For immediate release: Dec. 8, 2009

 

 

Did the H1N1 vaccine kill a BC mother?

 

‘RoadKill Radio’ demands provincial health officer reveal

what he knows about ‘adverse reactions’ to H1N1 vaccine

& adds 9 questions to 23 still unanswered a week later

 

LANGLEY, BC  (RKR News) — Mrs. Kari Simpson, co-host of the Internet public affairs broadcast RoadKillRadio.com, has written a second letter to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall, asking for a public statement about reports of adverse reactions to the H1N1 flu vaccine, and asking why the vaccine manufacturer’s warnings have not been made public.

 

“How can British Columbians give ‘informed consent’ to vaccination if important information and warnings about limited testing are withheld by the PHO?” she asks.

 

Mrs. Simpson’s newest letter, listing nine questions—which follows a similar letter containing 23 questions about the vaccination program, sent Nov. 23 after Dr. Kendall refused to be interviewed on RoadKill Radio—was sparked by a report this week that an otherwise-healthy Lower Mainland woman died two days after getting the vaccine.

 

In her earlier enquiries, Mrs. Simpson cited warnings in the Product Information Guide (PIG) published by GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of the vaccine, which states that:

• The vaccine has not been tested for use with young children; and

• The H1N1 vaccine should not be give in conjunction with the normal flu vaccine.

Both those warnings have been disregarded in the BC vaccination program, Mrs. Simpson says.

 

The new questions she has addressed to Dr. Kendall include:

• What does he know about the reported death of a Lower Mainland mother who died within a few days after getting the H1N1 shot?

• Have any other reported vaccine-related deaths been reported? How many? Where?

• When Dr. Kendall wrote to BC business leaders about the H1N1 flu, he said H1N1 was “mild” and “like the seasonal flu.” He did not mention the vaccine; why not?

• In a letter to the BC Sports Organization Coaches and General Managers Dr. Kendall made seven references to the vaccine, but didn’t repeat the statements made to business leaders about the “mild” nature of H1N1. Why not?

• Has the Provincial Health Office’s integrity been compromised by failing to provide all the facts to the public?

• Since the manufacturer of the vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline, has been guaranteed protection against lawsuits resulting from adverse reactions, have the provincial and/or federal governments budgeted for compensation to victims? How much?

• Is it true (as one BC victim reported to RoadKillRadio.com) that adverse reaction reports are not submitted for 30 days? Why?

 

“Above all,” says Mrs. Simpson, “British Columbians who have seen the warnings in the PIG want to know why that information hasn’t been passed on to the public.”

 

The full correspondence to Dr. Kendall follows this release.

 

RoadKill Radio can be heard live every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at www.RoadKillRadio.com, where previous broadcasts are also archived.

 

contact:

Kari Simpson, (604) 514-1614

 

 

 

Dr. Perry Kendall

OBC, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC

Provincial Health Officer

Ministry of Healthy Living & Sport

4-2 1515 Blanshard Street

Victoria, BC V8W 3C8

 

Via Facsimile:             250.952.1362

Via Email                    perry.kendall@gov.bc.ca

                                    jeff.groot@gov.bc.ca

                                   

Copies to:                    Concerned & Informed Canadians et al.

                                    Gordon Campbell, Premier British Columbia

                                    Ida Chong, Minister for Healthy Living & Sport

                                   

 

December 2, 2009

 

Re:                   H1N1 Vaccine related deaths?

 

Dear Sir:

 

Further to my correspondence dated Nov. 23, 2009 (which remains unanswered, despite assurances that it would be attended to promptly)—I now have some further questions that require your response.

 

I have information concerning a woman who died “unexpectedly” two days after receiving the H1N1 vaccine. She resided in the Lower Mainland, and of course her family is devastated—her young children now motherless.

 

Dr. Kendall, does dying within a few days of receiving the vaccine constitute an adverse reaction?

 

Dr. Kendall, are you aware of this case? And if so, why haven’t you informed the public that there maybe a “possible” link between her death and this experimental concoction?

 

Are you aware of any other reports of vaccine-related deaths?

 

Dr. Kendall, I have a copy of your correspondence dated October 22, 2009 to the BC Chamber of Commerce, RE: Pandemic H1N1 flu virus and its effect on business. You state:

“… presently the severity of this pandemic H1N1 flu virus looks more and more like that of the seasonal flu. It is anticipated that the majority of illness will be mild, and that people will be able to manage and recover at home.”

 

NOT ONCE in your two-page correspondence to BC’s business community do you mention the H1N1 vaccine or encourage members to get vaccinated. Why not? Is there a class (or other) criterion for your recommendation urging people to get the vaccine?

 

Dr. Kendall, I also have a copy of your four-paragraph correspondence to B.C. Sports Organization Coaches and General Managers. In this short directive, you mention the “vaccine” at least seven times. Further, you incorporate the now typical fear tactics associated with the promotional propaganda “…Until we have sufficient supplies of vaccine…”

 

NEVER ONCE in this correspondence do you make any reference to this “illness” as being “more like the seasonal flu” or that it will be “mild.” Why not?

 

Dr. Kendall, as a Public Health Officer you should be aware that creating ongoing fear and panic can be devastatingly unhealthy for the human body. Equally devastating, for a civil society, is the realization that those who are appointed to offices such as yours may be withholding critical information from citizens. Public confidence in your office is crucial if there were ever to be a time when BC faced a true threat to our public health.

 

Do you believe, Dr. Kendall, that you have compromised your office by failing to provide all the facts about this vaccine to the public?

 

On November 24, 2009—on the RoadKill Radio show you were invited to appear on (but refused)—we interviewed Dr. Chris Shaw and we also spoke with a young man, a university student named “Adam.” Adam articulately shared his personal story about his reaction to the vaccine; he spoke about how the resulting “brain fog” has now compromised his cognitive abilities, and how much effort it took to get doctors to acknowledge that he had a problem. What was interesting to me was his disclosure about the reporting protocols associated with adverse reactions. He informed us that the form would not be submitted for 30 days.

 

 

Dr. Kendall is this true? DO doctors wait 30 days before submitting the forms reporting adverse reactions? Will it take 30 days before you find out that someone died?

 

What happens to “Adam” now? Do we assist him, or will it be necessary for him to sue? I am aware that in the Untied States that there is a pre-approved monetary figure provided for vaccine related illness because, as in Canada, the manufacturer has been provided with indemnity against any liability.

 

Has Canada established a similar protocol for monetary compensation from vaccine-related illness or death? And if so, how much does it cost tax-payers to compensate a family that has lost a mother, a wife, a daughter…? And how much, for each day it persisted, would Adam’s “brain fog” be worth?

 

On page 4 of the publication British Columbia’s H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Response Plan (2009) there is a directive NOT to report “Systemic adverse reactions such as myalgia, headache and fatigue.” Since these are possible side-effects listed in the manufacturer’s Product Information Guide (PIG), why not?

 

What are the projected costs to our economy resulting from vaccine-related illness?  Do we know how many people are already staying home from work because of muscle pain, fatigue, etc., as a result of the vaccination?

 

On page 5 of this publication I found the most troubling proof that crucial information has been deliberately withheld from the people of this province. It states:

                 

“The product leaflet will not be distributed with early

shipments of these vaccines and will be available online at  http://www.gsk.ca/english/html/ourproducts/vaccines-canada.html”

 

 

Of course, that link really doesn’t take me to the important information put out by the vaccine manufacturer, which is found at:  http://www.gsk.ca/english/docs-pdf/Arepanrix_PIL_CAPA01v01.pdf

 

Tell me, Dr. Kendall, why haven’t you provided citizens with an information card listing GlaxoSmithKline’s admissions about the experimental nature of this vaccine?

 

Dr. Kendall, I have information that suggests that you and other heath officials are being required to keep your comments about the H1N1 vaccine to a scripted commentary.

 

Is this true? Have you signed or agreed to any form of agreement —from the vaccine manufacture or any other entity—that provides you with scripted content about the information you can or cannot disclose as it relates to the H1N1 vaccine currently available in British Columbia?

 

Dr. Kendall, in keeping with your legislative mandate I must insist, on behalf of a growing number of concerned British Columbians, that you promptly answer these questions, and those in my earlier correspondence. It seems possible that your answers could be a matter of life and death.

 

For your convenience I am including with this letter a copy of my earlier correspondence to you.  It follows this letter directly.

 

Thank you in advance for your quick attention to these important matters.

 

 

Original signed by

Kari Simpson

Co-host RoadKill Radio.com

604.514.1614