Billionaire presidential contender Donald Trump made a “huge” splash on the GOP debate stage Wednesday in a sparring match with Dr. Ben Carson over whether vaccines cause autism. “There have been numerous studies, and they have not demonstrated that there is any correlation between vaccinations and autism,” Dr. Carson claimed, responding to whether he believed Trump should cease assertions that vaccines cause autism. “He can read about it if he wants to. I think he’s an intelligent man and will make the correct decision after getting the real facts.” The hotel mogul, however, held firm, embracing his previous stance that, from first hand experience, vaccines are distributed at too high a frequency and too young an age, and may contribute to the rise in childhood […] Read More
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“…the [CDC] co-authors scheduled a meeting to destroy documents related to the [MMR vaccine] study. The remaining four co-authors all met and brought a big garbage can into the meeting room and reviewed and went through all the hard copy documents that we had thought we should discard and put them in a huge garbage can.” (William Thompson, CDC researcher) On July 29, US Congressman Bill Posey made his last stand on the floor of the House. Granted five minutes to speak, he laid bare the lying of the CDC in a now-famous 2004 study that exonerated the MMR vaccine and claimed it had no connection to autism. “No connection to autism” was the lie. Congressman Posey read a statement from long-time CDC researcher William […] Read More
Big Pharma and the Medical Establishment use the idea of herd immunity to induce fear and sell vaccines, yet viral shedding puts the notion on its head. Herd immunity, or community immunity as it is also known, is one of the main arguments that “pro-vaxxers” (those advocating vaccination) advance to persuade people to take vaccines. Herd immunity, so it is claimed, provides indirect protection to the unvaccinated. How? Here’s how the reasoning goes: if enough people get vaccinated, when a contagious disease hits a community, it spreads less quickly than if the majority were not vaccinated, since they are now protected. Thus, those unvaccinated few living among the vaccinated many can now enjoy some protection because the disease is finding it harder to spread and infect new individuals. This […] Read More
More and more parents around the globe are choosing to opt out of vaccinating themselves and their children. As a result of this trend that’s been gaining more and more momentum, a harsh response has come from the “pro-vaccine” community -criticizing parents for their decision to not vaccinate. At the end of the day it’s not really about “pro-vaccination” or “anti-vaccination,” it’s not one “against” the other or about pointing fingers and judgement, it’s simply about looking at all of the information from a neutral standpoint. It’s about asking questions and communicating so people can make the best possible decisions for themselves and their children. Parents love their kids and the vaccine “controversy” has made it difficult for many parents to know what to do. […] Read More
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson discusses the conflicts of interest is those supposedly ‘independent’ sources that back the government’s assertion that vaccines and autism are not related. AAP, Every Child by Two and Dr. Paul Offit all receive hundreds in thousands of dollars in funding from Pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines, they do not disclose how much money they make, and yet claim that these huge sums of money in no way influence their stance on vaccine safety. UPDATE: Some autism writers went through the CHOP compensation guidelines to see how much Offit likely made from the sale of the Rotavirus vaccine. According to their estimates, his share was likely somewhere between 29 million and 55 million dollars. http://tinyurl.com/atv2s8 Offit still refuses to confirm how much he […] Read More
Recently, there has been a great deal of controversy centered around vaccinations. Even this blog has been discussing this hot-button issue for awhile. There has been a great deal of information and misinformation concerning supposed health-preventative strategies, including vaccines, and it’s important to explore all sides in order to make an informed decision. The proposed benefits of vaccines are obvious: a lower infection rate of deadly diseases. But, in what way can vaccines be dangerous for your health? Is it vaccines entirely, or is it specific things found only in certain kinds of vaccines that are concerning? Let’s take a look at exactly what makes some vaccines potentially dangerous. The Unspoken Reality About Vaccines What many people don’t know about the vaccination process is that […] Read More
For anyone unfortunate enough to have been duped into getting a flu vaccine this year, (or any year), you are about to read some disappointing news. The Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that this year’s flu shot doesn’t match the major strain that’s causing the majority of cases of this years flu. The strain of flu in circulation has changed since this season’s vaccine was formulated. This means that the flu shot you may have received a month or two ago will do even less than usual (which is zilch anyway) to stop you from getting flu. “The flu vaccine never works for most of us, and this year it’s going to be even worse,” reports family physician Dr. David Brownstein. There are […] Read More
What is the most divisive topic you can bring up? Religion? Politics? Sports? I would venture to guess that vaccines are right up there with religion, politics and sports as the most passionately argued about topics that end up dividing otherwise friendly people into camps. Those who are listened to are either passionately and vehemently pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine. The people in the grey area tend to be trampled on, disregarded and dismissed. Allegations From Credible Sources Perhaps the divisiveness of the topic is why the mainstream media has largely disregarded the revelations of the so-called CDC whistle-blower, Dr. William Thompson, Senior Scientist at the CDC. Dr. Thompson has asserted that, while employed at the CDC, he and other CDC scientists and top officials hid data […] Read More
Stan Lippmann University of Washington School of Law Supervised Analytic Writing June, 1998 Table of Contents: Prologue Part I.Introduction Part II. The Development of 20th Century Vaccine Law A. From Jacobson to Whitecotton B. The Wakefield Study C. The Tingle Example Part III. The Problem of Establishing Causality in Modern Vaccine Caselaw Part IV Recommendations A. Recommendations for Legislative Reform B. Setting a limitation on Jacobson Prologue A basic question of justice is whether any harm can knowingly come to an innocent group member for the good of the group. As ILs, we were taught in our criminal law class of the case of the Regina v. Dudley & Stephens in which the castaways adrift in a lifeboat without food desire to and eat the […] Read More
By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Salon.com Thursday 16 June 2005 A Salon/Rolling Stone joint investigation. When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data – and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their role in the epidemic. In June 2000, a group of top government scientists and health officials gathered for a meeting at the isolated Simpsonwood conference center in Norcross, Ga. Convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the meeting was held at this Methodist retreat center, nestled in wooded farmland next to the Chattahoochee River, to ensure complete secrecy. The agency had issued no public announcement of the session – only private invitations to […] Read More