Hepatitis B Vaccine linked to Multiple Sclerosis

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A reminder from Dr.Jonathan V Wright,MD

High stakes for low risk

 

Q: My daughter's pediatrician told me about the vaccines she should get

before she starts school. One of the ones he listed was a hepatitis B vaccine. I

thought hepatitis B was a disease like HIV, only transmitted through body

fluids. I can't imagine that my daughter is really at high risk for it. Am I

wrong? Should I let her have the vaccine for it?

 

Dr. Wright: You're not wrong: The hepatitis B vaccine was designed

specifically for " high-risk " groups, like drug users, prostitutes, and others.

When

these groups wouldn't cooperate with the hepatitis B vaccination program, los

Federales decided that, suddenly, children " need " to be vaccinated, even

though their risk of hepatitis B is small. But what makes this shift in focus

more

outrageous is that giving children the hepatitis B vaccination triples their

risk of developing multiple sclerosis.

 

When researchers analyzed hepatitis B vaccination statistics from 163

individuals with multiple sclerosis and 1,604 " controls, " they found a

correlation

between getting the hepatitis B vaccine and developing multiple sclerosis.

Specifically, the results indicated that the risk of developing multiple

sclerosis was three times higher in the group that was vaccinated against

hepatitis

B than in the group that wasn't vaccinated. By contrast, individuals given

tetanus and influenza vaccinations had no significant extra risk of developing

multiple sclerosis.

 

Of course, even though it was a Harvard study, it wasn't covered in any of

the typical media outlets. It just isn't politically correct to challenge the

current religion of vaccinating children against every hiccup and hangnail --

regardless of whether it's safe or even necessary at all.

 

" Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and risk of multiple sclerosis: a

prospective study. " Neurology 2004 Sep 14;63(5):838-42

 

 

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