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New concerns over swine flu jab after children given it ‘hit by sudden sleep syndrome’
By Jo Macfarlane
Last updated at 10:33 PM on 23rd April 2011
A swine flu vaccine which has been given to thousands of children in Britain may cause the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness and nodding off suddenly without warning.
All packets of the vaccine Pandemrix will have to carry a warning about the risk following a ruling by the EU regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Side effects: Within weeks of having the Pandemrix jab, Joshua Hadfield began sleeping 18 hours a day and his mother says his personality completely changed
The EMA, which is currently investigating the effects of the vaccine, has also told doctors to weigh up the potential risks before injecting children against the deadly H1N1 virus.
There have been seven reported cases of narcolepsy in the UK linked to the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine – four of them children.
The condition can also cause temporary muscle paralysis, hallucinations and problems concentrating.
Caroline Hadfield, of Frome, Somerset, believes her five-year-old son Joshua contracted narcolepsy after being vaccinated with Pandemrix last January.
Within weeks of having the jab, Joshua began sleeping 18 hours a day and Mrs Hadfield says his personality completely changed.
Full of life: Josh age 3 in 2009, 6 months before the vaccination jab
Mrs Hadfield, 40, said: ‘I believe this link will eventually be confirmed. I’m very angry about it.
‘I researched the vaccine carefully before agreeing to let Joshua have it and thought I was protecting him. Now he’s saddled with this for life.
‘There should have been more testing before it was rolled out and it should have been destroyed at the first suggestion of any problems.’
Pandemrix is the main vaccine used in this country to protect against H1N1. It was introduced in the swine flu pandemic of 2009. It has been given to six million people and the Government recommended all children under the age of five should have the immunisation during the initial outbreak.
Pandemrix is still being used as the virus remains in circulation, and doses from the Government’s stockpile were rolled out this winter after supplies of the seasonal flu vaccine ran low.
Children were not included in the list of at-risk groups who automatically received the vaccine during the 2010/11 winter, but many parents elected to pay privately for their youngsters to have the vaccine because of a large number of severe swine flu cases in under-fives.
Narcolepsy is a rare condition which affects just 30,000 people in the UK, including 400 children.
The EMA investigation was launched in August last year after a surge in cases of narcolepsy on the Continent following swine flu vaccination campaigns. In France,
25 cases were reported, including 11 in children under the age of 16.
Danger: All packets of the vaccine Pandemrix will have to carry a warning about the risk following a ruling by the EU regulator, the European Medicines Agency
Experts in Finland revealed last month that children who had the vaccination were nine times more likely to develop narcolepsy.
And in Sweden research found the risk was four times greater.
The same effect has not been witnessed in adults given the injection.
The EMA has now ruled that leaflets in Pandemrix boxes must include the words: ‘Preliminary reports from epidemiological studies in two countries have indicated a four to nine-fold increase of narcolepsy in vaccinated as compared with unvaccinated children and adolescents – corresponding to an absolute risk increase of about three to four additional cases in 100,000 vaccinated subjects.’
The label updates are intended as an ‘interim measure’ until the investigation is completed in July, the EMA said.
A spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline said 247 cases of narcolepsy had been reported worldwide.
He added: ‘Further information must be gathered on a potential likelihood of a causal relationship between Pandemrix and narcolepsy before any conclusions can be drawn. GSK is committed to patient safety.’
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: ‘Flu vaccines have an excellent safety record.’
Children told to be tested for HIV after flu vaccines reused
FORT COLLINS – A clinic in Northern Colorado is advising parents of children who received a pediatric flu shot from their offices to get tested for some blood-borne diseases including HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C after their vaccine syringes were shared between patients.
Med Peds Clinic of Fort Collins sent out a letter on April 6 stating a medical assistant at the office took the pre-measured children’s influenza vaccine and only gave half to each child, assuming it was the adult dosage. Children between 6 months and 35 months are only supposed to receive half of the recommended dosage for adults.
Since children are supposed to receive two doses of the pediatric influenza vaccine within a month of each other, the assistant removed the needle from each half-full syringe, assuming it was an adult dose, and replaced it with a sterile needle, but not a new syringe.
Med Peds says she then placed the used syringes in a box marked “second doses,” which also contained unused, fully-filled pediatric vaccines.
The clinic says some of the half-used vaccines were then used inadvertently on children returning for their second shot.
The medical assistant has been fired, Med Peds says.
“Apparently, somebody wasn’t following policy and procedure and it puts infants in danger, so [I'm] not a big fan of them right now,” father Cary Bergeron, whose infant was vaccinated at Med Peds, said. “She [my daughter] was born flawless, and now, by someone else’s mistake, something bad could happen.”
Med Peds says the first concern for patients is they didn’t receive a full influenza vaccine. They say children between 6 months and 35 months who received two does during the 2010-2011 flu season may need two shots again during the 2011-2012 flu season to be fully vaccinated.
“We are handling this with our patients directly. We have talked to majority of our patients in person. We are a little dismayed that one of our former medical assistants did not follow procedure when handling this,” Dr. Mark S. Simmons with Med Peds said.
The clinic, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and The Children’s Hospital says the chances of a child who was vaccinated with the tampered shot has a very low chance of contracting an infectious disease. The CDPHE still suggests the children who received the tampered vaccines be tested now and again six months from the date of the second dose for blood-borne pathogens like Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
“We are looking into this incident and their practice is cooperating. We have directed the office to notify all patients. We do not believe there is any public health risks outside of the risks to the patients treated at Med Peds. Even that risk we believe to those patients is extremely low,” Mark Salley with the CDPHE said.
The clinic says they are taking precautions to make sure this doesn’t happen again in the future.
“We are writing this letter to express our sincere apology for the mistake this former employee made. Please be confident we have carefully evaluated the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter and have taken steps to prevent future incidents from happening,” the letter that went out to patients said.
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GPs must return flu vaccine over narcolepsy fears
Scientists have linked drug to sleep disorder
By JEROME REILLY
Sunday April 03 2011
The Heath Service Executive (HSE) will remove all stocks of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix from GPs’ surgeries, the Sunday Independent has learned.
The vaccine has been linked to the disabling sleep disorder, narcolepsy.
Last week, this newspaper revealed that eight people who received the swine flu vaccine in Ireland have developed the devastating disorder, with most of the cases involving teenagers and young adults.
Now, the HSE has taken the decision to visit GP surgeries around the country and collect the vaccine made by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.
All GPs who received consignments of Pandemrix have been contacted in a letter from Dr Kevin Kelleher, the agency’s assistant national director of Population Health and Health Protection.
In the directive, Dr Kelleher states: “I am sure you are aware of reports from Finland and more recently from Sweden regarding a possible association between the use of Pandemrix and the onset of narcolepsy in young people.
“In early January, I advised you that Pandemrix was only recommended if you had a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine.
“As additional stocks of seasonal flu vaccine were delivered to all sites that requested them from the end of January, there has been no requirement to use Pandemrix in any age group.
“Arrangements will be made over the coming weeks to collect stocks of Pandemrix from all general practice sites.”
Last week, a new Swedish study found an increased risk of developing narcolepsy among children vaccinated with Pandemrix.
Sweden’s Medical Products Agency concluded that those under 20 vaccinated with Pandemrix may be four times as likely to develop narcolepsy than those who did not get the shot.
The Swedish findings by the Lakemedelsverket agency broadly reflect a recent study in Finland, though that investigation found that the risk of children suffering from narcolepsy was nine times higher among those vaccinated with Pandemrix.
Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among young people.
Last week, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) said: “The IMB has received a large number of suspected adverse-reaction reports and queries in association with the pandemic influenza vaccines since October 2009, the vast majority of which were consistent with the expected pattern of adverse events for the vaccines.
“Eight reports of narcolepsy-type sleep disorders have been notified in relation to Pandemrix, most of which have been very recently received and are currently being followed up for additional information.”
The vaccination of children and adolescents in Finland with Pandemrix was suspended last year until a link to narcolepsy had either been ruled out or detected.
A spokeswoman for the IMB told the Sunday Independent that it was supportive of the latest move by the HSE to remove stocks of Pandemrix from GPs.
In additional information supplied to family doctors, the HSE describes narcolepsy as “a disabling chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness.”
However, it also noted that narcolepsy is often accompanied by a range of other frightening symptoms including cataplexy — a sudden loss of muscle tone that is often confused with epilepsy and sometimes leads to a total collapse of the patient.
Other symptoms that can develop gradually include sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations — extremely vivid hallucinations that occur at the boundary between sleeping and waking.
GPs are told in the HSE directive that while there has been an increase in narcolepsy in Finland and Sweden, it has not been noted in all countries using Pandemrix.
“No increase has been seen in the United Kingdom, which also used Pandemrix,” the briefing document noted.
The European Centre for Disease Control is undertaking a study in nine European countries, with the results expected by July this year.
“The European Medicines Agency has stated that no definitive conclusions can be drawn until further studies are completed and has therefore not recommended any changes to the marketing authorisation for Pandemrix,” it said.
Here, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre will now work with the IMB to examine data available on narcolepsy in Ireland.
“In summary, there has been conflicting data emerging in relation to narcolepsy and the situation is as yet unclear,” the HSE told Irish doctors.
- JEROME REILLY
Sunday Independent
Call for boys to get HPV vaccine
The Daily Mirror has reported that “experts are calling for boys to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) after a study has found that 50% of men are infected with the virus”. Some strains of HPV have been linked to cancers, including cervical cancer in women and cancers of the penis, oral cavity and anus. Some strains also cause genital warts in males and females.
The news is based on an international study which checked 1,159 men for the virus every six months for over two years. The research in Brazilian, Mexican and American adults looked at rates of new infections and how quickly the men cleared their infections. It reportedly found that each year 6% of men acquire the cancer-causing strains of HPV. It also found that having a higher number of female and male sexual partners was linked to a higher risk of infection.
Understanding the rates at which HPV infections occur and clear is useful for developing potential strategies for male HPV vaccination. However, on its own this research does not justify vaccinating all UK boys against the virus, particularly as the study looked at foreign adults. Assessing the case for male HPV vaccination will require careful consideration and further data to see if the potential benefits would justify the costs.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from H Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre in Tampa, Florida; the Ludwig Institute for Research on Cancer in Brazil, and the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico. It was funded by the US National Cancer Institute and was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal, The Lancet.
The newspapers have covered the research itself well, but their claims that boys should be given the HPV vaccine oversimplify the issue: establishing a vaccination programme is a complex process. Decisions about who should be vaccinated must consider whether the benefits for individuals and the population justify the costs involved. This type of planning work was carried out prior to setting up the national HPV vaccination programme for girls in this country. Also, while the media has suggested that the study lends further weight to the case for vaccinating UK boys, the research evaluated the prevalence and incidence of disease in adult males in overseas populations.
What kind of research was this?
HPV is readily transmitted during sexual intercourse. The researchers say that it is important to understand the infection in men because male sexual behaviour affects rates of HPV infection and disease in female partners. A vaccine has been developed to reduce HPV-related diseases in women but there is limited research to inform us of its benefits in men. Researchers in this study set up a cohort study called the HPV in Men (HIM) study to determine the course of the disease in adult males in three countries: Brazil, Mexico and the US.
What did the research involve?
The study included adult men with no current or previous diagnosis of anal or penile cancers, and no current or previous diagnosis of genital warts. They were recruited via:
- a clinic providing genitourinary services and population-wide advertising in Brazil
- a health plan in Mexico that serviced factories and the military
- a university, and from the general population in Florida
The intention was to assess the participants every six months for four years. At each assessment, swabs were taken from the penis and scrotum to detect whether there was any infection with HPV and which strains were present. On each occasion, the participants also completed a self-report questionnaire about their sexual behaviour.
Swabs from a total of 1,159 men were available for analysis. They were divided into three age groups: 18 to 30 years, 31 to 44 years and 45 to 70 years. Their average age was 32 years. The majority were sexually active, heterosexual, white, uncircumcised and non-smokers. The men were reported to be given ‘compensation’ to encourage their participation, although the study paper does not provide any detail on this process. However, only 10% of the starting population completed three years of follow-up.
From the wealth of data collected, the researchers assessed the rate of new infections with HPV and how long it took men to clear their infections. Infections were classified as positive if any of the swabs tested positive for one or more of 37 HPV strains. Infections were further grouped into oncogenic infections, i.e. with a strain that causes cancer. Infections with other types were classed as non-oncogenic. Researchers also performed separate analyses to determine the rate and prevalence of infection with HPV16, the strain known to cause cervical cancer in females.
Men who were free of any HPV infection at the study start were included in the analyses assessing rates of new infection. Those with an infection at the start of the study were included in analyses determining the rate of clearance of infection, i.e. how long it took after a positive test for a man to have two consecutive negative tests.
The researchers determined which factors were linked to infection based on the information collected through questionnaires. They conducted subgroup analyses to see whether rates of infection were different according to country, smoking status, education, the number of lifetime sexual partners and whether the participant had male anal sex partners in the previous three months.
What were the basic results?
In total, 50% of the men were infected with HPV at the start of the study. During follow-up, new genital HPV infection occurred at a rate of 38.4 per 1,000 person-months. Men reporting at least 50 sexual partners were at twice the risk of having a cancer-causing HPV infection than men reporting no more than one partner. Having more than three recent male anal sex male partners also more than doubled the risk.
There was little difference across the age groups in the rate of new infection. Any HPV infection lasted about seven and a half months in men. Infection with the cancer-causing HPV16 lasted more than a year on average.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers conclude that the study provides much-needed data about the incidence and clearance of HPV infection in men. They also conclude that the data is essential for the “development of realistic cost-effectiveness models for male HPV vaccination internationally”.
Conclusion
This was a large cohort study of men from selected populations that gives some insight into the burden of HPV infection in men. It does not assess the effects of vaccination in this population, but rather it investigates how the disease occurs in males. The researchers state that the way in which the participants were recruited to the study means that the findings may not be generalisable to the wider population, even within the countries from which these samples were drawn.
On the basis of this research, some news sources have argued that boys should be vaccinated against HPV, just as girls under the current national HPV vaccination programme introduced in 2008. The vaccine is largely given to girls aged 12 to 13 years through their secondary schools. Vaccination is also offered to girls aged 14 to 17 in a catch-up programme. While scientists have considered vaccinating boys too, the argument against has often been one of cost-effectiveness, i.e. that the benefits of vaccinating males may not justify the costs.
This new research provides important information about the incidence of new HPV infections in men and how long it takes them to clear the infections. These types of data points are important for developing cost-effectiveness models that can be used to assess whether it is worthwhile introducing population-wide male HPV vaccination programmes.
The study data provided by this research is useful and informative, but it should be remembered that most cancers caused by HPV occur in females, who therefore stand to benefit more from vaccination on an individual level. As such, they have been a priority target for vaccination programmes in this country. Another limitation that stops this study data from directly informing the debate on vaccinating UK boys is the fact that the research looked at foreign adult males aged 18 and over: the findings of the study do not apply to adolescents and may not reflect the incidence of HPV in the UK.
Previous research has looked at the possibility of an HPV vaccination programme for boys in this country. It suggested that it would not be cost-effective: while the study provides some important data that may refine models of cost-effectiveness, it is an oversimplification to claim that boys should be vaccinated on the basis of these findings.
Are MMR vaccines dangerous for children?
Mike Adams
NaturalNews
February 2, 2011
Are routine vaccines dangerous for children? Dr Suzanne Humphries, a practicing nephrologist (kidney physician) says the vaccine industry isn’t giving people both sides of the story, and parents need to get informed before subjecting their children to vaccines that can potentially cause serious harm or even death.
It’s all being revealed in a one-hour NaturalNews interview with Dr Suzanne Humphries. You can view the entire interview on NaturalNews.TV at: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=BAE7F…
In that interview, you’ll hear Dr Humphries talk about:
• Why she became concerned about vaccines after noticing kidney failure in patients who recently received vaccines.
• Why vaccines are often contaminated with unknown viral strains, and why the vaccine industry has covered up known vaccine contamination (and knowingly sold contaminated vaccines to be used on the public).
• Why the entire vaccine industry needs to be questioned, and why a new effort is needed to scientifically assess whether vaccines are really safe or effective.
• Why the fairy tale that “vaccines eradicated polio” is a false mythology — here’s what really happened.
• Why the “smallpox” vaccine has never been proven to be effective against smallpox at all.
• Why vaccine industry research is extremely flimsy and ignores rigorous standards of scientific evidence. (Using improper placebos designed to minimize the appearance of side effects, for example.)
• Why the vaccine industry won’t test vaccines versus unvaccinated children (they’re terrified of the results).
• Why children caught up in outbreaks of measles are often the very same children who were vaccinated against measles!
• Why vaccines may actually suppress the immune system and cause increased vulnerability to future infections.
• Why many childhood infections such as chicken pox are perfectly natural, normal and even HEALTHY.
• Why the outlandish and unscientific behavior of the vaccine industry is causing an erosion of credibility across all “science.”
• Why many of the people engaged in pushing vaccines have financial ties to vaccine companies.
• Why the vaccine industry is utterly unwilling to tolerate anyone asking intelligent questions about the safety of vaccines.
Hear all this and more in this exclusive interview with Dr Suzanne Humphries:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=BAE7F…
Dr Humphries is one of the signers of the groundbreaking new document just released by the International Medical Council on Vaccination, called VACCINES: Get the Full Story: http://www.naturalnews.com/Vaccines…
Stay tuned to NaturalNews.com for yet more interviews and breaking news about vaccines in the days ahead. We will air an interview with Dr Sherri Tenpenny tomorrow, followed by an exclusive video interview with Dr Andrew Wakefield the following day.
If you haven’t yet seen the video from Cryshame, which shows an autistic child damaged by vaccines, you can view it here: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=5659B…
Note, also, that nearly all those who push vaccines are also pushers of GMOs. Both poisons are being forced upon the world in the name of “science,” but both are actually based on extreme distortions of science and driven by for-profit corporate agendas.
Documents prove innocence from allegations of vaccine autism data fraud
Dr Wakefield demands retraction from BMJ after documents prove innocence from allegations of vaccine autism data fraud
(NaturalNews) In light of new evidence that has emerged clearing Dr Wakefield of the allegations that he fabricated study data involving MMR vaccines and symptoms of autism, Dr Wakefield is now publicly demanding a retraction from the British Medical Journal and author Brian Deer. Documents just made public reveal that another medical research team which included a senior pathologist independently documented evidence of a possible MMR vaccine – autism link 14 months before Dr Wakefield’s paper first appears in The Lancet — based on several of the same children appearing in Dr Wakefield’s study. (http://www.naturalnews.com/031116_D…)
These documents include detailed clinical notes describing the pathology in seven children following MMR vaccination. These notes include references to “autism” and chronic gastrointestinal inflammation, among others.
This evidence, which was just made public, refutes the accusations of fraud leveled against Dr Andrew Wakefield by the British Medical Journal and reporter Brian Deer. This evidence was made available to the BMJ before the publication of their accusations, but they chose to ignore it. Dr Wakefield, in essence, has been falsely accused by the BMJ in what is now being widely recognized as a political witch hunt against the most visible researcher questioning the safety of MMR vaccines.
BMJ caught in highly politicized scientific fraud
The BMJ, in essence, has been caught pulling off what may be the largest scientific fraud ever perpetrated by any medical journal in the history of the world. It grossly misrepresented the facts in falsely accusing Dr Wakefield of fabricating the clinical trial data that led to his landmark study being published in The Lancet in 1998. The innocence of Dr Wakefield has now been established by these newly-released documents.
The British Medical Journal also failed to disclose that its own finances are largely funded by vaccine manufacturers who fill the journal with paid advertising, and that such financial ties may have influenced the journal’s decision to attempt to destroy the reputation of a researcher whose findings threatened the profits of its top sponsors. If you follow the money in this story, in other words, it leads right to the editors of BMJ, whose salaries are effectively financed by vaccine manufacturers. This all-important conflict of interest is almost never discussed in the mainstream media, by the way.
In light of the evidence that has now been made public, clearing Dr Andrew Wakefield of any wrongdoing, Dr Wakefield is publicly demanding that the BMJ issue a full retraction of its Brian Deer article accusing Dr Wakefield of fabricating the data. His statement is entitled, “Uncovered Documents Prove There Was No Fraud in Lancet Case Series” and is included here in its entirety:
STATEMENT BY DR. ANDREW WAKEFIELD
Uncovered Documents Prove There Was No Fraud in Lancet Case Series
British Medical Journal and Sunday Times author Brian Deer misrepresent facts in latest articles wrongly accusing Dr. Wakefield of altering clinical histories of autistic children
In a series of articles published in the UK Sunday Times and the British Medical Journal (BMJ), written by freelance journalist Brian Deer and BMJ editor Dr. Fiona Godlee (1), I am accused of altering the clinical histories and test results in autistic children in order to manufacture a novel disease – a disease described in The Lancet in 1998 that Brian Deer claims does not exist. I have documents that confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that I did not falsify this data; that the finding of bowel disease in these children is real; and that these findings were accurately reported in The Lancet in 1998.
The first document (2) describes 7 of The Lancet children and was written by Professor John Walker-Smith in December 1996, 14 months before The Lancet paper was published. Professor Walker-Smith prepared this document in an exercise that, in his words, “was totally unrelated to Andy Wakefield” (3). The document was a report prepared for a scientific meeting, and was based upon Professor Walker-Smith’s own independent assessment of the children’s condition.
He was assisted by a senior pathologist and an expert in bowel disease, Dr. Dhillon, who reported on the microscopic findings in the children’s intestinal tissues. This independent analysis was conducted to a high level of scientific rigor, and are the precise findings reported in The Lancet.
These documents, including Professor Walker-Smith’s report; the transcript of his sworn testimony before the UK medical regulator (2), the General Medical Council (GMC), and the relevant sections of the statement of Dr. Dhillon to the GMC3; were available to Deer and the editors of the BMJ well in advance of their recent publication. (4) They knew, or should have known, that their allegations against me were false. It is clear that the BMJ acted recklessly by failing to check these facts adequately before making their false allegations.
On the basis of this evidence, the British Medical Journal must retract these articles, or face the consequences.
(1) Author of BMJ articles only
(2) http://www.vaccinesafetyfirst.com/p…
(3) http://www.vaccinesafetyfirst.com/p…
(4) Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines – The Truth Behind a Tragedy, published by Skyhorse Publishing in May 2010 and Wakefield’s complaint about Brian Deer to the UK’s Press Complaints Commission at www.cryshame.org
Read Callous Disregard to learn more truth
Dr Andrew Wakefield is the author of Callous Disregard, the book that documents the truth behind conventional medicine’s political witch hunt to destroy anyone who questions the safety of vaccines. The book is sold everywhere, including Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Callous-Disre…
Sources for this story include:
http://www.vaccinesafetyfirst.com/p…
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031117_BMJ_Dr_Andrew_Wakefield.html#ixzz1CArZS8p9
Teachers blamed for record number of children being prescribed ‘chemical cosh’
By Kate Loveys
Last updated at 10:33 AM on 21st January 2011
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The vast majority of the children on ‘chemical cosh’ were given the potent drug on the instruction of their teacher
Teachers have been blamed for the record number of children prescribed ‘chemical cosh’ drugs such as Ritalin.
There are now some 650,000 eight to 13-year-olds on the drug or its equivalents.
This marks an astonishing rise, up from 92,700 in 1997 and just 9,000 in 1990, according to NHS figures.
Yesterday it emerged the vast majority of the children were given the potent drug on the instruction of their teacher.
Critics say staff are too quick to dish out drugs if their pupils get restless – in an effort to keep control of the classroom. And experts warned of the damage inflicted on ‘developing minds’.
Amphetamine-like Ritalin is prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, by increasing alertness and improving aspects of concentration and memory.
Tom Burkard, of the Centre for Policy Studies think-tank, said: ‘Due to health and safety regulations and unstimulating education techniques, kids are expected to sit still at a desk for six to eight hours
a day. To think they will not fidget and get
restless is completely unrealistic. Then the teachers, struggling to cope, get the children dosed up on drugs so they can control the classroom.’
Russell Hobby, of head teachers’ union the NAHT, agreed it was an increasing problem but said issues in society as a whole, not teachers, were to blame.
He added: ‘It’s an increasing issue in our society. We label children as having medical conditions when they just have minor behavioural problems.’
T.R.I.A.G.E. concept used to illustrate the globalist agenda
John Butler
JohnButlerA’s Channel
January 21, 2011
An amazing animated vignette by John Butler utilizes the T.R.I.A.G.E. concept to illustrate the globalist agenda and the coming police state.
T.R.I.A.G.E. is an acronym for
Target
Respond
Identify
Administer
Globalize
Exit
T.R.I.A.G.E Video
More videos by Butler:
Fire and Forget Video
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US probing seizures reported after Sanofi flu shot
Kate Kelland
Reuters
January 21, 2011
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday it was starting a review of the safety of Sanofi-Aventis’s (SASY.PA) heart drug Multaq after two cases of liver failure in patients on the drug.
In a separate move, the EU drugs regulator also said it was recommending approval of Sanofi’s prostate cancer drug Jevtana.
Jevtana is already available in the United States and the French drugmaker said response to the drug there had exceeded its expectations. Recommendations by the agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) are usually endorsed by the European Commission within a couple of months.
