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COVID-19 UK Advises People With Serious Allergies To Avoid Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine – Canada issues advisory

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See the Science page for medical journal articles re: COVID-19 vaccines and anaphylaxis.

Access to Information emails describing anaphylaxis to COVID-19 vaccines in British Columbia (pdf)

Hypertensive Anaphylaxis After Moderna COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report

 

COVID-19 Vaccination Results in Wide Array of Skin Disorders – Rashes Are More Common in People with Baseline Medical Problems – Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH™

 

UK warns people with serious allergies to avoid Pfizer vaccine after two adverse reactions

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/uk-warns-people-with-serious-allergies-to-avoid-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28J1DX
LONDON (Reuters) – “Britain’s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergies do not get Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine after two people reported severe adverse reactions on the first day of rollout.

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Pfizer has said people with a history of severe adverse allergic reactions to vaccines or the candidate’s ingredients were excluded from their late stage trials, which is reflected in the MHRA’s emergency approval protocol.

The new MHRA guidance, sent out to health professionals, said a much broader segment should not take the vaccine.

“Any person with a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine or food (such as previous history of anaphylactoid reaction or those who have been advised to carry an adrenaline autoinjector) should not receive the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine,” it said.

It also said resuscitation facilities should be available for all vaccinations.”

UPDATE – UK walks back Food Allergy Warning

U.K. to refine allergy warning on Pfizer vaccine sparked by two adverse reactions – The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) initially advised anyone with “a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine or food” to avoid taking the vaccine. However, by the end of Wednesday that guidance was set to be refined after discussions with experts on the nature of the reactions. ‘We’re tweaking advice to make it very clear that if you’ve got a food allergy, you’re not more at risk,’ Imperial College London’s Paul Turner, an expert in allergy and immunology who has been advising the MHRA on their revised guidance, told Reuters.”

Video from Reuters here:

RFK, Jr. Warned FDA Three Months Ago About Ingredient in Pfizer COVID Vaccine That Likely Caused Life-Threatening Reaction in Two UK Healthcare Workers – An investigation this week identified polyethylene glycol (PEG) as the likely reason two people in the UK suffered anaphylaxis after receiving Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. In September, CHD Chairman RFK, Jr. warned the FDA that PEG in COVID vaccines could lead to severe allergic reactions. By Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN

5 Questions Fauci and FDA Need to Answer on Pfizer and Moderna COVID Vaccines – As reports surfaced today of yet another healthcare worker who suffered a severe allergic reaction to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, it’s time the FDA and Fauci explain what they plan to do about it. By Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN

FDA Investigates Allergic Reactions to Pfizer COVID Vaccine After More Healthcare Workers Hospitalized – The FDA is investigating allergic reactions in “multiple states.” The agency acknowledged the reactions may have been caused by PEG, a compound in the Pfizer vaccine that CHD previously told the FDA could put millions of people at risk. – Children’s Health Defense Team

Comment from Vinu Arumugham – Posted by the Food and Drug Administration on Dec 8, 2020
“The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine increases risk of developing de novo asthma or exacerbation of existing asthma (and allergies, GI diseases). All vaccines are contaminated with aeroallergens thus increasing risk of developing asthma. The Pfizer vaccine is distributed in a multi-dose vial which needs to be diluted. This step along with the “pressure equalization” step further increases risk of aeroallergen contamination of the vaccine. Since it is also known that the vaccine has high reactogenicity, it will cause a strong undesirable immune response against these aeroallergens. One can expect increase in asthma and aeroallergen related allergies following this vaccine. And the two dose requirement, will boost the asthma and allergies too.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/941452/Information_for_healthcare_professionals.pdf

Aeroallergen contamination of multi-dose and reconstituted vaccine vials cause the development of asthma, gastrointestinal diseases and proves vaccine makers and vaccine safety regulators are incompetent
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2544037”

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Health Canada recommendations for people with serious allergies – Advisory from the Government of Canada – “What to do: People with allergies to any of the ingredients in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine should not receive it. Speak with your health professional about any serious allergies or other health conditions you may have before you receive this vaccine.”

Anaphylaxis Following m-RNA COVID-19 Vaccine Receipt (pdf) – December 19, 2020 – CDC.gov

Alaska healthcare worker with no history of drug allergies suffered serious ‘anaphylactic-like’ reaction after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine – A healthcare worker in Juneau, Alaska, suffered a severe allergic reaction within 10 minutes of receiving Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday – She remains stable in the ICU and is expected to be discharged later on Wednesday – The woman has no known history of allergies and is said to be disappointed that she can’t receive the vaccine’s second dose – The anaphylactic-like reaction is believed to be the same one suffered by two British healthcare workers last week, both of whom have since recovered – It led the U.K.’s regulatory body to warn that anyone with severe allergic reactions to food or medicine not get the vaccine – In Pfizer’s clinical trial, 137 people who were given the vaccine suffered allergic reactions as did 111 in the placebo group – December 16, 2020

Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions – Sciencemag.org – “Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech over the past 2 weeks may be due to a compound in the packaging of the messenger RNA (mRNA) that forms the vaccine’s main ingredient, scientists say. A similar mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna, which was authorized for emergency use in the United States on Friday, also contains the compound, polyethylene glycol (PEG).”

Hamilton PSW says allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine led to fainting, seizures and CPR – Deborah Tilli says she still thinks people should get the vaccine – CBC – “”I do have a severe allergy to bumblebees, and the nurse went over that with me and even questioned me about it, but … it seemed like she really didn’t know what she was doing,” Tilli said. … Tilli says when she woke up, she was told she suffered seizures and needed CPR for a brief period. She doesn’t remember much during the reaction, but says one moment sticks out — accepting the fact that she could die. ‘There was a moment where, I don’t want to say I gave up, but I was just like ‘It is what it is.’ … [Days later] when I was in bed the other night, I was thinking, ‘What if I left my two girls without a mother?’ Tilli said.”

2 North Dakotans have allergic reaction suspected from COVID-19 vaccine; infectious disease specialist says ‘don’t be alarmed’ – KXNET.com

Oregon health care worker hospitalized after severe reaction to coronavirus vaccine – KATU2.com – “An employee at a northeastern Oregon hospital had a severe allergic reaction to the Moderna vaccine and was hospitalized, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday. The employee works at Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Wallowa County. After taking the vaccine this week, OHA said the employee experienced anaphylaxis. OHA said the employee is recovering in the hospital.”

Boston doctor has severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna jab – Daily Mail via MSN.com – “A doctor from Boston with an allergy to shellfish suffered a serious reaction after receiving the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who works as geriatric oncologist at Boston Medical Center, became dizzy and experienced an increased heart rate after he took the jab on Christmas Eve.”

Maine health care worker experienced severe allergic reaction to coronavirus vaccine, CDC reports – MSN.com – “The Maine Med employee had a history of severe allergies and past experience with anaphylaxis, which can cause a widespread rash and swelling, plummeting blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, and difficulty breathing. Hospital staff at the vaccination clinic were briefed on the employee’s medical history and observed the person after being vaccinated, as with all COVID-19 inoculations, according to the Portland Press-Herald.”

NYC health care worker has city’s first allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine – New York Post – “A New York City health care worker suffered a “significant allergic reaction” to a COVID-19 vaccine — the first “serious adverse event” to the jab in the Big Apple, officials said Wednesday.”

Alabama health officials verify allergic reaction to COVID vaccine – WTOK.com – “The Alabama Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that it was notified that a person who received the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday experienced anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction) several minutes after taking the vaccine and while in required post-vaccine observation. The patient was immediately treated with anaphylaxis protocol at Decatur Morgan Hospital where the vaccine was administered.”

Mexican Doctor Taken to ICU After Experiencing Serious Reaction to Pfizer Vaccine – The female Mexican doctor experienced seizures, difficulty in breathing and developed skin rashes after she took the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. – “The female doctor suffered from seizures and had difficulty in breathing besides developing skin rashes. The Mexican Health Ministry said in a statement that the initial diagnosis revealed that it was encephalomyelitis, which is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.”

CDC says severe allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine run 10 times reactions to the flu shot but they’re still rare – CNBC – “A new CDC study published Wednesday found that people receiving Covid-19 vaccines experience anaphylaxis at a rate 10 times higher compared with the flu vaccine.” – Link to study.

Scientist Calls for Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Sensitivity Patch Testing Prior to COVID19 Vaccine and Drug Use – James Lyons-Weiler Blog

California calls for pause of 330,000 doses, investigation after allergic reactions to Moderna vaccine batch – A cluster of allergic reactions prompted state officials to call for a pause of Moderna batch 041L20A

Tip of the Iceberg? Thousands of COVID Vaccine Injuries and 13 U.S. Deaths Reported in December Alone – In December, 3,916 COVID vaccine-related adverse events, including 13 deaths, were reported to VAERS. As more adverse events — ranging from life-threatening anaphylaxis to death — occur, it will be tougher to “sell” the experimental injections.

‘My throat started closing’: San Diego woman describes allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine – “Brennan was one of up to ten people who had suspected allergic reactions after getting vaccines at Petco Park, the home of Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres, last week. … Brennan said she’s allergic to shellfish.”

Pfizer vaccine gives Queensland health care worker an anaphylactic reaction

Four Australians suffer severe allergic reaction to AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the past 48 hours – The four Queenslanders had received AstraZeneca jab within the past two days – They suffered anaphylaxis after receiving the jab, health authorities revealed – Health officials have said reactions in people with allergies are to be expected – All four patients had a history of severe allergic reactions or anaphylaxis

Japan reports 47 anaphylaxis cases after 580,000 Pfizer vaccine shots – “The figure as of last Sunday implies an anaphylactic reaction rate of around 81 cases per million doses administered, much higher than five cases in every 1 million doses administered in the United States and 20 cases per million in Britain.”

Obituary: Kansas woman dies of allergic reaction after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine – EMS dispatch states the woman was having difficulty breathing and speaking when 911 was called – “In the obituary posted with Becker Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, family members said 68-year-old Jeanie M. Evans, of Effingham, died unexpectedly on Wednesday at the Stormont-Vail Hospital after having a reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. Emergency dispatch records note a patient had an allergic reaction at a vaccine clinic site just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Dispatch identified the patient as a 68-year-old female having difficulty breathing and speaking — adding that she had been injected with an EpiPen and that there were two nurses with her on the scene.”

P.E.I. woman hospitalized over ‘extremely rare’ COVID-19 vaccine allergy shares her story – Expert says getting COVID-19 itself is much worse than very low risk from vaccination – “The 32-year-old had no known allergies, but sometimes felt slightly unwell after annual flu shots, so staff at the King’s County Memorial Hospital in Montague, P.E.I., flagged her to wait 30 minutes after her Pfizer-BioNTech shot instead of the usual 15, to make sure she would be all right.”

Mother, 25, is put into intensive care coma after ‘very rare’ reaction to second Covid Pfizer jab caused terrifying anaphylactic shocks – Kirsty Hext, 25, has suffered 14 anaphylactic shocks since having vaccine – She also had a seizure and fractured her wrist, leg and cheekbone after falling – Carer is still in hospital after suffering the most recent anaphylactic shock

RE: Urgent preliminary report of Yellow Card data up to 26th May 2021 – “The Allergic responses to the vaccines comprised 25,270 reported ADRs, with 4 fatalities occurring among 1,001 people experiencing anaphylactic reactions.”

Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFIs) for COVID-19 in Ontario: December 13, 2020 to June 5, 2021 – EVENTS MANAGED AS ANAPHYLAXIS There were 186 reports of events managed as anaphylaxis, in which 17 met the definition of a serious AEFI. Of all 186 reports of events managed as anaphylaxis: 164 received epinephrine, 163 were seen in the emergency department and 130 were fully recovered at the time of reporting. – Public Health Ontario

Three cases of vesiculobullous non-IgE-mediated cutaneous reactions to tozinameran (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine) – “The Phase III trial of tozinameran, a ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccine, demonstrated a risk of anaphylaxis at 11.1 cases per million doses1 . Little is known regarding various non-IgE-mediated cutaneous reactions arising from the use of these vaccines. We report three cases of non-IgE-mediated cutaneous reactions following tozinameran administration, in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.”

IgE-mediated allergy to polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a cause of anaphylaxis to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Kansas woman Jeanie Evans died of an allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine, autopsy shows – Topeka Capital-Journal

Maple Ridge woman compensated for mother’s death from COVID-19 vaccine – Frustrated by Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program – “Her mother had received a Moderna vaccine. Ten minutes later, she was having a hard time breathing. Soon she was unconscious. A nurse administered two EpiPens – one in a leg, and one in an arm, but they couldn’t save her. “She was gone in 15 minutes.” It had been a severe anaphylactic shock, despite the fact that she had never had an allergic reaction in the past. “I was stunned,” said DuPerron. “I couldn’t wrap my head around it.” – August 2022

EU adds severe allergies as side effect of Novavax COVID vaccine – Novavax stock fell 20.3% after news of severe side effects

Melton man (96) died after ‘extremely rare allergic reaction’ to Covid jab, inquest finds – A 96 year-old Melton man who collapsed and died within minutes of having the Pfizer Covid vaccine suffered a severe and extremely rare allergic reaction to the jab, an inquest heard.

CBC Ignores Vaccine Science

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On January 17, 2020 a CBC Marketplace program Marketplace: Inside the Anti-Vaccination Movement: Why more are falling for their dangerous message begins with host Asha Tomlinson stating, “The truth about vaccines starts now.”  Approximately 6 minutes in the following conversation happens:

Timothy Caulfield:  ……. This is what the science says.

Asha Tomlinson:  Let’s go through some of the claims. Allergies.

Timothy Caulfield:  No evidence to support it.”

This entire website, especially the science page, refutes this statement, and the taxpayer funded CBC doesn’t care – the CBC Ombudsman refuses to review my complaint, so I have posted the correspondence below, thread begins at the bottom of the page.    More on this story including responses from Del Bigtree and James Lyons-Weiler, PhD here.

Subject: Re: CBC Response to Marketplace January 17 broadcast
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:47:20 -0500
From: Rita Hoffman
To: CBC Ombud <ombud@cbc.ca>
CC: PAUL HAMBLETON <paul.hambleton@cbc.ca>, Jennifer McGuire <jennifer.mcguire@cbc.ca>

Dear Mr. Nagler,

I am not surprised that you will not be launching a formal review of my complaint.

Rita Hoffman

On 2020-02-27 9:58 a.m., CBC Ombud wrote:

Dear Ms. Hoffman,

You are asking journalists to provide proof because you have not accepted the views of an overwhelming majority of medical professionals and public health officials. That is not a realistic request from a journalist.

I fully support your right to question the medical consensus on vaccines, but a reporter is not engaged in propaganda or misinformation when they convey a view that is as widely held by experts as is the validity of vaccines.

I understand that there are a certain number of scientists who take an opposing view. There are also a certain number of scientists who question whether climate change is occurring, but there is a point at which – in both cases – the relative credibility of each position is small compared to the consensus view of people with expertise.  It is acceptable practice, for instance, for a reporter to say that the MMR vaccine is effective without having to qualify the statement or cite a study.

Mr. Hambleton has addressed the points you raised in your complaint. You may not like the answers he has given you, but that does not suggest any journalistic malpractice. It means simply that you disagree. If, over time, the scientific consensus shifts, then the expectation on journalists will shift as well. At this moment, though, I will not be launching a formal review of your complaint.

Sincerely,

Jack Nagler

CBC Ombudsman

ombud@cbc.ca

www.cbc.ca/ombudsman

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 3:51 PM Rita Hoffman wrote:

Dear CBC Ombudsman,

While I thank Mr. Hambleton for his response, his reply (below) regarding the CBC Marketplace vaccination broadcast on vaccination is not acceptable and I am asking you to review this matter as many of the claims made in the January 17 broadcast remain unsupported by science.

Specifically, my requests for scientific proof of the “no evidence” for allergy and autoimmune links to vaccination in my original letter (pasted below) were not answered.

Also, please provide scientific proof of the statement by Katie Pedersen that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines are “flushed out of your body within a couple of days”.   The quote from Dr. Crowcroft on plasma levels is not proof. 

Regarding James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, I am shocked that your response would say, “Let me emphasize that we accurately reported what he said.”  Anyone watching the original broadcast would know that is not the case.  I note the YouTube correction, but no apology to Dr. Lyons-Weiler. This is unacceptable.  CBC needs to publicly apologize for destroying the character of this scientist.

I look forward to hearing from the Ombudsman re: his review, and for the answers to my questions.

Thank you,

Rita Hoffman

On 2020-02-24 8:12 a.m., PAUL HAMBLETON wrote:

Dear Rita Hoffman:

I am writing in reply to your emails of January 29 addressed to CBC Ombudsman, Jack Nagler, concerning what you see as a number of “unsupported ‘facts’” in a story about the anti-vaccination movement broadcast on the January 17 edition of CBC Marketplace. Moreover, you asked that we respond to Dr. James Lyons-Weiler’s open letter demanding an apology and retraction for his treatment in the story.

As the Director of Journalistic Standards, Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief of CBC News, asked me to reply to you directly.

I appreciate hearing your views and I sincerely regret that you are disappointed in CBC in this instance. However, I must tell you, respectfully, that your view – and Dr. Lyons-Weiler’s view – of the story’s shortcomings is not one I share. I’ll explain why, but first I want to be clear about the program and the focus of this story.

Marketplace, a multiple award-winning program of investigative journalism and one of CBC Television’s longest running current affairs programs, chiefly focuses on the interests of consumers. It looks at products, services, individuals and organizations that affect consumers – all from a consumer’s point of view. That was true in this case.

The focus of this story is on how the anti-vaccination movement has convinced consumers – often the parents of young children – that vaccines are dangerous. Vaccination is widely accepted by medical science and government health authorities as a safe and beneficial way to protect children from the potentially serious consequences of a range of sometimes deadly childhood diseases. Yet, in the face of what is commonly described as overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, the anti-vaccination movement argues the risk is not in the disease, but in the vaccine given to prevent it. It would appear to be an unsustainable position, yet the influence of those worried about vaccination is growing along with their numbers.

Let me emphasize that this is not a story about the science of vaccination, or the way vaccines are made, or the companies that make them. If it was, you might reasonably expect it to weigh the evidence on all sides of the issue. But that is far beyond the rather narrow focus of this program. This program specifically examines why the anti-vaccine message is convincing to consumers, how it works, and why it is so easy for consumers to believe it.

Nevertheless, the program does present the views of a doctor, a scientist and a sceptic – Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Dr. James Lyons-Weller, and Del Bigtree – all key players in the anti-vaccine movement. They make clear their position that vaccines “cause autism;” have “destroyed the lives of countless children;” that “forced injections” should not be allowed; that vaccinations can cause allergies, auto-immune disease and seizures; that studies affirming the value of vaccines are “bad science … funded by people who make money off of selling vaccines;” and that children who get measles will benefit because they “will have a life-long immunity.”

An accompanying online story takes a closer look at the claims made by the movement under the headline, “Nearly half of Canadians are concerned about vaccine safety. Here’s why” (https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/anti-vaccine-myths-biases-1.5429845).

That said, the story rightly affirms the overwhelming consensus of the medical, scientific and public policy communities about the efficacy and safety of childhood vaccinations.

You suggested that it is inaccurate to say that vaccines do not cause allergies or autoimmune disease. You provided links to two web sites – “Deadly Allergy” and “Med Science Research” – which you wrote include studies saying the “exact opposite.”

The video story quotes anti-vaccine activists talking about vaccine caused injuries; among them, “allergies,” “autoimmune issues,” “spectrum autisms,” “eczema,” and “seizures.” Timothy Caulfield, a public health expert and author of The Vaccine Picture, a book debunking vaccine myths, replies to host Asha Tomlinson’s questions. “Allergies?” she asks. “No evidence,” he replies. “Auto-immune disease?” “No evidence.” “Seizures?” she asks. “There are rare risks where kids do have seizures,” he replies. “You have to remember that kids can get that kind of seizure from a variety of ailments.” And then Ms. Tomlinson added, “Fact: Side effects are very rare. For every million vaccinations – one to two severe allergic reactions.”

The CDC notes that any medication can cause a severe allergic reaction, “but such reactions from a vaccine are very rare, estimated at about one in a million doses.”

You wrote that in the accompanying Facebook question and answer panel, story producer Katie Pedersen said that “’they are not toxic exposures of these elements’ referring to the vaccine adjuvant aluminum.” She also said, you wrote that such adjuvants are “’flushed out of your body within a couple of days.’” You described both as “unsupported ‘facts.’”

Both statements were also included in the online story. That story said that vaccines contain chemicals that would be considered toxic at very high doses. But explained that’s also true for just about everything we interact with including water, which is toxic in large enough quantities. Yes, mercury is a neurotoxin and if consumed in large enough quantities over a long period of time can result in disease and death. However, the amount of mercury in vaccines, the story said, is in “very small, non-toxic quantities.”

Vaccines used thimerosal, mercury combined with a carboxylate group to make it soluble in water, as a bactericide. Thimerosal is also commonly used as a fungicide and to kill bacteria in an assortment of commonly used antiseptic ointments, sprays, creams and jellies, as well as in tattoo inks.

For comparison’s sake, the story noted, vaccines only ever contained 50 micrograms of thimerosal, which is equal to about 25 micrograms of mercury. That is about the same amount of mercury found in a three-ounce can of tuna.

Twenty years ago, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reviewed foods and drugs containing mercury and purely as a precaution, they said, asked drug companies to remove thimerosal.  Most vaccines now do not contain thimerosal.

The other common adjuvant, aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust and occurs naturally in soil, water and air. In fact it’s so prevalent in food that the CDC estimates that the average adult in the United States eats 7-9 mg of aluminum every day. Antacids contain 104-208 mg of aluminum, buffered aspirin 10-20 mg per tablet.

It is also added in very small quantities to a few vaccines – chiefly those aimed at human papillomavirus (HPV), influenza, hepatitis and anthrax – but generally not to those given to children, including the MMR vaccine. For those few that do contain aluminum, they contain no more than 0.85 mg per dose – an amount 100 times smaller than in an antacid tablet – and in most cases they contain far less. 0.85 mg is about the same amount found in a litre of infant formula.

The segment went on to explain that adjuvants, such as aluminum, are added to some vaccines to enhance their effectiveness by “prompting the body to learn how to fight the disease instead of immediately flushing [the dead virus] out.”  And it added that “all traces” of aluminum and everything else in the vaccine are “are flushed completely out of the body within a day or two.”

I realize that there are some studies, often cited by those opposed to vaccination, that link aluminum adjuvants and their “biopersistence” to a wide range of afflictions sometimes described as the autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA), which is said to include macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF), the Gulf War syndrome (GWS), and “chronic toxicity” in infants, among other things.

Much of that science is hypothetical, not reproducible, and not highly regarded. On the other hand, there is overwhelming scientific and medical consensus on the safety and efficacy of vaccination. The story linked the section on aluminum adjuvants to a 2015 “Public Health Statement for Aluminum” issued by the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, a division of the CDC, that says “most” of the aluminum in food and “much of the small amount” that enters the blood stream is “quickly” excreted.

That seems to reflect the findings of most studies of the subject reviewed by our journalists. Among many others, we asked epidemiologist Dr. Natasha Crowcroft about aluminum. Dr. Crowcroft, who has authored over 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers, is the co-chair of the Canadian Association for Immunization Research, Evaluation and Education (CAIRE) and a member of the Canadian Immunization Research Network. She assured us that “kids who are vaccinated don’t have any increase in the aluminum levels in their plasma following immunization.”

She also notes that that although high levels of aluminum in the blood can pose health risks, vaccines generally bypass the bloodstream altogether. “You’re giving it into a muscle,” she said. “You’re not injecting a vaccine into a vein; you’re giving it into usually a muscle, sometimes subcutaneously.” She notes that because of this, “it doesn’t go straight into the bloodstream, it doesn’t accumulate in tissues, it stays in the site where the immune system can package it up and get rid of it and then if it gets into any other compartment it gets cleared through the kidneys. And it gets cleared quite quickly; it’s gone very quickly.”

She adds that the studies supporting “biopersistence” work off “an assumption that aluminum just stays there and builds up with each dose and all of that is just wrong. It doesn’t enter the blood stream, so it doesn’t ‘go up’ in levels the way that drugs do.”

You referred to Dr. James Lyons-Weiler and the letter he addressed to the CBC and posted on his web page alleging that he was misrepresented in the Marketplace story. He was not. But we did make an error transcribing what our own journalist said. I’ll explain what I mean.

Both the video story and an accompanying CBCNews.ca online story posted on January 17 under the headline, “Hidden cameras capture misinformation, fundraising tactics used by anti-vaxx movement” looked at how the anti-vaccination messaging is effective at encouraging doubt because of the way it manipulates emotions and biases.

One segment, the focus of your concern, looks briefly at how the movement raises money. Del Bigtree, a former television producer, controversial filmmaker and a prominent activist, and discredited researcher Andrew Wakefield charge thousands to speak at events and have raised millions to fund their cause.

Other figures associated with the movement, the online story said, find “workarounds,” such as Dr. Lyons-Weiler has. He said he is “just educating” and that he didn’t charge because it would make him an “international lobbyist.” The online story continued this way:

The original online story continued this way:

“So, what I would rather do is, I do a science day the day before,” he said. “I’d run an event where you … charge admission as per my website.”

“Sounds like a promo thing for you, a marketing thing for you,” said our journalist. “Now we’ve got a quid pro quo.” 

“That’s right,” he said, later detailing through an assistant that for a group of 400 people, he would want about $20 US per person, netting around $10,000 Cdn.

After reviewing the original tape, I can tell you that we made a transcription error in what our journalist said in that exchange. This is what our journalist said:

“Sounds like a promo thing for you, a marketing thing for you. That way it’s not a…. quid pro quo, I guess.” 

To which he responded, “That’s right…. exactly”

For the record, in the conversation at the time, our journalist then said: “That’s a dirty word, nowadays.”

Mr. Lyons-Weiler responded: “I don’t….Listen, if the worst thing I’m doing is talking with people about aluminum accumulation trends in children from vaccines…”

With respect to the video story, to be clear, Mr. Lyons-Weiler did not use the phrase, “No quid pro quo.” Again the subtitles for what our journalist said were not correct in that section. They should have read: “That way it’s not a…  quid pro quo, I guess”

We have corrected the subtitles on the broadcast piece, and we have also corrected the wording in the online story.  As well, we added the video of the full exchange to our Youtube story for transparency so you can watch it yourself.

Here is the link to the program episode on Youtube

You can see the updated online story here

Let me emphasize that we accurately reported what he said. The business arrangements he outlined speak for themselves. Whether they do or do not amount to a quid pro quo is not germane to the story. Readers and viewers can reach their own conclusions about that. Nevertheless, we did mis-transcribe the words of our own journalist and we should not have. We regret that error.

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention, and for giving me an opportunity to respond. I hope my reply has assured you of the continuing integrity of Marketplace and CBC News.

Sincerely,

Paul

Paul Hambleton

Director of Journalistic Standards

CBC News

Cc. Jack Nagler, CBC Ombudsman

Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief, CBC News

Subject: Marketplace: Inside the Anti-Vaccination Movement: Why more are falling for their dangerous message
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:21:16 -0500
From: Rita Hoffman
To: ombud@cbc.ca

Dear Mr. Nagler CBC Ombudsman,

I am writing to you regarding the January 17, 2020 program Marketplace: Inside the Anti-Vaccination Movement: Why more are falling for their dangerous message.

The program begins with host Asha Tomlinson stating, “The truth about vaccines starts now.”

Approximately 6 minutes in the following conversation happens:

Timothy Caulfield:  ……. This is what the science says.

Asha Tomlinson:  Let’s go through some of the claims. Allergies.

Timothy Caulfield:  No evidence to support it.

Asha Tomlinson:  Autoimmune Disease.

Timothy Caulfield:  No evidence.

Due to the lack of evidence provided during the program, I am requesting that Marketplace provide an extensive list of peer-reviewed, documented, scientific proof of the above claim that there is “no evidence” of the vaccine/allergy connection.  Studies of authors with conflict of interest or who receive pharmaceutical funding are not acceptable proof.

I have found the exact opposite in my investigations into vaccination and allergies: https://deadlyallergy.com/science/

I am requesting that Marketplace provide an extensive list of peer-reviewed, documented, scientific proof of the above claim that there is “no evidence” of the vaccine/autoimmunity connection. Studies of authors with conflict of interest or who receive pharmaceutical funding are not acceptable proof.

Regarding the link between autoimmune disease and vaccination, the website MedScience Research has compiled the following studies indicating a connection: https://medscienceresearch.com/autoimmunity/

Regarding this video – CBC Marketplace Twitter “Vaccine Q & A Doctor answers your question at https://twitter.com/cbcmarketplace/status/1219287740228894720

In the Q & A link above, Producer Katie Pedersen states “they are not toxic exposures of these elements”. Regarding the vaccine adjuvant aluminum, I am requesting that Marketplace provide peer-reviewed, documented, scientific proof of this claim.  Studies of authors with conflict of interest or who receive pharmaceutical funding are not acceptable proof.

Also, please provide scientific proof of the statement by Katie Pedersen that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines are “flushed out of your body within a couple of days”. 

MedScience Research has compiled studies showing the dangers of injecting aluminum: https://medscienceresearch.com/aluminum/  as well as the work of UK Professor Christopher Exley:  https://www.hippocraticpost.com/author/professor-chris-exley/

The above are only a few of the unsupported “facts” from these broadcasts.

I also look forward to the CBC’s response to James Lyons-Weiler Phd’s letter, “Scientist Demands Apology and Retraction from CBC’s Marketplace” found at his blog here: https://jameslyonsweiler.com  This letter, and his other blog posts regarding the Marketplace program need to be answered and addressed and I await a public response from the CBC and/or Marketplace.

Sincerely,

Rita Hoffman

Vaccines contain food proteins

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posted with permission

Vinu Arumugham responds to the authors of Food allergen component proteins are not detected in early-childhood vaccines published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:06:58 -0800
From: vinu arumugham
To: tap2z@virginia.edu , js3ch@virginia.edu

All,

This is regarding your study – Food allergen component proteins are not detected in early-childhood vaccines. (1)⁠

Thank you for performing this study. I recall requesting Dr.Platts-Mills that the Prevnar 13 vaccine be tested for peanut protein. I am happy to see that was performed as well. While the data is important, there are many serious issues with your conclusions and interpretation.

Background

Fact 1: Vaccines contain food proteins. There are no controls for labeling or limiting cross contamination among vaccines and other medical products. Vaccine and excipient makers use numerous food products during manufacture and could also be using shared equipment which can be a source of contamination. The US National Academy of Medicine has concluded and warned that vaccines include numerous food proteins including peanut, sesame, soy, milk, gelatin, egg, beef, fish etc. (2)⁠

“Allergens in Vaccines, Medications, and Dietary Supplements

Physicians and patients with food allergy must consider potential food allergen exposures in vaccines, medications, and dietary supplement prod- ucts (e.g., vitamins, probiotics), which are not regulated by labelling laws. Also, excipients (i.e., substances added to medications to improve various characteristics) may be food or derived from foods (Kelso, 2014). These include milk proteins; soy derivatives; oils from sesame, peanut, fish or soy; and beef or fish gelatin. The medications involved include vaccines; anesthetics; and oral, topical, and injected medications. With perhaps the exception of gelatin, reactions appear to be rare overall, likely because little residual protein is included in the final preparation of these items. The specific risk for each medication is not known.

Vaccines also may contain food allergens, such as egg protein or gelatin.”

Many food proteins in vaccines have both been declared and measured. For example, milk proteins (3)⁠, gelatin (4,5)⁠ and egg proteins (6)⁠.

Fact 2: Food proteins in vaccines cause the development of food allergies. The US Institute of Medicine studied the entire vaccine literature from 1950 to 2011 to come to this conclusion. (7)⁠

p. 65 (pdf p. 94):

“Adverse events on our list thought to be due to IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions

Antigens in the vaccines that the committee is charged with reviewing do not typically elicit an immediate hypersensitivity reaction (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen, toxoids, gelatin, ovalbumin, casamino acids). However, as will be discussed in subsequent chapters, the above-mentioned antigens do occasionally induce IgE-mediated sensitization in some individuals and subsequent hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis.”

Here are examples of vaccine and injection induced IgE mediated sensitization that the IOM used to come to its conclusion.

Egg protein containing vaccines induce IgE mediated sensitization to egg proteins. (8,9)⁠

Similarly, gelatin (4,5)⁠, influenza viral proteins (10–13)⁠, toxoids (14–16)⁠, Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (17)⁠.

Repeated bee stings cause IgE mediated allergy to bee venom. (18)⁠

Bovine serum albumin (BSA) containing vaccines caused IgE mediated sensitization to BSA in horses. (19)⁠

Similar results in dogs. (20–22)⁠

Your team’s own study (23,24)⁠ confirmed the above. So food protein containing vaccines causing the development of food allergies is NOT a hypothesis, it is a fact. (25,26)⁠

When designing a new product, we first build only a few prototypes. If the prototypes fail, you know you have a major design problem. Your team’s WAO study with n=2 was exactly like that. A two out of two failure (allergy boost), is a very valuable outcome showing fundamental design problems with the vaccines.

Your statements

You make these assertions below but did not provide a reason or cite any references.

“The likelihood is low that early-childhood vaccines would contain food allergens.”

There are no specifications or controls. (25)⁠ Vaccine and excipient makers use numerous food products during production. So what is the basis for this statement?

“These findings do not support the concept that early-childhood vaccines or VitK injections contain allergy-causing food allergens.”

It is impossible to make such a sweeping claim unless you are able to detect the presence of even one molecule of the allergen.

“Without evidence of significant food allergen within the vaccines, the aforementioned hypothesis of vaccine-associated sensitization is unsupported.”

“Although the ELISA detection limits are quite low, the amount of allergen required to cause sensitization is poorly understood.”

As you admit, the amount of allergen required for sensitization is unknown. So how do you know how much is “significant food allergen”? With your limited detection capability, it is therefore impossible to jump to the conclusion that “the aforementioned hypothesis of vaccine-associated sensitization is unsupported.”, especially after you yourself have demonstrated that these food protein containing vaccines indeed boosted food allergies, exactly as expected from basic immunology. (23)⁠

“Theoretically, it could be argued that the ELISA limits of detection may not be low enough, though this seems unlikely because these are the most sensitive assays available with detection limits in the nanogram range and have been used before to detect these antigens.”

What has the “most sensitive assays available” got to do with the amount of allergen required for human sensitization?

“What is reassuring is that children with peanut, cow’s milk, and egg allergy continue to receive these vaccines in the first year of life without having allergic reactions.”

That only allows you to make conclusions about the elicitation dose, not the sensitization dose.

Conclusion

Sensitization dose is less than elicitation dose (25)⁠. Kattan et al. showed that 8-18ng/ml of casein was enough to elicit anaphylaxis. That is proof that sensitization dose is much less than 8-18ng/ml for casein.

Also Norowitz et al. (12)⁠ found that ELISA was not as sensitive as “dot blot” technology for some of their work.

It looks at least for now, that the most sensitive allergen detector available is the human immune system. Your team’s own study (23)⁠ demonstrated that vaccines do indeed boost food allergies as would be expected with food allergen contaminated vaccines. It is rather strange that you have ignored that most important finding, based on this limited measurement data, while the dose needed for human sensitization (especially with the antigen adsorbed on a Th2 biased adjuvant), is still unknown.

Further, your measurement sample size is extremely small. As I describe (25)⁠, 7.4 mcg/ml of ovalbumin was detected in the influenza vaccine in 1967. But as much as 38 mcg/ml of ovalbumin was detected as recently as 2008. There is a huge variation among vendors, between years from the same vendor and among lots.

Unlike your WAO study situation, here you are trying to prove the safety of vaccines. Continuing the prototype example, when we go into volume production we have to build large number of products and test them to ensure quality. Likewise, to prove vaccine safety with regards to food protein contamination, such a small sample size is obviously inadequate to assess the quality of tens of millions of vaccine doses. Arepanrix and Pandemrix vaccines manufactured by the same company – GSK, in two different countries, had different levels of H1N1 nucleoproteins. Pandemrix induced narcolepsy (27)⁠ in thousands and Arepanrix did not. That’s another example of widely varying amounts of non-target proteins in vaccines and the callous disregard among vaccine makers for the devastating safety problems caused by off-target immune responses. (28,29)⁠

I hope you will publish a correction addressing these serious issues because your conclusions are very misleading. Until you can establish food allergen sensitization amounts (taking into account the effects of aluminum adjuvant, numerous repeated vaccines, an atopic population that lacks helminth infections, c-section birth and antibiotic related sub optimal gut microbiome, etc.) and vaccine manufacturers put in place statistical quality controls that can detect and prevent such sensitization amounts, we can NEVER make the claim that vaccines do not cause sensitization. Alternately, vaccine production should not be based on food proteins at all. (3,5)⁠

And, by the way, food proteins are not the only problem, aeroallergen contamination of vaccines results in asthma and numerous other diseases. (30)⁠

Thanks,

Vinu

References

1. Hoyt AEW, Chapman MD, King EM, Platts-Mills TAE, Steinke JW. Food allergen component proteins are not detected in early-childhood vaccines. J allergy Clin Immunol Pract. United States; 2018 Mar;6(2):677–9.

2. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine E. Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy. Stallings VA, Oria MP, editors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2017.

3. Kattan JD, Cox AL, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Gimenez G, Bardina L, Sampson HA, et al. Allergic reactions to diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccines among children with milk allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;Conference(var.pagings):AB238.

4. Nakayama T, Aizawa C, Kuno-Sakai H. A clinical analysis of gelatin allergy and determination of its causal relationship to the previous administration of gelatin-containing acellular pertussis vaccine combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. J Allergy Clin Immunol. Elsevier; 1999 Jan 9;103(2):321–5.

5. Kuno-Sakai H, Kimura M. Removal of gelatin from live vaccines and DTaP-an ultimate solution for vaccine-related gelatin allergy. Biologicals. 2003 Dec;31(4):245–9.

6. Goldis M, Bardina L, Lin J, Sampson HA. Evaluation of Egg Protein Contamination in Influenza Vaccines. J Allergy Clin Immunol. Elsevier; 2016 Jan 9;125(2):AB129.

7. Stratton K. Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality. Stratton K, Ford A, Rusch E, Clayton EW, editors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2012.

8. Yamane N, Uemura H. Serological examination of IgE- and IgG-specific antibodies to egg protein during influenza virus immunization. Epidemiol Infect. Cambridge University Press; 1988 Apr;100(2):291–9.

9. Ratner B, Untracht S, Hertzmark F. Allergy to Viral and Rickettsial Vaccines. N Engl J Med. 1952 Apr 3;246(14):533–6.

10. Nagao M, Fujisawa T, Ihara T, Kino Y. Highly increased levels of IgE antibodies to vaccine components in children with influenza vaccine-associated anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. United States; 2016 Mar;137(3):861–7.

11. Nakayama T, Kumagai T, Nishimura N, Ozaki T, Okafuji T, Suzuki E, et al. Seasonal split influenza vaccine induced IgE sensitization against influenza vaccine. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 9;33(45):6099–105.

12. Smith-Norowitz TA, Wong D, Kusonruksa M, Norowitz KB, Joks R, Durkin HG, et al. Long term persistence of IgE anti-influenza virus antibodies in pediatric and adult serum post vaccination with influenza virus vaccine. Int J Med Sci. Ivyspring International Publisher; 2011 Mar 18;8(3):239–44.

13. Davidsson A, Eriksson JC, Rudblad S, Brokstad KA. Influenza Specific Serum IgE is Present in Non-Allergic Subjects. Scand J Immunol. 2005 Dec;62(6):560–1.

14. Markt A, Björkstén B, Granström M. Immunoglobulin E responses to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids after booster with aluminium-adsorbed and fluid DT-vaccines. Vaccine. 1995;13(7):669–73.

15. Hedenskog S, Bjorksten B, Blennow M, Granstrom G, Granstrom M. Immunoglobulin E response to pertussis toxin in whooping cough and after immunization with a whole-cell and an acellular pertussis vaccine. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol. 1989;89(2-3):156–61.

16. Edelman K, Malmstrom K, He Q, Savolainen J, Terho EO, Mertsola J. Local reactions and IgE antibodies to pertussis toxin after acellular diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunization. Eur J Pediatr. Germany; 1999 Dec;158(12):989–94.

17. Smith-Norowitz TA, Tam E, Norowitz KB, Chotikanatis K, Weaver D, Durkin HG, et al. IgE anti Hepatitis B virus surface antigen antibodies detected in serum from inner city asthmatic and non asthmatic children. Hum Immunol. United States; 2014 Apr;75(4):378–82.

18. Eich-Wanger C, Muller UR. Bee sting allergy in beekeepers. Clin Exp Allergy. 1998;28(10):1292–8.

19. Gershwin LJ, Netherwood KA, Norris MS, Behrens NE, Shao MX. Equine IgE responses to non-viral vaccine components. Vaccine. Netherlands; 2012 Dec;30(52):7615–20.

20. Ohmori K, Masuda K, Maeda S, Kaburagi Y, Kurata K, Ohno K, et al. IgE reactivity to vaccine components in dogs that developed immediate-type allergic reactions after vaccination. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2005 Apr;104(3-4):249–56.

21. Tater KC, Jackson HA, Paps J, Hammerberg B. Effects of routine prophylactic vaccination or administration of aluminum adjuvant alone on allergen-specific serum IgE and IgG responses in allergic dogs. Am J Vet Res. 2005 Sep;66(9):1572–7.

22. HogenEsch H, Dunham AD, Scott-Moncrieff C, Glickman LT, DeBoer DJ. Effect of vaccination on serum concentrations of total and antigen-specific immunoglobulin E in dogs. Am J Vet Res. American Veterinary Medical Association; 2002 Apr 1;63(4):611–6.

23. Alice Hoyt, Peter Heymann, Alexander Schuyler, Scott Commins TAEP-M. Changes in IgE Levels Following One-Year Immunizations in Two Children with Food Allergy [Internet]. 2015. Available from: https://wao.confex.com/wao/2015symp/webprogram/Paper9336.html

24. Arumugham V. Vaccines and the development of food allergies: the latest evidence [Internet]. BMJ. 2016. Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5225/rr-0

25. Arumugham V. Evidence that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy. J Dev Drugs. 2015;4(137):2.

26. Arumugham V. Professional Misconduct by NAM Committee on Food Allergy [Internet]. 2016. Available from: https://www.zenodo.org/record/1034559

27. Ahmed SS, Volkmuth W, Duca J, Corti L, Pallaoro M, Pezzicoli A, et al. Antibodies to influenza nucleoprotein cross-react with human hypocretin receptor 2 (ABSTRACT ONLY). Sci Transl Med. 2015;7(294):294ra105–294ra105.

28. Arumugham V. Pandemrix and Arepanrix vaccine safety analysis and scrutiny fell short [Internet]. The BMJ. 2018. Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4152/rr-14

29. Arumugham V. Pharmacovigilance is no substitute for good vaccine design [Internet]. The BMJ. 2018. Available from: https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3948/rr-11

30. Arumugham V. Aeroallergen contamination of multi-dose and reconstituted vaccine vials cause the development of asthma, gastrointestinal diseases and proves vaccine makers and vaccine safety regulators are incompetent [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2019 Jan 22]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2544037

 

Influenza allergy?

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Vinu Arumugham makes a case in a British Medical Journal Rapid Response titled Influenza vaccines seem to be modifying influenza into a dangerous dengue-like disease that flu shots are causing allergy to influenza virus.

“Last year’s influenza vaccine also contained the same H3N2 strain as this year’s vaccine (A/Hong Kong/4801/2014 (H3N2)-like virus). Many people would have developed long term IgE mediated sensitization to the H3N2 viral proteins due to last year’s vaccine [1–4]⁠. Those who received the Flublok vaccine can be expected to have an even stronger IgE response due to its 3X viral protein content [5,4]⁠. This year’s vaccine H3N2 proteins would have been neutralized by these IgE antibodies. Thus resulting in the observed low vaccine efficacy. [6⁠]

When a person making anti-H3N2 IgE is infected with H3N2, one can expect the course of the flu to be significantly worse. So the “cytokine storm” being observed in severe cases is likely to be an infection concurrent with an allergic reaction. Death is caused by anaphylactic shock but due to the presence of an infection, it is wrongly classified as septic shock.

In the case of food allergy for example, the allergen exposure can be large enough to cause an immediate hypersensitivity reaction and anaphylactic shock within minutes/hours. In the case of influenza allergy, it may take a day or two for the virus to replicate and produce enough viral exposure for anaphylaxis. So the anaphylaxis unfolds over a couple of days. …..

The route of exposure for natural influenza infection is the respiratory tract, not subcutaneous (SC) or intramuscular (IM) injection. Influenza vaccines artificially changed the route of initial viral protein exposure to SC or IM injection thus making it similar to the route of exposure for dengue. The result is an IgE response to influenza proteins, similar to the response for dengue. It should therefore not come as a surprise that we are modifying the course of influenza infection such that it is acquiring characteristics of a dengue infection (hives and shock).

As a result, allergy medications such as antihistamines and anaphylaxis treatments may have to be considered to avoid or treat this man-made influenza shock syndrome.”

To read the full article including references click here.

 

 

 

What about peanut oil in vaccines?

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There is no evidence that peanut oil is an ingredient in vaccinations.

The Epidemic of Allergy in Children Launched in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s – Heather Fraser

“Using the theory of food oils in the vaccines to explain the sudden nature of epidemic allergy does nothing to forward the conversation. We did not suddenly put food oils, bee venom, latex, dust, pollens, etc. in the vaccines. … There is ample evidence in the medical literature on the role of vaccination, the toxicity of vaccines and aluminum adjuvants in creating atopy that one does not need to speculate. Allergists already know.”

More details here:

Levi Quackenboss re: No Evidence of Peanut Oil In Vaccines

From Vaccine Ingredients Calculator (VaxCalc)

Is there peanut oil in vaccines?

We don’t know for sure whether or not peanut oil is now or ever has been in any vaccine.

“Peanut oil is not referenced in any of the FDA-approved vaccine package inserts for the vaccines currently in the VaxCalc database. … Another reason its not possible to say with confidence that peanut oil is not and never has been in a US licensed vaccine is that some ingredients are trade secrets and kept confidential.”

From The Vaccine Reaction

Merck’s Peanut Oil Adjuvant

“On September 19, 1964, an article titled “Peanut Oil Used In A New Vaccine” appeared in The New York Times.1 It was written by Stacey V. Jones. The piece noted that an influenza vaccine, which had just recently been patented by Merck & Co., Inc., carried a key ingredient known as Adjuvant 65, which contained peanut oil. The adjuvant, aimed at slowly releasing antigens to “stimulate the creation of antibodies,” was described as “an emulsion of refined peanut oil in water to which are added an emulsifier and a stabilizer.”1 … In her book The Peanut Allergy Epidemic: What’s Causing It and How to Stop It, Heather Fraser notes that Merck ultimately decided not to “pursue” Adjuvant 65 for use in vaccines licensed for use in the United States.”

Order Heather Fraser’s book here.

For other vaccine ingredients, including aluminum adjuvants, implicated in the peanut allergy epidemic, please see the Science section.
 
 
 

PENTA Vaccine Letter

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For further information on the Penta vaccine see the Penta Project page.

Rita Hoffman

rita (at) fastmail.net

 

VIA REGISTERED MAIL AND E-MAIL

December 12, 2016

The Honorable Jane Philpott
Minister of Health
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca

The Honorable Eric Hoskins
Minister of Health & Long-Term Care
10th Floor, Hepburn Block
80 Grosvenor Street
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2C4
ehoskins.mpp@liberal.ola.org

Dear Ministers Dr. Philpott and Dr. Hoskins,

Re: PENTA 5 in 1 vaccine injected into babies in Canada (except Manitoba) from 1994 to 1997 and its relationship to the epidemic of anaphylaxis in children and young adults

I could not let another New Year go by without writing heads of government to ensure that the sordid history of the PENTA vaccine is recorded in your correspondence archives.

According to the SickKids Foundation, anaphylaxis to foods is affecting approximately 300,000 children and their families in Canada. It is unsure whether this estimate includes the first wave of the epidemic that included my son, who is now an adult at 23. What was the difference between his vaccination schedule and his mildly allergic sister 6 years older? While our daughter received the polysaccharide Hib – on its own – at the age of 18 months, our son was in the first wave of children to receive various conjugate Hib vaccines (adjuvanted) concurrent or combined (PENTA 5 in 1) with the DPT-IPV in infancy. The scientific literature is clear …. Vaccines can cause anaphylaxis.

Since the introduction of concurrent administration of DPT-P + haemophilus influenza B conjugate in infancy in 1993 there has been a dramatic increase in life threatening chronic children’s health conditions including anaphylaxis. In 2008, then Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced additional funding (for a total of $5 Million) for the MedicAlert Foundation’s No Child Without program including free medical bracelets for children. Stunningly, the press release states:

“In Canada, the number of children suffering from afflictions such as allergies, asthma, or childhood diabetes, is ever increasing. Critical conditions (e.g. asthma, various allergies) sometime require urgent medical attention by paramedics and/or doctors. It’s estimated that one in 10 Canadian children have severe allergies, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and other conditions that can be life-threatening if emergencies are not treated properly and promptly.”

That was in 2008. I would hope that you and every other doctor, government and public health official in this country would find it unacceptable that 1 in 10 children in Canada live with life threatening conditions, and would leave no stone unturned to find out WHY. While a single measles case can cause pandemonium, the numbers of these affected children continue to rise without any alarm bells. What is being done by government and health officials, other than throwing money at MedicAlert bracelets, to address the epidemic of life threatening conditions in children?

Parents of children affected by food anaphylaxis and/or autism have spent numerous years and countless hours investigating why our children are affected with such severe immune system and brain malfunctions. The PENTA Project investigations have revealed that the PENTA 5 in 1 combination (1994 – 1997) did not have a DIN # or a Notice of Compliance rendering it illegal according to Health Canada. 11,000+ adverse events, including deaths, were reported to PHAC for the PENTA combination over the three years that PENTA was in use.   You may request PHAC ATIP reports A-2013-00096 and A-2013-00097 to view all of this data, which is too large to upload to a website. All subsequent 5 in 1 vaccines including Pentacel and Pediacel are based on this illegal combination, putting into question all vaccine schedules since 1994.

Access to Information requests over many years to all levels of government including requesting PENTA licensing information provided scant information, and Ontario, Canada, and local health unit ATIP responses did not acknowledge that the PENTA combination existed at all!

Parents like me have scoured the medical literature to find scientific proof of a vaccine connection to anaphylaxis. The website https://deadlyallergy.com resource and science sections outline some of that literature. The book The Peanut Allergy Epidemic, What’s Causing It and How to Stop It by Canadian Historian Heather Fraser MA, BA, B.Ed. details the history of the whole sordid mess. Mrs. Fraser’s book is fully referenced, and should be read by every doctor, nurse, politician, health official and parent.

Heather Fraser contacted her Member of Parliament, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, on June 27, 2016 with a “Request for an investigation into the unlicensed PENTA vaccine & its long term consequences” that was sent to you, Health Minister Philpott, on Heather’s behalf.   The extensive binder of evidence, memory stick with the full file of PENTA adverse events, along with a copy of the book, The Peanut Allergy Epidemic, never received a response or even the courtesy of an acknowledgement. Minister Philpott, what happened to this material, and when are you going to respond to Heather Fraser?

I will send any recipient of this e-mail a copy of Heather Fraser’s book upon request in hopes of SOMEONE finally addressing the long term health effects experienced by the recipients of the PENTA vaccines and children continuing to be affected by the epidemic of anaphylaxis.

Surprisingly, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published my letter in 2004: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/170/4/437/reply#cmaj_el_942 which includes some information on the PENTA saga prior to our knowledge of this vaccine combination being illegal:

“After retrieving the lot numbers of the vaccines given to my anaphylactic child I sent in an Access to Information request to Health Canada for 1) the 100% composition of the vaccines my child received and 2) a list of vaccine adverse events reported for the 8 lots he received. Health Canada can’t provide me with a 100% composition because it’s proprietary information. For the adverse event information I was asked to pay $600 down and $1200 in fees. This information, from 1993-95, was not on a computerized database – why wasn’t it?

After waiting a year and paying only for photocopying, I received the data from Health Canada. I had to manually count the 975 reactions: death, seizure/convulsion, dysopnoae, speech disorder, allergic reaction, adenopathy, hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode, severe pain and/or swelling, screaming episode, hypokinesia, persistent crying, severe vomiting and/or diarrhea, lethargy, fever, cyanosis, rashes, eczema, pneumonia, lymphocytosis, sterile abcess/nodule/necrosis, infective abscess, tachycardia, gait abnormal, ataxia, bulging fontanelle, sepsis, vaso-vagal reaction, tremor, arthritis, cellulitis, bradyapnoea, delirium, reduced consciousness, shaking, somnolence, anaphylaxis, apnoae, encephalopathy, asthma, injection site reaction, shortness of breath, and confusion.

Repeated attempts to get an explanation as to why one particular lot was able to rack up 664 reactions (including 34 seizures/convulsions) without being pulled from the market have gone unanswered by local and Ontario health officials, officials with Health Canada and participants of IMPACT. Also unanswered: The National Report on Immunization, 1996 states: “If the number and type of reports for a particular vaccine lot suggested that it was associated with more serious adverse events or deaths than are expected by chance, the federal government has the responsibility and will, as well as the legal authority, to immediately recall that lot.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control considers a vaccine “hot lot” one that generates reports of more than two deaths or two convulsions or a total of 10 adverse reports. Health Canada officials reported an investigation should be initiated after a “cluster of reports” and that means “3 or more.” This being the case the majority of vaccines my child received should have been recalled? Why weren’t they?

Another of the many unanswered questions is “How do you determine whether the adverse event is attributed to the DPT-P or the Hib when they were both given at the same time, and now in the same syringe? Could anyone provide me with safety studies relating to the DPT-P and Hib being given concurrently, and whether IgE levels were tested pre and post vaccination?”

To make matters worse, my recent Access to Information request for a product monograph, including studies that the licensure was based on, for the 5 in 1 “PENTA” (whole cell pertussis, DTPolio combined with Hib) vaccine that Health Canada supposedly licensed in 1994 and my child received in 1995 was answered with “After a thorough search for the requested information, no records were located which respond to your request.” The “PENTA” vaccine is not even listed in the Compendium of Pharmaceutical Specialties for 1993, 1994 or 1995.

Frightening………..and unacceptable.”

The United States FDA never approved the 5 in 1 PENTA, and the FDA waited until 2008 to license the acellular pertussis version of PENTA called Pentacel.   The FDA approval document for Pentacel lists “several items of concern” … this with a vaccine that had been injected in Canadian children since Pentacel was rushed in to take the place of PENTA on July 1, 1997.

As stated above, the Toronto’s SickKids Foundation reports that there are 300,000 children in Canada living with life threatening food anaphylaxis. Are they including the children who received the PENTA vaccine who are now adults? We don’t know. Clearly, anaphylaxis continues to affect children at epidemic proportions in this country.

To not mention the vaccine connection to allergy (as shown in the medical literature) prior to vaccination means that parents do not have fully informed consent to vaccination. Now that Ontario is intent on changing the legislation of the Immunization of School Pupils Act to require an “education session” prior to a parent filing an exemption, the province must ensure that fully informed consent is given. I would suggest that until such time that concrete causes of anaphylaxis are found that “vaccines are not tested for their potential to cause allergic disease” must be included in any informed consent discussions with Ontario parents and children prior to vaccination. For that matter, until such time that the cause of cancer is found, a statement such as “vaccines are not tested for their potential to be carcinogenic or mutagenic” (see Section 13) must also be included.

Informed consent, according to the Health Care Consent Act in Ontario:

Elements of consent

  1. (1) The following are the elements required for consent to treatment:
  2. The consent must relate to the treatment.
  3. The consent must be informed.
  4. The consent must be given voluntarily.
  5. The consent must not be obtained through misrepresentation or fraud.

and must include:

  1. The nature of the treatment.
  2. The expected benefits of the treatment.
  3. The material risks of the treatment.
  4. The material side effects of the treatment.
  5. Alternative courses of action.
  6. The likely consequences of not having the treatment.

Members of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and vaccine decision makers in upper levels of provincial and federal governments should not be allowed to have any Conflict of Interest with any pharmaceutical company.   Of the current NACI Chair and Vice Chair (voting) and the 10 voting members 11 out of 12 have indirect or direct conflict of interest. This is unacceptable. According to this Conflict of Interest report the IMPACT network, which is supposed to monitor vaccine injury in this country, is conflicted! (See Wendy Vaudry) ….. “YES …Co Primary Investigator of the IMPACT Network – which is partially supported by grants from Industry (Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi)”     This is an outrage!   No wonder I never heard from any of the IMPACT participants after pleading for them to look into anaphylaxis in 2002!

I request a reply with your suggestions on how to put a halt to this epidemic of anaphylaxis. At the very least, children exhibiting any form of rash or other allergy symptoms should have their vaccinations delayed or offered in individual (one at a time) vaccinations in fractioned doses to prevent the development of severe allergic disease (this was done in the past, see History section of deadlyallergy.com ). Sadly individual doses of infant/toddler vaccine are no longer available.   5 or 6 in 1 and 3 in 1 combination vaccines are the only choices for parents now. Is there any wonder parents are worried when the vaccination schedule begins at 2 months with 7 or 8 different vaccines in 5 or 6 in 1 combinations (depending on the province) at one “well baby visit”?

Respectfully yours,

Rita Hoffman

Dedicated to Pierre Morin, Penta Project parent, who died in October of 2010

CC:
Rt. Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
Honorable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org
Dr. Barbara Law, Chief Vaccine Safety, PHAC
Dr. Richard Schabas, MOH, HPE Public Health
Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, MOH, HKPR District Health Unit
Dr. Monica Naus
Dr. Brian Ward
Dr. Kumanan Wilson
Dr. David Williams Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontario
Dr. Gregory Taylor
Dr. John Spika, Senior Medical Advisor to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch
Dr. Scott Halperin
Dr. David Scheifele
Dr. Ron Gold
Dr. Philippe De Wals
Dr. Pierre Dery
Dr. William Albritton
Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director, Canadian Paediatric Society
Dr. Allan Becker
Dr. Kelly Moher, Gateway Community Health Centre
Dr. Alex Hukowich (retired)
Dr. Granger Avery, President, Canadian Medical Association
Food Allergy Canada
Vaccine Choice Canada
#NoMandates Canada
The Penta Project

 

PDF for printing the above letter

Reply from Canadian Health Minister Jane Philpott dated February 8, 2017 (PDF format)

My reply to Minister Philpott’s letter linked above dated February 13, 2017

Subject: In response to your correspondence / 16-013578 – 522 – ss
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:09:19 -0500
From: Rita Hoffman <rita@fastmail.net>
To: Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca, Minister_Ministre <Minister_Ministre@hc-sc.gc.ca>
CC: nathaniel.erskine-smith@parl.gc.ca, Heather Fraser, Vaccine Choice (Canada)

Dear Health Canada / Minister Philpott,

Thank you for the correspondence from Minister Philpott dated February 8, 2017 (attached)  16-013578 – 522 – ss regarding my letter dated December 12, 2016 regarding “PENTA 5 in 1 vaccine injected into babies in Canada (except Manitoba) from 1994 to 1997 and its relationship to the epidemic of anaphylaxis in children and young adults” which was sent to Minister Philpott via E-mail and also via Registered Mail.   This letter can be read here:  https://deadlyallergy.com/2016/12/penta/

My correspondence may have been confused with Heather Fraser’s package of information sent to Minister Philpott via Heather’s Member of Parliament, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith in the summer of 2016, who is cc’d on my correspondence (attached).    Mr. Erskine-Smith is not my Member of Parliament.   The title of Heather Fraser’s Binder of information was “Request for an investigation into the unlicensed PENTA vaccine & its long term consequences” and she included a copy of her book The Peanut Allergy Epidemic, two CDs with over 25,000 pages of AEFI reports made by doctors documenting adverse reactions and injuries in children who had been vaccinated with the PENTA vaccine.

My letter from the Minister states “enclosed copy of The Peanut Allergy Epidemic”.  I never sent a copy of The Peanut Allergy Epidemic to Minister Philpott, though I did offer to send her a copy upon request, as stated in my December 12, 2016 letter.   Can you please advise if these two different correspondences were confused as I did not send the Minister a book and my MP is not Mr. Erskine-Smith?

Also, I am very disappointed to read information in your attached letter that is contradictory to what is known as the law in Canada.  The PENTA vaccine 5 in 1 combination did NOT have a DIN #, which is required for licensing of a vaccine product in Canada.   You state, “No safety concerns were identified that warranted any action regarding the PENTA Vaccine”.   You must not have read my letter or you would have NEVER have said this, as my child’s lot # received hundreds of reported injuries and NOTHING was done.  It’s time to acknowledge that Canadian children were, in fact, guinea pigs between 1994 and 1997, and it’s time to launch an investigation as Heather Fraser requested many month ago to ensure that this travesty never happens again in this country.

I look forward to your reply at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Rita Hoffman
——– Forwarded Message ——–

Subject:

 In response to your correspondence / 16-013578 – 522 – ss

Date:

 Wed, 8 Feb 2017 11:28:58 -0500

From:

 Minister_Ministre <Minister_Ministre@hc-sc.gc.ca>

To:

 Rita Hoffman

CC:

 NATHANIEL.ERSKINE-SMITH@PARL.GC.CA

 

Please find attached a response to your correspondence sent to the Minister of Health.

Thank you.

Health Canada

To view this file you will need Adobe Reader – http://get.adobe.com/reader/

(See attached file: 16-013578-522 FINAL.pdf)

PENTA Cover-Up at CBC

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Still no Notice of Compliance or DIN # for the PENTA vaccine combination.

Listen to the radio program discussing the PENTA vaccine here. 

——– Forwarded Message ——–

Subject: Re: Notice of Compliance for the PENTA vaccine combination
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:24:21 -0400
From: CBC Ombudsman <ombudsman@cbc.ca>
To: Rita Hoffman
Dear Ms. Hoffman:

The information in my review is correct.
I consider this the end of this correspondence.  I explain the reasons why there and provide a link to a reference to its approval.
Sincerely,

Esther Enkin

CBC Ombudsman
New on my website: subscribe to reviews
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Rita Hoffman <ritahoffman@live.ca> wrote:

Dear Ms. Enkin,

I have read the article at the link you provided and found no DIN # or Notice of Compliance, or any evidence of approval for the PENTA vaccine given to Canadian children between 1994 and 1997.

If you do not have this information, I would ask that you correct your review (below) where it states “This product had a notice of compliance”  as well as correcting the description on the Metro Morning radio interview with Heather Fraser where it states, “The vaccine referred to in the interview was approved by Health Canada between 1994 and 1997.”

Regards,

Rita Hoffman

On 12/08/2016 3:57 PM, CBC Ombudsman wrote:
Dear Ms. Hoffman:

Thank you for your email.  Please refer to this link:  http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/07vol33/acs-01/index-eng.php.
Sincerely,

Esther Enkin

CBC Ombudsman
New on my website: subscribe to reviews
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Rita Hoffman wrote:

Platform: CBC Radio

Program: Metro Morning

Subject: Notice of Compliance for the PENTA vaccine combination

Message: Dear CBC Ombudsman Ms. Enkin,

From your review “What’s in a Name? Friday, August 5, 2016” you state:

“Your second concern was that it is false to say the PENTA vaccine was ever approved for use in Canada. You provided as proof the lack of a DIN (drug information number). Your logic does not hold up to scrutiny. PENTA is a combination of five vaccines, each of which would have had DINs, and Health Canada gave approval for the combining of them. This product had a notice of compliance which indicates that is was authorized for use in Canada. I have spoken with experts in the field and found journal articles, notably one from the Canadian Medical Association published in 1995 which indicate that “there are three Hib conjugate vaccines licensed in Canada for use in infants 2 months of age and older.” PENTA was one of them.

There is no inaccuracy and no violation of journalistic policy”

As you state you have spoken with experts in the field and “This product had a notice of compliance” my request and/or complaint is for you to please provide a link or details of this Notice of Compliance (or DIN #) for the PENTA 5 in 1 Combination vaccination. I am one of a group of parents who have been unsuccessfully looking for the Notice of Compliance and DIN # for the PENTA vaccine combination for well over a decade. The Supplementary statement that you supplied a link to does not state that the PENTA vaccine combination is licensed, has a Notice of Compliance, or a DIN #.

Sincerely,

Rita Hoffman

Vaccines cause the development of food allergies: the latest evidence

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Vaccines and the development of food allergies: the latest evidence British Medical Journal Rapid Response to Re: Non-specific immunological effects of selected routine childhood immunisations: systematic review (BMJ)

By Vinu Arumugham

Drs. Commins and Platts-Mills were the first to describe tick bites causing red meat allergy.1⁠

A case of a naturally injected allergen causing the development of allergy.

Vaccines of course are artificial injections of food allergens, causing the development of food allergies.2⁠

The same team above, now describes their findings regarding food allergy and vaccination.

Changes in IgE Levels Following One-Year Immunizations in Two Children with Food Allergy

https://wao.confex.com/wao/2015symp/webprogram/Paper9336.html

Case 1 in the above study

“Case 1: At 8 months-old, her serum IgE values (in IU/mL) were total 61.4, peanut 13.6, almond 4.04, milk 3.84, egg 2.01, soy 1.6, and wheat 0.98, compared to total 44.1, peanut 11.2, almond 1.54, milk 2, egg 1.71, soy 1.62, and wheat 2.2 at 12 months-old. After the 12 month-old labs were drawn, she received the vaccines Prevnar13, hepatitis A, MMR, and Varicella. 3 weeks later, at 12.7 months-old, her IgE values were total 75.6, peanut 16.5, almond 2.18, milk 5.06, egg 3.4, soy 3.64, and wheat 3.75.”

The vaccines caused increases in peanut, almond, milk, egg, soy and wheat IgE.

Let’s look at the food proteins contaminating the vaccines the patient received.3⁠

Prevnar 13 contains casamino acids (cow’s milk derived) and soy peptone broth.

Polysorbate 80 from EMD Millipore may contain wheat proteins.

Polysorbate 80 is present in many vaccines including Prevnar 13.

https://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en/product/Tween-80-%28Polysorbate%29,MDA_CHEM-817061#documentation

says:

“The following materials are used as raw material but are not present in the final product: Maize, Wheat

We point out that we do not perform any testing on allergens in the above-mentioned product.”

Polysorbate and other excipients derived from vegetable sources are present in many other vaccines and most suppliers do not have allergen information. So polysorbate and other excipients could also be a source of peanut and almond protein contamination of vaccines.

MMR contains chick embryo culture proteins and the vaccine package insert4⁠ has a warning for patients with egg allergy. Some egg proteins may be common to or cross react with chick embryo proteins.

 

Case 2 in the above study

“Case 2: At 12 months-old, the boy’s IgE values were total 21.1, egg 1.16, and peanut, milk, wheat, soy, cod, and shrimp <0.1. A week later, he received Prevnar13, MMR, and Varicella. 3 weeks later, at 13 months-old, his IgE values were total 23.8, egg 4.02, and peanut, milk, wheat, soy, cod, and shrimp <0.35 “

For case 2, again, MMR could have been the cause of the increase in egg IgE.

Clear evidence that food proteins in vaccines turn them into food allergy booster shots that boost the severity of food allergies. Children are taking longer to outgrow allergies.5⁠ How can they outgrow their food allergies, if we insist on giving them food allergy booster shots?

This latest evidence adds to the solid body of scientific evidence,2⁠ demonstrating a causal relationship between food protein contaminated vaccines and the development of food allergies.

References

1. Commins SP, Platts-Mills T a E. Allergenicity of carbohydrates and their role in anaphylactic events. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2010;10(1):29–33.

2. Arumugham V. Evidence that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy. J Dev Drugs. 2015;4(137):2.

3. Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2016 Jan 16]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/excipient-table-2.pdf

4. MMR II Vaccine Package Insert [Internet]. [cited 2016 May 3]. Available from: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM123789.pdf

5. Wang J. Management of the patient with multiple food allergies. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2010;10(4):271–7.