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sv40 is a cancer causing virus that contaminated 1/3rd of all polio vaccines. From wikipedia: The discovery of SV40 revealed that between 1955 and 1963 around

sv40 is a cancer causing virus that contaminated 1/3rd of all polio vaccines. From wikipedia: The discovery of SV40 revealed that between 1955 and 1963 around 90% of children and 60% of adults in the U.S. were inoculated with SV40-contaminated polio vaccines. Link to studies: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=sv40+cancer&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=sv40...

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
"Studies of groups of people who received polio vaccine during 1955–1963 provide evidence of no increased cancer risk." [1] [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25057632/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25057632/
- zackees 5y ago
  NIH is corrupt and often covers for big pharma which funds it. SV40 has consistently been found in tumors across the body: https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/67/17/8065.short https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/67/17/8065.short
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  - onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
    Correlation does not equal causation. A virus being found in a tumor doesn't mean it caused it.
- sm0ss117 5y ago
  Quick rule of thumb, the reason we associate it with cancer is because the only ppl we systemically tested for it had cancer. If you tested everybody you'd probably find it in everybody since it was in a mandatory vaccine
- Supermancho 5y ago
  I think a quick google search has steered you wrong. I don't think this is a huge story (I've never heard of SV40 before reading this thread), but just a little deeper...reading the executive summary, the story seems less clear cut. "The committee concludes that the biological evidence is moderate that SV40 exposure could lead to cancer in humans under natural conditions." And there's more. SV40's probably also transformative (observed in both mammals and humans) and the vaccine has moderate evidence of causality. Then there's the strange disappearance of the CDC page awhile back - http://www.laleva.org/eng/2013/07/cdc_disappears_page_linking_polio_vaccines_to_cancer-causing_viruses.html http://www.laleva.org/eng/2013/07/cdc_disappears_page_linkin... And the papers correlating the virus to cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10472327/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10472327/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966607/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966607/ etc

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago

"Studies of groups of people who received polio vaccine during 1955–1963 provide evidence of no increased cancer risk." [1] [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25057632/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25057632/

zackees 5y ago
NIH is corrupt and often covers for big pharma which funds it. SV40 has consistently been found in tumors across the body: https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/67/17/8065.short https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/67/17/8065.short
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- onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
  Correlation does not equal causation. A virus being found in a tumor doesn't mean it caused it.
sm0ss117 5y ago
Quick rule of thumb, the reason we associate it with cancer is because the only ppl we systemically tested for it had cancer. If you tested everybody you'd probably find it in everybody since it was in a mandatory vaccine
Supermancho 5y ago
I think a quick google search has steered you wrong. I don't think this is a huge story (I've never heard of SV40 before reading this thread), but just a little deeper...reading the executive summary, the story seems less clear cut. "The committee concludes that the biological evidence is moderate that SV40 exposure could lead to cancer in humans under natural conditions." And there's more. SV40's probably also transformative (observed in both mammals and humans) and the vaccine has moderate evidence of causality. Then there's the strange disappearance of the CDC page awhile back - http://www.laleva.org/eng/2013/07/cdc_disappears_page_linking_polio_vaccines_to_cancer-causing_viruses.html http://www.laleva.org/eng/2013/07/cdc_disappears_page_linkin... And the papers correlating the virus to cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10472327/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10472327/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966607/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966607/ etc