Edward Jenner developed the Cowpox (smallpox) vaccine using cowpox fluid (the name vaccine is derived from the Latin vacca, cow); his first vaccination occurred on May 14, 1796.

(* Oslo, capital of Norway was named Christiania from 1624-1878, Kristiania from 1878-1924, Oslo from 1924)

Smallpox vaccine was mandatory until 1976. Vaccine is optional today.

Last Norwegian-produced DPT vaccines were used during the 1984/85.

Ambulance took him to the local Baerum Hospital. After the examination at the Baerum Hospital, Eilert was sent further to The National Hospital in Oslo (Rikshospitalet).

Eilert was, for the next 3 weeks, in The National Hospital in Oslo. He suffered meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain.
Neurologists and pediatricians wrote that brain inflammation was most likely caused by the DPT vaccine that Eilert received 3 days earlier.  Doctors reported the case to the Norwegian Institute for Public Health (NIPH), as they were supposed to do in case of any complication possibly caused by a vaccine.  But, Norwegian Institute for Public Health (NIPH) refuses to register the event as possible adverse reaction or an injury caused by a DPT vaccine.

"I contacted  The Norwegian Institute for Public Health and got the message that Eilert did not suffer from vaccine reaction.

They haven't even seen his journal!  They knew almost nothing about Eilert, but they refused to register this as possible vaccine caused injury." 

Reporter: "And what happens then?"

Hanne Nokleby: "Then, they are examined and categorized as serious or less serious."

Reporter: "What was NIPH doing to follow up on those reports of reactions or complications?"

Hanne Nokleby: "I have no information about that, cause there is nobody today who used to work in NIPH during 70s and 80s, who could answer that question.
We know that replies were sent to some of those reports.  But systematic follow up and replying to reports ... we did not start before some years later."

"They called it Near SIDS (Near Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). I never heard about it before.
I told them that they received the report from the doctors who treated Eilert.  Doctors stated that it was most likely an adverse reaction to DPT vaccine. I asked if they registered it as vaccine injury?

They said, no, we haven't, cause they thought it was not a vaccine reaction, it was "Near SIDS".

"I told them that they are ignoring conclusions of the doctors who treated Eilert.  Doctors of The National Hospital in Oslo are considered the most respected neurologists and pediatricians in Norway!"

"When we left The National Hospital, we were optimistic, but we did get the message that Eilert most likely suffered brain damage, though nobody knew how serious was it at that time."

"We got the message that Eilert needs to be stimulated in all possible ways in order to minimize possible development delays caused by the possible brain damage."

"It is important to stimulate child with brain damage from early age to minimize the side effects."

"Eilert needed help for absolutely everything."

Why didn't NIPH record it as adverse reaction?

Why wouldn't they even consider the possibility that Eilert suffered injury as a result of a vaccine produced by NIPH?

Svein Erik Berner: "It was almost unbelievable. I received a letter from NIPH with articles on SIDS, Near SIDS."

"I started researching the questions."

"I figured out that Eilert should be compensated for injuries that he suffered."

"Eilert was the front soldier who was injured in a battle against diseases. Children are not vaccinated only for their own good.  It is to protect the society as whole against epidemics."

Svein Erik Berner files a Lawsuit against the Norwegian State in order to press them to acknowledge Eilerts injury and to get the compensation for Eilert.

Today, Kamille is 22 years old.

NIPH concluded: Camilla was Near SIDS (Near Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

Same evening, 6 hours after the DPT shot, Camilla was found in bed blue in her face, not breathing. She was rushed to the Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen.

Today, Camilla needs help with anything and everything. She is 22, but she is like s small child with very strong will.

Question on the possibility that her injury was caused by vaccine popped up early.

Camilla's parents file a Lawsuit against the Norwegian State.

They loose on the first two court instances.

After appeals, the highest court takes the case. State lawyers did not want the case tried at the highest court. 

After a court battle that lasted 12 years, state lawyers offer settlement outside the court.  State covers all court expenses, and compensates Camilla for injuries.  Exact amount of the  compensation is kept secret. Newspaper articles reporting the case were entitled: Large compensation after 12 years of court battle.

"I felt strongly that authorities were hiding information, suppressing information and they were also coming forward with clearly wrong information and that has really made me mad" said Svein Erik Berner, Sten Eilert's father.

Dr. Hans Krokan leads a large group of experts in one of the most advanced medical projects.

"I believe it is highly probable that there is a connection between the vaccine and the  injuries, but you can not be 100% sure. It is impossible to be 100% sure."

"When you are vaccinating with a whole cell vaccine, child will be exposed to all components, proteins of the Pertussis bacteria. If those components are not fully inactivated, it could cause serious complications and reactions inside brain.

It has been shown in experiments with mice.  It has been demonstrated in animal models that there are several components in Pertussis bacteria that could develop serious reactions inside brain. It is the animal model that has made it possible to create a diagram of the mechanism that leads to brain injury." said Dr. Hans Krokan.

From his office in Los Angeles, Dr. John H. Menkes, one of the worlds leading experts on vaccine injuries supports Berner.  He said: "I would be glad to come to Oslo to testify as expert witness".

Dr. John H. Menkes have examined Eilerts journal. Dr. Menkes is pediatrician specialized in pediatric neurology.  He has written text books, some of which are part of the Medical curriculum all over the world, including Norway. His name is well known and respected.

When it comes to Eilerts brain injury, Dr. Menkes is clear:
"I would have said in court that by far most likely is that this boy, Sten Eilert, was injured by a component of this triple vaccine, and component being the Pertusses bacterium ... and that onset of his illness coincided with the administration of the vaccine."

Eilert's brain has marks since inflammation. Marks where it was suppose to be brain tissue.

Dr. Menkes has seen similar marks on other children that suffered vaccine injury.  The society must admit that injuries are happening, and must take the responsibility.

Who is right?  NIPH or Dr. Menkes? 

The Health authorities of other countries have concluded: Brain injuries after DPT are rare but it happens.  It is the Pertussis component that is responsible.

Several countries have discontinued vaccinating with whole cell DPT after numerous injuries, including Sweden and France.

Hanne Nokleby (NIPH): "After the total evaluation one must conclude that Pertussis component is not the most likely explanation for the brain injury."

Reporter: "So, one has to chose what to believe?"

Hanne Nokleby: "Or one should look at what the most likely explanation is ... and I believe that main weight pushes against the idea that there is a link between Pertussis vaccine and injuries."

Hanne Nokleby: "But, even if the main weight is against the idea that there is a link between Pertussis vaccine, one can not absolutely eliminate that possibility. In a single example, it is impossible to state: Yes, this is for sure Pertussis injury ... or this is for sure NOT Pertussis injury.  In a single example, it is impossible to prove that it was not vaccine ... but one can say something about the probability of something like that happening."

NIPH had responsibility for production, vaccination and for recording and evaluating the adverse events.

In Norway, we have a saying for this: "to set the fox to keep the geese." ("å sette bukken til aa passe havresekken").

Side effects:

1980:  223
1981:  422

These were: allergic reactions, high fever, shock after the injection and cry ... all considered side effects.

Complications are reports of more serious events. Eilert's brain inflammation would be one of those. It should have been recorded as a possible vaccine related complication, but NIPH refused to record it as adverse event, even it was against the law.

There were 127 complications recorded during the 80's.

SIDS is a label given when an infant dies of unknown cause. Child usually dies while sleeping, without an apparent cause.
Fear was spreading between health professionals and between parents, fear that vaccines are responsible for SIDS.

Alarmingly large number of SIDS cases were reported in Oslo from 1979 to 1982, all occurring during the first few weeks after DPT shot.

Were those cases related to vaccines?

1982, Dr. Jens Steen and sociologist Leif Kåre Solberg from Oslo Oslo Board of Public Heath delivered a report to Health Minister and to NIPH about possible link between DPT vaccine and SIDS in Oslo.  Report examined SIDS cases from 1/1/1979 until 1/7/1982.

Dr. Jens Steen was chief physician of the Mother and Child department at Oslo Board of Public Heath and had medical responsibility for all Health stations in Olso.  Leif Kåre Solberg was chief of the Clearing department at Oslo Board of Public Heath.

This report was stamped "Top Secret" and was shared with not more then 5 people. They did not want to cause panic before they have more data.

The research examined 14,000 vaccinated kids.  15 of them died after receiving DPT vaccine produced by NIPH.

12 of 15 died within 4 weeks, while 7 of 15 died within 7 days after receiving DPT.

These numbers were alarming. At the meeting decision was made to produce a second report covering longer period of time and covering whole Norway.

Leif Kåre Solberg produced the second report.

The second report did not find a link between DPT and SIDS. This report was also stamped "Top Secret".

Here are the results of SIDS analysis from 2004:

      Click on the images to enlarge.

The diagram shows that most deaths occurred during the second month, which is before the DPT shot. DPT was given at 3 months of age.  There is no visible peek on the diagram at 3 months of age.  If DPT was linked to SIDS, one would expect to see a peek at 3 months of age.

The problem with this research is that it has not taken into account a possibility that only vaccines used in Oslo were problematic or that only vaccine given during a 2 years period were the hot batch.

If only vaccines delivered to Oslo had problems, then Oslo statistics would have been overshadowed by numbers from the whole country, and by addition of numbers from other years.

Through the studies of medicine and Norwegian vaccination history Svein Erik Berner have discovered important documents, documents nobody new existed. Here is one of them.

Vaccine statistics from the NIPH are not recorded by the The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA). (NoMA is the national, regulatory authority for new and existing medicines.)

Further research into the problem brings several documents. Already 1981, NoMA sent a letter to NIPH (SIFF) reminding them that all adverse reactions, including serious complications, are to be reported to NoMA (SLK).

But, that did not happen.

When health teams were vaccinating kids, they were obliged by law to report serious adverse reactions to NIPH (SIFF). But, NIPH who received the reports, ignored those reports and did not report further to NoMA (SLK). The result of this was that NIPH "made invisible" hundreds of complications reported by doctors from all over the country. NIPH also excluded possible serious injures from all statistics by labeling them and calling them the Near SIDS.

During the period from the 1978 to 1985  NIPH registered 127 serious complications and several hundreds of less serious adverse reactions after DPT. 

During the same 8 years period, NoMA (SLK) registered only 4 complications.

Registering failed.    System failed.

Cause they shouldn't produce damage, ..... they feel they don't." 

In other words, Institute's vaccine is safe, and there are no reports about serious adverse reactions.

Eilert suffered injury November 1981. More then 1 million healthy Norwegian kids have received  Institute's vaccine.

Svein Erik Barner asks: "Would NIPH continue producing vaccine until 1984, if statistics of adverse reactions  were public domain?"

They discovered alarmingly serious errors and failures at the HIPH's production facilities.

Nevertheless, HIPH was allowed to continue the production of the vaccine, though it was against the norms and regulations, like norms that regulate sterility, ingredients control, storage, knowledge about where vaccines were used and who got them.

In the report from 1977, Inspectors write:

"HIPH production facilities for for vaccines are very unsatisfactory and extensive undertaking it is necessary to bring the production standard to an acceptable level."

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"Accidental errors could result in disproportional consequences, considering that some of the products are used on large groups of patients (Influenza vaccine, and even in higher degree DPT vaccine )."

1982 there was a similar inspection, and the conclusion was similar. Production was graded as unsatisfactory .

"In the same areas where vaccines were produced, animal experiments were carried."  inspectors were reporting.

Several other problems were uncovered in the environment that was suppose to be sterile.

The the new report from the Inspectors from 1982 was ignored.

Reporter: Do you think that someone could have been injured by those vaccines produced by NIPH?

Hanne Nokleby: "I can't answer that question. I believe that direct causative relationship between vaccine and reported injuries is highly unlikely." (Hanne Nokleby, Director of the Vaccine Division at NIPH)

October 1983,  minister Torbjørn Mork from the Social Department sent a letter requesting that HIPH must improve the production facilities and production and control process.

Minister Mork gave a 6 weeks deadline to HIPH to improve production facilities.

First after that letter, control leader at NIPH reports that the control function at NIPH is far below the danger level.

Conclusions of the Inspectors after official inspections of the vaccine department of The Norwegian Institute of Public Health in the year 1977 and 1982 

 Translated into English by Svein Erik Berner. August 20, 2006

 Inspection report dated May 18, 1977 

Conclusion on page 5:

The conditions for manufacturing vaccines at The Norwegian Institute of Public Health are very unsatisfactory, and extensive measures are needed to raise the standard to an acceptable level.

Inspection report dated January 12, 1983

Bases for the evaluation, page 2 and 3:

Although several improvements are made since the last inspection [in 1977], a lot still remains to be done in order to meet the demands set forth by the general GMP rules (i.e. demands in EU for Good Manufacturing Practice) and the guidelines for sterile production.

It is the opinion of the signing inspectors that it will not be possible to meet the GMP demands in premises available today for this production. Fully acceptable production conditions can only be reached if new, suitable premises are made available.

After having argued that Norway needs its own vaccine production, the inspectors set forth a number of recommendations (page 6 - 10). These conclusions, 15 all together, are considered minimum requirements for continued production in the present, provisory and provisionally accepted premises.

The Norwegian Department of Health decided to terminate the Norwegian production of DPT vaccine in 1983.

This is what happened:  The number of complications reported 1984 was the half of the number reported 1983.  The number went down to 4 cases 1985 and to zero 1987.

The vaccine production program was halted in full secrecy. Nobody knew the real reason why HIPH stopped vaccine production. Nobody was suppose to know.

All documents from that time were immediately stamped "classified". (Documents published in this newsletter, too.)

The public excuse was: "It is too expensive to produce vaccine in Norway."

HIPH own statistics are giving a good reason to believe that there are other children.  Statists show that NIPH registered hundreds of complications.

What could they be labeled with?  ... SIDS, Near SIDS, Cerebral palsy with Epilepsy, or they could have been labeled Viral Meningitis. Something like that." said Dr. John H. Menkes.

NIPH does not agree with Dr. John H. Menkes.

Norwegian state is responsible for the compensation.

The verdict was officially announced on October 30th 2006 in the offices of the Layer Firm "Vogt og Wiig".

Here is the image gallery with images taken at the Firm "Vogt og Wiig":
http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/dommen/

A lawyer Stein Chr. Hexebergs from Vogt og Wiig was representing Berners.

This is the first time ever in Norwegian history that State lost a vaccine case against parents.

TV2-journalists were there and the event was reported on the evening news on TV2.

Other major Norvegian TV channels mainly ignored the verdict.

For any questions on this documentary you can send an email to: document2@tv2.no

The documentary ( unfortunately only in Norwegian language) is now available on the web.  http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/?treeId=33

http://pub.tv2.no/TV2/magasiner/dokument2/article771764.ece

http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/doc/

http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/

http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/bivirkningsraporter/

http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/letters/

http://curezone.com/ig/igallery.asp?d=/newsletter/vaccine/documents/pdf/

Some of the documents have not been mentioned in the documentary due to the time constrains.

EILERT FACT SHEET

Svein Erik Berner
Hogstadveien 91
N-1383 Asker.
Phone: + 47 66 98 83 24   cell phone: +47 413 14 915

Asker, July 2, 2005

Eilert Berner's DPT Vaccination, Summary of Facts.

Mistakes in the medical record from the National Hospital (Rikshospitalet)

1. 1. It says that Eilert was found in his bed, pale and with weak breath, some minutes before noon. The ambulance log shows that the car left Asker Fire Station at 11:15am on the 1st of November 1981. The wait for the ambulance was longer than expected. For us it seemed like an eternity. When it finally arrived it was with neither sirens nor flashing lights. At the time we estimated that we had been waiting for 45 minutes. The person who received the call may not have interpreted the situation as serious as we did. While waiting we got dressed, packed our toiletries and clothing, and waited for what seemed like a very long time. The point at which we discovered something was wrong with Eilert was 10:30am, not a few minutes before 12:00, as stated by the medical record. We arrived at Baerum Hospital shortly before 12:00, and it is probably this event that the journal refers to. Eilert could have had seizures before 8am without anybody noticing.
    
2. The medical record states that Eilert was lying in bed when he was found. This must be an assumption the writer made, since Eilert´s parents were sleeping in their beds. Eilert was in a pram in the garden. 
    
3. The medical record by Rikshospitalet states that we, the parents, took Eilert to Baerum Hospital. In the letter of discharge sent to Asker Health Service Center it says that we drove him there ourselves. An ambulance was in fact used.
    
4. Neurological test of infant by Doctor Ruth Bostad, 3rd of November 1981. Doctor Bostad writes that Eilert was found with some degree of cyanosis in bed and without respiration. We never met Doctor Bostad; hence we must assume she got the bed from the previous notes in the journal. She has probably also read about the two- three breaths that were administered, and assumed the child was not breathing. As I explained in detail in court, and which was also explained in writing to the court, it is incorrect that Eilert was not breathing. (See page 1, point 4 of this summary). Eilert was breathing by himself when he was found. Given that mouth-to-mouth was mentioned in the medical record, it is not surprising that doctor Bostad assumed Eilert had stopped breathing.
    
5. The court's own specialists, MD Patric Olin and MD John Oestergaard, also write in their common report that Eilert was not breathing when he was found by his father. This is probably based on doctor Bostad's false assumption that the child was not breathing because the father administered mouth-to-mouth for a few seconds after the mother found the child and lifted it out of the pram.
    
6. The medical record from Rikshospitalet states that we discovered Eilert´s serious symptoms 2 days after the vaccine was administered. The correct number is close to 3 days, between 66 and 69 hours. The «2 days» are repeated in notes made by several other doctors, most likely because they had access to the journal from Rikshospitalet and have used it for reference.
    

DPT in USA

In 1994, the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences published a report stating that if the first symptoms of neurological damage occurred within the first seven days following vaccination with whole-cell pertussis vaccine, the evidence was compatible with the possibility that it could be the cause of permanent brain damage in otherwise apparently healthy children. It continued by stating:

This serious acute neurologic response to DPT is a rare event. The estimated excess risk ranged from 0 to 10.5 per million immunizations (IOM, 1991). The committee stresses that this is not the strongest statement regarding causality; the evidence does not "establish" or "prove" a causal relation....

The evidence remains insufficient to indicate the presence or absence of a causal relation between DPT and chronic nervous system dysfunction under any other circumstances. That is, because the NCES is the only systematic study of chronic nervous system dysfunctions after DPT, the committee can only comment on the causal relation between DPT and those chronic nervous system dysfunctions under the conditions studied by the NCES. In particular, it should be noted that the chronic nervous system dysfunctions associated with DPT followed a serious acute neurologic illness that occurred in children within 7 days after receiving DPT.^[1]

The US began to switch to the far safer acellular pertussis vaccine in 1991, and as of 2002 the US no longer used any whole-cell pertussis vaccine.