She has been battling a debilitating disease for 15 years. Vaccinated in 1993 and 1999 againstHepatitis B as part of her profession, a childcare assistant from Isère developed macrophage myofasciitis in 2001. The Administrative Court of Appeal of Lyon ruled in its direction on May 4, 2016, recognizing the existence of a link between the vaccine and this disability, and ordering that the complainant receive the wages that she ceased to receive. “since his compulsory release in 2010“, reports AFP.
A causal link must be “considered established”
Macrophagic myofasciitis is a rare disease that is manifested by chronic muscle and joint pain, fatigue and mild fever. The complainant, now 65, had “never exhibited disabling symptoms before“, according to the judgment of the administrative court. It therefore considers that “the causal link between the vaccination against hepatitis B undergone within the framework of the vaccination obligation related to her professional activity and the macrophagic myofasciitis from which she suffers, must be considered as established“and that his disease”must be considered attributable to the service“. In 2013, justice had already vindicated a nurse who developed macrophagic myofasciitisfollowing vaccination against hepatitis B.
Controversy around adjuvants
The administrative court of appeal also indicates “that it appears from the expert report of August 26, 2011 that [la plaignante] has muscle lesions of macrophagic myofasciitis reflecting the in situ persistence, prolonged over time, of aluminum hydroxide (immune stimulant), years after the intramuscular injection of a vaccine containing this compound as an adjuvant“. Mistrust of vaccines comes mainly from adjuvants, including aluminum, which are the subject of fierce controversybecause this compound is toxic. However, the concentration of this element in vaccines is very low and we are also exposed to it every day through other products, such as cosmetics.
Moreover, despite the concerns they generate, vaccines are still today the only effective way to eradicate a deadly disease and protect against many infections, at the level of the individual and the population. . Last April, on the occasion of the vaccination week, the French Regional Health Agencies (ARS) recalled that “getting vaccinated means protecting yourself and others“.
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