Vaccinations and the right to refuse.

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http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri1.htm (for the full article).

VACCINES AND THE RIGHT TO REFUSE.

[ Instead of blaming the vaccine for causing the problem, we blame the

children for somehow being defective and the “defect” shows up after we inject

them. ]

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO

September 14, 2005

NewsWithViews.com

 

By way of introduction, I like to tell people I’m a physician by training and

a compulsive researcher by inclination. To be specific, I’ve invested more than

seven-thousand hours investigating the under-reported health hazards associated

with vaccinations, along with the attendant ethical and legal issues. What

started as a fairly modest research exercise has turned into a second full-time

career. I’ve discussed vaccination hazards on more than 50 radio and television

programs, addressed hundreds of professional, political, and trade groups,

produced two informational DVDs, and authored numerous articles for both print

publications and Internet sites. In addition, I’m scheduled to produce two books

relating to the subject over the next year.

 

The risk of vaccination must be considered as important—and potentially more

serious—than the risk of a childhood disease. Years of experience and thousands

of hours of research have lead to conclusions that are not uniformly accepted:

the importance of legally ensuring vaccine exemptions in each State and the

right to refuse Nationally mandated vaccinations. Vaccination is a procedure

and vaccines are medications….and both have risks and side effects which are

often ignored by the media and, worse, by many in the medical profession. As a

population, we are against being forcibly medicated. We value our right to

choose what is done to our bodies.

 

Humans are intrinsically healthy and tend to remain so if they are given

nutritious, non-GMO foods, fresh air, and clean water. We have been blessed with

God-given protective barriers against infectious diseases, including our skin

and immune system. Knowing that these facts are true for all members of the

human species, how did we come to embrace the idea that injecting solutions of

chemically-treated, inactivated viruses, parts of bacteria, traces of animal

tissue and heavy metals, such as mercury and aluminum, was a reasonable strategy

for keeping human beings—babies, children and adults—healthy?

 

If a “dirty bomb” exposed a large segment of US citizens simultaneously to

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, tetanus, pertussis, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenza

B, three strains of polio viruses, 3 strains of influenza viruses, measles,

mumps, and rubella viruses, the chickenpox virus, and 7 strains of Streptococcus

bacteria, we would declare a national emergency. We would call it an “extreme

act of BIOTERRORISM”. The public outcry would be immense and our government

would act accordingly. And yet, those are the very organisms that we inject

through vaccines into our babies and our small children, with immature,

underdeveloped immune systems. Many are given all at the same time. But instead

of bioterrorism, we call it “protection.” Reflect a moment on that irony.

 

Vaccine injuries are reported to be “rare”, but only because very few

reactions are “accepted” by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the

Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as being

caused by vaccines. I have frequently said that when a vaccine is given, and a

bad reaction occurs, “ANYTHING BUT” the vaccine is “blamed” for the reaction.

Here is a direct quote from the 6th edition of Epidemiology & Prevention of

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases called “The Pink Book”, published by the CDC:

 

“There is no distinct syndrome from vaccine administration, and therefore,

many temporally associated adverse events probably represent background illness

rather than illness caused by the vaccine…The DTaP may stimulate or precipitate

inevitable symptoms of underlying CNS disorder, such as seizures, infantile

spasms, epilepsy or SIDS. By chance alone, some of these cases will seem to be

temporally related to DTaP.”

 

I have to admit, the first time I read that, I cried. Instead of blaming the

vaccine for causing the problem, we blame the children for somehow being

defective and the “defect” shows up after we inject them.

 

Side effects and complications from vaccines are considered inconsequential

because their numbers are supposedly “statistically insignificant.” This

conclusion comes from epidemiological research involving large numbers of

participants and has nothing to do with the individual person. Population-based

conclusions go against one of the most basic tenants of all of medicine: to

treat each person as an individual and believe them when they tell you something

went wrong after a vaccine. A “one in a million” reaction may be rare, but if

you are “the one”, it is 100% to you.

 

One recognized complication of the flu shot is a condition called

Gullian-Barre Syndrome (GBS). Guillian-Barre is disorder characterized by

progressive paralysis, beginning in the feet and advancing up the body, often

causing paralysis of the diaphragm and breathing muscles within a matter of

hours or days. Nearly all patients with GBS are hospitalized because of

paralysis. The prognosis of GBS varies. Up to 13 percent die and 20 percent more

are left significantly disabled, defined, for these purposes, as unable to work

for at least a year. The CDC reports this side effect to be “rare, perhaps 1

or 2 per million flu shots given.” Using the numbers determined from a variety

of sources—including medical journals and government documents, it can

reasonably be assumed that the flu shot may cause 40 cases of GBS per year.

 

There are three things to take away from this introduction:

1. Low infection rates and high vaccination rates should not be the

cornerstone of our public health policy. Vaccine reactions should not be

discounted, whatever their numbers. Further, the true cost-benefit of the

vaccination program must be considered, and what has been presented is barely

the tip of the iceberg.

 

2. Parents, and all adults, must retain their right to refuse

vaccines. They are not without risk, and those “rare” complications can result

in significant costs, both economic and in terms of human life.

 

 

 

3. Children, and all adults, who refuse to be vaccinated are being

discriminated against. They are losing their rights:

a. Rights and access to a public education.

b. Rights to access to health care, as doctors discharge them as patients.

c. Rights to food because often moms on Medicaid are refused food stamps.

 

These rights—including the right to refuse—must be ensured. When we give

government the power to make medical decisions for us—and force us to vaccinate

and medicate our children in the name “health” and “policy” and for “the greater

good” we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies, and, apparently,

our children.

 

[Moderators note: more than 50% of our life goes in bringing up children to

educated youths. Their health education is our prime concern. Hence the

importance of issue. Though the post discusses modern science practice, it

affects us all, from villages to cities everywhere, hence post is approved.

Moderator requests ayurvedists to discuss ayurvedic alternatives to vaccines]

[Guest guest]

> [Moderators note: more than 50% of our life goes in bringing up

children to educated youths. Their health education is our prime

concern. Hence the importance of issue. Though the post discusses

modern science practice, it affects us all, from villages to cities

everywhere, hence post is approved. Moderator requests ayurvedists to

discuss ayurvedic alternatives to vaccines]

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Dear Sir,

 

If we can maintain body immunity then we need not be afraid of

viruses. Even if we fall sick, and if we can concentrate on raising

immunity, then we can recover easily.

 

Even the mainstream press is now informing readers to have more of

vegetables containing Vitamin C to counter the bird flu. This is

because a vaccine may not be available readily. So you see where

vaccines are not possible everyone is thinking of immunity. But sadly

they are not extending this thought pattern to other areas as well.

 

Another positive trend is the advocacy of using probiotics to counter

antibiotics. The best probiotic is curd (the result of

lemon+milk).Those who do not know this are buying probiotics at Rs.

33/- per capsule or Rs. 40/- per sachet. A ten day course would thus

cost around Rs. 660/- to 800/-. Business seems to be everything.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.