The Truth About Vaccines

Originally posted by vacant ↑

His paper? Vinu more generally appears as a female name as far as I can see?

Now what qualifications does this Vinu have in the field of immunology or more generally medicine in order to understand what she/he is reading? The answer appears to be none. The only reference of qualification one can find on Vinu Arumugham is as an Engineer from San Jose. All other google results lead to anti vax comments on blogs. And those blog comments are just repetition of the standard anti-vax trope.

Shoenfeld's theory about autoimmune disease being caused by adjuvants contained in vaccine remains unproven.

https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccines-and-other-conditions/autoimmuneinflammatory-syndrome-induced-adjuvants-asia

Vaccines and Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA)

Shoenfeld and co-workers working in Israel identified a disease they termed autoimmune autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA). In 2017, Ameratunga and co-workers identified two studies refuting this claim. In one study, the hepatitis B vaccine containing an aluminum adjuvant did not exacerbate symptoms in patients with systemic lupus. A second study evaluated the incidence of autoimmune disease in more than 18,000 patients who received subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy containing large quantities of injected aluminum adjuvants. Patients receiving injected aluminum were found to have a lower incidence of autoimmune disease compared with controls. The authors concluded that current studies do not support the existence of ASIA.
Other studies listed below show how aluminum in vaccines is well within the limit of safety determined by the Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry. For more information about the aluminum in vaccines, visit the vaccine ingredients-aluminum section of our website.
Reference

Ameratunga R, Gills D, Gold M, et al. Evidence refuting the existence of autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA). J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2017;5:1551-1555.
The authors identified two studies refuting the claim for autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) as suggested by Shoenfeld and co-workers. In one study, lupus patients were found to have no increase in exacerbations after receiving a hepatitis B vaccine containing an aluminum adjuvant. A second study evaluated the incidence of autoimmune disease in more than 18,000 patients who received subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy containing large quantities of injected aluminum. Patients receiving injected aluminum were found to have a lower incidence of autoimmune disease compared with controls. The authors concluded that current studies do not support the existence of ASIA.

Reviewed by Paul A. Offit, MD on September 11, 2018

And maybe read this if you want to delve further into Shoenfeld.

https://vaxopedia.org/2017/09/20/who-is-dr-yehuda-shoenfeld/

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"Vinu more generally appears as a female name as far as I can see?"

Could be like the planet Vinu? Or that is the name of their alien species friends Vinu? You know like the Scientologist believe in them. Anti-vaxxers must be linked to Scientology surely?

Or maybe Vinu is the city where Menta lives on his flat earth??