I saw this on reddit, and yes, its true.
Again the damage of the vaccine is orders larger than the damage of the virus.
Kelly sums it up good, and i put some more info after.
The Atlantic article : Hendra is a deadly virus that is endemic in Australia and is spread by bats. Since the first documented outbreak in horses in 1994, Hendra has killed 102 of the animals. It kills people, too: On seven occasions, it has crossed from sick horses to the veterinarians and other professionals attending them, leading to four excruciating deaths. For the last six years, the animal-pharmaceutical company Zoetis—previously a Pfizer subsidiary—has sold a vaccine called Equivac to prevent horses from contracting the virus.//
Scientists at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, near Melbourne, one of the country’s highest-level biosecurity laboratories, soon isolated a never-before-seen paramyxovirus—the virus family that includes measles and canine distemper—from the horse tissue. They christened it Hendra. When the outbreak finally waned, at least 20 horses had been infected and 13 of them had died or were so sick they had to be euthanized.
Researchers eventually determined that flying foxes, a large fruit bat common around Brisbane, were the natural reservoir for the disease. Based on the four human deaths, Hendra’s fatality rate equals or exceeds that of Ebola. Unlike Ebola, however, Hendra is not highly contagious: Horses only cough in the final stages of infection, and human-to-human transmission has never been documented. But if the virus mutates, it could spread beyond Australia’s shores and become the next global plague. Nipah, a closely related virus from flying foxes in Southeast Asia, is already considered a pandemic threat because of its ability to spread from person to person. A
Nipah outbreak that struck India in May killed 13 people, bringing that virus’s
death toll to 196 people since 2001.
In 2011, after Hendra killed 24 more Australian horses, veterinarians and horse owners clamored for a solution. The president of the Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association suggested in a newspaper op-ed that the state should consider culling bats. “It is no different to culling kangaroos to protect farming land, or netting sharks to protect swimmers,” he
wrote. “When human lives are at stake these types of measures need to be taken.”
Others thought a vaccine was the answer. Building off work conducted by the U.S. military to fight Nipah, Australian scientists pursued several vaccination strategies. They posited that a horse vaccine, rather than a human one, would have a larger commercial market and would be able to meet regulatory approval more quickly, while also achieving the goal of preventing the infection from spilling over into people.
Early results from the trial were promising: Seven horses given the vaccine
proved impervious to infection. The government fast-tracked its release in November 2012, allowing Zoetis to market it under a so-called minor-use permit, which required veterinarians to administer it in order to collect safety and efficacy data. Now, there’s no question that it works. Since the 2012 release, 20 horses have died of Hendra. None of them were vaccinated.//
To date, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has recorded 918 probable or possible vaccine reactions from the half-million doses of vaccine that have been administered, a figure that places it among the safest vaccines sold. These reactions range from mild swelling and muscle stiffness to colic. Seven horse deaths are “possibly” associated with the vaccine.
The vaccine for Hendra, a virus that can spread from horses to humans, has pitted owners against vets—revealing that science alone can't prevent the next global pandemic.
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(I did not find any proof of the spreading by bats. )
"It is expensive, but what is the cost of a human life? It is a no-brainer to get them vaccinated."
Manufacturer says court case has "no merit"
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QUEENSLAND INQUIRY
On 25 February 2016 the Queensland Legislative Assembly agreed to a motion that the "Agriculture and Environment Committee inquire into and report on the Hendra virus (HeV) EquiVacc® vaccine and its use by veterinary surgeons in Queensland".
"The APVMA, Zoetis and the AVA have argued that the levels of adverse reactions to the HeV vaccine are low and well within the normal acceptable range. The APVMA has reported only seven deaths of horses 'possibly' linked and no deaths 'probably' linked to vaccinations to date," the report tabled in parliament said.
"Despite these statistics, many horse owners are adamant that adverse reactions to the vaccine are more prevalent and under-reported (by vets to Zoetis to APVMA, and then reported by APVMA), and that vets and Zoetis have clear vested interests in not reporting adverse reactions."
The committee's own survey of horse deaths highlighted challenges with adverse event reporting. They decided not to recommend legislation to make the Hendra virus vaccine mandatory.
Case claims vaccine maker overstated Hendra virus risk
Manufacturer says court case has "no merit"
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"The vaccine is safe, effective and fully approved by Australia's highly regarded regulator. Since 2012, Australian veterinarians have administered hundreds of thousands of vaccinations, including to some of the most expensive racehorses in the world. Vaccination protects horses and everyone who comes into contact with them. The action has no merit."
The class action, that has 130 people or more joined to it, conducted by LHD lawyers, also alleges a number of severe reactions to the vaccine have occurred in horses.The vaccine sold as Equivac HeV was developed by the CSIRO and has full approval from the APVMA. The vaccine must be administered by a veterinarian. It follows a pattern of an initial vaccination, followed a few weeks later by a second vaccination, another one six months later and then a booster every year. The cost for each vial of vaccine is about $50, plus vet costs, which could be as high as $200 per vaccination.//
Zoetis stated: 'Vaccine Safety Update: analysis of the first 25,500 doses administered to horses have shown a low adverse reaction rate, with no serious or life threatening reactions involved. 0.22 per cent adverse reaction rate to date'//
The lead applicant is Rachael Abbott.
She claims that JBS told her the horse need to be vaccinated for Hendra virus. The claim alleges after the first vaccination "Primetime had suffered an injection site reaction, oedema, pain and Pyrex/a and became depressed and touch sensitive after the administration of the HeV injection. She experienced swelling in her joints and over kidneys, pale or white gums, rapid breathing, weight loss, disorientation and was stiff in her movements. As a result of this, Primetime required four months of veterinary care." She said her $30,000 horse could not be sold.
"The Applicant was directed to allow but refused to have any further injections administered to her horses and as a result her employment was terminated on 20 March 2015."
Whether horses should be vaccinated or not is a debate that remains polarised, with those in favour regarding...
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“This is a new vaccine and no vet is able to tell us whether its markers will be passed on to our foals via a vaccinated parent,” said Mr McDonald. “This is why we don’t vaccinate our breeding stock at this time. There have also been reports of fertility problems in vaccinated animals.
LAST month the matter of the class action against Zoetis, the makers of the Hendra vaccine, » Read more about: Hendra Vaccine Case Update »
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Under pharmaceutical laws new trial vaccines can be administered under a special ‘minor use’ permit to be used reactively during an outbreak, however before a vaccine can be used more broadly and proactively it must first go through full clinical trials to identify side effects.
Zoetis’ claims that the virus is contracted by horses from bats is also challenged, following the results of their own clinical trials where the live virus was not contracted by any horses including:
- placing horse and cats in a confined space with Hendra infected bats;
- pumping infected bat urine down the horse’s nose, and
- being unable to infect horses with blood from infected bats and for the purposes of trialling the product, horses had to be infected with a synthetic form of Hendra.
Zoetis allege that because bats carry Hendra and horses contracted the virus in an area where bats were present, the bats therefore transmitted the virus to horses.
However, the CSIRO have provided advice that there was no scientific connection between Hendra carried by bats and the infection of horses.
LHD Lawyers argue that this was not the case with the Hendra vaccine, that following the use during the outbreak, Zoetis then aggressively marketed the vaccine for all horses in Australia in breach of the licencing and without proper clinical trials to identify side effects.
Chris Barry QC, senior counsel described the logic of Zoetis as
syllogism and alleges that because the virus is carried by other species, they ignore the possibility that the infections could have occurred from another source.
The class action also makes 23 claims of misleading and deceptive conduct by Zoetis including Hendra kills more veterinarians than any other cause and there was a risk of humans contracting the disease outside the area of the outbreak.
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Treatments for a Hendra vaccine allergy are supportive in nature as there is no cure for this condition. Medications such as antihistamines, NSAIDS, and steroids are usually given to help with inflammation and fever. Also, fluid and oxygen therapy may be used if needed.
Ahh Fauci..
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Human antibody protects monkeys from Hendra virus in study
All African green monkeys infected with Hendra virus completely recovered after receiving treatment with a human antibody, according to a study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)//
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, said in the release, "This is an important research advance that illustrates how scientific discoveries emerge through a steady stepwise process, and how our investment in research on countermeasures for biodefense and emerging infectious diseases can help global preparedness efforts."
So, there is a way to save the fearful veterinarians from a certain death, somebody should tell them?
Nahh, then vaxxing all those horses is not necessary any more.
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