While We're On the Topic: Vaccines Found to Cause Diabetes

Vaccines Found to Cause Diabetes in Children
by David Gutierrez

(NaturalNews) Two new studies showing that vaccines increase the risk of diabetes have been published in the Open Pediatric Medicine Journal.

In a prior study, published in the journal Autoimmunity, Dr. J. Bartholomew Classen of Classen Immunotherapies and David Carey Classen of the University of Utah compared more than 100,000 children who had received between one and four doses of the hemophilus vaccine with more than 100,000 unvaccinated children. The Classens found that after seven years, children in the vaccination group had a 26 percent higher risk of developing diabetes than children in the non-vaccine group. This amounted to an extra 54 cases of diabetes per 100,000 children vaccinated.

The Classens noted that the vaccine itself is only projected to prevent seven deaths and seven to 26 cases of permanent disability per 100,000 children.

"Our results conclusively prove there is a causal relationship between immunization schedules and diabetes," J. Bartholomew Classen said at the time.

In the more recent study, Classen examined data on the same vaccine, this time looking only at children who had a sibling with Type 2 diabetes. He found that the hemophilus vaccine led to an extra case of diabetes in one of every 50 such children, or 2 percent. This is 40 times higher than the already-elevated rate found in the Autoimmunity study.

"The recent data shows that common childhood vaccines are especially dangerous to children with a strong family history of diabetes," Classen said. "Parents of a child with a strong family history of insulin-dependent diabetes ... should know that the administration of a full series of vaccines may have a greater than 5 percent chance of causing their child to develop diabetes."

Another study, published in the same issue of the Open Pediatric Medicine Journal, demonstrated a connection between the hepatitis B vaccine and Type 2 diabetes.

Measles "Outbreak"

So, being that I am a homeschooler who is also very wary of vaccinations - any talk of them in the news causes me to listen up...

This article popped into my inbox this week: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/ts_nm/measles_usa_dc
"Vaccine refusals fuel measles outbreak"

Okay, let's put this into perspective...

This article http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20080821/measles-outbreaks-worry-cdc "Measles Outbreaks Worry CDC: Surge in Measles Cases Blamed on Parents Who Won't Vaccinate Kids" breaks down ALL the US cases of measles this year.

(Of course, that article clearly blames homeschoolers for the two largest outbreaks this year. Argh.)

"Who's spreading the disease? It's largely children who don't get vaccinated because their parents hold "philosophical or religious beliefs" against vaccination, the CDC says...

In Washington, an unvaccinated child likely caught measles at a church conference attended by 3,000 junior high school students, some from foreign nations. That child infected seven other children in her household; they spread measles to 11 other people. Of the 19 cases, 16 were school-age children. Eleven of these kids were homeschooled; none was vaccinated because of their parents' beliefs.

In Illinois, a teenager who recently returned from Italy -- where there are ongoing measles outbreaks -- seems to have infected four unvaccinated girls ages 10 to 14. Eventually, 30 people came down with measles. All but one of the cases were children or teens aged 8 months to 17 years. Cases included 25 homeschooled children whose parents held anti-vaccination beliefs.

Well... let's not be *too* tactful now!

It says there have been the MOST cases (32) in Illinois. In perspective - Illinois has a population of approximately 13 MILLION people. 32 people became infected. That is 0.0000024% of the state of Illinois. Doesn't sound so bad when you think of it like that.

More stats:

New York - population 19 Million - 27 cases - 0.0000014% of the state
Washington state - population 6.4 Million - 19 cases - 0.0000029%
Arizona - population 6.1 Million - 14 cases - 0.0000022%
California - population 36.5 Million - 14 cases - 0.0000003%... that's about 2.5 people out of every 1 MILLION!

"Outbreak"? Hmmmmmm. I wonder how the CDC defines that term?

Memories of Summer

Say it isn't SO! Summer is leaving us already? Summer is the time for outside learning - digging in the dirt (or sand), catching critters in the creek behind our house, seeing what grows (or doesn't!) in the garden, riding bikes, watching honeybees and wasps (and a few stings!), picking flowers, splashing in water, running lemonade stands and yard sales, playing catch, swinging and sliding, cutting and stacking firewood for winter, camping, hiking, roasting hotdogs and marshmallows over an open fire, and JUST SITTING and quietly BEING. Of course, in our home this summer also meant welcoming a new baby sister, Ziva Rose!

So, here is just a taste of our summer in photos...

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Time to revamp

I'm going to try to spend a little less time online these days. Life with a 2 month old, a 2 year old and 3 older kids is getting a bit hectic - especially with school getting ready to start back up. I'll try to get more updates and pictures on here!