MeNZB vaccine

MeNZB vaccine (meningococcal B)
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[Media NZ Oct 2006] A Wellington schoolgirl who twice suffered a bad reaction to the meningococcal B vaccine says she has daily pain and a disfiguring lump on her neck.

[NZ Oct 2006] Ministry downplays link between vaccine and ME

[Oct 2006] Norway Shocked By New Documentary

[Oct 2006] Norway MENZB Doco: Exported Controversial Vaccine

[Media Oct 2006] Meningitis vaccine under microscope

[Oct 2006 Chris Gupta] Controversial Vaccine Exported (1988 to 1991. meningococcus b)
Results of the vaccine trial were compiled 1991. The vaccine was providing protection in 57% of cases. That was not enough to add it to the Norwegian vaccination program. As the meningococcus b epidemic was dying out, the vaccine was never used in Norway the way it was meant to be. After the request from the World Health Organization (WHO), the vaccine was exported to New Zealand, during 2001.....As Norwegian authorities were paying compensation to vaccine victims, the same vaccine was exported to New Zealand and used on small kids. To say it nice, they enlisted hundreds of thousands of small kids into a gigantic experiment, says Jan Helge Solbakk, professor in medical ethics.

In an exclusive to scoop.co.nz, Jonathan Eisen reveals that the now-famous "Norwegian parent vaccine" from which the New Zealand meningococcal vaccine was "derived" and which has been used to justify claims of "safety" and "efficacy"... was not even released in Norway, after scientists rejected it on the ground that it was only marginally effective, and that the meningitis epidemic in Norway had tapered off without the vaccine. MENZbvaccine