Child Immunization – New Plague of the 20th Century?

One of the deepest levels of grief that a parent can face is the sickness/death of a child. It seems as though Medical Science and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are responsible for an inconceivably profound new level of mental and spiritual decimation for parents’ worldwide—child immunization.

However, before we make that judgment, we have to study the whole picture. The most prominent story that grabs the headlines and our attention today is 9-year-old Atlanta resident, Hannah Poling. Her parents alleged that she contracted Autism after receiving five simultaneous childhood vaccinations at the age of 18 months. They won a settlement but the fact that the government sets funding aside for compensation to people injured by vaccines tends to raise a few eyebrows. It is an indirect admission that vaccines can harm. Therefore, the question remains, should we or should we not vaccinate our children?

You will have to make your decision based on information from the three following components, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good.

The Bad:

The stories of medical contamination and FDA’s oversights top the news. For example

The Heparin Illness in Germany

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2008/02/13/Heparin.Probe/

Vegas Hepatitis Exposure

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2008/02/28/Hepatitis.Exposure/

The Toxic Toothpaste Import

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2008/03/07/Toxic.Toothpaste/

The Failure to Alert on the Zprexa Side Effects

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2008/03/06/Eli.Lilly.Zyprexa.Lawsuit/

To top it off, Bill Gates is offering $100 million to scientists who can come up with projects based on unorthodox and unproven ideas for prevention and disease cures . That in itself is not a bad thing. Nevertheless, with few restrictions, the lure of profit/ reward and the reality of corporate control, one cannot help but wonder if profit based intentions could possibly be an implication of why situations like the above listed recurs.

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/health/2008/03/06/Gates.Foundation/

The Ugly :

Next, and not for the faint of heart, are the horror stories of vaccine damage and death. http://www.thinktwice.com/stories.htm and an account from a medical observer, Richard H. Pitcairn, DVM, PhD http://www.thinktwice.com/nosodes.htm

The Good:

Our history is full of incidents where Polio, Measles, and Diphtheria ran rampant and caused widespread illness and death. Without immunization, these and other diseases would still plague our present generations. Therefore, it is plausible to assume that benefit outweighs risk. http://www.vaccineplace.com/?fa=explore/vaccineSafety

What is vaccine and how does it work? The Vaccine Place gives an excellent account: http://www.vaccineplace.com/?fa=explore/general.

For important vaccine information that should answer many if not all of your questions:   http://www.thinktwice.com/articles.htm

The following link is to an interesting abstract on how Dutch parents’ decision to vaccinate their children is determined http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TD4-4GYNXCT-5&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=897983df93aa77f72309a3f13b257e13

In reality for every cure, there is risk, and unfortunately, we are equally subject to risk as well as cure. America’s overall health and life expectancy has improved and scientists have eliminated many dangerous diseases worldwide and controlled others through immunization.

We are not forced to immunize and the final decision is still up to the public. We will have to think long and hard and learn to consider risk when weighing options. As free thinkers and a coddled society, we expect cures, financial stability, abundance and we generally get it, but we have to realize that in the process we will always be called upon as a sacrifice to the Corporate Gods.

We can have what we want as long as we are willing to pay the price…

Well, back to the reseach, see you soon.