Author’s Note:
The most important message I want to relay about getting your children vaccinated: Do your research before deciding that you are going to vaccinate! Every parent wants what is best for his/her children, so doesn’t it make sense to take the time to actually get some background information and facts about vaccines before injecting them into a newborn baby? In my eyes we owe it to our children to look into anything they are exposed to, whether ingested, inhaled or injected, as children are dependent on parents to make the educated choices for them when they cannot do it themselves. If after having thoroughly researched both sides of the pros and cons of vaccinations and you decided to move forward with vaccinating your children, then that is a decision you are making based on knowledge, rather than blindly going into vaccinating just because it is what the government, and thus, the American Medical Association say (yes, I realize these are two major giants that people want to trust no matter what, but they are made up of individuals who don’t always have the good of the people in mind, as you will come to see in your research if you dig deep enough).
Being that I am not a medical expert, but a mother who does a lot of research to make sure I do the best for my kids, I will direct you to valuable links, books, documentaries and information about vaccinations, along with providing you with some of what I have learned along the way.
Interesting Facts
If you are just delving into your research, it is important to note there is a reason that the United States government actually has a Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, where they will “award” a set dollar amount in certain circumstances if a person is injured or dies due to a vaccine. This program protects the pharmaceutical companies in that a person cannot sue the companies that make the vaccinations!
News Alert: In March of 2011, The US Supreme Court ruled that you can NOT sue drug companies over faulty manufacturing practices because vaccines are “UNAVOIDABLY UNSAFE.” How to you feel about injecting your children with UNAVOIDABLY UNSAFE drug products?
TWO Great Articles on the topic of vaccines – eyeopening: MUST READ FOR THOSE ON THE FENCE ABOUT VACCINES
A Look Inside The Immunization Dilemma (This article looks at both sides of the issue): http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/06/23/a-look-inside-the-immunization-dilemma/1/
Six Reasons to Say No to Vaccination: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2010/05/six-reasons-to-say-no-to-vaccination/
And a Great Documentary to Start With: THE GREATER GOOD – This 2011 film looks behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. By re-framing the emotionally charged issue, The GREATER GOOD offers, for the first time, the opportunity for a rational and reasonable discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program. Includes interviews with doctors, parents, researchers and people in the vaccine industry.
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Scary Facts versus the Scare Tactics Used by State Health Departments
While watching television a few nights ago, I saw the latest ad from the NYS Health Department – aiming to instill fear through tugging at heartstrings; the ad basically tells parents that if they don’t vaccinate their children, one may die from a life threatening disease. I thought that since the ‘anti vacciners’ cannot get their message out on the air (due sometimes to cost constraints, but mainly because the big pharma giants make sure no one will air them), that I would briefly discuss the other side of the coin. PLEASE NOTE: I am not trying to dictate that people should not vaccinate their children; I am advocating for people to educate themselves before making a decision for their child whom cannot make the decision for him/herself.
When we were young (I’m 34), there were 7 recommended vaccinations. Our children are expected to get 35+. The pharmaceutical industry has 145 new vaccines in development and intends to make them mandatory. http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/145-new-vaccines-in-development/ 145!!! This makes a person question whether these vaccines are really for the good of our children and the population as opposed to making money for pharmaceutical companies.
Here are some of the staggering statistics that make me think twice (unless otherwise noted, all stats come from the book Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners by Neil Miller):
1. Pertussis (DTP vaccine): In the recent outbreak in Suffolk County NY (2011), all 179 cases had been previously vaccinated for the disease. Also, before 2008, there were 3 outbreaks in the last 19 years. In 1993 there was an outbreak in Ohio, where 82% of the cases occurred in people who had already received the vaccine. In 1996 there was an outbreak in Vermont, where 74% of the cases occurred in people who had already received the vaccine. In 2003 there was an outbreak in Cyprus, where 79% of the cases occurred in people who had already received the vaccine. So, how well is this vaccine actually working AND then take into consideration the damage the actual vaccine is doing. For instance, “70% of children who have died of SIDS received the pertussis vaccine within 3 weeks before death.” Within this 3 week time period after receiving the vaccine, children’s breathing patterns became stress induced, wreaking havoc on their respiratory systems, suggesting that some of these cases labeled as SIDS have a known cause, vaccination side effects. (Miller 120 and 121).
2. Flu vaccine: It was in the later half of 2002 that the CDC began advocating that all children receive the influenza vaccine. In 1999, 25 children died of influenza in the U.S. In 2000, 19 children died of the virus. In 2001, 13 children died of the virus, in 2002, 12 children died of he virus. Yet, in 2003, during the push to get all children the vaccine, 90 children died of the virus (a sevenfold increase). Several conclusions can be drawn here, such as the strain used in the vaccine may cause the person receiving the vaccine to contract the virus AND that the virus in the vaccine is more dangerous (Miller 97).
Also, according to the Flulaval package insert: (http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_flulaval.pdf)
1. All studies done regarding the safety of the vaccine were done on people ages 18 – 64. No one younger was involved in the studies (good they weren’t lab rats, but bad that this vaccine is given without knowing how it will effect children) (6.1)!
2. There is no proof it works! “This indication is based on immune response elicited by FLULAVAL, and there have been no controlled trials adequately demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLULAVAL.” and “Vaccination with FLULAVAL may not protect all susceptible individuals.” (5.5)
3.PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN: Safety and effectiveness of FLULAVAL have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers, or children. (8.1, 8.3, 8.4)• It is urged that women who receive FLULAVAL while pregnant register themselves in the pregnancy registry by calling 1-888-452-9622 “FLULAVAL should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.” (so since they cannot ethically test this product on pregnant women, they are asking that you voluntarily be a lab rat yourself!)
4.”As with any vaccine, there is the possibility that broad use of FLULAVAL could reveal adverse events not observed in clinical trials.”
3. Mumps (MMR vaccine): ”In 2006 there was a large outbreak of the mumps in the United States. 92% of these cases were in people who were previously vaccinated against the disease” (Miller 167). Enough said.
4. Hepatitis B: I think the most scary thing about this is that it is given to newborns just days old! The last thing a newborn needs while adjusting to life outside of the womb is to have toxins injected into his/her body. This is not what life is all about. In case you don’t know, you can ask that your child not receive this in the hospital, telling the nursing staff that you’ll have your pediatrician administer the vaccine at the office. Looking at the stats, “between July of 1990 and October of 1998, there were 24,775 government documented adverse reactions to the Hep B vaccine in all age groups. 9,673 of these were “serious,” leading to hospitalization, life-threatening health problems, or disabilities; 439 people died” (Miller 281).
5. Pneumococcal Disease (Prevnar): “Dr. Barthelow Classen, an immunologist at Classen Immunotherapies, testified before the Drug and Food administration that this vaccine could cause a major epidemic of diabetes, calculating that this vaccine will cause 28,000 cases of insulin dependent diabetes every year in the United States alone. On a side note, there are 90 strains of this disease and the vaccine is designed to protect against only 7 of them (Miller 326).
Read up one the facts. Look into the websites and books I recommend on the vaccine page. Study each disease and look at the total deaths from the actual disease versus deaths and complications from the actual vaccine. Two great resources to get information from are Dr. Sherri Tenpenny and Dr. Lawrence Palevsky. They can both be found on facebook.
Links to Articles by Topic
Cancer Increase linked to vaccines in British Study: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november292011/vaccines-contaminated-se.php
Charts Comparing Dead Babies to Vaccine Timeline: http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/dead-babies-and-stillbirths-reported-to-the-fda-after-vaccination-mothering-magazine/
Fatal Polio Shots: http://tribune.com.pk/story/293191/vaccine-nation-globally-supported-company-is-funding-fatal-polio-shots/
FDA Warns to Stop Pushing Needle Free Flu Vaccine: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/10/21/fda-warns-pharmacies-to-stop-pushing-needle-free-flu-vaccine/
FluLaval Package Insert: http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_flulaval.pdf
Gardasil - http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/full/10.1586/erv.09.120
Gardasil Vaccine Injuries: http://voices.yahoo.com/gardasil-vaccine-injuries-1345645.html
Melanie’s Marvelous Measles (A Children’s Book): http://www.ias.org.nz/natural-immunity/912/
MMR - http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/889/
Murdoch Scandal: http://coto2.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/murdoch-and-vaccines-exposure-of-murdochs-crimes-expose-a-much-larger-story/
One Parent’s Story about Losing Her Child to Vaccines: http://www.ias.org.nz/natural-immunity/so-how-does-a-mother-feel-when-her-baby-is-dead-from-vaccines-and-all-she-hears-from-doctors-the-government-and-media-is-that-vaccines-are-safe-and-effective/
Six Times More Measles Vaccine Adverse Reaction Reports than Measles Cases in 2011: http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/6-times-more-measles-vaccine-adverse-reaction-reports-than-measles-cases-in-2011/
Six Reasons to Say No to Vaccinations: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/six-reasons-to-say-no-to-vaccination/
Social Marketing as a Means to Increase Immunization Rates: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/163/5/432
Stories of Vaccine Injuries Shared by Parents: http://www.followingvaccinations.com/
Testimony to Congress about Vaccine Dangers: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=79D460D1487458588C3A8C221F6F1530
Vaccinated Children have more than Twice the Diseases and Disorders than Unvaccinated Children: http://journal.livingfood.us/2011/10/09/new-study-vaccinated-children-have-2-to-5-times-more-diseases-and-disorders-than-unvaccinated-children/
Vaccine Risks (includes info on how to recognize vaccine reactions): http://www.nvic.org/Downloads/49-Doses-PosterB.aspx
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) – Here you can look up injuries to individual vaccines that have been reported: http://vaers.hhs.gov/data/index
Vaccines ARE NOT Linked to Eradicating Disease: Small Pox: http://www.vaccineriskawareness.com/Vaccines-Didn-t-Save-Us-From-Smallpox, Polio: http://www.whale.to/vaccine/polio1.html
Whooping Cough Outbreak – Vaccinated or Not, We’re all in the Same Boat, Or Are We? http://raisingnaturalkids.com/2011/10/27/whooping-cough-outbreak-vaccinated-or-not-were-all-in-the-same-boat/
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Links to Forums, Activists and Professionals Against Vaccines
Online Resource for Natural Health Information and Childhood Shots – In depth Info about each shot, along with an abundance of related topics as presented by Mary Tocco. http://www.childhoodshots.com/
Think Twice – Global Vaccine Institute – provides studies, articles and personal stories. http://thinktwice.com/ (one of the easier ones to navigate)
Vaccine Injury Info – a critical overview of vaccine side effect. http://www.vaccineinjury.info/home.html (also one of the easier ones to navigate)
National Vaccine Information Center - http://www.nvic.org/
Great Mothers Questioning Vaccines: http://www.greatmothersquestioningvaccines.com/
Dr. Tenpenny on Vaccines – A comprehensive sight that discusses each disease and vaccine. http://drtenpenny.com/default.aspx
Coalition for Informed Choice – Get in touch with Gary Krasner for info about vaccines and exemptions – he is very knowledgeable about the laws in New York. http://www.cfic.us/
Vaccination Information Network (VINE) - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vaccination-Information-Network-VINE/69667273997
Inside Vaccines: http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/
Proud Parents Of Unvaccinated Children: a Facebook Community for advice and support: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Proud-Parents-Of-Unvaccinated-Children/302370145808?ref=ts
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Valuable Books and Documentaries
This book examines each disease and vaccine closely, using well researched data and testimonies.
The Greater Good - A great documentary looking at both sides of the vaccine controversy. VERY informative! http://www.greatergoodmovie.org/home
In Vaccine Nation, Gary Null, Ph.D., reveals why we should question the safety and efficacy of vaccines. GREAT DVD
“In “Shoot ‘Em Up,” Judy Apicella speaks with the experts as they reveal the damage we unknowingly do to our children. Learn about mercury, formaldehyde and aluminum that some vaccines contain and the autism, asthma and neurological damage they cound contribute to. Could one of the reasons be that most of the individuals who make the decisions about the vaccines kids receive have a financial stake in the drug companies that hold the patents? This reasoned yet brilliant expose is one that the pharmaceutical community hopes you won’t see, but is must viewing for all. Easily one of the most important documentaries you will ever see.” (Editorial Review on Amazon)
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Also if a parent would simply read the vaccine inserts they would see that they tell you the true facts about them – for instance the dtap vaccine insert says it does cause SIDS and autism and a plethora of other horrific events. It also says it is ONLY effective against pertussis if a vaxed person gets pertussis from the vaccine and coughs 9 times a day for 21 days! It also says that it does not produce immunity from tetanus not to get a tetanus vaccine AFTER infection with tetanus but rather to get the TIG — says the same for the diptheria portion – get the immunoglobulin shot if infected with diptheria. The polio vaccine insert says that 98% of polio cases are asymptomatic and the other 2% are nothing more than cold symptoms and it says that paralytic polio was caused by the vaccine. Seriously, how much more plain and clear can it be for parents – if the manufacturers are telling you this in the insert why don’t they listen!? The fact is that doctors don’t read them and parents don’t read them – it is truly pathetic.
so true! thanks for sharing. where can I find the vaccine inserts?
Did you ever find out where we could find these inserts?
I did a quick search and found this: http://www.immunize.org/packageinserts/pi_pcv7.asp
Here is a link to all vaccine inserts: http://www.immunize.org/packageinserts/
Additionally, you have the right to request them from any doctors’ office.
Jane, first of all thanks for the links to the vaccine inserts. One thing I would like to point out is the DTAP vaccine inserts do not state that it causes SIDS and autism, it says that APNEA (irregular breathing patterns) has been observed in pre term infants in trials, and therefore the vaccine shouldn’t be given to pre term infants. In regards to your autism claim, it just says that children who already have a neurological disorder should not be given this vaccine.
What about bacterial meningitis? Do you have any information on this vaccinte (hib)? I’m travelling with my un-vaxed daughter who is 8months… Thanks!
Hi! According to Miller’s book, The Vaccine Safety Manual, There were 2 studies done that show HIB doesn’t spread easily – Out of 772 children who came into contact with an infected child, only 1 caught the disease. Interestingly enough, When the pertussis vaccine was introduced, HIB cases skyrocketed and then, in Japan, when they stopped vaccinating babies with DTP, their HIB mortality rates dropped. The biggest effects of the HIB vaccine include Type 1 diabetes – as seen from a study published in the British medical Journal. This is discussed on page 318 of Miller’s book. Other side effects that have been reported are Guillain-Barre syndrome, early onset HIB disease, pneumococcal disease and others…
I’m right there with you. Although we did not always have this knowledge, my first 2 children had much of the schedule. My next 2 we decided to do an alternative schedule given to me by my DO. It didn’t skip all of them, but did only do a few of the main ones and it spread them out over much more time. No multi-dosing. When I mentioned this to my ped Dr. we received a letter in the mail advising us that if we didn’t do the full vaccines schedule, we were advised to find a new Dr. I’m hate being bullied so we found a new office. However, after 5 years, now the new office is taking the same approach for all of their new patients claiming we are a risk to their other patients. I still hate being bullied! We’re still there only because we rarely go to the Dr. but can see the day, that change will come too.
Another thing for parents to keep in mind…The reporting statistics is skewed dramatically. Approximately 25% of adverse reactions gets reported. Our friend had a child who was having mini-seizures within hours after receiving DTAP and a few others. (don’t remember, but it was 9 antidotes at 1 visit). Her daughter out of the blue would start crying, curl up in a ball and then go lethargic and appear to pass out. Drs assured her it had nothing to do w/vaccines. She took her to the family allergist who was also a professor, said it was absolutely Pertussis vaccine. The thing with VARS is that your doctor has support your claim. Her office refused. They referred her to a pedi-neurologist who also said it was unrelated. They are so scared of more people not vaccinating that they’ll stop at nothing to make you feel like you need to vaccinate. Our new office even told me it was like not buckling my child in their car-seat.
PARENTS, don’t be bullied. Go with your God-given instinct after you research for yourselves, whatever you decide.
I like your last two sentences! Great way to put it! Dr. offices are tricky! A great practice of home visiting, open minded RNs just opened near me – yay!
It’s not true that only Dr’s can report vaccine reactions at VAERS (not Vars), parents and anybody can report here, http://www.nvic.org/reportreaction.aspx So if your Dr refuses to report it, YOU CAN, so I’m confused as to why your friend didn’t report it if her child was as ill as you claim? I don’t even live in America, and I found this information in one minute on the web! Also who is this Neil Miller the author is talking about? and what are his qualifications? He seems to be making wild claims like 92% of mumps cases occurred in people who where already vaccinated and “70% of children who have died of SIDS received the pertussis vaccine within 3 weeks before death.” Where did he get his statistics from?? Sorry but I smell a rat, If I was a parent I would be looking into this a lot further and not just believing anything I read.
Miller is a medical researcher (potentially with other quals as well I’m not sure) and these statistics as well as all other information are heavily reference with source information in the actual book.
MrSm88, anyone can call themselves a medical researcher, we could all call ourselves medical researchers by mearly being on this blog. If you believe what this Miller says I suggest you find out his actual quals just to confirm, also just because a book is referenced with source information, does not mean that information is correct, you have to drill down further and go the original source information.
Neil Miller’s book includes a forward by Dr. Russel Blaylock, and includes accolades about the book from 4 other doctors, including a Neurosurgeon, medical director and cancer researcher – these people wouldn’t be putting their names on a book if they didn’t feel it was well researched with credible information.
Actually Dr Russel Blaylock has nothing to lose by putting his name on any scientific unproven book, as he has long since retired from neurosurgery, and has taken up a new career based on natural therapies and unproven treatments, one of which he sells under the name of ‘brain repair formula’ I also doubt his research methods as he still seems to be under the impression that squaline is used in flu vaccinations in the US, when it is not.
My Children are almost grown, but I was always against them… but they could not attend public school without them!
its terrible! I KNOW it was those damn shots! That parent is the one that finally told me how to still go to school without having them!
I was so mad!!!!
Now I understand there are ways around that…. but I sure wish I had known before!
I was very mad about the chicken pox shot.. I had already seen three kids on our neighborhood get it first and THEN ALL OF THEM got the Chicken pox…. so when it came time for my daughter I threw a fit and she even missed the first day of school.. b/c I REFUSED… however… she finally had to go to school, so I did it. And guess what happened in that march? THE STUPID CHICKEN POX… and sad for me and her.. it went on for 3 whole weeks!!!!!! slowly one pop then two, then 4, then none for a few days and then new week would arrive with more pops! I thought we were never going to get to be allowed back in school! Stupid shots I HATE THEM!
I also know several children who “were” totally completely normal until 18months old… one of them was talking at 1 year! TOTALLY COMPLETE sentences he was so smart.. and then all of the sudden he is autistic. Hes 11 years old now.
I have forwarded this on my facebook page! Hope all the new mamas out there see it!
thanks for sharing – glad to know that there are people like you sharing this important info!
Brain development happens rapidly in the first two years of a child’s life. Because most kids are exposed to millions of chemicals, there’s no way to determine which may have caused a problem. Also, there is a strong possibility that autism has genetic factors. Autism is most commonly diagnosed around 2 years of age. My cousin was not diagnosed until he was 4. In many, many cases, parents and doctors report normal development up until a certain point and then BAM! something happens. That something could be chemical exposure, or it could be a genetic defect that does not present itself until a certain stage of development. There are around 75 million children in the country, and about 600,000 – 700,000 are somewhere on the autism spectrum. If vaccines truly cause autism, why aren’t we seeing more of it?
There are risks to everything. You take risks in getting your children vaccinated, but you also take risks in leaving them unvaccinated.
Chris — sorry but you are wrong; the wording is very specific on the sanofi pasteur dtap insert and it clearly uses the words SIDS and autism.
Thanks for the info, but I have searched the Sanofi Pasteur dtap insert and couldn’t find where it said SIDS and autism. Perhaps it was not so clear to me
Can you direct me to the specific page? Thanks.
Chris – I see it on page 12 – Reporting of Adverse Events… (listed on their because of the frequency of the reporting of these events)
https://www.vaccineshoppe.com/assets/pdf/tripedia.pdf
“Adverse events reported during post-approval use of Tripedia vaccine include idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, SIDS, anaphylactic reaction, cellulitis, autism, convulsion/grand mal convulsion, encephalopathy, hypotonia, neuropathy, somnolence and apnea. Events were included in this list because of the seriousness or frequency of reporting.
Are there any good pediatricians in the Bayshore, Islip, Babylon area (or anywhere within 1/2 hour drive) that anyone can recommend that are open to delaying, not doing all vaccines or not vaccinating at all. I am having problems finding one and I am due in a few weeks. Thanks!
You are having trouble because there aren’t that many on LI, but there are some options! I can get you info one some – there are peds in huntington, stoneybrook and lindenhurst that are all ok with not vaxxing. then there is Dr. Palevesky in Huntington who doesn’t believe in vaccination and won’t do it, but he doesn’t take insurance and he has limited hours ( I hear he is awesome though and he does talks that I highly recommend attending if you are looking into vaccines). Then there is Wild Child Pediatric – a new practice of 2 open pediatric nurses who travel to your home and do a mix of holistic and modern med, depending on what you want! e mail me at dalorenz@aol.com for more info!
Great post! My son had his first set of vax at 2 months and cried for 4 hours straight after the Dtap and I didn’t vaccinate him at all after that. I still regret doing the first round and wish I had done my research before
I can second a ped referral in Huntington if anyone is interested.
looks like we have a lot in common and are from the same area!
Yep! Would be great to meet more like minded moms locally; we’re new to LI and so I’m still finding my way around
Love your links section, would you mind if I shared a few of them on my blog? xx
just subscribed to your blog! I have a feeling the dr. you mention is the same one I go to – only know of 2 more open minded in huntington, though I recommended someone go to her recently and she seems to be changing her tune a bit… You can share one of my posts with a link to my page – and then maybe I can do the same with one of your posts – let me know!
Hi! Sure that sounds like a good deal – feel free for any of my posts as well
Interesting point about the ped – we’ve just started to go to her, in fact had my daughter’s annual just yesterday. I didn’t get any pressure although she did mention that doctors allowing patients to not vax were getting ‘logged’, whatever that was supposed to be hinting at!
Interesting info, but this post seems to be rather heavy on the side of not choosing vaccinations for our children. How about some positives like preventing potentially life-threatening and life-altering diseases? I absolutely agree that it seems frightening to have children injected with unavoidably unsafe things, but for a large number of parents preventative measures like well-researched vaccines are preferable to risking lives and limbs. Also I didn’t notice anywhere when you discussed outbreaks of diseases that in order for outbreaks to be avoided there needs to be something like 90-95% of the population having received the vaccine – apologies if I’ve missed it.
If you have links that are credible I could look at them – In my 4 years of my own research, the numbers I have found and the groups I have found them from about preventing these diseases seemed biased. I have also found much research showing that in fact, much of these diseases were almost diminished or declining before the vaccines. On top of that, I don’t believe all are life threatening for the average healthy person. My mom, her siblings, my grandparents all had measles, mumps, chicken pox, pertussis and now have lifelong immunity.
Just because you don’t believe that these diseases can kill healthy people doesn’t mean healthy people don’t die from a bad dose of measles or pertussis. Your family was lucky, doesn’t mean everyone will survive these diseases.
Just as many people who receive vaccines get ‘lucky’ and do not get serious adverse reactions – yet there are many who do, as seen by both the actual package inserts that come with the vaccines, VAERS, and the money the gov’t ‘awards’ to families whose children do die or become seriously injured from a vaccine.
Clare – I guess I also think that people have a lot more of the pro side to vaccines by talking with their dr., but that the links and things I provide are less mainstream, but just as important. My brother in law is a doctor and we have these discussions. He agrees that people need more of the info I provide because it’s not what they are getting from the doctors, as when in medical school they don’t learn about the anti vaccine issues. He said that if they want to know about these things they have to do their own research, which he urges his peers to do.
Doctors don’t learn about the anti vaccine issues because they are not evidence based. To teach medical students subjects that are not evidence based or scientifically verified would not be ethical, and universities would not allow it.
If they aren’t evidence based they wouldn’t be published in medical journals, and yet, they are! you can actually subscribe to a database chock full of researched, scientific data done on vaccines through Dr. Tenpenny’s website.
As a health professional myself I felt that it was important to urge you to consider if you are aiming to appear unbiased, as I am all for raising awareness and I urge all parents to do thorough research of both sides, and make the decision that best suits their family. In my training we thoroughly studied and discussed pro- and anti-vaccine/immunisation issues.
I noted you had a link from New Zealand about a parent who “lost their child to immunisations” but no mention of New Zealand parents whose children have lost most of their limbs, or their child has died, when parents have chosen not to vaccinate/immunise, and their child has caught meningitis? Again, is it more important for people reading this to choose not to vaccinate, or for you to provide a useful portal of information covering both sides of the argument? (My aim isn’t to attack by the way, so please do no feel that I am at your throat!)
‘Just as many people get lucky and do not have serious adverse reactions’ This is not true, research shows that the number of adverse reactions is small compared to those that have no reaction at all.
Wonderful information- but what about schools who insist on the vacs before admitting the child?
thanks – all states have medical exemptions (hard to obtain), all but 2 have religious exemptions and I believe somewhere around 15 states have philosophical exemptions (the easiest). Many people who are religious will find that if they look at the religious teachings for their religion, that they can agree with what they say about foreign objects being put into the body, or not trusting in God, or a higher being that he/she made us perfect as is, etc.