Part Viii - Flu Vaccine: The Coverup, The Fraud

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Part 8

FLU VACCINE: THE COVERUP ± THE FRAUD

By Gary Null, PhD and Nancy Ashley, VMD, MS

December 5, 2011

The CDC is just beginning its annual Influenza Vaccination Week which runs from

December 4th

through the 10th.1

There will be a media onslaught as they try to persuade

us that the end is near if we don¶t get the flu vaccine. All of the regulatory bodies and the

opinion leaders, the CDC, the FDA, the Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, the

AMA, the American Academy of Pediatrics and all the health care providers would have

us believe that flu is a serious illness that can only be prevented by annual vaccination of

everyone from 6 months of age on up. They try to instill us with fear: flu is

unpredictable, it can be severe, it can kill -- and there might not be enough vaccine for

everyone! What if there is a pandemic? Should we be worried? Should we get the

vaccine to protect our friends and loved ones? Maybe not. Let¶s take a look at some of

the facts the CDC would rather you didn¶t know.

Is It Really Dangerous Not to Get the Flu Vaccine?

The CDC¶s website used to state that 36,000 Americans die of flu each year, but this

number was never accurate. First, the CDC inflated the numbers by lumping together

deaths from flu and pneumonia as though they were all from flu when actually, the

annual deaths from pneumonia unrelated to flu have always been far greater than those

from flu. More significantly, this number was never based in actual deaths. It comes

instead from a statistical model which only estimates mortality but doesn¶t actually count



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the numbers of deaths.2

This year, however, the CDC¶s website reflects the criticism

they have received about this overstatement. In an impressive downward revision, the

CDC now states that ³over a period of 30 years, between 1976 and 2006, estimates of

flu-associated deaths in the United States range from a low of about 3,000 to a high

of about 49,000 people.´3

Quite a difference! For 2007, the CDC¶s own statistics show

that the number of deaths actually caused by influenza was just 411, and the death rate

was therefore only 0.1 out of 100,000 people.4

The Vaccine Does Not Prevent the Flu or Flu-Like Illness

Influenza and influenza-like illness are caused by over 200 viruses which produce the

same symptoms: fever, headache, aches and pains, cough, and a runny nose. In the

majority of cases, these symptoms only cause mild illness which resolves on its own after

a few days. Most illness identified as the flu is in fact flu-like illness caused by a virus

other than influenza, yet we are led to believe falsely that influenza is the cause since it is

all referred to as ³flu.´

Out of all these possible viruses causing identical symptoms, the flu vaccine contains

only 4 strains of influenza -- 2 each of type A and type B ± yet it is estimated that types A

and B only represent 10% of all circulating viruses causing these symptoms.5

Although

they cannot know in advance which strains will be present in a given season, the World

Health Organization (WHO) nevertheless decides at least a year in advance which strains

of virus will be in the vaccine -- the virus types thus are never based on current

information. The flu virus mutates frequently, so the odds of any of the 4 vaccine strains

being among those causing illness are small. Even if the experts have chosen correctly,



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many people who receive the vaccine will not be protected and will get sick anyway.

While the marketing would lead one to believe that a wide immunity is conferred from

the flu vaccine, the truth is in fact the opposite: vaccine-induced antibodies against one

strain offer no protection against another, and won¶t even protect against the original

strain if it happens to mutate. And we know there is no long-lasting immunity because

they recommend the shot every single year. All of the flu vaccine package inserts have

the following disclaimer: ³there have been no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a

decrease in influenza disease after vaccination.´6

So by the manufacturers¶ own

admission, the flu vaccine is unlikely to work.

Studies have not shown the flu vaccine to be effective

Despite headlines and news stories claiming that the results of a recent meta-analysis

published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases proved the flu vaccine effective, the report

itself does not come to this conclusion. First, it found no adequate studies to assess

efficacy in people 65 years of age and older, or between the ages of 2 and 17, and mind

you, their requirement was only 3 adequate studies per age group! Second, their

interpretation was only that ³Influenza vaccines can provide moderate protection against

virologically confirmed influenza, but such protection is greatly reduced or absent in

some seasons.´ 7 Not very reassuring! The Cochrane Collaboration has done a series of

meta-analyses on the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine with similar results. In 2010

their conclusion regarding the efficacy of the flu vaccine for adults was that vaccine use

did not affect the number of people hospitalized or working days lost, but caused one





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The CDC Recommends Vaccinating the Following High Risk Groups Despite

Contraindications and Lack of Efficacy.

y Children aged < 5 years, but especially children aged <2 years.

As we have seen from the above meta-analyses, there are not enough well-designed

studies to suggest that the inactivated influenza vaccine, which is the only flu vaccine

approved for children under two, is effective.13 Results of a recent study published in the

Journal of Virology suggest that, to the contrary, annual flu vaccination of children may

interfere with their natural ability to mount an effective immune response against any

virus by hampering the development of virus specific killer T cells.14

Also, not only is

there inadequate evidence that the flu vaccine is safe for children, but there is the

substantial risk to the developing brains of children that the most commonly administered

flu vaccines all contain mercury.

y Persons with chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, asthma, and

diabetes.

The package inserts all caution that people with a compromised immune system or those

on other medications may not be protected adequately from the vaccine.15

There is also

the possibility that the chronically ill are more likely to be sickened by the vaccine.

y Pregnant women.

All package inserts give the following warning: ³It is not known whether the vaccine can

cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction



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capacity. It should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.´16

Likewise,

according to the manufacturer, it is not known whether influenza vaccine can be excreted

in breast milk. If the manufacturers are this reluctant to vaccinate pregnant women and

nursing mothers, how can the CDC strongly recommend it? When you add the 25

micrograms of mercury in most flu vaccines, which is especially harmful to a developing

fetus, this recommendation becomes downright criminal.

y Adults 65 years of age and older.

The studies of people in this age group suggest that the flu vaccine is not effective at all

in preventing illness or death.17

Does it make any sense to target people in these higher risk groups when their health

could be severely compromised as a result and there is little evidence that the vaccine

will work?

The Flu Vaccine Contains Harmful Ingredients

Influenza vaccines are full of harmful chemicals, including mercury (a neurotoxin),

animal cells, egg protein, nonylphenol ethoxylate (an endocrine disruptor), formaldehyde

(a neurotoxin), DNA fragments, neomycin and polymixin (antibiotics), and

betapropiolactone ( a human carcinogen)18

-- all of which, singly or in combination, can

weaken the immune system in addition to causing disease. Even though mercury has

finally been removed from other vaccines given to children ± as a result of battles



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spanning decades -- four of the five flu vaccines approved for children, if given from a

multidose vial, all contain mercury!

The Most Common Flu Vaccines Have an Added Risk of Contamination

Most flu vaccines are given from multi-dose vials because they are cheaper for the

manufacturer to produce and cheaper for the health care providers to administer, even

though there are single-dose vaccine alternatives. The problem with combining many

vaccines in the same large bottle is that in addition to the fact that these vaccines all

contain mercury as an inexpensive preservative, the action of inserting needles into a

rubber stopper repeatedly as each dose is drawn up leads to bacterial contamination of the

vaccine, especially if the administrator is not using proper precautions. Also, if the vial is

not consistently agitated before each use, the amount of vaccine can vary considerably

with each dose because the ingredients do not remain in suspension.

There Are Other, Better Ways to Protect Yourself Against the Flu Than the Vaccine

The 200 viruses that constitute influenza and influenza-like illnesses don¶t just magically

appear during fall and winter ± they are always with us. Yet we become ill more often in

the colder months when the hours of daylight diminish. Many recent studies have

suggested that the reason for the so-called influenza season may actually have to do with

the reduced amount of sunlight in the winter months, with the result that we become



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deprived of Vitamin D.19

We would be doing more to head off the flu by keeping our

Vitamin D levels adequate than by getting the vaccine.

The other main issue that rarely reaches the media is the simplest: proper hygiene. We

can ward off influenza by simply washing our hands and being very careful not to put our

hands near our eyes, nose, or mouth unless we are certain they have been cleaned of any

contamination from others. Studies on regular hand washing show that this easy and

inexpensive measure can save lives.20

If we were all forced to read and sign the package insert prior to getting a flu vaccine,

how many of us would still feel it is a sensible thing to do? The flu vaccine is neither

effective nor safe: in fact, it can cause considerable and long-lasting weakening of your

immune system making it more likely, rather than less, that you will become sick or

chronically ill. Billions of dollars are generated from this vaccine every year, but at what

cost to you? Is it worth risking your precious health to maintain the high salaries of the

pharmaceuticals industry and the medical establishment? So be prepared for this flu

season and protect yourself the healthy way: wash your hands regularly, get adequate

Vitamin D, eat properly, get plenty of rest, avoid caffeine, alcohol, sugar and processed

foods, and, most importantly, when they try to convince you to come into the drug store

to get your flu vaccine -- keep walking!



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Footnotes

1. CDC, Announcement: National Influenza Vaccination Week ± December 4 ± 10, 2011, M orbidity and M ortality Weekly, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6047a5.htm, accessed December 2, 2011.

2. Are US Flu Death Figures More PR Than Science? British M edical Journal 2005; 331;1412 (10 December).

3. CDC, Seasonal Influenza: Questions and Answers, July 6, 2011, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases(NCIRD, http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm, accessed December 5, 2011.

4. FastStats, Influenza, CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, February 18, 2011,http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm, accessed December 5, 2011.

5. Osterholm MT, Efficacy and Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines: A Systematic

Review and Meta-analysis, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 26 October 2011, doi: 10,1016/S1473-3099 (11) 70295-X.

6. Package inserts for: Fluvirin, Novartis, May 4, 2011,

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm123694.pdf , accessed December 3, 2011; Fluzone, Sanofi Pasteur, May 25, 2011,

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/.../ucm195479.pdf, accessedDecember 3, 2011; Fluarix, GlaxoSmithKline, April 2011,

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM220624.pdf, accessed December 3, 2011; Afluria, CSL Ltd., (Merck & Co., Inc),

2020-2011 Formula, July 2010,http://www.fda.gov/downloads/biologicsbloodvaccines/vaccines/approvedproducts/ucm2

20730.pdf, accessed December 3, 2011; Flulaval. GlaxoSmithKline, 2010-2011Formula,

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm112904.pdf, accessed December 2, 2011.

7. Osterholm MT, Efficacy and Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines: A Systematic

Review and Meta-analysis, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 26 October 2011, doi: 10,1016/S1473-3099 (11) 70295-X.

8. Jefferson T et al, Vaccines for Preventing Influenza in Healthy Adults, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD001269. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD001269.pub4, June 3, 2010,

http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001269/vaccines-to-prevent-influenza-in-healthy-adults, accessed December 4, 2011

9. ibid.



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10. Jefferson T et al, Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004879. DOI:

10.1002/14651858.CD004879, September 30, 2007,http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004879/vaccines-for-preventing-influenza-in-healthy-

children, accessed December 4, 2011.

11. VAERS, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, http://www.vaers.hhs.gov/index,accessed October 7, 2011.

12. Geier M, Influenza vaccination and Guillain Barre syndrome, Journal of Clinical Immunology; 107 (2003) 116±121

13. Jefferson T et al, Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children. Cochrane

Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004879. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004879, September 30, 2007,

http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004879/vaccines-for-preventing-influenza-in-healthy-children, accessed December 4, 2011.

14. Bodewes R et al, Annual Vaccination against Influenza Virus Hampers Development

of Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cell Immunity in Children, Journal of Virology, 2011; 85 (22):11995 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05213-11

15. op cit Package inserts for Fluvirin, Fluzone, Fluarix, Afluria, Flulaval.

16. ibid.

17. Simonsen L et al, Influenza Vaccination and Mortality Benefits: New Insights, New

Opportunities, Vaccine, 27 (2009) 6300-6304.

18. op cit Package inserts for Fluvirin, Fluzone, Fluarix, Afluria, Flulaval.

19. Berry DJ et al, Vitamin D Status has a Linear Association with Seasonal Infectionsand Lung Function in British Adults, British Journal of Nutrition, 2011 Nov; 106(9);

1317-8.

20. 'A Whole Industry Is Waiting For A Pandemic¶, Der Spiegel, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,637119-2,00.html, accessed December

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