| One year ago this month, The Washington Post ran | | | | pressure, hives, and breathing difficulties. Researchers |
| a story that not only extolled the use of the | | | | concluded that the severe reaction was not a typical |
| influenza vaccines but pushed for a new and | | | | allergic response characterized by the combination of |
| improved version by saying, "Why wait for the | | | | IgE antibodies and the release of histamines; it was |
| pandemic to benefit from better flu vaccines?"(1) | | | | caused by a serious disruption that had occurred |
| The story went on to say that the National | | | | within the immune system.(5) |
| Institutes of Health (NIH) is planning to strengthen | | | | Vaccine manufacturer Chiron is already using MF59 in |
| the flu shot "destined for the elderly" by adding an | | | | its European influenza vaccine for seniors called |
| immune-boosting compound to the shot called an | | | | Fluad(TM). It remains to be seen if Chiron will gain |
| adjuvant. | | | | approval for using this adjuvant-containing vaccine in |
| An adjuvant is a substance added to produce a high | | | | the U.S. In the mean time--and for the first time--all |
| antibody response using the smallest amount of virus | | | | children from age six months to five years will be |
| (antigen) possible. By definition adjuvants are | | | | targeted for the flu shot this fall. Expect even more |
| considered to be "pharmacologically active drugs." | | | | children to be on the vaccine list as early as 2007; |
| They are designed to be "inert without inherent | | | | discussions are underway to mandatorily vaccinate |
| activity or toxicity" and yet they are required to | | | | the healthy five to nine year-old group as a school |
| "potently augment effects of the other compounds" | | | | requirement. |
| in the vaccines. It is difficult to explain how a | | | | A record 121 million doses of flu vaccine was |
| substance can be defined as "pharmacologically | | | | produced for the 2006-2007 flu season and |
| active" and at the same time be described as "inert | | | | production is being ramped up to 140 million doses for |
| and have no activity or toxicity." | | | | the coming flu season. Be prepared for a huge push |
| The limiting factor for approval of new adjuvants has | | | | to get everyone vaccinated this fall. Consider it to be |
| been that most are far too toxic for use in humans. | | | | psychological pre-conditioning. The plan is to get each |
| However, one adjuvant has been approved in Europe | | | | person ready--and eager--to roll up their sleeve for |
| and its approval is on the way for use in the U.S. It is | | | | an injection of the "pandemic" flu vaccine when it |
| an oil-based adjuvant called MF-59, a compound | | | | becomes available. |
| primarily composed of squalene. | | | | Retaining freedom of choice will become increasingly |
| On first blush, squalene seems like a good choice for | | | | important for those who want to refuse. Get |
| an adjuvant. Manufactured naturally in the liver, | | | | politically active by joining the American Association |
| squalene is a precursor for cholesterol. In addition, | | | | for Health Freedom at health freedom, the |
| squalene can be purchased at health food stores in | | | | organization on Capitol Hill that lobbies for a person's |
| its more commonly known form, "shark liver oil." | | | | right to choose and the practitioners right to practice. |
| However, ingested squalene has a completely | | | | Self-appointed experts at the WHO and the CDC |
| different effect on the body than injected squalene. | | | | who really believe the only way to survive a |
| When molecules of squalene enter the body through | | | | pandemic to be innoculated with viruses and |
| an injection, even at concentrations as small as 10 to | | | | chemicals will be pressuring you to comply. Don't let |
| 20 parts per billion, it can lead to self-destructive | | | | the bird flu vaccine become mandatory in your State. |
| immune responses, such as autoimmune arthritis and | | | | When the media begins to, once again, shriek about |
| lupus.(3) | | | | the coming bird flu pandemic by urging everyone to |
| Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain | | | | be vaccinated, remember that the bird flu vaccine will |
| this reaction. Metabolically, squalene stimulates an | | | | be largely untested. Worse, it will be no more |
| immune response both excessively and | | | | effective than the annual flu shot and there is a high |
| nonspecifically. More than two dozen peer-reviewed | | | | probability it will contain MF-59. |
| scientific papers from ten different laboratories | | | | _________________ |
| throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia have | | | | (1) Neergaard, Lauren. "Experts Say Elderly Need |
| been published documenting the development of | | | | Better Flu Shot." The Washington Post. April 17, 2006. |
| autoimmune disease in animals subjected to | | | | (2) Kenney, R. T., Edleman, R. "Survey of human-use |
| squalene-based adjuvants.(4) A convincing proposal | | | | adjuvants," Expert Review of Vaccines 2 (2) (2003): |
| for why this occurs includes the concept of | | | | 167-188. |
| "molecular mimicry" in which an antibody created | | | | (3) Ref. No. 1: Svelander, L., Holm, B. C., Buchtt, A., |
| against the squalene in MF59 can cross react with the | | | | Lorentzen, J. C., Svelander, L. "Responses of the rat |
| body's squalene on the surface of human cells. The | | | | immune system to arthritogenic adjuvant oil," |
| destruction of the body's own squalene can lead to | | | | Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 54 (2001): |
| debilitating autoimmune and central nervous system | | | | 599-605. PMID: 11902335. |
| diseases. | | | | (4) Matsumoto, Gary. Vaccine A: The Covert |
| The squalene in MF59 is not the only cause for | | | | Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers and |
| concern. One of its components, Tween80 | | | | Why GIs Are Only the First Victims Vaccine. (New |
| (polysorbate 80) is considered by vaccine | | | | York: Basic Books) |
| manufacturers to be "inert" but is far from it. A | | | | (5) Coors, Esther A., Seybold, Heidi, Merk, Hans, |
| study published in December, 2005 discovered that | | | | Mahler, Vera. "Polysorbate 80 in medical products and |
| Tween80 can cause anaphylaxis, a sometimes fatal | | | | nonimmunologic anaphylactoid reactions," Annals of |
| reaction characterized by a sharp drop in blood | | | | Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 95 (2005): 593-599. |