Could Vaccination Make Your Children More Disease Prone?

Recently, I received an interesting research update from one of the websites to which I am subscribed. The headline read - "Survey: Vaccinated Children Five Times More Prone to Disease Than Un-vaccinated Children". Being a 'vaccinated' child, my interest was naturally peaked and I deemed the article worthy of further investigation.

Vaccines: False Friends?

The article went on to report about an ongoing study out of Germany which is comparing disease rates among vaccinated and unvaccinated children. The results are, thus far, pointing to a striking disparity between the two population groups, as far as the outcome variable is concerned.

Figure 1: Comparison of the data collected to the national German KIGGS health study of children in the general population.

The data was collected from parents with vaccine-free children via an internet questionnaire (n = 10,070). The study in question is both independent and self-funded, thereby free from potential political or financial conflicts of interest. Importantly, to improve validity and diminish possible false reporting, the study called for support of questionnaire material with medical documentation.

A Snapshot of The Results

As seen above, when compared with vaccine-free participants, vaccinated children are nearly twice as likely to contract neurodermatitis, two-and-a-half times more likely to develop pattern migraine headaches, and eight times more likely to develop respiratory problems such as asthma and chronic bronchitis.

The incidence of ADHD (3x higher), hay-fever (4x higher) and thyroid disease (17x higher) are similarly worrisome, in vaccinated children when compared to those not receiving vaccines.

Surprising? Not For Some

While this may be shocking for some, several prior studies have returned similar results. For example, 15,000 children were observed for 5 years in Guinea-Bissau, finding that the death rate in vaccinated children against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough is twice as high as unvaccinated children (10.5% vs. 4.7%).

The More Thought-Provoking-Than-Usual Take-Away

In the 50 years or more of accelerating schedules of vaccinations, no study of health outcomes of vaccinated people versus unvaccinated has been conducted in the U.S. by the CDC or any other body. Nor has any such effort been made within Australia (to the best of my knowledge). In the meantime, children are now being given over 50 doses of 14 vaccines before kindergarten, 26 in the first year alone. With some valid criticisms made about Pasteur's 'Germ Theory', it is important (at least to any sane person) to know whether all of these injections are doing harm or good. 

That being said, good news may be around the bend, the International Medical Council on Vaccination has received ethics approval for a study which would compare the long-term health of children who receive vaccinations against those who don't. All the study needs now is funding. Depending on how the study is run and who forks out the millions required to run such a project, this could prove either an insightful comparison of these populations or another botched attempt at 'science' funded by a monetary agenda. 

So, watch this space and hope that big-pharma doesn't sink their teeth into the task!

References:

Kristensen, I., Aaby, P., & Jensen, H. (2000). Routine vaccinations and child survival: Follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. BMJ, 321, 1435-41.