WaPo Says Anti-Vaxxers are Dangerous Should be Arrested

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Originally published on www.jeffreydachmd.com

You may have noticed a recent article in the Washington Post by Juliette N. Kayyem entitled, "Anti-vaxxers are dangerous. Make them face isolation, fines, arrests."(1)

My initial reaction was the article must have been written by a moron. However, my opinion changed when I discovered the author, Ms. Kayyem, graduated Harvard law school in 1995. So, it appears this article is a carefully crafted piece of pro-vaccine industry propaganda. In other words, a large pile of nonsense and misinformation masquerading as authoritative information. Propaganda pieces typically contain nonsense and blatant lies. That's OK because the "Big Lie" becomes believable if repeated often enough. (Who Said That?)(9) Let's take a look at the main point and the most glaring falsehood in the article: "Anti-Vaxxers Are Dangerous."

What is an Anti-Vaxxer?

The catch word, "anti-vaxxer" has become popular in the vaccine industry propaganda machine as a pejorative term for children who have been vaccine injured, and whose mothers no longer vaccinate them. This is aptly described by Barbara Loe Fisher in her article: "No Mercy for Mothers Or Their Vaccine Injured Children"(2)

The Big Lie: Unvaccinated are Dangerous

The easiest way to demonstrate the Big Lie: "Unvaccinated are Dangerous", is to ask the CDC, the US Government Center for Disease Control.

It is universally agreed those most susceptible to the ravages of infectious disease are the immuno-compromised, such as those undergoing bone marrow transplantation. If the "Unvaccinated Are A Danger", then one would expect the CDC to advise keeping the unvaccinated away from the immunocompromised, those having bone marrow transplants. Quite to the contrary, the CDC says the exact opposite. The recently vaccinated, not the unvaccinated, must be kept away from the transplant ward.(3)
The CDC document, "Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients." contains this quote.(3)

"Visitors who might have communicable infectious diseases (e.g., URIs, flu-like illnesses, recent exposure to communicable diseases, an active shingles rash whether covered or not, a VZV-like rash (note: VZV is Varcella, chickenpox) within 6 weeks of receiving a live-attenuated VZV vaccine, or a history of receiving an oral polio vaccine within the previous 3-6 weeks) should not be allowed in the HSCT center (note HSCT is hematopoetic stem cell transplant center) or allowed to have direct contact with HSCT recipients or candidates undergoing conditioning therapy (AII)."(3)

Not sure you want to believe the CDC? Instead, lets ask the University of Kentucky Transplant Service (4). Are the unvaccinated a danger? and should they be kept away from the transplant ward? Again, they say the exact opposite, adults and children who are recently vaccinated with the chickenpox or polio vaccine are a danger and should be kept away from immunocompromised transplant patients.

Still Dont Believe it? Maybe the University of Kentucky is an exception? All transplant wards across the nation follow the American Society for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Guidelines.(5) What do they say? Are the unvaccinated a danger to be kept from visiting the transplant ward? No, again they say quite the opposite. Those who have been recently vaccinated are a danger. Nowhere in this document do they say the unvaccinated are a danger. Quite to the contrary they say those recently vaccinated with the following vaccinations are a danger to the transplant ward: MMR (measles mumps rubella) Polio vaccine (OPV), Varicella Vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine, Influenza Vaccine (LAIV).(5)

The Varivax Package Insert Says Vaccinated Are a Danger to Others

This information is readily available. All you need to do is read the package insert for the vaccine. Merck, the manufacturer of the Varivax (chickenpox) vaccine openly admits in their product insert that people recently vacccinated with the Varivax vaccine pose a danger to the immune-compromised, pregnant mothers and infants.(7) The danger is due to transmission of live vaccine virus from those recently vaccinated to those contacts around them. This is a quote from the Varivax product insert:

"Due to the concern for transmission of vaccine virus, vaccine recipients should attempt to avoid whenever possible close association with susceptible high-risk individuals for up to six weeks following vaccination with VARIVAX. Susceptible high-risk individuals include:" Immuno-compromised, pregnant mothers, and infants-(shortened for brevity).(7)

Healthy Unvaccinated People are not Dangerous

The reality is that healthy unvaccinated individuals are NOT DANGEROUS, and are allowed visitation rights on the transplant wards across the country. It is the recently vaccinated who are "dangerous" and are restricted from visiting the transplant ward. Perhaps someone reading this could inform Juliette N. Kayyem and the Washington Post of this information so their blatantly incorrect article can be retracted, or at least modified to correct the false information contained.

The Unvaccinated are Causing the Measles Outbreaks

Another BIG Lie in this Washington Post article by Juliette N. Kayyem is the blame for the recent measles outbreak falls squarely on the unvaccinated. For this reason, the unvaccinated should be branded as criminals to be arrested, found guilty and sent to prison. For the moment let us ignore the obvious contrary argument that persecuting the unvaccinated like this is a violation of just about every form of national and international human rights and civil liberties laws you can think of.

Measles Outbreaks are Caused by the Vaccine Program Itself

Lets take a look at what Dr. Levy in 1984 J Epidemiology has to say about this in his article: "The future of measles in highly immunized populations."(6) Dr. Levy is not alone in stating the obvious. Because of limitations and failures in the measles vaccine program ( i.e. primary and secondary vaccine failure), we are creating a larger population of susceptible individuals, than before the vaccine era.(6) Dr. Levy is saying the measles vaccine program itself is creating a larger population of people susceptible to contracting measles, and this is the reason we are seeing periodic measles outbreaks which are predicted to increase.

Dr. Levy says:

"despite short-term success in eliminating the disease (measles), long-range projections demonstrate that the proportion of susceptibles in the year 2050 may be greater than in the prevaccine era. Present vaccine technology and public health policy must be altered to deal with this eventuality."(6)

What Dr. Levy is saying is that the unvaccinated are NOT to blame for periodic recurrent measles outbreaks. We will be seeing more and more of these outbreaks as a result of primary and secondary vaccine failure.

Dr. Gregory Poland, world expert on measles vaccine, said in Vaccine 2012, that measles outbreaks in highly vaccinated populations occur because of primary and secondary vaccine failure.(8) Here is a quote:

"Thus, measles outbreaks also occur even among highly vaccinated populations because of primary and secondary vaccine failure, which results in gradually larger pools of susceptible persons and outbreaks once measles is introduced.. This leads to a paradoxical situation whereby measles in highly immunized societies occurs primarily among those previously immunized" (Quote Gregory Poland)(8)

Similar measles outbreaks have been documented in other highly vaccinated populations in countries such as Israel, Nigeria, Korea, Czech Republic, Australia and Japan involving the vaccinated as well as unvaccinated.(8) This is discussed in more detail in my previous article.

Conclusion: Pro Vaccine Industry Propaganda has reached a new extreme which threatens to label the unvaccinated as criminals to be arrested and sent to prison. In case you haven't noticed, it's official, you are now living in a police state.

Push Back by Rep Daryl D. Metcalfe Pennsylvania

Daryl D. Metcalfe, a Pennsylvania Republican is pushing back. He is introducing House Bill 286, also known as the Informed Consent Protection Act which makes it illegal for pediatricians to "Fire" a patient or family for not following the CDC vaccination schedule. It also makes it illegal for pediatricians to "Game the System" by accepting cash kickbacks from insurance companies for vaccinating children. Watch this video of the News Conference:


References

1) Anti-vaxxers are dangerous. Make them face isolation, fines, arrests.
Juliette N. Kayyem Wasington Post Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1995.

We are viewing the measles outbreak though a public health lens. We need to change our orientation. This is a public safety crisis and hopes for people to "get the shot" are well past the pretty please stage. My latest for the Washington Post

In the same way we have created sex-offenders lists to protect our children, communities can inventory families that choose not to be vaccinated, notifying employers of these parents as well as neighbors who may choose not to expose their children.

2) No Mercy for Mothers Or Their Vaccine Injured Children
by Barbara Loe Fisher Published April 25, 2019 | Opinion

3) CDC Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Recommendations of CDC, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

HSCT Center Visitors

Visitors who might have communicable infectious diseases (e.g., URIs, flu-like illnesses, recent exposure to communicable diseases, an active shingles rash whether covered or not, a VZV-like rash within 6 weeks of receiving a live-attenuated VZV vaccine, or a history of receiving an oral polio vaccine within the previous 3-6 weeks) should not be allowed in the HSCT center or allowed to have direct contact with HSCT recipients or candidates undergoing conditioning therapy (AII).

4) Univ Kentucky Visiting Patients on the Transplant Unit 2012

University of Kentucky Markey Center Patient Care Standards Chapter 4: Visiting Patients on the Transplant Unit Reviewed May 2012 Page 1 of 3 Chapter Four: Visiting Patients on the Transplant Unit Purpose: To provide visitation guidelines which are designed to minimize the risk of transmission of bacterial, fungal, viral, and other infectious organisms from visitors to patients in the transplant unit.

Allowed Visitors:

1. A patient's nurse will assess all visitors for signs and symptoms of infectious diseases or organisms.

2.Anyone with evidence of even a mild communicable illness or infection, or who has been exposed to one, will not be allowed to visit patients.

3.Adults who meet the following requirements:
a)Have not received a live polio vaccine in the previous 3 months
b) Have not received live chicken pox vaccine in the previous 2 weeks
c) Have not been exposed to chicken pox in the previous 4 weeks
d) Do not have a fever, cold of any sort, cough, sneezing, conjunctivitis, sore throat, ear infection, wheezing, cold sores, or any skin rash.e)Have not been exposed to TB
f)Do not have shingles

4.Children who meet the following requirements:
a)Must be at least 10 years of age or receive special permission from staff
b) Children must be under the direct supervision of a responsible adult at all times.The responsible adult must not be the patient.
c) Have not received a live polio vaccine in the previous 3 months
d) Have not received live chicken pox vaccine in the previous 2 weeks
e) Have not been exposed to chicken pox in the previous 4 weeks
f) Do not have a fever, cold of any sort, cough, sneezing, conjunctivitis, sore throat, ear infection, wheezing, cold sores, or any skin rash.g)Have not been exposed to TB
h) Do not have shinglesi) During the RSV/Flu season (December -March) children less than 10 years old may not visit patients in the transplant unit

5) Amer Soc Blood Bone Marrow Transplantation Guidelines for Preventing Infectious Complications

American Society for Blood and Bone marrow transplantation GUIDELINES Guidelines for Preventing Infectious Complications among Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients:A Global Perspective Marcie Tomblyn, Tom Chiller, Hermann Einsele, Ronald Gress, Kent Sepkowitz, Jan Storek,John R. Wingard, Jo-Anne H. Young, Michael A. BoeckhBiol Blood Marrow Transplant 15: 1143-1238 (2009)Ó2009 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Infants and children who have recently received the OPV vaccine should be excluded from visiting the HCT unit for 4 to 6 weeks after receipt of vaccine to minimize the risk of transmission and vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis among HCT recipients (AII)[734]

Until further data on the risks of transmission of vaccine virus become available,HCT units may wish to exclude infants who have re-cently received rotavirus vaccine from visiting for 2to 4 weeks after receiving a vaccine dose (CIII).

Health care center personnel and HCT center visitors who receive LAIV Live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) instead of TIV shouldavoid contact with severely immunosuppressed per-sons for 7 days after vaccination (CIII)[307]

However, HCT centers should exclude visitors who develop a varicella- or zoster-like rash aftervaccination (AIII). If a household member developsa varicella or zoster-like rash after vaccination, closecontact with the HCT recipient should be avoidedand affected areas should be covered (AIII).

Individuals who experience a vaccine-associatedrash within 1 month after varicella vaccinationshould be excluded from visiting the HCT centerand should avoid close contact with HCT recipientsin the home setting (BIII).

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine (AIII):Household members should receive age-appropri-ate MMR vaccination as recommended. However,vaccine recipients who develop a fever and/or rash postvaccination should be excluded from visiting the HCT center while symptomatic and should avoid close contact with HCT recipients in the home setting (BIII)

6) Am J Epidemiol. 1984 Jul;120(1):39-48.
The future of measles in highly immunized populations. A modeling approach. Levy DL.

Little is known about how an intensive measles elimination program changes the overall immune status of the population. A computer model was created to study the effect of the measles elimination program in the United States on the number of susceptibles in the population. The simulation reveals that in the prevaccine era, approximately 10.6% of the population was susceptible to measles, most of whom were children less than 10 years of age. With the institution of the measles immunization program, the proportion of susceptibles in the population fell to 3.1% from 1978 through 1981, but then began to rise by approximately 0.1% per year to reach about 10.9% in the year 2050. The susceptibles at this time were distributed evenly throughout all age groups. The model did not consider the potential effect of waning immunity. The results of this study suggest that measles elimination in the United States has been achieved by an effective immunization program aimed at young susceptibles combined with a highly, naturally immunized adult population. However, despite short-term success in eliminating the disease, long-range projections demonstrate that the proportion of susceptibles in the year 2050 may be greater than in the prevaccine era. Present vaccine technology and public health policy must be altered to deal with this eventuality.

7) VARIVAX: Package Insert and Label Information
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. 23 January 2019

VARIVAX- varicella-zoster virus strain oka/merck live antigen injection, powder, lyophilized, for suspension Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Risk of Vaccine Virus Transmission

Post-marketing experience suggests that transmission of vaccine virus may occur rarely between healthy vaccinees who develop a varicella-like rash and healthy susceptible contacts. Transmission of vaccine virus from a mother who did not develop a varicella-like rash to her newborn infant has been reported.

Due to the concern for transmission of vaccine virus, vaccine recipients should attempt to avoid whenever possible close association with susceptible high-risk individuals for up to six weeks following vaccination with VARIVAX. Susceptible high-risk individuals include:

Immunocompromised individuals;
Pregnant women without documented history of varicella or laboratory evidence of prior infection;
Newborn infants of mothers without documented history of varicella or laboratory evidence of prior infection and all newborn infants born at <28 weeks gestation regardless of materna; varicella immunity.

8) Measles Outbreaks Fake News Hysteria by Jeffrey Dach MD

9) "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State." Quote attributed to Joseph Goebbels.

10) Glass, Germs, and Steel:Why Mayor De Blasio's Draconian Public Health Policy Will Fail by Sarah Dillingham (May 2019) The New English Review

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