Comments on: 10 Reasons Why Parents Question Vaccination

By: Marge

Marge — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:01:17 +0000

According to the govt. most infant vaccines have been thimerisol free since 2000.

All vaccines on the current Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule (ASVS) for infants and children under the age of 8 years are now free of thiomersal. The exception is the one of the infant hepatitis B vaccines, Engerix-B paediatric formulation, which contains a greatly reduced amount of thiomersal (2 µg per dose). The following tables list the vaccines used in Australia that are thiomersal free and vaccines that contain thiomersal.
Table 1: Thiomersal-free vaccines available for use in infants and children in Australia

Vaccine
Trade Name

Manufacturer

Hepatitis B

H-B-VaxII* preservative-free paediatric formulation

CSL/Merck Sharpe & Dohme

DTPa

Infanrix and Tripacel

GlaxoSmithKline, CSL

DTPa-hepatitis B

Infanrix-Hep B

GlaxoSmithKline

DTPa-IPV

Infanrix-IPV

GlaxoSmithKline

DTPa-hepatitis B-IPV

Infanrix-Penta

GlaxoSmithKline

DTPa-hepatitis B-IPV-Hib B PRPT

Infanrix-Hexa

GlaxoSmithKline

Hepatitis B - Hib B PRP-OMP

Comvax

CSL

Haemophilus influenza B OMP

Liquid PedVaxHIB

Merck Sharpe & Dohme

Haemophilus influenzae B PRPT

ActHib)

Pasteur Mérieux

Haemophilus influenzae B HbOC

HibTITER

Lederle

Measles, mumps, rubella

MMR II, Priorix

CSL, GlaxoSmithKline

Meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines

Meningitec, Menjugate, NeisVac-C

Wyeth, CSL, Baxter

Oral polio vaccine

OPV

CSL

Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)

IPOL

Aventis Pasteur

Polysaccharide pueumococcal vaccine

Pneumovax 23

Merck Sharpe & Dohme

7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Prevenar

Lederle

Varicella vaccine

Varilrix

GlaxoSmithKline

Varicella vaccine

Varivax

CSL/Merck Sharpe & Dohme

Influenza vaccine

Vaxigrip, Fluvax

Aventis Pasteur,
CSL

Table 2: Vaccines available in Australia that contain thiomersal

Vaccine

Trade Name

Manufacturer

Dose of thiomersal

Combined diphtheria and tetanus vaccine

CDT

CSL

50 micrograms

Adult diphtheria and tetanus vaccine

ADT

CSL

50 micrograms

Diphtheria vaccine

CSL

50 micrograms

Hepatitis B

Engerix B Adult

GlaxoSmithKline

<2 micrograms

*Influenza vaccines

Fluarix, Influvac, Fluvax

GlaxoSmithKline, Solvay, CSL

50 micrograms

Japanese encephalitis vaccine

JE Vax

CSL

35 micrograms

Q fever vaccine

Q vax

CSL

50 micrograms

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:10:29 +0000

You non-vaccinators are incredibly selfish - you are putting other families at risk because you are too selfish to be good citizens and participate in herd immunity. I think the non-vaccinated should all move to an island together, away from the rest of us, because if I was a parent of an infant who died of measles because one of YOUR non-vaccinated children brought it to daycare, I would be hard-pressed not to commit a whole lot of mayhem. I suppose I might be able to limit my response to extremely aggressive litigation.

The non-vaccinated represent a risk to infants, the immune-suppressed, and the elderly. Life is full of risk, and you are not promised a perfect angel-child. I think the privileged of this world, who are used to the best cars, jobs, education, homes, lives, and health care, are absolutely incensed when their child turns out to be not perfect, and they’re looking for someone to blame. Choosing to put your child at risk for illnesses that were on the verge of disappearing is not a rational decision.

Also, jeez, are you really going to treat *tetanus* with homeopathy? That’s completely mad, and frankly constitutes child abuse.

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:30:34 +0000

Peter,
Thankyou so much for your comment, because it caused me to research further into vaccination safety, & I came to the conclusion again that I made the right decision NOT to vaccinate our children.
First, I came across the story of the Hopewood children (which is excellent reading), proving that Real foods builds up the immune system, & protects against disease. These 86 children were adopted at birth (when their mothers couldn’t keep them) & raised on real natural foods, experiencing superior health. Sickness only came when some of the children swapped their lunches at school with other kids.
//www.vaclib.org/toc.htm#ingredients
//www.vaccinationdebate.com/articles.html (you’ll need to put the ‘http:’ in front of these)
This quote really made sense to me- “The body has its own methods of defense. These depend on the vitality of the body at the time. If it is vital enough, it will resist all infections; if it isn’t vital enough, it won’t, and you can’t change the vitality of the body for the better by introducing poison of any kind into it.” Dr William Howard Hay (1937).
Prevention IS always better than ‘the cure’.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:16:01 +0000

Performing any level of research from legitimate sources will quickly refute every point that the AVN make here in their “list of FUD”.

Their claim in particular that doctors can’t be trusted as they get paid to vaccinate is particularly laughable. Would the same argument not apply to Homeopaths advocating ‘homeopathic vaccination”? (Which, incidentally is admitted by the Australian and UK Homeopathic organisations NOT to be an effective alternative to vaccination).

Anirta:
Seriously, whale.to is hardly a reliable source of information. If you check real statistics, you’ll find that while some diseases were declining slightly before vaccination, they all plummeted after vaccination. Polio is a prime example. The Australian death toll for Polio rose by 50% in the 10 years before vaccination, and dropped by 90% in the 10 years after. It should also be noted, that despite what the AVN say, Thiomersal (’mercury’) was removed from childhood vaccines in Australia in 1999-2000, making this a moot point. The adult vaccines that do still contain thiomersal actually contain about 1/13th of the amount of mercury contained in a single serve of tunafish.

There is not a single vaccine that contains ‘high levels’ of formaldehyde. In fact, no vaccines contain any formaldehyde as an ingredient. It is used during the manufacturing process, and if any remains after the removal filtering, then it is a miniscule amount and certainly not an issue any more than the trace amounts of ‘toxic’ gasses present in the air we breathe every day. For example, no vaccine contains more than 0.1mg of formaldehyde per dose. The ‘fatal’ dose of formaldehyde is about 270mg per kg of bodyweight, or about 1500mg for an average 2 month old. So a vaccine can contain a maximum of 0.0067% of the fatal dose. Compare this to Argon, which makes up about 1% of the air we breath every day. Argon is fatal (by asphyxiation) in concentrations of about 3%. So the air we breath every day effectively contains ~33% of the fatal dose of Argon.

The amount of aluminium in vaccines is considerably less than that contained in a single antacid tablet.

Peter:
The reason diseases like tetanus is rare in Australia is BECAUSE of widespread vaccination.

There is a more in-depth refute here:
http://www.australianimages.com.au/opinion/vaccination.php

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:09:45 +0000

Why don’t you present some of this “evidence?”. This article is little more than a series of allegations and claims. As these contradict every health department, teaching hospital and credible researcher on the planet you have the onus of backing your claims. On review, the few that I checked are patently and laughably ridiculous. You guys can do what you like with yourselves, however peddling this rubbish risks the lives of children - both those who will not be vaccinated because their parents believed you and even more tragically in the wider community when your disease-harbors infect and kill. Whilst the internet has generally been a boon to enlightened communication, sites like this are a sad exception to the rule.

By: bettina

bettina — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:28:14 +0000

Klem, point number 10 doesn’t state that Scandinavian people are not vaccinated againts measels. I think you misunderstood the message of the argument. So did the message of “awaiting moderation”…

By: Klem

Klem — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:21:44 +0000

My comment is awaiting moderation?? So this is a censored debate… Weak man.. Very very weak…

By: Klem

Klem — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:18:46 +0000

Dont drag Scandinavian countrys into this. We are all vacinated against measels… And we have for a very long time. So please dont list that as reason number 10.

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:51:52 +0000

Here’s the graph to show historical evidence of the natural decline in death rate to infectious diseases, before vaccination- http://www.whale.to/vaccines/graph.html
This is interesting, too (off whale.to) A single vaccine given to a six-pound newborn is the equivalent of giving a 180-pound adult 30 vaccinations on the same day! Include in this, the toxic effects of high levels of aluminum and formaldehyde contained in some vaccines, and the synergist toxicity could be increased to unknown levels. Further, it is very well known that infants do not produce significant levels of bile or have adult renal capacity for several months after birth. Bilary transport is the major biochemical route by which mercury is removed from the body, and infants cannot do this very well. They also do not possess the renal (kidney) capacity to remove aluminum. Additionally, mercury is a well-known inhibitor of kidney function.”–Boyd Haley Ph.D.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:50:43 +0000

Vaccination
SO THIS IS WHAT GANDI HAD TO SAY…………
I have no doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process, that is harmful in the end and that it is little short of taking beef. T-3-4 EPIGRAMS FROM GANDHIJI
http://www.mkgandhi.org/epigrams/v.htm

I did not vaccinate my daughter, and now she is 20 with no problems. Mine you she has never been to a doctor or hospital since birth. but my two older children both were vaccinated and are always dame sick. I can read between the lines.

How when I try to get on the web site for Australian Vaccination Network Inc. http://www.avn.org.au
My Computer Telstra bigpond server says - Your connection to this server has been blocked in the firewall. You need to contact your hosting provider with the following IP for further information.

wishing all a great 2009