(b. 1936) - virologist, Ph.D. D., member of the Russian National Committee on Bioethics (RNKB) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the International Society of Human Rights (ISHR), author of a number of books on vaccination.
Recently, the medical community has been intensely discussing the issue of mandatory vaccinations and their effectiveness. In particular, about the need for vaccination with the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. Several generations of “all vaccinated” people have already grown up. Meanwhile, tuberculosis still remains one of the most serious chronic diseases; Moreover, Russia is in a state of tuberculosis epidemic. Against this background, the dispute between opponents of vaccinations and those who insist on their obligatory nature has moved into a fundamentally different area. Opponents of vaccinations believe that since tuberculosis has not been defeated with the help of a vaccine, then, apparently, it is worth reconsidering the attitude towards vaccination, since in some cases, in their opinion, the vaccine reduces the already weak immunity of the child. Phthisiatricians, who deal with tuberculosis every day as part of their duties, claim that the vaccine is harmless, and unvaccinated children have a 100% chance in the current conditions of becoming 100% disabled or simply dying from tuberculosis. Both want to protect children from a terrible disease.
Dangerous “small disease”
Let’s make it clear right away that the phrase “everyone in a row” is not ours. It is taken from the publications of pediatricians who promote the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in Russia exclusively through vaccinations of “all children in a row.” If we take into account the publications of domestic specialists, among them, for example, neonatologist, academician V.A. Tabolin, then, starting from the 60s of the outgoing century, “practically healthy” newborns are practically absent. This has a lot to do with the health of children and adolescents, where the domestic system of irrational use of vaccines plays an important role.
When in 1948 they began to carry out total mass BCG vaccination in all urban and rural maternity hospitals, numerous specialists (pediatricians and phthisiatricians) expressed doubts about the harmlessness of such an event. BCG is a live antibacterial vaccine and cannot be indifferent to a highly susceptible contingent of people in whose bodies these vaccine mycobacteria must multiply, introducing “minor tuberculosis disease”. Given the imperfection of the immune system of newborns, an artificially created “minor disease” is unpredictable. In addition, BCG is a strong allergenic factor that can provoke any latent infection with which a child is born, transforming it into an active-acute form, which is completely undesirable during the neonatal period.
When conducting BCG vaccination among tuberculin-positive children, it was found that they were not vaccinated with the vaccine. This is explained primarily by the fact that these children already have a latent tuberculosis infection caused by either vaccine or other strains of mycobacteria, in the presence of which the administration of BCG does not produce the desired specific immune response. But the administration of BCG is also useless in the case when the child is not susceptible to tuberculosis.
It must also be remembered that a “tuberculin-positive” reaction can also be due to immunogenetic memory, which is passed on from generation to generation. Distant ancestors could have suffered from tuberculosis, but subsequent generations, even if they have never been sick, carry this immune-genetic inheritance within themselves and pass it on to their offspring.
In many countries around the world, tuberculosis vaccination is prohibited due to its danger and uselessness.
In Russia, it is also necessary to ban BCG vaccination for newborns. And the sooner we do this, the more we will save children from the consequences that are caused by live mycobacterium tuberculosis, from which this vaccine is prepared, taking into account the different susceptibility of each individual child to them. Post-vaccination complications, the abundance of which have been noted by pediatricians in the last half century, can also manifest themselves as long-term consequences months and years later: allergies, conjunctivitis, dysbiosis, otitis, nosebleeds, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, inflammatory processes of the genitourinary tract, osteitis - disorders musculoskeletal system.
Pediatricians did not notice tuberculosis
Soviet propaganda about a “bright, infection-free life through vaccinations” has done its job: more than one generation of doctors firmly believes in this utopia. And often a weakened, not yet recovered child is sent for the next vaccination, so as not to disrupt the vaccination schedule, determining “by eye” not only the readiness of the immune system to fight a foreign protein, but also... titers of specific antibodies. As a result, a new blow not only affects the cells of the immune system. All cells of the body react to the alien - foreign protein - antigen. The vicious circle closes. Vaccines literally restructure a person’s individual nature “in a general way.” This is a serious additional burden on the immune system, which is already wearing out prematurely in modern living conditions and in the dramatically changed human environment. The natural defenses of the body were not evolutionarily designed for the current loads plus the systematic artificial, aphysiological intake of foreign proteins... in case of “rescue”. As a result, secondary immunodeficiencies are acquired, often leading to paralysis of the immune system.
Today, despite “the most original system of vaccinations - everyone,” Russia occupies one of the first places in the world in terms of the largest percentage of children suffering from tuberculosis: annually about 2.5 thousand children (!) are registered with anti-tuberculosis dispensaries as patients with active form of tuberculosis (according to official documents).
Along with this, the warnings of old doctors about the increase in tuberculosis will come true if the vaccine against tuberculosis - BCG, which is especially dangerous during the neonatal period, is widely used. In February 1999, the symposium “Immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases in children” of the Fifth Congress of Russian Pediatricians was held. It was about anything, but not about tuberculosis among vaccinated children. All academics and officials, who for decades had been assuring the world about “the victory and elimination of tuberculosis in a single country thanks to mass planned vaccination coverage of newborns,” at the congress tried to circumvent the topic of “victory” with the most incredible excuses. Pediatricians from all over Russia gathered, and not a word about childhood tuberculosis! Who are they lying to? Who is being deceived? Russia needs healthy children now more than ever. Nevertheless, this time IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS was discussed without the participation of IMMUNOLOGISTS.
At the same time, for decades now there has been an internationally recognized contraindication to the administration of any live vaccines: immunodeficiency conditions - both primary (congenital) and secondary - acquired, as well as any other immunocompromised conditions. Who here determines these and other numerous contraindications to the administration of this or that vaccine?! And we have what we have: vaccination of immunocompromised children with a live vaccine against tuberculosis does not lead to protection from this infectious disease, but, on the contrary, to illness from it (of course, an exclusively susceptible group of people). Therefore, before vaccination, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW: IS IT NEEDED AND POSSIBLE to vaccinate a specific person, especially with a live vaccine.
Doctors' opinion
Olga, pediatrician, Moscow: “I believe that BCG vaccination is vital from the first days of a person’s life. Since immunity on average is formed during the first year of life, a child should be protected from tuberculosis by the time he goes to preschool.”
Ivan, pediatrician, Samara: “The opinion of parents that their child should not be vaccinated with BCG is fundamentally wrong. Our country is epidemically unfavorable for this disease; this factor cannot be ignored. Despite the fact that, as a rule, the baby’s consent is not asked, in the future he will thank his parents.”
Nina, adolescent therapist, Saratov: “Over the years, I have become convinced that if a child is given BCG in the maternity hospital, his risk of contracting tuberculosis is several times reduced. Therefore, it is important not only to give this vaccination to a newborn, but also to carry out planned revaccination at 7 and 14 years of age.”
Ruler-diagnostician
Against the backdrop of the total mass coverage of BCG, every year from the age of one to 15 years, children undergo an intradermal Mantoux test, the same tuberculin test that we mentioned a little earlier.
The reaction to a tuberculin test combines two immunodiagnostic responses (completely incompatible in essence!): a) immunity to tuberculosis is assessed - 5 millimeters, and b) simultaneously - possible infection with mycobacteria (or tuberculosis disease - we have everything the same!) - 6 millimeters. Note that the difference is 1 millimeter... And this difference is determined... with a student’s ruler, which in itself is absurd!
It is necessary to remind and clarify: in our country, EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED THE LIVE BCG VACCINE during the neonatal period is infected (which, by the way, does not mean “sick”) with mycobacteria. It follows that everyone who is susceptible to tuberculosis to one degree or another and who has a “memory” of a violent encounter with mycobacteria - BCG - should have a positive response “to infection”.
Practice has shown that the tuberculin test (Mantoux test) cannot serve as a diagnostic tool after BCG vaccination. To establish the actual percentage of the population infected, this diagnostic test should be used BEFORE BCG VACCINATION. And immunity to tuberculosis is determined by other tests outside the human body. Anti-tuberculosis immunity does not depend on the presence of antibodies; what is important here is the result of the functional state of immunocompetent cells. And the “student ruler” method in this case is an outright falsification of this PREVENTIVE... help.
In addition, it is common knowledge that vaccinating does not mean protecting. The vaccine may not work, but the vaccinated person is considered protected, which also refers to the area of profanation. The result is important!
Experts from the WHO Ecology Committee, in contrast to the EPI Implementation Committee, having analyzed outbreaks of infectious diseases in different countries, came to the clear conclusion that infectious diseases recede (even without vaccinations!) with timely diagnosis, in the presence of high-quality water and a balanced diet. nutrition among the population, with the strictest EVERYDAY implementation of a set of anti-epidemic measures, which implies not only and not so much vaccinations... “The hope that an infectious disease can be defeated with the help of vaccines directed against this pathogen turned out to be too simplified, associated primarily with nature, properties and changing characteristics of pathogens,” WHO experts remind. In addition, other infectious diseases cannot be “defeated like smallpox,” each of which requires its own approach, its own program.
BCG vaccination pros and cons
The disease in susceptible children can occur at any age (usually in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood), when a person finds himself in a stressful or unfavorable environmental and social environment. As a result, BCG, introduced in the maternity hospital, persisting for a long time - surviving in the body without any manifestations, can remind of itself... as an infectious agent. And in this case, too, elements of the “paradoxes of immunology” are visible and confirmed. Tuberculosis, as mentioned earlier, can affect any human organ, let us add - except nails and hair... Clinically, symptoms depend, first of all, on innate resistance. It is also necessary to know that among those infected with tuberculosis, very few people become ill with tuberculosis - “even in highly endemic areas this is only one percent.” But these are... accidentally infected, and live mycobacteria BCG - intentionally and en masse... Therefore, protection with the help of BCG must be extremely careful, since the need for this exists in only one child out of a hundred born. And our officials turned a very serious operation on the immune system of newborns into an irresponsible, “vulgar” procedure. In this regard, let us once again start from the beginning, and the “beginning” in our further documented considerations, based on endless publications, will be the instructions for the use of BCG (or BCG), according to which the process of “reproduction of mycobacteria BCG in the body of the vaccinated person” is verified (1991) . That's the way it should be. But... vaccinators are mistaken here too, writing in their reference books for doctors that “BCG contains non-viable microbial cells.” Nothing like this! BCG mycobacteria are modified, defective (in relation to mycobacteria circulating in nature), but MANDATORY VIABLE! This is the basis for the development of “non-sterile” (post-infectious) immunity created by live vaccines, i.e. MUTANT microorganisms. The tragedy is that we stubbornly do not notice the viability of HUMAN-MODIFIED (!) MICROORGANISMS when they are massively, artificially and forcibly introduced into the body of children, among whom there are necessarily (!) those susceptible to tuberculosis. This situation, alas, occurs not only with BCG, but also with other live vaccines. Analysis of materials from congresses, conferences, and other representative meetings of the former USSR, and even present-day Russia (1960 - 2005), letters from practicing doctors, an extensive list of post-vaccination complications lead to the deep conviction that tetanus or polio have never been a problem for the health of our country's children. And so far no one has yet calculated the obvious: how many tragedies have been caused by the mycobacterium BCG, actively and parenterally imposed on newborns, to various childhood disabilities... The apparent clarity of the visual assessment of “vaccinated-protected” does not stand up to criticism in the age of achievements of molecular biology and methodological immunology, since the vaccination of any living The vaccine should be considered from SEVERAL POSITIONS. And when the process concerns newborns plus live BCG, then the “beginning” of all relationships with the child’s body should be not only the modern fundamentals of immunology, but also the fundamentals of neonatology. FIRST POSITION. The massive use of mutant mycobacteria is a risk factor for the functional state of the main lymphoid organ, the thymus. All the premises of theoretical and applied immunology indicate suppression of the thymus in cases of overload in early childhood. We don’t take it into account and... haven’t studied it. SECOND POSITION. Has the vaccine strain reverted to its original state? The idea, again, is not new; it has been expressed since the beginning of the use of BCG. The transition to the original state, but with a greater degree of aggressiveness, could have occurred as a result of long-term use of the vaccine strain through passages through the body of several generations of children resistant and susceptible to tuberculosis. Why does the official V.A. Aksyonova believes that BCG “infects” children? Maybe because there is and was not any guarantee that after BCG the disease of tuberculosis in “certain units” is not excluded? And they, the officials, know this better than us? Maybe due to such “units” the accumulation and growth of tuberculosis occurs?! THIRD POSITION. In general, the current situation with BCG vaccination (“modern” since the 40s of the last century!) is very reminiscent of the problems of the vaccinia vaccine of the mid-20th century. Perhaps, with BCG, the number of complications (including tuberculosis diseases with different characteristics) exceeds the risk of natural infection and disease with this infectious disease?! In any case, this cannot be ruled out, there are no statistics, the anxiety of many TB specialists is growing, although they are not always able to speak out frankly even now, especially since all other “protection” from tuberculosis is based on guesses and assumptions. FOURTH POSITION - Why is childhood tuberculosis growing with “totally correct” coverage, i.e. almost all newborns with subsequent numerous revaccinations? FIFTH POSITION - Why does “modern” tuberculosis “do not obey” either old or new powerful specific drugs and “broad-spectrum” antibiotics? Along with this... “extensive study has provided valuable information in the field of biochemistry, genetics and the fine structure of these microorganisms...! True, many issues remain poorly understood, especially those related to the variability of mycobacteria in the process of their interaction with the human body,” a serious recognition made by TB specialists in the early 80s, when they celebrated the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch. “Variability of mycobacteria is noted,” but there are no changes in BCG vaccination... SIXTH POSITION - Almost 100 years have passed! But even now, vaccinators will not be able to answer the questions: how have the mycobacteria circulating in the nature of our Fatherland changed, and how have the BCG mycobacteria circulating in the body of those vaccinated with a dramatically changed immune system changed? But... neither officials nor vaccinators have NEVER BEEN INTERESTED in the process of “variability of mycobacteria during interaction” with the body of modern children. SEVENTH POSITION - Consequently, modern ideas about the variability of mycobacteria and epidemic processes have not in any way influenced the ancient ideas about the “control” of tuberculosis through total vaccination of newborns. EIGHTH POSITION - From everything that has been said (and how much has not been said!) the only logical conclusion suggests itself: BCG VACCINATION OF NEWBORNS IS CARRIED OUT BY “POORLY STUDYED MYCOBACTERIA IN THE PROCESS OF THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE BODY”... poorly studied both before and now, despite the modern arsenal of immunological research methods. NINTH POSITION - There has always been and remains an ambiguous attitude towards the parenteral - percutaneous method of administering BCG, because the classical Calmette method - through the mouth - is now practically not used, and in vain. Firstly, the route of natural entry of mycobacteria into the human body is NOT PARENTERAL! Secondly, the fewer violent injections a child receives, the less aggressive he is, and... he is more wary of parenteral manipulations. In the last quarter of a century in our country, as you know, the principle “I’m not afraid of injections” has been taken as the basis for the anthem of drug addicts... I once hosted a program on AUTORADIO with journalist D. Kuvshinchikov about the dangers of mass vaccinations and about the rights of citizens during any medical intervention. But even in S. Mikhalkov’s poem, from which the above-mentioned phrase about the injection is taken, the one following it clarifies: “if necessary, I’ll inject myself.” But this “should” needs to be determined so as not to provide unnecessary “help” to those who do not need it. TENTH POSITION. There is a lot of uncertainty in monitoring the effectiveness of BCG. In our country, the effectiveness of vaccination against tuberculosis and possible infection with natural mycobacteria are still assessed by one (!) diagnostic test - the Mantoux reaction... using a student ruler. In other words, IMMUNITY AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS is “calculated” in millimeters. Monstrous ideas about immunology! We will talk in more detail a little later about the MANTOUS REACTION, which our children are exposed to every year (!), ITS unsuitability and HARMFULNESS IN THE CONDITIONS OF OUR VACCINATION SYSTEM. No less absurd is the situation with the fact that there is not a single reliable observation proving the facts of tuberculosis in exclusively unvaccinated people. Let’s say, out of “such and such” number of unvaccinated people, “so many” got sick with tuberculosis, and among those who were susceptible but vaccinated, no one got sick or developed complications. The most detailed information on this matter was provided by L. B. Heifetz back in 1975. It’s the third millennium, but nothing new has been added to this publication, except that many countries have abandoned the use of BCG, since “contrary to established belief, BCG does not provide complete immunity to tuberculosis.” Just problems and completely unresolved issues. There were, of course, specialists who tried to stop the totality of BCG vaccinations, as well as the massive use of other vaccines, but “the best in the world... the most original” has been continuing its dirty work in inducing immunological imbalances for almost 100 years... How can it not be in such favorable conditions? the onset of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS, when every effort is made from birth to ensure that there is a “deficiency”! Based on scientifically (!) proven facts, domestic and foreign pediatricians, phthisiatricians, immunologists of the 50s and 60s. and other experts expressed serious concerns about the “breakdown” of the natural defenses of the body of children with the BCG vaccine. Thus, physiologists V.N. Chernigovsky and co-authors reported at the XVI scientific session of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences about the damage they noted after the use of BCG - phenomena covering various aspects and levels of life, starting with processes occurring at the cellular level and ending with behavioral functions. They showed that in the circulatory, respiratory, nervous and endocrine systems, certain pathological changes are observed as a consequence of the “repaired disease”, which does not stop as long as the reaction to BCG continues. In their opinion, the body adapts to an irritant - an antigen - mycobacteria BCG, to a foreign antigen, going through three stages of response: from an increased reaction to a gradual attenuation of reactivity. In the first stage, pathological processes occur in all body systems. In the second, there is a gradual restoration of “normal” functions. In the third, the body seems to completely return to its original state. “However, the physiological processes after “recovery” are not identical to the initial ones - before vaccination; BCG takes the body to a new level of biological regulation,” etc. Indeed, at one time, pathomorphologists who dealt with the problems of reactions of various organs and tissues to the administration of BCG came to the conclusion that, on the one hand, the course of the vaccination process in this case does not differ in general from that of a regular tuberculosis infection, calling the BCG vaccination “ minor disease of tuberculosis." But, on the other hand, it is quite obvious that such a “minor disease” is a qualitatively new process, adequate, first of all, to the effects of mutant mycobacteria, as well as the genetically fixed properties of the body of each child. Consequently, it has long been proven that BCG necessarily leaves traces of damage from careless and inept handling of human nature. Source: https://antivakcina.org/vsya-pravda-o-privivke-zhivoj-vakciny-bczh-ili-10-pozicij-zdravogo-smysla/
