In New Zealand and Niue a brand of MMR vaccine called Priorix is used in our vaccine programmes. The vaccine is manufactured by GSK in Europe, and tested there before being sent to New Zealand. It is distributed through a quality distribution system that keeps it in a cold chain from factory to the patient. Mild side effects such as fever and rash are reported with this vaccine from time to time. There are no reports of death following use of the Priorix vaccine.
In other Pacific Island nations, different brands of vaccine are used. Three countries administer an MMR vaccine (Samoa, Cook Islands, Tokelau) and six other countries including Tonga use a different vaccine that contains only Measles and Rubella (MR vaccine). All of these vaccines are manufactured by a different manufacturer in India and are assessed and approved by the World Health Organization and distributed by UNICEF.
These vaccines have been used in the Pacific for many years without any evidence of harm or serious adverse effects. They are also distributed in a number of South American countries and in the Caribbean island nations. The World Health Organization has advised that there are no concerns about the safety of these vaccines in these other countries, and they continue to be used there.
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Leausa Take Naseri, director general of health, said he has halted the vaccination program until the inquiry's completion. He has also requested a forensic autopsy on the two babies, as the deaths are also being investigated by police.
The MMR vaccine
Vaccines ostensibly prevent almost 6 million deaths worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization. In countries that widely use vaccines, diseases such as measles have been nearly eradicated, with a 99% reduction in cases. Given in two doses in early childhood, the MMR vaccine protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella.
One dose is about 93% effective at preventing measles if the person is exposed to the virus, while two doses are about 97% effective, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Most children in the world receive this vaccine or similar vaccines to this, and we have safety data on the vaccine; we understand the effects really well. This type of case is exceedingly rare. Every country has a vaccine program that has been demonstrated to be very safe. At the moment we need to understand what's happened so we can work out strategies to ensure it doesn't happen again. There's a lot we don't know about (the deaths)," Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccinologist at the University of Auckland, told CNN.
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Meanwhile, back in Washington and the Department of Health and Human Services, thanks to the legal efforts of Robert Kennedy Jr.:
Lawsuit Proves HHS Hasn't Filed Required Vaccine Safety Reports with Congress IN 30 YEARS
The Washington Standard / July 15, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- After 1980's lawsuits, vaccine manufacturers threatened to stop making vaccines unless the government took on responsibility for vaccine injury lawsuits. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 was enacted which made the taxpayers liable for injuries caused by vaccines, but the removal of liability has created the incentive to turn out new vaccines with minimal testing; companies don't have to worry about financial hardships for injuring people.
In the last 2 decades, there's been a 300% increase in the number of CDC recommended vaccines. Now, a lawsuit filed against the US Department of Health and Human Services., on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and counsel, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has revealed that the biannual reports for these safety studies -- as required by Congress -- have never happened.
According to the press release from ICAN:
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