Is MMR Vaccine a Fraud or Does It Just Wear Off Quickly?
In 1986, public health officials stated that MMR vaccination rates for kindergarten children were in excess of 95 percent and that one dose of live attenuated measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) would eliminate the three common childhood diseases in the U.S.1 In 1989, parents were informed that a single dose of MMR vaccine was inadequate..
Six-Year-Old Had Gotten a Flu Shot But Reportedly Died of Influenza
Six-year-old Nevaeh Hernandez suffered four seizures and went into a coma before dying on Feb. 12, 2018 at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Her death was attributed to influenza, although tests conducted for both strep throat and influenza three days earlier at nearby Hoboken University Medical Center had come back negative.
Three Children in Pakistan Die After Getting Measles Vaccine
Three children in Pakistan became critically ill and died a day after they were vaccinated with the measles vaccine in the city of Nawabshah. One the children died at home and the other two children died at the People’s University Medical Hospital (PUMH) in Nawabshah. At least seven other Pakistani children who received the same vaccinations were reported to be in critical condition.
Two Infants in India Die Following Pentavalent Vaccination
Two babies have died and seven others were hospitalized following vaccination at a clinic near Karnataka’s Mandya district in India.1 The children were injected from the same vial of a pentavalent vaccine that administers five different vaccines in one shot. The combination vaccine, which includes vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type b (Hib), is traditionally…
Kenyan Baby Dies After Receiving Measles Vaccine
A baby in Bomet county in Kenya died earlier this week shortly after receiving the measles vaccine at a government health center in the town of Mogogosiek. Four other babies—all under one year of age—were also given the measles vaccine at the health center and became swollen and critically ill.
Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness a ‘Dismal 10 Percent’
On Feb. 26, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the effectiveness of the vaccine against the predominant influenza A H3N2 viruses for the 2014-2015 season at 18 percent—a level reportedly described by CDC researchers as having “little to no efficacy.”
