Bill Gates Recognizes the Improving State of Humanity
Chelsea German
With the newspapers full of crises, it can be hard to maintain a proper perspective on the progress humanity has made, and to remember that there are individuals striving every day to make the world a better place. In a recent interview, businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates discussed the improving state of humanity, and the work that he is doing through private charity to help those in need. He said,
I think the idea that people are worried about problems, like climate change or terrorism or these challenges of the future, that’s okay. But boy, they really lose perspective of what’s happened ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 23, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Chelsea German Source Type: blogs
Enterovirus D68 infections in North America
Enterovirus D68 by Jason Roberts
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by enterovirus D68 began in August of this year with clusters of cases in Missouri and Illinois. Since then 691 infections have been confirmed in 46 states in the US.
The number of confirmed infections is likely to increase in the coming weeks, as CDC has developed a more rapid diagnostic test. Previously it was necessary to amplify the viral genome by polymerase chain reaction, followed by nucleotide sequencing to determine the identity of the agent. The new test utilizes real time, reverse transcription PCR which is specific for the EV-D68 strai...
Source: virology blog - October 15, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information enterovirus EV-D68 limb weakness non-polio enterovirus North America outbreak paralysis respiratory disease viral Source Type: blogs
Oral polio vaccine-associated paralysis in a child despite previous immunization with inactivated virus
Poliovirus by Jason Roberts
Vaccine-associated poliomyelitis caused by the oral poliovirus vaccine is rare, but its occurrence in a healthy, immunocompetent 6-month old child was highly unusual because the child had been previously immunized with two doses of the injected, inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
The three poliovirus vaccine strains developed by Albert Sabin (OPV, oral poliovirus vaccine) contain mutations which prevent them from causing paralytic disease. When the vaccine is ingested, the viruses replicate in the intestine, and immunity to infection develops. While replicating in the intestinal tract, the ...
Source: virology blog - October 8, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information IPV OPV oral poliovirus vaccine paralysis poliomyelitis Sabin vaccine Salk vaccine vaccine-associated poliomyelitis vapp viral Source Type: blogs
Acute flaccid paralysis of unknown etiology in California
Enterovirus D68 by Jason Roberts
In February 2014 I wrote about children in California who developed a poliomyelitis-like paralysis, also called acute flaccid paralysis or AFP. However, the cause of this paralysis was not known. The CDC has released its study of these cases and concludes “The etiology of AFP with anterior myelitis in the cases described in this report remains undetermined.”
A total of 23 cases of AFP* in California were reported to CDC during the period June 2012 through June 2014. These cases were from diverse geographic regions of the state. Specimens from 19 of the patients were available ...
Source: virology blog - October 7, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information acute flaccid paralysis AFP anterior myelitis California enterovirus EV-D68 poliovirus rhinovirus viral Source Type: blogs
India Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes
Conclusion
It is difficult to believe that, despite the mounting evidence outlining the many crimes against humanity that have been committed by the Gates Foundation, GAVI, UNICEF and PATH, Bill Gates is portrayed as a hero among many.
However, according to the definition of hero in the Oxford Dictionary, the word hero means:
“A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” [12]
The dictionary I used said nothing about vaccinating innocent, vulnerable children with untested and unsafe vaccinations, causing them to suffer agonizing, untimely deaths.
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Source: vactruth.com - October 5, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Gardasil Death Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) MenAfriVac Source Type: blogs
TWiV 305: Rhymes with shinola
On episode #305 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Kathy continue their coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, with a discussion of case fatality ratio, reproductive index, a conspiracy theory, and spread of the virus to the United States.
You can find TWiV #305 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - October 5, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology ebola virus ebolavirus enterovirus epidemic EV-D68 Guinea Liberia polio-like paralysis reproductive index Sierra Leone Tagged as: case fatality ratio transmission viral Zaire Source Type: blogs
Curb the soaring costs of vaccines
Few medical interventions have been as successful as vaccines in improving public health.
Whether they are childhood vaccinations, vaccines to prevent healthy adults from contracting influenza or the more recent HPV vaccine for adolescents, these preventive methods have resulted in dramatic benefits for individuals and the public. We have only to think of the eradication of smallpox and the virtual eradication of poliomyelitis to see the enormous benefits vaccines can bring. But at what financial cost — now and in the future?
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 30, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Ruth Macklin, PhD Tags: Meds Medications Source Type: blogs
Vaccine anxiety… A teachable moment for doctors?
I’ve read and re-read Dr. Paul Offit’s WSJ opinion piece, The Anti-Vaccination Epidemic. Dr. Offit is a professor of Pediatrics at a leading hospital in the United States. He is also an author, a scientist, and a vaccine-developer. In short, he is a major physician leader. I’ll come back to that point in just a second.
His piece addresses the problem of pediatric infectious disease in the United States. Context is important here. Data from the CDC show that infectious disease is not in the top-five causes of death in children. In the US, children older than one are ten times more likely die from unin...
Source: Dr John M - September 26, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr John Source Type: blogs
Do not “take two aspirins and call me in the morning”: The story of Enterovirus D68
Photo by Philippe Put.
The story began on August 19, 2014 when a children’s hospital in Kansas City notified the CDC that almost two-dozen children had been admitted to the hospital with a severe respiratory illness. Four days later the CDC heard from a different children’s hospital 511 miles away, reporting more than a dozen seriously ill children hospitalized in Chicago with the same symptoms.
The CDC quickly tested specimens from these children and detected an unusual culprit: enterovirus D68. There are more than a hundred different enteroviruses, divided into four groups (type C is polio). Most enteroviruses cause ...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - September 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Respiratory Infection Virus Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Injury Stories: the Sacred Cows of the Internet?
When I first started looking into vaccines, I had no idea that an anti-vaccine movement even existed. I came across claims that the vaccines were toxic and dangerous; the diseases, it was claimed, were not. I have some background in science, so I was able to dismiss those claims as inaccurate, but I couldn’t help but be drawn in by tragic, angry and deeply personal stories from parents who claimed their children were harmed by vaccines.
I dared not question them, but I still couldn’t understand…
If vaccine injuries were occurring on a scale like this, why wasn’t anybody doing anything about it? And why wasn’t...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Publc Health Source Type: blogs
The CDC: A Truly Corrupt and Dangerous Organization
Conclusion
It is clear that the CDC cannot be trusted when it comes to giving advice about vaccinations. Over the years, evidence has shown that the CDC continually lies, withholds evidence and fixes data to obtain the results that they want to achieve.
Due to their continual dishonesty, many children have suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. Although, for many of their parents, the latest revelations have offered a glimmer of hope in a very dark world, it has also caused many parents to just break down and weep, like one mother known to myself.
This is a tragic waste of the future potential of thousands of children...
Source: vactruth.com - September 11, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories autism Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guillian-Barre syndrome miscarriage Polio Thimerosal truth about vaccines Vaccine-associated Polio Paralysis (VAPP) Source Type: blogs
This Is the Way One Father Told His Pediatrician “No” to Vaccines
What does an informed parent look like? We’ll show you.
Below is a letter written by Bob O’kane, a concerned parent, to his pediatrician about vaccines and the danger they pose to his child. This letter is one great example of how to approach your doctor, especially if you have looked into the matter further and are uncomfortable with their stance on the topic.
The name of the doctor has been intentionally omitted.
Doctor XXX,
My wife and I would like to say it was an absolute pleasure to meet you. We thank you for taking the time with us the other day to discuss our beautiful little daughter Rylan.
I was wo...
Source: vactruth.com - September 7, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jeffry John Aufderheide Tags: Jeffry John Aufderheide Top Stories Aluminum Adjuvant Informed Parent Vaccine Exemptions Source Type: blogs
Poliovirus escapes antibodies
Antibodies (purple) bound to poliovirus. Image credit: Jason Roberts
Antigenic variation is a hallmark of influenza virus that allows the virus to evade host defenses. Consequently influenza vaccines need to be reformulated frequently to keep up with changing viruses. In contrast, antigenic variation is not a hallmark of poliovirus – the same poliovirus vaccines have been used for nearly 60 years to control infections by this virus. An exception is a poliovirus type 1 that caused a 2010 outbreak in the Republic of Congo.
The 2010 outbreak (445 paralytic cases) was unusual because the case fatality ratio of 47% was h...
Source: virology blog - August 29, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information antibody antigenic variation eradication neutralization antigenic site poliomyelitis poliovirus Sabin Salk vaccine viral Source Type: blogs
Implications of finding poliovirus in sewers of Brazil and Israel
Wild poliovirus has been detected in the sewers of Brazil and Israel. Fortunately, no cases of poliomyelitis have been reported in either country. Why is poliovirus present in these countries and what are the implications for the eradication effort?
Wild type poliovirus (e.g. not vaccine-derived virus) was detected in sewage samples that had been collected in March 2014 at Viracopos International Airport in the State of Sao Paulo. Wild type poliovirus had not been detected in Brazil since 1989 when the last case of poliomyelitis was reported in that country, and has not been found since March 2014.
Sequence analysis of the...
Source: virology blog - June 28, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information Source Type: blogs
Could a Vaccination Before Age 40 End Alzheimer’s?
We’re vaccinated throughout our lives for various diseases such as polio, measles, flu and even shingles. Will an Alzheimer’s vaccine one day be part of the growing list of vaccinations that most of us now take for granted? A researcher in the UK thinks that’s possible.
James Nicoll, professor of neuropathology at Southampton University, found that a vaccine can spur the immune system into wiping out beta-amyloid plaques... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - June 13, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
