Tag: meningitis

  • STOP the Meningitis Vaccine Mandate

    IDHW is set to add another vaccine to the required high school schedule – Meningitis. 
    You can help stop it! Send 2 emails to the legislators on the health and welfare committee. 
    Parents don’t need to be manipulated to getting a vaccine that 90% of students already voluntarily receive 
    for a disease that affects 1 in a million people in Idaho a year. 

    Health Freedom Idaho opposes a meningococcal MenACWY vaccine mandate for all 12th grade students (who had not received a MenACWY vaccine after the age of 16) attending school in Idaho.The cost and risk veruses benefit clearly indicate that this vaccine mandate will not reduce the incidences of disease or mortality in Idaho. It will simply increase the cost of attending school.

    Join Health Freedom Idaho in telling our Senators and Representatives on the Health and Welfare committees to vote AGAINST an additional meningitis vaccine for Idaho seniors. Remember Your legislators are not experts on every issue. They need the assistance of citizens who have experience in each category, to review these rules and provide input. Otherwise, they will be forced to rely primarily on legislative advisors (lobbyist) to provide answers to proposed rule questions.

    2nd Email Senators on the Health and Welfare Committee BCC : info@healthfreedomidaho.com 

    msouza@senate.idaho.gov,
    alee@senate.idaho.gov,
    mharris@senate.idaho.gov,
    ccrabtree@senate.idaho.gov,
    vburtenshaw@senate.idaho.gov

    SUBJECT LINE: Oppose Rule Change 16-0215-1802

    Dear <Representative> <Senator>

    I urge you to vote against the rule change 16-0215-1802 which is an additional meningitis vaccine for our high school seniors. 

    CHOOSE THREE BULLET POINTS FROM BELOW and insert here OR delete this line and send the paragraph below.

    The Health Department has not shown that mandating an additional MenACWY vaccine for more than 30,000 students annually will decrease the already low rates of 3 cases of meningitis in the state. This costly vaccine does not protect our students in college, as they promoting. The manufacturers state that the vaccine is ineffective against the most prevalent serotype B and 92% of college students who get vaccinated with MenACWY got meningitis on campus. 

    Please stop this vaccine mandate by voting NO on the rule change 16-0215-1802 (pg 91) 

    Sincerely,

    <your name>

    City, 

    IMPORTANT POINTS (choose 2 – 3)

    Disease Rare in U.S.
    Invasive meningococcal infections are very rare in the U.S.
    2016 there were 372 cases.
    31 of cases aged 16 -23 of the bacterial strains covered by the MenACWY vaccine.  
    This bacterial infection affects individuals with certain genetic, biological and environmental risk factors. 24

    Disease Rare in Idaho.

    Incidence in Idaho is extremely low and almost nonexistent among children aged 10 to 19.
    Immunization department stated in 2017 there is 1 male aged 19 who infected and an individual over 60.
    Idaho has an average of 3 cases annually for all age groups for the past twelve years. 9

    Disease Not Easily Transmitted in Public Setting. 

    The disease is not spread through casual contact or breathing the air where a person has been but requires sustained, close personal contact, such as kissing or sharing a toothbrush. 7

    Vaccine Does Not Contain All Strains. 
    The four-strain vaccine MenACWY does not contain serotype B that causes about 60 percent of invasive infections. 1
    The MenACWY vaccine insert states specifically that the vaccine does not cover the serotype B found in most college outbreaks.

    The vaccine does not protect against the more prevalent bacteria found on college campuses. 
    92% of college students contracting meningitis were vaccinated with the MenACWY vaccine. 24

    Mandate Is Expensive. 
    Idaho Immunization Department lists the cost of Menactra under the CDC contract is $91.81 per dose. The cost of Menveo is $73.83 per dose.  25 A portion of this vaccine mandate will be paid by the taxpayers under the Idaho Immunization Program (IIP)

    Voluntary use of MenACWY is increasing in Idaho.

    Parents and doctors already have a discussion about the MenACWY vaccine with 90.5% VOLUNTARILY vaccinating without government interference. CDC shows a steady annual voluntary increase of about 5% annually  in Idaho for the MenACWY vaccine.
    2017 reports reflect 90.5%  received a MenACWY vaccine. Up from 86.5% the previous year. 26 

    Vaccine Injuries Occur. 
    Brain and immune system disorders have been reported following receipt of MenACWY, including Guillain Barre Syndrome, and a new study has linked the vaccine with Bell’s Palsy when it is given simultaneously with other vaccines. 

    Meningococcal organisms are naturally present in the nasal passages of humans. 

    The vast majority of children and adults colonize the bacteria without symptoms and then they are protected from invasive meningococcal infections.  Between 10 and 20 percent of people at any given time are actively colonizing meningococcal organisms, which boosts innate immunity to invasive infection. 2 3 

    A tiny percentage of individuals are more vulnerable to invasive meningococcal infections. 
    Individuals with certain genotypes or immune deficiencies are at 5,000 to 7,000 times greater risk for developing invasive infections that lead to sepsis, loss of limbs and death. 4 5 Other risk factors include active or passive smoking; a recent respiratory infection; crowded living conditions; alcohol use; and an underlying chronic illness, such as HIV infection. 6 

    Invasive meningococcal disease is not easily transmitted in a public setting. 
    An individual must be susceptible to invasive meningococcal infection and have regular, close personal contact with a person who is colonizing meningococcal organisms, such as exchange of saliva through kissing or sharing a toothbrush. 7 

    Vaccine Immunity Wanes
    In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended in 2005 that all 11-year old children get a dose of the four-strain meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY). 10 About 60 percent of invasive meningococcal infections are caused by serotype B, but MenACWY only contains serotypes A, C, Y, and W-135. 11 12
    In 2011, the CDC recommended a MenACWY booster dose at age 16 after discovering that MenACWY immunity wanes within 2 to 5 years. 13  
    MenACWY is one of the more expensive pediatric vaccines on the U.S. market, costing a $92 per shot in a private pediatrician’s office, not including administration fees, and up to $74 per shot through the federally subsidized Vaccines for Children program. 14

    Based on outstanding questions about duration of immunity and cost-effectiveness, in 2015 the CDC did not recommend the newly licensed MenB vaccine for use by all adolescents. 15  By 2015, voluntary use of MenACWY among Idaho teens had increased to 6 percent with increases reflected annual over the past several years. 26

    Vaccine manufacturers describe reported vaccine reactions and injuries and deaths following MenACWY administration.

     The list includes irritability, abnormal crying, fever, drowsiness, fatigue, injection site pain and swelling, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, joint pain, sudden loss of consciousness (syncope), brain inflammation, convulsions, Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) and death.18 A study published in January 2017 linked an increased risk of Bell’s Palsy for 11-12-year-olds given MenACWY simultaneously with other vaccines. 19 In 2007, the National Vaccine Information Center reported an increase in serious adverse event reports to VAERS, including GBS, when meningococcal vaccine was given simultaneously with HPV vaccine to young girls. 20 

    More than 3,843 MenACWY reactions have been reported to the government. 

    As of September 21, 2018, there have been 3843 reports of MCV4 adverse events made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including 73 deaths. 21 It is widely recognized that only between one and 10 percent of vaccine adverse events are ever reported to VAERS. 22 23 

    References:

    1 CDC. Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, 13th Edition. April 2015.

    2 Bille E, Ure R et al. Association of Bacteriophage with Meningococcal Disease in Young Adults. PLOS One 2008.

    3 Manchanda V. Gupta S., Bhalla P. Meningococcal Disease: History, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Prevention. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2006.

    4 Brouwer MC, van der Beek D. Genetics in Meningococcal Disease: One Step Beyond. Clin Infect Dis 2009.

    5 FDA. Vaccines & Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. FDA Briefing Document: Use of Serum Bactericidal Antibody As an Immunological Correlate for Demonstration of Effectiveness of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccines (Serogroup A, C, Y, W-135) Administered to Children Less than 2 Years of Age. April 6, 2011. Pages 3-4.

    6 Harrison LH. Epidemiological Profile of Meningococcal Disease in the U.S. Clin Infect Dis 2010.

    7 CDC. Meningitis Questions & Answers: Causes and Transmission. June 11, 2015.

    8 CDC. Meningococcal Disease: Technical and Clinical Information. June 14, 2016.

    9  Idaho Infectious Disease Reporting see page 41
    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/Epidemiology/IdahoDiseaseSummary/tabid/202/Default.aspx 

    10 CDC. Revised Recommendations of the ACIP to Vaccinate All Persons Aged 11 to 18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine. MMWR Aug. 10, 2007.

    11 Granoff DM. Review of Meningococcal Group B Vaccines. Clin Infect Dis 2010.

    12 CDC. Meningococcal Disease: Surveillance. Aug. 5, 2015.

    13 AAP. Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine Policy Update: Booster Dose Recommendations. Pediatrics 2011; 128(6).

    14  Idaho Immunization Program Manager  Rafe Hewett, MHS correspondence dated Sept 18, 2018.

    15 CDC. Use of Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccines in Adolescents and Young Adults: Recommendations of ACIP, 2015. Table 2. MMWR Oct. 23, 2015.

    16 CDC. National, Regional, State, and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2015. MENACWY: 1 dose coverage in Idaho. MMWR Sept 2018.

    17 IAC. Meningococcal State Mandates for Elementary and Secondary Schools. May 12, 2016. 18 Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. Menactra Vaccine Prescribing Information. Sept. 16, 2016.

    19 Tseng HF, Sy LS et al. Safety of Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in 11 to 21 Year Olds. Pediatrics January 2017.

    20 Debold V, Downey C, Fisher BL. Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Safety: Analysis of VAERS Reports (Part III). NVIC Aug. 15, 2007.

    21 MedAlerts. Search the VAERS Database. Vaccine Product: MEN(Meningococcal Polysaccharide (Groups A, C, Y and W-135 Combined). Data through Sept 21, 2018.

    22 Braun M. Vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS): usefulness and limitations. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

    23 Rosenthal S, Chen R. The reporting sensitivities of two passive surveillance systems for vaccine adverse events. Am J Public Health 1995. 

    24 https://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/downloads/NCIRD-EMS-Report.pdf  

    25 Idaho Immunization Program Manager  Rafe Hewett, MHS https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/IdahoImmunizationProgram/tabid/3767/Default.aspx

    26 CDC https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/teenvaxview/data-reports/menacwy/trend/index.html

    Idaho Vaccine Mandates for high school this isn’t a new LAW its a new RULE. Here’s information on the difference. https://repheatherscott.com/rules-regulations/

  • MENINGITIS FACTS

    Meningitis is a RARE disease, 3 people statewide a YEAR contract the illness. The vaccine itself does not cover all prevalent meningococcal strains, including those primarily found on college campuses and it is a very costly vaccine. The disease rate has been going down across all ages and the vaccination rates for high school students has voluntarily been increasing. 

    The Senate Health and Welfare Committee will hear about this rule change tomorrow at 3 p.m. 


    E-mail: the Health and Welfare Committee Members / alternative link 

    msouza@senate.idaho.gov
    alee@senate.idaho.gov
    mharris@senate.idaho.gov
    ccrabtree@senate.idaho.gov
    vburtenshaw@senate.idaho.gov

    mjordan@senate.idaho.gov
    dnelson@senate.idaho.gov
    fmartin@senate.idaho.gov
    lheider@senate.idaho.gov


    Subject line: 16.02.15 Immunization Requirement Opposed

    Here’s the key points. 

    • Meningitis is a rare disease, an average 3 in Idaho contract bacterial Meningococcal meningitis each year.  Around 300 people in the US get ill from the bacteria less than 50 die.
    • The rare disease has been on a downward trend with historic lows in 2016.  
    • The meningococcal vaccine is intended to protect against only 4 strains of bacteria are proven ineffective. These vaccines are effective in providing immunity to those strains of meningitis in only 85 percent of people who receive them.
    • This vaccine DOES NOT COVER the B strain most commonly found on college campuses. CDC reports findings that 93% of the college students contracting the disease were vaccinated!  
    • Meningitis vaccine rates are actually INCREASING without the additional mandates.  
    • The CDC has approved three vaccines targeting the A, C, Y and W135 strains of meningitis: Menactra, Menveo  which still contains significant mercury concentrations in multi-dose vials.

    Meningitis. 

    A rare disease that has an annual death rate in the U.S. of approximately 1 in 1,000,000; literally “one in a million.” [1]

    Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcal bacteria, is passed by coughing or contact with saliva and is normally present in the respiratory tracts of healthy people without causing disease [3, 4, 5]. In fact, probably no one escapes infection. Symptomatic disease is quite rare for N. meningitidis. As such, 100% of the population, vaccinated or not, are asymptomatic carriers at some point in their lives. In fact, at any time, 5-35% of the population is silently carrying the bacteria, though the numbers often rise to nearly 100% in close quarters, such as military barracks and college campuses [4].

    Is meningitis scary? Yes. But, with only 4 strains of bacterial meningitis and 0 strains of viral meningitis in the vaccine, it’s a guessing game, similar to the flu shot, on which strain you’d even be exposed to. The vaccine, in creating an artificial immune response, actually leaves you more vulnerable to the more virulent strains of meningitis, not covered in the vaccine. 

    Idaho infectious disease reports show the following for Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as meningococcus. Which causes cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. 

    2017: 2 cases
    2016: 3 cases
    2015: 0 cases
    2014: 5 cases
    2013: 4 cases

    According to the CDC’s Enhanced Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Report, 2016 the rare disease has been on a downward trend since the late 1990’s.  372 people in 2016 got the disease nationwide. (Incident rate of .12 of 100,000).

    DOCKET NO. 16-0215-1802 (pg 91) The Health Department wants to “require a second dose of meningococcal (MenACWY) vaccination before a student enters the 12th grade in Idaho, starting with school year 2020-2021. If a student received their first dose of meningococcal (MenACWY) vaccine at 16 years of age or older, they will not be required to receive the second dose before entry into the 12th grade.”

    How can you, as a parent, best protect your child from meningococcal infection?

    Answer:  Remind your child that this disease is spread by prolonged contact. Sharing toothbrushes, cups and kissing are forms of transmission.
    Improve your child’s immune system by providing a healthy diet of whole foods that are rich in nutrients.  Give supplements that are high in antioxidants, balanced B-vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids.  Give extra vitamin D3 during cold and flu season.  Heal the gut if your child has gastrointestinal problems.   Stress the importance of getting enough sleep and fresh air.   Help your child learn to relax.  And, just say NO to vaccines that damage your child’s innate immune system.

    Read about this shots function, efficacy and reactions here:

    https://schaabling.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/meningococcal-vaccine-meningitis/

    [1]. Meningococcal Disease and Vaccination.  Fear-Mongering?  YES!! (2011 – disease incident rates have DECREASED since)

    [3] https://www.facebook.com/groups/gentleinformants/permalink/1004672592923652/

    [4] http://femsre.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/1/52.long?view=long&pmid=17233635

    [5] http://www.whale.to/vaccines/meningitis5.html

    New Proposed Rule:

    https://adminrules.idaho.gov/bulletin/2018/07.pdf#page=91

    https://www.millioninsights.com/industry-reports/meningococcal-vaccines-market

    Idaho Infectious Disease Reporting:
    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/Epidemiology/IdahoDiseaseSummary/tabid/202/Default.aspx

    Disease Trends in Idaho:

    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/Epi/Disease%20Summaries/ID%20DZ%20Trends_2016_FINALv2.pdf

  • Baby dies from “meningitis” 2 days after vaccinations. Was it vaccine-induced?

    A sweet child died. Our hearts ache for his parents and beat furiously against the media spin. This child received four month vaccinations two days prior to his death. It is so easy to blame this on some anonymous, alleged villain running around spreading meningitis into the air. The media is gleefully using this story to sell vaccines, to elicit fear, and point the finger at the unvaccinated, that is just robbing people of the truth.

    Here’s the story in summary: 

     Healthy 4 month old child is taken to the doctor for well-baby visit.
     Baby receives vaccines to protect against meningitis, pertussis, tetanus, etc.
     Two days after receiving vaccines, baby dies of meningitis.
     Meningitis is listed on vaccine inserts as an adverse event reported to occur after vaccination.
     Medical professionals recommend vaccinating to prevent meningitis and blame the unvaccinated for the death of the child.

    ———————————–

    “…just two days after Killy had received his 4-month-old vaccinations, Dempsey and her fiancé Gabriel Schultz were informed that their baby had most likely contracted meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.”

    ———————————–

    The CDC recommended vaccines the vaccine inserts for each of these can be found: http://www.immunize.org/fda/ 

    The following information/package inserts list meningitis as an adverse event which has been reported after receiving the Pentacel and Pedarix vaccines. When your child is given vaccines at 4 months of age, your pediatrician will typically give one of these (in addition to other vaccines).

    Pentacel [DTaP, Hib, Polio]:
    https://www.vaccineshoppe.com/image.cfm?doc_id=13799&image_type=product_pdf

    Pediarix [DTaP, Hep B, Polio]:
    https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Pediarix/pdf/PEDIARIX.PDF

    ———————————–

    The huge holes in the story are obvious to someone looking:

    • Does that mean he is known to have come in contact with a current or recent meningitis patient? All cases of meningitis are tracked by the CDC. 
    • Was the patient and baby infected with a viral meningitis (there are no vaccines for that kind) or bacterial? Was it even a ‘vaccine preventable meningitis? OR perhaps was it a vaccine – induced meningitis! 

    This baby’s immune system was working overtime. The vaccines that CDC recommends at four months: a HIB, PCV, and Rotavirus, DTaP, Polio and Hep B – which could have caused meningitis. 

    Meningitis

    Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord.

    Many viruses and bacterias could cause meningitis—it’s a rare reaction to an infection. Strep pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis (of which around 10% of the population is a natural carrier of, walking around with it in the back of their nose and throat), Haemophilus influenzae, Listeria, and viruses like enteroviruses, herpes simplex, HIV, mumps, West Nile Virus, rotavirus, etc. can all cause meningitis.

    Menegitis cause by neisseria meningitidis is VERY RARE with a one in a million chance of getting the disease. CDC reports its at an all time low. 372 cases in 2016. Less than 3 people a year average get bacterial or viral meningitis in Idaho. Death from the disease is VERY VERY RARE. Idaho health department recently decided to add a booster shot of meningitis to the high school requirements. Here’s an article showing you how rare and ineffective the vaccine is.

    There is no vaccine that covers all these types of meningitis. There are two Meningococcal vaccines in the USA, and each covers only a few strains of Neisseria meningitidis.

    For someone to develop Meningitis, bacteria needs to enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain and spinal cord to cause acute bacterial meningitis. Or bacteria directly invade the meninges. This may be caused by an ear or sinus infection, a skull fracture, or, rarely, after some surgeries. Or…What about vaccines? Bacterial and viral components are injected directly into a tiny infants muscle, then are processed by the immune system via the blood stream. A vaccine also suppresses your immune system even further. Infants often present with other infections after vaccinations, because their immune system is working overtime.

    Learn More about Meningitis. Don’t be robbed of truth and informed consent by media spin.

    Vaccine reactions include meningitis as reported from vaccine inserts on the recommended 4th month old vaccine schedule.

    “Other serious adverse events that occurred within 30 days following DAPTACEL include three cases of pneumonia, two cases of MENINGITIS and one case each of sepsis, pertussis (post-dose 1), irritability and unresponsiveness.”  https://www.vaccineshoppe.com/image.cfm?doc_id=11179&image_type=product_pdf

    “In addition to reports in clinical trials, worldwide voluntary reports of adverse events received for ENGERIX-B since market introduction (1990) are listed below. This list includes SAEs or events that have a suspected causal connection to components of ENGERIX-B. Infections and Infestations: Herpes zoster, MENINGITIS.”  https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Engerix-B/pdf/ENGERIX-B.PDF

    “Worldwide voluntary reports of adverse events received for INFANRIX and/or ENGERIX-B in children younger than 7 years of age, but not already reported for PEDIARIX, are listed below. This list includes serious adverse events or events that have a suspected causal connection to components of INFANRIX and/or ENGERIX-B. Nervous System Disorders: Encephalopathy, headache, MENINGITIS, neuritis, neuropathy, paralysis.” 
    https://www.gsksource.com/pharma/content/dam/GlaxoSmithKline/US/en/Prescribing_Information/Pediarix/pdf/PEDIARIX.PDF

    “The following additional adverse events have been spontaneously reported during the post-marketing use of PENTACEL worldwide, since 1997. Infections and infestations: MENINGITIS, rhinitis, viral infection.”  https://www.vaccineshoppe.com/image.cfm?doc_id=13799&image_type=product_pdf

    Read about this shots function, efficacy and reactions here:
    https://schaabling.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/meningococcal-vaccine-meningitis/

    [1]. Meningococcal Disease and Vaccination.  Fear-Mongering?  YES!! (2011 – disease incident rates have DECREASED since)

    [3] https://www.facebook.com/groups/gentleinformants/permalink/1004672592923652/

    [4] http://femsre.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/1/52.long?view=long&pmid=17233635

    [5] http://www.whale.to/vaccines/meningitis5.html

    New Proposed Rule:

    https://adminrules.idaho.gov/bulletin/2018/07.pdf#page=91

    https://www.millioninsights.com/industry-reports/meningococcal-vaccines-market

    Idaho Infectious Disease Reporting:
    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/Epidemiology/IdahoDiseaseSummary/tabid/202/Default.aspx

    Disease Trends in Idaho:

    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/Epi/Disease%20Summaries/ID%20DZ%20Trends_2016_FINALv2.pdf

  • Public Comment Needed: Idaho to Add Second Shot of Meningitis Vaccine for High School

    The Health Department wants to add a second required shot for meningitis to the high school schedule. Here’s the key points. Meningitis is a rare disease, the most serious cases are caused by bacteria. The disease been on a downward trend with historic lows in 2016. Around 300 people in the US and an average 3 in Idaho contract bacterial Meningococcal meningitis each year. The meningococcal vaccine is intended to protect against only 4 strains of bacteria and hasn’t proven very effective. CDC reports findings that 93% of the college students contracting the disease were vaccinated!  Even in the light of these facts, IDHW proposes a new requirement for high school students receive another dose of an ineffective vaccine for a rare disease. Time is of the essence – public comments will only be received until FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17 is the last day for public comment!

    E-mail: Rafe.Hewett@dhw.idaho.gov  

    TESTIFY IN PERSON!  September 17 – 9:30 a.m.

    Courtyard by Marriott
    Balboa Meeting Room
    1789 S Eagle Road Meridian, ID 83642
    CALL IN 877-820-7831  Participant #137508

    Meningitis. 

    A rare disease that has an annual death rate in the U.S. of approximately 1 in 1,000,000; literally “one in a million.” [1]

    Neisseria meningitidis, the meningococcal bacteria, is passed by coughing or contact with saliva and is normally present in the respiratory tracts of healthy people without causing disease [3, 4, 5]. In fact, probably no one escapes infection. Symptomatic disease is quite rare for N. meningitidis. As such, 100% of the population, vaccinated or not, are asymptomatic carriers at some point in their lives. In fact, at any time, 5-35% of the population is silently carrying the bacteria, though the numbers often rise to nearly 100% in close quarters, such as military barracks and college campuses [4].

    Is meningitis scary? Yes. But, with only 4 strains of bacterial meningitis and 0 strains of viral meningitis in the vaccine, it’s a guessing game, similar to the flu shot, on which strain you’d even be exposed to. The vaccine, in creating an artificial immune response, actually leaves you more vulnerable to the more virulent strains of meningitis, not covered in the vaccine. 

    Idaho infectious disease reports shows the following for Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as meningococcus. Which causes cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. 

    2016: 3 cases
    2015: 0 cases
    2014: 5 cases
    2013: 4 cases

    According to the CDC’s Enhanced Meningococcal Disease Surveillance Report, 2016 the rare disease has been on a downward trend since the late 1990’s.  372 people in 2016 got the disease nationwide. (Incident rate of .12 of 100,000).

    DOCKET NO. 16-0215-1802 (pg 91) The Health Department wants to “require a second dose of meningococcal (MenACWY) vaccination before a student enters the 12th grade in Idaho, starting with school year 2020-2021. If a student received their first dose of meningococcal (MenACWY) vaccine at 16 years of age or older, they will not be required to receive the second dose before entry into the 12th grade.”

    The vaccine they are requiring only covers 50% of the strains and is less than 10% effective. Is this about the health of Idaho’s children? 

    How can you, as a parent, best protect your child from meningococcal infection?

    Answer:  Improve your child’s immune system by providing a healthy diet of whole foods that are rich in nutrients.  Give supplements that are high in antioxidants, balanced B-vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids.  Give extra vitamin D3 during cold and flu season.  Heal the gut if your child has gastrointestinal problems.   Stress the importance of getting enough sleep and fresh air.   Help your child learn to relax.  And, just say NO to vaccines that damage your child’s innate immune system.

    Read about this shots function, efficacy and reactions here:

    https://schaabling.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/meningococcal-vaccine-meningitis/

    [1]. Meningococcal Disease and Vaccination.  Fear-Mongering?  YES!! (2011 – disease incident rates have DECREASED since)

    [3] https://www.facebook.com/groups/gentleinformants/permalink/1004672592923652/

    [4] http://femsre.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/1/52.long?view=long&pmid=17233635

    [5] http://www.whale.to/vaccines/meningitis5.html

    New Proposed Rule:

    https://adminrules.idaho.gov/bulletin/2018/07.pdf#page=91

    https://www.millioninsights.com/industry-reports/meningococcal-vaccines-market

    Idaho Infectious Disease Reporting:
    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/Epidemiology/IdahoDiseaseSummary/tabid/202/Default.aspx

    Disease Trends in Idaho:

    http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/Epi/Disease%20Summaries/ID%20DZ%20Trends_2016_FINALv2.pdf

  • Which diseases should you fear?

    What diseases do you FEAR your child might contract? Measles? Mumps? Leprosy? Wondering how many parents walk around daily concerned about their child contracting leprosy? It still exists- by the thousands in various parts of the world. The United States has roughly 200 new cases every year with over 6,500 cases of Hansen’s disease/Leprosy. Did you know that? I didn’t until I just looked it up. (See the source)

    Don’t you think it’s weird that there was hysteria over 31 measles cases (where no one died or was permanently harmed) and you hear exactly ZERO about 200 cases of leprosy and its long term health impact?  

    Everyone knows when there is a measles or mumps outbreak. It’s all over the local news. Healthy (yet unvaccinated) children are denied school. Parents are pushed to get ‘updated’ on vaccines.

    How do we not hear about these cases of leprosy? Why aren’t you walking around concerned about leprosy every day? Why aren’t you concerned about someone from another country bringing leprosy into the US and somehow exposing all of our most vulnerable to this illness?

    I’ll tell you why…You are afraid of what we vaccinate for because these illnesses are hyped up all of the time. It’s propaganda. You are told what to fear, so they can then sell you their product for profit.

    Measles and others is a concern for you – because you are told that it should be. But you don’t walk around fearing leprosy. Your children haven’t contracted it either.

    Funny how that all works, isn’t it?

    The only diseases we fear are the ones that a vaccine has been developed and marketed for. We never feared measles and mumps in the early 20th century… Because the media didn’t tell us to.

    Yes, there are vaccines for bacterial and viral diseases. Of course they are working on vaccines for hundreds of diseases that we are not yet afraid of because we haven’t been to do to so. 

    Did you know the newest vaccine requirement for Idaho is for a disease that affects 3 individuals in the state with a population of 1.6 million. A disease that is so exceedingly rare and already on a downward trend WITHOUT this extra vaccine requirement. It calls into question the motivation for the requirement. 

    Perhaps its because Idaho Legislators are Sold Out to Big Pharma?

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