Jump to content
IndiaDivine.org

Fw: Know any pregnant women? A must read

Rate this topic


Guest guest

Recommended Posts

http://www.vaccineinfo.net/immunization/vaccine/influenza/flu_vaccine_warnin

g.shtml

 

Flu Vaccine Warning For Pregnant Women

Please distribute and post so every pregnant woman in America can read this!

 

(Critical Update 10/25/00 - All three of the flu vaccines for the 2000-2001

season still contain mercury. The CDC has since updated the link referred

by my article below - it is no longer valid, but their new answer to the

question who is most vulnerable to methyl mercury is much more revealing:

" Two groups are most vulnerable to methyl mercury: the fetus and pregnant

women. Premature babies are more vulnerable because they tend to be very

small and their brain is not as developed as a full term baby " )

 

October 8, 1999

 

Flu Vaccine: Stay Out of My Womb!

 

Commentary by Dawn Richardson

 

Pregnant women everywhere know the feeling of making it to the milestone of

their second trimester. For most, queasiness starts to subside, energy

returns in spurts, and of course there is that indescribable feeling of

becoming aware of your developing baby's movements.

 

You've altered your diet, exercised, stayed away from over the counter

medications, your true hair color is revealing itself, and that wonderful

bottle of wine with the Surgeon General's warning will continue stay buried

in the back of the refrigerator awaiting the skinnier days ahead.

 

You ask yourself, " Is there anything more that I can do for me and my baby

during the remainder of my pregnancy? " Well, according to the Centers for

Disease Control (CDC) and the federal government's Advisory Committee on

Immunization Practices (ACIP) there is - get the flu vaccine before this

year's flu season hits. According to the CDC and ACIP, it was estimated

that an average of 1 to 2 hospitalizations among pregnant women could be

prevented for every 1,000 pregnant women immunized. (Prevention and Control

of Influenza: Recommendations of ACIP. MMWR - May 1, 1998; 47)

 

My initial pregnant maternally protective hormonal response to this was

utter disbelief. How could a biological pharmaceutical product be

recommended for routine use for all healthy second and third trimester

pregnant women? As I looked into this further, I became outraged and

inspired to share the truth with pregnant women so they could make up their

own minds. Here is what I found.

 

There are four drug manufacturers for this year's flu vaccine. The product

package inserts published by the manufacturers state the disclaimer that

" Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with influenza virus

vaccine. It is also not known whether influenza virus vaccine can cause

fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman...Although animal

reproductive studies have not been conducted, the prescribing health-care

provider should be aware of the recommendations of the Advisory Committee

on Immunization Practices...The ACIP states that, if used during pregnancy,

administration of influenza virus vaccine after 14 weeks of gestation may

be preferable to avoid coincidental association of the vaccine with early

pregnancy loss... "

 

Additional reading and phone calls to the manufacturers confirmed that all

four flu vaccines contain thimerosal, a mercury derivative preservative

banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in over-the-counter (OTC)

drug preparations because of questions over safety. (Federal Register:

April 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 77)][Page 19799-19802].

 

On July 7, 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the United

States Public Health Service (PHS) issued a joint statement that because of

the " neuro-developmental effects posed by exposure to thimerosal " ,

" thimerosal-containing vaccines should be removed as soon as possible. " The

PHS and AAP recognized that because of thimerosal in vaccines, some

children would be exposed to " a cumulative level of mercury over the first

six months of life that exceeds one of the federal guidelines on methyl

mercury. " Hospitals around the country responded this summer by halting

the administration of the thimerosal containing vaccine for hepatitis B at

birth, deferring vaccination until the baby is older and more developed.

What about my beloved little baby that isn't even developed enough to live

outside the womb yet?

 

A quick internet search showed that even the CDC, in a revealing

self-contradiction at another location, posted: " Q. Who is most vulnerable

to mercury? A. Two groups are most vulnerable to methyl mercury: the fetus

and children ages 14 and younger. "

(http://www.cdc.gov/nip/Q & A/genqa/Thimerosal.htm) More searching on the

National Library of Medicine site almost effortlessly produced hundreds of

articles and studies in medical and scientific journals clearly documenting

the damaging effects of prenatal exposure to mercury. The results of one

recent study published in the August 1, 1999 issue of the American Journal

of Epidemiology stated that " the greatest susceptibility to methylmercury

neurotoxicity occurs during late gestation, while early postnatal

vulnerability is less " which is the precise point in time that ACIP and the

CDC is recommending we get the shot.

 

I then decided to call the CDC's Influenza Division myself, as a pregnant

mother baffled by this scientifically unfounded and potentially unsafe

recommendation. Maybe I was missing something that an " expert " could

reveal for me. I was told that there was no scientific proof that the flu

vaccine caused fetal harm. Well of course not, the manufacturers are right

up front

when they state that this hasn't been studied - isn't that convenient. I

was also told that the CDC had no intention to change the recommendation

for pregnant women because of thimerosal. The doctor blamed the recent

concerns on " politics " rather than science. What a shame.

 

Even though the CDC does claim that a single study of a small number of

pregnant women have demonstrated no adverse fetal effects associated with

influenza vaccine; they continue and say, " however, more data are needed. "

Maybe this scientifically unsubstantiated recommendation is how the CDC

plans on getting that data. So much for the Nazi war criminal trials at

Nuremberg outlawing human experimentation without informed consent.

 

While I would absolutely hate to be one of the 1 in 1000 pregnant women

needing to go to the hospital for the flu this winter, at this point, I

feel far more threatened by the public health bureaucrats recklessly

willing to experiment on me and my unborn child with a flu vaccine not

proven safe for my baby.

 

To receive email updates on vaccine safety and informed consent issues,

write to prove

 

Permission to distribute and print in whole and unedited given by,

Dawn Richardson

President, PROVE (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education)

prove (email)

http://vaccineinfo.net (web site)

 

 

 

Annette van Rensburg

PO BOX 1565

KELVIN 2054

SOUTH AFRICA

PHONE 0027 11 804 1976

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...