Here’s How Vaccine Pushers Conceal the Truth
by Sandy Lunoe
We know that statistics may be twisted into the realm of absurdity, but most of us seem to accept them when considering the safety of medicines.
Here’s a typical example: We ask a doctor who recommends a vaccine about the risk of contracting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a serious autoimmune condition which may evolve into paralysis. The doctor may assure us that the risk is “probably only one additional case in each million persons vaccinated.”
Why should we accept this statistic without question?
Where do these safety statistics come from? They come from epidemiologists and statisticians whose interest is in the promotion of vaccines and who manipulate the statistics so that vaccines appear to be safer than they are in reality.
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How Statistics are Misused to Make Vaccines “Safe”
Dr. Lawrence B. Palevsky, a widely respected pediatrician in New York, gives a more detailed explanation:
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This method involving misuse of statistics applies not only in the case of GBS but generally regarding other serious, so-called “rare conditions.”
GBS and Other Adverse Reactions to Vaccines are Under-Reported
Another significant factor which contributes towards the false impression that GBS is rare after vaccinations: The number of actual GBS cases after vaccinations is grossly under-reported.
Only a small percentage of adverse reactions are reported to VAERS (US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System). It may be as low as one to two percent. Here are some of the reasons why adverse reactions to vaccines are not properly reported:
- Not all doctors are trained in reporting adverse reactions.
- It may be difficult to link the reaction with the vaccine. ( Autoimmune conditions may present themselves up to several years after a vaccine.)
- The adverse reaction, for example, an autoimmune condition, may not even be stated in product information.
GBS may be incorrectly diagnosed as another condition. - There is minimal incentive for doctors to report because it takes time and work.
- Doctors may fear being contacted by the manufacturer.
- It may be unpleasant for doctors to admit to patients that a vaccine which was recommended was the cause of the condition.
- Citizens and doctors are encouraged to report to the manufacturers. This is surely a case of the fox guarding the hen house.
Vaccine safety activist Barbara Loe Fisher wants doctors to file reports directly to VAERS, not through the manufacturer. She says manufacturers’ reports are often incomplete, citing a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association which says that while 68 percent of the adverse event reports on Gardasil came from manufacturers, nearly 90 percent of them could not be tracked or investigated because they lacked the most basic contact information.
Conclusion
Due to both misleading statistics and gross under-reporting, we are given the false impression that Guillain-Barré syndrome and many other serious conditions are rare after vaccinations.
If medical statistics were compiled by statisticians who had no interest in the outcome, the drug industry would topple into the dust. – Robert Catalano
References:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Safety/MedWatch/UCM201419.pdf
Sandy Lunoe writes for VacTruth, where this article first appeared.