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Comment on ‘Vaccine resistant’ pertussis – in a way, yes. In a more accurate way, no. by Ri Scarborough

Ri Scarborough — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:02:15 +0000

This is a really great explanation, Tom, and I have learned a lot! Thank you very much. It makes me so cross that anti-vaxers were partly responsible for the switch from wP to the less effective aP vaccine, and now, because aP doesn’t work quite as well or for as long as wP, anti-vaxers hold up pertussis vaccines as an example of “vaccine failure”. It is nice to know promising new vaccines are in the pipeline and that the ones we currently have are still extremely valuable and definitely worth having.

Comment on ‘Vaccine resistant’ pertussis – in a way, yes. In a more accurate way, no. by Has Whooping Cough Evolved Around The Current Vaccine? Reflections On The Current Scientific Evidence | The LymphoSite

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:28:56 +0000

[...] Before reading this post be aware that more recent news regarding pertactin genes in wild pertussis population has come up, with most recently American isolates identified to have lost all pertactin expression in a way not detectable to the previous normal test. Read about these developments here. [...]

Comment on Has Whooping Cough Evolved Around The Current Vaccine? Reflections On The (Then) Current Scientific Evidence by ‘Vaccine resistant’ pertussis – in a way, yes. In a more accurate way, no. | The LymphoSite

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:21:38 +0000

[...] in the vaccine don’t bind the Prn2 most wild strains carry. As I discussed in more detail here, this is incorrect, a study on human Prn immunity from 2008 shows most anti-Prn antibodies bind [...]

Comment on Has Whooping Cough Evolved Around The Current Vaccine? Reflections On The (Then) Current Scientific Evidence by erniepaul69izereckt

erniepaul69izereckt — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:37:48 +0000

Propaganda vs. the mind!!!!!!!!!!!! The winner is UR choice:) indeed tis’

Comment on 02 – Innate immunity by kill3rtcell

kill3rtcell — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:02:44 +0000

Hey, I didn’t see this, sorry! I’ll have a read on dermatographism and try and have an explanation here in a couple of days (sorry it couldn’t be sooner as I’ll be travelling… Not that a few days on top of the three weeks already waited is all that much… Again, sorry about that).

Comment on 02 – Innate immunity by Jeshyr

Jeshyr — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:45:30 +0000

I know this is a really old post but I hope you don’t mind the question – I’m wondering about the difference between the sort of inflammation you have there with the cat scratch and the sort of inflammation caused by an allergy. I have dermatographism for example, so if I scratch a fingernail lightly over my skin I’ll get raised welts – these have heat, redness, and swelling but more itch than pain … what’s different?

Comment on Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood? by Deb

Deb — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:18:23 +0000

Great explanation, thanks Tom, very clear. I’d love to take this study a step further and see if there are clinical or perceptual differences, rather than just statistical differences. What I mean is if the immune response has been shifted to reduce inflammation, would that make a difference in how people infected with parapertussis feel? And if it takes longer to clear the bacteria do people feel sick for longer? Are they infectious for longer?
Of course you’ve already pointed out that the effect does not appear to happen in humans so it’s a moot point. But us scientist types (or non-scientist anti-vaxxers) need to keep in mind the differences between statistical and clinical significance when working with medicine.

Comment on The whooping cough vaccine – doesn’t increase your odds of getting any kind of whooping cough by Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood? | The LymphoSite

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:41:58 +0000

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Comment on Whooping cough vaccination, pertussis and parapertussis: forty times more likely to be misunderstood? by The whooping cough vaccine doesn’t increase your odd of getting any kind of whooping cough! | The LymphoSite

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:38:38 +0000

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Comment on Hepatitis B vaccine: Preventing cancer, except for when it’s not actually given… by @advodiaboli

@advodiaboli — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:35:17 +0000

Reblogged this on Losing In The Lucky Country and commented: Essential reading from @kill3rTcell. An excellent review of the preventative impact on liver cancer provided by the full sequence of the Hepatitis B vaccine schedule. Includes a thorough deconstruction of the disinformation frequently pushed by Australia's Anti-Vaccination Network that the vaccine is ineffective in this regard or (no surprise) is the "cause" of increasing hepatitis B infection.