To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate: A Review of Scientific Literature on Vaccines

341 Pages·4.326 MB·English

by  A. Amantonio

Note: This book is for educational and
informational purposes only and is not intended to
be a substitute for medical care and advice.
Copyright © 2020 by A. Amantonio
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020911145
ISBN: 979-8-6536-6322-2
Cover design by Ilia Sokolov, www.sisart.ru
First printing edition July 2020.
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To Emily
I would rather have questions that can't be answered
than answers that can't be questioned.
— Richard Feynman
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1. ANTI-VAXXERS
2. PHYSICIANS
Influenza Vaccination
3. PLACEBO
4. SAFETY
5. THE UNVACCINATED
Combination Of Vaccines
6. ALUMINUM
Where Does The Aluminum Go?
Aluminum Unrelated To Vaccination
7. HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS
Does HPV Cause Cervical Cancer?
Effectiveness
Safety
Impact On Reproductive Health
Polysorbate 80
Clinical Trials
Adjuvants And Other Components
8. HEPATITIS B
Effectiveness
Safety
9. WHOOPING COUGH
Effectiveness
How Does The Immune System Work?
Original Antigenic Sin
Strain Replacement
Safety
Treatment
Statistics
10. TETANUS
Natural Immunity
Does The Tetanus Vaccine Protect Against Tetanus?
Neonatal Tetanus
Ways Of Getting The Infection
Who Gets Tetanus?
Effectiveness
Vaccines Against Pregnancy
Safety
Treatment
Statistics
Conclusions
11. DIPHTHERIA
Who Used To Suffer From Diphtheria?
Effectiveness
Treatment
Statistics And Safety
12. MEASLES
Effectiveness
Vitamin A
The Benefits Of Measles And Other Infectious Diseases
Safety
MIBE And SSPE
Measles-Induced Encephalitis
Statistics
13. MUMPS
A Bit Of History
Effectiveness
Safety
The Benefits Of Mumps
Fetal Bovine Serum
14. RUBELLA
Effectiveness
Safety
Problematic Components
Statistics
15. CHICKENPOX
Effectiveness
Herpes Zoster
Benefits Of Varicella
Safety
Statistics
16. POLIO
A Bit Of History
Effectiveness
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Provocation Poliomyelitis
Pesticides
India
Treatment
Safety
17. INFLUENZA
Effectiveness
The Unvaccinated
Systematic Reviews
Heterosubtypic Immunity
Original Antigenic Sin
Swine Flu
Safety
Statistics
Influenza Benefits, Treatment, And Prevention
Vitamin D
18. HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE (Hib)
Risk Factors
Effectiveness And Strain Replacement
Safety
19. PNEUMOCOCCUS
Risk Factors
Pneumococcus And Haemophilus Influenzae
Pneumococcus And Staphylococcus Aureus
Effectiveness
Strain Replacement
Safety
20. MENINGOCOCCUS
Risk Factors
Effectiveness
Colonization
Safety
Miscellaneous
Statistics
21. ROTAVIRUS
How Lethal Is Rotavirus?
Shedding
Effectiveness
Reassortment
Safety
Intussusception
22. HEPATITIS A
Benefits Of Hepatitis A
Risk Factors
Safety
23. TUBERCULOSIS
Risk Factors
Effectiveness
Safety
Non-Specific Effects
Vitamins C and D
Statistics
24. MERCURY
The Effect Of Vaccination On Mercury Levels
Ethyl-, Methyl- And Inorganic Mercury
Thimerosal Toxicity
Acrodynia And Kawasaki Syndrome
Aluminum And Mercury
Tic Disorder And Developmental Delays
Mercury And Autism
The Other Side
25. AUTISM
A Little Bit Of History
Regressive Autism
Autism Prevalence
Is There An Epidemic?
Aluminum
Inflammation And Immune Activation
Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Genetics
Acrodynia And Autism
The Other Side
EPILOGUE
FOREWORD
I
n recent years, we’ve heard more and more about the safety and
effectiveness of vaccination in the media. This causes a widespread
cognitive bias called “availability cascade”: the more often a
statement is repeated in society, the stronger the collective faith in it
becomes. Other voices that cast doubt on this statement, and provide
information that contradicts it, are not covered and get drowned out.
Social networks are also increasingly blocking accounts and
hashtags that provide information that doubts whether vaccination
actually is the absolute good. The same happens in the scientific
community: the scientists doing research that proves vaccines to be
unsafe lose their funding and get ostracized.
In this book, you will find information about scientific studies,
which the media and health authorities keep quiet about. Only
scientific facts about vaccination are given here, with virtually no
comments from the author.
The book is intended primarily for parents who want to personally
understand whether or not they should vaccinate their children and
get vaccinated themselves. Medical professionals who want to
broaden their understanding of this topic will also find this book
useful.