President Duterte Bans Vaccines in Philipines �Vaccinations Cause Autism�
by Edward Morgan
Filipino president says drug company found �direct link� between vaccines and Autism
President Duterte vows to protect his citizens from the dangers of vaccines
President Duterte has suspended all vaccination programs in Philipines, vowing to protect
his people from the dangers of vaccines after finding a �direct link� with Autism.
Mr. Duterte blocked its school-based dengue immunization program on Friday after learning
of the health risks saying the vaccine Dengvaxia was �not for my people.
�French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi had previously warned that Dengvaxia had been
found to pose health risks in people not previously infected.
The suspension came after Deturte�s independent health experts expressed worries about Sanofi�s
announcement this week and conducted additional independent tests.
Further clinical studies revealed that the vaccine could prevent a repeat infection for
those who had previously had dengue, but for those who had not had dengue, and were vaccinated
and later became infected, the disease could be become �more severe� and lead to other
major health issues such as Autism and heart failure when administered to children.
According to the NY Times, more than 740,000 elementary school students in the Philippines
have already received Dengvaxia vaccinations, but the government has decided to halt the
program for the time being.
The Philippine health secretary, Francisco Duque, said the program would be �on hold
while review consultations are on the way.�
He added that the government would seek help from medical experts outside the Philippines,
including from the World Health Organization.
Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease in the world, with nearly 400 million
people infected every year.
There are four dengue viruses, or serotypes, and most people who are infected recover and
become immune to the first serotype they had.
In some cases, a later infection with a different serotype can lead to a severe hemorrhagic
fever.
About 25,000 people die every year from hemorrhagic fevers arising from the disease.
Mr. Duque said that, with an average of 200,000 people infected with dengue every year in
the Philippines, vaccination was �essential.�
He said that the Department of Health would be stepping up its monitoring efforts to ensure
public safety and that the department�s legal division was studying what to do with
the Sanofi contract and how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of children who may
have been put at risk.
Mr. Duque said that government officials had been asked to coordinate with community health
experts to identify and monitor the children.
He said a post-vaccination surveillance program would last for five years.�I hope that this
development will not in any way affect the expanded program of immunization because there
are countless number of lives that have been saved,� Mr. Duque said, adding that 7 billion
Philippine pesos, or about $140 million, had been budgeted for all government vaccination
programs for the year, up from 340 million pesos in 2006.
He would not say when the program was likely to be restarted or what steps would be necessary
to allow a resumption.�We need to go back quite a long way to really put the facts together,�
Mr. Duque said.
�Until that is available, we can�t answer all your questions with definitive responses.�
He said the vaccines that were now in stock would not be allowed to be sold unless the
labels were changed to reflect the latest advisory.Sanofi representatives in Manila
were not immediately available to comment on Friday.
The Philippines became the first country in Asia to approve the commercial sale of Dengvaxia,
in December 2015.Dengvaxia is the first dengue vaccine developed by Sanofi.Health advocates
in the Philippines first raised the alarm over Dengvaxia when the government announced
in April last year that it would be used in the school immunization program despite the
fact that it was a relatively new drug with possible unknown effects.
But the government continued, budgeting about $70 million for the program.The government
has defended its use of the vaccine, saying that the treatment had undergone extensive
studies and stressing that it was approved for use by the World Health Organization.
The first hint that there could be something wrong was in April last year when an 11-year-old
boy with congenital heart disease died after receiving a Dengvaxia shot, but the government
worked to distance the drug from the death.
Nancy Binay, a legislator in the Philippine Senate, said she was alarmed at the drug�s
potential impact on public health and urged the health authorities and Sanofi to �launch
a nationwide medical advisory and information drive� to contact parents whose children
had been given Dengvaxia.
The recently released Sanofi medical report was �deeply shocking and disturbing,�
Senator Binay said.She said it was �sad� that the health department ignored the warnings
about the lack of patient safety and research integrity in the Dengvaxia tests.
�Safety should always be the paramount concern when it comes to any immunization program,�
she said.Senator Binay called on the pharmaceutical giant to explain what it meant when it warned
of �severe disease.�
�We don�t want the warning to the public to come too little, too late,� she said.
�Obviously, there were shortfalls and gaps in the vaccine�s safety profile, and I believe
Sanofi is morally and ethically obliged to inform the public what severe diseases came
out in their clinical tests.�
Dr. Anthony Leachon, an independent director at PhilHealth, a government medical insurance
body, said the Philippine medical community had expressed alarm at the government�s
use of the vaccine.
He said that as early as last year medical experts had told the government that there
was �lingering uncertainty� about the long-term effects of the vaccine, but that
their concerns had apparently been ignored.
�Evidence from manufacturer�s trials shows that there may be a paradoxical increase in
the incidence of severe dengue beginning a few years after children are vaccinated, and
possibly continuing for the rest of their lives,� Dr. Leachon said.
The clinical trials on the dengue vaccine were designed specifically to assess this
�and sadly, this danger has been confirmed,� he said.�Many parents, teachers and healthcare
workers claim they were never fully informed about the benefits and potential side effects
of the vaccine,� Dr. Leachon added.
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