MMR – Myths and Maths

MMR – Myths and Maths

by Grace Filby BA(Hons) CertEd FRSA

In March 2009 a UK Shadow Minister of Health wrote:

“We know that the decline in the numbers of children having the MMR vaccine has led to a re-emergence of measles. Children will lose their lives and suffer long term health problems as a result. We have to take this extremely seriously from a public health perspective.” (Personal communication, March 4 2009).

Indeed, the Minister of Health Dawn Primarolo claimed that “many areas are now paying the price in an explosion in measles and mumps cases”. (Hansard, 13 May 2009)

May I respectfully bring to your attention the official statistics below from the HPA and ONS. They speak for themselves.

In combination with an independent pro-bono interpretation from a commercial lawyer with a scientific background, online at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clifford.g.miller/risks.html#Measles isn’t it reassuring to discover that

1. there is no re-emergence of measles
2. the risk of children losing their lives from measles in England and Wales is extremely small
3. the risk of them suffering long term health problems as a result of measles is very small
and
4. we therefore do not have to take this extremely seriously from a public health perspective?

Instead we need to take extremely seriously the risk of unnecessary vaccines and the risk of putting parents in a state of fear and confusion from public misinformation.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/news/default.htm#msls
Confirmed cases of measles by region and month of onset, England and Wales:

‘The number of laboratory confirmed cases of measles decreased in January 2009 to 88 from 113 in the preceding month (see table). The majority of cases were reported from London (33), where numbers increased following a reduction during November and December (table and figure 1). There was continued, but reduced, activity in the North West, South East and West Midlands regions.’

Measles notifications and deaths in England and Wales, 1940-2007

* Known not to be measles infection
**Provisional data

Source: Office for National Statistics

‘In 2006 there was one measles death in a 13 years old male who had an underlying lung condition and was taking immunosuppressive drugs. Prior to 2006, the last death from acute measles was in 1992.

Other measles deaths shown above are in older individuals and were caused by the late effects of measles. These infections were acquired during the 1980s or earlier, when epidemics of measles occurred.’

Other Comments from Grace

1. Can we separate the MMR controversy from Cervarix?

Yes, I think we could. MMR was bound to become a complicated story because first, it involved a mixture of 3 live vaccines; second, it is given to babies of only a year old; also the original Urabe mumps strain had to be changed in the 1990s by the NHS due to cases of transient mild viral meningitis. Alarmingly the preservative in MMR is the antibiotic Neomycin at 0.025mg per dose, which specifically kills bacteria in the intestinal tract and is extremely toxic so is not normally given intravenously. Why an exception is made with these MMR vaccines for babies is anyone’s guess. No wonder that many children get bowel disorders and symptoms of toxicity/poisoning interfering with healthy growth and development. Neomycin also impairs the absorption of essential nutrients such as minerals, vitamin B6, carbohydrates and fats.

Here is a useful quote: “A single vaccine given to a six-pound newborn is the equivalent of giving a 180-pound adult 30 vaccinations on the same day.” Dr Boyd Haley, Professor and Chair, Dept of Chemistry, University of Kentucky (2001)

And another: “The Medical Observer in Australia published my response to an attack by a fanatical pro-vaccinator in which I challenged him to go on television, allow himself to be injected with the baby vaccines adjusted to his body weight by a doctor of my choice and in my presence… We haven’t heard from him. I think that this is a reasonable request to be issued to all vaccinators. And let’s just watch the horror in their eyes.” Dr Viera Schreibner (1999)

Also false assumptions have been drawn from official statistics regarding the incidence and death rates of the diseases, deceiving and confusing the public and politicians via the media.

In contrast the preservative in Cervarix is Aluminium and I was explaining on the phone that Prof. Haley’s research shows that Aluminium, Mercury and Neomycin even in very small amounts work synergistically together to make a very dangerous cocktail of drugs. When teenage hormones are also involved it is hardly surprising that in lab cultures, nerve cells are completely destroyed. This would explain why it is especially sporty girls that are suffering from Cervarix side effects. This interaction has not been looked at before, to my knowledge. I thought of it last week and am putting it forward to you just as a possibility but it does probably fit in with what is being said about the effects of oestrogen. If the Cervarix campaign is ever extended to teenage boys (as some have suggested…)  then I do think it could be very harmful indeed to them because of the high levels of testosterone.