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| More chiropractic patients and people in general are starting to question the validity and safety of vaccinations. These questions often evoke strong feelings on both sides of the issue, as emotions often are stronger than facts when it comes to vaccinations. It is imperative that no decision as important as this is made without as much information as possible. To assist you in making such an important decision we recommend that one of the areas of information you look into is the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). This organization is a membership based non-profit organization that offers information and support to help you make an informed decision and understand your legal rights. The NVIC can be reached by calling 1-800-909-SHOT, or you can email them at info@909shot.com , or you can visit their web page at www.909shot.com . "A single vaccine given to a six-pound newborn is the equivalent of giving a 180 lb. adult 30 vaccinations on the same day. Include in this the toxic effects of high levels of aluminum and formaldehyde contained in some vaccines, and the synergist toxicity could be increased to unknown levels. Further, it is very well known that infants do not produce significant levels of bile or have adult renal capacity for several months after birth. Bilary transport is the major biochemical route by which mercury is removed from the body, and infants cannot do this very well. They also do not possess the renal (kidney) capacity to remove aluminum. Additionally, mercury is a well-known inhibitor of kidney function." - Boyd Haley Ph.D. |
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| Also in the February 2000 Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) appears a study linking asthma and allergies to the DPT vaccine. The data for this study came from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Interest in this subject has been fueled by the drastic increases in these problems. According to the study, the prevalence of allergic disorders increased between 50% and 100% among adults and more than doubled in children over the past 20 years. In the United States alone, it is estimated that between 30 and 50 million people are affected. Asthma constitutes one of the primary reasons for hospital visits with an estimated 900,000 visits per year. The cost of asthma alone in the US is approximately $6.21 billion yearly. The JMPT article relates the incidence of certain vaccinations with asthma and allergies. The researchers summed up their findings with the following; "The odds of having a lifetime history of physician-diagnosed asthma was twice as great among vaccinated subjects than among unvaccinated subjects. Vaccinated children had more than 1.8 times greater odds of having sinusitis or sinus problems in the past 12 months and more than twice the odds of having episodes of stuffy, itchy, or runny nose and watery, itchy eyes than did unvaccinated children." |
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| This was the title of a chilling article from the September 2000 issue of Redbook magazine. In this startling feature, several fathers were accused of shaking their babies, when, in fact, a vaccine had caused a reaction that caused the children to have problems. In one such case, an anesthesiologist was convicted and is serving a jail sentence for killing his child even though many experts have shown that the brain hemorrhage suffered by his baby was the result of a "hot lot" of bad vaccine. The article goes on to expose an increasing trend of parents who were falsely accused of child abuse because their children were damaged by vaccine reactions which looked similar to shaken baby syndrome. In most cases the parents were acquitted of the false charges but they were left with bankruptcy due to legal bills, and a severely damaged child who would require intensive care the rest of their lives. The Redbook article reports on several families who were heartbroken at the damage to their children from the vaccine, followed by the horror of being arrested and accused of causing that damage. In the article, Barbara Loe Fisher founder of the National Vaccine Information Center, (www.909shot.com ) stated that the US government spends $1 billion a year to develop and promote vaccines, but only a fraction of that goes to fund independent studies of side effects. Fisher stated, "Vaccine testing is done on a too-small number of kids, and they are monitored for too short a time." Unfortunately, reporting of adverse vaccine reactions is voluntary and subject to biased opinions. The Redbook article reports that between 11,000 and 12,000 reports are made per year about adverse reactions from vaccines. They also state that surveys have shown that these reactions are grossly underreported. Some of these studies indicate that only 1 in 10 to as few as 1 in 100 of all actual adverse vaccine reactions are reported. This means that as many as 1,200,000 adverse vaccine reactions may be occurring each year. Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana has joined the voices in Government questioning the vaccine issue as he commented, "Federal policy makers are not paying serious attention to the dangerous side effects that are occurring. We can no longer keep our heads buried in the sand on this issue. The risks are too great for both parents and children." |
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