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LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATIONS FACTS ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATIONS Mass vaccinations against poliovirus, also in conjunction with intramuscular antibiotic injections and vaccines given against a range of diseases, resulted in significant levels of paralysis especially among young children. Part 2 of 2 Outbreak in Oman (continued) utter et al. (1991) also wrote: "Among the most disturbing features o' the [paralytic poliomyelitis] outbreak {in Oman] was that it occurred in the face of a model immunisation programme and that widespread transmission had occurred in a sparsely populated, predominantly tural setting.” This represents further evidence that vaccination caused the outbreak. The vaccinators had travelled into sparsely populated communities. Sutter et al. (1992) reviewed vaccination records for 70 children aged 5-24 months with poliomyelitis and from 692 matched control children during a poliomyelitis outbreak investigation in Oman. "A significantly higher proportion of cases received a DTP vaccine injection within 30 days before paralysis onset than did controls (42.9% vs. 28.3%). The proportion o poliomyelitis cases that may have been provoked by DTP injections was 35% for children 5-11 months old." They concluded that their study confirmed that "...injections are an important cause of provocative poliomyelitis. Although the benefits of DTP vaccination should outweigh the risks o subsequent paralysis, these data stress the importance of avoiding unnecessary injections during outbreaks of wild poliovirus infection." The fact is that previous injections of other vaccines (such as those containing a pertussis component) causing provocation paralysis was described in the 1950s (for instance, McCloskey, 1950). So, the situation in Oman was just another example of the phenomenon of provocation paralysis. However, time and again, mass vaccination programs have ignored this important fact and continued causing suffering and disability to children all over the world. Another important well-known fact is that the significant majority (65 per cent) of recipients of any vaccines actually get he disease which the vaccines are supposed to prevent, after the first dose Hedrich, 1933). Hedrich studied outbreaks of measles for 30 years in the Baltimore (USA) area. He established that when about 63 per cent of susceptibles get measles, an epidemic stops. Strebel et al. (1992) wrote that vaccine-associated paralysis in recipients of OPV usually occurs after their irst dose. In Oman (and elsewhere), those who became paralysed after the irst dose were simply excluded from efficacy calculations as unvaccinated or such vaccinations "were not counted". Sutter et al. (1993) published an article on another outbreak in Oman after he post-vaccination polio outbreak of 1988-89. For obvious reasons | cannot quote the entire article, so I highlight certain sentences which reflect he observed reality. The authors wrote: "Investigation of the outbreak suggested that its occurrence was due to several factors, including accumulation of children susceptible to poliomyelitis due to a reduction in overall immunity levels from exposure to wild poliovirus in 1987-1988, suboptimal efficacy of trivalent oral poliovaccine (OPV), provocation Mass vaccinations against poliovirus, also in conjunction with intramuscular antibiotic injections and vaccines given against a range of diseases, resulted in significant levels of paralysis especially among young children. by Viera Scheibner, PhD © 2009 Scheibner Publications 178 Govetts Leap Road Blackheath, NSW 2785 Australia Email: viera.scheibner@gmail.com by Viera Scheibner, PhD © 2009 Scheibner Publications 178 Govetts Leap Road Blackheath, NSW 2785 Australia NEXUS ¢ 27 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com