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Tuberculosis: The Disease, The TB Test and the BCG Vaccine –a fact sheet from UK‘s Vaccination Awareness Network

THE DISEASE
TB is a disease which affects the lungs and can cause people to cough up blood. Other symptoms are: chest infection, fever, swollen glands, weight loss, night sweats, constant tiredness, loss of appetite. Rarely, it can affect the bones and brain.
The disease is linked to poor living standards and is more common in inner city areas where living conditions are cramped. TB can be spread by coughing and sneezing. In 1996 there was a 13% rise in TB incidence worldwide. (1, 2 and 3)

THE VACCINE
The BCG vaccine is given to children aged 10-13 years. It is also given to newborn babies of ethnic minority and to babies who live in inner city areas (1 and 2) In the case of older children, a test is normally done to see whether or not a child is already immune to TB. This is called the Heaf test.

The Heaf test…
The Heaf test is used by 95% of school districts. It is done by puncturing the skin with 6 tiny needles that inject a trace amount of TB infection into the body with the purpose of seeing whether the person has a reaction. If the person doesn’t have a reaction, the result is negative and they will be given TB vaccine.
The test, however, is not known for it’s efficacy. The American Academy of Pediatrics tells its members that the test could give false negative and false positive results. The Lancet reported that a lot of medical professionals aren’t even sure what a positive test means. It could mean that someone is immune to TB, or it could mean that they are simply allergic to the test. (4)

Composition
Freeze dried attenuated live bacteria, dextran, glucose, Triton WR 1339, water, sodium chloride. (7)

Efficacy
In the world’s largest and only double-blind vaccine trial of BCG vaccine in India, the incidence of TB was higher in the vaccinated group then in the control group.
The New Scientist wrote: “the world’s biggest trial to assess the value of BCG tuberculosis vaccine has made startling revelation that the vaccine does not give any protection against bacillary forms of tuberculosis.” (5)

The Lancet (14 March 1992) also carried out a study of 83,000 people who had been vaccinated against TB and concluded that they could find no statistically significant protection by the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. (6)Holland does not have a BCG programme, and they have the lowest TB death rate in Europe. (5)

They don’t know how or if it works
In the book ‘Vaccines’ by Plotkin and Mortimer, under the heading ‘Efficacy of Bacille Calmette-Guerin’ it states:
“The true effectiveness of BCG vaccine has been debated for decades. Large clinical trials from the 1930’s and through the 1970’s yielded wide ranging and conflicting results, demonstrating efficacy from 0 to 80%. The most recent trial in India only served to continue the argument….even after years of study and debate, the question ‘does BCG work?’ cannot be answered definitely.”

Also:
“The exact immune response elicited by BCG vaccination and its mechanism of action within the host are not well understood…..Studies of the immunological events that occur within the human host after BCG vaccination are almost totally lacking….both animal data and human clinical studies have provided information about the immune response to BCG, yet no vaccine so widely used is so little known about its mechanisms of action.
The immunology is complicated and development of an assay has been hampered by the lack of understanding….given our incomplete understanding of tuberculosis immunology, we are left with imperfect indicators of immunity.” (12)

Side effects
Rash, fever, local induration, pain and lymphadenopathy, discharging ulcer, abcess formation, anaphylactic shock, lymphadenitis, difficulty in breathing, nausea, vomiting, phlyctenular conjunctivitis, draining sinuses, death.
In 1930, 73 children were killed by BCG vaccine in a few months. A book by Dr. Neville Irvine, “BCG Vaccination in Theory and Practice” reports of this disaster.

There had been a similar number of deaths in Spain when the Association of Spanish Pediatricians told their members not to use the vaccine. (7, 8, 9 and 10) A report in the Medical Monitor (June 1992) also stated that the vaccine can give you TB!
“It can cause disseminated TB in immuno-suppressed individuals, including children, and local ulceration and osteitis (wasting away of the bone) appears to be more common in babies.”
Complication rates for serious side effects (from the vaccine) were recorded at 3-6 children per 200 (1.5% – 3%). (4)

Contraindications
The vaccine should not be administered if the recipient:
• Is taking steroids or any other immuno-suppressive therapy such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
• Has cancer or is HIV positive.
• Has pyrexia or other infected skin conditions.
• Has had a previous reaction to a vaccination.
• Is allergic to any of the vaccine ingredients.
• Has had a vaccine in the last 3 weeks.
• Is pregnant. (7 and 11)

Sources
1. Birth to Five Years – Health Education Authority.
2. Immunising Your Baby (from “Our Baby” magazine, June 1998).
3. What You Need to Know about Tuberculosis – New York City Department of Health Clinics.
4. WDDTY Vaccination Handbook.
5. Vaccine Legacy – Pat Rattigan, ND.
6. Lancet, 14 March 1992.
7. Manufacturers insert for TB vaccine.
8. Brisbane Telegraph (30/10/81).
9. Vaccination and immunisation: dangers, delusions and alternatives.
10. The Blood Poisoners, Lionel Dole
11. A guide to childhood immunisation – Health Education Authority.
12. ‘Vaccines’ by Plotkin and Mortimer, and also the London Evening Standard, 19/7/00. “Schools bring back vaccine as number of TB cases soars.”

A letter I sent out regarding the TB test:

Dear David,

I have enclosed the package insert for Tubersol, the most common of the brands used for the TB skin test. This will be the best tool we can give you in asserting your right to abstain from this experimental procedure. I have highlighted a couple significant portions: page 3 admits the experimental nature of the product and on page 5 the manufacturer, Aventis Pasteur, admits that the test may give false positive reactions and the only sure test is microbiological examination of sputum (saliva) or a chest x-ray. You will also note on pages 2 and 3 the many contraindications and potential adverse reactions.

Although we cannot guarantee that your employer will honor your wishes in opting for a sputum sample to be checked out in a laboratory, it is certainly worth a try and certainly always worth educating folks about the danger of compromising anyone’s immune system by injecting foreign proteins into their system. These carcinogenic substances end up in the bloodstream without censoring by the liver or tonsils, a harmful practice in and of itself. Afterall, the purity of our bloodstream is our greatest health asset and a true barometer of our state of health. You can also try using the acceptance of medical liability form, as well as others listed on our website: www.vaclib.org

We sincerely wish you the best in your attempts to abstain from this unwarranted medical procedure. Many people do not realize that tuberculosis is unheard of in unvaccinated populations.

“Note: James Phipps, the eight-year-old boy initially vaccinated by Jenner in 1796, was re-vaccinated 20 times, and died at the age of twenty. Jenner’s own son, who was also vaccinated more than once, died at twenty-one. Both succumbed to tuberculosis, a condition that some researchers have linked to the smallpox vaccine.” [Favez, G, “Tuberculous Superinfection Following a Smallpox Re-Vaccination”, Praxis, July 21, 1960; 49:698-699; Ambs, E et al, “Tuberculous Abscess of the Upper Arm With Regional Lymphadenitis as a Consequence of Injection in Two Siblings”, Med Klin, July 7, 1967, 62:1050-1054; Eleanor McBean, The Poisoned Needle(Mokelumne Hill, CA : Health Research, 1974) pp. 28-29, 66] (p. 46)

Good luck to you in ALL your future endeavors!

In the Spirit of Truth,

Ingri Cassel, President
The link to Tubersol’s package insert is available online here:
http://www.us.aventispasteur.com/PRODUCT/

The information in this 6 page insert is quite revealing and worth printing out and READING.

It is SO important to challenge the status quo on ALL “required” injections and call it what it is
— forced medical experimentation — a legalized form of bio-terrorism.

The medical community considers active tuberculosis a death sentence but this is simply NOT the case.
Basic naturopathic principles of detoxification, oxygenation and hydration can be successfully applied in the
treatment of tuberculosis.

In Christopher Hobb’s book Usnea: The Herbal Antibiotic, Usnea is cited as being very effective in the treatment of TB.
In fact, usnic acid, one active component in Usnea, was proven to be more effective than penicillin in the treatment of Tuberculosis and other pathogenic organisms. Usnic acid completely inhibited the growth of TB in dilutions as great as one in 50,000 and weakened the bacillus growth at dilutions of up to one in 2 million. Usnic acid has also inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus. Streptococcus and Pneumonococcus at dilutions of one part to 20,000.

Usnea is a lichen that grows on trees throughout the northern hemisphere. It is often referred to as Old Man’s Beard, hanging in gray-green strands from Pine, Oak, and Douglas fir trees. Proven clinical uses of Usnea include Athlete’s foot, Various fungal infections, acute bacterial infections, Lupus erythematosus, Trichomonas, Ringworm, Urinary tract infections, colds and flu, bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, sinus infection andTuberculosis.

Usnea is also superior to the drug Flagyl (metronidazole) which is commonly used in the treatment of Trichomonas, a parasite that causes a serious infection of the uterine cervix. Although Flagyl is the commonly prescribed drug for the treatment of Trichomonas infection, it can also cause cancer. After oral administration of Flagyl, it makes its way into the bloodstream, cerebrospinal fluid and breastmilk. Nursing mothers should strictly avoid this drug. (Physician’s Desk Reference, 1983, p.1874)

Bottom line, AVOID ALL pharmaceutical drugs. Consult with a naturopath if you need help in dealing with a difficult health problem. Consider taking Sheri Nakken’s online homeopathy course.http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm
Build up your herbal pharmacy and order a few books from www.azurestandard.com The one we highly recommend is Louise Tenny’s Today’s Herbal Health.

And, finally, stand tall for medical freedom — share VacLib info. wherever you go!

In the Spirit of Truth,

Ingri Cassel, President
Vaccination Liberation – Idaho Chapter
P.O. Box 457
Spirit Lake, ID 83869
(208)255-2307/ fax 255-2607
vaclib@coldreams.com

www.vaclib.org
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we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.
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