Hilary's Desk

Whooping cough - the infection

Hilary Butler - Thursday, May 31, 2012

What you need to know: In terms of infection, these three attachments are worth reading Whooping cough was once called Haemophilus Pertussis, as per the Harrison 7th edition, and is now called Bordetella Pertussis: Pertussis Crowcroft 2006 Pertussis Hallander 12 sweden Pertussis Harrison 77, 7th Edition. In terms of management of the infection, this thread is where you can glea...

Close-Up on whooping cough, part One.

Hilary Butler - Thursday, May 17, 2012

Close Up's programme on whooping cough, was a triumph of emotional blackmail using a cute baby with whooping cough, to push a policy which doesn't work. But worse than that, was the standard of discussion on Close up's facebook page. You know that eminence based manipulation has truly scraped the bottom of the barrel when Grant Jacobs obliquely counsels all readers not...

Jabbem All..... !!!

Hilary Butler - Sunday, May 13, 2012

Jabbem all they say..... What next? Forced contraception? Perhaps. Have the public have lost sight of the "real" issues with regarding "choice"? We were told that the public supports "free contraception for beneficiaries" . But what does the public mean when they voted "yes" on the polls?. Do they mean that they support free contraception being offered ...

The dangers of catscans and X-rays.

Hilary Butler - Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Yesterday, I rambled about X-rays in general, but put nothing specifically about the dangers, and the data. This post is in response to a request for specific data So, the question is, "What are the dangers of a catscan/X-ray for your child?" After all, if you are, as the FDA says, to keep track of your child's imaging history, you have to know what, when, where, why and how, and it's...

Dumbed down school children?

Hilary Butler - Monday, May 07, 2012

This is called "vaccine education" Australian Government style, from a book supplied throughout schools: Clearly, school children are now considered so dumb that no facts are required. Why would the Australian Government be providing this cartoon book (which had the above picture in it) to all Australian school children? (I have only scanned half of it.) Of interest, this...

Nuke'em all. More eminenced based guestimation, part 5.

Hilary Butler - Monday, May 07, 2012

During a trip to the United States in 1993, a fall down a stairwell landed me in St Joseph’s hospital in Atlanta, where I was wheeled in to have an ankle X-ray. As part of the process I was covered with an incredibly heavy, 5 mm thick, lead “drape”. The “drape” was more a tent, because it extended down to the floor covering my head, and going down to the floor...

Babies don't feel pain: Eminence based stupidity part 4.

Hilary Butler - Sunday, May 06, 2012

Did you know that for decades, ultra intelligent people who went through medical school, truly believed that babies don't feel pain? This bolt from of the blue, hit us on November 24, 1981, with the birth of our first child. Paediatric "paragons of all truth", had done eleven (yes you read that right) needle insertions into the spine of our baby, while a nurse held him,...

Eminence Based Medicine Part 3

Hilary Butler - Friday, May 04, 2012

Back to Basics, Part 1 and Part 2, lay the framework for asking the key questions of this blog, which relate to "Just how 'scientific' are vaccines, in principle, in practice, in fact and in application?" In order to understand the implications of that in babies, the lack of understanding about the neonatal immune system (and new discoveries which are very disturbing) - anot...

Eminence based medicine, part 2

Hilary Butler - Thursday, May 03, 2012

In order to know what vaccines do, and how the body responds to them, you have to understand the immune system in the first place, right?. All parents believe that doctors and immunologists understand the immune system. They wouldn't introduce vaccines if they didn't, right?. You can't possible evaluate "reactions" and problems in the immune system after vaccination unless you understand ...

Eminence based medicine - Part 1.

Hilary Butler - Wednesday, May 02, 2012

There is a fascinating video on medscape website which all parents should listen to, or read the transcript of. The article is titled: "Why Doctors Keep Doing Treatments That Don't Work". The doctor concerned, states: ...."You have talked rather generously about evidence-based medicine. Most of medicine isn't evidence-based. The overwhelming majority is more "eminence-based," to st...

Why we would consider "Mandatory Vaccination" a criminal act.

Hilary Butler - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

(This blog - written by Peter - is in response to the world wide move to make vaccine mandatory, to try to remove exemptions and force parents to accept a "one-size-fits-every-baby" vaccination programme.) How can you "justify" a criminal Act?!! As a start, a few definitions need to be born in mind. A FACT: An event, or thing, known to have happened or existed. A truth that can ...