A survey of vaccine efficacy
Vaccines have been such a huge part of medical culture for such a long time that many take their efficacy for granted. Let’s look at what the history says.
In 1871-1872, England experienced the worst smallpox outbreak in their history, with over 45,000 deaths. 98% had been vaccinated39.
In 1871-1872 in German, more than 125,000 people died from a smallpox outbreak. 96% had been vaccinated39.
In 1940, Germany began compulsory diphtheria vaccination, when diphtheria cases were around 40,00013. By 1945, diphtheria cases had gone up to 250,00013.
By 1963, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid had all significantly declined20. There were vaccines for measles, whooping cough, and diphtheria, while scarlet fever and typhoid had no vaccines20. Dr. Mayer Eisenstein of Home First referenced graphs, discussed in detail below, depicting these trends, which support the theory that changes in sanitation, nutrition, toxin exposure, etc. had more to do with the decline of viruses than vaccines did. Whooping cough, as documented in later examples, still occurs in both vaccinated and unvaccinated children20. Finally, not only scarlet fever and tyhpoid but tuberculosis as well declined in America without vaccination20.
Regarding smallpox, Dr. Glen Dettman wrote, “It is pathetic and ludicrous to say we ever vanquished smallpox with vaccines, when only 10% of the population was ever vaccinated”22.
Between 1963 and 1971, eight-four neurological disorders were reported within thirty days of measles vaccination54 .
In 1967, 96% of Ghana’s population had been vaccinated against measles, so the WHO labeled Ghana as “measles free”. In 1972, Ghana experienced one of the worst measles outbreaks in its history29.
Between 1970 and 1990, more than 200,000 fully vaccinated children came down with whooping cough 30.
In the 1970s, an Indian tuberculosis vaccine trial with more than a quarter of a million people found that there was more tuberculosis amongst the vaccinated31.
In 1978, more than half of the children with measles in a survey of thirty states were found to have already been vaccinated32.
In 1979, Sweden found the whooping cough vaccine to be ineffective and got rid of it. 84% of those with the disease had already been vaccinated—three times33.
A 1990 JAMA article on the measles vaccine stated, “Although more than 95% of school-aged children in the US are vaccinated against measles, large measles outbreaks continue to occur in schools and most cases in this setting occur among previously vaccinated children”34.
In 1994, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that more than 80% of children under five were fully vaccinated before contracting whooping cough13.
And here’s a couple added bonuses from recent years: two recent studies found that flu vaccines had zero impact on the flu in children2. A review of 64 studies found that flu shots were non-significant in preventing the flu amongst the elderly4.
Vaccine-free populations: Homefirst and the Amish
The evidence about to be presented might not come in the form of a formal research article, but it is compelling nonetheless. Dr. Mayer Eisenstein is the head of Homefirst Health Services, which specializes in home births. They have delivered upwards of 35,000 babies, and most of the parents choose not to vaccinate24. Among this population, Dr. Eisenstein has pronounced that there is no autism except for a few cases with explainable causes (namely, significant mercury exposure)24. Additionally, there is is virtually no asthma, allergies, ADD, type one diabetes, or ADHD20, 22.
Anecdotally, he also refers to the Amish, who tend not to vaccinate and also have low rates of these same conditions24. According to one data set, the autism rate in Lancaster county amongst the Amish was one in four thousand, eight hundred, and seventy-five20. There were four autistic children; one had been exposed to mercury and the other three had received vaccines20. In regard to the tetanus vaccine, he suggests that if tetanus was a real issue, you would hear about it all the time amongst the Amish20. Dr. Eisenstein has never heard of a case.
Graphic representations of vaccine efficacy in history
These graphs were put painstakingly put together by the Health Sentinel from government data from the United States and the United Kingdom regarding mortality rates of major diseases. These graphs all tell the story of vaccines that came into the picture after the disease had already declined significantly. Clearly, vaccines were not a major factor in the decline of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, small pox, and pertussis.
Graph A shows five diseases that were all sharply declining by the beginning of the twentieth century. All five diseases declined during a similar time frame, but interestingly only three of the diseases had been vaccinated for. Morever, most vaccines were introduced long after the diseases had declined. Scarlet fever and typhoid were never vaccinated for in America, yet they declined at the same pace as the other diseases.
Graph B shows smallpox and scarlet fever mortality rates in England. These two diseases rose and fell in parallel, yet of the two only smallpox was vaccinated for. The smallpox vaccines seem to have no effect on the disease.
Graph C shows that Pertussis had already declined significantly in the US before the vaccine was introduced.
Graph A
Graph B
Graph C
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