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Randall Neustaedter [randalln]

Monday, May 26, 2003 8:43 PM

 

Natural Health Newsletter

 

 

 

Natural Health Newsletter

 

Randall Neustaedter OMD

 

 

 

Vaccine info breakthrough

 

Wonder of wonders. The San Francisco Chronicle, usually the bastion of vaccine

defense, has broken through with a human-interest story that places vaccines in

the unusual light of consumer choice. Titled Vaccination Backlash, the article

documents how over 50 percent of entering kindergarteners in the Yuba River

Charter School have opted out of vaccinations in an idyllic Sierra foothills

town called Nevada City. Their parents refused the kindly entreaties of Nevada

County health department personnel, who have quit trying to increase the

vaccination rate among these committed parents. This is news, and the San

Francisco Chronicle has followed the lead with a six-page weekend magazine cover

story. Are the resident parents of this rural community a little flaky,

hearkening back to rebellious sixties commune folk? So we are led to believe,

since the parents interviewed see naturopathic doctors, homeopaths, midwives,

and acupuncturists for their health care, pursue an organic lifestyle, and

religiously practice recycling. But wait, aren’t parent groups organizing and

refusing vaccination in urban centers all over the country? This article could

describe parents in Minneapolis, Nashville, or Washington DC. The grand state of

Texas has one of the most vocal and active vaccination-choice parent groups in

the country, www.vaccineinfo.net.

 

The reporter, Katherine Seligman, and the Chronicle should be congratulated for

taking the controversial position that refusing vaccines may be a wise choice

for parents. I urge every one of you to read her article at

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/25/CM1\

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and send her an email kseligman. It has a matter of fact tone

that conveys the confidence of these parents’ decision not to vaccinate. “Many

parents say they considered the pros and cons of vaccination and believe that

their children are better off without the shots.” The article contains none of

the hysteria of other recent depictions, and refuses to become mired in the

controversies swirling over mercury, autism, and government shenanigans. It

mentions the suspicious vaccine/autism connection, and relates how a quarter of

all parents believe that vaccines weaken or damage the immune system. This is a

bold article for mainstream media.

 

Unfortunately, parents who read the article are left to find their own resources

for vaccine choices. She does not mention the national parents’ organization

NVIC www.909shot.com or books like The Vaccine Guide and What Your Doctor May

Not Tell You about Childhood Vaccinations. Nonetheless, the parents described in

the article come across as thoughtful and committed to their children’s health.

The exhortations of NIH authorities sound weak and futile. Holding down a child

for that dreaded injection sounds much worse, and as one mother puts it in the

article, “It doesn’t feel right.” Congratulations to the Chronicle for beginning

to question the accepted dogma of the vaccination-manic, medical-media

propaganda machine.

 

Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc

Classical Medicine Center

1779 Woodside Rd #201C

Redwood City, CA 94061

650 299-9170

 

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Author of The Vaccine Guide, North Atlantic Books, 2002

 

 

 

 

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