Posted on 08/19/2005 8:08:47 PM PDT by neverdem
Saudi Arabia, which gets millions of visitors each year making their pilgrimage to Mecca, has ordered all young visitors from countries with polio cases to bring proof of vaccination and will vaccinate them again when they arrive, the World Health Organization announced yesterday.
In issuing the order, which applies to everyone under age 15 from 19 countries, the kingdom is moving to stem the global spread of the polio virus, which now affects mainly Muslim countries and regions. Although the next pilgrimage, or hajj, will not reach its peak until early January, the order will take effect as soon as possible.
"This is extremely welcome," said Dr. Bruce Aylward, coordinator of the health organization's polio eradication drive. "They realized they could be part of the solution."
The Saudi order applies to visitors from Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen.
Global health experts expressed confidence that the Saudis could stop any spread of the virus in their country, even though at times up to two million pilgrims may be pressed closely together in crowds around the holy sites and in the tent cities and hostels where they will be staying.
The virus, which is spread by feces and sewage-contaminated water, mostly affects young children, and can cripple within hours of the appearance of symptoms. Children do not normally make the pilgrimage, which Islam expects of each Muslim once in a lifetime. But many families, especially poor ones entering Saudi Arabia by bus or ferry, have no choice but to bring their children along.
All visitors under age 15 from the countries involved will get drops of oral polio vaccine. A weakened virus, the oral vaccine provokes greater immunity than the killed virus...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
So?
Isn't that the vaccine that was discivered in Israel and is grown in a pig blood culture?
Vaccine? Sounds like some sort of black magic. Durka, durka, durka.
JOO VACCINE? No virgins for you, mohammed!
Ah, got it.
Let me get this right.....
Vaccines to eradicate diseases: good
Scientists of the Modern Twentieth Century = Infidels: Bad
Burkas: Good
Madame Curie, Infidel female scientist in a dress: Bad
So, I guess it is a good thing that ALL Iraqi children have been vaccinated against polio, already. It's Bush's fault.
But, not...KOOK-ahh-MONG-gah?
And isn't Yemen in Jamaica? Seems like that was what they said everytime I asked a local for anything. "Yemen, this...", "Yemen, that...", Yemen, that way...".
All visitors under age 15 from the countries involved will get drops of oral polio vaccine.
ordered all young visitors from countries with polio cases to bring proof of vaccination and will vaccinate them again when they arrive
Series, why are they asking 'proof', if they are going to vacinate them again anyway?
No matter where on the planet.
I wasn't very civil in my answer - sorry - we have too many radical anti-vaccine people here in Arkansas and their viewpoint is spreading so much it is becoming a health hazard.
My entire family has been vaccinated for the majority of diseases - my kids, my grandkids!
I am in the belief that the majority of the American anti-vaccine people are just "useful-idiots" in the hands of our enemies who can easily wipe out this nation with the introduction of a common, once eradicated therefore forgotten, disease.
Look at what has been introduced already --- and we are looking at a level-VI flu pandemic that was produced in communist china.
If I were a chi-com, I would get Americans convinced that the flu vaccine was deadly so they would rather die of the flu than take a little shot that could make them a bit ill.
Report by E.P.A. Offers Heartening News on Summertime Air
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I can very much relate to the "waiting" article. In fact, I may post that one tomorrow when I'm rested. It's very pertinent.
Vaccine Fillers and Ingredients
In addition to the viral and bacterial RNA or DNA that is part of the vaccines, vaccine fillers and ingredients include:
aluminum hydroxide
aluminum phosphate
ammonium sulfate
amphotericin B
animal tissues: pig blood, horse blood, rabbit brain,
dog kidney, monkey kidney,
chick embryo, chicken egg, duck egg
calf (bovine) serum
betapropiolactone
fetal bovine serum
formaldehyde
formalin
gelatin
glycerol
human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal tissue)
hydrolized gelatin
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
neomycin
neomycin sulfate
phenol red indicator
phenoxyethanol (antifreeze)
potassium diphosphate
potassium monophosphate
polymyxin B
polysorbate 20
polysorbate 80
porcine (pig) pancreatic hydrolysate of casein
-snip-
The glorious muzzie culture has also produced vaccines? Who knew?
whoa hey!
The US should find out where that shipment is and sieze it.
A crippled terrorist is not as effective.
Thanks for the ping.
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