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Pertussis epidemic? Or Media induced malady?.
http://whale.to/vaccine/pertussis_epidemic.html
Being an information junkie, I have a huge collection of newspaper articles about kids with pertussis dating from the late 70's, and... most of them are vaccinated children. One more recent prominent one was a 10 month, fully vaccinated daughter of a doctor at Middlemore hospital. Which reminds me of this medical article in which in 1979, while defending his article the author replied with a situation which exactly mimics THIS country: I did discover that the only seriously ill infants were too young to have been vaccinated in any case; and that these children were threatened by an outbreak of which the onset and initial spread were entirely among immunised children. Nothing has changed in the world of expedient misinformation. Whooping cough is primarily spread by vaccinated children with undiagnosed infections, to their unvaccinated siblings, or other children in daycare or school. The brown coloured paragraph (By 1976, the number of cases nationwide had dropped to 1,010 a year, because of what experts say was the widespread use of the vaccine. But the numbers have increased tenfold since. In California alone, there have been more than 4,000 cases reported this year, including nine infants who?ve died ? most of them after being misdiagnosed initially) is typical misinformation, when the truth is, that because of "observer bias" and the assumption that all vaccinated children can never get pertussis, pertussis was constantly diagnosed as something else, until the truth gradually dawned on everyone, and that TRUTH then permeated the medical literature. Ironically, the guru of pertussis, Dr James Cherry, was the first to twig that the problem was blinkered doctors, not absence of pertussis! Why did that truth gradually permeate the medical literature? The whole truth and nothing but, is never told in the medical literature about anything......In order to convince the public that pertussis boosters from cradle to grave is a good idea, you have to have time to concoct some plausible sounding excuses. As well as allow enough time to pass, to get away with absolute porkies. But the mainstream media will never wake up to the fact that media induced maladies exist, because they ASSUME that doctors tell the truth, and they can't be bothered studying the medical literature (or wimp out by saying they don't have the time). Even if they did all the above, I wonder who would in mainstream media would have the balls to challenge people like Dr Alison Roberts, and demand truth and accountability? On past experience, the answer would be "none". |
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Pertussis epidemic? Or Media induced malady?.
On 9/24/10 6:20 AM, john wrote:
http://whale.to/vaccine/pertussis_epidemic.html Being an information junkie, That's a good description for you. Unfortunately, you failed to understand the information. I have a huge collection of newspaper articles about kids with pertussis dating from the late 70's, and... most of them are vaccinated children. Makes sense. Most children are vaccinated and vaccination is not 100% perfect. One more recent prominent one was a 10 month, fully vaccinated daughter of a doctor at Middlemore hospital. Which reminds me of this medical article in which in 1979, while defending his article the author replied with a situation which exactly mimics THIS country: I did discover that the only seriously ill infants were too young to have been vaccinated in any case; and that these children were threatened by an outbreak of which the onset and initial spread were entirely among immunised children. Nothing has changed in the world of expedient misinformation. Whooping cough is primarily spread by vaccinated children with undiagnosed infections, to their unvaccinated siblings, or other children in daycare or school. Which is exactly why it is so important that all kids be vaccinated, otherwise there would be huge outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The brown coloured paragraph (By 1976, the number of cases nationwide had dropped to 1,010 a year, because of what experts say was the widespread use of the vaccine. But the numbers have increased tenfold since. In California alone, there have been more than 4,000 cases reported this year, including nine infants who?ve died ? most of them after being misdiagnosed initially) is typical misinformation, when the truth is, that because of "observer bias" and the assumption that all vaccinated children can never get pertussis, pertussis was constantly diagnosed as something else, until the truth gradually dawned on everyone, and that TRUTH then permeated the medical literature. Ironically, the guru of pertussis, Dr James Cherry, was the first to twig that the problem was blinkered doctors, not absence of pertussis! Thanks for showing that science is not perfect, but it does work. It is self-correcting. Why did that truth gradually permeate the medical literature? The whole truth and nothing but, is never told in the medical literature about anything......In order to convince the public that pertussis boosters from cradle to grave is a good idea, you have to have time to concoct some plausible sounding excuses. As well as allow enough time to pass, to get away with absolute porkies. Medicine is not trying to get away with anything except healthy kids. ANd, for diseases that can be spread by grandparents and great grandparents, it is important that they be vaccinated, too. But the mainstream media will never wake up to the fact that media induced maladies exist, because they ASSUME that doctors tell the truth, and they can't be bothered studying the medical literature (or wimp out by saying they don't have the time). Gee, you point out one of the problems with the media's dealings with con-med (conjecture-based medicine aka alternative medicine), too. They believe people when they say distilled water cures (i.e., homeopathy). Even if they did all the above, I wonder who would in mainstream media would have the balls to challenge people like Dr Alison Roberts, and demand truth and accountability? No idea who Roberts is. But, scientists challenge other scientists. However, mainstream media would challenge them. Look how they challenged the care at Walter Reed Hospital and got Maj. Gen. Riley fired (he was forced to retire). On past experience, the answer would be "none". |
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Pertussis epidemic? Or Media induced malady?.
dr_jeff wrote in
: On 9/24/10 6:20 AM, john wrote: http://whale.to/vaccine/pertussis_epidemic.html Being an information junkie, That's a good description for you. Unfortunately, you failed to understand the information. He's more like disinformation junkie. If there is a single piece of unsupported "alternative medicine" crap floating on the internet, he c/ps it to his website. Amusingly enough, quite a few of the articles and quotes he's copied directly contradict each other - not that he seems to notice that. -- The trouble with the World is that the stupid are so confident while the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell |
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