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184:
"Vaccine Conspiracy": The First Casualty
of War is Truth
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You must have heard
saying: "The first casualty of war is
truth. The second casualty are the
innocent."
Does this apply to
the "war on diseases"?
Vaccines are the weapon
of choice in the war on many diseases.
The unanswered questions are:
What happens with the truth? What
happens with the innocent?
In
the previous newsletter I informed
you about the documentary airing on
Norwegian TV2 channel.
The documentary (unfortunately only in
Norwegian language) is now available on
the web.
http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/?treeId=33
In order to gain the access to TV2
web-TV, you have to sign and pay a
subscription. Subscription costs $5/week
or $10/month and is renewed
automatically. If the only reason for
subscribing is access to vaccine
documentaries, you are advised to
unsubscribe after downloading it, or
they will continue to charge you for as
long as you are subscribed.
Images published in this
newsletter are courtesy of
TV2,
NIPH,
NRK and Svein Erik Berner.
In this newsletter, I
will give you the main highlights from
the documentary. Before the
documentary, here is a small
introduction to the history of
vaccination in Norway.
Norwegian
Vaccination History Timeline
1801
Dec. |
Surgeon
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup
started the first recorded
vaccination against
Smallpox (variola vera
virus) in Christiania
(Oslo*). It was 3 years
after Edward Jenner
published his experience in
England.
Vaccine was imported from
England or Denmark. It was
actually a Cowpox vaccine.
Edward
Jenner developed the Cowpox
(smallpox) vaccine using
cowpox fluid (the name
vaccine is derived from the
Latin vacca, cow); his first
vaccination occurred on
May 14, 1796.
(* Oslo,
capital of Norway was named
Christiania from 1624-1878,
Kristiania from 1878-1924,
Oslo from 1924) |
1810 |
Mass
vaccination against
Smallpox (variola virus)
started (Cowpox
vaccine).
Smallpox vaccine was
mandatory until 1976.
Vaccine is optional today. |
1891 |
The Animal
Vaccine Institute was
founded in Kristiania
(Oslo). Smallpox vaccine
production started in
Norway.
|
1929 |
Norwegian
Institute for Public Health
(NIPH)
(Folkehelsa)
was founded. It's main
goals:
- Vaccine production
- Vaccine Import
- Mass vaccination of
theNorwegian population
- Education on the
importance of Vaccination
- Research and prevention of
diseases and epidemics |
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1947 |
Introduction
of BCG-vaccine(Bacillus
of Calmette and Guérin =
Tuberculosis Vaccine) BCG
vaccination of teens was
mandatory until 1995.
Optional today.
Bacillus of Calmette and
Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine
against tuberculosis that is
prepared from a strain of
the attenuated (weakened)
live bovine tuberculosis
bacillus, Mycobacterium
bovis, that has lost its
virulence in humans by being
specially cultured in an
artificial medium for years.
The bacilli have retained
enough strong antigenicity
to become a somewhat
effective vaccine for the
prevention of human
tuberculosis. At best, the
BCG vaccine is 80% effective
in preventing tuberculosis
for a duration of 15 years.
However, one third of
clinical trials have shown
no protective effect. |
1952 |
Introduction
of DPT (Diphtheria,
Tetanus,
Pertussis)-vaccine.
Optional today.
In 1994, the Institute of
Medicine of the US National
Academy of Sciences
published a report stating
that if the first symptoms
of neurological damage
occurred within the first
seven days following
vaccination with whole-cell
pertussis vaccine, the
evidence was compatible with
the possibility that it
could be the cause of
permanent brain damage in
otherwise apparently healthy
children. |
1956 |
Introduction
of Poliomyelitis
vaccine into the Norwegian
childhood vaccination
program. Newborns and
school kids. Optional
today.
Two polio vaccines are used
throughout the world to
combat polio. The first was
developed by Jonas Salk,
first tested in 1952, and
announced to the world by
Salk on April 12, 1955. It
consists of an injected dose
of killed polio virus.
Thereafter, Albert Sabin
produced an oral polio
vaccine using live but
weakened (attenuated) virus.
Human trials of Sabin's
vaccine began in 1957 and it
was licensed in 1962. |
1969 |
Introduction
of Measles vaccine
into the Norwegian childhood
vaccination program. 15
months age. Replaced 1983
with MMR. |
1975 |
A system for
reporting on infectious
diseases and on adverse
reactions to vaccines was
created. All adverse
reactions to vaccines were
suppose to be reported to
Norwegian Institute for
Public Health (NIPH).
Prior to 1975, national
system for reporting
possible adverse reactions
and complications did not
exist. Without a system on
the national level, there
was no way of finding real
frequency of complications
and adverse events occurring
after vaccination. |
1976 |
Discontinuation of mandatory
Smallpox vaccine after 170
years of use. Smallpox
eradicated according to WHO.
|
1978 |
Introduction
of German Measles (Rubella)
vaccine. Replaced 1983 with
MMR. |
1983 |
Introduction
of MMR (Measles,
Mumps and Rubella) vaccine.
At 15 months and at 12 year
age. Optional today. |
1984
Jan. |
Norwegian
Institute for Public Health
discontinued production of
it's own DPT
(Diphtheria, Pertussis,
Tetanus)-vaccine and started
importing DPT.
Last Norwegian-produced DPT
vaccines were used during
the 1984/85. |
1992
|
Introduction
of HIB (Haemophilus
influenzae type b)
vaccine. Babies. Optional
today. |
1990s |
Number of asthma cases
exploded in Norway. 10% of
Norwegian kids get asthma.
Asthma is the #1 most
frequent chronic illness in
Norway. Not known if the
epidemic has anything to do
with vaccination.
|
1995 |
Discontinuation of mandatory
BCG-vaccine.
Optional today. |
2006 |
Introduction
of Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine into the
Norwegian childhood
vaccination program.
Optional today. |
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The
Documentary
Document 2, Berner's Child
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Today, Eilert
is 25 years old. When he was
3 months old, he suffered
brain inflammation and as a
result, permanent brain
injury, short time after
receiving DPT shot. |
1981, October
|
Images of
Eilert taken days before DPT
vaccination.
All images in this
newsletter are linked to
larger images on CureZone
web site. Just click on the
image to see the larger
version
. |
1981, October
29th |
DPT vaccination |
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"It was 29th
of October 1981,
approximately at 1pm. I
still remember the nurse and
that vaccine. That little
needle changed Eilert's life
forever,... and my life.
Following three days after
the vaccine, Eilert was a
different child. He cried a
lot. But this cry was
different then what we were
used to. But, the message
from the nurse was to expect
such crying." said Svein
Erik Berner, Eilert's
father. |
1981,
November 1st, 11am |
Day 3 after receiving DPT. |
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"I was about
to change him when I got
that strange scary cold
feeling. It was just as if
I knew that something was
terribly wrong with Eilert.
When I took him in my hands,
his lips were blue, his face
was white and his body was
totally lifeless. He was
still breathing, but he was
not well." said Gunn Karin
Skatvedt, Eilert's mother.
Ambulance
took him to the local Baerum
Hospital. After the
examination at the Baerum
Hospital, Eilert was sent
further to The National
Hospital in Oslo
(Rikshospitalet). |
1981,
November 1st
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"When I saw
him in that hospital bed, I
could not recognize him. He
looked totally lifeless. I
said to the nurse: this is
not my grandchild ... where
is my grandchild? .... she
said yes, that is him, ...
and, it may not be as bad as
it looks like, she said"
said Gulla Berner, Eilert's
grandmother.
Eilert
was, for the next 3 weeks,
in The National Hospital in
Oslo. He suffered
meningitis, an inflammation
of the membranes (meninges)
covering the brain.
Neurologists and
pediatricians wrote that
brain inflammation was most
likely caused by the DPT
vaccine that Eilert received
3 days earlier. Doctors
reported the case to the
Norwegian Institute for
Public Health (NIPH),
as they were supposed to do
in case of any complication
possibly caused by a
vaccine. But, Norwegian
Institute for Public Health
(NIPH)
refuses to register the
event as possible adverse
reaction or an injury caused
by a DPT vaccine. |
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"When we left
The National Hospital, we
were optimistic, but we did
get the message that Eilert
most likely suffered brain
damage, though nobody knew
how serious was it that
time."
"I
contacted The Norwegian
Institute for Public Health
and got the message that
Eilert did not suffer from
vaccine reaction.
They
haven't even seen his
journal! They knew almost
nothing about Eilert, but
they refused to register
this as possible vaccine
caused injury."
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"A system for
reporting on infectious
diseases and on adverse
reactions to vaccines was
created 1975.
All reactions, or all
serious reactions to
vaccines, or complications
as it was called before,
were to be reported to the
Norwegian Institute for
Public Health (NIPH)"
said Hanne Nokleby, Director
of the Vaccine Division at
The Norwegian Institute for
Public Health
Reporter:
"And what happens then?"
Hanne
Nokleby: "Then, they are
examined and categorized as
serious or less serious."
Reporter:
"What was
NIPH doing to follow up
on those reports of
reactions or complications?"
Hanne
Nokleby: "I have no
information about that,
cause there is nobody today
who used to work in NIPH
during 70s and 80s, who
could answer that question.
We know that replies were
sent to some of those
reports. But systematic
follow up and replying to
reports ... we did not start
before some years later." |
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Svein Erik
Berner encountered
resistance when trying to
find out what happened to
his son, and why
NIPH didn't record it as
an adverse vaccine
reaction.
"They
called it Near SIDS (Near
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
I never heard about it
before.
I told them that they
received the report from the
doctors who treated Eilert.
Doctors stated that it was
most likely an adverse
reaction to DPT vaccine. I
asked if they registered it
as vaccine injury?
They said,
no, we haven't, cause they
thought it was not a vaccine
reaction, it was "Near
SIDS".
"I told
them that they are ignoring
conclusions of the doctors
who treated Eilert. Doctors
of The National Hospital in
Oslo are considered the most
respected neurologists and
pediatricians in Norway!"
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Nobody knew
at that time how serious
brain injury Eilert
suffered.
"When we
left The National Hospital,
we were optimistic, but we
did get the message that
Eilert most likely suffered
brain damage, though nobody
knew how serious was it at
that time."
"We got
the message that Eilert
needs to be stimulated in
all possible ways in order
to minimize possible
development delays caused by
the possible brain damage."
"It is
important to stimulate child
with brain damage from early
age to minimize the side
effects."
"Eilert
needed help for absolutely
everything." |
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After a
while, questions started
pushing forward.
Why didn't
NIPH record it as adverse
reaction?
Why
wouldn't they even consider
the possibility that Eilert
suffered injury as a result
of a vaccine produced by
NIPH?
Svein Erik
Berner: "It was almost
unbelievable. I received a
letter from
NIPH with articles on
SIDS, Near SIDS."
"I started
researching the questions."
"I figured
out that Eilert should be
compensated for injuries
that he suffered."
"Eilert was the front
soldier who was injured in a
battle against diseases.
Children are not vaccinated
only for their own good. It
is to protect the society as
whole against epidemics."
Svein Erik
Berner files a Lawsuit
against the Norwegian State
in order to press them to
acknowledge Eilerts injury
and to get the compensation
for Eilert. |
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On Flagtvedt,
outside of Bergen, lives a
family that has similar
experience with
NIPH.
NIPH did not want to
record their experience as a
possible vaccine injury.
Today,
Kamille is 22 years old.
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1984,
August 1st
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Camilla was
vaccinated August 1st,
1984. The same evening she
was sick. Just like Eilert,
she also suffered brain
damage.
NIPH
concluded: Camilla was
Near SIDS (Near Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome).
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"Camilla was
suffering bronchitis, and
has received penicillin. We
went to a doctor, and he
examined her and said she
was now OK. Then he said
that she could receive a
vaccine now, so she doesn't
need to come back again to
the health station." said
Monika Enehaug Yndestad,
mother of Camilla
Same
evening, 6 hours after the
DPT shot, Camilla was found
in bed blue in her face, not
breathing. She was rushed to
the Haukeland University
Hospital in Bergen.
Today,
Camilla needs help with
anything and everything. She
is 22, but she is like s
small child with very strong
will.
Question
on the possibility that her
injury was caused by vaccine
popped up early.
Camilla's
parents file a Lawsuit
against the Norwegian State.
They loose
on the first two court
instances.
After
appeals, the highest court
takes the case. State
lawyers did not want the
case tried at the highest
court.
After a
court battle that lasted 12
years, state lawyers offer
settlement outside the
court. State covers all
court expenses, and
compensates Camilla for
injuries. Exact amount of
the compensation is kept
secret. Newspaper articles
reporting the case were
entitled: Large
compensation after 12 years
of court battle. |
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Svein Erik
Berner also lost the case
against the Norwegian State
on the first instance of the
court. He was not sure if he
wanted to appeal. He
already invested one year of
his life into the first
trial.
"I felt
strongly that authorities
were hiding information,
suppressing information and
they were also coming
forward with clearly wrong
information and that has
really made me mad" said
Svein Erik Berner, Sten
Eilert's father.
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Svein Erik
Berner appeals, and searches
for help from
internationally recognized
experts. |
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One of them
is is a physician and a
professor in genetics Hans
Krokan, Professor at NTNU (
Trondheim University),
Norway.
Dr. Hans
Krokan leads a large group
of experts in one of the
most advanced medical
projects.
"I believe
it is highly probable that
there is a connection
between the vaccine and the
injuries, but you can not be
100% sure. It is impossible
to be 100% sure."
"When you
are vaccinating with a whole
cell vaccine, child will be
exposed to all components,
proteins of the Pertussis
bacteria. If those
components are not fully
inactivated, it could cause
serious complications and
reactions inside brain.
It has
been shown in experiments
with mice. It has been
demonstrated in animal
models that there are
several components in
Pertussis bacteria that
could develop serious
reactions inside brain. It
is the animal model that has
made it possible to create a
diagram of the mechanism
that leads to brain injury."
said Dr. Hans Krokan. |
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Dr. Hans
Krokan is not the only one
holding the opinion. There
are dozens of experts,
physicians, who support
Berner in court.
From his
office in Los Angeles,
Dr. John H. Menkes, one
of the worlds leading
experts on vaccine injuries
supports Berner. He said: "I
would be glad to come to
Oslo to testify as expert
witness".
Dr. John
H. Menkes have examined
Eilerts journal. Dr. Menkes
is pediatrician specialized
in pediatric neurology.
He has written text books,
some of which are part of
the Medical curriculum all
over the world, including
Norway. His name is well
known and respected.
When it
comes to Eilerts brain
injury, Dr. Menkes is clear:
"I would have said in court
that by far most likely is
that this boy, Sten Eilert,
was injured by a component
of this triple vaccine, and
component being the
Pertusses bacterium ... and
that onset of his illness
coincided with the
administration of the
vaccine."
Eilert's
brain has marks since
inflammation. Marks where it
was suppose to be brain
tissue.
Dr. Menkes
has seen similar marks on
other children that suffered
vaccine injury. The society
must admit that injuries are
happening, and must take the
responsibility.
Who is
right?
NIPH or Dr. Menkes?
The Health
authorities of other
countries have concluded:
Brain injuries after DPT are
rare but it happens. It is
the Pertussis component that
is responsible.
Several
countries have discontinued
vaccinating with whole cell
DPT after numerous injuries,
including Sweden and France.
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"After the
examination of the whole
case, it is my opinion that
Pertussis component is not
responsible for brain
injury." said Hanne Nokleby,
Director of the Vaccine
Division at The Norwegian
Institute for Public
Health.
Hanne
Nokleby (NIPH):
"After the total evaluation
one must conclude that
Pertussis component is not
the most likely explanation
for the brain injury."
Reporter:
"So, one has to chose what
to believe?"
Hanne
Nokleby: "Or one should look
at what the most likely
explanation is ... and I
believe that main weight
pushes against the idea that
there is a link between
Pertussis vaccine and
injuries."
Hanne
Nokleby: "But, even if the
main weight is against the
idea that there is a link
between Pertussis vaccine,
one can not absolutely
eliminate that possibility.
In a single example, it is
impossible to state: Yes,
this is for sure Pertussis
injury ... or this is for
sure NOT Pertussis injury.
In a single example, it is
impossible to prove that it
was not vaccine ... but one
can say something about the
probability of something
like that happening."
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One that
fills the syringe must trust
and believe that the content
will not cause injury.
But, if one that fills the
syringe is the same one that
produces it and the same one
that should record adverse
reactions, it is possible
that it may affect it's
ability and desire to
acknowledge and record the
adverse reactions and
complications.
NIPH had
responsibility for
production, vaccination and
for recording and evaluating
the adverse events.
In Norway,
we have a saying for this:
"to set the fox to keep the
geese." ("å sette bukken til
aa passe havresekken").
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During the
80's, all unwanted effects
of vaccines were classified
in 2 major groups: Side
effects and complications.
The most serious conditions
were called complications.
Side effects:
1980: 223
1981: 422
These
were: allergic reactions,
high fever, shock after the
injection and cry ... all
considered side effects.
Complications are reports of
more serious events.
Eilert's brain inflammation
would be one of those. It
should have been recorded as
a possible vaccine related
complication, but NIPH
refused to record it as
adverse event, even it was
against the law.
There were
127 complications recorded
during the 80's.
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1982
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SIDS |
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Another
number was extremely high
during the 80s. It was the
number of children who's
death was labeled SIDS
(Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome).
SIDS is a
label given when an infant
dies of unknown cause. Child
usually dies while sleeping,
without an apparent cause.
Fear was spreading between
health professionals and
between parents, fear that
vaccines are responsible for
SIDS.
Alarmingly
large number of SIDS cases
were reported in Oslo from
1979 to 1982, all occurring
during the first few weeks
after DPT shot.
Were those
cases related to vaccines?
1982, Dr.
Jens Steen and sociologist
Leif Kåre Solberg from Oslo
Oslo Board of Public Heath
delivered a report to Health
Minister and to
NIPH about possible link
between DPT vaccine
and SIDS in Oslo. Report
examined SIDS cases from
1/1/1979 until 1/7/1982.
Dr. Jens
Steen was chief physician of
the Mother and Child
department at Oslo Board of
Public Heath and had medical
responsibility for all
Health stations in Olso.
Leif Kåre Solberg was chief
of the Clearing department
at Oslo Board of Public
Heath.
This report
was stamped "Top Secret" and
was shared with not more
then 5 people. They did not
want to cause panic before
they have more data.
The research
examined 14,000
vaccinated kids. 15
of them died after receiving
DPT vaccine produced by
NIPH.
12 of 15 died
within 4 weeks, while 7 of
15 died within 7 days after
receiving DPT.
These numbers
were alarming. At the
meeting decision was made to
produce a second report
covering longer period of
time and covering whole
Norway.
Leif Kåre
Solberg produced the second
report.
The second
report did not find a link
between DPT and SIDS. This
report was also stamped "Top
Secret".
Here are the
results of SIDS analysis
from 2004:
Click on the
images to enlarge.
The diagram
shows that most deaths
occurred during the second
month, which is before the
DPT shot. DPT was given at 3
months of age. There is no
visible peek on the diagram
at 3 months of age. If DPT
was linked to SIDS, one
would expect to see a peek
at 3 months of age.
The problem
with this research is that
it has not taken into
account a possibility that
only vaccines used in Oslo
were problematic or that
only vaccine given during a
2 years period were the hot
batch.
If only
vaccines delivered to Oslo
had problems, then Oslo
statistics would have been
overshadowed by numbers from
the whole country, and by
addition of numbers from
other years. |
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Svein Erik Berner have been
frequent guest of many
medical libraries during the
last years.
Through
the studies of medicine and
Norwegian vaccination
history Svein Erik Berner
have discovered important
documents, documents nobody
new existed. Here is one of
them.
Vaccine
statistics from the
NIPH are not recorded by
the
The Norwegian Medicines
Agency (NoMA). (NoMA
is the national, regulatory
authority for new and
existing medicines.)
Further
research into the problem
brings several documents.
Already 1981,
NoMA sent a letter to
NIPH (SIFF) reminding
them that all adverse
reactions, including serious
complications, are to be
reported to
NoMA (SLK).
But, that
did not happen.
When
health teams were
vaccinating kids, they were
obliged by law to report
serious adverse reactions to
NIPH (SIFF). But,
NIPH who received the
reports, ignored those
reports and did not report
further to
NoMA (SLK). The result
of this was that
NIPH "made invisible"
hundreds of complications
reported by doctors from all
over the country.
NIPH also excluded
possible serious injures
from all statistics by
labeling them and calling
them the Near SIDS.
During the
period from the 1978 to
1985
NIPH registered 127
serious complications and
several hundreds of less
serious adverse reactions
after DPT.
During
the same 8 years period,
NoMA (SLK) registered
only 4 complications.
Registering failed.
System failed. |
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Dr. John H. Menkes: "There
are lots of people who do
not think of it ..... that
vaccine can produce damage.
Cause they
shouldn't produce damage,
..... they feel they
don't." |
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In a letter
from 1981, about the control
of the
NIPH's vaccine
production, the Director of
the NIPH writes:
"I
can't emphasize enough that
the Institute, until now,
has not made observations,
or received reports, that
would indicate that
Institute's own products,
occasionally or
systematically, are
unsatisfactory when it comes
to effectiveness or safety."
In other
words, Institute's vaccine
is safe, and there are no
reports about serious
adverse reactions.
Eilert
suffered injury November
1981. More then 1 million
healthy Norwegian kids have
received Institute's
vaccine.
Svein Erik
Barner asks: "Would NIPH
continue producing vaccine
until 1984, if statistics of
adverse reactions were
public domain?" |
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Already
1977, inspectors from
the Health Department have
been inspecting HIPH.
They
discovered alarmingly
serious errors and failures
at the HIPH's production
facilities.
Nevertheless, HIPH was
allowed to continue the
production of the vaccine,
though it was against the
norms and regulations, like
norms that regulate
sterility,
ingredients control,
storage, knowledge
about where vaccines were
used and who got them.
In the
report from 1977,
Inspectors write:
"HIPH production facilities
for for vaccines are very
unsatisfactory and extensive
undertaking it is necessary
to bring the production
standard to an acceptable
level."
.
.
.
"Accidental errors could
result in disproportional
consequences, considering
that some of the products
are used on large groups of
patients (Influenza vaccine,
and even in higher degree
DPT vaccine )."
1982 there
was a similar inspection,
and the conclusion was
similar.
Production was graded as
unsatisfactory .
"In the same areas where
vaccines were produced,
animal experiments were
carried." inspectors
were reporting.
Several
other problems were
uncovered in the environment
that was suppose to be
sterile.
The the
new report from the
Inspectors from 1982 was
ignored.
Reporter:
Do you think that someone
could have been injured by
those vaccines produced by
NIPH?
Hanne
Nokleby: "I can't answer
that question. I believe
that direct causative
relationship between vaccine
and reported injuries is
highly unlikely." (Hanne
Nokleby, Director of the
Vaccine Division at NIPH)
October
1983, minister Torbjørn
Mork from the Social
Department sent a letter
requesting that HIPH must
improve the production
facilities and production
and control process.
Minister
Mork gave a 6 weeks deadline
to HIPH to improve
production facilities.
First
after that letter, control
leader at NIPH reports that
the control function at NIPH
is far below the danger
level.
Conclusions of the
Inspectors after official
inspections of the vaccine
department of The Norwegian
Institute of Public Health
in the year 1977 and 1982
Translated into English by
Svein Erik Berner. August
20, 2006
Inspection
report dated May 18, 1977
Conclusion on
page 5:
The conditions for
manufacturing vaccines at
The Norwegian Institute of
Public Health are very
unsatisfactory, and
extensive measures are
needed to raise the standard
to an acceptable level.
Inspection report dated
January 12, 1983
Bases for
the evaluation, page 2 and
3:
Although several
improvements are made since
the last inspection [in
1977], a lot still remains
to be done in order to meet
the demands set forth by the
general GMP rules (i.e.
demands in EU for Good
Manufacturing Practice) and
the guidelines for sterile
production.
It is the opinion of the
signing inspectors that it
will not be possible to meet
the GMP demands in premises
available today for this
production. Fully acceptable
production conditions can
only be reached if new,
suitable premises are made
available.
After having argued that
Norway needs its own vaccine
production, the inspectors
set forth a number of
recommendations (page 6 -
10). These conclusions, 15
all together, are considered
minimum requirements for
continued production in the
present, provisory and
provisionally accepted
premises.
The Norwegian
Department of Health decided
to terminate the Norwegian
production of DPT vaccine in
1983.
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"What I would like to know
is what happened after
they stopped using Norwegian
vaccine and started
using the imported one?"
Dr. John H. Menkes. |
|
NIPH
discontinued production of
DPT on 10. January 1984.
This is
what happened: The number
of complications reported
1984 was the half of the
number reported 1983. The
number went down to 4 cases
1985 and to zero 1987.
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1998 |
1998 the
whole cell DPT vaccine was
replaced with a new DPT
vaccine, one considered
significantly more safe.
That is the vaccine that
Norwegian kids are
vaccinated with today. |
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10. January
1984 HIPH produced it's last
vaccine.
The
vaccine production program
was halted in full secrecy.
Nobody knew the real reason
why HIPH stopped vaccine
production. Nobody was
suppose to know.
All
documents from that time
were immediately stamped
"classified". (Documents
published in this
newsletter, too.)
The public
excuse was: "It is too
expensive to produce vaccine
in Norway."
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There is a
good reason to ask the
question:
"Is Eilert the only child
who suffered serious injury,
who's injury was not
recorded by NIPH?"
HIPH own
statistics are giving a good
reason to believe that there
are other children.
Statists show that NIPH
registered hundreds of
complications. |
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"How many children do I
expect? ... 20 - 30.
What could
they be labeled with? ...
SIDS, Near SIDS, Cerebral
palsy with Epilepsy, or they
could have been labeled
Viral Meningitis. Something
like that." said Dr. John H.
Menkes.
NIPH does
not agree with Dr. John H.
Menkes. |
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"NIPH
was hiding information,
suppressing information and
were also coming forward
with clearly wrong
information. It is wrong to
use such tactics to protect
the vaccination program.
" said Svein Erik
Berner. |
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"I
would have said in court
that by far most likely is
that this boy, Sten, was
injured by a component of
this triple vaccine."
said John H.Menkes,
Neurologist, Sinai Hospital,
USA |
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Svein Erik
Berner won the case against
the Norwegian state.
Norwegian state agreed that
Eiler was possibly injured
by vaccine.
Norwegian
state is responsible for the
compensation.
The
verdict was officially
announced on October 30th
2006 in the offices of the
Layer Firm "Vogt og Wiig".
Here is
the image gallery with
images taken at the Firm
"Vogt og Wiig":
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/dommen/
A lawyer Stein Chr.
Hexebergs from Vogt og Wiig
was representing Berners.
This is
the first time ever in
Norwegian history that State
lost a vaccine case against
parents.
TV2-journalists were there
and the event was reported
on the evening news on TV2.
Other
major Norvegian TV channels
mainly ignored the verdict.
For any
questions on this
documentary you can send an
email to:
document2@tv2.no
The
documentary ( unfortunately
only in Norwegian language)
is now available on the
web.
http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/?treeId=33
http://pub.tv2.no/TV2/magasiner/dokument2/article771764.ece |
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A large
number of original documents
mentioned in documentary are
available on CureZone web
site:
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/doc/
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/bivirkningsraporter/
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/letters/
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/pdf/
Some of
the documents have not been
mentioned in the documentary
due to the time constrains.
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EILERT FACT
SHEET
Svein Erik Berner
Hogstadveien 91
N-1383 Asker.
Phone: + 47 66 98 83 24
cell phone: +47 413 14 915
Asker, July
2, 2005
Eilert
Berner's DPT Vaccination,
Summary of Facts.
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Name: Sten Eilert
Skatvedt Berner.
Born on 7/26 -1981.
(We refer to him as
Eilert.)
-
Eilert got his first
vaccine 10/29/1981 some
time after lunch,
approximately at 1pm, at
Asker Health Service
Center (Asker
Helsestasjon). It was a
DPT vaccine with batch
number 6280, produced in
1980. This DPT vaccine
was produced by The
Norwegian Institute of
Public Health (Nasjonalt
Folkehelseinstitutt).
-
Eilert cried a lot more
than usual in the hours
and days following the
vaccination. Usually he
only cried before his
meals, when he was
hungry, or if he had air
in his stomach after
being fed. The area
around the injection was
also significantly
swollen. However, based
on the orientation we
had been given at Asker
Health Service Center,
we regarded this as
normal, and took no
extraordinary
precautions. We had been
told that such swelling
was normal, and that the
child would likely get
fever and cry more than
usual. Consequently we
did not take Eilert´s
temperature, and thus we
cannot document whether
he had fever or not.
Hanne Noekleby, director
of the Norwegian
Institute of Public
Health, confirmed in an
email to me, dated
05/29/2001, that the
reactions mentioned
above were quite common
while the whooping cough
component of the vaccine
was of the old «whole
cell» type.
-
Eilert "collapsed"
Sunday morning the 1st
of November. He was
outside in the garden,
in his pram, while his
parents were sleeping in
their bedroom. Eilert
was put into his pram at
7:30am after his diapers
were routinely changed
and he had got his
bottle of milk by his
father at 7:00am. That
morning he whimpered,
but took his meal
without problems. His
father did not discover
anything alarming. When
his mother took the pram
inside at 10:30am, to
clean him and feed him,
he seemed limp and very
pale. His breathing
seemed to be weak and
irregular. In addition,
his eyes were «hanging»
in opposite directions.
His father came rushing
when his mother screamed
out that something was
wrong. Not to waste time
to determine whether the
son was breathing or
not, the father
instinctively gave him
2-3 mouth-to-mouth
breaths before realizing
that Eilert was
breathing on his own
after all. His mother,
in the meantime, tried
numerous times to call
an ambulance, but the
phone did not give the
normal ringing-signal as
she waited for the
emergency personnel to
pick up. She then ran
over to the neighbors
and borrowed their
phone, which fortunately
worked. After she
returned she said that
she was certain that
Eilert had been
breathing when she
picked him up from the
pram. This we told the
personnel at both Baerum
Hospital (Baerum
Sykehus) and The
National Hospital
(Rikshospitalet). This
is confirmed in the
medical record from The
National Hospital, page
number 1, which covers
our statement upon
arrival.
-
The doctors at
Rikshospitalet wrote in
the medical record that
Eilert most likely had
experienced prolonged
seizures before he was
found in bad condition
and very sick that
morning. These reactions
occurred between 66 and
69 hours after the
vaccination.
-
According to the log,
the ambulance left Asker
Fire Station (Asker
Brannstasjon) at 11:15am
and arrived at our house
around 11:30am. We
estimate that we arrived
at Baerum Hospital
shortly before noon. The
consultation there took
approximately one hour,
after which we were sent
by ambulance to
Rikshospitalet, where we
arrived around 1:30pm.
-
Upon arrival at
Rikshospitalet the
doctors at the infant
ward immediately did
thorough tests and took
samples. Eilert was
given drugs to prevent
seizures (Fenemal and
Rivotril). He was still
limp and pale, but
frequently screamed
fiercely for prolonged
periods of time. This is
documented in the
medical record from
Rikshospitalet.
-
In the early hours of
the 3rd of November
Eilert had frequent
seizures that lasted up
to 30 minutes. In these
24 hours he had 19,
almost continuous,
seizures. At this point
he had also been given
Vival intravenously, in
addition to the Fenemal
and Rivotril, to reduce
the seizures. We, as
parents, experienced the
first couple of days
after Eilert was
hospitalized as
extremely critical.
-
There were two doors
that separated the
garden from the bedroom.
Eilert slept, based on
advice from the nurse,
in a separate room at
night. It is therefore
possible that he
experienced intermittent
seizures at night,
without us knowing.
-
Eilert was hospitalized
at Rikshospitalet from
the 1st of 1981 to the
19th of November 1981.
The letter of discharge,
dated 20th of December
1981, reads: "We have
interpreted the
condition to be
encephalitis, highly
likely caused by the
triple-vaccination."
-
Various tests were taken
at the hospital,
including Cerebral CT,
EEG, samples of blood
and spinal tap. There
was revealed extremely
high levels of protein
in the spinal fluid.
These tests,
examinations and samples
let the specialists at
the infant ward
determine that Eilert
suffered by
encephalitis.
-
Eilert was hospitalized
at the neurological
section of
Rikshospitalet from the
4th to the 6th of
September 1984. The
reason was that he
started drooling,
something he not usually
did, after he fell 0.5
meters onto a playground
rack in the
kindergarten. The letter
of discharge for this
visit was written by
specialist Karl H.
Hovind and dated 7th of
September 1984. Cerebral
CT was done with and
without contrast. The
neurologist concluded
that the observed
changes in the brain
were old and due to
encephalitis. He also
wrote that Eilert beyond
any doubt must have very
limited vision,
something we, his
parents and close
family, experienced
since the 1st of
November 1981. Dr.
Hovind concluded that
the most recent symptoms
were caused by a direct
trauma against the
facial nerve, and the
symptoms quickly
subsided.
-
In a letter dated 26th
of April 1988 Tryggve
Lundar, doctor at the
neurosurgical section at
Rikshospitalet, writes:
«All these changes are
considered to be
secondary to the
encephalitis he
contracted when he was a
little boy». In the same
letter he also writes:
«Based on the observed
changes in the X-ray
pictures, the damage
must be characterized as
severe».
-
Also the center for
vision in the brain was
damaged. A comprehensive
test, performed by eye
doctor Sigmund Spetalen
at Hovseter Center
(Hovseter Kurssenter for
blinde og svaksynte), on
the 19th of May 1985,
concluded that Eilert´s
visual acuity was 1/60.
The institution was run
by the Blind Association
and Eilert went to
Doctor Sigmund Spetalen
and Doctor Egil Ruud for
several years for
follow-ups.
-
Eilert requires
assistance at all hours,
including help with
basic functions. He does
not say anything if he
is cold, thirsty, needs
to go to the bathroom or
similar things. One has
to observe his needs and
ask. He does not take
any initiative himself.
Likewise, he cannot tell
about something that has
happened without being
helped to start. He
cannot eat with a knife
and fork. He is able to
feed himself, but the
food must already have
been cut into small
pieces and put in front
of him. Because of his
poor vision, he is
practically blind in a
lot of situations.
Eilert cannot write or
read, but can verbally
spell certain
three-letter words. He
is unable to recognize
letters and Braille is
useless, because his
motor skills are
comparable to those of a
baby. He cannot do
buttons, operate zippers
or tie his laces.
Therefore someone has to
help him with clothes,
personal hygiene, brush
his teeth and so forth.
He appears to have a
concept of numbers and
is able to count to two,
sometimes three. He can
actually count up to a
hundred, but, in spite
of daily practice,
amounts larger than
three appear to be
meaningless.
Consequently, he does
not understand the
difference between NOK
10 and NOK 100. Eilert
has no concept of time,
which makes it very
difficult to express
whether something
happened yesterday or
three years ago.
-
Eilert is a happy boy
that can walk and chat.
He is unusually kind and
patient; he has never
hit anybody and never
complains. His interests
include police cars,
fire engines, ambulances
and septic tankers.
Eilert has an acute
sense of hearing; in
particular he picks up
and comments upon words
when he hears something
spoken with a dialect.
We have fun speaking a
bit of Spanish every now
and then. He quickly
picks up the vocabulary
and often asks how to
translate a word into
Spanish. He is proud and
happy when he masters
something that sets him
apart from other people.
Certain parts of his
brain have been spared,
whereas other parts have
been hit so hard that
years of training have
had no mention worthy
effect. He is a
sensitive boy, and gets
very sad if he hears
about other people, or
animals, that suffer. He
enjoys listening to
music and recorded
books. Occasionally he
surprises those around
him by making comments
that are spot on,
showing that inside he
is a smart boy with
social intelligence.
-
Eilert was three months
late when he was
vaccinated. He was born
4 weeks prematurely, as
far as I understand, and
judged that his
«maturity-level» was 36
weeks. His weight at the
time of birth was
normal, 3050 grams and
49 cm. On the day he
received the vaccine,
Eilert had a minor cold,
was sneezing and a bit
pale. Because of this, I
requested that the
doctor take a blood
sample. Not because I
feared the vaccine, but
because I wanted to know
whether he needed
supplements of ferrum.
The vaccine was
administered first,
after which a blood
sample was drawn. Later
I was told, by the
doctor, that the sample
showed 71.5%
hemoglobin.
-
Based on statistics and
research one must assume
that the DPT-vaccine is
good for the population
as a whole. But the
government must take
responsibility for those
that are hurt by these
vaccines, as a result of
the public immunization
program. In some sense,
the kids that have
reactions are sacrificed
for the greater good of
preventing epidemics.
However, compensation to
those that get sick
should be included in
the total cost of the
immunization program.
-
We were not told about
possible serious
complications in
advance. Had we received
such information, we
would surely have
postponed the
vaccination a few
months. Because Eilert
was born prematurely, I
would assume, as a
layman, his immune
system was less
developed, and thus less
capable of dealing with
the vaccine.
-
I, his father, have the
main custody of Eilert
after he was twelve
years of age. But one
week a month he lives
with his mother and his
aunt, and some days he
lives in a relief home
facility. It has not
been possible to combine
an ordinary job with
having Eilert living at
home. Over time I have
had to cease my
involvement as a
business owner and
executive officer in the
companies I created.
Instead I had to find
work I could perform
from my home office,
which could be combined
with the demanding task
of seeing to Eilert.
Only after Eilert grew
up did I get sufficient
support so that I could
assume leadership
responsibilities again.
But Eilert is still my
main occupation. I will
gladly admit that I have
been exhausted at times.
On the other hand,
Eilert gives back so
much that cannot be
compared to a career or
money, so I do not
regret assuming
responsibility for him.
Thanks to good help from
my mother, sister, now
deceased brother and
Eilert´s mother, it has
been possible for us to
make a good private
custody of Eilert. The
parents of Eilert's
mother also cared much
about Eilert and were of
great help in his first
years before they died.
Mistakes in the
medical record from the
National Hospital
(Rikshospitalet)
Often things are busy in
a hospital, it is a well
known fact that mistakes
occur in hospital journals.
We, as parents, answered
some questions between tests
after our arrival at
Rikshospitalet, but were
never given a chance to make
a comprehensive statement.
Certain incorrect
«assumptions» were made by
the people appending to the
medical record. These are
minor mistakes that in no
way threatened the well
being of Eilert at the time
being, but that are
misleading when one tries to
get a clear picture in
retrospect.
While reading Eilert´s
medical record from
Rikshospitalet I found the
following mistakes:
-
1. It says that Eilert
was found in his bed,
pale and with weak
breath, some minutes
before noon. The
ambulance log shows that
the car left Asker Fire
Station at 11:15am on
the 1st of November
1981. The wait for the
ambulance was longer
than expected. For us it
seemed like an eternity.
When it finally arrived
it was with neither
sirens nor flashing
lights. At the time we
estimated that we had
been waiting for 45
minutes. The person who
received the call may
not have interpreted the
situation as serious as
we did. While waiting we
got dressed, packed our
toiletries and clothing,
and waited for what
seemed like a very long
time. The point at
which we discovered
something was wrong with
Eilert was 10:30am, not
a few minutes before
12:00, as stated by the
medical record. We
arrived at Baerum
Hospital shortly before
12:00, and it is
probably this event that
the journal refers to.
Eilert could have had
seizures before 8am
without anybody
noticing.
The medical record
states that Eilert was
lying in bed when he was
found. This must be an
assumption the writer
made, since Eilert´s
parents were sleeping in
their beds. Eilert was
in a pram in the
garden.
The medical record by
Rikshospitalet states
that we, the parents,
took Eilert to Baerum
Hospital. In the letter
of discharge sent to
Asker Health Service
Center it says that we
drove him there
ourselves. An ambulance
was in fact used.
Neurological test of
infant by Doctor Ruth
Bostad, 3rd of November
1981. Doctor Bostad
writes that Eilert was
found with some degree
of cyanosis in bed and
without respiration. We
never met Doctor Bostad;
hence we must assume she
got the bed from the
previous notes in the
journal. She has
probably also read about
the two- three breaths
that were administered,
and assumed the child
was not breathing. As I
explained in detail in
court, and which was
also explained in
writing to the court, it
is incorrect that Eilert
was not breathing. (See
page 1, point 4 of this
summary). Eilert was
breathing by himself
when he was found. Given
that mouth-to-mouth was
mentioned in the medical
record, it is not
surprising that doctor
Bostad assumed Eilert
had stopped breathing.
The court's own
specialists, MD Patric
Olin and MD John
Oestergaard, also write
in their common report
that Eilert was not
breathing when he was
found by his father.
This is probably based
on doctor Bostad's false
assumption that the
child was not breathing
because the father
administered
mouth-to-mouth for a few
seconds after the mother
found the child and
lifted it out of the
pram.
The medical record from
Rikshospitalet states
that we discovered
Eilert´s serious
symptoms 2 days after
the vaccine was
administered. The
correct number is close
to 3 days, between 66
and 69 hours. The «2
days» are repeated in
notes made by several
other doctors, most
likely because they had
access to the journal
from Rikshospitalet and
have used it for
reference.
Why did the Norwegian
Institute of Public Health
not give me access to the
data regarding the
production and quality
control of the vaccine?
Over a period of 20 years I
have not myself been able to
obtain data regarding the
production of these vaccines
or the quality assurance
procedures that should have
been followed. Several
requests, by phone and in
writing, to the National
Health Institute and the
National Drug Administration
(Statens Legemiddelverk) did
not produce any results. In
the beginning I was told
that I had no right to
access these records. Later
I was told the protocols
could no longer be found.
Norway had, at the point of
Eilert´s vaccination,
committed itself to
following international
guidelines, known as Good
Manufacturing Practice
(GMP), for production and
control of vaccines. Only
very recently, in connection
with the preparation for the
second trial, we obtained
some of those records from
the National Health
Institute.
We were particularly
interested in one specific
test: The Toxicity test,
also known as "The Mouse
Weight Gain Test", which
could help to determine
whether the vaccine was
dangerous and could cause
untoward reactions in man or
not.
Unfortunately, the National
Health Institute was however
not able to give us any
solid documentation or
details about this test.
In the annual report of
1983 the National Health
Institute writes that they
have reduced the injection
volume of the DPT vaccine to
the half of what they
earlier have practiced.
The
importance of making all
facts available
In this summary I have
done my outmost to make all
facts clear, so that medical
and judicial considerations
are not based on obvious
misinterpretations.
This Fact Sheet has been
reviewed and approved by
Eilert´s mother, Gunn Karin
Skatvedt.
Svein Erik Berner
Father/caregiver
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|
DPT in USA
In 1994, the
Institute of Medicine of
the US National Academy of
Sciences published a report
stating that if the first
symptoms of neurological
damage occurred within the
first seven days following
vaccination with whole-cell
pertussis vaccine, the
evidence was compatible with
the possibility that it
could be the cause of
permanent brain damage in
otherwise apparently healthy
children. It continued by
stating:
-
This serious acute
neurologic response to
DPT is a rare event. The
estimated excess risk
ranged from 0 to 10.5
per million
immunizations (IOM,
1991). The committee
stresses that this is
not the strongest
statement regarding
causality; the evidence
does not "establish" or
"prove" a causal
relation....
-
The evidence remains
insufficient to indicate
the presence or absence
of a causal relation
between DPT and chronic
nervous system
dysfunction under any
other circumstances.
That is, because the
NCES is the only
systematic study of
chronic nervous system
dysfunctions after DPT,
the committee can only
comment on the causal
relation between DPT and
those chronic nervous
system dysfunctions
under the conditions
studied by the NCES. In
particular, it should be
noted that the chronic
nervous system
dysfunctions associated
with DPT followed a
serious acute neurologic
illness that occurred in
children within 7 days
after receiving DPT.[1]
The US began to switch to
the far safer acellular
pertussis vaccine in 1991,
and as of 2002 the US no
longer used any whole-cell
pertussis vaccine.
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