New 7-in-1 meningitis vaccine has serious side effects.

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Not available on lineSUNDAY EXPRESS3 September 2006Report links 'super dose' to thousands of adverse reactions in US childrenFears new 7-in-1 meningitis jab endangers livesBy Lucy JohnstonHealth EditorBabies given a "super dose" vaccine due to be launched tomorrow riskserious side effects and even death, a report claims.Prevnar, will be added to the childhood immunisation programme containingvaccines against seven strains of meningitis.The drug is designed to combat bacteria that cause diseases such aspneumonia and blood poisoning as well as meningitis. It provokes the body'simmune response to the bacteria without causing the diseases.But a report, The Next Storm, reveals that the jab, combined with otherchildhood inoculations, has been linked to breathing problems,

braindamage, convulsions, extreme allergic shock and death.A similar combination of vaccines has been given to babies in the US formore than five years.The report's author, Dr Edward Yazbak, is an American child vaccinationspecialist who has analysed reports of side-effects received by theAmerican Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.He discovered thousands of reactions linked with Prevenar.Since March 2000 there has been 11,611 adverse reports following the jabincluding 362 deaths and 1,347 hospitalisations, although Dr Yazbak pointedout that a report does not prove the jab caused the reaction.He said: "Such a combination of jabs has been linked with seriousreactions and death in this country. The authorities in Britain should bevery alert to what happens when all thesevaccines are given together."His study has led to calls for an overhaul of the UK vaccination programme,which will

see babies receiving 25 inoculations by the time, they are 13months old.Doctors and health expert say there have been no long-term studies into thedangers.Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Sandra Gidley said: "We shouldn't bedoing this until we know more about what happens long term."Dr Peter Mansfield, who won a case against the doctor's governing body, theGeneral Medical Council, for refusing to give the measles, mumps andrubella jab to infants, said: "We're vaccinating babies when their immunesystems are not ready. We're breaking the rules of nature and we reallydon't know what the result will be." Jackie Fletcher from Jabs, a support group for parents who believe theirchildren have been damaged by vaccines, wrote to the Chief Medical Officer,Professor Liam Donaldson, asking for evidence that the new schedule hasbeen properly tested. She has received no reply.She said: "Doctors

have raised serious concerns about the old schedule.Surely we need to ensure this is safe before introducing new ones?""Single jabs have been phased out without any consultation. Families shouldbe given a range of options."In a statement to the Sunday Express, Sir Liam said the new jab had beenintroduced, "on the best available scientific and medical evidence."He added: "This will save many babies' lives a year as well as preventinghundreds more cases of serious illness and disability."The new scheduleAt 2 months babies will be given the five-in-one - diphtheria, tetanus,whooping cough, hib meningitis and polio - and Prevenar.At 3 months they will get a repeat of the five-in-one and a dose ofMeningitis C.At 4 months they will receive a third shot of the five-in-one with Prevenarand meningitis C.At 12 months hib meningitis and meningitis C.At 13 months they will get the

MMR together with Prevenar, making a totalof 25 jabs.>-----------------------Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian HomeopathVaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UKVaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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