Strep Vaccine

[emma1]

I have just been very briefly checking the boards lately, so perhaps this has been discussed, but I saw that they are very close to finalizing the development of a vaccine against strep. My first reaction (seeing as our whole family has been tested for strep about three times this winter -- basically every time we get sick!) was "Yea! Can't wait!" Then, I started to think of all the vaccine info I've gotten from here and didn't feel quite so positive -- in fact, pretty much decided it wouldn't matter because I wouldn't try it as it might make things worse for my child who already has strep-induced symptoms. Just wondering if other PANDAS families had seen the news clip, and what they thought.

[lurker]

Emma,

 

I saw it too. My first reaction was, "So now they want to put uranium and plutonium together and inject them into babies."

 

This one really scares me.

[kim]

This article is not about strep, but contains so many really important concepts thought I'd include it here anyway.

 

Rare to get so much all in one article. This is written by Russel Baylock, the MSG awareness guy

 

http://web.mac.com/rblaylock/Russell_Blayl..._Disorders.html

[Calicat]

WOW!!!!

I just finished reading the whole article, and I strongly encourage anyone interested in the discussion of vaccination to read it as well. It is long, but Dr. Baylock (Blaylock??) fortunately writes in a way that is quite understandable, considering the topic. You're right, Kim, he covers a lot of ground here! I've never understood the mechanisms behind vaccine damage as well as I do now after reading that article.

 

Much of it resonated with me, and one quote just jumped out at me:

"There is compelling evidence that the pruning of these excess synapses is essential. Otherwise the brain would be inundated with an enormous array of competing signals –that is a lot of static and misinterpreted messages. This pruning process, as well as the growth, maturation and migration of neurons, is carried out by a combination of signals, which include carefully controlled fluctuating glutamate brain levels and appearance of specific microglia-released cytokines in a timed sequence.63" [bolding mine]

 

He is talking about the natural pruning process that takes place in the brain between the ages of 4 and 8 approximately. Apparently the pruning process can be highly disturbed/halted by vaccine/mercury/aluminum/etc. assault. And the result just shouts ADHD to me.

 

Thanks for posting. I'm going to print it and highlight it so I can absorb even more the next time around.

 

Calicat

[kim]

Calicat,

 

I was glad to see that someone else found that article easy to understand. I learned much of that piece by piece. An article like that would have saved A LOT of time.

 

Emma,

 

I wonder if there will be any warnings in regards to people who have had unusual reactions to strep in the past. I wonder who, that has a family history of Rheumatic fever or abrupt onset of tics/ocd, is going to volunteer for the clinical trials. Once approved, the peds are probably going to say that a family with strep related problems are exactly the ones who should get the vaccine.

[kim]

Another thing to consider

 

 

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/consumer/CON00115.html

 

"Group A Streptococcus seems to have taken a little twist again," says

Rosemary Roberts, M.D., a medical officer with the Food and Drug

Administration's division of anti-infective drug products.

and

 

There are more than 80 known types of Group A Streptococcus, which can

cause more than a dozen different illnesses. Group A Streptococcus, in turn,

is part of a broader category of strep organisms that cause an even larger

number of diseases.

 

 

Look what's happening with Prevnar. They are changing it to include more strains, because ones that were lesser seen are becoming more prevalent. what "twist" might we see after widespread use of this new vaccine?