Vaccination Before 1 Year of Age May Increase Odds of Developmental Delays, Asthma, Ear Infection – New Study

A new peer-reviewed study has been published in the journal SAGE Open Medicine that looks at health outcomes of vaccinated children versus children who are unvaccinated. The study looks at three pediatric practices located in the United States. The study concludes that unvaccinated children appear to have better health outcomes than those who are vaccinated.

The overall sample size, including children under 3 years of age, is 4821, of which 44.5% were unvaccinated, while 55.5% were vaccinated. Among the 3797 children over 1 year of age, 37.6% were unvaccinated and 62.4% were vaccinated. Considering children with continuous follow-up who were over 3 years of age reduced the sample to 2047 patients, with 52% males. Unvaccinated children by 1 year of age comprised 30.9% of the sample as compared to vaccinated children (69.1%). The most prevalent diagnosis was ear infection.

They looked at the medical records of children and results showed that children vaccinated prior to turning one were substantially more prone to developmental delays, asthma, and ear infections.

A separate analysis also showed that children who received more vaccines were also more likely to be diagnosed with gastrointestinal disorders.

“The results definitely indicate better health outcomes in children who did not receive vaccines within their first year of life.”

Dr. Hooker, lead author of study

Currently, children receive up to 36 vaccine doses to protect against 14 different diseases by the time they’re 6 if following CDC’s recommended vaccination schedule.

Vaccination before 1 year of age was associated with increased odds of developmental delays (OR = 2.18, 95% CI 1.47–3.24), asthma (OR = 4.49, 95% CI 2.04–9.88) and ear infections (OR = 2.13, 95% CI 1.63–2.78). In a quartile analysis, subjects were grouped by number of vaccine doses received in the first year of life. Higher odds ratios were observed in Quartiles 3 and 4 (where more vaccine doses were received) for all four health conditions considered, as compared to Quartile 1. In a temporal analysis, developmental delays showed a linear increase as the age cut-offs increased from 6 to 12 to 18 to 24 months of age (ORs = 1.95, 2.18, 2.92 and 3.51, respectively). Slightly higher ORs were also observed for all four health conditions when time permitted for a diagnosis was extended from ⩾ 3 years of age to ⩾ 5 years of age.

Deja Vu: The Swine Flu Vaccination Fraud of 1976

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CBS ” 60 MINUTES” documentary on the swine flu epidemic of 1976 in the U.S. It went on air only once and was never shown again. Watch this video documentary and listen to testimony of people who caught Gullian-Barre paralysis because of the swine flu vaccine. They sued the US government for damages.

500 cases of Gullian-Barre paralysis, including 25 deaths—not due to the swine flu itself, but as a direct result of the vaccine. At the time President Gerald Ford, on advice from the CDC, called for vaccination of the ENTIRE population of the United States.

Trump Wants Coronavirus Vaccine To Be Free and Voluntary

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was looking into making a coronavirus vaccine available free of charge when and if one becomes available.

“We’re looking at that, actually,” Trump said when asked by a reporter at the White House whether a vaccine would be free.

Reuters

Trump recently introduced “Operation Warp Speed,” an initiative to fast-track coronavirus vaccine development with a goal to have FDA approval by January 2021.

Its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine as fast as possible. In addition, it will continue accelerating the development of diagnostics and breakthrough therapies.”

Donald Trump

Some experts say his plan raises ethical and safety questions “which are of grave importance not only to pro-life citizens, but to everyone.”

Trump said a vaccine would be for those “who want to get it,” adding, “Not everyone is going to want to get it.”

Related: How Plumbing (Not Vaccines) Eradicated Disease

Did You Know Your Nose Has Its Own Microbiome

Science has recently found out that your nose is home to many microorganisms, like your gut, like your brain, just like your entire body.

If you breathe through your nose, your nasal cavities are the first line of defense against airborne pathogens. As you breathe in air the molecules swirl around your nasal cavities before going into the lungs. Hairs filter out dust, pollen, spores, viruses, and bacteria. The microbiome of your nasal cavities can protect you from pathogens just like it does throughout your body.

The inspiration for this new study came from the mother of one of the researchers, who was having problems with headaches and chronic rhinosinusitis – a condition that causes pain and swelling in the sinuses and nasal cavity.

“My mother had tried many different treatments, but none worked,” says microbiologist Sarah Lebeer, from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. “I was thinking it’s a pity that I could not advise her some good bacteria or probiotics for the nose. No one had ever really studied it.”

Lebeer and her team analysed nose bacteria from 100 healthy volunteers and 225 people with chronic rhinosinusitis, characterising 30 different families of bacteria in all. One family in particular stood out: lactobacilli.

These bacteria were more abundant in the healthy group of study participants – up to 10 times more abundant in some cases. One particular strain of Lacticaseibacillus identified appeared to have adapted for nasal life, having evolved unique genes to manage the high oxygen levels in the cavity, and using thin tubes called fimbriae to help cling on.

Science Alert

A healthy gut microbiome will eventually result in the entire body having a healthy microbiome. The only way to create and sustain a healthy microbiome is to feed it right. Your microbiome is the most important part of your immune system. For more, check out How To Heal Your Gut.

Make Bees Happy by Growing Cannabis

For those looking for that perfect pollinator plant to grow, look no further than hemp. While Cannabis sativa (industrial hemp) lacks the nectar that bees typically collect, a study published in the journal Environmental Entomology found that the pollen produced by male plants was able to attract up to 16 different bee species.

Because of its temporally unique flowering phenology (the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena), hemp has the potential to provide a critical nutritional resource to a diverse community of bees during a period of floral scarcity and thereby may help to sustain agroecosystem-wide pollination services for other crops in the landscape.”

Environmental Entomology

Taller hemp plants were more successful than the shortest plants in attracting bees, drawing in 17 times more of the insects. This is likely due to the increased pollen production of taller plants and their increased visibility.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners Votes ‘Yes’ To Share Addresses of COVID-19 Patients

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has voted yes to a resolution to share the addresses of positive COVID-19 patients with suburban first responders. The board claims they voted to pass this motion in an effort to protect first responders against the virus, but this raises serious concerns about the privacy of citizens.

Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot

Today, to my great astonishment and disappointment, nine members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to capitulate to ignorance and bigotry by voting to force the disclosure of the addresses of every patient who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot via Twitter

Mayor Lightfoot later went on to say that the sharing of addresses would never become law in Chicago. Cook County is not the first municipality to discuss the sharing of COVID-19 patients’ addresses. Recent events in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic go to show how little our personal freedoms matter to those in power, and just how little people care when they’re scared.

Trump Says Coronavirus Vaccine Will Not Be Mandatory

President Trump has introduced a new initiative called “Project Warp Speed” with plans to get the coronavirus vaccine ready by January 2021, through science and medicine experts and resources in the military and private sector. At the time the president released this plan, he also stated that the coronavirus vaccine would not be mandatory. “Not everyone is going to want to get it,” he said.

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters at the White House on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Anxiety about possible medical strong-arming by the military easily piggy-backed on top of wide speculation that legislation introduced in Congress earlier this month, known as the TRACE Act – the “COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone Act” – would result in massive assaults by government agents against the constitutional rights of Americans.

Trump Says Coronavirus Vaccine will be Voluntary ‘Not everyone is going to want to get it’

Previously, Trump had brought up the idea of mobilizing the military to deploy the new vaccine, which raised fears that the vaccine would be mandatory. It should be pointed out that Trump’s statement does not guarantee that the vaccine will not be mandatory. In recent weeks, nearly half a million people have signed a petition addressed to world leaders opposing a mandatory coronavirus vaccine.