Archive for May 2018

Everything to be gained by breastfeeding, nothing to lose

In Natural Immunity and Vaccination, Tetyana Obukhanych, Ph.D states that the measles vaccine has probably eradicated much of the wild measles infection. Then she asks: But is this a good thing? Answering her own question with a firm ‘no’ she explains that in eradicating the wild measles infection we are also putting an end to something else, something precious and this is maternal immunity. Dr Tetyana adds that we are actually […]

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Whooping cough vaccines for expectant mothers?

What are pregnant women to do? Among the advice given to expectant mothers is to avoid alcohol, limit fish intake, and choose wisely when consuming cheese. So I am both astonished and saddened that young mothers-to-be are now advised to be vaccinated. The Australian Government recently announced it will provide the whooping-cough (pertussis) vaccine free to every pregnant woman in the country. The measure was included in the 2018 budget at a […]

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One vial is not necessarily the same as the next

Aluminium has been described by immunologist C.A. Janeway as, “immunology’s dirty little secret.” There are three forms of aluminium which are used as adjuvants in vaccines in order to bring about an immune response: aluminium phosphate aluminium hydroxide amorphous aluminium hydroxyphosphate sulphate Each shot of Merck’s HPV vaccine, Gardasil, contains 225 micrograms of amorphous aluminium hydroxyphosphate sulphate and Gardasil 9 contains 500 mcgs of the same adjuvant. Of all the vaccines in 2017, parents […]

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Harare’s Herald lauds Zimbabwe’s HPV vaccination programme

This week in Mutare, Zimbabwe, First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa launched the National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme. The vaccine is to be given to over 800,000 girls between the ages of 10 to 14 in an attempt to alleviate the country’s growing cervical cancer rate. However in light of the fact that there is no proof that HPV vaccines have ever prevented a single case of the disease any decrease […]

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