Vaccinations
~ Making an Informed Decision ~
Parents are now faced with conflicting studies and serious concerns about the dangers relating to vaccinations, which they do not fully understand. Vaccines can and do save lives, but they absolutely and conclusively can trigger serious health issues. Over $100 million alone has been paid due to vaccine-caused autism alone, with over $3B paid out to vaccine injuries in general. The key to making the right decision about vaccinations is to weigh the nature of the disease and its consequences against the potential adverse effects of the vaccination.
Vaccines appear to be safe for some people, but have adverse reactions in others. Adverse reactions may or may not have an immediate effect, affecting our health in later years as a result of compromising our immune system. It is impossible to know if you or your child will suffer an adverse reaction.
No vaccine is 100% effective, and some are more effective than others. No vaccination is without risk, but some of the diseases they prevent are more serious than others. Knowing this, you can choose to vaccinate against one disease, but not another. You can also spread them out instead of significantly increasing the risk of vaccine injury by giving your child a batch of shots, which can overwhelm a developing immune system. Consider following the schedule of other countries and not vaccinating any child under the age of 2, the point at which their immune system has developed to be stronger and more resilient.
Vaccine overload is giving multiple vaccines at one time that can overwhelm or weaken a child's immune system and lead to adverse reactions. This is a very real concern and has conclusively resulted in serious vaccine injury in many children. There is very clear scientific evidence linking vaccine overload to autism and other catastrophic consequences. These cases include:
- $20M payout when federal court acknowledge that 9 vaccines given in a single dose to an 18mth old child were responsible for the development of autism.(1)
- A child given a diphtheria, whole-cell pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccination at 8 weeks resulted in a seizure disorder and language and developmental delays.(2)
Sadly, many doctors have become so acutely polarized in the pro-vaccine group that, despite very clear evidence of vaccine injury, they not only fail to discuss the potentially serious side effects but are also in denial that vaccine-related injuries exist.
In some studies, a vaccine does not always prove more effective than non-vaccination, and vaccinated children are generally sicker than non-vaccinated children. In 2001, 13 children in the Smithdown school district of Long Island in New York were infected with whooping cough. Health officials stated that all 13 had been vaccinated against the illness. They did, however, suffer milder cases of the illness due to the vaccination. There are multiple similar health studies showing that unvaccinated children suffer far less colds, flus, and bronchial infections than vaccinated children.
Giving the hepatitis B vaccine to newborn baby boys may triple the risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.
~ Health Study: Stony Brook Univ. Medical Center ~
When it comes to vaccinations, arm yourself with as much information as you can to make the best decision possible. Vaccines may not natural, but disease and dying should never be our first choice; so does that mean we should never vaccinate? Of course not. We may always prefer to gravitate towards what is natural and non-toxic, but if there is a large advantage to choosing something that is not natural over the possibility of a devastating illness, then on rare occasions we may choose the non-natural approach.
Risk vs. Reward
Recently on a trip to France with our dog, we were warned by French veterinarians about the devastating consequence of not using flea and tick products to prevent a disease called leishmaniasis. This incurable, terrible disease is transferred by the sand fly to dogs, and is an epidemic all along the Mediterranean coast. Many dogs die of this disease. We have always used natural flea and tick prevention products with great success for our dog (especially garlic, recommended by most Naturopathic vets), and were dismayed to find out that a medicated collar, AND the addition of K9 Advantix would bring the effectiveness of preventing leishmaniasis to over 95%.
We were left with a choice: Not use these products, and the likelihood that our dog would contract this disease was quite significant. Or use the products, knowing that they are toxic but the health risk for our 3 month trip was relatively minor in comparison with contracting leishmaniasis. We of course chose the "lesser of two evils." The risk of losing our dog to a devastating disease loomed too large. We also made sure to give her the best nutritional advantage, filling her diet with lots of fresh meat and fish.
Considering the flu vaccine? Ditch it. Learn about natural methods to protect yourself that are not only much safer, but studies have shown them to be more effective than the vaccine itself (with none of the potentially serious side effects).
Severe and fatal vaccine reactions are uncommon, but common enough that we must always exercise extreme caution with receiving any vaccine. There is also a growing body of evidence that reactions are not as rare as previously assumed because vaccine damages may occur weeks, months, and perhaps years after the vaccination, at a time when nobody thinks to associate an illness (such as a chronic disease) with a vaccine reaction. Unfortunately, there are zero long-term trials to study the correlation between vaccinations and chronic/autoimmune conditions, which leave the public in the darkness on percentage of risk.
It is important to be able to recognize an adverse reaction. If you or your child experiences any of the symptoms listed below in the hours, days, or weeks following vaccination, seek medical attention, as well as report it to federal health officials at the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), who monitor vaccines after they have been licensed. The Vaccine Injury website reports the following possible adverse reactions, however there may also be other symptoms not listed:
- Swelling, redness, heat, or hardness at injection site
- Body rash or hives
- Violent or persistent diarrhea
- Shock/collapse
- Muscle weakness
- Weakness or paralysis in the body
- High fever (over 103°F)
- Extreme sleepiness or long periods of unresponsiveness
- Twitching or jerking of the body, arms, legs, or head
- Crossing of eyes
- Loss of eye contact or awareness
- Social withdrawal
- Inability to roll over, sit up, or stand up
- Vision or hearing loss
- Restlessness, hyperactivity, or inability to concentrate
- Personality changes
- Sleep pattern disturbances
- Head banging or onset of repetitive movements e.g. rubbing and rocking)
- Joint pain
- Loss of memory
- Chronic ear or respiratory infections
- Chronic constipation
- Breathing problems (asthma)
- Excessive bleeding (thrombocytopenia) or anemia
- SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
- Autism
- Chronic immune weakness involving frequent infections (e.g. ear infections)
- Encephalopathia (brain disease)*
- Screaming/cri Encéphalique (sign of potential brain damage)
- Autoimmune diseases
- Allergies (skin allergies, hay fever, food allergies)
- Asthma
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Language development delay
* The brain swelling is typically caused by vaccination under 3 yrs. This disease is frequently overlooked as it does not always have severe symptoms. Later, however, there can be developmental retardation.
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Not all symptoms that occur after a vaccination are caused by the vaccine, but the reason these symptoms should be reported is so that correlations can be found to more correctly asses the risk.
It is important for your doctor to write down all serious health problems that occur after vaccinations in your permanent medical record, and to report to VAERS ALL serious symptoms or dramatic change in physical, mental, or emotional behavior. It is also important that re-vaccination does not continue until it has been determined that the serious health problem that developed after the original vaccination was unrelated. Continued vaccination in the presence of serious health deterioration could lead to serious and sometimes fatal consequences.
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