Letters To The Editor (GN 5.2.00)                        5 February 2000
No preventive measure
From Mr. P. Rattigan, Chesterfield, UK.

I was intrigued by the article "Prevention is better than cure" (Gulf
News, Tabloid, January 16). The worldwide multi-billion dollar
vaccine enterprise is based on the English smallpox experience.

The graph produced by Professor Thomas McKeown shows that
Jenner's vaccine caused tens of thousands of deaths and delayed the
disappearance of smallpox by around 50 years. What should have
seen the banning of all vaccines was offered as proof of the value of
vaccinations.

The only large-scale scientifically-valid trial of any vaccine was in
southern India involving 260,000 people using the BCG
"anti-tubercular" jab. They ended up with more TB in the vaccinated
group than in the controls.

Since then they have had the very good sense to rely on the "nod and
a wink" method of vaccine evaluation. Vaccines create
"immunogenicity" (raised antibody levels) this is not immunisation,
which is a whole-body phenomenon created by raising and
maintaining standards of health.

As the degree of vaccine saturation increased in Britain and America
the incidence of childhood illness - physical, mental and emotional -
has run parallel: asthma, autism, epilepsy, MS, ME, deafness,
arthritis, anti-social and criminal behaviour. Infantile diabetes is
increasing at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. This rise started when
MMR vaccine was introduced.

Vaccines contain a mixture of animal-derived proteins and viruses,
formaldehyde, aluminium, carbolic acid, mercury, etc. Not for my
child's bloodstream, thank you.

Pat Rattigan, DN, is the author of several booklets on health matters including The Cancer Business available from:

BAVA PO Box 82  Kingswood Bristol BS15 1YF  UK and

Civitas  PO Box 26 Swain NY 14884 USA  ($3.00)

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