Issue #1
No one has to warn the citizens if there is an epidemic of any kind in their community
It seems to be out of a Hollywood movie: Contagion or Outbreak! I found it hard to believe no one had ever stumbled upon this while researching for a movie. They really do not have to say anything if there is an epidemic. I challenge you to show me who is responsible for telling us. They say they think telling the doctors is adequate. Do you?
Our request for legislation is to make the DOH warn citizens as soon as an epidemic reaches the threshold they set each year. It took them 3 months to tell Washington they were in the middle of the biggest epidemic in nearly 50 years! By then it was too late to stop. Now, we are in the middle of the worst epidemic in 70 years!
Kaliah died in August of last year and they still wouldn't tell anyone. We (Kaliah's family) set up the first Booster shot clinics, the first Public Service Announcements, and the postcards that were sent to all residents in our County, because they wouldn't do anything! They did not release any of the free press they have available, and when I asked them to create a Public Service Announcement, they said they would have to lay off one of the three nurses they have on staff to do that. They said that it was enough for them to tell doctors about it and use the free press from stories like Kaliah's.
They wouldn't call the CDC when I asked in February, they said it wouldn't do any good because they would only come out for a week and that would not help. They wouldn't say the word Tdap or Pertussis, because they didn't think the public would understand the terms. We had to threaten them to get them to say or do anything!
The booster shot everyone is getting also only lasts five years, but they are telling everyone they can only have one per lifetime, until they have more data. That means, in five years, everyone that is getting the shot now will have to get it again. Who is going to tell them?
Here is the answer I got from Maria Cantwell's office when I asked who was responsible for sharing epidemic information with the citizens. They asked The Congressional experts on epidemics to explain it to me. They say "Generally" and elude to it being the state, yet nowhere does it say they "have to" tell anyone, only that they" can tell them", this is what must change. The booklet however does say that citizens do "have to tell them if they have a communicable disease", yet they do not feel the need to share the news of an epidemic with us.
Ms. Scott,
My apologies for the delay in your request on information about epidemic notification. I wanted to share with you the response from the Congressional research expert on epidemics:
Generally, this is a state matter. For some types of infections, there are established thresholds for when epidemics are declared. For example, CDC tracks influenza every year, and it has a definition of when an epidemic threshold has been reached nationally, which it uses to compare the severity of one season to the next, in this case. (Most years influenza does meet the epidemic threshold.) But in general, a declaration of an epidemic involves the judgment of state health officials rather than bright lines. In addition, public health definitions are both science-driven and purpose-driven, so what obligations or recommendations would go along with declaring there to be an epidemic? School closures? Enforced sick leave? That's what matters, and again, the judgment of state health officials is paramount.
The Washington Courts has a public health emergency bench book (a resource for judges) at http://www.courts.wa.gov/emergency/?fa=emergency.publicHealthBenchBook
It notes laws authorizing a Governor's declaration of emergency, but also notes (2.10) that local boards of health, the Secretary of Health, and local health officers have broad authority to protect public health, and would not need a Governor's emergency declaration to do so. They can make whatever public advisories they think are needed to mitigate the spread of infectious disease.
How long is it going to take them to tell us next time????? I am not willing to trust that they will do anything differently when we have another epidemic, so we need a law to make them. Kaliah's law - When an epidemic reaches the threshold set by the Department of Health, they need to send a warning notice to every household in the affected area. Simple as that.
Please show your support of Kaliah's law by contacting your local legislator, and letting them know you expect them to support a law to warn citizens if there is an epidemic in their area! Follow this link to find who your legislator is and how to contact them, then ask them to support Kaliah's Law to send a warning notice to citizens if there is an epidemic in their area!
Here is a link to find your Washington State Senators and Representatives. It is simple, just click and enter your zip code- everything is there- email, phone address, and website! Please let them know you expect them to support this law!
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/
Issue #2
All Whooping Cough Vaccine Wears off in around 5 years
July 19th Update
Kennetha Scott
There is no natural immunity to Whooping Cough!
It is the 92% of unvaccinated adults in the nation that think they are vaccinated that spreading this.
What we need to be telling everyone the shot they were told they could only have one of per lifetime, actually only lasts a few years! We should also them the Tdap, the booster they are getting now will also last only a few years, and someone will give them an actual length after they get more data.
If you don't want to have Whooping Cough epidemics, most of the 92% of unvaccinated adults would have to get vaccinated so they quit spreading it around. Do you know how many people that is?
It is 225,000,000! Yes, that is 225 million. Most babies that die get it from their parent or a family member. It is horrible for babies, kids and adults, causing cracked ribs and broken blood vessels and life long lung problems.
If it comes back with a vengeance, you will understand why the vaccine was invented in the first place. My aunt died from it, my niece Chelsey's baby Kaliah died from it, how many more do we need to give? They used to quarantine whole households for weeks at a time before the vaccine was invented.
I am not trying to tell people that do not believe in vaccination that they have to vaccinate. It is their choice. I would research every drug and decide on an individual basis if they were right for me or my family. Do not blindly believe anyone! There is a lot of false information and finger pointing on both sides of this issue. Listen to people you trust, preferably ones that have some credentials in the medical community. I do not want to get into that debate here at all. Research it and choose for yourself. I looked at all of the data. In fact my initial premise was to blame the anti vaccine people. I learned that is not the issue here at all.
I am saying it is the 225 million unvaccinated adults causing these epidemics, and, if we want to be protected from epidemics like this one, most of us would have to be vaccinated against Whooping Cough or Pertussis every 5 years or so.
July 18th 2012 Update
The CDC is supposed to be the leading authority in diseases, yet in their latest article, BARELY even mentions the main issue here. "Patti says in the email, "We also want to vaccinate everyone else who will be caring for the infant, creating a circle of protection. This includes dads, grandparents, older siblings, nannies, childcare workers, etc." She speaks about how great the statistics are among children, with only a partial sentence dedicated to saying anything about the 92% of adults who are not vaccinated. The Whooping Cough reservoir.
Again, DOH, CDC and any other "expert" on Pertussis:
When the vaccine manufacturer made the vaccine safer in the 1990's, it also reduced the effectiveness of the vaccine, as well as how long it lasted. Even the Tdap is not long lasting, though they say now it is only one shot per lifetime. When were they planning on telling us that? Or would they just let us walk around thinking we are protected again?
Over 90% OF ADULTS NATIONWIDE HAVE NOT HAD THE BOOSTER SHOT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THEIR CHILDHOOD VACCINE HAS WORN OFF!
This information was never shared with the public, so they went along thinking they were still protected if they had that vaccination. The truth is, that since around the year 2000, everyone who had received the vaccine was no longer protected and that is when this great Whooping Cough reservoir began. Add to that the unavailability of a booster shot until the year 2005, and again, not sharing it with the public, only healthcare providers.
Then in 2010, California has the worst epidemic in recent history, killing 9 babies in the process. Still they say nothing to the rest of the nation about the Tdap, only stressing childhood vaccine and those around babies. That leaves out the population that need the vaccine- teens, adults without children, senior citizens, etc.. Most adults do not know they are not protected. This is the number one cause of these epidemics, yet they still do not say it.
Kaliah died here in August of 2011, and still nothing. We went on the radio to tell people about the epidemic and the Department of Health came on after to tell everyone that they had expected it to be a bad year for Pertussis. If that was the case, why didn’t they warn us?
Kaliah may still be alive if they had. They still were not going to warn us in April, until we forced their hand by threatening them with bad press.
They would not call the CDC, and the CDC would not come when I asked, they spent more money trying to keep us quiet than on actual education and outreach. There was a whole team devoted to making sure we didn't make waves.
Millions upon millions of dollars have been spent fighting this disease. If they spent the money to send out a Public Health warning to everyone, it could be over. I did the math and told the vaccine manufacturer that if they would send out a notice, they would stand to make billions in profit. Sounds of Pertussis, a branch of Sanofi Pasteur, has been spending a fortune on this for years now. They could recoup all of that if they sent out a notice that warned their vaccine was not the same as it used to be.
Please be advised now, that the Tdap vaccine everyone is getting right now is not long lasting either. They say you can only have one dose per lifetime, but it actually only lasts around 5 years as well. So, in 5 years, we are all going to need another booster shot, but who is going to tell us, and when are they going to tell us?
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/212267/0/Whooping-Cough-Is-On-Pace-To-Break-Yearly-Record
Find out more at:
http://kennethaskorner.weebly.com/kennethas-korner-updates.html
Kennetha Scott
There is no natural immunity to Whooping Cough!
It is the 92% of unvaccinated adults in the nation that think they are vaccinated that spreading this.
What we need to be telling everyone the shot they were told they could only have one of per lifetime, actually only lasts a few years! We should also them the Tdap, the booster they are getting now will also last only a few years, and someone will give them an actual length after they get more data.
If you don't want to have Whooping Cough epidemics, most of the 92% of unvaccinated adults would have to get vaccinated so they quit spreading it around. Do you know how many people that is?
It is 225,000,000! Yes, that is 225 million. Most babies that die get it from their parent or a family member. It is horrible for babies, kids and adults, causing cracked ribs and broken blood vessels and life long lung problems.
If it comes back with a vengeance, you will understand why the vaccine was invented in the first place. My aunt died from it, my niece Chelsey's baby Kaliah died from it, how many more do we need to give? They used to quarantine whole households for weeks at a time before the vaccine was invented.
I am not trying to tell people that do not believe in vaccination that they have to vaccinate. It is their choice. I would research every drug and decide on an individual basis if they were right for me or my family. Do not blindly believe anyone! There is a lot of false information and finger pointing on both sides of this issue. Listen to people you trust, preferably ones that have some credentials in the medical community. I do not want to get into that debate here at all. Research it and choose for yourself. I looked at all of the data. In fact my initial premise was to blame the anti vaccine people. I learned that is not the issue here at all.
I am saying it is the 225 million unvaccinated adults causing these epidemics, and, if we want to be protected from epidemics like this one, most of us would have to be vaccinated against Whooping Cough or Pertussis every 5 years or so.
July 18th 2012 Update
The CDC is supposed to be the leading authority in diseases, yet in their latest article, BARELY even mentions the main issue here. "Patti says in the email, "We also want to vaccinate everyone else who will be caring for the infant, creating a circle of protection. This includes dads, grandparents, older siblings, nannies, childcare workers, etc." She speaks about how great the statistics are among children, with only a partial sentence dedicated to saying anything about the 92% of adults who are not vaccinated. The Whooping Cough reservoir.
Again, DOH, CDC and any other "expert" on Pertussis:
When the vaccine manufacturer made the vaccine safer in the 1990's, it also reduced the effectiveness of the vaccine, as well as how long it lasted. Even the Tdap is not long lasting, though they say now it is only one shot per lifetime. When were they planning on telling us that? Or would they just let us walk around thinking we are protected again?
Over 90% OF ADULTS NATIONWIDE HAVE NOT HAD THE BOOSTER SHOT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THEIR CHILDHOOD VACCINE HAS WORN OFF!
This information was never shared with the public, so they went along thinking they were still protected if they had that vaccination. The truth is, that since around the year 2000, everyone who had received the vaccine was no longer protected and that is when this great Whooping Cough reservoir began. Add to that the unavailability of a booster shot until the year 2005, and again, not sharing it with the public, only healthcare providers.
Then in 2010, California has the worst epidemic in recent history, killing 9 babies in the process. Still they say nothing to the rest of the nation about the Tdap, only stressing childhood vaccine and those around babies. That leaves out the population that need the vaccine- teens, adults without children, senior citizens, etc.. Most adults do not know they are not protected. This is the number one cause of these epidemics, yet they still do not say it.
Kaliah died here in August of 2011, and still nothing. We went on the radio to tell people about the epidemic and the Department of Health came on after to tell everyone that they had expected it to be a bad year for Pertussis. If that was the case, why didn’t they warn us?
Kaliah may still be alive if they had. They still were not going to warn us in April, until we forced their hand by threatening them with bad press.
They would not call the CDC, and the CDC would not come when I asked, they spent more money trying to keep us quiet than on actual education and outreach. There was a whole team devoted to making sure we didn't make waves.
Millions upon millions of dollars have been spent fighting this disease. If they spent the money to send out a Public Health warning to everyone, it could be over. I did the math and told the vaccine manufacturer that if they would send out a notice, they would stand to make billions in profit. Sounds of Pertussis, a branch of Sanofi Pasteur, has been spending a fortune on this for years now. They could recoup all of that if they sent out a notice that warned their vaccine was not the same as it used to be.
Please be advised now, that the Tdap vaccine everyone is getting right now is not long lasting either. They say you can only have one dose per lifetime, but it actually only lasts around 5 years as well. So, in 5 years, we are all going to need another booster shot, but who is going to tell us, and when are they going to tell us?
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/212267/0/Whooping-Cough-Is-On-Pace-To-Break-Yearly-Record
Find out more at:
http://kennethaskorner.weebly.com/kennethas-korner-updates.html