MEASLES : THE REAL FACTS
HILARY BUTLER, spokesperson for the
Immunisation Awareness Society.
The Health Department is intending to vaccinate 540,000 children from the
ages of 2 - 10, which they say will prevent an epidemic of 50,000 cases,
900 hospitalisations with complications such as pneumonia and encephalitis,
and 10 deaths.
The seven to 10 year olds were the so-called susceptible children in 1991
who either got measles, or were the targetted population for the "one-off"
MMR vaccine campaign. Of the 2- 6 year olds 85%. have been vaccinated with
a vaccine which is supposed to produce antibodies in 95% of vacinees.
This means that 87+ of the 2 - 6 year old will be given a vaccine that they
don't need, and the 7 -10 year olds will yet again be subjected to another
"one-off" jab.
WHAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT MEASLES:
In the early stages of the cough, runny nose and fever, a child with
Measles will get KOPLIK SPOTS which look like bluey-white grains of salt.
These are best seen on the inside of the cheek near the second upper molar,
but may also be on the gums anywhere in the mouth. They last for a few
days, and are SPECIFIC for measles only. (Medicine International, 1984, pg
20, Viral Diseases in Man, 83rd Edition, pg 412.) Why do you need a painful
blood-test with such a specific sign easily available?
You should NOT take your child to the doctor in this prodromal stage if
your child has KOPLIK SPOTS. This stage is the MOST infective. If
necessary, ring the surgery, but there is nothing your medically
responsible doctor should, or could prescribe for your child at this stage.
Studies have shown that "prodromal" children taken to doctor's surgeries,
health care facilities and hospitals increase the spread of measles, and
put at risk the very people for whom measles is so dangerous - sick or
immunocompromised adults, babies and other children. (Infect Dis Child, Dec
95; Ped Infct Dis, Jan 93; Maryland Med J, Oct 91.)
There is a "cure" for measles. It is called Vitamin a...Cod-liver oil. As
early as 1932, doctors used cod-liver oil to reduce hospital mortality by
57%, but then antibiotics became the treatment of fashion, and Vitamin A
was thrown out until the mid-80's. Recent published studies have found that
72%. of hospitalised measles cases in America are Vitamin A deficient, and
the worse the deficiency the worse the complications and higher the death
rate. (Pediatric Nursing, Sept/Oct 1996.) Yet doctors and hospitals in New
Zealand do not use Vitamin A.
FACT; 1991 Six deaths, 4 younger than 12 month , unvaccinated, died of
pneumonia/encephalitis. 2 vaccinated children, deaths encephalitis.
FACT: THESE CHILDREN WERE NOT TREATED WITH VITAMIN A
Q. ( IF THEY HAD BEEN, WOULD THEY HAVE DIED?)
The Health Department says that keeping unvaccinated healthy children away
from vaccinated children will protect vaccinated children. They tell us
that vaccines protect children, so aren't they already vaccine "protected"?
The answer is No. In 1991 over 60% of cases in children were "vaccinated".
Question: Didn't children used to get measles regularly? Health Department
answer: "Yes, because there was no widespread immunisation... Deaths and
hospitalisations from measles were not recorded."
FACT. Vaccinated children still get measles. Deaths and hospitalisations
have been recorded for 120 years. The measles death decline graph provided
shows that the measles vaccine had nothing to do with the decline in
deaths, and has not affected the number of children hospitalised during
epidemic years since its introduction. (Appendices to Parliamentary
Journals, Official Year Book, Health Department publications such has
"Health Trends" and Immunisation Handbook. Also, graphs provided to Herald
and Metro in the past)
PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT,
*** A similar campaign vaccinating 7.1 million schoolchildren in England
has resulted in a legal firm called Dawbarns (dawbarns @paston.co.uk) (0044
1553 764373) taking legal action against the British Health Department on
behalf of the following cases:
Autism (202), Crohn's disease and other serious chronic stomach problems
(110) Epilepsy (97) Hearing and vision problems (40) Arthritis (42) chronic
fatigue syndrome (24) Diabetes (9) Guillain-Barre syndrome (9) chronic
Thrombocytopenia (5) subacute sclerosing panencephalitis SSPE {3) Wegener's
Granulomatosis (2) Multiple Sclerosis (1) Death (14) (Dawbarns fact sheet)
*** The childrens' doctors and specialists have come out in the media in
support of the children
*** The New Zealand, and British Health Departments deny the existence of
these cases. (NZ H Dept media release, and BMJ article) and maintain that
OPERATION SAFEGUARD eliminated measles from UK. In October 1996, UK started
another MMR booster campaign.
**** Deaths from Measles were virtually wiped out in every <developed
country before the vaccine was even used.(See disease decline graph
*** Using the Health Department statistics on vaccinating 540,000 children,
would result in:
Up to 81,000 cases of rash and fever.
Up to 5,400 cases of parotid (mumps) swelling
Up to 216 cases of febrile seizures
Up to 18 cases of thrombocytopenia (red-blood cell destruction)
Up to cases of chronic thrombocytopenia.
Up to 5 cases of Aseptic Meningitis.
Up to 1 case of Central Nervous system damage.
Up to 15,420 cases of transient joint arthralgia some of these becoming
chronic. (pg 95, H. Dept Handbook)
*** Germany does not routinely use the measles vaccine because their
reporting system found 1 per 2,500 vaccinees had a neurological
complication, and 1 per 17,500 vaccinees had abortive encephalopathy. (FDA
Technical Report, 1980)
The Germans considered the risks too high in light of the fact that deaths
and disease severity had decreased without any reference to a vaccine. *
THE SAME IS TRUE OF NEW ZEALAND, but parents are not told that.
*** That in the pre vaccine era, mothers' antibodies protected babies for
around 15 months, measles was mainly an infection of 5 - 9 year olds, and
by 15 yrs, 99% had antibodies. By 1985, 14 % of 15 year olds lacked
antibody.( NZ Med J. 27 May, 1987) No-one knows what the level is now, but
evidence from America shows that adult measles, which can be very serious,
is now quite common.
*** that vaccinated mothers cannot give protective antibodies to their
babies, so that young babies, for whom measles is serious are no longer
protected. (Washington Post, Sun Nov 22, 1992, and others)
"** that in the 1991 USA measles outbreak, over half the deaths were
vaccinated, and most deaths were in immunocompromised people. (Washington
Post June 14, 1991, BMJ, 11 May, 1991)
*** that New Zealand doctors and hospitals do not prescribe or use Vitamin
A for measles, and as a result, many cases are far more serious than they
should be.
"** that in Africa, children who have a natural measles infection have half
the asthma, allergies and eczema compared with their vaccinated peers.
(Lancet, June 29, 1996)
*** that if children with mild to moderate psoriasis get a natural dose of
measles, the psoriasis is often cured. (3 med studies)
*** that babies vaccinated who have maternal antibodies, or people who have
measles suppressed with gammaglobulin go on to have a higher rate of
immunoreactive diseases, sebaceous skin diseases, degenerative cartilage
and bone disease and certain tumours. (Lancet, 5 Jan 1985) If you
revaccinate children who already have antibodies what will happen to them
in later life?
*** that you have the right to take home the PRODUCT INSERT, and read it
carefully before you make any decision".
IF YOU CHOSE TO VACCINATE YOUR CHILD WITH MMR.
and anything happens which you know is not normal for your child, go to
your doctor, or hospital immediately. Fill out an H 1574 form, make sure
that the medical records are correct, sign them yourself, and get copies.
In the event of permanent damage. Without these documents you will be
unable to obtain ACC coverage, or financial assistance of any sort
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