VACCINATIONS

by David G. Kamper, M.D.
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Vaccines are used to combat bacterial and viral infections mainly but are also used for treating protozoan parasitic infection.

Vaccines can prevent infections (cdc.gov).

Vaccines can prevent certain cancers such as papilloma virus induced cervical cancer and cervical warts in women and genital warts in men. Vaccine for hepatitis B can mitigate liver cirrhosis and consequent liver cancer in both genders (per Martha P. Millman M.D., MPH. and Prathiba Varkey, MBBS, MPH, MHPE: Preventive Medicine Mayo Clinic lnternal Medicine Board Review, Ninth Edition, p761 and 76).

Vaccines can mitigate symptoms.

Vaccines can prevent complications of infections: Hib (hemophilus influenza B meningitis deafness and other neurologicaldeficits as also in meningococcal meningitis, and poliomyelitis. (Mallman and Varkey lbidem )

Vaccines can prevent death: meningitidies, measles, tetanus, diphtheria, rabies, and tuberculosis. (Mallman and Varkey lbid)

Vaccines are valuable for not putting non vaccinated individuals at risk of contracting diseases i.e. preventing the spread of disease.

Measles, per Centers for Disease Control (cdc.gov), spreads widely and rapidly especially among the non-vaccinated less than 12 years of age. Measles has a high mortality factor of 1 in 333 people who contract measles (cdc.gov). Measles vaccine (MMR) risk of adverse reaction is 1 in 40,000 for newly vaccinated people. (cdc.go )

Viruses grown in egg protein should not be given in vaccines to egg allergic people.

Vaccine additives, per CDC, are formaldehyde that preserves the vaccine which is also produced by body metabolism and occurs in the environment. Adjuvant additives, such as aluminum, stimulate one's immune system to produce more antibodies. Aluminum has been used in some vaccines for 75 years.

Poly ethylene glycol (which is not an antifreeze) has low toxicity.

Thimerosal (ethyl mercury) was tested January 1, 1994 through December 31, l999 and found to be non-harmful and not to cause autism in children receiving thimerosal in MMR vaccine. (cdc.gov)

William Thompson PhD, a CDC scientist, admitted that his 2004 paper, "Age At First Measles, Mumps, Rubella" was fraudulent in asserting autism induction. He was escorted out of CDC headquarters (cdc.gov).

Andrew Wakefield, M.D., falsified data in Lancet Medica Journal to substantiate the claim that MMR vaccine caused autism (cdc.gov). His medical license was terminated (cdc.gov).

lnfluenza A and B vaccine contains 2 A inactivated viruses and 1 B virus. lt should be given yearly because of changing different sub types and genetic drift. These vaccines are grown in an egg protein culture. (Millman and Varkey, lbid)

Live virus vaccines are MMR, smallpox, varicella virus, and yellow fever. They are contraindicated for pregnant women, people with immunodeficiency diseases, leukemia, lymphoma, and generalized malignancy, or those who are receiving immunosuppression therapy with corticosteroids, alkylating drugs, antimetabolites or radiation. (Millman and Varkey lbid)

lnactivated virus vaccines are inactivated polio, hepatitis A and B, influenza and rabies. lnactivated bacterial vaccines are cholera, typhoid, meningococcal, plague, and pneumococcal vaccines. (Millman and Varkey, lbid)

For continued good health update your immunizations using the accompanying table. ( cdc.gov )