ChicagoTribune: Solider's Son Critically ill From Smallpox Vaccine

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Consider not reading further into my comments below until you read

the article, then come back..

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Ok, so your back? Let's take it from the top and work down. So a

vaccine allegedly meant to keep a person safe has infected the son

and wife- meaning not only the vaccinee but it spread- like how a

real virus does- but then again we are intentionally introducing a

real virus to the vaccinated.

 

The vaccine was for a disease that was officially declared

eradicated in the 1980's. So why do we need a vaccine for a disease

that was officially eradicated? Oh that's right, the terrorists

might use it- but aren't there different strains? How do we know in

advance which of those strains it might be? And obviously it is no

longer eradicated now because it was spread through the vaccine,

without the aid of KSM.

 

So because of the human meddling which brought this disease back,

the offical course of action is using, " ST-246, an experimental drug

for smallpox that is untried as a therapy in humans " . That sounds

reasonable and safe, right? I mean they have a good track record,

right? And isn't it just perfect that a human subject showed up

that would be willing to guinea pig their drug for them.

 

Then they go on about how they want to subject all of us to this?

And they are not sure what went wrong with the vaccine. How many

people have eczema in the US? And what do you mean " allowed " the

father to have access to his son- which I agree is not ideal, but

does the use of the word " allowed " mean that in future we can be

quarantined for taking a vaccine? My stance which you all probably

already know is that the mistake was in taking the mercury ladden,

virus filled vaccine in the first place.

 

The military knows from past experience that this sort of infection

takes place. And there have been no other infections up until they

restarted their smallpox vaccination program, so the military

required a known, documented dangerous vaccine but no accountability

is offered and instead they seem focused on the actions of the

solider.

 

There was at least a 2 week gap between the time the solider was

infected and the time he contacted his family mid February.. Just

how long does this infection period last? Not until a few days

after March 3rd do the doctors realize this is vaccine related. So

the son was exposing other people for over 2 weeks himself, and it

could have been longer if the mother didn't bring the son in for

attention. What if that kid was in daycare- that is how an epidemic

could very quickly get started. The hospital staff could have been

infected because they didn't realize the danger and were using

gloves, etc. How many people could the hospital then infect?

 

And then they end with how more education is needed to keep these

irresponsible vaccinees from contaminationing others. Really.. The

solider needs the education?

 

Now consider if we had a real bioterror event- do you think this

would add to the calm response or further the chaos and panic?

Consider everyone that woman came in contact with, the nurse came in

contact with, the child came into contact with, the husband came in

contact with- thats hundreds of people scared out of their mind, if

it were known to the public, that they may have been infected. How

about the people those people came in contact with?

 

The child is going to lose 20% of his skin, possibly need skin

grafting, took two other drugs, and extensive hospital bills for him

and his mother. That is a lot of money but for what? What are the

statistics on how well smallpox vaccines actually protect from

smallpox infection. So far, the only winner- and all the way round

from research material/experience to profits from the vaccine and

resulting medical intervention, has been the medical community. Now

add in the people who fear they may have been infected, and the

testing that will need to be done. Of course, natural, inexpensive

and sound practices like Ozone treatment does not stand a chance of

getting in the way of profits like these. But remember, they are

really doing this to, " protect you and keep you safe. "

 

Just how dumb do they think we are?!

 

Other comments?

Misty L. Trepke

http://health.

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Smallpox shot infects soldier's toddler son

Boy critically ill; mom also stricken

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By Jeremy Manier

Tribune staff reporter

Published March 17, 2007

 

 

In the first case of its kind in years, a 2-year-old boy is being

treated in Chicago for a rare and life-threatening infection that he

contracted from his father, a U.S. Army soldier recently vaccinated

against smallpox.

 

The Indiana boy is in critical condition with eczema vaccinatum, an

unusual side effect of the smallpox vaccine that can affect people

who receive the shot or their close contacts.

 

Doctors also said the boy appears to have passed the infection to

his mother, who has a much milder case of the virus in the smallpox

vaccine, which is also called vaccinia. The virus is not smallpox,

though it is similar enough to offer protection from that deadly

disease, which was declared eradicated in 1980.

 

The mother and child are being treated at the University of

Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, which withheld their names at

the family's request. There is no infection risk for the general

population, government officials say, since the vaccine virus can

spread only through close physical contact.

 

But the boy's diagnosis last week has prompted a frenzy of activity

and daily conference calls involving the federal Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the

state and city public health departments. The U.S. Food and Drug

Administration gave emergency authorization for the hospital to

treat the boy with ST-246, an experimental drug for smallpox that is

untried as a therapy in humans.

 

The smallpox vaccine fell out of general use in the 1970s, but the

case could be a lesson for the U.S. military, which has vaccinated

1.2 million personnel against smallpox since 2002 amid fears of

bioterrorism.

 

It's unclear why the father was allowed to have contact with his

son, who had a history of eczema, shortly after the vaccination. The

skin condition is a well-known risk factor for eczema vaccinatum,

and official guidelines warn that people with eczema should avoid

contact with vaccinees.

 

" We are looking into how this could have happened, " said U.S. Army

spokesman Paul Boyce.

 

Officials say the general population could receive smallpox

vaccinations in the event of a bioterrorist attack or other

unforeseen exposure. For that reason, experts want to study the

Indiana family to learn more about treatment and transmission of the

vaccinia infection.

 

" There certainly are also conceivable insights into smallpox

infection, " said Dr. Inger Damon, chief of the CDC's poxvirus and

rabies branch. Damon has been involved in the daily conference calls

on the boy's treatment.

 

Experts said they knew of no cases of eczema vaccinatum since at

least 1990, when the military last had a program of smallpox

vaccination.

 

The vaccinia virus in modern smallpox vaccines is closely related to

an older form of vaccinia called cowpox, the disease English doctor

Edward Jenner used in the late 1700s to develop early methods of

vaccination.

 

Jenner relied on the observation that milkmaids who had cowpox

seemed to be protected from later smallpox infection. He found that

patients inoculated with material from cowpox sores also got

protection from smallpox. That history is why the word vaccine stems

from the Latin word for cow.

 

Vaccinia was modified from its original form over the years but

remains an infectious agent with the potential for side effects.

 

The father of the Indiana boy received the vaccine in late January

before a planned military deployment. The Army delayed his departure

and permitted him to visit his family in mid-February.

 

Two weeks later, a rash broke out on the boy's skin. He came to the

U. of C. on March 3 after being transferred from St. Catherine's

Hospital in East Chicago. Doctors first identified his widespread

rash as a different form of eczema, but it worsened in his first few

days at the U. of C.

 

His mother developed sores after she and her son arrived at the

Chicago hospital. Doctors believe she contracted the disease from

the boy because of their lengthy close contact.

 

A pediatric dermatologist, Dr. Sarah Stein, noticed the boy's

lesions had changed to look like round blisters with a dimple in the

middle--a potential sign of vaccinia infection. The medical team

took scrapings from the lesions, which they analyzed and sent to the

Illinois Department of Public Health's Chicago office for further

testing.

 

Rapid tests by the state and further tests at the CDC confirmed the

boy had the vaccinia virus, officials at those agencies said. The

hospital also sent the CDC photos of the boy's lesions.

 

The hospital already was using infection precautions with the boy,

but staffers then added such measures as gloves and face masks. They

also placed the boy in a room with negative pressure so the air

would always blow inward, keeping the virus inside.

 

The boy's rash had spread to cover 80 percent of his body, said Dr.

Madelyn Kahana, chief of pediatric intensive care medicine at the U.

of C. He was going into sepsis, a devastating, systemwide infection

rarely seen with viral cases.

 

" In the later stages of [eczema vaccinatum], it can look like

smallpox, " said Damon of the CDC.

 

The boy needed a ventilator to help his breathing because of the

powerful pain medication he needed for the lesions.

 

The boy received the primary treatment for eczema vaccinatum, a drug

called vaccinia immune globulin, or VIG. The drug came from a

stockpile the CDC keeps in case widespread vaccination ever becomes

necessary.

 

He also got an antiviral drug called cidofovir and the experimental

drug ST-246, which has been shown to protect laboratory animals from

exposure to smallpox. The drug recently entered preliminary human

trials but had never been used in a sick patient.

 

U. of C. officials said the boy has shown signs of improvement since

hitting a low point last weekend. His mother's health was never in

serious danger, but she has remained in his hospital room to keep

others from being exposed. Health officials in Chicago and Indiana

have tracked all of the family's contacts and found no additional

cases so far.

 

Kahana said the boy probably will lose 20 percent of his outer skin

layer, but she hopes he will recover without the need for skin

grafts. She believes the case should be a lesson to the military,

which must educate service members about the risks of the vaccines

it requires them to take.

 

" I think the information simply wasn't disseminated properly or

impressed in a manner that was understood, " Kahana said, " because I

don't think anyone would knowingly expose their child to this. "

 

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