of studies, 1636 doses of RECOMBIVAX HB were administered to 653 healthy infants and children (up to 10 years of age) who were monitored for 5 days after each dose."

and

"In 1996, Burton A. Waisbren, M.D., a cell biologist and infectious disease specialist, who is a founding member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and past President of the Infectious Disease Society of Milwaukee, pointed out in the Wisconsin Medical Journal that "there is an increasing number of reports in the refereed medical literature about demyelinizing diseases occurring after an individual has received the hepatitis B vaccination...since the hepatitis B virus itself has been reported to cause autoimmune problems, should we not be wary of giving antigens that seem to have triggered these problems?" Waisbren, in a presentation before a 1996 Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum, warned that genetically engineered hepatitis B vaccines contain polypeptide sequences that are present in human neurologic tissues such as myelin and that, by a mechanism called molecular mimicry, these polypeptides can act as autoantigens which can induce autoimmune demyelinating diseases of the brain such as multiple sclerosis. "

Rotavirus Vax  http://vran.org/about-vaccines/specific-vaccines/rotavirus-vaccine/rotavirus-vaccine/
Merck’s RotaTeq, is a genetically engineered vaccine containing five human-cow reassortment strains of rotavirus, and GlaxoSmithKline’s Rotarix, is a genetically engineered vaccine created by isolating human rotavirus strain and uses African Green monkey kidney cells to produce the original viral seed stock from which the vaccine has been made.

Flu Vaccine - new one
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/29/genetically-engineered-flu-vaccine.aspx - To speed up flu vaccine production, the US FDA has approved a new insect-based, genetically engineered flu vaccine, as well as vaccines grown in cultures of dog kidney cells rather than eggs.

http://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/October-2012/Are-You-Concerned-Over-Genetically-Modified-Vaccin.aspx

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/genetically-engineered-vaccines-2/

https://www.boundless.com/microbiology/microbial-genetics/transgenic-organisms/genetically-engineered-vaccines/
"In medicine, genetic engineering has been used to mass-produce insulin, human growth hormones, follistim (for treating infertility), human albumin, monoclonal antibodies, antihemophilic factors, vaccines,(Figure 0)and many other drugs. Vaccination generally involves injecting weak live, killed, or inactivated forms of viruses or their toxins into the person being immunized. Genetically engineered viruses are being developed that can still confer immunity, but lack the infectious sequences. Mouse hybridomas, cells fused together to create monoclonal antibodies have been humanised through genetic engineering to create human monoclonal antibodies. "

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/10/02/vicky-debold-on-gmo-vaccines.aspx
"Many are unaware that, despite the completely unknown long-term health consequences, GM vaccines are already in use and have been administered to American infants, children and adults for many years. Among them:
Hepatitis B vaccine: An inactivated recombinant DNA vaccine licensed for newborn infants and children in 1991, in which parts of the hepatitis B virus gene are cloned into yeast
Rotavirus vaccine: Live attenuated vaccines first licensed for infants and children licensed in 2006, which either contain genetically engineered human rotavirus strains or human-bovine hybridized reassortment rotavirus strains4
HPV vaccine (Gardasil or Cervarix): A recombinant vaccine licensed in 2006, which is prepared from virus-like particles (VLP's) and may also include use of an insect-cell Baculovirus expression vector system for production
Then there are those "hybrid" vaccines that cross the (very narrow) threshold into the GM food realm... for instance, goats are being genetically engineered to become "pharm animals" that carry vaccines in their milk. If the experiments being conducted by researchers from Texas A&M are successful, they will produce an "edible" malaria vaccine, with the ultimate goal being that children drinking the milk will become vaccinated in the process. If vaccines in your milk sounds a bit to "out there," it shouldn't, as there are many connections between the companies that make GM food and those that make GM vaccines."



And read further on the above page..............

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/897705/genetically-modified-organism-GMO/279978/GMOs-in-medicine-and-research
GMOs in medicine and research

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/20/genetically-engineered-goats-produce-vaccine.aspx
The Worst of Both Worlds -- Genetically Engineered Goats to Produce New Vaccine

http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/twr127c.htm
Genetically engineered vaccines
‘Inherently unpredictable and possibly dangerous’


http://www.utoronto.ca/virology/mby480/lectures/babiuk.pdf
Broadening the approaches to developing more effective vaccines,   from 1999

http://www.prisonplanet.com/a-new-breed-of-genetically-engineered-vaccines-will-take-control-of-our-dna-and-minds.html
A New Breed of Genetically Engineered Vaccines Will Take Control of Our DNA and Minds

BOOK - http://www.amazon.com/Genetically-Engineered-Vaccines-Advances-Experimental/dp/030644349X
Genetically Engineered Vaccines (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)

http://www.nwrage.org/content/gm-vaccines-now-pose-big-threat

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/photos/12-bizarre-examples-of-genetic-engineering/banana-vaccines

Banana vaccines

People may soon be getting vaccinated for diseases like hepatitis B and cholera by simply taking a bite of banana. Researchers have successfully engineered bananas, potatoes, lettuce, carrots and tobacco to produce vaccines, but they say bananas are the ideal production and delivery vehicle.

When an altered form of a virus is injected into a banana sapling, the virus’ genetic material quickly becomes a permanent part of the plant’s cells. As the plant grows, its cells produce the virus proteins ­ but not the infectious part of the virus. When people eat a bite of a genetically engineered banana, which is full of virus proteins, their immune systems build up antibodies to fight the disease ­ just like a traditional vaccine.

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GMO vaccines in organic livestock

http://www.examiner.com/article/genetically-engineered-vaccines-show-up-use-on-household-pets-as-well-as-organic-livestock
Genetically engineered vaccines show up in use on household pets as well as organic livestock
From 2009 - not sure the status at the moment

"Vaccines are allowed in organic livestock production. I can understand that.  However ,recently  received an email from the Organic Consumers Organization indicating that genetically engineered (GE)vaccines are frequently used on organic livestock.

Now, according to federal law, genetically modified vaccines are excluded from organic livestock production. So that means currently, in opposition to federal law, genetically engineered vaccines are being used in organic livestock production."    and
"Hundreds of thousands of cats have been injected with a non-adjuvanted recombinant rabies vaccine spliced with the canary pox virus." "


April 3, 2012    http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5097806&acct=nosb
"This recommendation concerns the class of livestock vaccines derived from excluded methods, commonly called GMO vaccines. There are approximately 73 registered animal vaccines, of which 13 are GMO . Only 2 vaccines, Bovine and Avian Salmonellosis, appear to be presently available only as GMO . At present livestock producers use all vaccines and are not required to determine if they are using non - GMO (conventional) or GMO derived vaccines. GMO vaccines are not legally allowed in organic production. This recommendation proposes a change which will allow GMO vaccines only in a declared emergency and, further, that at such time producers could use GMO vaccines without losing organic status of livestock. The recommendation also proposes changes to the definition of “emergency treatment program”. The entire recommendation applies to the class of vaccines derived from excluded methods, but does not foreclose petitions for individual vaccines or a class of vaccines to treat specific diseases."

Since this policy is a critical matter, with a Livestock Subcommittee proposal pending, we would like the NOP and/or other USDA agencies to provide information to the NOSB and the public at our next public NOSB meetings in October 2012 and Spring 2013 about any progress made or challenges encountered in responding to this request"


Canada does not allow GMO vaccines (CGSB, 2009

May of 2012 http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5098924
"Therefore we request that:
•NOP, and/or other appropriate USDA agencies, identify which currently available livestock vaccines are non - GMO and which are GMO derived, using the NOP definition  of excluded methods and with reference to specific pathogen strains, so that the NOSB, organic livestock producers, and organic certifiers can make informed decisions and meaningful recommendations .
• NOP, and/or other appropriate USDA agencies, encourage livestock vaccine manufacturer s to voluntarily make truthful label claims as to the presence or absence of GMOs using the NOP definitions of excluded methods.
• NOP, and/or other appropriate USDA agencies, establish a real time publicly accessible tracking system to identify non - GMO a nd GMO vaccines, using the NOP definitions of excluded methods and with reference to specific pathogen strains, when vaccines are registered with USDA"


http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_25500.cfm
GMO Vaccines in Organic  May 2012
"Under current regulations, GMO vaccines can't be used unless they are successfully petitioned for use on the National List. To date, no GMO vaccines have been petitioned, so one would assume that they're not being used in organic.

But, we know they are being used. This was first admitted to publicly by the National Organic Program staff at the May 2009 meeting of the National Organic Standards Board. Richard Matthews announced to the board that, in fact, since the beginning of the program, all vaccines had been routinely allowed in organic, without a review as to whether or not they were genetically engineered, and he recommended that, instead of the NOP enforcing the law against this violation, the NOSB should recommend a change in the law and that's what the NOSB did. "

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5102682 Scroll down to page 28 to see how complicated this is
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GMO vaccines used in animals (and also affecting humans)

http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/11/21/vaccines-profoundly-threaten-sustainable-ag/
Vaccines Profoundly Threaten Sustainable Ag  November 2012
"Not only are children being genetically engineered by the new vaccines but the rights needed to stop this are being just as thoroughly subverted as laws and regulations have been to protect food and trees and animals from Monsanto.  In California, the giant biotech industry along with giant partners in the food industry lied to the public to defeat an initiative that would allow people a human right, the right to know what is in their foo.  But the biotech industry, allied with the medical organizations it controls via heavy funding, also pushed through a law that removes from Californians the right to even know what has been done to their children with GMO-vaccines. "

excerpts............I lived through this in the UK with foot and mouth destruction of so many animals..........Sheri.........
What is being done to farm animals in other countries goes further.  They are being slaughtered in the millions based on fictions.  For as aggressive and mendacious as industrial ag and the biotech industry are in telling the world that their genetically engineered crops and pesticides are not harming anything, they are even more militantly aggressive in projecting fear and inventing lies about nature.  Avian flu is a fiction, a hoax but it was used (perhaps even invented) by the Bush administration with ties to the biotech industry to destroy millions of poultry (and their bio-diversity) owned by small farmers.  The swine flu pandemic was another hoax, but it was the basis of wiping out rare swine breeds owned by small farmers in Haiti and the Coptics in Egypt.  Foot and Mouth disease, harmless to humans and something most animals get over, has been used as the justification for the mass slaughter by military of millions of cattle and hogs,
with animals being buried alive.

"For the sustainable ag to succeed, those involved must first see:
     that genetic engineering is not limited to crops and animals but is happening to their own families in the form of mandated GMO-vaccines for their children or flu shots for themselves,
    that non-threatening and even non-existent animal diseases are being used as a means to mass slaughter of innocent, healthy animals and thus to end real farming and ranching,
    that vaccines against those diseases promote the dangerous lie that these animal diseases are a threat, when in fact, the vaccines themselves and the removal of the human right to refuse them are the real and serious danger."

Rabies Vaccine in Bait for wildlife
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1255701/ - from as far back as 1990
Can J Vet Res. 1990 October; 54(4): 504–507.
PMCID: PMC1255701    Vaccinia recombinant virus expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein: safety and efficacy trials in Canadian wildlife.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271442/ The development and use of a vaccinia-rabies recombinant oral vaccine for the control of wildlife rabies; a link between Jenner and Pasteur.
http://www.oie.int/doc/ged/d9080.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5843a2.htm
Human Vaccinia Infection After Contact with a Raccoon Rabies Vaccine Bait --- Pennsylvania, 2009

"The program uses baits containing liquid vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein (V-RG) recombinant virus vaccine "

". This vaccine consists of a partially attenuated recombinant vaccinia virus (Copenhagen strain) with a gene encoding for rabies virus glycoprotein (2). Persons with immunosuppressive conditions or exfoliative dermatologic conditions are at greater risk for complications (e.g., progressive vaccinia or eczema vaccinatum) when exposed to the vaccinia virus contained in Raboral V-RG vaccine. "
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6214a3.htm

http://drfoxvet.com/info/specialreport_article.aspx?id=273f53f4-bcdc-474f-a189-cca1d1a81c38
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED & MODIFIED LIVE VIRUS VACCINES: PUBLIC HEALTH AND ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS
excerpts
use of modified live and genetically engineered (GE) vaccines in companion animals and farmed animals

Hundreds of thousands of cats have been injected with a non-adjuvanted recombinant rabies vaccine spliced with the canary pox virus used as a ‘vector’.

Some genetically engineered viral vaccines consist of chimera viruses that combine aspects of two infective viral genomes. One example is the live Flavivirus chimera vaccine against West Nile virus (WNV) in horses (PreveNile), registered in the United States in 2006. The structural genes of the attenuated yellow fever YF-17D backbone virus have been replaced with structural genes of the related WNV. Chimera avian influenza virus vaccines have been produced on a backbone of an existing, attenuated Newcastle disease virus vaccine strain to protection against wild-type influenza virus as well as against Newcastle disease virus.

The use of recombinant replication-defective, vectored vaccines that express the proteins of rabies virus raises several issues, and comes close on the heels of using modified adenoviruses, herpesviruses and pox viruses as delivery systems for foreign antigens in livestock and poultry vaccines, and in bait to vaccinate and immuno-contracept wildlife

These products range from diagnostic kits for feline leukemia virus to genetically engineered vaccines to prevent pseudorabies, a serious disease affecting swine. With the pseudorabies vaccines, tests kits have been developed to distinguish between infected animals and those vaccinated with genetically engineered vaccines. Since the first vaccine was licensed in 1979, a total of 79 genetically engineered biologics have been licensed; all but 20 are still being produced. More than a half-century ago, there were perhaps a half a dozen animal vaccines and other biologics available to farmers. Now there are 2,379 active product licenses for these animal vaccines and other biologics and 110 licensed manufacturers’.

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/25756/InTech-Genetically_engineered_virus_vectored_vaccines_environmental_risk_assessment_and_management_challenges.pdf
Genetically Engineered Virus-Vectored Vaccines – Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Challenges

http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9979 New genetically engineered vaccines target Rift Valley fever
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and elsewhere are reporting the development of two genetically engineered vaccines to combat the mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever, devastating to livestock and so far confined to Africa and the Middle East.

In developing the two vaccines, the researchers made use of the vaccinia virus, the same virus used to make the smallpox vaccine. They inactivated two vaccinia genes to weaken that virus and prevent it from causing disease, and inserted two Rift Valley fever genes to stimulate an immune response, thereby equipping the vaccinated animals to fight off infection.

http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/conservation/con_gmo/gmo_edu/files/IE.pdf
Genetically Modified Organisms (Control of Release) Ordinance Live Recombinant Veterinary Vaccines

http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/3957/evaluation-of-a-genetically-modified-footandmouth-disease-virus-vaccine-candidate-generated-by-reverse-genetics
Evaluation of a Genetically Modified Foot–and–Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Candidate Generated by Reverse Genetics

http://www.sgm.ac.uk/en/all-microsite-sections/food-security-and-safety/genetically-modified-organism.cfm
Many such vaccines have now been licensed or approved, and more are being developed. For example, a recombinant vaccinia virus has been used in Europe to vaccinate foxes against rabies, and a herpesvirus of turkey (HVT), used as a vaccine to protect chickens against Marek’s disease, has been engineered to produce antigens from Newcastle disease (ND) virus and infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus and is being used to protect poultry against all three agents in a single dose

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1998706/pg1 Oral Immunization Of Native And Primed Animals With Transgenic Potato Tubers Expressing Lt-B (48)

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/25756/InTech-Genetically_engineered_virus_vectored_vaccines_environmental_risk_assessment_and_management_challenges.pdf
Genetically Engineered
Virus-Vectored Vaccines – Environmental Risk
Assessment and Management Challenges

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-a-dutch-genetically-engineered-gm-vaccination-study-in-foals-from-3-days-old-untill-6-months
Stop a Dutch genetically engineered (GM)-vaccination study in foals from 3 days old until 6 months


Many believed the Hepatitis B was the first GM vaccine.  We were wrong as you can see in this text book here for further information:

https://books.google.com/books?id=8-fcjjM86kMC&pg=PT481&lpg=PT481&dq=vaccine+containing+human+growth+hormone&source=bl&ots=NLIk5qf7A2&sig=p6Q-Lmam7WkXTjEIyH4iNCZUI2Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zQ34VJy9Es3UoATP3YHADg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=vaccine%20containing%20human%20growth%20hormone&f=false


For more Information please visit : http://www.vaclib.org 

EXPOSED: Viral Pro-Vaccine Campaign Tied to Big Pharma

EXPOSED: Viral Pro-Vaccine Campaign Tied to Big Pharma
By Dan Dicks Feb. 19, 2015

 It turns out that Jennifer Hibben-White who posted a viral Facebook post worried that her new born baby may have contracted the measles do to the "anti-vaxxers" has LARGE ties to big pharma. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth exposes the links that prove that this was nothing more than a marketing campaigned designed to counter the work of the so called "anti-vaxxers".

It's also interesting that Facebook allows certain hate-filled rants to go viral while mere skepticism seems to be squashed.

MUST SEE entire video here (excellent):


http://www.activistpost.com/2015/02/exposed-viral-pro-vaccine-campaign-tied.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post%29

FOR SOURCE AND MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT ACTIVIST POST:
 http://www.activistpost.com/2015/02/exposed-viral-pro-vaccine-campaign-tied.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post%29

CDC TELEBRIEFING-TODAY VACCINES 1-29-15

CDC TELEBRIEFING:

MEASLES IN THE UNITED STATES, 2015

January 29, 2015 3:30 pm PST

Dawn Winkler hapi.vaxinfo@gmail.com

I just sat through a very painful telebriefing on measles put on by the CDC. Leading this event was Anne Schuchat, M.D. (RADM, USPHS) Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service; Director, CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

Pronounced “Shookit”.

DIAL-IN 

MEDIA: 888-795-0855
NON-MEDIA: 877-601-4718
INTERNATIONAL: 630-395-0360
PASSCODE: CDC MEDIA (all numbers)

 

I called in promptly just before 3:30 pm PST and was asked my name and then allowed to listen in. Dr. Schuchat was introduced by a Benjamin Haines, Hanes, Hays, (sp, not sure).

Dr. Shuchat made some opening remarks that included the following:

·         The current measles outbreak is concerning because we’ve already had as many cases in January of 2015 as we have had in an entire year in many cases
·         The US has had 84 cases, spanning 14 states and 67 of those have been since December 28, 2014 and are connected to Disneyland
·         Measles was declared “eliminated” in the US in 2000 (there were 86 cases that year, so in a year that there were 86 cases, measles was declared eliminated but now that we have 84 cases in the first month of 2015, it is problematic and concerning)
·         She was very adamant that this outbreak is NOT the result of vaccine failure but failed to provide ANY statistics on the vaccination status of those involved in the outbreak
·         She stated that the MAJORITY of cases in this outbreak are in those who are not vaccinated, but again, failed to give ANY statistics
·         Everyone should get an MMR no matter what, even if they are older and may have had the disease (later on in the call she admits that those over 50 likely have had measles and therefore are immune)
·         The MMR vaccine is extremely safe and effective
·         Vaccine coverage is high which increases the chances of having cases in some vaccinated people
·         This outbreak is “consistent with a highly effective vaccine”
·         1 in 12 children are not getting their first MMR vaccine on time
·         12 months is not too early to get an MMR vaccine, parents should not be afraid to do so
·         We are seeing more cases in adults this time than usual

 

 

Other items that came up in her responses to questions were:

 

·         15% of those in the outbreak have been hospitalized
·         The genotype that caused the Disney outbreak is causing outbreaks in 14 other countries right now.
·         She stated that in 2013, 79% of cases were in unvaccinated individuals (there were 179 cases)
·         At some point she said that 1 in 3 die. She HAD to be talking about the third world but I missed some of the conversation and would need to either listen to it again or see the transcripts.
·         The median age for measles infection is increasing

I promptly pressed *1 as instructed to be allowed to ask a question. I did this twice. I waited patiently. I was never allowed to ask a question. Those allowed to ask questions were:

Ana ? from Bloomberg News

Maggie Fox – NBC?

Eric German – uncertain of media relationship

Mike S – Associated Press

Dan Childs – ABC

Rosanna Shaw (sp?) – LA Times

Betsy McKay – Wall Street Journal

Matthew Zucker, Stucker (sp?) – CNN

Jody Tillman – Tampa Bay Times

Lenny Bernstein – Washington Post

Mike S from the Associated Press was the only one to ask what percentage of cases were in vaccinated individuals. Mr. Bernstien was the only one to ask what percentage of those who contracted measles during this outbreak have personal beliefs exemptions. However, NO ONE asked for the statistics about how many cases are in fully vaccinated individuals, partially vaccinated individuals, and unvaccinated individuals. Dr. Shuchat did not answer either Mike S or Mr. Berstein’s questions. Betsy McKay from WSJ did say she thought that at least 13% of the cases are in vaccinated individuals but Dr. Schuchat could not confirm or elaborate on that.

Most other questions asked were so boring and unimportant I had trouble staying awake. It was hard for me to believe that the people asking them are journalists. Many seemed concerned with where the fourteen cases not associated with Disneyland came from. A few seemed very concerned with the fact that exemptions exist and Dan Childs from ABC flat out asked if non medical exemptions should even be allowed. Dr. Schuchat made it a point to say that medical exemptions are essential, especially for children with leukemia and other cancers, but didn’t answer his question about whether or not personal beliefs and religious exemptions should be allowed.

These are the questions that I would have asked had I been allowed:

·         How many of the 84 cases are in people who are fully vaccinated? Partially vaccinated? Not vaccinated? You can’t just say “most” are in unvaccinated people. What constitutes most?
·         Have all 84 cases been laboratory confirmed?
·         What is the genotype for those laboratory confirmed? Wild type measles or vaccine strain?
·         Why aren’t recently vaccinated children who are shedding measles virus kept home until they are no longer shedding?
·         How many deaths from measles have occured in the United States in the past decade?
·         There were 644 cases of measles in the US in 2014 (432 depending on the source). Why is an outbreak of 84 cases, 67 associated with Disneyland, so alarming and concerning?
·         Why aren’t the numbers in the MMWR consistent with what the media and you, Dr. Schuchat, reporting? Currently it shows 3 cases for 2015.
·         How can you say you are certain that this outbreak has nothing to do with vaccine failure and at the same time either not know or not give the statistical breakdown on how many cases are in vaccinated individuals?
·         If vaccine coverage rates are high, as you said they are, then why is everyone pointing at those who don’t vaccinate?
·         If the MMR vaccine is highly effective, then why did you state that this outbreak is consistent for a highly effective vaccine and that it should be expected to see some cases in vaccinated people? And again, how many of those infected have been fully vaccinated?
·         In light of William Thompson’s findings and admissions, why wouldn’t parents be afraid to give their child MMR vaccine at 12 months? The covered up increased risk had everything to do with the timing of that particular dose of that particular vaccine.

Had there been any real journalist on this conference call, perhaps some of these questions would have been asked.

Overall, there seemed to be a focus on that everyone needs to be vaccinated, the vaccine is great, the vaccine is perfectly safe and super effective and that parents need to be educated on this disease because it CAN be serious. Statistics were almost absent from the entire conversation and when pressed for any, Dr. Schuchat just said they don’t have that information right now. There was also a very clear undertone about exemptions being problematic, despite any statistics or evidence being given to support that concern. Dr. Schuchat was overly emphatic that everyone needs to go get MMR vaccines right now, regardless of age or prior disease history. “It doesn’t hurt anything to just get the vaccine”.

They gave a main media hotline at the end for questions 404-639-3286 and said that transcripts of this conference call will be available at www.cdc.gov/media The call was also recorded but they said nothing about that being made available.