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2 Introduction
Introduction
Most of us have spent our entire lives hearing the same story about vaccines. Doctor, have
All the references are
fabricated! Throw it in
We are told that thanks to vaccines, deadly diseases have been eradicated you read Peach the garbage!!!
and millions of lives have been saved. We are warned that if we stop vac- Magazine?
cinating, the diseases will come back with a vengeance. Instead of receiv-
ing an accurate picture of vaccine effectiveness and risks, we receive an
oversimplified yet frightening portrayal of disease dangers, while the risk
of vaccine-injury or death is written off as “one in a million.”
A lot of the information we receive about vaccines and the diseases they
are meant to prevent is true. However, much of it is misleading by virtue
of omission. On the other hand, some of what we are told about vaccines is
simply untrue. In this publication, we have undertaken the job of filling in
the huge information gap and discerning fact from fiction.
Even if vaccine choice was offered, it would be illusory. Why? Because under
the current circumstances, the decision to vaccinate is usually rendered
through frightening misinformation. The most common refrain we hear is:
“Do you want to go back to the days of polio?” Well, we’re not sure that those
days ever really ended. Read on to find out why. The only way to make a deci-
sion that is not clouded by fear is to expose the reality behind the illusion.
From our research (and for some of us, from personal experience) many
more that “one in a million” lives have been ruined by vaccines. We don’t
want any more people to be hurt needlessly. This is what motivates us.
Based on the feedback we received from our readers, we’ve made every ef-
fort to cover topics of greatest interest and importance. We have also kept
some of the original articles and stories, as they are still as relevant as ever.
We encourage you to explore both sides, and make an educated decision.
Or, you could decide for yourself.
Table Of Contents
▻As of 2018, over $4 billion have been paid out ▻“A single vaccine given to a six pound new-
by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation born is equivalent to giving a 180-pound
Program. (See page 4) adult 30 vaccinations on the same day!”
?
(Dr. Boyd Haley, professor and chair, Dept. of
▻Unusual high–pitched crying after Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 2001)
vaccination is often a sign of brain
inflammation. (See page 5) ▻After vaccine recommendations were
Did You
accelerated in 1991, autism rates in the
▻The DTaP vaccine package insert U.S. went up from roughly 1 in 2,500
Know
lists both SIDS and autism as to at least 1 in 45 today. (See page 25)
possible adverse reactions, and
▻The CDC admits that no long–
that 70% of SIDS deaths occur term studies were ever done on
within three weeks after the vaccines. (See page 6)
vaccine. (See pages 7 and 32)
▻Vaccines contain known carcinogens
▻Getting a flu shot during pregnancy can (including formaldehyde and polysorbate
increase the risk of miscarriage by 4,250%. 80) and childhood cancers are continuously
(See page 20) climbing. (See box on page 5)
4 Do The Benefits Outweigh The Risks?
Do The Benefits
O
n August 11,
1997, my eighth
child was born.
Two months later,
Outweigh The Risks?
P
I took him for a well visit
arents are told that the benefits of told what to look for. When a patient reports
where he was vaccinated for
vaccines by far outweigh the risks; a severe or even life-threatening reaction
Polio, DPT, and I don’t know
that aside from a slight fever or to a vaccine, they are usually told that this
what else. He developed a
other mild reactions, dangerous was not a vaccine reaction at all, but an
fever, cried for a few days,
and developed a strange-
side-effects or permanent damage from unrelated illness. Doctors are expected to
looking rash. He slept a lot vaccines are virtually unheard of. Addi- voluntarily report severe reactions. However,
and was very lethargic. It tionally, there is pervasive belief that the they often do not, claiming that the event
was hard to wake him up. diseases that vaccines are meant to prevent was not caused by the vaccine.
He would take five hour would otherwise be widespread and danger- Despite this mounting evidence, the medical
naps during the day, which ous. Assuming that the vaccines are effec- establishment continues to claim that vaccines
he had never done before. It tive in rendering immunity, the obvious are safe and risk free.
took several weeks for the conclusion is that vaccines are a necessity.
rash to go away and for him
to appear a little less sick. At
This begs the following questions: Are vac-
cines as safe as they claim? Are side effects,
Vaccine Courts
eight months, he was just How have governmental agencies responded
including permanent disability and death, in
starting to turn over. to the tremendous incidence of vaccine reac-
fact, rare?
At nine months, I took him tions? In 1986, there were only
to the doctor, who vaccinat- In order for vaccines to be three pharmaceutical compa-
ed him for the second time.
“I worked with Congress in nies making vaccines. It was
worthwhile, the diseases
After the shots, he screamed
the early 1980s on that [vac- an unpopular market, as they
must carry a greater chance
cine injury] law and have
inconsolably for a few days of permanent damage or were all drowning in lawsuits
watched it be turned into a
and was very stiff. It was death than the vaccines. If for vaccine injury. In order to
cruel joke…the Department
very hard to wake him. I evidence proves otherwise, we deal with the great number of
of Justice officials fight every
later found out that this was must ask ourselves: Are we adverse events, congress passed
claim, viewing every reward
a not-so-rare symptom of being more responsible if we the National Childhood Vaccine
to a vaccine-injured child as
vaccine-induced encephali- Injury Act, ostensibly to help
choose to vaccinate, or not to? admission that vaccines can
tis (brain inflammation). He cover damages for vaccine-
and do cause harm.” (13)
also developed hemiplegia
and could barely use his left Adverse —Barbara Loe Fisher,
injured children.
hand and foot. After this, he
didn’t turn over indepen-
Reactions (founder of the National
Vaccine Information Center)
Since that time, vaccine injuries
must be taken to special vaccine
dently for another two years. to Vaccines Testifying before the California
State Senate Committee in 2002
courts where billions of U.S.
He was diagnosed with The CDC and FDA devel- tax dollars are set aside for the
microcephaly. rare instances that claimants
oped the Vaccine Adverse
I was told that the injection Event Reporting System (VAERS), which succeed in winning their suits.
in his left arm had affected became available in the 1990s. Every year Congress established a “disability and
the function of his arm and over 12,000 adverse reactions are voluntarily death” tax on childhood vaccines. A per-
leg. With years of intensive reported to the federal government. This centage of the money from every shot goes
therapy, he regained func- includes ER visits, permanent injuries, and into a special fund to compensate parents of
tion on his left side and deaths. The FDA estimates that these num- children who have been seriously damaged
started to walk indepen- or killed by vaccines.
bers account for only 10% of actual cases,
dently by age 7½.
while other scientists estimate that as little As of 2018, over $4 billion have been paid out
At ten years old, he still as 1% of cases are reported.(1,2) Accordingly, by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
needs full personal care and the true number of adverse vaccine reac- Program.(3) And this was only paid out to that
is globally delayed. It is clear tions is anywhere between 120,000 and small minority of people who willingly went
to me that had he not been 1.2 million every year! through the gauntlet of the vaccine courts,
vaccinated, he would not
No reliable system is in place for tracking and succeeded. Only around 1 in 6 vaccine-
have the disabilities he now
vaccine reactions since most doctors do not damaged children are approved funding.
suffers from.
recognize adverse reactions and report them. Ironically, instead of protecting children, the
—Mrs. B. (Lakewood)
Health-care providers are not well informed act protects doctors and drug companies
about vaccine risks, and patients are not against legal action, since it has essentially
Do The Benefits Outweigh The Risks? 5
“immunized” vaccine manufacturers headache, swelling and pain, diar- altogether. They often convince
and doctors against lawsuits for vac- rhea, vomiting, high-pitched scream- parents, against their own better
cine damage. All lawsuits must turn to ing (often a result of swelling in the judgment that it is safe to continue
the special vaccine courts funded by brain, which may lead to permanent administering the vaccine, despite
U.S. citizens. disability or even death),(4) loss of the parent’s valid reservations.(13)
consciousness, convulsions, paralysis,
Why are so many vaccines These strong reactions are a warning
blindness, deafness, brain damage
being recommended? [including learning disabilities, ADHD,
sign that the vaccine may be danger-
ous to your child’s health. In most
Manufacturers are not held liable and autism], and death. Additionally, cases, adverse reactions to vaccines
for any vaccine that is part of the most cases of Sudden Infant Death are not isolated events. While many
recommended vaccination schedule. Syndrome (SIDS) occur shortly after doctors seem to be completely in the
This may explain why the U.S. has the vaccination. dark about vaccine reactions, if par-
most jam-packed vaccine schedule in ents conduct independent research,
the world. (Among other risky recom-
mendations, vaccines are offered to
Warning Signs they will find that whatever reaction
they have observed in their own child
expectant mothers, infants receive Being informed about vaccine has occurred in hundreds or even
the Hepatitis B vaccine on their first reactions can help prevent possible thousands of other children after
day of life, and DTaP at 2, 4, and 6 catastrophe. It is up to parents to vaccinations. Rather than trusting
months.) It is in the pharmaceutical educate themselves. When a child has the medical establishment’s baseless
industry’s best interest to make as a severe reaction to a vaccine, they reassurance, parents should investi-
many vaccines mandatory as possible. are at greater risk of experiencing a gate the matter for themselves and
The question remains: Is it in our similar reaction to a future vaccine. make a well-educated decision.
children’s best interest? While permanent damage, particu-
larly to the brain, may occur after Many parents have to live with lifelong
Common Adverse just one shot, sometimes it is only regret for having been convinced to ignore
reactions and continue with vaccines that
after repeated insult that the child
Reactions becomes disabled. subsequently led to their child’s perma-
The incidence of the following reac- nent disability or even death.
Medical professionals usually deny
tions vary; however even some of the
more serious events listed below occur
that a reaction contraindicates
future boosters. In most cases Caution Discarded
surprisingly frequently. they do not even believe that the Some of us may remember a time
Serious reactions include: high fever, reaction was caused by the vaccine when doctors were cautious enough
the injected limb, facial palsy, fatigue, Every vaccine comes with a product insert The CDC writes in their Parent’s Guide to
Guillain-Barré Syndrome, headache, that lists many possible side effects of the Childhood Immunizations: “Q. How can
high fever, hypersensitivity, hypo-
vaccine. Most patients have never seen these we be sure vaccines don’t cause long-term
tonia, irritability, muscle weakness problems? A. Tracking vaccinated children
or spasms, myelitis (swelling of the documents, and it is questionable whether
spinal cord), myocarditis, myositis, their healthcare providers are aware of what for many years looking for long-term health
nausea, nerve compression, paraes- is written on these information sheets. These conditions would be impractical…”(10)
thesia, persistant crying, pruritus,
inserts indicate that vaccines actually carry great Additionally, most of the studies are con-
rash, respiratory tract infection,
screaming, seizures, sensory disorder, risk. Every patient is entitled, if not required, ducted by the vaccine manufacturers them-
sore and swollen joints, sleepiness, to see the package insert before accepting any selves, rather than by independent third
swollen lymph nodes, syncope (loss medical treatment. This is informed consent. parties, raising obvious questions about the
of conciousness), thrombocytopenia,
tiredness, unilateral facial paralysis,
Without knowing the true risks, how can par- integrity of these studies. Often, instead of
urticaria, vomiting, Sudden Infant ents do an honest risk-benefit analysis? (See comparing new vaccines to innocuous place-
Death Syndrome example of insert on page 7.) bos, such as saline, manufacturers use previ-
Influenza ously approved vaccines as their “placebo”; a
local reactions (cellulitis, pain, mass,
inflammation, ecchymosis, swelling, Scientific Studies on totally unscientific practice.
“V Schedule
conducted in the U.S. on accines are Pneumococcal
children to determine local reaction (cellulitis, pain, itchi-
not unsafe. ness, redness, soreness, swelling/
if the pertussis vaccine Indeed, they Vaccines such as MMR and hardening of injection site), ana-
was safe. They relied on a are arguably DTaP are combined for phylactoid reactions, angioneurotic
British study, which was the safest best–tested medi- convenience, not health. The edema, arthritis, back pain, chills,
meant to test only the ef- risk of unnaturally exposing decreased limb mobility, diarrhea,
cal products we put into dyspepsia, ecchymosis, erythema
fectiveness, not the safety our bodies. The claim that children to many diseases multiforme, febrile convulsion, fever,
of the vaccine. Addition- vaccines cause permanent at once through the vaccina- Guillain-Barré Syndrome, headache,
ally, while 80% of the chil- harm or disabilities is simply tion process has not been hemolytic anemia, joint pain, leuko-
dren in the study group evaluated. We must wonder cytosis, malaise, myalgia, nausea,
incorrect.” neck pain, paresthesia, pharyngitis,
were at least 14 months why health authorities have radiculoneuropathy, rash, serum sick-
—Paul Offit, MD, Patent-holder
old, the U.S. health depart- for the Merck rotavirus vac- not conducted any studies to ness, swelling of injected limb, swol-
ment used this study as a cine. (The first rotavirus vaccine, determine the safety of their len lymph nodes, thrombocytopenia,
basis to vaccinate children upper respiratory infection, urticaria,
RotaShield® was taken off U.S. current practices.
vomiting, weakness/fatigue
as young as 6 weeks old!(4) market in 1999 after causing a
Before believing the conclu- Rotavirus
number of deaths.)
HPV (Human sions drawn by the vaccine cough/runny nose, diarrhea, fever,
manufacturers, take a look fussiness/irritability, gastroenteritis,
Papillomavirus) at the scientific data they are hematochezia, idiopathic thrombocy-
topenic purpura, Kawasaki disease,
In one pre-licensure study of 2,392 women, using to make their claims. You will be amazed loss of appetite, maladministration,
only 768 were included in the final analysis. to discover that the evidence often contradicts recurrent intussusception (including
Incredibly, women who received the series of their conclusions. While a parent’s goal is to death), vomiting
three shots and then tested positive for HPV16 protect their children, the pharmaceutical
(continued on page 8)
were excluded from the study.(7) industry may have other goals.…
8 Do The Benefits Outweigh The Risks?
Common Adverse
No Causal Relationship? Common Adverse
Vaccine Reactions Vaccine manufacturers will cite many possible adverse reac- Vaccine Reactions
(continued) (HPV continued)
tions, and then write, “however, no causal relationship has been
Meningococcal established.” This is a strange statement, as there is ample reactions, ankylosing spondylitis
apnea, arthralgia (joint pain), bal- (inflammatory disease of the spine),
evidence to establish a strong causal relationship between
ance disorder, bone pain, change in autoimmune diseases (including he-
eating habits, chills, diarrhea, dizzi-
vaccines and associated reactions. Vaccines are frequently molytic anemia, thrombocytopenia,
ness, ear pain, elevation of liver en- approved despite obvious evidence of their dangers or inef- thyroiditis), arthritis, abdominal
zymes, eyelid ptosis (drooping eye- fectiveness. The above examples are illustrative of virtually pain, bronchospasm, blood clots,
lid), facial nerve paralysis, fatigue, brain inflammation, celiac dis-
every vaccine on the market.
fever, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, ease, cellulitis, chills, cough, death,
headache, hearing impairment, hy- In response to the question of how the CDC could ethically pro- deep venous thrombosis, diabetes
persensitivity, irritability, malaise, mote vaccines whose safety has not been proven, they give the mellitus insulin-dependent, diar-
myalgia, nausea, oropharyngeal rhea, dizziness, disabling fatigue,
pain, persistant crying, rash, sei-
outrageous response that “withholding new vaccines from children erythema nodosum (inflammatory
zure, skin exfoliation, sleepiness, who would benefit from them while long-term studies were being condition), facial paralysis, fever,
syncope, vertigo, vestibular disor- done would be unethical.”(10) If studies would prove that these vac- Guillain-Barré Syndrome, head-
der, vomiting cines are dangerous, wouldn’t it be more unethical to administer ache, heart problems, hyperthyroid-
ism, hypothyroidism, inflammatory
MMR them? Not only are vaccines not withheld, but they are actually bowel disease, insomnia, joint pain,
local reaction (blistering, burning/ forced upon us via government mandate.... lupus, multiple sclerosis, malaise,
stinging, hardening, itchiness, red- motor neuron disease, myalgia
ness, swelling, tenderness of injec- Once a vaccine is publicly administered, high levels of ad- (muscle pain and weakness), myo-
tion site), anaphylaxis, arthritis, verse events accumulate. Nonetheless, it is rare for a vaccine carditis (inflammation of the heart),
joint pain, ataxia (lack of muscle co- to be removed from circulation no matter how much damage nausea, nephritis (kidney disease),
ordination which may affect speech, optic neuritis, oropharyngeal pain,
eye movements, ability to swallow, it is causing. One likely reason for this is the health depart-
pancreatitis, paralysis, pigmenta-
walking, picking up objects), atypi- ment’s fear that withdrawing a vaccine may elicit public tion disorder, pulmonary embolus,
cal measles, bronchial spasm, cough, concern about vaccine safety and possibly cause large-scale proteinuria, psoriasis, Raynaud’s
death, diabetes (type 1), diarrhea, vaccine rejection. Despite clear evidence that vaccines cause phenomenon, rheumatoid arthritis,
dizziness, ear infection, ear nerve scleroderma/morphea, seizures,
deafness, encephalitis, eye retinitis, harm in at least hundreds of thousands of people yearly, the
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, stroke,
febrile convulsions, fever, Guillain- CDC has decided that they are nonetheless worthwhile. sudden collapse with unconscious-
Barré Syndrome, headache, ir- ness within 24 hours, swollen lymph
ritability, leukocytosis, malaise,
As long as health authorities neglect to conduct long-term
nodes, syncope, transverse myelitis,
measles, mumps (including epi- studies on individual vaccines, as well as the vaccine sched- upper respiratory tract infection, ur-
didymitis, orchitis, parotitis), severe ule as a whole, their assertion that “the benefits outweigh ticaria, uveitis, vomiting
skin reactions, myalgia, nausea, the risks” is baseless. If they have not done a proper risk-
ocular palsies, optic neuritis (includ-
ing conjunctivitis, papillitis, and
benefit analysis, we must do one for ourselves.
retrobulbar neuritis), pancreatitis,
peripheral or facial edema, pneumo-
nia, polyneuritis, rhinitis, seizures,
sore throat, Subacute Sclerosing
Panencephalitis (SSPE), swollen
lymph nodes, syncope, thrombocy-
topenia, vasculitis, vomiting
Chicken-Pox (Varicella)
local reaction (redness, hematoma,
hardening, numbness, itchiness,
pyrexia, rash, soreness, swelling, of
injection site), anaphylaxis (includ-
ing anaphylactic shock), angioneu-
rotic edema, aplastic anemia, asep-
tic meningitis, ataxia, Bell’s Palsy,
cellulitis, cerebrovascular accident,
dizziness, encephalitis, erythema
multiforme, facial edema, Guillain-
Barré Syndrome, Henoch-Schönlein
Purpura, herpes zoster, impetigo,
necrotizing retinitis, non-febrile
seizures, paresthesia, peripheral
edema, pneumonia/pneumonitis,
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, throm-
?
bocytopenia, transverse myelitis,
varicella (vaccine strain)
HPV (Gardasil)
local reactions (pain, redness, swell-
ing at injection site), acute dis- Inside the vial: Outside the vial:
seminated encephalomyelitis, alo- Safe for infants and Toxic biohazard?
pecia, anaphylactic/anaphylactoid pregnant women *Environmental Protection Agency
Timeline Timeline 9
A Vaccine History
After a coercive four-year smallpox vaccination campaign While experimenting with vaccines, French immunologist,
reaching 97.5% of the population, England ex- Charles Richet coined the term “ana-phylaxis” (meaning
perienced its worst smallpox epidemic of the
1871–1872 against protection) to explain a manmade
century, claiming more than 44,000 lives.
(Campaign Against Fraudulent 1901 deadly reaction to harmless substances caused
by injections with the newly invented hypo-
Medical Research Newsletter, 1995) dermic needle.
(Peanut Allergy Epidemic, Heather Fraser, 2011)
The World Health Organization has pointed out that the
key the to eradication of smallpox was switching from Austrian pediatrician, Clemens von Pirquet, coined the
mass vaccination, which was not working, to containing term “allergy” to describe a vaccine-induced
the disease through isolation.
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1975)
1906 condition that caused hypersensitivity and
chronic illness.
(Peanut Allergy Epidemic, Heather Fraser, 2011)
Researchers at Rockerfeller Institute in Manhattan ex-
periment with passaging poliovirus through
spinal cord tissue of Rhesus monkeys ‘with
the hope of increasing its virulence.’ This same
1916 Eli Lilly experimented with the mercury derivative thimer-
osal on 22 patients with meningitis. All 22 sub-
year, the largest and most deadly outbreak of 1929 jects died; seven of them within one day of
thimerosal administration. Lilly used this
polio occured. Brooklyn, New York, the epicentre of the
study as the basis for the safety of thimerosal,
outbreak, was a mere three miles from Rockefeller Insti-
and they’ve been putting it into vaccines ever since…
tute, where the polio experiments took place.
(H.V. Wyatt , The Open Vaccine Journal, 2011, 4, 13–17 )
In the U.S. in 1960, two virologists discovered
In 1967, Ghana was declared measles-free by the World
Health Organization after 96% of its popula- 1960 that both polio vaccines were contaminated
with the SV 40 virus, which causes cancer in
tion was vaccinated. In 1972, Ghana experi-
enced one of its worst measles outbreaks ever 1967–1972 animals as well as changes in human cell-tissue
cultures. Millions of children had been injected with these
with the highest mortality rate.
vaccines.
(Dr. H. Albonico, MMR Vaccine Campaign in Switzerland, March 1990)
(Medical Journal of Australia, March 17, 1973, p.555)
The February 1981 issue of the Journal of the 1981 1982–1987 ents of brain-damaged children and children
who died after vaccination.
American Medical Association found that 90% (The Vine, no. 7, January 1994, Nambour, Qld)
of obstetricians and 66% of pediatricians re-
fused to take the rubella vaccine. The Journal of the American Medical Association pub-
lished an article on measles that stated, “Although more
Canada suspended use of an MMR vaccine that than 95% of school-aged children in the U.S. are vaccinated
caused many cases of aseptic meningitis. De-
spite its track record, this same MMR vaccine
1989-1992 against measles, large measles outbreaks contin-
ue to occur in schools and most cases in this
was introduced in the United Kingdom. More 1990 setting occur among previously vaccinated
children.”
deadly cases of meningitis ensued.
(American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007, Vol. 165, No. 6) (JAMA, November 21, 1990)
“Are we trading
transient child- How Dangerous Are The Diseases?
hood diseases
for a lifetime of
T
chronic illness?” here is great fear of contagious take a look at the recommended book list
disease. However, we have an found at the back of this handbook.
▻ Asthma incomplete understanding of the Diseases for which there are vaccines are not
▻ Chronic bronchitis actual risks of “vaccine prevent- all equal. We have categorized them below in
able diseases.” For example, almost every- the hopes of clarifying their true relevance in
▻ Anaphylaxis body has heard: our lives. For the sake of brevity, this list does
▻ Allergies Measles: Extremely contagious/ not include every disease for which there is
▻ ADD/ADHD encephalitis (brain inflammation) a vaccine. Conduct your own research to find
▻ Autism Mumps: Male sterility out more about the diseases mentioned, as
well as those that are not.
▻ Dyslexia Rubella: Birth defects
While some of these diseases can be inter-
▻ Learning Polio: Paralysis/iron lungs changed within these categories, the medical
disabilities establishment would have us believe that all
Pertussis/whooping cough: Compromised
▻ Crohn’s disease breathing and death in infants “vaccinable” diseases fall into the realm of
dangerous or deadly. This is far from the truth.
▻ Ulcerative colitis Tetanus: An incurable infection that causes
paralysis and is invariably deadly There are:
▻ Infertility
▻ Diseases that are frightening and possibly
▻ Guillain-Barre These examples illustrate virtually the only
dangerous,
Syndrome thing most people know about these dis-
eases. Until now, the partial information the ▻ Diseases that are low risk or generally
▻ Eczema harmless, and
public has received about the dangers of the
▻ Shingles diseases has inevitably led to widespread fear ▻ Diseases that are irrelevant to most popu-
▻ Diabetes and therefore faithful acceptance of vaccines. lations.
▻ Obesity Do we know:
▻ Hypothyroidism ▻ How frequently these diseases occur? FRIGHTENING DISEASES
▻ Hyperthyroidism
▻ How often they produce these side effects? Pertussis/ Whooping Cough
▻ Whether the numbers cited by health Pertussis is a genuinely frightening disease,
▻ Alzheimer ’s
authorities have any basis in reality? which despite massive vaccination coverage
disease
▻ Whether there are any risk factors that is still transmitted today. However, death
▻ Childhood make complications from these diseases rates from the disease have declined dramati-
Leukemia more or less likely? cally since the early 1900s, before the vaccine
▻ Cancer ▻ How vaccines have affected the epidemiol- became available.(4) The most likely reason is
ogy of these diseases? improved standard of living and nutrition.
▻ Blindness
▻ Deafness
▻ Whether vaccines have reduced the inci- In 2010, out of 27,500 cases of whooping
dence of the feared consequences of these cough reported in the U.S., there were 27
▻ Epilepsy diseases? deaths, 25 of which occurred in children
▻ Depression ▻ Whether other treatments besides vac- under 1 year old.(1) This does not come close
cines exist? to the average 10,000 annual cases of Sudden
▻ Bipolar Disorder
Below, we provide a brief overview of some Infant Death, 70% of which may be caused by
▻ Rheumatoid the DTaP vaccine.(11)
important but little-known facts about these
arthritis diseases. It becomes apparent that selective The vaccine for whooping cough is highly
▻ Juvenile arthritis information can be misleading enough to reactive; in addition to SIDS, it has been cor-
▻ Colic/high pitched make it impossible to make a truly educated related with brain damage and many other
screaming decision about vaccines. You can find answers severe side–effects. One study found that the
to the above questions through further read- DTaP vaccine caused severe reactions (such as
▻ Infantile insomnia ing. After reading this handbook, if you like, brain inflammation) in 1 out of 106 babies.(12)
How Dangerous are the Diseases? 11
This was almost double the rate of the origi- Diphtheria ▻ Infantile
in order to compel the public to vac- ing more children than the diseases? 0.03% and 0.00003%. In 1963, right
cinate. The same thing has happened With deafness, disability, and mental before the introduction of the measles
in recent years with chicken pox. Who retardation on the rise, we must take vaccine, there were between 0 and 3
was scared of chicken pox before the a step back and ask whether vaccines deaths in children due to measles in
vaccine was introduced? Media-induced are accomplishing their original goal various U.S. states.(32)
fear-mongering made these vaccines of preventing children from being The number of deaths from measles
seem like a necessity. These diseases harmed or killed. Or have vaccines in children in impoverished countries
only become greatly feared after they perhaps become a greater threat to
is much greater. Mortality rates are
become “preventable.” our children’s health than the diseases
200 to 400 times higher in malnour-
Unlike natural immunity from the they are intended to prevent?
ished children. These rates are added
diseases themselves, vaccines do not indiscriminately to statistics making
impart lifelong immunity. This is the measles look much more dangerous to
reason for booster shots, which are “I almost died of children in affluent countries than it
taken for granted as a routine part of Tetanus because I didn’t really is.(32)
vaccination. What many do not realize get my booster shot and
is that the reason for repeated boosters “Children in Third World countries need
is that immunity from vaccines usually
was infected with it from improved vitamin A and general nutri-
wanes over time. Booster shots are in- a rusty nail.” tion status, not vaccines.”
tended to solve this problem. However, There are many anaerobic bacte- —Dr. Viera Scheibner
immunity usually declines shortly after ria that can take up residence in
repeated boosters as well…(3) Though measles is highly contagious,
deep puncture wounds. Although
wound infection is common, teta- inconvenient, and uncomfortable,
“The big secret among ‘vaccinologists’ is nus is rarely the offending bacteri- it rarely causes harm in properly
that anywhere from 20 to 50% of chil- um. In the U.S., there are only about nourished children in affluent coun-
dren are not resistant to the diseases for 4 deaths per year due to tetanus tries. However, the live virus MMR
which they have been immunized.” infection. Tetanus is an anaerobic vaccine carries considerable risks. The
—Dr. Russell Blaylock M.D., bacteria found in the feces of farm following is a partial list of possible,
“The Truth Behind the Vaccine Cover-Up” animals. It does not usually lie dor- often-permanent adverse reactions to
mant on rusty nails, though other the vaccine: deafness, seizures, convul-
When mothers contracted these dis-
anaerobic bacteria may have been sions, autoimmune disorders, chronic
eases during childhood, their infants present at the time of injury.
received natural immunity at birth, bowel disease, encephalitis, brain dam-
which lasted 15 months. Vaccinated If you receive the tetanus booster, age (such as autism), and death.(15)
mothers no longer protect their in- which is actually the DTaP vaccine, it The CDC claims that the odds of
fants, and these vaccines are ineffec- will do nothing to protect you from encephalitis from measles are 1/1000.
tive on infants as well. The sad irony myriad infectious bacteria. The vac- However, this number is probably only
is that because of vaccines, we are left cine’s ability to protect against all accurate in malnourished children.
with many adults and infants who are wound infections is little more than The real odds of a child in a first world
no longer resistant to many diseases. an illusion. Since vaccines can sup-
country, being disabled by encephalitis
press the immune system, there is
While these diseases are harmless to from measles is between 1/10,000
reason to be concerned that a teta-
most children, they impart a much and 1/100,000. There was also a
nus shot may put one at greater risk
greater risk to adults and infants. for wound infection. belief among doctors that when a
child experienced photophobia (light
The MMR Vaccine sensitivity), it could lead to blindness;
an unfounded claim.(5)
There is little doubt that the MMR
vaccine has been effective in reducing Measles According to Dr. William Atkinson,
the incidence of the three diseases it is Up until the early 1900s, measles senior epidemiologist with the CDC, in
intended to prevent. But at what cost? deaths were common in both the U.S. some large outbreaks, over 95% of those
Few parents would risk their child’s and England. Average death rates who contract measles had been vacci-
health—or even life—with vaccines ranged around 8% in the U.S. and 30% nated.(3,14) According to the World Health
just because a disease is inconvenient, in England. This was apparently due to Organization, during an outbreak vac-
and may cost them work days. The poor living conditions and malnutri- cinated people have about a 15 times
reason people are willing to accept the tion, both rampant at that time. greater chance of contracting measles
risks of vaccines is because they are As living conditions improved, and than unvaccinated.(5)
afraid of the dangers of the diseases. before the MMR vaccine was intro- Additionally, after the introduction of
What if the MMR vaccine were damag- duced, death rates declined to between the vaccine, a strange form of measles,
How Dangerous are the Diseases? 13
called “atypical measles” appeared. of CRS have increased since the MMR nation was associated with a 1.4 to 2.5%
Occurring only in vaccinated individu- vaccine was introduced.(31) increased risk of contracting the flu virus.
als, the disease lasted much longer and (28)
The Cochrane Database has stated in
carried much greater risks than the Varicella/ Chicken Pox two studies, that there is no data to sup-
original illness.(16, 32) port efficacy in children under two, and
Despite recent media hype about the
in adults.(29, 30)
Note: Vitamin A supplementation has dangers of chicken pox, most are still
been shown to reduce complications aware that chicken pox is an innocuous “There is no evidence that any influenza
from measles, while fever reducers or disease. The vaccine however is not. vaccine thus far developed is effective in
antibiotics may increase the odds of According to the FDA, serious reac- preventing or mitigating any attack of
complications. tions (including life-threatening events, influenza.”
disabilities, and deaths) have occurred —Dr. Anthony Morris,
Mumps in anywhere from 4–14% of those vac- Former Chief Vaccine Officer at the FDA
Mumps is not a serious illness when cinated!(18) Compare these numbers to
the miniscule risk of complications from The flu is actually of little concern,
caught during childhood. As mentioned
the disease itself.(3,19) Additionally, the compared to the serious damage the
above, adults are now at greater risk of
varicella vaccine has caused a huge in- shot is capable of, including disability
contracting mumps where it has the
crease in the once rare shingles disease, and death. The CDC admits that the
potential to do more damage. One par-
an infection significantly more painful flu vaccine can cause Guillain-Barré
ticular concern is for orchitis in boys, a
and chronic than chicken pox.(20) Their syndrome, a debilitating paralytic
reaction that only occurs after puberty
response? A shingles vaccine. condition. They play down the serious-
and carries a very small chance of caus-
ness of this condition while emphasiz-
ing sterility.
Influenza ing the dangers of the flu,(35) making
Ironically, because of the vaccine, there us wonder who decides which diseases
has been an epidemiological shift in the Through aggressive marketing, the me- the public should fear…
incidence of mumps. Before the vaccine, dia has been instrumental in convinc-
the disease occurred primarily in chil- ing the public that the flu is a deadly
dren under 14 years of age, but by 2004, disease that kills thousands annually. Irrelevant Diseases
over 79% of cases occurred in people According to the CDC’s vital statistics
over 15.(17) Additionally, in outbreaks (NCHS), influenza and pneumonia Hepatitis B
the majority of people who contract the were the ninth leading cause of death in Hepatitis B is a rare viral infection. It is
disease have been fully vaccinated.(3) 2010 with 50,097 deaths. Understand- spread through blood and body fluids
ably, this is why most doctors recom- and primarily affects IV drug users and
Rubella mend the flu shot. Further analysis of promiscuous individuals. It is rarely
the data reveals that out of all those found in children. The only babies who
Rubella is a harmless disease in chil- deaths, 49,597 were from pneumonia, are at risk of contracting it are those
dren. The purpose of the vaccine was and only 500 were from the flu! whose mothers carry the disease, or in
to protect expectant mothers, since the unlikely event that they receive a
the disease can cause birth defects if This deceptive lumping of disease data
contracted during the first trimester. convinces the public of the danger of
With an astounding lack of foresight, influenza, making the flu shot seem like
A
vaccinating children has deprived many a lifesaving necessity.(21)
lthough I am introverted by
adults of lifelong immunity. Since Pneumonia commonly occurs in nature, I worked up the cour-
vaccination does not usually confer debilitated hospitalized patients; it may age to ask the nurse at my
permanent immunity, adults lacking portend death, but it is rarely associated pediatrician’s office for the
natural immunity are more likely to with flu. Aside from the rarity of flu package insert before receiving a vac-
contract the disease precisely when it deaths, the vaccine is not usually capable cine for my child. She disappeared into
can cause harm. The irony is that the of preventing the disease, since it rarely the back room for a long time, while I
best way to protect mothers would have matches the circulating virus strain. In- waited… Eventually she returned with
been for them to contract the disease explicably, the flu shot is recommended a booklet from the CDC explaining the
naturally as children, which vaccination regardless of its minimal effectiveness. importance of vaccinating.
has prevented. “This is not what I asked for,” I told her.
Also, according to the package insert,
She sent me on a wild goose chase, but
Note: Vaccinating women before or the shot can cause “flu-like symptoms”.
I could not extract the document from
during pregnancy carries a significant Many experience the flu shortly after
anyone. I left the office without the
risk to the fetus of causing congenital vaccination.(27) One Canadian study drug info, and without accepting the
rubella syndrome (CRS). Some epide- looked at four observational studies and vaccine for my child. What were they
miological data has shown that cases found that in 2008-2009, H1N1 vacci- trying to hide?
—Concerned mother,
New Jersey
14 How Dangerous are the Diseases?
Tetanus
W
ithin a day of receiving vaccines, my
Tetanus is a rare non-contagious bacte-
son’s entire personality changed. He
stopped smiling, crying and making
rial infection. It is anaerobic and cannot
eye contact. He stopped eating and survive if there is oxygen; it can only
began to lose weight. This went on for months, develop if it is contracted through deep
and he was diagnosed with “failure to thrive.” serious wounds, exposed to animal feces.
Thankfully he eventually came out of it. In the early 1900s, before the vaccine was
I still remember calling the pediatrician imme- introduced, tetanus cases in wounded
diately after he “shut down” and asking her if it American soldiers had dropped 92%, and
could have been because of the vaccines he had continued to decline to .44 in 100,000
just received. She responded that it could not cases by World War II. Researchers attri-
possibly have been from the vaccines, and that bute this to better wound hygiene.(25)
vaccines are very safe.
In developed countries, there are approxi-
Since then I have discovered that many other mately 5 to 35 cases of tetanus annually,
parents have seen the same sudden regression in
with about 4 deaths per year in the U.S.
their children after receiving vaccinations. Many
of them never recovered and are still disabled
Most of the deaths occurred in people
today. What good is a doctor’s worthless reas- over age 50; only 5% of tetanus cases oc-
surance when reality is contrary to their claims? curred in individuals under 20 and these
If my doctor would have realized the obvious, cases were rarely fatal.(25,26) Yet, as part of
maybe she could have prevented other children the DTaP shot, this vaccine is given to bil-
from being harmed. lions of infants.
—Z.C. (Boro Park)
The Forgotten History of Polio 15
THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF POLIO “Anyone old enough to remember the 1950s will remember the panic caused by polio—a virus that left up to 20,000
people paralyzed each year, unable to walk or sometimes even to breathe…Thanks to polio vaccine, there has not been a
case of polio in the United States in years.” —From the 2012 CDC’s “Parent’s Guide to Childhood Immunizations”
Paralytic Polio: a New Disease A Preference for Treatments that Didn’t Work
Poliovirus is a mild gastrointestinal disease that has existed for “Standard of care” at that time included surgery, casting, im-
thousands of years. Nearly every human on earth was natu- mobilization, and iron lungs, often leaving patients crippled for
rally exposed to all three strains of the disease and recovered life. During the same period, other practitioners were effective-
without incident. The turn of the 20th century (during isolated ly curing polio, sometimes in a mere few days. Strangely, their
outbreaks) was the first time polio was ever said to have caused success was ignored.
epidemic paralysis.(1) Dr. Fred Klenner used high–dose vitamin C supplementation
The worst paralytic polio epidemic occurred in the U.S. in 1916. intravenously with a nearly 100% success rate in quickly curing
It was blamed on Italian immigrants, though it was later proven severe cases of polio, even where the breathing muscles were
that the outbreak began before their arrival. Near the epicenter paralyzed. (Note: vitamin C is one of the most powerful detoxi-
of the 1916 epidemic, at Rockefeller Institute in Manhattan, fiers; capable of removing poisons like DDT from the body
New York, scientists were working on developing the most quickly and safely.)(1,5)
virulent (dangerous) strain of polio virus, with an affinity Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse, masterminded
(attraction) to central nerve cells.(2) Nearly all the researchers the then newfangled physical therapy. Using movement rather
later involved in developing the polio vaccines were from the than the standard immobilization treatments, she effectively
Rockefeller Institute.(1) cured many polio cases.(1)
Toxic Pesticides Polio Vaccine: the Main Source of Polio
The second major outbreak occurred in the 1950s. DDT, a toxic Dr. Jonas Salk, creator of the Salk Polio Vaccine, along with other
pesticide now banned in the U.S., was in widespread use during scientists, testified in court that since 1961, the polio vaccine
the 1950s. DDT manufacturers marketed the poison as totally was the “principle if not sole cause” of polio cases in the U.S.(6)
safe, even health promoting, and people coated every surface,
even their food with this toxic substance.(1) According to the World Health Organization’s information-
sheet on polio vaccines, “OPV carries the risk of vaccine-
In 1951, Dr. Albert Sabin (developer of the live polio vaccine)
associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP)… In addition, when
noticed that the American Military in the Philippines had as-
tonishingly high rates of polio. Approximately 1 in 79 recruits. polio vaccine coverage is low in the population, this live
He was mystified why the Filipino natives considered polio the attenuated vaccine may revert its virulence and transmissibility
“white man’s disease”, since despite intermingling, they were and pose additional risk for emergence of vaccine-derived
unaffected by it.(3) polioviruses (VDPVs), which have been associated with
outbreaks. Because of these risks, OPV use will be discontinued
“My mother knows someone U.S. soldiers were trained
worldwide once the goal of eradicating all wild poliovirus (WPV
to coat their clothing, food,
who was crippled by polio. Do you and bodies with DDT, while
transmission) is achieved.”(7) It is baffling to imagine how a
want to go back to those days?” the natives did not use the
vaccine can eradicate a disease that it continues to cause. It
The frightening history of polio is not pesticide. Symptoms of would seem that polio eradication by means of vaccination
evidence of the vaccine’s effectiveness. DDT poisoning are nearly is not only risky, but impossible.
In reality, after the introduction of the identical to poliomyelitis. In 2011, an aggressive campaign to “eradicate polio” in India
vaccine in the U.S., cases of polio near- (3)
Every country that has was conducted, where children received as many as 15 polio
ly doubled. The killed vaccine made made widespread use of shots. This precipitated an epidemic of 47,500 cases of acute
people more susceptible, while the DDT has experienced para- flaccid paralysis (AFP), a condition that is indistinguishable
live (OPV) actually caused the disease. lytic epidemics of polio.(1) from poliomyelitis. The higher the vaccination rates, the more
In order to make the vaccine look more cases of paralysis. Although the rates of pediatric paralysis sky-
effective than it really was, polio was Tonsillectomies and rocketed, the campaign was considered a success, since fewer cases
redefined making it much more diffi-
cult to diagnose. Most paralysis cases
Polio of “wild polio” were reported!(8)
that would have been diagnosed as During the 1950s tonsil- Childhood Disability on the Rise
polio before the vaccine were now be- lectomies were widely
ing labeled as other conditions, such administered, even to Despite all the effort to protect society from the “polio scourge,”
as “transverse myelitis” and “acute flac- symptom-free healthy chil- childhood disabilities, including lifelong paralysis are not on
cid paralysis.” Redefining the disease dren. These open wounds the decline. Cases have more than tripled since the 1950s,(9)
was how they ultimately eradicated it! allowed polio easy entry to but have been overshadowed by the 16% increase in mental
There are still plenty of people struck the central nervous system, disabilities occurring in the U.S. between 2001 and 2011, ac-
with paralysis with symptoms identical and children whose tonsils cording to the American Academy of Pediatrics. (10)
to polio. had been needlessly So while we may feel some (false) sense of security that the polio
removed were at much vaccine is protecting our children from disability, this could not
The “iron lung” was
simply the predeces- greater risk of central be further from the truth. During the last 60 years something has
sor to the modern- nervous infection with caused an unprecedented rise in all forms of childhood disability.
day respirator.(1) polio.(1,4) This has gone largely unnoticed.
16 Are Unvaccinated Children Endangering Public Health?
WHY IS HEALTH IN THE US ON SUCH A STEEP DECLINE? High U.S. Mortality Rates disorders(19,20) and other disabilities 21 and Canada’s Constitution prohibits compulsory
chronic illness. 22 vaccination).(41)
How many young couples of child-bearing
age know that women in America today The health of American adults has also de- Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland,
have more than twice the risk of dying teriorated during the past three decades and Norway recommend but do not
during pregnancy, childbirth, or after giv- compared to other wealthy nations where legally require vaccines and 15 countries
ing birth than they did three decades ago? health is improving(23) and our life expec- in the European Union, including United
Women having babies are dying of heart tancy is worse than many other coun- Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Greece, Den-
failure, high blood pressure and stroke, tries as well.(24) The CDC says that today mark, Netherlands, Finland, and Austria
chronic diseases are the most common similarly recommend but do not mandate
infection of the blood, diabetes, and blood
and costly causes of death and disability vaccines.(42) All of these countries have
clots in greater numbers because the
with about half of all adults living with at lower infant mortality rates than the U.S.
maternal death rate in America has been
least one chronic illness.(25) and do not recommend and mandate that
climbing since 1987.(1,2,3) We now rank a
infants under one year old get as many
dismal number 33 in maternal mortality in
the world, which is worse than that of most Largest consumer of vaccines as American infants do.(43) In
European countries and some countries in pharmaceuticals fact, no other country legally requires(44)
the numbers of vaccinations that the U.S.
Asia and the Middle East.(4) What is not on the list of potential does for children to attend daycare and
Equally shocking is the fact that the U.S. causes for this failing public health school or for adults to keep their jobs.(45)
now has the highest first-day infant report card is lack of access to drugs and
It is no wonder that more Americans are
death rate of all industrialized countries vaccines. With a population of 322 mil-
asking questions about why our children
and ranks number 56 among 224 world lion people out of 7 billion people on the
need so many vaccines and why adults need
countries in infant mortality.(5,6) Preterm earth, the U.S. spends nearly $3 trillion
to get a flu shot every year—even during
birth rates have increased 36% since the dollars per year on health care(26)—more
pregnancy—when our population is already
early 1980s(7) and 6 out of every 1,000 than any other nation in the world(27,28)—
the most vaccinated in the world but far less
babies born alive in America die before and we consume 40% of all drugs sold
healthy than other countries that do not
their first birthday.(8) globally.(29,30,31) In addition, America is
mandate or recommend so many vaccines. In
the leading purchaser of vaccines in the
Birth defects, chromosomal damage, pre- late 2015, the Food and Drug Administration
$15 billion dollar U.S. and $30 billion
mature birth, low birth weight, and sudden (FDA) moved toward lowering licensing stan-
dollar global vaccine market that will
infant death syndrome are the leading dards in order to fast track new experimental
reach $100 billion in 10 years.(32,33,34)
causes of death for about 23,000 newborn vaccines targeting pregnant women, who are
infants every year,(9) with half of those Since 1981, 95% of all children entering already being given four vaccines (influenza,
deaths occurring on the first day of life. A kindergarten have received multiple doses tetanus, pertussis, diphtheria) during every
baby born in America is twice as likely to die of seven vaccines including pertussis and pregnancy even though those vaccines were
within the first 24 hours as babies born in measles vaccines.(35) In 1991, the CDC not tested in or specifically licensed for use in
the European Union.(10) recommended all infants get a hepatitis B pregnant women.(46)
shot at 12 hours old(36) and by 2012 more
The Steep Decline than 70% of all newborns had received a Ask for the Science
hepatitis B shot at birth while between
U.S. public health officials say there are “no 80% and 90% of three-year-olds had got- If you are expecting or already have
clear” answers for why our maternal mortal- children, be aware that the American
ten multiple doses of eleven vaccines.(37)
ity rate is skyrocketing.(11) They don’t know Academy of Pediatrics is urging pediatri-
why so many of our babies are dying on the In a crusade to eliminate an expanding list cians to vaccinate parents when they bring
first day and within the first year of life, in of microbes, U.S. health officials currently their children in for sick or well-baby
stark contrast to many other nations where direct pediatricians to give children 49 visits, especially pregnant women.(47) If an
maternal and infant mortality rates are doses of 14 vaccines by age six, starting on obstetrician or pediatrician pressures you
declining. the day of birth with more than two dozen to get vaccinated while you are pregnant,
doses administered by an infant’s first ask the doctor to show you the science. If
Public health officials also can’t figure birthday.(38) More than two dozen additional you conclude the vaccine’s benefits do not
out why so many infants and children vaccinations are recommended or mandated outweigh the risks for you and your baby
in America are plagued with brain and for teenagers and adults, including annual but are threatened or sanctioned in any
immune system problems. The unprec- flu shots throughout life.(39) way for making an informed choice, you
edented, unexplained, chronic disease and should find another doctor who will treat
disability epidemic,(12) marked by chronic Has Mandated Use of More you with respect and honor your health-
inflammation in the body, has gotten
worse in the past three decades—with
Vaccines Compromised America’s care choices.
1 child in 6 now learning disabled,(13) 1 Health? Go to NVIC.org to learn more and sign up for
the free online NVIC Advocacy Portal to em-
in 9 suffering with asthma,(14) 1 in 45 Every state in the U.S. has laws requiring
power yourself with information and work to
developing autism,(15) 1 in 400 becoming dozens of vaccinations for daycare and school
protect the freedom and legal right to make
diabetic,(16) and millions more suffering attendance(40) in contrast to neighboring
voluntary vaccine decisions in your state.
with severe food allergies, 17 inflamma- Mexico and Canada, which recommends but
tory bowel disease,(18) mental health does not mandate vaccines (a provision in It’s your health, your family, your choice.
20 Vaccines For Expectant Mothers?
D
uring the last decade, we risks involved threaten the future The Influenza Vaccine
have witnessed an aggres- health and development of every fetus
sive and unprecedented exposed. Safety: Influenza vaccine injuries
effort by the medical and deaths are the second most com-
Aggressive Marketing pensated claim in the federal Vaccine
establishment to vaccinate pregnant
women against flu and more recently Recently, the medical establishment Injury Compensation Program
against pertussis (TDaP). It was a has initiated an intense marketing (VICP).(11, 12) Though unpleasant, in-
slow start, and at first few doctors campaign, focusing mainly on the fluenza is a disease that is innocuous
and patients complied with this con- dangers of the flu and pertussis for in more than 99% of the population.
troversial new procedure. However pregnant women and infants. They Is the flu vaccine more harmful than
since these recommendations are have successfully convinced the major- the flu? What if the vaccine caused
being supported by the CDC, ACOG, ity of doctors of the necessity of these many miscarriages, and many more
and AAP, people trust that these vac- vaccines. While flu deaths are rare, deaths than the flu itself?
cines must have been proven safe for they contend that it is not worth the
pregnancy. This is far from the truth. risk, when the vaccine offers protec- Miscarriages Caused
tion. Taking a shot to protect against
Incredibly, there is no reliable safety
even a slight risk of death would make
by the Flu Shot
data to back up these new vaccine
recommendations. sense, if the TDaP and influenza vac- In addition to the as-yet unmeasured
cines had in fact been proven safe and potential for fetal harm; fetal deaths
The manufacturers of influenza and effective. have been reported, with miscar-
Tdap vaccines state that human tox- riages associated with the flu vaccine
icity and fertility studies are inad-
equate and warn that the influenza
The Pertussis Vaccine occurring even in the second and third
trimesters. One study showed that ac-
and Tdap vaccines should “be given Safety: The pertussis (DTaP) vaccine cording to the Vaccine Adverse Events
to a pregnant woman only if clearly has a long history of causing death Reporting System (VAERS), flu vac-
needed.”(12, 13, 14, 15) How a risky drug and disability in infants and children.
cines have caused a 4,250% increase in
could ever be needed in a healthy Injuries and deaths from pertussis-
reports of miscarriage.(3)
pregnant woman is unclear. containing vaccines are the most
compensated claims in the federal
In the past, pregnant women were
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Mercury in the Flu Shot
almost never offered vaccines, for
(VICP).(11, 12) While the mercury derivative thi-
the obvious reason that they are
Effectiveness: Even in highly vac- merosal has been phased out of some
Category B and C drugs. This means
cinated populations, whooping cough vaccines, it is an ingredient in the
that adequate and well-controlled
frequently circulates by the thousands. injectable flu vaccine. Mercury is
studies have not been conducted on
Ironically, the disease can even be the second most toxic element on
pregnant women, and it is not known
spread by those recently vaccinated.(16) earth after plutonium. It is particu-
whether these vaccines can cause fetal
larly neurotoxic (i.e. poisonous to the
harm.(2) While vaccines have not been Without evidence proving that the brain).
tested on pregnant women for obvious TDaP vaccine does not harm fetuses
reasons, animal studies have shown a and in light of the known dangers of Many children with autism have been
potential for fetal harm. this vaccine, and its remarkable inef- found to have very high levels of toxic
fectiveness, taking it during pregnancy metals in their bodies. There is a
Additionally, “failure to demonstrate
cannot be medically justified. clear connection between poisoning
risk “(as for Category A and B drugs)
with toxic metals and autism.(7,8,9) To
is not the equivalent of having been
“The rush to vaccinate pregnant women inject pregnant women with vaccines
proven safe. (“Absence of evidence
and reach into the womb to try to pas- containing mercury carries unknown
does not equal evidence of absence”) Of
sively vaccinate the developing fetus, is and potentially grave risks to the
course, it is unethical to experiment
on pregnant women. However, giving a clear case of policy preceding science... developing fetus.
untested vaccines to pregnant women With new vaccines on the horizon that will Effectiveness: While the above
is in essence experimenting on them. target pregnant women, it is critically im- should make it obvious that taking a
To enforce category B and C drugs portant that more bad vaccine policy does vaccine during pregnancy involves a
on healthy (or unhealthy) pregnant not precede good vaccine science.” (12) significant risk, some may claim that
women is tantamount to medical Babara Loe Fisher, the benefits of the vaccine make it
malpractice. The known and unknown National Vaccine Information Center worthwhile. Unfortunately, most are
Vaccines For Expectant Mothers? 21
M
the flu vaccine. With the many hun- safety studies on vaccines for preg-
dreds of possible strains of influenza nant women. They are relying on small, y daughter was in
virus, the chance of the vaccine poorly designed studies, data from the her third-trimester
actually matching the circulating manufacturers themselves, and even expecting her first
flu strain is very low: about 13% studies comparing vaccinated groups child, when her
on average, according to the CDC’s to other vaccinated groups!(12, 17, 18, 19, 20) Ob-Gyn warned her how danger-
own statistics.(10) The majority of This is irresponsible and dangerous. ous whooping cough and flu are,
the time (87%), the vaccine offers no and told her that she needed
Unless women begin to advocate
protection. to take the vaccines. I encour-
for themselves and ask questions
The idea of preventing influenza or aged my daughter to accept the
when offered risky procedures during
whooping cough in pregnant women pregnancy, millions of unborn infants offered vaccines. Very soon after
may sound appealing. However, this will become the involuntary guinea that, in her 7th month, she had
must be weighed against the question- pigs for very unsafe medical proce- a still-birth. Now we are hearing
able effectiveness of these vaccines dures, with no potential benefit. Ask that preemies and third-trimester
and their as yet unmeasured potential your doctor why medical authorities miscarriages have become really
to cause fetal harm, death, or disabil- are recommending Category B and C common among her friends. I feel
ity as well as maternal illness. drugs during pregnancy, and protect guilty for pushing my daughter
Mysteriously, medical authorities your unborn infant from dangerous to take those vaccines now that
have made no effort to conduct any and worthless medical procedures. I’ve learned that they may be the
greatest source of danger to the
developing fetus.
—(F.R., Boro Park)
A
autism often appears as a sudden regression
t her twelve– after a history of normal development.(15)
The Autism
month well–
baby visit, my The U.S. has one of the highest rates of
daughter was autism in the world.(1) While the numbers
Epidemic
developmentally ad- continue to climb, according to the CDC, as
vanced for her age, and of March 2013, it is estimated that 1 in 50
she was already saying American children suffer from the disorder.
quite a few words. She
(13)
During the last half a century the num-
received her round of ber of cases has grown exponentially.(15,16)
vaccinations (including Researchers reported that autism was an
the MMR). Right afterward extremely rare condition before 1943,
A
she developed a high utism is a mental disorder when it was announced as a new men-
fever and we witnessed a characterized by impaired social tal disorder.(6) In the 1950s, less than 1 in
change in behavior. In the capability, with trouble relating 10,000 cases were reported.(7)
following weeks, I brought to other people, difficulty com- Many attempt to find a logical explanation
her to the doctor quite a municating, restricted and repetitive be- for the growing incidence of this disorder.
few times; the reactions havior, and difficulty They claim that the
were severe and I was very connecting to their increase in autism is
worried. The doctor told surroundings. “[...] and we’ve had so many instances, merely an improve-
me that this kind of reac- people that work for me. ... [in which] ment in diagnostics;
There are many ele-
tion could occur as the a child, a beautiful child went to have that there must have
ments of autism that
result of the vaccine, but the vaccine, and came back and a week always been as many
make it an unusual
that it was only temporary, later had a tremendous fever, got very, cases, they just went
condition. Not only
nothing to worry about. very sick, now is autistic.” undetected.
do most autistic
Three months later, the children have the —Donald Trump during gop debate in 2015 This insults our intel-
doctor wanted to admin- normal appearance of ligence, as anyone
ister another round of healthy children, they who has experience
vaccines. I was very con- also usually lack a clear genetic abnormal- with autism can tell you how obvious the
cerned, due to the strong ity that can account for their learning and symptoms are—it is not at all difficult to
reaction my daughter social deficits. Another strange factor is that diagnose. Also, if the number of autism cases
exhibited the previous
time, but the doctor told
me I was being foolish
and that it is very danger-
ous not to receive the
vaccines. I gave in and let
him vaccinate her again.
This time, her speech and
intellectual development
stopped and regressed,
to the point that she was
diagnosed with autism a
few weeks later.
The regression clearly
started after the vaccines,
but the doctor nonethe-
less denied the connec-
tion. Since then, I have
refused to continue to
vaccinate my daughter. I
don’t care what they say,
I saw with my own eyes
how the vaccines caused
her to become autistic.
How many “defective” children would have
—Mrs. K. (Lakewood) remained perfectly healthy if not for vaccines?
The Autism Epidemic 23
A
fter my son received
was unchanging, then there should his six month vac- times more mercury at one doctor’s
be 1 in 50 autistic 40-year-olds. In cines, I noticed an visit, than the maximum safe amount
fact, the condition is very rare in immediate change in of mercury from fish!(10)
older age groups.(11) Each year, more him. He went completely inside
young children are diagnosed. If the himself, and stopped making Wasn’t thimerosal removed
increase in prevalence was truly a case
of missed diagnoses, then new cases
eye contact. I felt like I had lost from vaccines?
my baby; it was terrifying.
of autism should come up in every age In the beginning of the 21st century,
group. Statistics clearly indicate that My doctor is a caring man everyone heard about the infamous
the later one’s date of birth, the more who goes above and beyond thimerosal. Most of us assumed that
likely to develop autism. the call of duty. I asked him thimerosal has been removed from vac-
why he didn’t tell me that vac- cines. Here is what actually happened:
Mysteriously, before 1999, autism was cines are so risky. His response In 1999, health officials recommended
virtually nonexistent in China. But by was a real eye opener for me. that vaccine manufacturers eliminate
June 2005, over 1.8 million cases were He said, “If I would warn peo- thimerosal “as soon as possible.” At the
reported.(11) This occurred without any ple about vaccines, I would same time the CDC quietly discouraged
major changes in the diagnostic meth- lose my medical license.” the removal. When SmithKline Beecham
ods in China. What caused this sudden
— M.L., (Israel) offered the CDC to supply mercury-free
outbreak of autism in China?
DTaP vaccines, the CDC rejected their
Medical science admits that autism is offer!(10) Why would they do this?
a new and epidemic problem. Because
the rates are growing so quickly, it is Heavy Metal Poisoning Apparently, the WHO (World Health Or-
ganization) was concerned that immedi-
strongly suspected that some outside in-
Below is a small sample of symptoms ate withdrawal of thimerosal in the U.S.
fluence must be contributing. This would
of mercury poisoning. You may be might elicit public concern about the
explain why the autism rates can vary
surprised to discover how familiar safety of vaccines, and cause rejection
highly from one country to another.
they are: of vaccination programs overseas. They
Scientists came to understand that autis- therefore urged the CDC against banning
▻ Rocking, circling, clumsiness,
tic children appear to be “brain damaged,” this extremely toxic substance.
▻ Oversensitive to touch and sound,
as they have found brain inflammation in
▻ Speech/articulation problems, From 1999 to 2002 several, but not all
these children. What is causing the brain
hearing loss, mercury-containing vaccines were phased
to swell and malfunction?
▻ Mental retardation (possibly revers- out in the U.S. Authorities claimed that
ible), difficulty comprehending this did not reduce new cases of autism.
Neurotoxins words or abstract ideas, concentra- However, they simultaneously added
tion/attention problems, multiple doses of the mercury-containing
Elevated levels of a number of toxic
▻ Poor eye contact, flu shot to the vaccine schedule, for
metals have been found to have a strong
▻ Salivating, digestive problems, babies 6 months and up. The CDC
correlation with autism. The metals of
allergies, even recommended the flu vaccine for
greatest influence were lead, antimony,
▻ Injures self (such as head banging), pregnant women in their first trimester!
mercury, tin, and aluminum. Stud-
staring, social isolation.(8) In addition, 6 doses of vaccines (for pneu-
ies show that autistic children tend to
have high levels of toxic metals in their mococcus and Hep A) were added, which
bodies, and that higher levels of heavy Thimerosal contain large amounts of aluminum.
Aluminum is also a known neurotoxin.(10)
metals are found in children with more Thimerosal is a chemical derived from
severe cases of autism.(3) Studies have found that high levels of alu-
mercury. In the 1930s and 40s, it was minum are also associated with autism.(3)
Mercury is the second most toxic ele- added to the pertussis vaccine and then
ment on Earth, and is a known neu- the DPT, as an anti-bacterial preserva- “Aluminum is not perceived, I believe, by
rotoxin (brain poisoning substance), tive. Starting in 1991, infants received the public as a dangerous metal. There-
even in small amounts. It was recently a mercury-filled hepatitis B vaccine just fore, we are in a much more comfortable
found that in the first hair clippings of hours after birth. [They receive this vac- wicket in terms of defending its presence
autistic children, mercury levels were cine despite the fact that Hep B is a blood- in vaccines”(18)
much lower than normal.(5) For some borne pathogen that is transmitted via IV —Dr. John Clements,
reason, these children were not able to drug needles and other risky behaviors. WHO vaccines advisor
clear mercury from their bodies, so it Only babies whose mothers are infected So even if your doctor tells you that
remained high within, instead of being are at risk of contracting the disease.](9) they have removed thimerosal from
secreted (into the hair). It has also been In 1991 the pharmaceutical company, vaccines, he may not realize that
found that exposure to large quantities Merck, calculated that 6 month-old various vaccines still contain this
of mercury reduces the body’s ability to babies, who received all their recom- dangerous metal (including Hep A
detoxify from mercury.(2) mended shots, may be injected with 87 and B, meningococcal, and flu). Some
24 The Autism Epidemic
Vaccine Schedule
for infants, but for expectant mothers.(10)
Also, mercury has been replaced with alumi-
Autism
taken by others and used in ways beyond the 1 in 50! Although they claim that mercury
control of this group.”(10) The group spent the has been removed from vaccines, package
next two days calculating how to respond to this inserts indicate that mercury, as well as
disturbing information. They decided to hand other neurotoxic metals are still present in
over the VSD database (public property, funded vaccines. BY THE NUMBERS
by tax dollars) to a private organization, so that The relationship between vaccines and au-
it would be inaccessible to the public.(11) tism is undeniable (unless you are working 1970:
Retroactive Studies for the CDC, FDA, or WHO). The U.S. has
1 in 10,000
one of the most jam-packed vaccine sched-
Proving Vaccine Safety ules, and has among the highest rates of au-
In response to this meeting, the CDC in- tism in the world. Each time more vaccines 1975:
are added to the schedule (whether they
structed a number of organizations to produce
contain mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde,
1 in 5,000
new studies that disproved the link between
mercury-containing vaccines and neurologi- or any other myriad of toxic substances), au-
cal damage. In subsequent years, four studies tism rates rise again.(9,10,16) Multiple vaccines 1985:
were conducted “to rule out the proposed link at one doctor’s visit can greatly increase the 1 in 2,500
between autism and thimerosal.” risks. This includes multivalent vaccines
which come as a single injection, such as
Three years later, Verstraeten managed (on
MMR and DTaP.
1995:
his third try) to rework the data in his study
and published a new conclusion. Now, “no
1 in 500
consistent significant associations were Autism Rates in 2001:
found between thimerosal-containing vac-
cines and neurodevelopmental outcomes.” It
Unvaccinated Children 1 in 250
would seem that the conclusions came before Dr. Mayer Eisenstein was the director of a
the studies.… medical center in Chicago that has seen over
35,000 children since 1973, the majority of
2004:
The CDC uses Verstraeten’s new conclusion to
prove that there is no link between vaccines
whom are unvaccinated. He and his col- 1 in 166
leagues reported that among their unvac-
and autism. It should be relevant to us that this
same study came to the opposite conclusion
cinated patients, they have not seen a 2007:
single case of autism.(14)
twice. Only after 3 years of manipulating 1 in 150
the data to suit the CDC’s needs, did they
publish his forced conclusion. The CDC Your Child’s Best Interest 2009:
never published his original findings. Parents are the best and only advocates for
Dr. Mark Geier, an independent scientific their children’s health. We cannot assume 1 in 110
researcher, subsequently gained access to the that any other party (including the CDC or
same VSD database used by the CDC’s repre- even your well-meaning family doctor) will 2012:
sentatives. He analyzed the vaccination re-
cords of over 278,000 children, using a study
act in your child’s best interest. The only way 1 in 88
to protect your children’s health is by doing
protocol approved by the CDC. He found your own research, and becoming an active
that there was “a significant association participant in important medical decisions. 2013:
between mercury exposure from thimerosal- 1 in 50
containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental
disorders.” Infants with the greatest exposure
Endnote
2015:
?
to mercury from vaccines, had higher rates Pharmaceutical and alternative treatments
of autism, ADD, and emotional disturbances. have both been successful in removing heavy 1 in 45
His findings were published in the Journal of metals from autistic patients. Heavy metal
the Neurological Sciences.(10,12) detoxification has improved symptoms in
2030
many autistic children as well as those with
In case you were wondering, 1999 was the
year that U.S. manufacturers introduced other behavioral conditions, such as ADHD.(2,9)
toxic–metal–laced vaccine lines to China.(10,11) Dietary changes are almost always necessary
to see optimal improvement. Most children
The Recent Increase will benefit from a gluten- and casein (found
in dairy)-free diet. It is worthwhile to seek
As of March 2012, the U.S. autism rates the guidance of a medical practitioner who
were 1 in 88. Incredibly, since that time, the has experience treating (and curing) autistic
numbers have skyrocketed even further to children.(2)
26 How to Prevent Your Children from Being Damaged by Vaccines
V
accines are inherently dan- The potentially devastating conse- Young children account for the most
gerous and unpredictable. quences of vaccinating a child before vaccine injuries reported due to the
There is no way, no matter their immune system is mature are high concentration of vaccines given
how we modify or delay limitless. Be especially wary of the to babies combined with their unde-
the vaccine schedule, to make them Hepatitis B shot given at birth, as veloped immune systems. How-
risk free. The following advice may ever, there is no age when vaccines
well as the DTaP given to newborns.
reduce the chances of a child becom- become risk-free. Adverse reactions
ing permanently damaged or killed by In 1975, when Japan raised the occur in all age groups; from chil-
vaccines. age of the DPT vaccine from two dren to elderly.
months to two years, SIDS cases all Dr. Mayer Eisenstein practiced pedi-
One at a Time: but disappeared, and Japan’s infant atrics from the 1970s until his death
If a child were exposed to three dis- mortality rate improved from 17th in 2014. Over the years, he and his
eases on one day, the burden on their place to best in the world.(1) colleagues saw over 35,000 children.
immune system would be overwhelm- The majority of his patients chose
ing. This rarely occurs in nature and not to vaccinate, while a minor-
the consequences could be dire. ity delayed vaccination at least 6
The current vaccine schedule has Ask These Questions months. They realized that in their
unvaccinated patients, there was
never been tested for safety. Much
evidence shows that multiple vac- Before You Vaccinate! no autism. There was also very low
(or no) incidence of asthma, aller-
cines given at once greatly increase gies, and diabetes compared to the
the chance of an adverse reaction. Am I or my child sick right now?
national epidemic of these condi-
For the sake of convenience, children Have I or my child had a bad tions.(2)
today can be injected with vaccines reaction to a vaccination before?
for over ten diseases at one doctor’s Medical authorities refuse to con-
visit! This is an unconscionable prac- Do I or my child have a per- duct comparative health studies
on vaccinated versus unvaccinated
tice. The risks are greater even if the sonal or family history of
diseases come in one injection, such children, claiming that it would be
vaccine reactions, neurological unethical to deprive children of vac-
as MMR or DTaP, which continue to
disorders, allergies, or immune cines. This is despite the fact that
be highly reactive combinations.
system problems? there are thousands of voluntarily
unvaccinated families who would be
Don’t Take Vaccines Do I understand the risks of the happy to assist with such a study.
During Pregnancy: vaccine versus the disease? Could their real motivation be that a
We are so cautious about which comparative study would reveal the
Do I have full information
medications we take during preg- true proportion of vaccine-induced
nancy. Vaccines are Class B and C about vaccine side effects? chronic disease that society cur-
drugs, which means they are unsafe Do I know how to identify and rently suffers from?
(as compared to A) for pregnant report a vaccine reaction?
women and their fetuses. There is no Give Nutritional Supplements:
solid scientific evidence that proves Do I keep a written record
Vitamin supplements are most pro-
vaccines to be safe for pregnant including vaccine manufacturer tective when administered starting
women. Protect your unborn child and lot number for all 1–2 weeks before vaccination and
from this very risky practice.
vaccinations? continued 1–2 weeks after the shot.
Vitamin A (in the form of cod liver
Delay Infant Vaccinations: Do I know that I have the right oil) and C, as well as zinc, are all
It takes 3 years for an infant’s to make an informed choice? immune enhancing and can reduce
immune system to develop fully. the risk of vaccine damage. (Follow
W
How to to
hile the CDC continues Prevent
assertYour
thatChildren
it wouldfrom
beBeing Damaged
“unethical” to by Vaccines
conduct 27
a study
comparing the health of vaccinated children to unvaccinated, there are thou-
sands of parents around the world who have already chosen not to vaccinate
their children. Surveying this huge population of unvaccinated people and then compar-
ing their health to that of vaccinated children seems like an obvious way to find out how
the manufacturer’s dosage recom- vaccines are really affecting public health. What could be unethical about that?
mendations.)(3,4) The good news is that studies of this nature have been conducted. The largest one is an
In the 1960s and 70s, a strange independent German study conducted by Dr. Andreas Bachmair. The study compared
phenomenon occurred in Australia, 8000 unvaccinated children to existing health data on vaccinated children (labeled
KIGGS in the chart below). Survey results show vaccinated children have at least 2 to 5
where as many as 1 in 2 aborigine
times more diseases and disorders than unvaccinated children.
infants were succumbing to infant
death. Dr. Archie Kalokerinos real-
ized that the deaths corresponded
with a recently initiated mass vac-
cination program. He determined
that these babies were severely
malnourished, and could not handle
the immunological onslaught of
the vaccines. He saved many more
babies from similar fate by adminis-
tering small quantities of vitamin C
prior to the injections.(1)
D
in Australia. They divided the babies r. William Thompson, senior cinated according to the CDC’s schedule,
into 4 groups: breastfed and bottle- scientist at the CDC, coauthored compared to children whose vaccines
fed, with and without vaccines. a 2004 study denying the rela- were delayed until after 36 months. The
tionship between vaccines and CDC has known this since 2004, but never
▻ The children with the lowest inci- autism. In 2014, Thompson filed for whistle- published these findings. In 2014, Dr.
dence of asthma were those who blower protection, admitting that the CDC Thompson forwarded all the data to Con-
were unvaccinated and nursed. had committed fraud. Thompson reported gressman Bill Posey, who has requested
that when the study results showed that a congressional hearing. Despite Thomp-
▻ The surprise came when they dis- babies who received vaccines according to son’s eagerness to testify, mysteriously, no
covered that the second healthi- the CDC’s schedule were at greater risk of action has been taken....
est group was those children who autism, his colleagues decided to destroy When investigative health journalist, Del
were bottle fed and unvaccinated. the incriminating data. But not before Bigtree, discovered this astounding infor-
Thompson copied and saved all of it.
The doctors had assumed that ba- mation, he was sure that it would make
bies who were vaccinated but nursed The most significant finding was that headline news. Strangely, no news outlet
healthy normal babies were seven times touched it. This story became the subject of
more likely to develop autism when vac- the recent documentary, “Vaxxed.”
28 Halachic Points of Interest
S Halachic 3
ome people choose to ap- Are we obligated to vac-
proach a rabbinic author- cinate? What are the
ity for assistance in mak- halachic and hashkafic
Points Of
ing vaccine decisions. We guidelines of “Venishmartem
recommend consulting a rabbi meod linafshoseichem” and how
who is willing to look at the facts do they apply to preventing fu-
before drawing conclusions. ture contagious disease? What
Interest
Up until now, a lot of medical be- are the halachic parameters of
liefs about vaccines have been ac- hishtadlus?
cepted as factual. However, con-
sensus among the majority of
4
doctors that vaccines are safe and Are we permitted to coerce
risk free is not necessarily based
2
parents to vaccinate their
on verifiable evidence. Does the “majority rule” children? If the parents
In order to render a practical hala- apply since most doctors are advised or forced by others
chic decision about vaccines, the believe that the benefits of to vaccinate their children, who
right questions must be asked and vaccines outweigh the risks? is responsible if the child is in-
much background information is Note: Doctors today are required to jured or killed by the vaccine?
needed. strictly adhere to currently accepted (\ עמוד רמ"זV)3 ב, ב:נשמת אברהם חו"מ תכ"ז
'אג"מ ח"מ ח"ב סי' ע"ג אות ה
בית לחם יהודה יו"ד סי' רמ"ב סעי' ל"א ברמ"א medical protocol, which asserts that
vaccines are necessary. Does the
Below, is a list of halachic ques- identical “opinion” of thousands of
5
tions about vaccines: doctors really count as more than Is an individual obligated
one vote: that of the policy-making to sacrifice his own health
medical authorities? in order to protect others?
1
Are we permitted to vacci- Medical policymakers consider it Examples:
nate? Even if a disease carries acceptable for the individual to be ▻ The rubella vaccine is given to
risks, are we permitted to in- sacrificed for the benefit of society. children to protect pregnant
ject healthy people with vaccines Government authorities are aware women; not the children receiv-
that may cause them harm? that many children will be killed or ing the shots.
Note: The risks of vaccines are mag- injured by vaccines (they refer to the ▻ Recently in Israel, live polio
nified when a person is ill. Therefore, loss of life as “wastage”). However, vaccine (OPV) which carries the
doctors who exercise caution will in order to increase vaccine compli- known risk of infecting recipi-
only administer vaccines to healthy ance and accomplish the goal of ents with polio, has been given
people. “disease eradication,” information to children, to “passively immu-
about the true risks of vaccines is nize” adult household members.
Background: The exact odds of intentionally withheld from parents ▻ Families of immunocompro-
a vaccine killing or permanently and doctors. mised children have been ad-
injuring its recipient remain unclear. vised to receive extra vaccines to
However, according to the U.S. Gov- ▻ Doctors are taught in medical
school and by pharmaceutical protect the ill child, who cannot
ernment’s Vaccine Adverse Events receive vaccines. (Note: this is
Reporting System (VAERS), thou- representatives that the risks of
vaccines are miniscule. a medically dubious procedure;
sands die each year, and hundreds of since recently vaccinated people
thousands are injured. ▻ Many doctors who have wit-
nessed their patients react badly may actually spread the diseases.
For argument’s sake, let us presume to vaccines have denied any Therefore, receiving vaccines can
that the diseases are even more risky relationship between the vaccine potentially increase the risks to
than the vaccines. Is it permissible and the death or injury (calling the ill relative.)
to use vaccines to prevent these it coincidental or “temporal,” ▻ Children are required to vaccinate
diseases in currently healthy people? meaning that the fact that one for school or camp entry. In the
Is it possible to make this decision event preceded another does not past, this was alleged to be for the
without accurate knowledge of the prove causality). child’s benefit. Today, however we
true risk-benefit ratio of vaccines? ▻ Doctors who have publicly are told that children are obligat-
Can we rely solely on the testimony criticized vaccines have lost their ed to receive vaccines regardless
of doctors to ascertain an accurate license to practice medicine. of personal benefit in order to
picture of vaccine risks? שו"ע או"ח סי' תרי"ח סעי' ד' ובמ"ב ס"ק י"א
theoretically protect the “herd.”
'אג"מ או"ח ח"ג סימן צ ש"ך יו"ד סימן מ"ו ס"ק י"ד מ"ב סי' שכ"ט ס"ק י"ט
Halachic Points of Interest 29
6 “D
Can “Shomer pesayim
octors learn a lot about diseases in medical school, but we
Hashem” be accurately
learn very little about vaccines … We don’t review the research
applied to vaccines? Does
ourselves. We never learn what goes into making vaccines or
the fact that the majority of
how their safety is studied. So, when patients want a little more
society accepts vaccination have
information about shots, all we can really say as doctors is that the diseases
any halachic bearing?
are bad and the shots are good.”
Since children are defenseless or
—Dr. Robert Sears, Pediatrician
ignorant and do not make their own
medical decisions, can we assume
that Hashem will protect them from
being injured or killed by vaccines?
Q
Or perhaps, has experience already I heard that doctors actually lose money giving vaccines to their pa-
shown us that children’s vulnerabil- tients. If they are not profiting from vaccines, how can we doubt the
ity has not prevented vaccines from sincerity of their motives?
causing thousands of injuries and
deaths (epilepsy, deafness, chronic
encephalitis, SIDS, etc.)?
אג"מ חו"מ ח"ב סי' ע"ו
A The belief that doctors lose money on vaccines is based on a survey
that took into account vaccine (administration) fees, but did not calcu-
late doctor visit fees. (1) In 2011, an independent surveyor collected the real
”שודאי בסתם חשש סכנה אסור לסמוך על זה אף אם יזדמן
“כה”ג בדבר שיש בו חשש סחנתא ולא זהרי בהו אנישי
numbers from doctor’s offices in various U.S. states, and averaged them in
ורק אומרים כן ”בדבר דאיכא הרבה שלא קשה להו the chart below. (2) Doctors also may receive bonuses from insurance provid-
“לבריאותם כלום ers or the government. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield offers a $400
bonus per vaccinated patient to doctors who fully vaccinate at least 63% of
the children in their practice by age two. (3)
7
Is there any problem with
making medical use of tis- 2011
sue from aborted fetuses?
Pharmaceutical companies lobbied to
legalize abortion so that they could
use the fetuses for research. Is it ac-
ceptable to benefit from a situation
where mothers are encouraged to
have abortions to enable scientists to
use the fetuses in the creation of vac-
cines? (Assuming that it is possible to It is not a crime to earn a living, and there is nothing wrong with doctors
benefit from vaccines.) making a profit for seeing patients. What is not acceptable is that the public
has been deceived into believing that doctors are vaccinating for free, even
sustaining a loss, giving the false impression that doctors have somehow
8
transcended the normal rules of commerce, and are injecting your children
Is there a Torah basis for due to magnanimity alone.
considering unvaccinated
children a threat to oth- “Because routine immunizations, which bring parents back for repeated of-
ers? Is it reasonable to fear for fice calls, are the bread and butter of their specialty, pediatricians continue
one’s life or health in the pres-
to defend them to the death. The question parents should be asking is:
ence of these children?
‘Whose death?’” —Robert Mendelsohn, MD
30 עי' מבתב מהרבנים בעמוד
Statement on Vaccinations
from the Orthodox Union and
Rabbinical Council of America
(exerpt)
The Unpublished Letters
P
arents who choose to One factor that necessitated us to publish this handbook was the baffling refusal of the
not vaccinate often cite majority of religious publications to print the letters below from our gedolim.
a medical study that pur-
ported to link autism and
the MMR vaccine. The study was
discovered to be fraudulent and
was withdrawn; its lead author was
found to have acted “dishonestly
and irresponsibly,” and his license
to practice medicine in Britain was
revoked.*
There are halachic obligations to
care for one’s own health as well as
to take measures to prevent harm
and illness to others, and Jewish law
defers to the consensus of medical
experts in determining and prescrib-
ing appropriate medical responses
to illness and prevention. Therefore,
the consensus of major poskim
(halachic decisors) supports the
vaccination of children to protect
them from disease, to eradicate
illness from the larger community
through so-called herd immunity,
and thus to protect others who may
be vulnerable. While the health of
children is an important consider-
ation, everyone should consult with
his or her religious, medical, and
legal advisors in determining what
actions to take...
*T
he OU is refering to
a study conducted
by Dr. Andrew
Wakefield. Critics
of “anti-vaxxers” often cite this
study, under the mind-boggling
pretense that it is the only evi-
dence against vaccines! In reality,
there are thousands of research-
ers who have separately discov-
ered that vaccines carry great
risks. The public has been fight-
Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rav Eliezer Dunner
ing forced inoculation for over a
Moetzes Agudath Israel
century. During which time, many Rav Malkiel Kotler,
thousands of lives were lost as a Rav Shmuel Meir Katz Lakewood Rosh Yeshivah
result of vaccination. Rav Biyomin Zev Halperin Moetzes Agudath Israel
Dr. Wakefield has become a Rav Osher Chashval Rav Elye Ber Wachtfogel,
scapegoat whose incrimination is Rosh Yeshvah S Fallsburg
Rav Matisyahu Salomon,
only effective in diverting those Rav Aaron M. Schecter,
Lakewood Mashgiach
who are unfamiliar with the vast Rosh Yeshiva Chaim Berlin
evidence against vaccines. Moetzes Agudath Israel
The Unpublished Letters 31
Sample Vaccine
Ingredient List*
• aluminum hydroxide
• aluminum phosphate
• ammonium sulfate
• amphotericin B
• animal tissue: pig blood,
horse blood, rabbit brain,
dog kidney, monkey kid-
ney, chick embryo, chicken
egg, duck egg
• Bacterial and viral RNA or
DNA
• betapropiolactone
• calf (bovine) serum
• fetal bovine serum
• formaldehyde
• gelatin
• glycerol
• human diploid cells
(originating from human
aborted fetal tissue)
• hydrolized gelatin
• monosodium glutamate
(MSG)
• neomycin
• neomycin sulfate
• phenol red indicator
• phenoxyethanol
(antifreeze)
• potassium diphosphate
• potassium
monophosphate
* • polymyxin B
• polysorbate 20
• polysorbate 80
• porcine (pig) pancreatic
hydrolysate of casein
• residual MRC5 proteins
• sorbitol
• sucrose
• thimerosal (mercury)
Rav Matisyahu Salomon, Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, • tri(n)butylphosphate
Lakewood Mashgiach Lakewood Rosh Yeshivah Moetzes Agudath Israel • VERO cells, a continuous
Moetzes Agudath Israel line of monkey kidney cells
• washed sheep red
*See page 16 for the psak from HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita. blood cells
*
Swine flu, 2001
I
approached my rabbi to ask him because vaccines are necessary.” As an system that includes wastage. Wastage
about vaccines, but he immediately avreich, I immediately realized that this in this context means lives. Justifica-
began to laud the righteousness reasoning was very questionable accord- tion is that without a minimal amount
of our local doctor. “Dr. X does not ing to halachah. Can we take a medicine of death, there would be far greater
allow unvaccinated children into his that might kill us, even if the chance is very casualties. But according to the Torah, no
practice!” with that, the conversation was small, to prevent a disease we don’t have? life is ever given up for the greater good
over. —A father and avreich, (Toronto) Then and there, I decided to stop vaccinat- (Rambam, Yesodei HaTorah 5:5)[...] Are we
ing my children. willingly embracing a medical dictator-
A
fter reading about vaccine —Rabbi Y.M., (Jerusalem) ship that runs diametrically opposed
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risks, I asked a well-respected to our values, or are we going to try to
top doctor about the reality of accines clearly have risks uphold our religious rights? [It’s] time we
vaccine dangers. He responded, and one is not obligated to pasken with Torah values.
“It’s like crossing the street; a minority will take these risks for others. By
definition, “public health” is a —Rabbi S. (New Jersey)
be injured or killed, but we take the risk
SIDS:
32 SIDS: Is "Back to Sleep" the Best Prevention?
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reason for death could be found.(6) y wife noticed
However, researchers found that “most that our infant
babies dying after DPT shots were not daughter was
found dead in their cribs without any having difficulty
symptoms before they died. They were breathing immediately after
dying after suffering plenty of vaccine receiving vaccines. We decid-
reaction symptoms within days of their ed that it would be prudent to
DPT shot, symptoms like high fever; check on the baby every hour
sudden collapse; hours of persistent throughout that night. We
crying or high-pitched screaming with were horrified to find her blue
arching of the back, which can be a sign and lifeless in her basinet, but Dr. Viera Scheibner, Ph.D
of brain inflammation; severe diarrhea; thankfully we were able to re- and fellow SIDS research-
redness, swelling and pain at the injection vive her and she is still with us ers developed an advanced
site; and signs of seizures that too today. That was the last time infant breathing monitor to
many pediatricians were blowing off as we took any of our children to
unimportant. determine the risk factors
be vaccinated.
for SIDS. They found that
Other babies who received several DPT —M.R., (Monsey, NY) breathing suppression and
shots were described by their mothers as
cessation were occurring pre-
suffering a progressive mental and physi-
cal deterioration that got worse after each dictably at 2, 4 and 6 months
shot before the baby was found dead in of age, and discovered that
the crib.”(7) and that the risks of immunization the common causative factor
may outweigh its potential benefits.”(8) was the DPT shot, given at
While vaccine manufacturers deny the
link, researchers have found a strong those times.
“To assume that all or most infant deaths
correlation between the DPT vaccine that occur within hours, days, or weeks They observed that vaccina-
and infant death. after vaccination are just a ‘coincidence’ tion was the single greatest
One study found that 70% of all SIDS and not related to vaccination is both sci- cause of stress in small ba-
cases occurred within 3 weeks of DPT entifically implausible and dangerous.” bies and the single greatest
vaccination, 26% of the deaths occur- —Barbara Loe Fisher, factor preceding infant death
ring within 3 days of the shot. The vaccine researcher, and author in a large number of cases.(12)
study also noted that most DPT-
unvaccinated babies died during the Numerous studies have found that the “Vaccination is the single most
winter months, while most vaccinated death rate of babies is at least 7.3 times prevalent and most prevent-
SIDS deaths occurred in association greater within the first 3 days of DPT able cause of infant death.”
with the 2 and 4 month doses of DPT. vaccination.(9,10) Aside from DPT, mul-
They reported that DPT “may be a gen- tivalent vaccines (containing multiple —Dr. Viera Scheibner,
erally unrecognized major cause of sud- disease entities) may play a dangerous author of “Vaccination: 100
den infant and early childhood death, role in infant mortality as well.(11) Years of Orthodox Research”
M
y baby got vaccines and Then, immediately after her DPT shot, who had an adverse reaction to a vaccine.”
later that day; during her she fell over with convulsions, high fever, Easy to say when you deny reactions that
nap I saw her face turn blue. and listlessness, and then never snapped occur right before your eyes!
I quickly revived her and out of it. —Y.R. (Brooklyn)
called hatzolah. At her next well-visit, I Now years later she still cannot smile,
expressed my concerns to my doctor, and
A
focus, gaze, or lift her head, when she
he laughed it off saying it was coinci- few days after receiving the
could one minute before the vaccine.
dental. I believed him, and let him give MMR vaccine, my grandson’s
Her doctor said, “coincidence.” After that
my daughter another round of vaccines. face and neck swelled up. I
devastating event, we researched and
Shortly after that, my daughter turned recognized what mumps
found many children whose reactions
blue again during her nap. I should have looked like from my childhood. Shortly
after this vaccine were immediate, dra-
trusted my own intuition and refused to after that, he became completely and
matic, and permanent.
vaccinate her after her first near-death permanently deaf in one ear, and has
experience. —G.B. (Boro Park) I’m still waiting for even one doctor to ad- just partial hearing in the other. Not one
mit that my child was permanently brain doctor would admit that it was the MMR
M
y three-month-old gazed, damaged by a vaccine. vaccine that caused it. They said it was
focused, lifted her head, I recently read an interview with the pedia- a coincidence. My daughter stopped vac-
and smiled—she met or trician who administered this vaccine to my cinating after that.
exceeded every milestone. child. He asserts, “I have never had a patient —C.D. (New Jersey)
34 More Testimonials
A lie can travel halfway across the world while the truth is tying its shoes.
—Chinese Proverb
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y husband is a nursery The mother said, “Yes, just three days and now she’s a bit concerned about
school Rebbe. He watched ago…” I asked which ones, to which she the safety of vaccines. Too bad when
a cute outgoing 3-year- old answered, “He had a bunch of shots, I parents see reactions in their own kids,
boy, change overnight can’t remember which ones.” they’re discounted by their doctors as a
into a silent boy who stopped interact- After she came back from the doctor figment of their imagination
ing with the other children. When my she told me that the doctor didn’t know — S.R. (Boro Park)
husband inquired whether anything what it was from, but for sure not from
I
had recently happened to this boy, the the shots! —M.F. (Lakewood) called a prominent Rov to ask if it
mother told him that he’d just received
was permissible to stop vaccinat-
M
vaccines… — T.R. (Brooklyn)
y nephew was a healthy ing my children. He responded,
“Considering the dangers of vac-
I
ten-month-old when he
run an afterschool club in Lakewood received a set of shots. cines it is questionable whether they are
for 4-year-old boys. One very charm- The next day his eyes permissible in the first place.”
ing, cheerful boy got his vaccines started rolling and he couldn’t see well.
—A.P., (Boro Park)
and the next day, he became a shell In the subsequent days, his vision got
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of his former self. Why are we allowing worse and worse, and he started losing
vaccines to alter the minds of our pre- his speech and hearing. Within a few accinated kids suffer from
months, he couldn’t see, hear, or speak. relentless chronic ear infections,
cious children? — F.D. (Lakewood)
He is 33 years old now, completely blind, compared to unvaccinated
I
deaf, and mute, and can only communi- kids—I see both in my practice.
n the summer of 2006, we saw
cate through his hands. I have also seen so many infants who
paramedics carrying a four year-old
are drowning in mucus and can barely
out of a neighbor’s house. —Rabbi G. (Lakewood) breathe. They are wrongly diagnosed
W
The mother came over to me and with reflux. This is not reflux at all, it’s a
said, “My son just had a seizure!” I asked hen I went to my doctor vaccine reaction where thick mucus fills
her, “Was he sick? Did he have a fever? who has always been a the lungs and severely compromises
strong vaccine-promoter,
Has this ever happened to him before?” breathing. They blame it on the baby’s
she asked me “You’re not
She answered, “NO! I have no idea what digestion; blaming the victim instead
giving vaccines, correct?” I was a bit sur-
it is from.” of acknowledging the real source of the
prised and I asked her, “Why the sudden
I asked her if he had received any shots problem.
change of heart?” She said that her own
recently. (The medic hushed me up!) baby stopped smiling after vaccines, —Y.T., Holistic Doctor (Jerusalem)
Frequently Asked Questions 35
A The information
despite mass vaccination!
A There is no doubt
that pertussis is
FAQ
doctors receive a frightening disease,
regarding vaccines is especially for infants. It
limited. According to is understandable that
Frequently Asked
neurosurgeon Russell parents and doctors
Blaylock, M.D., doc- want to protect children
Questions
tors are taught only the from the dangers of
benefits and not the
whooping cough. How-
risks of vaccines during
ever, we must have ac-
medical school. Doctors
curate information to
are provided with little
determine whether vac-
information regarding
adverse reactions. So cination is the best way
much so, that many to protect infants.
doctors deny that reactions occurring Vaccine decisions cannot be based First, babies are not considered im-
within hours or days of a shot were solely on fear of disease; they must be mune to pertussis within their first
due to the vaccine. Unless your doctor balanced with a clear understanding year of life, despite receiving 4 DTaP
chooses to independently investigate of the nature of the diseases, and the vaccines. Repeated boosters are given
the subject, he is unlikely to be aware true effects that vaccination has on for this vaccine because it is very dif-
of the potential dangers of vaccines. public and individual health. ficult to render immunity. Therefore,
Additionally, doctors do not inform some assert that the way to protect in-
parents of vaccine risks. On the con- fants from pertussis is by making sure
trary: they are discouraged from giving It’s easier to fool people that everyone the baby comes into
patients a choice of whether or not to contact with is immune.
vaccinate. Any vaccine that is part of than to convince them However, this is not always possible
the pediatric schedule will be presented
to parents without informed consent:
they have been fooled. since the pertussis vaccine is not very
effective. Thousands of fully vacci-
parents are not given information to al-
low them to weigh the risks or benefits —Mark Twain nated children and adults continue to
of mandatory vaccines. A doctor who contract this disease. The vaccine also
has the potential to cause the disease
Q
chooses to diverge from medical pro-
Vaccines have been around in its recipients. It may even spread
tocol and warn parents of vaccine risks
for so many years. If there are from recently vaccinated children to
may lose his medical license, or worse.
such serious problems with vaccines, the infants it was intended to passive-
Q I am worried about vaccine why don’t we hear more about them? ly protect (we have received reports of
A
safety, but I am also afraid of this from parents).
the diseases they are meant to pre- Medical journals continuously
report adverse reactions to Worst of all are the grave risks that
vent—how do I choose?
various vaccines. In addition, every the DTaP vaccine imparts on infants.
A The purpose of this handbook MMR vaccine would result in a resur- sponsibility if a child is hurt or killed
is to encourage parents because of a contagious
FAQ
to use their own judgment and disease? You (the parent)?
knowledge to make educated PEACH? G-d?”
health decisions. Now that so
much information is at your fin- Frequently Asked A To an atheist, the world
Questions
gertips, you no longer have to is a frightening and un-
rely on the personal opinion of predictable place, where the
your doctor, no matter what a only way to “protect” oneself
terrific person he is. We encour- is by attempting to control
age you to review the references …continued nature. Contagious diseases
at the back of this handbook. You are common. Deaths and in-
can also listen to some of the lec- juries from these diseases are
gence of those diseases, but the same
tures on the PEACH hotline, or read not. In a “G-dless” world, if someone
thing would not occur with diseases
literature promoting vaccines, bal- catches a naturally occurring “vaccine-
like polio etc.
anced by books that criticize vaccines preventable” disease, doctors and par-
to gain further clarity. The question is: How many children are ents often look for someone to blame.
permanently damaged or killed during Ironically, G-d is usually blamed for the
“W
hen I first began to research vaccines, I read a number of books written
damaged by vaccines? by doctors where they described all the terrible damage vaccines can
Email your story to do, only to sum up by saying, “I’m not against vaccines” and go on to
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peachmoms@gmail.com I always found this practice dumbfounding. I kept asking myself, “How can these
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them?” Recently, I began to understand what is going on: if a doctor would come
A This would be true if herd immunity bers are posted on the hotline.
Vaccine Epidemic—by Louise Kuo
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Previous conferences, as well
Not only do outbreaks occur in fully vac- as comments are posted on the
Dissolving Illusions—by Dr S. hotline as well.
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often spread vaccine-strain diseases to oth-
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CDC— by Kevin Barry, Esq
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