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	<description>Rational moms of the world unite!</description>
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		<title>By: abcdefg</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-831</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a new one for you to respond to:

Vaccines are the direct cause of most food allergies.

I found the following statistics on various websites - 

AUSTRALIA: Australia has one of the highest allergic incidence rates in the developed world.
CANADA: Between 3% and 4% of Canadian adults, and nearly 6 % of children suffer from food allergies
GERMANY: The prevalence in children is 3 percent to 6 percent, but can be up to 30 percent in high-risk groups, such as children with eczema.
ITALY: An estimated 6 to 8% of the Italian population has food allergies.
JAPAN: about 7% of population had some form of food allergy.
MALAYSIA: about 30% of young children are likely to develop allergic disorders in the first five years of life.
SWEDEN: one out of 15 children with reported adverse reactions to food.
US: One in every 17 children under the age of 3 has food allergy. 

And really serious food reactions are not all that rare - “A study in Arch Intern Med 2001 Jan 8;161(1):15-2, Anaphylaxis in the United States: an investigation into its epidemiology, concluded with “The occurrence of anaphylaxis in the US is not as rare as is generally believed. On the basis of our figures, the problem of anaphylaxis may, in fact, affect 1.21% (1.9 million) to 15.04% (40.9 million) of the US population.” PMID 11146694″

So is this epidemic of food allergies mostly among young children caused by being too clean (hygiene theory - food allergies are unknown in undeveloped countries) in the last 5 years or something else?

1960 - children received on average one or two vaccines
1980 - children received 8-9 vaccines
1990 - children were routinely given 10 vaccines
2000 - Children now receive 33 vaccinations before they enter school
2007 - Children are now to receive 48 doses of 14 vaccines by age six and 53-56 doses of 15 or 16 vaccines by age 12. 

Vaccines contain an adjuvant that increases the body’s immune response to the protein in the vaccine. Something that the public and most physicians don’t realize is that the adjuvant can also contain a mixture of vegetable and animal oils that have a trace of food protein in them. This is a protected trade secret and does not have to appear on the package insert. The ingredients of many adjuvants can only be found by reading patents. What are these oils? Soy, sesame, peanut, wheat germ, corn, shellfish, fish, etc. 

Can a trace amount of food protein in a vaccine cause food allergy? Yes. This has been known since 1839, when the French physiologist Francois Magendie injected animals to create a food allergy to egg whites. 

The food industry has to label food that may contain trace amounts of peanuts or nuts but the pharmaceutical industry is exempt. Shouldn’t your doctor know if he is injecting a peanut-allergic patient with peanut oil?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a new one for you to respond to:</p>
<p>Vaccines are the direct cause of most food allergies.</p>
<p>I found the following statistics on various websites &#8211; </p>
<p>AUSTRALIA: Australia has one of the highest allergic incidence rates in the developed world.<br />
CANADA: Between 3% and 4% of Canadian adults, and nearly 6 % of children suffer from food allergies<br />
GERMANY: The prevalence in children is 3 percent to 6 percent, but can be up to 30 percent in high-risk groups, such as children with eczema.<br />
ITALY: An estimated 6 to 8% of the Italian population has food allergies.<br />
JAPAN: about 7% of population had some form of food allergy.<br />
MALAYSIA: about 30% of young children are likely to develop allergic disorders in the first five years of life.<br />
SWEDEN: one out of 15 children with reported adverse reactions to food.<br />
US: One in every 17 children under the age of 3 has food allergy. </p>
<p>And really serious food reactions are not all that rare &#8211; “A study in Arch Intern Med 2001 Jan 8;161(1):15-2, Anaphylaxis in the United States: an investigation into its epidemiology, concluded with “The occurrence of anaphylaxis in the US is not as rare as is generally believed. On the basis of our figures, the problem of anaphylaxis may, in fact, affect 1.21% (1.9 million) to 15.04% (40.9 million) of the US population.” PMID 11146694″</p>
<p>So is this epidemic of food allergies mostly among young children caused by being too clean (hygiene theory &#8211; food allergies are unknown in undeveloped countries) in the last 5 years or something else?</p>
<p>1960 &#8211; children received on average one or two vaccines<br />
1980 &#8211; children received 8-9 vaccines<br />
1990 &#8211; children were routinely given 10 vaccines<br />
2000 &#8211; Children now receive 33 vaccinations before they enter school<br />
2007 &#8211; Children are now to receive 48 doses of 14 vaccines by age six and 53-56 doses of 15 or 16 vaccines by age 12. </p>
<p>Vaccines contain an adjuvant that increases the body’s immune response to the protein in the vaccine. Something that the public and most physicians don’t realize is that the adjuvant can also contain a mixture of vegetable and animal oils that have a trace of food protein in them. This is a protected trade secret and does not have to appear on the package insert. The ingredients of many adjuvants can only be found by reading patents. What are these oils? Soy, sesame, peanut, wheat germ, corn, shellfish, fish, etc. </p>
<p>Can a trace amount of food protein in a vaccine cause food allergy? Yes. This has been known since 1839, when the French physiologist Francois Magendie injected animals to create a food allergy to egg whites. </p>
<p>The food industry has to label food that may contain trace amounts of peanuts or nuts but the pharmaceutical industry is exempt. Shouldn’t your doctor know if he is injecting a peanut-allergic patient with peanut oil?</p>
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		<title>By: Lanie</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-796</link>
		<dc:creator>Lanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rational moms? Ha! You ladies are dumber than a box of rocks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rational moms? Ha! You ladies are dumber than a box of rocks.</p>
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		<title>By: Siamang</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-749</link>
		<dc:creator>Siamang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Julie&#039;s right.  And that link gives a good explanation why.

Some kids, such as those on steroids for asthma, cannot take certain vaccinations.  And so they rely on herd immunity to keep them safe.  Babies cannot be vaccinated for certain things until older.

And yeah, vaccinations don&#039;t work on everyone 100% of the time.  The good thing about herd immunity is that it doesn&#039;t allow a disease to gain a foothold.  And remember a foothold is really a bunch of virus lurking in a population that&#039;s sitting there and *mutating*.  Evolving.  Ugh.   Very dangerous.  We don&#039;t want new  improved strains popping up within our population and gaining a foothold in which to spread.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Julie&#8217;s right.  And that link gives a good explanation why.</p>
<p>Some kids, such as those on steroids for asthma, cannot take certain vaccinations.  And so they rely on herd immunity to keep them safe.  Babies cannot be vaccinated for certain things until older.</p>
<p>And yeah, vaccinations don&#8217;t work on everyone 100% of the time.  The good thing about herd immunity is that it doesn&#8217;t allow a disease to gain a foothold.  And remember a foothold is really a bunch of virus lurking in a population that&#8217;s sitting there and *mutating*.  Evolving.  Ugh.   Very dangerous.  We don&#8217;t want new  improved strains popping up within our population and gaining a foothold in which to spread.</p>
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		<title>By: carovee</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-745</link>
		<dc:creator>carovee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Julie.  I really didn&#039;t think it through.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Julie.  I really didn&#8217;t think it through.</p>
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		<title>By: Julie</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-744</link>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No vaccination is 100% effective, as I understand it.  Herd immunity means that 90% of the population has to be vaccinated, and when the numbers fall below that, then even vaccinated children are in danger of catching the disease.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No vaccination is 100% effective, as I understand it.  Herd immunity means that 90% of the population has to be vaccinated, and when the numbers fall below that, then even vaccinated children are in danger of catching the disease.</p>
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		<title>By: Toys</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-743</link>
		<dc:creator>Toys</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post! Unforutnatly I also know too many people who dont believe in vaccines!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post! Unforutnatly I also know too many people who dont believe in vaccines!</p>
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		<title>By: carovee</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-741</link>
		<dc:creator>carovee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Siamang,  if your child is vaccinated against the measles he/she shouldn&#039;t contract the disease even if exposed, correct?  I thought the problem was un-vaccinated children infecting each other.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siamang,  if your child is vaccinated against the measles he/she shouldn&#8217;t contract the disease even if exposed, correct?  I thought the problem was un-vaccinated children infecting each other.</p>
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		<title>By: WonderingWilla</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-698</link>
		<dc:creator>WonderingWilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These two articles and the fact that there is now a Hib outbreak among the unvaccinated in Minnesota.  Should go a long way to making the case.  Alas, I think that the die hard folks are excellent shifters of goal posts.  Maybe this most recent outbreak will persuade the alternate/delayed schedule crowd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These two articles and the fact that there is now a Hib outbreak among the unvaccinated in Minnesota.  Should go a long way to making the case.  Alas, I think that the die hard folks are excellent shifters of goal posts.  Maybe this most recent outbreak will persuade the alternate/delayed schedule crowd.</p>
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		<title>By: Siamang</title>
		<link>http://www.rationalmoms.com/2009/01/21/prepare-your-responses-to-your-anti-vaccine-pals/comment-page-1/#comment-694</link>
		<dc:creator>Siamang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good blog entry on anti-vax here:

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/01/left_is_right_and_up_is_down_an_actual.php?utm_source=mostactive&amp;utm_medium=link


Explains herd immunity quite well.  If my kid ever gets the measles from an anti-vaxxer, I&#039;m suing them, their quack, the school district and the state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good blog entry on anti-vax here:</p>
<p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/01/left_is_right_and_up_is_down_an_actual.php?utm_source=mostactive&amp;utm_medium=link" rel="nofollow">http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/01/left_is_right_and_up_is_down_an_actual.php?utm_source=mostactive&amp;utm_medium=link</a></p>
<p>Explains herd immunity quite well.  If my kid ever gets the measles from an anti-vaxxer, I&#8217;m suing them, their quack, the school district and the state.</p>
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