Guest guest Posted December 8, 2002 Report Share Posted December 8, 2002 Like It or Not, Americans May Now Receive Forced Immunizations http://mercola.com/2002/dec/4/forced_immunizations.htm Like It or Not, Americans May Now Receive Forced Immunizations E-mail to a friend The controversial Homeland Security Act was recently approved by the Senate and President Bush. What does this mean for Americans? It means that, if one man deems it necessary, we can all now be forced to receive immunizations -- no personal, religious or medical exemptions allowed -- and refusing to accept them is punishable by fine and imprisonment. Moreover, as it stands the bill protects pharmaceutical companies from potential liability in vaccine-related injury lawsuits. The bill was passed under the guise of necessity for protecting the population from impending bio-terrorism threats, and with a promise that the special interest conditions, such as the one relating to pharmaceutical companies above, would be revised early next year. The concern is that corporate interests are overwhelmingly influencing legislation in an already turbulent, post-9/11 environment, raising the questions of whose interests homeland security is serving, and does it leave the public to fend for themselves? Vaccinations were already an unsettling topic, even before the passing of this new bill, with one of the most disconcerting aspects being the association of autism with pediatric vaccinations. The number of cases of autism in the U.S. tripled in the 90s, around the same time researchers discovered that Thimerosal, a preservative found in many infant vaccines, contained levels of mercury that were above those allowed by Environmental Protection Agency guidelines. Though the vaccines contained enough toxic mercury to cause neural damage in children, many medical practitioners denied the association. However, in 1999 the FDA recommended that Thimerosal be removed from vaccine formulas, which raised doubts about the vaccines’ safety and created some public and political support against pharmaceutical companies. The recent bill makes it so that victims of mercury poisoning, Gulf War Syndrome, cancers and the other slew of illnesses potentially linked to vaccinations will have no legal recourse against the pharmaceutical companies that produced the vaccines. A related bill that also potentially limited the freedom of Americans, the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA), was passed in December 2001. This law gave state legislatures the right to vaccinate people, enforce quarantines, seize and destroy property without any compensation and ration medical supplies, food and fuel in emergency situations. As of July 2002, 22 states have rejected or stalled the law while 16 states and the District of Columbia have passed all or parts of it. In states where the law was passed, citizens will be charged with a crime if they refuse vaccinations. The new Homeland Security Act takes the choice of whether vaccinations are beneficial or harmful away from the individual. This violation of freedom takes away our right to decide what is best for our own bodies and leaves it in the hands of the federal government, and the special interest groups that potentially control it. GuerillaNews.Com November 20, 2002 ----------------------------- DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT: E-mail to a friend So is the situation completely hopeless? Never. In fact, not even close in this case. As the article states, the U.S. Senators who approved Homeland Security made “a promise that the special interest provisions … would be revised early next year.” These include the provisions (otherwise known as “pork”) in the bill that let pharmaceutical companies off the hook for the great damage their vaccines may have done, and that eliminates your rights to refuse vaccinations for medical, personal or religious reasons. So what can you do right now? Contact both of your state Senators, multiple times if you so choose, and remind them how important it is that they keep their word and revise these provisions in early 2003! To enhance your knowledge, you can also search this site for a long list of stories about the danger of vaccines, such as this Update on Mercury Poisoning from earlier in 2002, or you can consider the " The Danger of Vaccines, and How You Can Legally Avoid Them” audio tape from a discussion I hosted with nationally renowned vaccine expert Dr. Sherri Tenpenny. But by all means, contact your Senators and tell them to keep their promise! This contact list for U.S. Senators provides phone, mail and email addresses, or you can use the recent Senator phone list below: U.S. Senators: Murkowski, Frank - (R - AK) (202) 224-6665 Stevens, Ted - (R - AK) (202) 224-3004 Sessions, Jeff - (R - AL) (202) 224-4124 Shelby, Richard - (R - AL) (202) 224-5744 Hutchinson, Tim - (R - AR) (202) 224-2353 Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR) (202) 224-4843 Kyl, Jon - (R - AZ) (202) 224-4521 Sen. McCain (R-AZ) 202-224-2235 Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA) (202) 224-3553 Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA) (202) 224-3841 Allard, Wayne - (R - CO) (202) 224-5941 Sen. Campbell (R-CO) 202-224-5852 Dodd, Christopher - (D - CT) (202) 224-2823 Lieberman, Joseph - (D - CT) (202) 224-4041 Biden, Joseph - (D - DE) (202) 224-5042 Carper, Thomas - (D - DE) (202) 224-2441 Graham, Bob - (D - FL) (202) 224-3041 Nelson, Bill - (D - FL) (202) 224-5274 Cleland, Max - (D - GA) (202) 224-3521 Sen. Miller (D-GA) 202-224-3643 Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI) (202) 224-6361 Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI) (202) 224-3934 Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) (202) 224-3744 Harkin, Tom - (D - IA) (202) 224-3254 Craig, Larry - (R - ID) (202) 224-2752 Crapo, Michael - (R - ID) (202) 224-6142 Durbin, Richard - (D - IL) (202) 224-2152 Sen. Fitzgerald (R-IL) 202-224-2854 Lugar, Richard - (R - IN) (202) 224-4814 Sen. Bayh (D-IN) 202-224-5623 Brownback, Sam - (R - KS) (202) 224-6521 Roberts, Pat - (R - KS) (202) 224-4774 Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) (202) 224-4343 McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY) (202) 224-2541 Landrieu, Mary - (D - LA) (202) 224-5824 Sen. Breaux (D-LA) 202-224-4623 Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA) (202) 224-4543 Kerry, John - (D - MA) (202) 224-2742 Mikulski, Barbara - (D - MD) (202) 224-4654 Sarbanes, Paul - (D - MD) (202) 224-4524 Levin, Carl - (D - MI) (202) 224-6221 Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI) (202) 224-4822 Dayton, Mark - (D - MN) (202) 224-3244 Sen. Barkley (I-MN) 202-224-9430 Bond, Christopher - (R - MO) (202) 224-5721 Carnahan, Jean - (D - MO) (202) 224-6154 Cochran, Thad - (R - MS) (202) 224-5054 Lott, Trent - (R - MS) (202) 224-6253 Sen. Collins (R-ME) 202-224-2523 Sen. Snowe (R-PA) 202-224-5344 Baucus, Max - (D - MT) (202) 224-2651 Burns, Conrad - (R - MT) (202) 224-2644 Edwards, John - (D - NC) (202) 224-3154 Helms, Jesse - (R - NC) (202) 224-6342 Conrad, Kent - (D - ND) (202) 224-2043 Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND)(202) 224-2551 Hagel, Chuck - (R - NE) (202) 224-4224 Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551 Gregg, Judd - (R - NH) (202) 224-3324 Sen. Smith (R-NH) 202-2242841 Corzine, Jon - (D - NJ) (202) 224-4744 Torricelli, Robert - (D - NJ) (202) 224-3224 Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM) (202) 224-5521 Domenici, Pete - (R - NM) (202) 224-6621 Ensign, John - (R - NV) (202) 224-6244 Reid, Harry - (D - NV) (202) 224-3542 Clinton, Hillary - (D - NY) (202) 224-4451 Schumer, Charles - (D - NY) (202) 224-6542 DeWine, Mike - (R - OH) (202) 224-2315 Sen. Voinovich (R-OH) 202-224-3353 Inhofe, James - (R - OK) (202) 224-4721 Nickles, Don - (R - OK) (202) 224-5754 Smith, Gordon - (R - OR) (202) 224-3753 Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) (202) 224-5244 Sen. Santorum (R-PA) 202-224-6324 Sen. Specter (R-PA) 202-224-4254 Reed, Jack - (D - RI) (202) 224-4642 Sen. Chafee (R-RI) 202-224-2921 Hollings, Ernest - (D - SC) (202) 224-6121 Thurmond, Strom - (R - SC) (202) 224-5972 Daschle, Thomas - (D - SD) (202) 224-2321 Johnson, Tim - (D - SD) (202) 224-5842 Frist, Bill - (R - TN) (202) 224-3344 Sen. Thompson (R-TN) 202-224-4944 Gramm, Phil - (R - TX) (202) 224-2934 Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX) (202) 224-5922 Bennett, Robert - (R - UT) (202) 224-5444 Hatch, Orrin - (R - UT) (202) 224-5251 Allen, George - (R - VA) (202) 224-4024 Warner, John - (R - VA) (202) 224-2023 Leahy, Patrick - (D - VT) (202) 224-4242 Sen. Jeffords (I-VT) 202-224-5141 Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA) (202) 224-3441 Murray, Patty - (D - WA) (202) 224-2621 Feingold, Russell - (D - WI) (202) 224-5323 Kohl, Herb - (D - WI) (202) 224-5653 Byrd, Robert - (D - WV) (202) 224-3954 Rockefeller, John - (D - WV) (202) 224-6472 Enzi, Michael - (R - WY) (202) 224-3424 Thomas, Craig - (R - WY) (202) 224-6441 Related Articles: Save Your Vaccination Rights: Tell Your Senators to Vote NO to Homeland Security Bill! ----------------------------- Return to Table of Contents #382 ©Copyright 1997-2002 Dr. Joseph Mercola. . 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