Can we trust our doctors on vaccines?
Posted By Phyllis on December 5, 2009
Do childhood vaccines cause autism? If you listen to a variety of critics, the answer is possibly yes; the research hasn’t been done, so we can’t say definitely yes or no. The anecdotal evidence from parents is overwhelming. But if you listen to your doctor and the CDC and vaccine makers he or she listens to, the answer is no.
So, do H1N1 vaccines cause miscarriages? The anecdotal evidence is piling up. Again, the studies haven’t been done; no one really knows whether they do or not. (Actually, we are the guinea pigs for this shot.) But the doctors, CDC, and vaccine makers say pregnant women should take the vaccine.
Dr. Joseph Mercola’s research on the safety of the H1N1 vaccine has led him to “Swedish, Japanese, and Chinese health officials who have also reported a number of serious side effects, including deaths of people who received the H1N1 vaccine.” Do we hear of U.S. health officials reporting a number of serious side effects? No. The serious side effects in the U.S. aren’t being logged or taken seriously because maybe something else caused them. In fact, the cases of H1N1 flu aren’t being logged either. A number of months ago, health officials decided to stop testing for and counting H1N1 flu cases because, after all, there is a pandemic on.
Mercola calls the medical system’s approach to vaccines “Russian roulette.” It’s true. Doctors expect a certain percentage of people to react badly to any vaccine. But as the “herd immunity” is protected, it’s supposed to be worth the risk. We need to ask ourselves: is it worth the risk? After all, we are the ones carrying the risk. We parents sign waivers when our children are vaccinated. The system depends on this.
It’s not a good system. Perhaps we don’t want our kids and ourselves to be guinea pigs. Herd immunity might be important for a major disease like smallpox, but for minor diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella, and H1N1 influenza, perhaps we would prefer the risk of the disease to the risk of bad effects from the vaccine. To make these decisions, we need to be informed. And it would help if the laws were changed to make it easier for conscientious objection to vaccines, as an autism parents group is seeking to do with a ballot initiative in Oregon.
Can we trust our doctors on vaccines? No.
Organic Health Adviser on H1N1 vaccine-related miscarriages:
Joseph Mercola:
Oregon ballot initiative:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/11/autism-a-simple-plan.html
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