Monday, July 6, 2015

Vaccination mandates for all?

There has been a lot of controversy over SB277 in California. What does this have to do with you? Everything. This law that will be implemented in January 2016 unless a referendum passes, will most likely have repercussions all over this country.

SB277 mandates that every child wishing to attend public school receive all the recommended 49 doses (plus additional vaccines as they become approved and yearly flu vaccines) of vaccinations by the time that child enters Kindergarten. While this might sound good on the surface, consider the following factual information on this one-size-fits-all medical program.

1.  We all have unique genetic properties and with this uniqueness can make certain individual’s susceptible to injury from the toxic ingredients (aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, MSG, DNA from aborted fetal tissue) in vaccinations. If your child has an adverse event to a vaccination due to a genetic mutation like MTHFR, you would still be forced into having additional vaccinations according to the CDC schedule. 

2. The state is making medical decisions instead of you and your doctor. Currently, if you or a child has an adverse event to a vaccination, you could delay them until you and your doctor feel that the nervous and immune system are mature enough to handle the toxic load in vaccinations, or, you could choose to not vaccinate. Many severely vaccine injured children do not qualify for a medical exemption, so any future vaccinations could cause even further injury or death.

3. Just as you wouldn’t want the state mandating surgeries, abortions and prescription medications, why would anyone want them to mandate this medical procedure? If you let the government control your medical decisions like vaccinations, what is to stop them from overreaching in the future? Let’s say your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, would you want the state to be able to mandate that they take a Class II Narcotic like Ritalin?

4. This law would take away Informed Consent, something that is present for every other medical decision you make. While it appears that in general, medical practices do not do a great job now of informing people of the risks associated with vaccinations, this Bill will remove Informed Consent.

5. Medical practices and vaccine manufacturers have ZERO liability when it comes to injury or adverse events. Unlike every other medical product and procedure, vaccine manufacturers and MD’s are protected from malpractice claims. Therefore, there is no incentive to make sure their products are safe and to take responsibility to assure that the vaccination is a good fit for a child. If a child seat has been shown to be defective, it is recalled immediately. When VIOXX was determined to cause more harm than good, it was withdrawn, despite the FDA determining that it was safe. When Tylenol had a bad batch of product, it was recalled. In Salem County where 5 children were given the wrong vaccine, and the doctor's stated that there was a potential for neurological injury, there is no liability. With no liability in regards to vaccinations, vaccine manufacturers have no incentive to make their product safe and effective.

6. Medical professionals only receive information regarding when to administer vaccinations, not trained to identify a vaccine injury or the best way to treat a vaccine injury. I believe it is this lack of education and training is the reason why most doctors do not realize the harm that vaccines can have.
It is estimated that doctors report less than 10% of all vaccine injuries to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).

7. Since Hepatitis B is mainly transmitted through sexual contact or “dirty” needles as can be found with IV drug use, why are babies receiving 3 doses of this vaccine prior to 6 months of age? And, when this immunization might be effective when they are sexually active, it would have "worn off" as vaccinations only give temporary immunity.

8. There has never been one study comparing the vaccinated population vs the unvaccinated population. And, there has never been even one controlled, double blind study using a placebo. All the studies that the CDC and vaccine manufacturer’s use to convince the public that vaccinations are safe involve comparing either one vaccine against another, or a vaccine against one that just has the virus removed, not the other toxic ingredients. And, the current vaccination schedule has not been either. 

9.   As of March 2015, there have been over $3.1 Billion paid out by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Considering that most parents of injured children are not aware that this program exists, or by the time they find out the statute of limitations to file a claim has expired, I find this statistic very alarming. Couple that with the fact that these claims are not adjudicated in a court of law. There does not exist normal court proceedings like hearing a case before a jury, discovery and the court having a “hearing”, but instead done by a secret “court” where one person will decide if a claim will be paid.

10.   There is no public health emergency that warrants this overreach by the government. The recent Disney Measles outbreak affected less than 150 nationally and no one died. At least 30% of the people had been vaccinated, many of the unvaccinated were too young to be vaccinated or older people where their immunity had waned. None of the students that got the Measles transmitted it in their school. And, patient zero, the person they believed to have brought it to Disney came from the Phillipines and is believed to have been vaccinated. Conversely, there have been at least 108 deaths from the MMR vaccine and hundreds of injuries. 

11.   Many people use the immune-compromised as a reason that everyone should be vaccinated. Did you know that someone recently vaccinated with a “live” virus actually sheds the disease and can spread the very disease that they are being immunized for? Many hospitals will tell immune-compromised patients to not have visitors that have recently been vaccinated.

12. Vaccine manufacturer's have approximately 200 additional vaccinations in the "pipeline", many of which could be added to the schedule, which contains too many vaccines already. Dr. Paul Offitt has stated that an infant's body could handle 1000 vaccines in a single visit, but there has never been a study proving this statement.

13. Currently, there are three whistleblowers that have either worked with Merck or the CDC whose cases have not been heard by Congress. Dr. Thompson, a researcher with the CDC has stated that his his superiors forced him to hide important data proving that the African American population has a 340% increased risk of developing autism from the MMR vaccination! He has shared his over 10,000 documents with Robert Kennedy, Jr. proving the endemic corruption at the CDC which led him to state that the CDC is a "cesspool of corruption". The study that Dr. Thompson administered at the CDC had been considered the "gold standard" proving no link between autism and the MMR vaccine and had frequently been cited by Dr. Offit proving that vaccinations are safe. 

When I was a kid it was normal to get the chicken pox, mumps and measles. It was rare that anyone suffered a serious consequence as many US citizens do what is necessary to have a strong immune system like exercising, eating healthy, drinking “clean” water and use proper sanitary methods. When these diseases were prominent it was prior to doctors washing their hands between patients either at the hospitals or in their offices. In other countries where people don’t have access to clean water, healthy food, and good sanitary conditions, they have a greater risk of contracting these diseases and possibly dying.

If states and the US government are going to mandate vaccinations then Congress must make vaccine manufacturer's and medical professionals liable for potential injury as they would for any other medical procedure or product. Medical professionals MUST be trained to recognize a vaccine injury and learn appropriate methods for helping those that injured to heal from the injury. Plus, an independent firm with absolutely no ties to the pharmaceutical industry, unlike the CDC or NIH, must do appropriate double blind placebo testing on all vaccinations plus evaluate the health of the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated!

The financial relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and government agencies (like the CDC and FDA) must be reigned in. There needs to be oversight and having people working at the FDA and CDC with financial ties or a promise of a job does not provide the proper checks and balances. Plus, people that can potentially profit from a vaccination must not serve on any committee mandating which vaccines need to be on a schedule. It has been reported that Dr. Offit has received about $30,000,000 personally from his Rotavirus patent after he recommended that it be placed on the childhood vaccination schedule. 

Understand all the facts and how taking away your freedom to choose what is best for you and your family could be taken away. Mandatory vaccinations for adults is next on the vaccine manufacturer's agenda. Tell your legislator that you do not want the state or federal government making any medical decisions for you or your family. Leave these decisions where they should be...with you and your doctor!

Monday, June 1, 2015

Informed Consent for Vaccinations: Why it is ESSENTIAL

This is Cody smiling, making eye contact, interacting with his family and cognitively sharp at 7 months old. After he received the MMR and Prevnar vaccine, he began to regress. He would no longer allow anyone to read to him, stopped playing with his toys, became withdrawn and would retreat to the corners of the room. He no longer enjoyed watching his favorite TV shows, would sit in his Elmo chair and stare blankly. Grunting replaced any form of speech that he had previously. When his parent's discussed this with their family doctor, they were told that this happens to boys and not to worry. They continued to vaccinate and he soon developed asthma, allergies, eczema, and chronic ear infections. By the age of 3 he became sensitive to light, texture and sound and began hand flapping and eye stimming. By the age of 5, Cody had received 34 vaccines and was diagnosed with autism. The doctors told them that their beautiful typically developing son was born this way. His mom says, "Cody was definitely not born with autism."

Cody's parents were never informed of any potential risks, despite that they are listed on the insert from the manufacturer of the various vaccines he received. His injury was never reported by the doctor to Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. If they had known about the potential for these adverse reactions, they would never have vaccinated. 

Cody's story is not unique. In a Facebook group, there are thousands of parents who relate similar stories. Their child was developing normally, he/she started receiving vaccinations, then problems began. Some children screamed for hours and then became distant. Some developed chronic ear infections, difficulty sleeping, gastro-intestinal problems, food allergies, auto-immune disorders. Some even died. 

These parents were not given Informed Consent prior to vaccinating their children. Some were told there was a potential for pain at the injection site (I'm not sure how a 2 month old can indicate where the pain was coming from) or painted the picture that the risks were 1 in a million (which we know isn't true based upon VAERS, even with the under reporting). Some were given a sheet listing potential adverse reactions after they had already vaccinated. 

Even worse is that when their children have been injured, the doctor's always say that "it's a coincidence", or "it's normal at this age". They never admit that the vaccines caused harm.

All across the country and within the federal government itself, legislators are writing Bills to take away an individual's desire for an exemption to vaccinations. These Bills would mandate that every child receive all the CDC recommended vaccinations, on the CDC's schedule, even if that child has had a prior reaction.

With every medical procedure, there is a risk. People take for granted that Tylenol is "safe" but according to their website, it can cause acute renal failure, metabolic acidosis, hypotension, anaphylaxis, as well as minor symptoms such as headaches and muscle pain.

When you go to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, the pharmacist has you read a list of potential adverse reactions and side effects for your prescription, then has you sign off on their informed consent sheet, for liability reasons.

If you have surgery scheduled, the doctor, nurse and hospital will all make sure that you have read the potential problems that can happen during surgery and being in the hospital, and will give this to you at least several days prior to your scheduled surgery so that you truly understand the risks. They must do this as part of Informed Consent. They know as long as you sign their forms that if something goes wrong, you have admitted that there was a risk and they are not responsible.  

Don't you wonder when you go to the doctor's office to get your vaccination that they do not provide you with the same detailed list of potential adverse reactions? I did a poll on Facebook and out of 70 people, only 1 said that they received a detailed list of potential complications from the vaccines. Only 1! 

Many times they will tell you that there is no risk with vaccinations, despite that as of May 1st, 2015, there have been over $3.1 Billion paid out in vaccine injury claims by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

The VICP was established as a result of the National Vaccine Injury Act which provided all vaccine manufacturer's and doctor's administering vaccinations exemption from any liability that might result from receiving the vaccinations, which is why doctor's offices do not provide you with adequate Informed Consent. The VICP was initiated because parent's needed a form of recourse in the event that their child suffered a severe injury.

The legal requirements for vaccine providers include:
- give parents vaccine benefit and risk information prior to being vaccinated;
- keep written records of manufacturer names and lot numbers for vaccines given;
- enter serious health problems following vaccination into a child's permanent medical record;
- report serious health problems following vaccination to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Report System.

As part of this program to be exempt from litigation, the vaccine manufacturer's need to list potential adverse reactions or events in their insert provided with the vaccinations.

What is actually happening in medical practices across the country is that parents are given an innocuous sheet explaining that there might be some complications with getting the vaccination versus information that has been exaggerated regarding the adverse problems that might result if their child were to get the disease (s). The doctor's offices don't tell you that getting the vaccination does not give you lifetime immunity from the disease and that it might not even work at all and they don't mention that getting the disease will give you lifetime immunity and will help your immune system to strengthen.

If you read the insert from Merck on the MMR vaccine, it will even tell you that one of the adverse reactions might be the measles! Other potential adverse reactions are: encephalitis (acute infection and inflammation of the brain), Guillian-Barre, febrile convulsions (seizures with a high fever), SIDS (sudden infant death syndrom)...and these are just some of them and can occur anytime during a 30 day period following the vaccination (see MMR insert).

While the media painted this recent Measles outbreak with doom and gloom, there were only about 150 cases nationwide with no deaths. And, over half the people that got the measles were already vaccinated, indicating a failure in the vaccination itself.

Consider the flu vaccine. Every year when they make the vaccine, they must manufacturer it well before they know which strains will be in existence for that year. They are taking an educated guess. This past year they guessed wrong, meaning the flu vaccine was ineffective. Despite knowing that, since the vaccine manufacturer's had already made up the vaccine, they still pushed it , despite the risks associated with receiving it. If you received the flu vaccine, were you advised of the potential risks associated with it? Did they tell you that you might get the flu or Guillian-Barre disease? Did they mention that the ingredients in the vaccine include formaldehyde, aluminum, and mercury?

So, the next time you go to your doctor and they are pushing you or your child to get vaccinated, ask them to see the manufacturer's insert that comes with the vaccine. Read it thoroughly. Take it home and fully digest the information. Ask them if they have had training in identifying vaccine injures. 

Understand the risks of vaccinations and educate yourself by reading information that does not come from those benefiting from vaccinations. You can always vaccinate later but you cannot undo a vaccination reaction.

And please, tell your legislators now, on the state and federal level, that you wish to keep the ability to make the right decision when it comes to vaccinating for you and your family. Once these Bills become law, you won't be able to request a delay or total exemption, unless your child is seriously damaged and the doctor writes a medical exemption (rarely happens). What if an older child has a reaction or dies from a vaccination and you decide that you don't want to risk that with future children? You will have no recourse at all.

The vaccine manufacturer's plan is once these Bills pass for mandatory vaccinations for children is to then have adults get up to date on their vaccinations, which could be as many as 49 vaccine doses and include a yearly flu shot, whether it is effective or not.

Cody's and tens of thousands of other children's stories are incredibly sad and could have been prevented simply by advising parents of the risks associated with the vaccines.
        

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

10 Questions to Ask your Doctor Before Vaccinating Yourself or Your Child

This past weekend, I was speaking with a medical professional who routinely vaccinates children. There were some pieces of information that became clear during our conversation.

1. The only training he has received regarding vaccination is on following the CDC-recommended vaccination schedule.

2. He was unaware of Vaccine Adverse Events Report System (VAERS) and the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), and was stunned when I mentioned that over $3,000,000,000 has been paid out in injuries directly as a result of vaccinations. 

3. He has not been trained to do any medical tests for those with vaccine injuries and their associated gut problems. His training is only using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He has not received any training as to who the proper health care professional would be for these type of gut problems. 

4. He did not actually know what ingredients are in vaccines; all these years, he has been administering them under the assumption that they were safe for everyone. 

5. While he was aware of the MTHFR genetic mutation because someone close to him has it and has been severely ill, he never realized that vaccines can cause severe damage to someone with the MTHFR mutation. 

I was pretty shocked that he admitted to me his lack of information on so many important pieces of information regarding vaccinations. But, this story is not unique. I've spoken to hundreds of parents who report their medical doctors seemed to be either misinformed or totally in the dark. 


I've created this list of questions in the hopes that you can ask your doctor and staff how well prepared they are in understanding vaccinations and their potential reactions and what to do if your child has one of the adverse events listed in the manufacturer's insert for each vaccine.


1. What training do you and your staff receive regarding adverse reactions to vaccines?

2. How do you determine which children might benefit from a delayed vaccine schedule?

3. How do you ensure that parents are actually given ALL information regarding vaccine risks, so that they can truly give you informed consent?

4.The Material Safety Data Sheet for thimerosal says, "NEVER mix with aluminum", yet the vaccines which contain trace amounts of thimerosal are routinely given concurrently with aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines. In view of the fact that the presence of aluminum would result in synergistic toxicity of even trace amounts of thimerosal, would you consider an alternative vaccination schedule?

5. If one of your patients had a vaccine injury, besides diagnosing them, what additional medical tests (blood work, nutritional deficiencies, gut analysis) would you perform to understand how this has affected your patient?

6. Since vaccination can only give someone partial immunity (vs lifetime immunity if you’ve had the disease) and there have been repeated vaccine failures (people who have been vaccinated still getting the disease ie whooping cough, measles), what do you recommend to make sure your patient’s immune system is strong? Have you been trained in nutrition to teach families how proper nutrition can help someone who has been vaccine injured, is on the autism spectrum, has food sensitivities/allergies?

7. Are you familiar with Vaccine Adverse Effects Report System? If yes, how many reports have you filed to VAERS?

8. Did you know that as of May 1st, 2015, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program  has paid $3,159,410,649 to people that have been severely injured by vaccines?

9. Are you aware that the death rate from measles in 1955 (before the introduction of the vaccine) was only 1:12,000 according to the CDC data, yet we are constantly told how deadly it is? And that was prior to our having more sophisticated medical options for treating severe diarrhea, pneumonia, and understanding that most measles complications were a result of Vitamin A deficiency. 

10. Do you screen for the MTHFR (MethylTetraHydroFolate Reductase Deficiency) genetic mutation prior to vaccinating your patients? Individuals who have bio markers showing inefficient folate metabolism, impaired methylation, low glutathione levels, and vitamin deficiencies (including but not limited to B12, vitamin D, and carnitine deficiency), are also at high risk for adverse reactions to vaccines because their ability to rid some of the additives and preservatives is impaired, and because their ability to excrete heavy metals is impaired, which results in neurological damage.