Current Epidemiology and Trends in Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease-United States, 2009-2015
Does Hib Vaccine Schedule Stop All the Cases?
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
The rates of invasive Haemophilus influenza b have dropped precipitously since the advent of the Hib antigen-based vaccine introduced in 1985. CDC recommends Hib vaccination (4 shots) for all children younger than 5 years old in the United States. CDC does not recommend Hib vaccination for most people 5 years or older unless they:
Have certain medical conditions and are unvaccinated
Receive a bone marrow transplant
Here is the CDC recommended Hib vaccine schedule:
Soeters et al reported on laboratory-based surveillance for invasive H. influenzae disease conducted as part of Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs). ABC surveillance is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the Emerging Infections Program Network. Data from 1 January 2009 through 31 December 2015 were included in this analysis representing ~12% of the population. There were 4924 cases of invasive H. influenzae disease were reported; 715 (14.5%) were fatal. However, only 77 (1.8%) were serotype b that could have been theoretically prevented by vaccination.
Only 23 (29.9%) H. influenzae b patients aged <5 years, 22 (95.7%) had available information on clinical syndrome: 9 (40.9%) had meningitis, 6 (27.3%) had bacteremic pneumonia, 3 (13.6%) had bacteremia, and 4 (18.2%) had other presentations. Two (8.7%) were too young to have received Hib vaccine, 6 (26.1%) were unvaccinated, and 10 (43.5%) were undervaccinated (n = 8/10 had received the 3-dose primary series but were missing a booster dose at 12–15 months). Five (21.7%) were age-appropriately vaccinated and had no reported underlying conditions; 2 were 3-month-old infants who had been age-eligible for only the first dose of Hib vaccine.
In summary, a very small fraction of all Haemophilus infections are serotype b that would be covered by Hib vaccination. No vaccine is perfect. Among those under age 5 where the big public health intervention has pushed vaccination since 1985, 73.9% were either fully vaccinated or going through the process of the routine schedule. Parents should understand that that a vaccine schedule is an intervention and as such intent-to-treat principles apply. For Hib with an intent to follow the ACIP schedule, among the small number of invasive Haemophilus type b infections, the majority will be failed by the vaccine schedule. Thus, all the risks incurred for every recipient has to be weighed with these reported benefits from outcomes studies.
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I have been reading a lot about the history of vaccines and it has been a real eye opener. It seems that history has, on the whole, been presented as evidence for how wonderful vaccines are and yet digging beneath the surface shows an entirely different narrative. How many diseases had all but disappeared after living conditions improved and the use of deadly chemicals on crops and people decreased or stopped. It is a very interesting topic and I am grateful that you are throwing some light into the darkness.
One must not forget that the vaccine is an intent to sell. Epidemiology does not cover unintended consequences when these consequences are willfully ignored. Pregnant women have aborted spontaneously and birthed autistic children whose baby teeth were loaded with mercury. The mercury may have been taken out later from some products “to please consumers” but never an admission that something happened. You probably know the exchange between RFK, Jr. and Paul Offit on methyl mercury. Offit was caught prevaricating as doctors do ... they trade on the ignorance of patients to sell services or avoid legitimate conflict
Vaccinated folks can come down with the flu, including the strain targeted by the shot. And transmit it to others. Because the shot made them MORE vulnerable, not less. These infections are almost NEVER reported to anyone. So how can epidemiology speak to effectiveness of the shots?
I will assert that the effect of these shots on the microbiome and on immune suppression with the various problems that can follow are never discussed because nobody knows. Telling us that deaths, cancers and chronic neurological damage from yearly shots ... know that people who complain of these things took the shots at work in stride ... are rare is not much consolation. Nor is it truthful when nobody knows how rare or prevalent they really are. Like DPT, MMR and autism, doctors say “I never heard of that.” That is a direct quote. And they don’t know ... if they know what’s good for them. Nor do they EVER read the package insert. It’s the COVID story on a smaller scale of incidence with NO benefit when there is destruction to the gut flora. This phenomenon is never measured or followed up for the consequences on health, especially long term. It is the profile of chronic disease in America.
An illustration: Hep B shots given in the hospital have a monitoring period of a week. So babies that score a 10 at birth but who die on day 12 must have had something else. That’s how the reporting works. But what if the shot wiped out the bifidobacteria the baby was born with? What did that do ... what new vulnerability was introduced? The CDC has not a clue. Sound familiar?
No confidence, no credibility for the CDC. Attention to the science of immune fitness must be given. Citizens have to focus on it themselves and/or seek health coaches and caregivers who know something about it. There is a litany of lifestyle improvements that have to be taken seriously. The COVID experience has already gotten the message across to many.
To say that the shots are the ONLY way to ameliorate the symptoms of flu is propaganda, as are claims that there are negligible side effects. “No shot is perfect” is a dismissal, not an admission. The shots are pollution. Period.
The real problem is the power to force citizens to take the shots. The right to “take your chances” is attacked when the government and insurance companies create a cascade of liability for employers and institutions that prompts them to mandate the shots with health board recommendations. This is a “trust the government” mandate. It is the heart of Jacobsen versus Massachusetts, a SCOTUS”. decision that must be overturned because “credentials are no longer enough” to quote Scott Atlas. Are you aware that the smallpox shots are a total fraud but they are still forced in the military?
Health freedom codified in a Constitutional Amendment, as envisioned by Benjamin Rush, is long overdue.