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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 deliberately expose children to chickenpox to promote immunity"
"Tucked away in the far recesses of the Internet, a strange black market for chicken pox has been forming in Tennessee and nationally by parents who fear that required vaccines will harm their children. They purposely expose their children to viruses such as chicken pox, the mumps and measles, hoping they will develop natural immunity, which they argue is more effective than the vaccines. But with fewer children contracting those viruses because of widespread vaccine use, they are having to go to extreme lengths to catch them. Chicken pox parties are advertised through word of mouth, invitation-only Facebook groups and message boards. In October last year, a woman in Nashville was caught by a television station selling chicken pox-soaked lollipops for $50 a pop. "I have PayPal and plenty of spit and suckers," read the message on the Facebook group "Find a Pox Party In Your Area." "It works, too, because that's how we got it! Our round was Fed Ex'd from Arizona. We've spread cooties to Cookeville, Knoxville and Louisiana!" State public health officials said they also have heard reports of mothers sending spit-filled rags to one another to rub on their children. "My impression is that [chicken pox parties] are scattered across the U.S. and not terribly uncommon," said Tim Jones, the state epidemiologist with the Tennessee Department of Health. "It is a really misguided idea." A spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Health said the state has no way of tracking or knowing the number of "pox parties" or parents who expose their children to chicken pox or any other childhood disease."
No Author, Times Free Press -- 1/29/2012

2. "Busted! Scientists leave out data to produce bogus findings"
"Clinical trials of drugs and other medical therapies are carefully carried out and are the very gold standard of scientific proof, right? According to an in-depth review of this question just published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ,) the answer is no. In fact, the BMJ is sounding the alarm that data reported by scientists is too often not the truth -- because the researchers leave out inconvenient evidence. The result of facts-gone-missing could well be harming patients, spiking up healthcare costs by the selling of medical treatments based on bogus findings, and threatening the very integrity of medicine."
S. L. Baker, Natural News -- 1/5/2012

3. "National Vaccine Policy: For industry, not people's health"
"These momentous policy changes are buried on pages 10, 11 and 16 of the draft policy document. The vaccine policy comes out openly in favour of public-private partnership (PPP). It suggests flexible governing and funding mechanisms to support vaccine development in the PPP mode, because “the private sector has the discipline and culture for business development and marketing”. The policy draft states that industry (the private partner) will in future be allowed to influence policy. It states that “industry must be provided a channel to voice opinion to be utilised in framing policy”. The fact that this would invite conflict of interest because of the tension between the profit motives of industry and the promotion of public health is ignored. Furthermore, the policy states that if industry has a “genuine concern that a decision is made to its detriment”, there must be a speedy redressal by an independent (of government) mechanism. The funding mechanisms will ensure that costs are borne by the government and profits are reserved for the private partner for their “entrepreneurial skills and marketing abilities”."
Jacob Puliyel, The Morning Express -- 11/15/2011

4. "Indian vaccine market reaches $ 900 million"
"India has made a significant contribution to Vaccine development. Speaking at the opening ceremony of International Vaccine Symposium here at Surajkund today, Dr Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences said, India produces 60 percent of the world’s vaccines and account for 60-80 percent of annual UN vaccine purchases. Several Indian vaccine manufacturers are WHO pre-qualified. The current Indian vaccine market is estimated at around $ 900 million and targets $4.6 billion revenue by 2017."
No Author, Invest in India -- 11/14/2011

5. "Parents Avoid Chicken Pox Vaccine with Infected Lollipops"
"A CNN affiliate, KPHO, discovered the story when they came across a Facebook page called “Find a Pox Party in Your Area.” The page, which has now been removed, had 1,000 Facebook Likes postings by parents willing to sell and ship infected chicken pox lollipops across the state. One post read: “Fresh batch of Pox in Nashville Tennessee. Shipping of suckers, spit, and Q-tips available tomorrow. $50 via PayPal.” According to an archived version of the page, its’ purpose was “for parents who want their children to obtain natural immunity for the chicken pox.”"
No Author, New Parent  -- 11/10/2011

6. "Depopulation: Gates pushes nanoparticle vaccine, Giant leap against mankind"
"Depopulation might take a giant leap if a Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HCI) proposal in “Grand Challenges Explorations” is granted as it will have a million Gates Foundation US dollars to develop a nanoparticle vaccine on contact with human perspiration according to a written statement released Wednesday. Bill Gates, who has stated in a TED presentation that vaccines are a favored method of depopulation, is promoting this project touted as a way to save lives, but raising concerns about negative eugenics and violation of the human right to self-determination including right to informed consent."
Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com -- 11/9/2011

7. "Vaccinations for children increasingly rejected by parents"
"A small but growing group worries public-health officials: parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids. Thousands of Arizona schoolchildren skipped their recommended vaccines during the 2010-11 school year under a "personal beliefs" exemption allowed by state law, Arizona Department of Health Services records show. In kindergarten alone, more than 2,700 Arizona students, or 3.2 percent, skipped vaccines, more than double the exemption rate claimed by parents one decade ago."
Kelly Alltucker, azcentral.com -- 10/23/2011

8. "Younger doctors not as pro-vaccine as older docs"
"At a time when enthusiasm for vaccination is waning among parents in the United States, a new study shows younger doctors are less likely than their older peers to be staunch believers in the effectiveness and safety of vaccines. The study, presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Boston, was comprised of survey data from 551 doctors. Recent graduates from medical school were 15% less likely to believe vaccines are effective compared to older doctors. The research suggests that younger doctors have a different view of the risk-versus-benefit profile of vaccines. The doctors were surveyed at about childhood vaccines such as polio, measles, mumps, rubella and varicella.... The top three reasons parents deferred were fear of autism, too many shots and fears of serious side effects.... Perhaps most surprising, 21% of the doctors said they had dropped families from their practice for continuing to refuse vaccination. In Iowa, 38% of doctors said they had done so."
Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times -- 10/20/2011

9. "Feds contine to ignore mounting Gardasil bodycount"
"It was too late for 21-year-old Christina Tarsell and 17-year-old Jessica Ericzon. Both healthy, athletic young women suddenly dropped dead shortly after receiving their final injection of Gardasil, a vaccine developed by Merck to protect girls and young women from cervical cancer caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). But when Christina’s and Jessica’s shocked families tried to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a vaccine it had inexplicably fast-tracked through the approval process even though only one percent of all cancer deaths are due to cervical cancer, they hit a brick wall."
Barbara Hollingsworth, The Washington Examiner -- 10/19/2011

10. "National Vaccine Information Center Calls New CA Vaccine Law A "Violation of Parental Informed Consent Rights and Federal Law""
""The law, which Governor Brown must take personal responsibility for enacting, is a violation of parental rights and federal vaccine safety law," said NVIC co-founder and president Barbara Loe Fisher. "He has done what a lot of powerful people are doing today in America, which is making it easy for big corporations and trade organizations, including doctors and drug companies protected from vaccine injury lawsuits, to exploit ordinary people to increase influence and profits. This law will put the lives of minor children too young to make medical decisions at risk. California parents, who will not be informed before their minor children are given vaccines, will be the ones left to deal with the consequences legally and financially if their child becomes vaccine injured.""
Market Watch, Business Wire  -- 10/10/2011


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