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- ... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS NEW EVIDENCE FOR CATASTROPHIC EARTH CHANGE nations at schools, on behalf of the Depart- ment of Health and Community Services.. For the first time, the formula included a vaccine against whooping cough. Geelong parents have hit out at the immunisation, claiming their children were used as a test case. Little or no information had been given to parents about the vaccination or its side- effects which left hundreds of children sick for days and hospitalised at least one child. Most schools in the area reported that half to two-thirds of immunised students were absent due to illness, and those who did attend had to be cared for by teachers. (Source: Geelong Independent, 13 April 1995) The evidence, from laboratory and popu- lation studies, suggests that people given the measles vaccine are up to three times more likely to develop these diseases. However, the researchers, headed by Dr Andrew Wakefield, said there should be no change in vaccination policy. (Source: The Guardian Weekly, 7 May 1995) Earth changes researchers are divided For the first time, the formula included a the measles vaccine are up ‘to three times into two camps: those who believe in sud- vaccine against whooping cough. more likely to develop these diseases. den catastrophic changes throughout the Geelong parents have hit out at the However, the researchers, headed by Dr Earth's history, and those who propound immunisation, claiming their children were Andrew Wakefield, said there should be no the theory of gradualism, i.e., continental used as a test case. change in vaccination policy. drift, erosion, etc. Little or no information had been given (Source: The Guardian Weekly, 7 May 1995) Catastrophists have long argued that sud- _ to parents about the vaccination or its side- den reversals of the Earth's magnetic field effects which left hundreds of children sick LOCKERBIE: CRACKS IN THE have occurred at times of cataclysmic for days and hospitalised at least one child. LIBYAN FRAME-UP change, whereas gradualists have insisted Most schools in the area reported that 1) Edinburgh — Relatives of the 270 there is no evidence for sudden magnetic half to two-thirds of immunised students people who died in the Lockerbie bombing field reversals at all—until now. were absent due to illness, and those who _ have called for an independent inquiry after In a largely underreported article pub- did attend had to be cared for by teachers. a leaked letter cast fresh doubts on the case lished in Nature, three scientists propose (Source: Geelong Independent, 13 April 1995) against the two Libyan suspects. The letter there is “New evidence for extraordinarily from the German Justice Ministry reveals rapid change of the geomagnetic field dur- © POLIO JABS RESPONSIBLE FOR that investigators in Frankfurt found no ing a reversal". PARALYSIS OUTBREAKS evidence that the bomb was loaded onto the According to the three geologists, Worrying new finds from Romania indi- jet at Frankfurt Airport. "Paleomagnetic results from lava flows cate that the polio vaccine is actually caus- (Source: The Independent, The Sydney recording a geomagnetic polarity reversal ing outbreaks of the disease. Morning Herald, 1] March 1995) at Steens Mountain, Oregon, suggest the Scientists at first blamed the outbreak on 2) A new documentary, The Maltese occurrence of brief episodes of astonishing- the locally produced vaccine, but the rate Double Cross, is about to air in the UK and ly rapid field change of six degrees per continued even after the introduction of Australia. Although the version shown to day." vaccine used in other European countries. the TV viewing audience will be edited, it The scientists conclude: "This is not to Researchers studying 31 cases of chil- _ is still expected to arouse a lot of interest. suppose that geomagnetic reversals take dren paralysed after receiving the vaccine, The documentary alleges that the bomb- place much more quickly than the several agree that the polio injections triggered the ing was financed by Iran and planned by thousand years currently supposed, but paralyses. They also discovered that the Syrian-based Palestinian guerrillas in rather to suggest that polarity transitions children had received a large number of revenge for the United States shooting- may be punctuated by episodes of extraor- other vaccinations in the months leading up down of an Iranian Airbus over the Persian dinarily rapid field change.". to the polio jabs. Gulf in July 1988. (Source: Nature, vol. 374, no. 6524, 20 April 1995) (Source: NEJM, 23 February 1995) It demolishes the evidence against Libya, and alleges that several VIPs, including the "ROUTINE' VACCINATION RISKS MEASLES VACCINE LINKED TO _ South African Foreign Minister, Pik Botha, A new formula used in routine vaccina- DISEASE were told not to go on that flight. tions in Victoria, Australia, has caused Researchers from the Royal Free (Source: The Australian Magazine, 6-7 May mass illness among prep-grade students. Hospital, Loreen. have found evidence ag 1995) Childran onffarad the we. wenn elias ao callin, tes MEASLES VACCINE LINKED TO DISEASE Researchers from the Royal Free Hospital, London, have found evidence that the measles vaccine may play a role in trig- gering two long-term bowel diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. "ROUTINE' VACCINATION RISKS A new formula used in routine vaccina- tions in Victoria, Australia, has caused mass illness among prep-grade students. Children suffered severe fever, swelling and vomiting after the City of Geelong recently administered triple-antigen vacci- ten enee ee newer te wey re eneee Oe es and vomiting after the City of Geelong gering two long-term bowel diseases, © PHONE TAPPING TO INCREASE recently administered triple-antigen vacci- Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 1) Germany — Security forces have ——— ~ demanded that all mobile telephone opera- tors in the country must ensure that police can monitor all calls on a proposed new digital network. German Posts Minister Wolfgang Bétsch presented a draft bill before parliament in Bonn in May. A spokesperson for Germany's three main operators said it could cost each oper- ator around DMS0 million (USD$40 mil- lion) to meet the regulations. (Source: The European, 5-11 May 1995) 2) USA — Following the Oklahoma bombing, President Clinton urged Congress to approve funding for the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, better known as the wiretap law. Passed last year, the law requires telephone companies to design their communications systems so that law INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY LP 8 ¢ NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1995