The tragic deaths associated with CCSVI treatment keep being dredged up, year after year. Part of the ongoing Neuroland® campaign of disinformation and fear-mongering. They are using this as a weapon to try and block angioplasty treatment, hoping this blood flow discovery will simply go away.

Yes these numbers are very sad, but how do the risks of CCSVI treatment compare to other things? Maybe a reality check is in order?

For example, there are roughly 35,000 taking the new Gilenya MS pill. In a 6-month period 15-people died within roughly 24-hours after taking that pill. This works out to be a death rate of about (43/100,000)

Tysabri is another approved MS treatment. Roughly 250 have developed disabling PML and 52 sadly passed away. I read that there are about 95,000 taking Tysabri around the globe. This works out to be a death rate of about (55/100,000)

In Canada, 400 out of 75,000 lose their grip on life, dealing with this MS monster. That works out to a death rate of about (533/100,000)

Many groups are saying that somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 have received CCSVI angioplasty treatment in the last 4 years. Tragically 4 died. If you pick the low end of the scale, this works out to be about (12/100,000) If you based it on 40,000 treatments, then the rate would be roughly (10/100,000)

Lets look at a wide range of mortality numbers, to put all of this into perspective. Here is a mortality rate list, in descending order:

533/100,000 - Canadian MS death rate

92/100,000 – Logging Workers

92/100,000 – Aircraft Pilots

86/100,000 – Fishing Workers

55/100,000 – Tysabri MS Drug

47/100,000 – Structural Steel Workers

43/100,000 – Garbage Collectors

43/100,000 – Gilenya MS Drug

37/100,000 – Farmers

35/100,000 – Roofers

30/100,000 – Electrical Powerline Workers

28/100,000 – Travelling Sales Workers / Truck Drivers

24/100,000 – Taxi Drivers / Chauffeurs

12/100,000 – CCSVI Angioplasty Treatment

Frankly, when anyone brings up the fact that CCSVI angioplasty is so dangerous, they really need to do their homework and look at the facts.

Government officials, and members of the media keep saying that angioplasty is killing people. They also say that we can't do angioplasty trials in Canada, because of the risks involved. You got to wonder what is going on, when you look at the death rate numbers?

Then you have those Neuroland® Doctors. I guess we assume too much from them? They don’t seem to understand anything about angioplasty. An accepted standard of care to correct blood flow abnormalities in all parts of the body. A minimally invasive treatment that is being done millions of times each year, around the globe.

In the last few weeks, the FDA made headlines talking about how deadly CCSVI treatment is! Are they not able to read the peer-reviewed and published studies on this CCSVI treatment?

It also seems ironic that the death rate of the Taxi Driver taking you from the clinic to your hotel, or your travelling Big Pharma CRAB Drug Sales Rep, has double the potential risk of death doing their job, as compared to a person who just received their CCSVI angioplasty treatment.

"It's all about politics and dollars. Doctors can and do perform the procedure here at home provided their patients don't have MS. It should be available at home.” - Sheila Clements, Chair Chatham-Kent Chapter, MS Society of Canada (Chatham Daily News - September 2010)

So there you have it. The reality is crystal clear. So many things we do on a daily basis are far more dangerous than CCSVI angioplasty treatment.

Since November 2009 when W5 aired their show on CCSVI, over 1,000 Canadians have run out of time.

From what I see, the ongoing Neuroland® campaign of fear-mongering has only resulted in a senseless delay of treatment in Canada. Their delay tactics have done more harm than good.

So in the end, when you look at the current state of MS treatment in Canada. The current state of care propped up by the billion dollar drug pipeline, results in a death rate of 533/100,000. it appears to me that Neuroland® Doctors have become one of the single greatest risks to the health of those with MS, because they don't want you to have a Doppler or MRV to see if you have blood flow problems, that can be safely corrected. 

Sadly we will never know how many people could have been saved by a 60-minute angioplasty treatment. 

It seems like it would be too dangerous for those who live off MS, to let you know!

WaYnE

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