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Live virus vaccination near a pregnancy: flawed policies, tragic results

F. Edward Yazbak, Kathleen Yazbak

p 283-288, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2002

Abstract

Vaccination of women with live virus vaccines around conception has always been contraindicated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the vaccine manufacturer because of potential risks to the fetus (1,2). Nevertheless this dangerous practice occurs and is associated with maternal health problems and a very high incidence of early-onset autism in the  children (3,4).

Postpartum vaccination with live virus vaccines has been recommended by the CDC (5), and described as `convenient' by the vaccine manufacturer (6). This `routine practice' may lead to health and is also associated with many health and obstetrical problems in the recipient, and is frequently associated with autism in both current and future children (4,7). Re-vaccination often fails to produce immunity, the very reason for which it was recommended.

© 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd

F. Edward Yazbak, Catherine J.M. Diodati

p 280-282, Volume 59, Number 3, September 2002

Abstract


Pregnant rubella-susceptible women are often revaccinated during the postpartum period with the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine (MMR). It is known that the rubella virus from vaccine is secreted in breast milk and persists in the nose and throat for up to 28 days but it is not known
whether the measles and mumps viruses are similarly secreted. It is probable the measles virus from vaccine is.

© 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd
 

Autism : Is There a Vaccine Connection? F. E. Yazbak, MD, FAAP
Part II.  Vaccination around Pregnancy
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/yazbak2.html

Summary:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1,2,3,4 ) and the vaccine  manufacturers (5,6,7) have always warned against the administration of live virus vaccines during pregnancy, and shortly prior to conception.

This report describes six mothers  who received live virus vaccines and one who received a Hepatitis B vaccine during pregnancy (8) after having  received an MMR booster  five months prior to
conception. All the children who resulted from these pregnancies have had developmental problems,  six out seven (85%) were diagnosed with autism, and the seventh seems to exhibit symptoms often associated with  autistic spectrum disorders.

AND:   Part 3
Vaccination Around Pregnancy, The Sequel
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/yazbak3.html

Summary:  Two studies, published in late December 1999, described the very high incidence of autism in children whose mothers had received live virus vaccines in the postpartum period (1), prior to conception and during pregnancy. (2)

In the following weeks, twenty two more mothers reported having been vaccinated in those same periods. Every one of them (100%) subsequently had  at least one child who developed Autism/PDD. All three studies clearly demonstrate that the administration of a live virus vaccine booster to a mother, around conception, pregnancy, or delivery, may carry certain risks and merits immediate review.

There is crucial need for large-scale independent investigations of a vaccine–autism connection.

 

Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Effects of Toxic Metals Bernie Windham- Ed.

1. According to a new report published by the National Academy of Sciences, 50% of births in the U.S. now result in birth defects, significant developmental or neurological conditions, or other significant chronic conditions. The majority of these appear to be related to prenatal and postnatal toxic exposures. Toxic metals are documented by EPA and the U.S. Dept of Health to be the most significant and common of these exposures and to affect millions of children.

2. Mercury and toxic metals cause spontaneous abortions, birth defects, chronic developmental neurological and immune condition to millions of children. Most children get significant exposure to mercury and toxic metals, that can be verified by simple, inexpensive tests. The majority of the thousands of children with chronic neurological conditions that have been tested by clinics which use such tests were found to have toxic levels of mercury or other toxic metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, tin, nickel, and aluminum.

3. There has been a huge increase in children's neurological developmental conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, ADD, learning disabilities, etc. and in immune conditions such as asthma, eczema, and allergies.

4. Mercury is extremely neurotoxic and immunotoxic. Mercury and toxic metals also form strong bonds with the hydroxyl radical(SH) in the body's basic building blocks and cellular fuel, amino acids, and blocks cellular level enzymatic processes such as those that convert cysteine to sulfates, taurine, glutathione, etc. This results in an inability to properly digest amino acids such  milk casein, wheat gluten, and sulfur foods; and results in neurotoxic metabolites such as beta-casamorphine, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfites in the blood and system. The majority of children with these condition show significant improvements when avoiding these foods, and after proper tests and treatment for metals toxicity.

5. Infants commonly have gotten significant exposures to mercury from thimerosal in vaccines and from transfer across the placenta of mother's from amalgam dental fillings and from breast milk of mother's with amalgam fillings or who eat a lot of fish. High exposures to lead from house paint, soil, lead solder in water fixtures, etc. is also common, along with exposures to arsenic from pressure treated wood and food, antimony from fire protective materials like Scotch guard, aluminum from cookware and processed food, nickel from dental materials such as crowns and braces, and cadmium from shellfish, fish, and other sources.

6. Mercury and toxic metals also accumulate in the hormonal glands and adversely affect hormone system function and regulation of the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, thyroid, and adrenal glands. These affects along with neurological effects result in widespread cases of ADD, depression, anxiety, hypothyroid conditions, and other neurological and hormonal effects.
 
7. Toxic metal exposures and the resulting metabolic imbalances and disorders have been found to be a major factor in violent prone behavior, sociopathic behavior, juvenile delinquency, criminality, and mass murderers/serial killers.

8. There is a growing crisis of neurological and immune developmental problems affecting U.S. infants and children related to toxic exposures from the environment, the food chain, and exposure though doctor or dental practices.
 
9. For some other websites of clinics and medical labs with good information on testing and treatment of these conditions see: Great Smokies Diagnostic Lab, (www.gsdl.com) click on (by condition) and search News (for autism, ADHD, depression, etc.)
Pfeiffer Center/Health Research Institute (www.hriptc.org/autism.htm)
Vitamin Research News (www.vrp.com)
Kirkman Lab- Scientific Nutrition for Autism and PDD (Pervasive
Developmental Disorders)
(www.kirkmanlabs.com/index.htm)
10. Based on experience of many treating these conditions, toxic metals and essential mineral imbalances are almost always present in PDD conditions such as autism, ADD, schizophrenia, learning disabilities, etc. For a good screening test for toxic metal exposures and essential mineral imbalances a hair elements test which is inexpensive and easy can be made through you doctor by ordering the kit from www.doctorsdata.com or www.gsdl.com  Without a doctor, a kit can be ordered from www.bodybalance.com or www.vrp.com

 

PUBLIC HEALTH

Quarter of HK Babies in Study Have High Mercury Levels

www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=2296723

Hong Kong, Reuters - A quarter of infants in a Hong Kong study have been found to have excessive mercury in their blood, which can cause mental retardation, and doctors have warned expectant mothers against eating too much fish. Methylmercury is readily absorbed into the blood after ingestion and distributed to all tissues of the body in four days. In pregnant women, it readily crosses the placenta into the fetal circulation system and is deposited in the fetal brain.

In a study of 1,057 infants over a two-year period in Hong Kong, researchers found how much fish mothers consumed directly affected the amount of blood mercury found in their babies. As many as 24.7 percent of the infants in the study were found to have cord blood mercury concentrations of over 61 nanomol/liter, the upper allowable limit. Three percent had blood mercury concentrations of over 100 nanomol/L.

"Eating too much fish by the mother during pregnancy is the major factor in elevating the blood mercury level of the fetus," said Professor Fok Tai-fai at the Chinese University. Lam Wei-kei, a chemical pathology professor who also participated in the study, said: "The major source of human mercury intake is dietary methylmercury present primarily in fish and other seafood." In adults, mercury poisoning causes personality changes, nervousness, irritability, fatigue, insomnia, headache, loss of memory, hearing and vision and even renal failure. In babies, it may lead to stillbirth, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, speech delay, poor control of chewing, salivation and
swallowing. Nanomol is the measure for heavy metals. Curiously, however, fish commonly caught and heavily consumed in Hong Kong were not found to have excessive levels of mercury, the researchers said. "It isn't the case that our fish are particularly bad, it's because we are eating too much fish," Fok said.