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Inevitably, after studying this issue, the seeker of truth asks… How could this be? Why does vaccination seem so popular? Why do doctors, scientists or public officials speak so favorably toward them? In order to full comprehend these questions and arrive at satisfactory, independent answers, one must consider certain psychological dynamics, societal tendencies, and ...more

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1. "Parents Use Religion to Avoid Vaccines"
"She is among a small but growing number of parents around the country who are claiming religious exemptions to avoid vaccinating their children when the real reason may be skepticism of the shots or concern they can cause other illnesses. Some of these parents say they are being forced to lie because of the way the vaccination laws are written in their states... "It's misleading," Rahim admitted, but she said she fears that earlier vaccinations may be to blame for her son's autism. "I find it very troubling, but for my son's safety, I feel this is the only option we have.""
LeBlanc S, Associated Press -- 10/17/2008

2. "Link between vaccine, autism is disputed"
"Rick Rollens, the parent of an autistic child in Granite Bay, Calif., said his son, now 17, was 7 months old when he received a series of vaccinations, and his behavior changed dramatically. "He was never the same after that," said Rollens, whose son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 17 months. Rollens dismisses epidemiological studies that public officials cite in making their case for vaccinations. "They're done by people who have a vested interest in protecting the status quo," Rollens said. "Vaccine and immunization policy is a sacred cow of the public health community and Big Pharma," he said, referring to large pharmaceutical companies."
Lin RG, Los Angeles Times -- 5/2/2008

3. "Reform the childhood vaccination schedule"
"Columnist Anne Hart writes it's time to take a hard look at the aggressive schedule on which immunizations are given. Mention the possibility of a link between autism and vaccines to a mainstream doctor and expect some eye rolls. Or ridicule. Or, in some cases, downright contempt. The mainstream medical establishment continuously rejects any correlation between childhood vaccinations and autism, a disorder that affects one in 150 children in the United States."
Hart A, Savannah Morning News -- 4/8/2008

4. "Jenny McCarthy and the Autism Dilemma"
"With a near mandatory requirement and universal recommendation to vaccinate, shortfalls in the scientific model can result in tragic outcomes for individuals, not to mention financial burdens for which both government and industry refuse accountability. The New York Times recently reports that a current case in court could potentially provide drug manufacturers with a "legal shield," indemnifying them from financial accountability for harm from any drug, approved by the FDA, depositing their profits while those suffering harm from a drug are left to pay the piper."
Levy AR, The Huffington Post -- 4/7/2008

5. "CDC Has Lost Control of the Autism Argument"
"Of course parents shouldn't be reluctant to have this discussion, but they are. I get nasty emails from some pediatricians, and the number-one complaint I get from them is that, because of people like me, they must now "waste" (their word, not mine) precious billing hours talking to layperson parents about vaccine science. These doctors' hostility is palpable, (and they hopefully represent a minority of pediatricians). And while I cannot imagine ever consulting anyone of such temperament for medical care in the first place, many parents are simply cowed into silence."
Kirby D, Huffington Post -- 4/4/2008

6. "Vaccinations and Drugs are being forced on the Public, Part II"
"I've seen firsthand what child immunizations can do to an otherwise healthy infant. I've had to deal with doctors who've said (after this infant suffered a seizure a little under a week after getting his 2nd round of childhood vaccines) that the vaccine may have triggered the seizure, but the vaccine wasn't the main reason. The neurologists proceeded to look for some "underlying cause". ... It is truly a battle. Doctors will defend to the death the reason they believe vaccines pose no dangers, even when children are having severe reactions."
Benamon F, American Chronicle -- 4/2/2008

7. "Don't go back to the stone age of diseases"
"More responsiveness from the federal government about all aspects of immunizations — including adverse reactions, why shots can't be spread out over longer periods and what if anything drug company profits might have to do with vaccine mandates — can allay suspicions."
No Author, DailyPress.com -- 3/29/2008

8. "Polio Caused by Pesticides, Not Virus"
"This article deconstructs the politics around creating the so-called ´polio vaccine success´ which is still widely heralded as a success. However, any simple cursory analysis of its history and the effects of the vaccine show that it was a dismal failure and that any success was based on medical fraud of reclassification of expanded cases of polio (filed away under other diseases) to make it appear that polio "went away." The World Health Organization does this to the present, despite skyrocketing ´polio´ everywhere."
Haymin B, American Chronicle -- 3/27/2008

9. "Polio Caused by Pesticides, Not Virus"
"There are some pretty provocative ideas surfacing (or re-surfacing) about the fraudulent nature of virology, vaccine research and statistical wizardry (some call it criminal distortion and intentional lies) involved in supporting the vigorous claims for vaccine effectiveness."
Haymin B, American Chronicle -- 3/27/2008

10. "Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines"
"The parents who objected to their children being inoculated are among a small but growing number of vaccine skeptics in California and other states who take advantage of exemptions to laws requiring vaccinations for school-age children. The exemptions have been growing since the early 1990s at a rate that many epidemiologists, public health officials and physicians find disturbing... “When I began to read about vaccines and how they work,” she said, “I saw medical studies, not given to use by the mainstream media, connecting them with neurological disorders, asthma and immunology.”"
Steinhauer J, New York Times -- 3/21/2008


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