by Kristen Hansen,   March 2014

 Vaccines:

A vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases it is made to act as an antigen without making the recipient actually contract the disease. They work by injecting a killed or weakened part of the infection so that the body can defensively react to the disease and make specific antibodies to the virus so that in case of infection with the virus in the future the body will be able to prevent the virus from overwhelming an unprepared immune system.
  

 Anti-Vaccine-

• Many vaccines have already been taken off the market due to mass harmful side effects i.e. Rotavirus Vaccine (RotaShield®), a form of the whooping cough vaccine, and a form of the polio vaccine
• Illnesses come and go; vaccine injuries are for life and can cause death
• You can get an injury from a vaccine at any age even if you’ve received a vaccine before without repercussion
• Why are vaccine supporters worried about the risk of unvaccinated children on their own if vaccines are supposed to work? And you can get sick without coming in contact with another person anyway
• Vaccines do not always mean immunization, if they work at all, a lot of the time they only are a temporary fix
• Not all vaccines are thoroughly tested for safety, the actual package insert for Fluarix 2009-2010 Influenza Vaccine manufactured by Glaxo Smith-Kline, admits that “No controlled trials demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLUARIX have been performed.”
• “Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced risk of influenza by 6%. It did not change the number of people needing to go to hospital or take time off work.” Reference: “Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 (2006).
• Even in the worst pandemics of the world, only 25-30% of the population becomes ill and only 1% or less of that group dies. The typical seasonal flu infects only 5-20% of the population, 80-95% of the population escapes untouched.
• thimerosal is mercury and the American Academy of Pediatrics has stated, “Mercury in all its forms is toxic.”
• According to the EPA, the maximum acceptable daily risk level (of mercury) is 0.1 mcg/kg body weight. The current Thimerosal containing flu vaccine will inject the average child with 12-17 times the EPA max level of mercury, the average adult with 3.5 times the max amount, and it will expose the unborn fetus of a pregnant women to 250 times the max allowance level of exposure
• 8 of 9 patients examined who were exposed to significant mercury from Thimerosal-containing vaccine preparations during their fetal/infant developmental periods, and subsequently, between 12 and 24 mo of age, and who were previously normally developing children, suffered mercury toxic encephalopathies that manifested with clinical symptoms consistent with regressive (Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Evidence for mercury intoxication should be considered in the differential diagnosis as contributing to some regressive ASDs. -The Institutional Review Board of the Institute for Chronic Illnesses (Office for Human Research Protections, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRB number IRB00005375) approved the study; a case series of nine patients who presented to the Genetic Centers of America for a genetic/developmental evaluation
• It was found that autistic children had a higher mercury exposure during pregnancy due to maternal dental amalgam and Thimerosal-containing immunoglobulin shots. These studies have shown that there is biological plausibility and evidence showing a direct relationship between increasing doses of mercury from thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders, and measles-containing vaccines and serious neurological disorders. -Evaluations of the Biological Surveillance Summaries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Education datasets, and the CDC’s yearly live birth estimates were undertaken
• Thimerosal, a preservative added to many vaccines, has become a major source of mercury in children who, within their first two years, may have received a quantity of mercury that exceeds safety guidelines. A review of medical literature and US government data suggests that: many cases of idiopathic autism are induced by early mercury exposure from thimerosal
• Formaldehyde found in many vaccines has been classified as cancer-causing substance by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- yet it’s in vaccines –there’s an association between formaldehyde exposure and several cancers, including nasopharyngeal cancer and leukemia.
• Pharmaceutical companies may say only trace amounts of Hg are in vaccines but according to the FDA, “trace” amounts can be as much as 2,000 ppb mercury. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers anything exceeding 200 ppb mercury liquid hazardous waste.
• Dr. Boyd Haley, Professor of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, said “The alarming concern is that these authors seem more involved in providing material saying thimerosal is safe than they are concerned with the obvious facts, openly presented in their own data on autism rates, which strongly indicate that increased rates of autism started with the CDC mandated vaccine program…Most [scientists] agree that a genetic predisposition is likely (like those that lead to low glutathione levels), but that a toxic exposure is absolutely needed…that this increased toxic exposure would have had to occur in all 50 states at about the same time as all states have reported similar increases in autism rates. Only something like the government recommended vaccine program fits this need for a time dependent, uniform exposure of a toxin throughout all the states.”
• the CDC’s primary concern is protecting the immunization program and denying there is/was a problem, a lot of the research is flawed and done by researchers with serious conflicts of interest.
• You can’t always trust the pharmaceutical companies. There are many instances where a drug has been deemed unsafe yet the pharmaceutical companies cover it up knowingly for long periods of time.
• the Gardasil vaccine is licensed only to prevent 2 of the 30 sexually transmitted types of HPV virus that may cause cervical cancer. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, Feb 28, 2007), revealed that only 2.3% of young girls and women that get HPV are infected with one of the two HPV types it protects against
• According to the American Cancer Society’s website “In 90% of cases, the body’s immune system clears the HPV infection within 2 years. This is true of both high-risk and low-risk HPV types.”
• the HPV Vaccine contains 225mcg of Aluminum, a known neurotoxin, and 50mcg of Polysorbate 80, which has been shown to cause severe anaphylactic reactions
• MSG, antifreeze, phenol (used as a disinfectant), formaldehyde (cancer causing and used to embalm), aluminum (associated with alzheimer’s disease and seizures), glycerin (toxic to the kidney, liver, can cause lung damage, gastrointestinal damage and death), lead, cadmium, sulfates, yeast proteins, antibiotics, acetone (used in nail polish remover), neomycin and streptomycin, and thimerosol (more toxic than mercury, a preservative still used in many vaccines, not easily eliminated, can cause severe neurological damage as well as other life threatening autoimmune disease) are found in various vaccines and aren’t even approved for uninfected children.
• In 1975, Japan raised its minimum vaccination age to 2 years old and the country’s infant mortality rate subsequently plummeted and Japan is now #3 in the world for low infant mortality rate, the US is #33.
• Makers of the Tripedia vaccine for DTaP state that certain outcomes are so frequent that they had to list them. These reactions include: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Anaphylactic reaction
  • Cellulitis (a bacterial skin infection)
  • Autism
  • Convulsion/Seizures
  • Brain dysfunction
  • Low muscle tone and strength
  • Nerve damage
  • Hyperventilation/apnea
• The only disease that vaccines has been successfully eradicated is smallpox.

   Pro-Vaccine-

• the only protection from vaccine-preventable diseases is the immunity of the people around them. If immunization rates drop, vaccine-preventable diseases may once again become common threats. (herd immunity)
• The only disease that vaccines have successfully eradicated (meaning it will never reoccur) is smallpox.
• Dr. Offit says vaccines have “dramatically reduced the amount of suffering and hospitalization or death caused by disease,”

 
Sources:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/formaldehyde
https://drhansen.com/2009/10/15/mercury-in-vaccines-linked-to-autism/
https://drhansen.com/no-proof-influenza-vaccine-is-effective-2/
https://drhansen.com/vaccines-mercury-autism-the-cdc’s-conflict-of-interest/
https://drhansen.com/hpv-gardasil-vaccine-should-be-recalled-2/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/infant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/vaccines/art-20048334?pg=2
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/six-reasons-to-say-no-to-vaccination/#sthash.fgJdvsmE.dpuf
http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2011/01/09/the-ten-reasons-to-say-no-to-vaccines/#sthash.aFztfE0R.dpuf
http://thepeopleschemist.com/reasons-dont-vaccinate-children-vaccine-supporters-shouldnt-give/
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/09/15-things-need-to-know-about-vaccines/