Health Highlights: July 20, 2010

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Last year in New Jersey they had multiple outbreaks of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in elementary schools. Kids in elementary schools have had 5 shots to protect them from pertussis. Since New Jersey is the home to many vaccine manufacturers, they have the most stringent vaccine policy in the country. It was determined that over 99.9% of the kids who came down with pertussis were properly vaccinated. A cynic might say this vaccine does not even work. Would you still take the risk of seizures or brain injury knowing this fact? Not me. This article brings back memories of the fear mongering H1N1 p(l)andemic

Joe of MO 11:56AM July 22, 2010

ProChoiceVax at 6:08 PM July 20, 2010
"A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
The false test results led thousands of people to take antibiotics unnecessarily and even caused a New Hampshire hospital to limit the number of patients admitted since hospital workers were thought to be infected."
http://cbs5.com/health/whooping.cough.CDC.2.288277.html
"In 1955, the CIA conducted a biological warfare experiment where they released whooping cough bacteria from boats outside of Tampa Bay, Florida, causing a whooping cough epidemic in the city, and killing at least 12 people.[21][22][23]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_radiation_experiments_in_the_United_States#Pathogens.2C_disease.2C_and_biological_warfare_agents

ProChoiceVax of TX 9:13PM July 20, 2010