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Vaccines: How Long Does Immunity Last?

Measles

According to the WHO, up to 15% of children fail to develop immunity to the first dose, which is why a booster dose is recommended. Most babies receive their first dose around 1 year; the second is given usually before kindergarten. “Protection” is supposed to last up to 11 years. This means that assuming a child actually gains immunity (some will not even after 2 doses), it will have worn off completely by 16 years of age. The vast majority of adults in this country are not protected (yet we haven’t seen measles outbreaks among these adults, have we?). Also according to the WHO, vitamin A supplements and adequate nutrition are key to preventing measles and complications.

Polio

According to the WHO, vitamin A also helps to prevent deaths and other complications from polio. 95% of people who get polio, though, show absolutely no symptoms; only 1 – 2% ever develop paralytic polio (and less than 1% of these are permanently affected). A single dose of the vaccine provides almost no immunity, which is why 4 are recommended; 99% of people should be “protected” after 3 doses. Length of protection is unknown, but thought to be “many years.” (This is really untestable since there are no wild cases in the U.S.) Continue reading →

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Questions to ask Vaccination Advocates

Questions to ask Vaccination Advocates. Dr. Michel Odent has linked asthma to the whooping cough vaccine. Have you read his research? What do you think? Professor Wakefield (UK) has linked autism and crohns disease to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. What do you think? What evidence do you have to back up your opinions? Why is the same dose of vaccines given to a two month old as for a 5 year old? Are you aware that Japan changed the start time for vaccinating from 3 months to two years and straight away their SIDS rate plummeted? Do you … Continue reading →

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The Risks of the DPT/DTaP Vaccination – Part 4 (Tetanus)

Please read Part 3 if you haven’t already. Tetanus Brief History Tetanus contamination was most common from animal manure used to heal wounds. Once people realized the connection, and stopped using it for wounds, cases went down dramatically. In WWI there were 700 cases per 520,000 wounded. In WWII there were just 12 cases per 2.73 million wounded. This was all before the tetanus shot was put into circulation. The Risks of Tetanus Tetanus is more common in moist climates, but can be anywhere, really. It cannot survive if exposed to oxygen, so it is more commonly contracted, now-a-days, from … Continue reading →

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The Risks of the DPT/DTaP Vaccination – Part 1 (Intro)

Please read Lea’s Intro to Vaccinations if you haven’t already. DPT and DTaP What is DPT? DPT is the vaccine given to prevent diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The pertussis part of the DPT vaccine is made of killed B. pertussis bacteria. This is the bacteria that causes pertussis, and in this bacteria are toxins that cause the complications of the vaccine. What is DTaP? The DTaP vaccination differs in that it has fewer B. pertussis toxins. There are less complications from taking the DTaP than from taking the DPT, although the DTaP can still cause neurological problems or … Continue reading →

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