Another take on SIDS ...

The link below will take you to an article giving a different view/perspective on SIDS. The insinuation is serious (associating vaccines with SIDS), but not proof of causation. However, the circumstantial evidence is strong enough to warrant a closer look. Part of what's so concerning is the length of time this has been occurring ... at least since the mid-1940's;

Vaccines are not benign, and people/parents should be free to make a decision about whether they will or will not be vaccinated.


http://www.naturalnews.com/042727_infants_sudden_death_vaccines.html

Balance instead of bias ...

This is an important article - a rare instance of acknowledgement that there may be valid reason for dissent in our damn the torpedos (well people, actually) approach to vaccination!

None of the people cited or quoted were anti-vaccine kooks ... and the vast majority are actually pro-vaccine, but have enough scientific integrity to consider the fact that vaccines can cause harm and may not do all the good with which they are credited.

Here's the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lawrence-solomon/vaccine-skeptics_b_4548510.html

Flu vac - paradoxical results

Link #1 goes to a 2011 news report about a study that insinuates vaccination may alter the immune systems ability to fight off infection, link #2 is the study itself (well, I think it is, but the MSM press report did not include a link to the study unfortunately). It's unknown if children with
cystic fibrosis are different in some way which made them respond as they did, but the response is somewhat counterintuitive to what's desired, especially in children with CF who would definitely be more vulnerable to upper respiratory infections.

Link #3 takes you to an article that reviews prior experience with flu vaccination that reports similar results as described in the paragraph above - that receipt of flu vaccine may very well have made people more vulnerable to illness, not less.

Lastly, there were reports of increased risk of narcolepsy associated with the H1N1 vaccine in 2009 ... link #4 goes to an article discussing why that may be the case - "molecular mimicry" where the antigen that's targeted by the vaccine is sufficiently similar to a component of healthy tissue that the antibody attacks the body's tissue; It's not just this vaccine in which this is a problem (#5);

There seems to be some kind of magical thinking in regards to vaccines ... and yet there is reason to doubt that there's much risk reduction to be derived from them.



#1)
http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=15047232&ref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F5pzFT9uCcO

#2)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3209321/

#3)
http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2013/12/flu-vaccine-h1n1-swine-flu-preventer-or-spreader-2516628.html

#4)
http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-start-unpick-narcolepsy-gsk-flu-vaccine-212027876--finance.html?soc_src=copy

#5)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17630224

Tamiflu

This link (#1) was posted by NVIC and came scrolling down my FB wall ... it's well done, not in the hyperventilating style of many. The writer makes some very important points about it's limitations, and concerns about access to data (or rather, that the data is not accessible, and thus it is difficult to analyze the quality, and reliability of the information we've been given about this drug);

What the writer left out, however, was information about side effects - the most frequent of which are similar to symptoms frequently seen with flu or ILI, Influenza-Like-Illness (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea); Also, less frequently there are more serious and significant side effects like nightmares or psychiatric changes - children seem to be more susceptible to this (see #2); The price ranges from $5 - $12/pills (#3);


#1)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/harlankrumholz/2013/01/08/the-myth-of-tamiflu-5-things-you-should-know/

#2)
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/mono-5294-OSELTAMIVIR+-+ORAL.aspx?drugid=17765&drugname=tamiflu+oral

#3)
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/compare-drug-prices-online-pharmacies/tamiflu-75+mg/36260/61300/

ADEM

NVIC posted a link on FB regarding ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis - see #1) and association with MMR vaccine - my response is below ... 

So even if it isn't the thimerasol ... it's something else! We don't know what we don't know ... and there is so much controversy over what we do know that there should be far more latitude and freedom regarding use of vaccines. 

If you want a vaccine b/c you believe they are safe and effective, then get it. 

If you do not want to be vaccinated you should not be forced to have it. 

It's really not that complicated. 

#1) 

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/acute_encephalomyelitis/acute_encephalomyelitis.htm 

Please sign petition

The primary theme of this blog is freedom to accept/choose or decline vaccination ... one of the groups to which I belong and follow is Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines. They have started a petition on change.org requesting Congress to take action to stop mandatory vaccination of healthcare personnel.

The info blurb you see when you first open the page to sign the petition could be stronger, and I think some of the formatting could be better - but I may also be picking at nits ... please don't let this stop you from going to the website and signing if you also agree with this issue.

Unfortunately, because there is so much pharma lobby money lining the pockets of Congress I'm not sure how much effect this will have - they are as complicit in COI issues as many researchers and others who benefit from, and promote vaccines. But at least someone is taking some action - who knows where this may lead? 

Thanks for considering this, and thanks for reading this blog! 

https://www.change.org/petitions/u-s-senate-and-u-s-house-of-representatives-stop-mandatory-flu-vaccines-of-healthcare-professionals#share 

Health freedom - autonomy

Because there is conflicting research regarding vaccines (pro and con) I think the decision to vaccinate (or not) should be voluntary - the link below (#1) is a re-blog/re-post of an article and it makes the case against coercive vaccination policies not from a clinical standpoint, but from a personal freedom/autonomy standpoint. Interestingly enough, the writer of this piece confesses that he is pro-vaccination and wishes all would get vaccinated!

The second link is from 1997 - testimony of Barbara Loe Fisher before the National Vaccine Advisory Committee in which she raises important points that are still relevant - about informed consent and ethics and the Nuremburg Code, among others ...

The third link is to a post from a cardiologist who argues for greater freedom in vaccine decision making ... I don't agree with all of his points, especially how he ends his piece, but he makes relevant points throughout - and he is likewise, overall pro-vaccine in spite of his case that there could be far more freedom in a person's decision to accept, or decline vaccines.

#1)
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/vaccination-free-choice

#2)
http://www.nvic.org/informed-consent.aspx

#3) http://medcitynews.com/2013/12/vaccines-middle-ground-room-questions/