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o' the wisp. No successful product exists, and trials of those available have not disclosed any advantage in use. For many years there has been a gut feeling among the public and doctors alike that the influenza vaccine was not only useless but made you sick." They threw the bodies in trucks to take to the coast where autopsies were done. It appeared they had died from heart attacks." According to Dr William Frosehaver (Scipps Howard News Service, 5/11/1986): The Lancet (10/8/1974) contains details on a study involving 50,000 postal workers and influenza vaccinations. The study found no evidence to support vaccine efficacy. The article stated: "No evidence was obtained of a saving in sickness absence in the 'vaccinated' units compared with the control units... In these circumstances, the results so far available show that the annual offer of an injection of influenza vaccine in a large industry has not resulted in a significant reduction in sickness. "The risk of suffering serious complications from the flu vac- cines is far greater than the flu." TUBERCULOSIS (BCG) VACCINE There is widespread disagreement within the medical ranks as to the value and safety of the BCG vaccine. Controlled trials have found extremely variable immunity in vaccine recipients. In a major trial in southern India involving 260,000 people, not only was the vaccine shown to be totally ineffective, but more cases of TB occurred in the vaccinated group than in the placebo group. A report of this failure appears in The Lancet (12/1/1980, p. 73), under the heading "BCG: Bad News from India". It states: The Morbidity & Mortality Report (9/8/1985) discusses vaccine failure amongst residents of nursing homes. It states: "In February and March 1985, three separate outbreaks of influenza-like illness among nursing home residents were inves- tigated by the Connecticut Department of Health Services and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine. Influenza type A(H3N2) appears to have caused all three outbreaks. Investigators found that, in each outbreak, residents who had recently received cur- rently recommended influenza vaccine were just as likely as unvaccinated residents to become ill." "The history of immunisation against tuberculosis is a story of set-back, controversy, and surprise. And so it continues, with the revelation that a major trial of BCG in southern India—the largest controlled field trial ever done with this vaccine—has shown no evidence of a protective effect. Though the 7.5-year follow-up results reported in the Indian Journal of Medical Research are incomplete, they are negative: in fact, slightly more tuberculosis cases have appeared in vaccinated than in equal-sized placebo control groups. It es looks like another zero effect." The British Medical Journal (29/9/1990) contains an article, more tuberculosis cases have appeared in vaccinated than in . a on equal-sized placebo control groups. It Influenza Vaccination and the Elderly”, in looks like al sn zero effect.” which it states: "Whereas the vaccine can offer 60- 1 Believe it or not, this article goes on to 80% protection to normal healthy adults Meee persons who are say: Cosel eae) review of 16 shen vacdiated 4° comsins sum of Te moe selctaeed Rican protection against inflaenzaike @Pproximately 10 times —_yaccines in the world today._ The World ' . . vi rou illness of only 27% for influenza more likely to get Guillain- ennautagad is oo iene —_ : y A(H3N2) vaccines. Influenza B vaccines the Indian soverament bay. sa-oramcedl- fared even worse, with a mean protec- Barre than those that are ed its aitiacion, despite the recent tion of only 21% in seven studies. ‘ a Moreover, Feary et al. found no protec- not vaccinated." findings. tion against ae ieaical ep roeet cases of The man most responsible for the intro- peepee een ad pees To Center for Disease Control duction of the BCG vaccine into Sweden, etiam: oli iieniite bas Atlanta Georgia USA Professor Walgen, became disillusioned Y 2 . . In what has become known as the Great with the vaccine after learning that four peo- ple died following BCG vaccination. Professor Walgen stated: Swine Flu Fiasco, a mass vaccination cam- paign against a swine flu epidemic in the USA in 1976 resulted in 56 cases of Guillain-Barre paralysis and "We have hitherto encouraged by publicity as many as possi- over 40 deaths. Dr J. Anthony Morris, who was fired from his gov- ble to have themselves BCC vacernated, rhe if om a no ernment health post for calling the campaign "a senseless fiasco", obvious risk of exposure. We can no longer accept the non- stated that for 10 years it was known that flu vaccine was associated dangerousness of our propaganda... Most of the BCG vaccina- with the paralysing Guillain-Barre Syndrome. tions, in countries like Sweden, never had any opportunity of Even Dr Albert Sabin, the developer of the oral polio vaccine, = any protective action during childhood. In a word, suggested that the programme be abandoned and that the odds of a.‘ “Mey were unnecessary. swine flu epidemic were in the order of 1 in 10,000. According to ; ‘ Pa ‘ the St Petersburg Times (1/7/1976), Dr Sabin predicted that for pte apie dd —— every one million children receiving an effective dose, about \cers. inflamed regional lymph nodes or keloid pl =— 05 190,000 would become sick with such symptoms as fever, F : . headaches, muscle pains and nausea within about 24 hours after bank, Amenuniel Uyerzar | 00), Hascid Simon, MED., saye: vaccination. In 1977, The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, "Some strains of BCG do produce morbidity, if not actual pro- USA, after obtaining evidence on GBS, announced: ressive tuberculosis in man. A report from Holland indicates 7 that a significant number of infants develooed !vmphadenitis. "Notwithstanding these problems, BCG remains one of the most widely-used vaccines in the world today. The World Health Organisation has vigorously encouraged its use for many years, a the Indian government has recommend- ed its continuation, despite the recent findings." "We have hitherto encouraged by publicity as many as possi- ble to have themselves BCG-vaccinated, even if there was no obvious risk of exposure. We can no longer accept the non- dangerousness of our propaganda... Most of the BCG vaccina- tions, in countries like Sweden, never had any opportunity of exciting any protective action during childhood. In a word, they were unnecessary." In the book, Infectious Disease (Maude), it is mentioned that up to 5 per cent of BCG recipients develop persistent or spreading skin ulcers, inflamed regional lymph nodes or keloid formation. In his book, Attenuated Infection (1960), Harold Simon, M.D., says: "Some strains of BCG do produce morbidity, if not actual pro- ressive tuberculosis in man. A report from Holland indicates that a significant number of infants developed lymphadenitis, phlyctenular conjunctivitis and draining sinuses, following BCG vaccination." "Evidence suppests that persons who are vaccinated are approximately 10 times more likely to get Guillain-Barre than those that are not vaccinated." According to Doctors Archie Kalokerinos and Glen Dettman, tuberculosis vaccines in Australia have resulted in over 600 deaths in children (Let's Live, December 1976, p. 57). It is interesting to note that The Netherlands had the lowest death rate from respiratory TB for any —— country in 1957-59 and 1967-69, despite having no national BCG programme. °° Dr Kalokerinos comments on the flu vaccine (natural health con- vention, May 1987): "In 1976 | was working in the Gulf country around Cape York, in an aboriginal community of about 300 people. The Health Department sent around a team and vaccinated about 100 of them against flu. Six were dead within 24 hours or so and they weren't all old people, one man being in his early twenties. continued in the next issue of N JUNE - JULY 1993 34¢NEXUS Believe it or not, this article goes on to cau: