Monday, May 25, 2015

Freedom of choice! To Vaccinate or Not?


A look at the USA and Measles

Current population 319 mil
Percent vaccinated 85-91%
Negative side effects - 1 in 3000 high fevers and or seizures (CDC stats)
Pop X Vacc % / 3000 = number of fevers and or seizures

90,000 to 96,000 high fevers and or seizures

Seizures and high fevers can lead to brain damage or death

A statement from the CDC:
A vaccine, like any medicine, is capable of causing serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions. The risk of
MMRV vaccine causing serious harm, or death, is extremely small.

2014 numbers of measles were an anomaly as old Amish communities accounted for 383 cases (out of 500,000+ Amish).
 Minus that, measles cases were about normal to slightly high.

QUESTION: 
HOW SMALL?
Number of vaccinated?
Number of cases measles?
Number of deaths measles?

Mild Problems
    Fever (up to 1 person out of 6)
    Mild rash (about 1 person out of 20)
    Swelling of glands in the cheeks or neck (about 1 person out of 75)
If these problems occur, it is usually within 7-12 days after the shot. They occur less often after the second dose.

Moderate Problems
    Seizure (jerking or staring) caused by fever (about 1 out of 3,000 doses)
    Temporary pain and stiffness in the joints, mostly in teenage or adult women (up to 1 out of 4)
    Temporary low platelet count, which can cause a bleeding disorder (about 1 out of 30,000 doses)

Severe Problems (Very Rare)
    Serious allergic reaction (less than 1 out of a million doses)
    Several other severe problems have been reported after a child gets MMR vaccine, including:
        Deafness
        Long-term seizures, coma, or lowered consciousness
        Permanent brain damage
You have to dig for deaths which shows 108 in the last 10 years of which 96 were Measles vaccines.  This number is likely low as reporting is voluntary thus incomplete.

The NCVIA (created by National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act):

 Number of Reports VAERS Receives
VAERS receives around 30,000 reports annually, with 13% classified as serious (e.g., associated with disability, hospitalization, life-threatening illness or death) (CDC VAERS Master Search Tool, April 2, 2008). Since 1990, VAERS has received over 200,000 reports, most of which describe mild side effects such as fever. Very rarely, people experience serious adverse events following immunization. By monitoring such events, VAERS helps to identify any important new safety concerns and thereby assists in ensuring that the benefits of vaccines continue to be far greater than the risks.

Many different types of adverse events occur after vaccination. About 85-90% of the reports describe mild adverse events such as fever, local reactions, and episodes of crying or mild irritability. The remaining reports reflect serious adverse events involving life-threatening conditions, hospitalization, permanent disability, or death, which may or may
not have been caused by a vaccine.

That means 3,900 serious side effects from vaccinations annually in the USA with deaths higher than deaths from actual measles cases.

When we talk about the greatness of the vaccines the real numbers of the side effects should be included. 
I am not pro or anti vaccine, just believe in Freedom of Choice.