Chicken Pox

Most of you probably got chicken pox the old fashion way. But, there was
some interesting news published today that I thought bears thinking
about. If
you vaccinated your kids keep reading and if you haven't this may help
bring
some light to a problem I very clearly remember talking about in
Chiropractic
school. My professors predicted this moment over 12 years ago. The lesson
that can be learned is nature is still the best.

"Merck's chickenpox vaccine Varivax not only loses its effectiveness
after a while, but it has
also changed the profile of the disease in the population, U.S.
researchers reported on
Wednesday.

The study confirmed what doctors widely knew -- that the vaccine's
protection does not last
long.

And with fewer natural cases of the disease going around, unvaccinated
children or children
in whom the first dose of the vaccine fails to work have been catching
the highly contagious
disease later in life, when the risk of severe complications is
greater, they said.

"If you're unvaccinated and you get it later in life, there's a
20-times greater risk of dying
compared to a child, and a 10 to 15 times greater chance of getting
hospitalized," said Jane
Seward of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta,
who worked on the
study.

The findings, reported fully for the first time in Thursday's New
England Journal of Medicine,
have already had an impact.

They helped prompt the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices to
recommend a booster shot between the ages of 4 and 6. The panel also
said in its June
2006 report that children, adolescents and adults should be given
boosters as well.

No one knows how long the effects of a second shot will last, said the
research team, led by
Sandra Chaves of the CDC.

The United States has been vaccinating against chickenpox, also known
as varicella, since
1995. But tests have show that the vaccine is not very effective in 15
to 20 percent of
children who only receive one dose.

A second dose will certainly provide extra protection, but it is not
clear how much. "Instead
of 80 to 85 percent efficacy, we're hoping instead to see 90 to 95
percent for the second
dose," said Seward, acting deputy director of the CDC's division of
viral diseases."

Dr. Altman--I generally think of myself as a thinker. What I think
would be a
great idea that will never happen is that we could let kids get the
relatively
harmless disease the way we always did. My wife and I tried to give
our kids
chicken pox for years, it is getting hard to find it. Some my think
"great", but
here is the rub illustrated above. If the vaccine is ineffective or
doesn't last
then people will be more susceptible to getting chicken pox later in
life. The
problem is chicken pox is significantly more dangerous the older you get.
Plus it is loaded with toxins, so the more you get, the more you get.

Do you know why they invented a "vaccine" for a relatively harmless
childhood illness?

Because mom's and dad's had to stay home from work with their kids. It
was
developed purely for economic reasons NOT for the health of kids.

So the next time you see a MD ponder whether this recommendation is good
or even do some reading on the internet quick before you go. Just because
we as "doctors"say something doesn't mean it is gospel truth.

Remember, if it is not natural, it will probably get you sooner or later.

Dr. Altman

P.S. There isn't anything natural that comes from a hospital. There
are often
great reasons to go but you still need to watch your back.

P.P.S. the reason it is a perfect crime is because once you start you
can't
quit. You're trapped. You are on the medical roller coaster.