Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Vaccines have been proven to cause Diabetes
Polio:
A difference of 50 cases of organ damage /100,000 people is a major event that has caused major changes in immunization practices in the past. The killed polio vaccine is promoted for its safety advantage over live oral polio vaccines, which causes vaccine induced polio at a rate of 0.2 cases/100,000 immunized following the administration of a first dose. This risk has caused some countries including the US to give the killed polio vaccine instead of the live vaccine. An international effort was started to develop an acellular pertussis vaccine because the risk of permanent brain damage following immunization with the whole cell pertussis vaccine is estimated at 0.2 cases/100,000 doses of vaccine administered. The total risk of permanent brain damage from DTP immunization, assuming a child receives 5 doses, is 1 case/100,000 immunized.
Polio afflicted 21,000 US citizens in 1952, the most at any time in history, however many of these people may have recovered without permanent paralysis. Assuming a birth cohort of 3.25 million, the life time risk of at least transient paralysis was around 656 cases/100,000 children. Polio immunization routinely involves 4 doses so the average per dose effect comes to 164 cases prevented/100,000 people. Each vaccine however contains 3 strains, type-1, type-2, type-3. The net effect is that one dose of one type of polio vaccine prevents on average 55 cases/100,000 people. It should be noted that while polio was more common than insulin dependent diabetes is now, polio is often a less severe disease since it commonly causes people to lose partial function of their legs while diabetes causes people to loose their legs completely due to vascular complications and infectious diseases.
*Since 1979, an average of 8 cases of poliomyelitis have occurred in the U.S. each year that are acquired from the vaccine (OPV, the Sabin vaccine) itself. For this reason, the "killed" virus vaccine (IPV, the Salk vaccine) is being reintroduced. As of June 17, 1999, it is recommended that in the future all children receive 4 doses of the Salk vaccine and — except in special circumstances — none of the Sabin vaccine.
Polio:
A difference of 50 cases of organ damage /100,000 people is a major event that has caused major changes in immunization practices in the past. The killed polio vaccine is promoted for its safety advantage over live oral polio vaccines, which causes vaccine induced polio at a rate of 0.2 cases/100,000 immunized following the administration of a first dose. This risk has caused some countries including the US to give the killed polio vaccine instead of the live vaccine. An international effort was started to develop an acellular pertussis vaccine because the risk of permanent brain damage following immunization with the whole cell pertussis vaccine is estimated at 0.2 cases/100,000 doses of vaccine administered. The total risk of permanent brain damage from DTP immunization, assuming a child receives 5 doses, is 1 case/100,000 immunized.
Polio afflicted 21,000 US citizens in 1952, the most at any time in history, however many of these people may have recovered without permanent paralysis. Assuming a birth cohort of 3.25 million, the life time risk of at least transient paralysis was around 656 cases/100,000 children. Polio immunization routinely involves 4 doses so the average per dose effect comes to 164 cases prevented/100,000 people. Each vaccine however contains 3 strains, type-1, type-2, type-3. The net effect is that one dose of one type of polio vaccine prevents on average 55 cases/100,000 people. It should be noted that while polio was more common than insulin dependent diabetes is now, polio is often a less severe disease since it commonly causes people to lose partial function of their legs while diabetes causes people to loose their legs completely due to vascular complications and infectious diseases.
*Since 1979, an average of 8 cases of poliomyelitis have occurred in the U.S. each year that are acquired from the vaccine (OPV, the Sabin vaccine) itself. For this reason, the "killed" virus vaccine (IPV, the Salk vaccine) is being reintroduced. As of June 17, 1999, it is recommended that in the future all children receive 4 doses of the Salk vaccine and — except in special circumstances — none of the Sabin vaccine.