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Emergency Plan To Vaccinate Entire U.S. Population


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September 23, 2002

Emergency Plan To Vaccinate Entire U.S. Population
http://www.covenantnews.com/freedom.htm
By Ceci Connolly / The Washington Post
Federal health officials will issue detailed guidelines today for
vaccinating the entire U.S. population against smallpox within five
days of an outbreak of the dreaded disease. Intended as a blueprint
for state and local health officials nationwide, the unprecedented move
reveals a growing belief within the Bush administration that even one
case of smallpox anywhere in the Western Hemisphere would signify
a terrorist assault and should therefore trigger a far more massive
response than officials had previously suggested, said two experts
involved in the planning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52992-2002Sep22.html

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Index of Smallpox Articles
Vaccination Liberation
http://www.vaclib.org/basic/smallpoxindex.htm
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By Sherri Tenpenny, DO © 2002

“We interrupt the current programming
to bring you this important news
update…there has been a reported case
of smallpox in Washington, D.C…”

What will happen next?

Pandemonium.

The press has done its job over the last
few months reinforcing the belief that an
epidemic is about to occur, potentially
causing millions of deaths. Americans
thousands of miles from Washington will
demand the smallpox vaccine, a vaccine
with the highest risk of complications of
any vaccine ever manufactured and with
a dubious track record for success.

However, because you are informed,
you will have a different response. You
will not panic. You will turn off the TV.
You won’t listen to your hysterical
neighbors. And more importantly, you
won’t rush to be vaccinated. Here’s
why:

On June 20, 2002, I attended the
Center for Disease Control’s (CDC)
meeting of the Advisory Committee for
Immunization Practices (ACIP) and
listened to one and a half days of
testimony prior to posting the
recommendations for smallpox
vaccination that are currently being
considered by the CDC and the
Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS.)

Various physicians and researchers
associated with the CDC presented by
public participants and many testimonies
and comments. Noting that two weeks
have past since the June 20th meeting
and the media has still not reported on
this historic event, I decided it was
imperative to report the content and
outcome of this meeting to the general
public. After reading this report you will
gain a new perspective on smallpox and,
hopefully, in the event of an outbreak,
you will understand that you have
nothing to fear.

Generally Accepted Facts


Nearly every article or news headliner
regarding smallpox is designed to instill
and continually reinforce fear in the
minds of the general public. Apparently
the goal is to make everyone demand
the vaccine as soon as it is available
and/or in the event of an outbreak.

A very similar media campaign was
developed prior to the release of the
Salk polio vaccine in 1955. The polio
vaccine had been in development for
more than a year prior to its release and
was an untested “investigational new
drug,” just as the smallpox vaccine will
be.

The difference is that the potential
side effects and complications
of the smallpox vaccine are
already known, and they are
extensive.

Generally accepted facts about smallpox
include:

1. Smallpox is highly
contagious and could
spread rapidly, killing
millions
2. Smallpox can be spread
by casual contact with an
infected person
3. The death rate from
smallpox is thought to be
30%
4. There is no treatment
for smallpox
5. The smallpox vaccine
will protect a person from
getting the disease

As it turns out, these “accepted facts”
are not the “real facts.”



Myth 1: Smallpox Is Highly
Contagious


“Smallpox has a slow transmission and
is not highly contagious,” stated Joel
Kuritsky, MD, director of the National
Immunization Program and Early
Smallpox Response and Planning at the
CDC.

This statement is a direct contradiction
to nearly everything we have ever heard
or read about smallpox. However, keep
in mind that this comes “straight from the
horse’s mouth” and should be
considered the “real story” regarding
how smallpox is spread.

Even if a person is exposed to a known
bioterrorist attack with smallpox, it
doesn’t mean that he will contract
smallpox. The signs and symptoms of
the disease will not occur immediately,
and there is time to plan.

The infection has an incubation
period of 3 to 17 days,[1] and the
first symptom will be the development of
a high fever (>101º F), accompanied by
nausea, vomiting, headache, severe
abdominal cramping and low back pain.
The person will be ill and most likely
bed-ridden; not out mixing with the
general public.

Even with a fever, it is critically
important to realize that at this point the
person is still not contagious. In
fact, the fever may be caused by
something else, such as the flu.

However, if a smallpox infection is
developing, the characteristic rash will
begin to develop within two to four days
after the onset of the fever. The person
becomes contagious and has the ability
to spread the infection only after the
development of the rash.

“The characteristic rash of variola major
is difficult to misdiagnose,” stated
Walter A. Orenstein, M.D., Director of
the National Immunization Program
(NIP) at the CDC. The classic smallpox
rash is a round, firm pustule that can
spread and become confluent. The
lesions are all in the same stage of
development over the entire body and
appear to be distributed more on the
palms, soles and face than on the trunk
or extremities.

Action Item:

In the event of an exposure, it is imperative
that you do everything you can to improve the
functioning of your immune system so that an
“exposure” does not have to result in an “outbreak.”

a. Stop eating all foods that contain refined white
sugar products, since sugar inhibits the functioning of
your white blood cells, your first line of
defense.[2]

(There are many other health-conscious dietary
considerations to consider, but that is beyond the
scope of this article.)

b. Start taking large doses of Vitamin C. Vitamin C
has been proven in hundreds of studies to be
effective in protecting the body from viral
infections,[3] including smallpox.[4] For an
extensive scientific review on the use of this nutrient
and a “dosing recipe”, read “Vitamin C, The
Master Nutrient," by Sandra Goodman, Ph.D.
http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Nutrition/vitcpre.htm

c. If you develop a fever, you still have time to plan.
Purchase enough fresh, organic produce and
filtered water to last three weeks. Move the kids to
grandma’s or the neighbor’s house.

d. Remember: you may not get the infection and you are not
contagious until you get the rash!

Myth 2: Smallpox Is Easily Spread By Casual Contact
With An Infected Person

Smallpox will not rapidly disseminate throughout the community. Even after
the development of the rash, the infection is slow to spread. “The
infection is spread by droplet contamination and coughing or sneezing
are not generally part of the infection. Smallpox will not spread like wildfire,”
said Orenstein. He stated that the spread of smallpox to casual contacts is
the “exception to the rule.” Only 8% of cases in Africa were contracted by
accidental contact.

Transmission of smallpox occurs only after intense contact, defined as
“constant exposure of a person that is within 6-7 feet for a
minimum of 6-7 days.”[5] Dr. Orenstein reported that in Africa, 92%
of all cases came from close associations and in India, all cases
came from prolonged personal contact.

Dr. Tom Mack from the University of Southern California stated that in
Pakistan, 27% of cases demonstrated no transmission to close associates.
Nearly 37% had a transmission of only one generation, meaning that the second
person to contract smallpox did not pass it onto the third person. These
statistics directly contradict models that predict an exponential spread to
millions.

Even without medical care, isolation was the best way to stop the spread of
smallpox in Third World, population dense areas. With a slow transmission
rate and an informed public, Mack estimated that the total number of
smallpox cases in America would be less than 10, a far cry from the millions
postulated by the press.

Dr. Kuritsky said at the CDC Public Forum on Smallpox on June 8 in St.
Louis, “Given the slow transmission rate and that people need to be in close
contact for nearly a week to spread the infection, the scenario in which a
terrorist could infect himself with smallpox and contaminate an entire city
by walking through the streets touching people is purely fiction.”

Point to ponder:

Mass vaccination was halted in Third World
countries because it didn’t work. In India, villages
with an 88% vaccination rate still had outbreaks.
After the World H


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