Inconsistencies
Some of the ingredients in vaccines are
common to other products or are found in other
substances/foods/medicines that we use, some daily.
What's odd is that there is concern
expressed about the danger these ingredients cause when in these
other products, but not the risk caused by these same ingredients
when used in vaccines.
For example, most seafood is contaminated with mercury. While it is good to be
aware of the risk of mercury in fish, and to consider modifying how
much fish you eat, or what fish you eat in order to minimize or
manage this risk, why is there no concern about the mercury in
vaccines – or why did it require tremendous public outcry before it
was addressed? You may hear that there is no more mercury
(thimerosal) in vaccines – this simply is not true. There is
mercury/thimerosal in most flu vaccines, and in others as well – it
is important to educate yourself prior to deciding if you want a
vaccine for yourself or your child – read the vaccine package
inserts, not simply the Vaccine Information Sheet (VIS), click on the
“Vaccine Links” page/tab of this blog for other websites
providing information about vaccines. Consider both sides of the
issue and decide what is best for your health.
Formaldehyde is also an ingredient in
many vaccines – used to “kill” or “deactivate” the
antigen/virus/bacteria … according to the CDC it is present only in
“trace” amounts. We don't know how many times we can be exposed
to “trace” amounts of a carcinogen before the repeated exposure
can/will be part of the process that triggers the development of an
actual cancer. This is a legitimate concern because vaccines at best
provide temporary risk reduction (they do not protect – different
concept, and not synonymous), so to maintain the risk reduction one
needs to be vaccinated multiple times throughout a lifetime –
multiply that with multiple vaccines and/or multiple doses and
“trace” amounts may not be so trace! Should we be worried about
formaldehyde as a chemical in second-hand smoke (whether of regular
cigarettes or e-cigarettes), but not concerned about exposure to
formaldehyde from/in vaccines?
Other ingredients that may be of
concern (and this is a partial list):
Neomycin (Polio – IPV Ipol, Rabies -
RabAvert)
Streptomycin (Polio – IPV Ipol)
Neomycin and Streptomycin are both
antibiotics – they may be in the vaccine as a way to reduce risk of
bacterial contamination (one of the reasons for thimerosal). One can
only wonder if exposure via vaccines might predispose someone to an
allergic reaction if later exposed to these antibiotics at a later
time (for the purpose of treating an infection).
As always – if you think the benefit
of a vaccine is greater than the risk, get vaccinated. And if you
think the risk is more than the benefit, decline.
The decision should always be yours,
and yours alone.
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