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The Bad "Rap" of Vaccine Adjuvants
997 The Bad "Rap" of Vaccine Adjuvants
Welcome to Medical Discovery News. I’m Dr. David Niesel.
And I’m Dr. Norbert Herzog.
Among our treasured medical marvels are vaccines. They’ve saved at least one hundred million lives and prevented more than five hundred million cases of childhood infectious disease, according to the World Health Organization.
Yet, a growing minority of people attack vaccines and now target the adjuvants in vaccines that make them work better.
Alum is the oldest type of adjuvant and has a tiny amount of aluminum. In the nineteen twenties, it was found to enhance the diphtheria vaccine by slowing the release of the vaccine antigens, prolonging and strengthening the immune response.
Because of this, its low cost and safety record, alum has long been used in childhood vaccines. Those who attack it claim that the aluminum causes autism, chronic fatigue, and even Gulf War Syndrome.
But overwhelming scientific evidence disputes this, and a new study by the Danish “CDC” further confirms its safety.
It examined the health records of more than one million Danish children born in the last twenty years who received the DPT, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae B vaccines, all containing alum.
The study found no link to allergic, autoimmune, and atopic diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and autism spectrum disorder or any other disease.
The principal investigator of the study, Anders Hviid, said it best, “It is absolutely essential to distinguish real science from politically motivated campaigns - otherwise, it is the children who will end up paying the price,” Scientists agree!
We are Drs. David Niesel and Norbert Herzog, at UTMB and Quinnipiac University, where biomedical discoveries shape the future of medicine. For much more and our disclaimer go to medicaldiscoverynews.com or listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast service.
