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    Below are exerts from studies with information where this was published, unlike dumb doom (sorry for the name calling, but now that you have repeatedly resorted to the name-calling, it is about time I give you a label)

    Vaccines not associated with Autism. (PubMed 23545349)

    β€œThis case-control study of more than 1,000 children compared the total exposure of antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), autistic disorder (AD), or ASD with regression to the total exposure in children who were not diagnosed with any form of autism. The children included in the study were aged 6- 13 years, but authors studied their exposures from vaccines during the first 2 years of life. Results showed that the odds of developing any of the three forms of autism studied did not rise with increased exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides.”

    Timely vaccination during infancy has no adverse effect on neuropsychological outcomes 7 to 10 years later. Pediatrics June 2010

    β€œRESULTS: Timely vaccination was associated with better performance on 12 outcomes in univariate testing and remained associated with better performance for 2 outcomes in multivariable analyses. No statistically significant differences favored delayed receipt. In secondary analyses, children with the greatest vaccine exposure during the first 7 months of life performed better than children with the least vaccine exposure on 15 outcomes in univariate testing; these differences did not persist in multivariable analyses. No statistically significant differences favored the less vaccinated children.
    CONCLUSIONS: Timely vaccination during infancy has no adverse effect on neuropsychological outcomes 7 to 10 years later. These data may reassure parents who are concerned that children receive too many vaccines too soon.”

    Lancet, Volume 351, Issue 9112

    β€œNo evidence for measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine-associated inflammatory bowel disease or autism in a 14-year prospective study”

    Lancet. 1999 Jun 12;353(9169):2026-9.

    β€œOur analyses do not support a causal association between MMR vaccine and autism. If such an association occurs, it is so rare that it could not be identified in this large regional sample.”

    Kaye JA, et al., British Medical Journal. 2001; 322:460-63

    β€œThe data provide evidence that no correlation exists between the prevalence of MMR vaccination and the rapid increase in the risk of autism over time.”

    2scents
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    Dooms.

    These were muy words:

    “there was no request by Congress.”

    If this is a lie, then be so kind to show us all the request that was submitted by Congress.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms.

    “There were other explanations why Vaccinated kids scored higher in school (NOT the vaccines)!
    The Vaccinated children had:
    1) had mothers with more education,
    2) had higher socioeconomic status,
    3) lived in larger homes,
    4) had more toilet/sanitation access,
    5) had fewer siblings,
    6) had better-nourished mothers,
    7) had more breastfeeding as infants

    …than the UNVACCINATED!”

    Exactly, it so happens to be that the uneducated do not vaccinate.

    2scents
    Participant

    German Study.

    β€œParental asthma and nasal allergy increase asthma incidence in offspring up to adulthood. Avoiding tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy, receiving vaccinations in early childhood, and starting day care between 1.5 and 3 years of age might prevent or delay the development of asthma.”
    -American Academy of Asthma

    β€œThe prevalence of allergic diseases and non-specific infections in children and adolescents was not found to depend on vaccination status.

    Protective vaccinations are among the most important and effective preventive measures in modern medicine (1). They make a substantial contribution to reducing the probability of contracting many infectious diseases as well as their severity. The immediate goal of a vaccination is to protect the vaccinated person from a disease. Achieving high rates of vaccinated persons additionally results in the so called herd immunity.

    -PMID 21412506

    β€œWe use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) in the Philippines to link vaccination in the first 2 years of life with later physical and cognitive development in children. We use propensity score matching to estimate the causal effect of vaccination on child development. We find no effect of vaccination on later height or weight, but full childhood vaccination for measles, polio, Tuberculosis (TB), Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus (DPT) significantly increases cognitive test scores relative to matched children who received no vaccinations. The size of the effect is large, raising test scores, on average, by about half an SD.”

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    Below is from The Encephalitis Society:

    Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is a very effective way to prevent against these diseases. All three of these infections are important causes of encephalitis, and before MMR vaccine was introduced all three infections were common in the UK.

    The vaccine is unequivocally safer than letting children catch the diseases. In a study carried out in Finland between 1982 and 1986 of over half of million children, it was found that the incidence of encephalitis in the three months following a MMR vaccination was no different to the overall incidence. The example below compares the risk of measles with the risk of MMR vaccine.

    Measles

    1-3 in 1,000 children contracting measles will develop encephalitis concurrent with the measles infection. 10–15% of those children will die and a further 25% will be left with permanent neurological damage.
    1 in 1,000 children with measles will develop post-infectious encephalitis.
    1 in 25,000 of children (1 in 5,500 children if they are under 1) with measles will develop subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) which has a fatal (death) outcome.
    1-2 in 1.000.000 children who had vaccination will develop encephalitis from the vaccination which is less than the incidence of all types of encephalitis.

    2scents
    Participant

    By Dooms,

    β€œ2cents claimed there WERE 2 studies on vaxxed vs unvaxxed but those studies
    were really vaxxed vs vaxxed. And when this was pointed out, 2cents claimed that we were discussing
    MMR vaccine and not why the CDC refuses to do a vaxxed vs unvaxxed study!!! And now 2cents claims that
    I was shown to be β€œincorrect” when 2cents was PROVEN a LIAR (again! )”

    This seems to be getting pretty personal, yet since you have a hard time comprehending something as is evident by you just repeating the same thing over and over, I guess we will just have to go in circles until you finally get it.

    Autism was the discussion at the time, I have provided you with a number of studies that have shown no link between MMR and autism.

    The only vaccine that was blamed for autism was the MMR shot, I guess you have a reading problem as I clearly have written that these studies were about the MMR shot. Vaccinated vs unvaccinated.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms

    β€œDoomsday: β€œWhy won’t CDC do the Retrospective Study as had been requested by Congressmen???”

    2cents: You mentioned this earlier, and shown to be incorrect. Sonwhy bring this up again?

    Folks, See how 2cents keeps on lying?
    Throughout this thread I and other Anti-Vaxxers kept asking why CDC won’t do a Retrospective Vaxxed vs Unvaxxed Study. 2cents claimed there WERE 2 studies on vaxxed vs unvaxxed but those studies”

    First off, why are you pondering to the β€˜folks’ instead of focusing on what you are writing?

    You asked why the CDC doesnt comply with Confresses eequest, this has been discussed that there was no request by Congress.

    Is that a lie? Has this not been discussed?

    Your a phony, actually your not a phony just an alternative person with an alternative agenda and alternative comprehension.

    2scents
    Participant

    As per Doom,

    The link between the MMR vaccine and autism is encephalitis.

    This is how it works, measles can cause encephalitis, so the vaccine can probably also cause it.
    Encephalitis can cause autism (its not the case, but this is the claim).

    Yet encephalitis is rare, especially in pediatrics.

    What are we supposed to make out of this.

    Does this actually mean that autism is a genetic disease? Can it actually be the case, so the studies which show that people with siblings that have been diagnosed with autism are more likely to be diagnosed with autism, regardless of vaccination status, are actually correct?

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    A. Which children vaccines contain Thermisol?

    B. MMR vaccine is the one that was blamed for autism, hence the reason for the studies disproving the made up claim.

    C. Children that did not receive the MMR vaccine are not in line with the CDCs schedule, yet there has been no chnage in autism rates.

    D. If Measles causes encephalitis, why is the wild measles better than the vaccine?

    E. Below is from The Encephalitis Society:

    Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is a very effective way to prevent against these diseases. All three of these infections are important causes of encephalitis, and before MMR vaccine was introduced all three infections were common in the UK.

    The vaccine is unequivocally safer than letting children catch the diseases. In a study carried out in Finland between 1982 and 1986 of over half of million children, it was found that the incidence of encephalitis in the three months following a MMR vaccination was no different to the overall incidence. The example below compares the risk of measles with the risk of MMR vaccine.

    Measles

    1-3 in 1,000 children contracting measles will develop encephalitis concurrent with the measles infection. 10–15% of those children will die and a further 25% will be left with permanent neurological damage.
    1 in 1,000 children with measles will develop post-infectious encephalitis.
    1 in 25,000 of children (1 in 5,500 children if they are under 1) with measles will develop subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) which has a fatal (death) outcome.
    1-2 in 1.000.000 children who had vaccination will develop encephalitis from the vaccination which is less than the incidence of all types of encephalitis.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    β€œWhy won’t CDC do the Retrospective Study as had been requested by Congressmen???”

    You mentioned this earlier, and shown to be incorrect. Sonwhy bring this up again?

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1642227
    2scents
    Participant

    Ubiquitin,

    No one wants any change in Hatzolahs care, it seems we are all in agreement to this.

    Now if the concerns you listed are the same ones the opposing side has, it seems that this can be worked out so that all of these concerns are handled.
    Once those concerns are handled it would seem that you would also be in favor of billing.

    Or is it your opinion that the concerns raised cannot be handled and the people in charge are not capable of handling them?

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1642000
    2scents
    Participant

    ubiquitin,

    They currently are making money, all these fundraiser events and donations.

    I do not think that anyone is implying that they will not have profits which means monies that exceed their expenses.

    Hatzolah has a grassroots response, which means they need to outfit each member with a complete set of gear and medications, most of these have expiration dates and require preventive maintenance and repairs. This is an expense that the average ambulance service does not have.

    I am under the assumption that these monies will cover their operating budget yet they will still need to purchase ambulances. I do know that agencies that collect insurance money still need grants to purchase ambulances it is not like there is excess money, it just helps enormously cover their day to day expenses.

    I do wonder if someone is able to shed light on the technical questions such as copays and billing to those without coverage, I am sure something has been worked out as other hatzolahs already are billing for years and Central hatzolah has already done so in the Catskills.

    2scents
    Participant

    Studies are one thing, reality is another…
    – We practice evidence based medicine, you would need studies to know the reality.

    Parents are coming in to our own Doctors immediately after vaccines, with issues that never occurred before.
    – You know that how?

    They’re being told that those issues are normal occurrences and have no relation to vaccines, based on these studies that you so stubbornly cling to…
    – You know that how?

    (If I can address my doctor here:)

    Reality check: Do the experiences of your own patients match the picture painted by all these studies?
    – Yes they do.

    Reality check: If parents keep telling you that this child was perfectly normal a few days ago, and now he’s not the same…
    – They do not say that.

    Reality check: If babies keep dying of SIDS within days of getting their shots…
    – babies are not dying, there has been a significant reduction in SIDS (and all postneonatal mortalities), Also this is a lie, you do not have access to the SIDS cases and their records, the ones that do have not found a correlation.

    Does that match what the studies are suggesting?
    – Yes.

    If something keeps occurring again and again, shouldn’t that set off an alarm?
    – If being the keyword.

    Take a look at β€œHear this well parents speak out” for a small sampling of testimony.

    Why are studies more conclusive than the patients that are walking through your very own doors?
    – It is not.

    With all respects to your Royal Highness PhD: You claim to be pro-science, but seem to be a total block head when it comes to reality unfolding right in front of your nose…
    – Says the one who makes up reality.

    As long as you keep giving multiple vaccines in a single visit (so you never know which vaccine caused an issue), and keep claiming that vaccine injuries are completely unheard of (so you can keep ignoring any connections)…
    – Connections to what?

    How can you ever claim to have the truth?
    – why not? You obviously have an agenda here, you despise medicine, evidence-based medicine that’s your thing, why are you accusing others of lying there has to be at least a number of doctors that are sincere?

    You’re just a parakeet for what you learned in med school, not a real scientist.
    – Ok, They do teach the science of medicine which you do not believe in, you are parakeet of ‘alternative’ people vs doctors that have spent years earning a degree in medicine, evidence based medicine.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms.

    Your making it very easy, you are just going in circles this has been discussed earlier in this very thread, yet you seem to not get it.

    “Because FAKE STUDIES are designed to prove whatever the Corporation/CDC PAYING for the study wants!
    This is what the Editors of the Most PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL JOURNALS say! See below:

    Editor of The New England Journal of Medicine β€œIt is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as editor of The New England Journal of Medicine”

    Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, wrote that β€œThe case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness”

    Actually, if you read the article, R. Horton actually writes that the science has greatly improved we now need to implement the updated and clean up old practices.

    The first paragraph (you do not even attribute it to the writer, seems like you didnt fully select all when you copy/pasted).

    Below is what has been written about this earlier.

    “a. Dr. Marcia Angell, to use this as an argument against vaccines is silly, she is a big believer in science, in the very same claim against published data she also makes the claim that alternative medicine has gained popularity yet, in reality, we should not acknowledge them, as only pure science should play a role, her concern was that we no longer use pure science in medicine to the extent that we should use.”

    In the future, it would be appreciated if you actually read the articles in its entirety rather than just posting snippets that seem to further your agenda.

    These people were all for science, they would discard anectodal stories in a heartbeat, they just wanted science to be even better.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    I would like to copy and paste my original post here, lets who is lying and who is twisting the truth.

    “Dooms,

    β€œ2Scents – explain to my WHY CDC refuses to do a Vaxxed vs UnVaxxed Study?”

    There are many explanations why it is not ethical not to vaccinate a group of people just for the purpose of a study, however the data is pretty clear, See below. (of course you only accept made up and twisted data that supports your theory, not true data).

    JAMA 2275444

    Conclusions and Relevance: In this large sample of privately insured children with older siblings, receipt of the MMR vaccine was not associated with increased risk of ASD, regardless of whether older siblings had ASD. These findings indicate no harmful association between MMR vaccine receipt and ASD even among children already at higher risk for ASD.”:

    This was my first post about the JAMA study, Does it seem like I am attempting to imply that the study was not focused on the MMR?, actually I clearly write that this is about the MMR!

    You then asked if this was vaxxed vs unvaxxed, the answer was in the affirmative, this was the case, oh.. if it is not ALL vaccines then its a lie, not sure what you are trying to gain by becoming too complicated and deviating from the actual facts. Oh, you are an ‘alternative person’..
    You to call someone a liar and then use this as part of an argument, just exposes you for who you are. As I noted multiple times you are a fraud and twist bits and pieces to get your point across.

    You are no better than the original anti-vaxxers in the 1800s that believed in all crazy stuff, those that were against the germ theory and believed that disease originates in the mind, those that believed that the vaccines are just a way to murder the masses. Those were all ignoramuses and would probably be institutionalized today based on their ridiculous beliefs, you are no better.

    2scents
    Participant

    Once again, interesting how Dooms is so engrossed in labeling me as a liar. Yet the lie was that I responded to dooms post that the studies that were presented were vaccinated vs unvaccinated, I still stand by that.

    It is children that were vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, vs children that were not.

    I guess this is a big deal for dooms, but the fact still remains that there has been no link between MMR vaccine and autism.

    This was the discussion at the time regardless of how dooms wants to twist this.

    In no way was I am implying that these studies were for other vaccines, autism was ONLY blamed (by Wakefield) on the MMR vaccine. this was a direct response to that.

    Now to your other question, yes there have been numerous studies on diseases that have increased recently, RETROSPECTIVE studies that clearly show no link between vaccines and these diseases.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    “Folks, was the debate on Why CDC refuses to do Vaxxed vs Unvaxxed ? Or a debate on MMR Vaccine as 2Cents lies? (and calls me an β€œIdiot” for saying the debate was on Vaxxed vs Unvaxxed study)”

    I am actually enjoying this, now the focus is if what I posted was a lie or not, great! now facts are not important and you consider this a win to a debate.

    However, as I have pointed out many times, this is not a debate I am looking to win rather the facts and truth is what form my opinion, the study was to compare MMR vaccinated vs unvaccinated. The discussion was about autism which was only blamed (by wakefield) on the MMR vaccine.

    Unlike you, I have not told you to go an google anything, I have posted actual studies with the intention that you and others will actually review them, these are not lies or twisting the truth. this is the actual truth.

    If you had the impression that I intended to imply that the studies I listed concluded something else than I implied, I had made this clear earlier that this was not the case, so what is your point here?

    Also, you have not responded, do you now acknowledge that the studies showing that the MMR vaccine is not linked to autism (which was the only vaccine that was blamed to cause autism) prove that there is no link?

    What OTHER studies are you looking for?

    You just keep on accusing me of lying, this is not about me, this is about the facts, seems like you have a problem with the facts, so you just hang on to accusations. fine with me.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    “Here is 2Cents Lying that there ARE vaxxed vs unvaxxed retrospective studies. But when I checked out the studies that 2Cents β€œpointed out” they are NOT vaxxed vs unvaxxed!!! And 2Cents writes that she KNEW they were not vaxxed vs unvaxxed when she posted that they WERE!”

    A. In case anyone was complimenting Dooms on being only on the facts and not on the name calling, well here you have Dooms calling me a liar, Guess what, your an idiot.

    you know you are an idiot? Because myself and others have addressed this very point you just made numerous times, yet you continue to bring it up as if you are adding some substance.
    Yes, this IS a retrospective study, and yes, it is limited to the MMR vaccine, where have I lied??

    I have mentioned this many times, this is about the MMR vaccine, which was the topic at the time that this was posted, however you are either very dumb or just a fraud so you hang your arguments on twisting the truth which is why most people that actually rely on true facts and true data are not with you in your cult-like anti-medicine belief.

    B. I have asked you specifically, what exactly do you want should be studied that has not been studied?

    C. Autism, that has been the claim against the MMR vaccine, that has been proven to be non-existent.

    D. All other diseases that we are seeing these days, have been studied with no correlation between the diseases and the vaccines. In fact, the vaccinated group has shown to have less of these diseases.

    E. SIDS, no correlation, in fact, there is a significant reduction with vaccinations. Just in case you will twist this one, not just SIDS has seen a significant reduction, postneonatal mortality, in general, has also seen a significant reduction, so whichever way you or your people at these radical fringe blogs want to twist this, there is a reduction. (lol to the comment about nurses standing by with crash carts for infants that are being vaccinated).

    F. The history of anti-vaccine is not recent, this has been ongoing since the very start. From claiming that smallpox is not dangerous to the point of arguing that disease is caused by the mind and the ‘germ theory’ is not true. Of course, we have Wakefield with his fraudulent study that began blaming the MMR vaccine on autism.
    His study was confirmed to be a manipulation of incorrect facts, he reported results that were false and did not even take the effort to defend his writings.

    So once again, where did I lie in this thread (I can point to numerous times that you have either intentionally lied or simply just posted what others have lied about) and also, what study are you looking for?

    2scents
    Participant

    Lucy,

    “Good to see someone who’s done their research, well done to you and for sharing it here. Most people just assume the science on vaccines has already been performed, it is only those who look deeper who discover that it hasn’t”

    Nothing personal against Doomsday, however almost everything that Dooms posted was proven to be incorrect, most of the posts are directly copied from age of autism site, not sure why you are patting dooms on the back about this.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    “Based on WHAT STUDIES did Vaccine Industry CHANGE the Vaccine Inserts from Recently Vaccinated ARE a Risk of spreading Disease to Recently Vaccinated are β€œlittle risk” of Spreading Disease???”

    Why are you giving out homework?

    If you really want to know, do a quick search, its the age of information. One example below.

    PubMed15106106

    2scents
    Participant

    Lucy,

    “I’m illustrating the fact that when you get away from the whitewashing sites and articles, you do see the industry themselves admitting that vaccines can cause crib death/SIDS.”

    Or, you see how the healthcare industry actually advises of these risks which means that this should be taken into consideration, not an admission not a whitewashing.

    This is actually THE websites that advise about the safety of vaccines, they do advise about this very concern.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    “But you are WRONG! These studies compare Vaxxed Children with Vaxxed Children – only difference is some got MMR and some did not! So it is NOT a Vaxxed vs Unvaxxed Study as You Provaxxers said it was.”

    You are correct, this is only focused on the MMR vaccine, this is what I intended to show when I posted these studies.
    Are you acknowledging the safety of the MMR shots by now moving away from the MMR and acknowledging these studies only to focus on other vaccines??

    are there any specific vaccines that you make any claims to?

    2scents
    Participant

    Lucy,

    “If one looks at the package insert for live vaccines such as MMR, there are warnings given that you can shed the virus onto others.”

    From Merck.

    “There are no reports of transmission of live attenuated measles or mumps viruses from vaccinees to
    susceptible contacts.”

    From CDC website:

    “Some vaccinees intermittently shed small amounts of virus from the pharynx 7-28 days after vaccination. However, studies of greater than 1,200 susceptible household contacts and experience gained over 20 years of vaccine use failed to identify transmission of vaccine virus. These findings indicate that vaccinating susceptible children whose mothers or other household contacts are pregnant does not present a risk. Rather, vaccination of such children provides protection for these pregnant women. ”

    No whitewashing here.

    2scents
    Participant

    Lucy,

    Not sure what your point is, this seems like a pretty clear advisory and warning from the pharmaceutical company, not a whitewash.

    in fact, it seems that the inserts you are quoting is in line what was published in Pediatrics.

    “Apnea occurring within 72 hours (peak, 12–24 hours) of administration of DTwP vaccine to ELBW infants <31 weeks’ gestation was described in up to 12% of recipients of whole-cell pertussis-containing vaccines in some studies”.

    Once we’re at it, any viral or bacterial infection for these smaller infants are considered dangerous and deadly.

    2scents
    Participant

    DaasYochid,

    This is from the Study.

    “Abstract
    We use data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (CLHNS) in the Philippines to link vaccination in the first 2 years of life with later physical and cognitive development in children. We use propensity score matching to estimate the causal effect of vaccination on child development. We find no effect of vaccination on later height or weight, but full childhood vaccination for measles, polio, Tuberculosis (TB), Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus (DPT) significantly increases cognitive test scores relative to matched children who received no vaccinations. The size of the effect is large, raising test scores, on average, by about half an SD.”

    Of course, this is just a correlation, does this mean that vaccines actually make people smarter? Probably not.
    This would not be a reason for one to vaccinate, nor is this part of the argument.

    There might be other factors on why children whose parents decided to vaccinate them scored better. However, if the results would have been the other way around, I am sure that the anti-vaxxers would have been all over this.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,


    “I asked you if these studies were vaxxed vs unvaxxed and you said yes, they were.
    NO, they are NOT. I don’t blame you. The researchers and government”

    This is not fraud, not sure why you have to label them like this, its only focused on the MMR vaccine, why does this constitute fraud??

    For now, can you lay to rest that there are studies comparing children with the MMR vaccine to children without the MMR vaccine which show that there is no difference to autism?

    What other studies are you looking for?

    There are studies comparing cognitive test scores that were done in the Philippines. Vaccinated children scored better.
    Regarding asthma and allergies, vaccinated children had a lower rate of those.

    2scents
    Participant

    Dooms,

    “The point is, Recently Vaccinated children CAN be contagious”

    Where are you taking this from? You just concluded that you erred and this is not the case.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1640142
    2scents
    Participant

    If the primary reason as to why Mr Rowe is stepping down was due to this being against daas torah, this would be a very valid reason and Mr Rowe should have said so, not just mention in passing reference that Rav Epstien also holds of his opinion.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1640144
    2scents
    Participant

    DaasYochid,

    “What it comes down to is that on several levels, accepting insurance is likely to have a negative affect on Hatzola’s effectiveness, as well as increase the likelihood of a chillul Hashem occurring.”

    Why do you say so?

    This has been done by many different Hatzolahs yet there has been no change on the side of patient care, this is only on the financial end.

    Furthermore, at times Hatzolah would ‘privatize’ transports, this usually occurs when they cannot get members to respond to a call, now there will be an incentive for those that manage the organization to have sufficient coverage and cover all calls, otherwise it means a loss of revenue and more difficult to cover their operating budget.

    again, the members will still be volunteers, the structure and character would not change. Only instead of completely relying on funds from the community, they will get much more by collecting insurance money that is already there, it only needs to be collected.

    I am not dismissing the argument on the opposing side, I have no clue about the specifics and it may very much be that there are valid reasons against billing insurance for transports that they already do, I just have just not yet heard a valid argument.

    in reply to: Herd Immunity for Dummies #1639666
    2scents
    Participant

    β€œ2scents and Milhouse are clearly pushing an agenda, are you a pediatrician that get paid for vaccinating your patients?”

    I cannot speak for others, but I prefer to base my position on facts and real science. When you or others oost nonsense and expect to get away with it, all I do is expose the truth. that in its own is an agenda.

    Now of course, once you reach a point of not being able to validate the conspiracy you so strongly believe in, you just blame everyone of being involved.

    If only your agenda would be to know the true facts you wouldn’t be so defensive, you would appreciate that lies and made up data is not something most people are ok with.

    in reply to: Herd Immunity for Dummies #1639584
    2scents
    Participant

    Sariray,

    Without even addressing your other points, incorrect statements mean lies, she lied and has an agenda.

    Now before repeating additional statements, it would make sense to actually verify them.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1639576
    2scents
    Participant

    Daas,

    All of this is assumptions, there are a number of other hatzolahs that collect from insurance and have been doing this for a very long time.

    Has it impacted their care to the community in a negative way?
    Do these areas base transports decisions on insurance compensation?

    If the answer is no, then these assumptions are proven to be incorrect.

    The answer is no. It so happens to be that the hatzolahs that have been collecting insurance are known to go the distance and transport decisions are based on the patients needs.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1639520
    2scents
    Participant

    Anonymous,

    There are billing companies that handle this, they would reach out to the hospital to obtain insurance information.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1639518
    2scents
    Participant

    Mammele,

    In that case, insurance will not compensate for the transport to the distant facility and will only pay the cost of s shorter transport.

    Unless there is a justification such as a required intervention that only the further facility is able to do.

    in reply to: Herd Immunity for Dummies #1639516
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    Regarding Polio in India, grossly incorrect.

    Vaccinations were below 60% until the government got involved, India is currently Polio free a direct result from vaccinations.

    Not only are the facts incorrect, they actually prove the opposite.

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    A. What fraud? They should have a quality assurance system like every ems system has, all documentation should be reviewed, if done properly there shouldnt an issue with fraud.

    B. Insurance does not dictate what treatment should or should not be done, they may refuse payment, yet the ems responders do not treat according to what insurance pays.

    Besides, government already controls ems treatment and protocols.

    C. I hope they have a solution to the legal technicalities.

    However this is already done for a very long time in a lot if different hatzolah systems, if it works for them, it should work for others.

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    Joseph,

    Here are some of the answers

    A. Polio never existed.
    B. It never killed anyone, never paralyzed anyone.
    C. Its still here, just under another name.
    D. It decided to disappear on its own.
    E. All the above.

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1639355
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    Ubiquitin,

    You make valid points and I am not familiar with the structure. However you call them private and for profit, are the hatzolohs that already collect private and for profit agencies?

    Is it a bad thing that they no longer will be dependent on our donations to cover their operating budget?

    in reply to: Hatzolah Billing Insurance #1639275
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    There are a number of technicalities such as copays and documentation, I hope they have this all figured out.

    I do not believe that the infrastructure or the patient care side, which is what we, the public is exposed to will change one bit. Other than having more finances for better equipment and more stuff that will enhance patient care.

    They will still remain a volunteer agency regardless if they collect insurance or not.

    From what I understand Catskill Hatzolah has already collected from insurance and several other areas are doing this for many years, has that had any negative impact on their patient care, are those areas now considered β€˜private’ or they are still volunteer based?

    The members are not getting paid, instead insurance is being collected to cover operating expenses and purchase of new ambulances and equipment.

    The Hatzolah model seems to have a greater cost compared to the traditional ems model, they need to outfit individual units vs just outfiting an ambulance.

    Regardless, I am not very familiar with the opposing positions and I am sure that there compelling arguments against collecting insurance money.

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    Health,

    I read most of that case, there is no mention of the cotwatch, furthermore, the court acknowledges that there is no evidence that the shot was connected to the SIDS, there were many other possible factors including the fact that the child was born prematurely and was recently taken to the hospital for respiratory complaints.

    Also, the child was found face down, with a pillow and loose blanket.

    Yet the court ruled that the parents do not have the burden of proving the link, and the pharmaceutical company has not proven that there was a different cause to the SIDS.

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    Dooms,

    Other than a few Facebook posts and some silly radical anti-medicine sites, I have not seen any information about the CotWatch you so strongly hold by.

    As requested earlier, it would be appreciated if you can point me in the direction of more information. So I do not have to take your word for it. (it has to be more than her word, or some blog or Facebook post),

    Even modern apnea monitors are worthless, they beep nonstop and are grossly inaccurate, let alone the monitor that she alone designed a very long time ago.

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    Dooms,

    “Wrong! Thimerosal was NOT removed. It was shuffled around. When it was EXPOSED that the amount of
    mercury in vaccines exceeded EPA safety guidelines,”

    Would you mind pointing out which CHILDREN vaccine still contain Thimerosal?

    Furthermore, now that it has been removed from all Children vaccines and is only used in SOME flu vaccines (multi-dose vials), has that affected the rate of autism?

    I will repeat, unlike you stated, thimerosal has not been shifted around, no children vaccines still contain them, even the flu shots are available as single dose vials without Thimerosal.

    So what you said is incorrect, others would call it a lie. (by the way, this has been discussed earlier yet you just fail to acknowledge it and keep on repeating this lie).

    Where are you getting your (mis)information? is it from age of autism??

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    Dooms,

    “I have a saved copy of the 2014 John Hopkins Patient Guide which DID state that the immunocompromised should avoid recently compromised. You can still see the 2014 Patient Guide online. Also the Vaccine Inserts
    used to say that recently vaccinated can shed the virus for 6 weeks and should avoid the immunocompromised.”

    Your point?

    The data shows otherwise, the advisories and patient guides have been updated to reflect what the data shows.

    You, on the other hand, refuse to acknowledge that data and facts are what matter, so you will keep copies of old outdated manuals and live by them.

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    Dooms,

    Is the source of your information the website age of autism??

    “1. Johns Hopkins Patient Guide warns the immunocompromised to β€œAvoid contact with children who are recently vaccinated,” and to β€œTell friends and family who are sick, or have recently had a live vaccine (such as chicken pox, measles, rubella, intranasal influenza, polio or smallpox) not to visit”.

    Can you please point out where the guide is?

    This has long not been the case, in fact, John Hopkins went out of the way to clear this misconception and write that this is not the case and there is no risk even for cancer patients.

    “2. Adults have contracted polio from recently vaccinated infants. A father from Staten Island ended up in a wheel chair after contracting polio while changing his daughter’s diaper. He received a 22.5 million dollar award in 2009.”

    Adults, or just one case?
    This was from the OPV, this happened nearly 30 years ago. The OPV vaccine is not given in the united states.

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    Dooms.

    “Talking to yourself? Aren’t you the one who repeated the Lie: β€œThere are NO studies linking Vaccines with Autism except for the fraudulent study by Wakefield.””

    Why is it a lie? I am still waiting for you to point me to one such study so I can review it.

    Besides, the point was that YOU are just repeating stuff that have been refuted and earlier, yet you just repeat it again and again.

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    Dooms,

    A. There are retrospective studies, I have pointed out a few, why are you still requesting them when they actually exist?

    B. Can you please point me to a study that links vaccines to autism?

    2scents
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    Dooms,

    I admire your persistence, despite being proven incorrect you still keep on repeating the same statements as if they are facts.

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    Dooms,

    Can you please provide the source for someone receiving compensation based on the Cotwath breathing?

    Dr Scheibner claimed in 1993 that vaccines are the main contributor to SIDS, yet from 1992 until 2006 vaccination rates went from 53% to 92%, yet in the same time SIDS has decreased with 81%.

    She does not have the credentials to have an opinion, the data she provided was proven to be incorrect, the Japan claims she madehas proven to just the opposite of what she claimed.

    In fact, there are many studies done that show that vaccines actually reduce the cases of SIDS. PubMed 17400342.

    As was mentioned earlier, Dr Scheiber was awarded the bent spoon aware. which is awarded to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of pseudoscientific piffle” (in case you didn’t realize, not much of a prestigious award).

    So yes, the rest of the world does not fall for studies that are incorrect, studies that contain incorrect facts, so we discard her junk science and her little invention.

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    Dooms,

    “Well the Provaxxers went crazy attacking Dr. Scheibner because she was not a Medical Doctor or a Medical Researcher but a GEOLOGIST! As if that matters! The ProVaxxers could not refute what Dr. Scheibner
    PROVED so they resorted to attacking Dr. Scheibner.”

    I wrote a response to this, not sure why it did not go through.

    Basically, her work was proven to be incorrect, the data she used was incorrect I will not go so far as to say she intentionally did so, yet I would not be surprised if she was bent on reaching her predetermined conclusion and falsified the data.

    In short, in 1993 she wrote that in her book that vaccines are the main reason behind SIDS, however from 1992 until 2006, vaccine rates in Austraila went from 53% to 92%.
    In the same time, SIDS had a 81% decrease.

    There are numerous studies that actually prove that vaccines are associated with reduced SIDS, (PubMed 17400342).

    You mention that her Cotwatch breathing was used to win compensation, where is your source to this claim?

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    Turth,

    “DR ROBERT MENDELSON
    If immunizations were responsible for the diminishing or disappearance of these diseases in the United States, one must ask why they disappeared simultaneously in Europe, where mass immunizations did not take place.”

    I am sure that you are familiar with Dr Mendelsohn’s work, He was anti-medicine and had a whole list of stuff against medicine, including that male doctors, mistreat female patients.
    He was also of the opinion that all prenatal care we do is dangerous, he also was a strong advocate against hospital births.

    He was not the only physician that was against vaccines,

    Dr. Immanuel Pfeiffer argued that smallpox is not contagious. after being invited to a hospital in Boston he contracted smallpox and became critically ill.

    Maybe if Dr. Mendelsohn would not be against medicine, he would still be alive today.

    Being that some of you consider yourself pro measles and pro polio, how about we redo the challenge that was done in the early 1900s, and subject yourself to these yummy viruses.

    Unfortunately, there are a number of recent hospitalizations and admissions to ICU of unvaccinated children that contracted the measles virus, they developed bad cases of pneumonia, these are the short-term complications.

    These children are victims of their parents’ nonsensical belief that is based on garbage science.

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