For anyone you know with infants:



>From a Concerned Parent on our list who wishes to remain anonymous....
Parents,
If you feel you MUST do the vaccinations recommended, at least know what is
in them and the possible side effects.
If you find you cannot, in good conscience, subject your children to this
risk, there are waivers and websites that show you how to fill these out
properly.
It is against the law to force you to vaccinate your children if you find
it dangerous or it is against your religion... read the details to see how
that translates.

Check out these resources:
http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/vaccine_awareness/Vaccination_Waiver.html

http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/vaccine_awareness/ingredients.html

http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/vaccine_awareness/Vaccination_UnGodly_Pr
actice.html

http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/fallacy_of_vaccines.html

From: GoodVibes7@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002
Subject:  SIDS

Today is my daughter's sweet 16th birthday but we will not be
celebrating. Instead I will light a candle and when I blow it out
I will make a wish in my daughter's memory. My wish is for
all mother's worldwide, that you will educate yourselves and
that you make informed choices so that you may prevent
unnecessary tragedy and be spared from my pain.

Laura's Story

After 41 weeks of pregnancy, on July 27th, 1986, a perfect
and healthy little baby, Laura Marie, made her entrance into
the world. We were welcomed home by family and friends
anxiously waiting to meet the new family member. They
showered her with so many beautiful, little tiny, pink dresses,
we joked that she would never be able to wear them all in one
lifetime.

Our lives changed completely and now revolved around
stroller walks in the park, visiting friends, changing diapers,
night feedings and shopping for more little pink dresses. We
were parents now, we had a family and life was absolutely
perfect.

I took Laura for several baby check-ups at the pediatrician.
She was a kind and gentle older woman. At 3 months old, the
pediatrician was very pleased with Laura's development and
weight gain and vaccinated her with DPT OPV. I didn't even
question her, I knew that all my friend's babies had this same
vaccine and "all good mothers" vaccinated their children to
protect them. I left the pediatrician's office and walked home.

Laura was very fussy, which was unusual. She was crying
loudly all the way home in the stroller. When we got home, I
realized she had urinated so heavily she wet everything in the
stroller. Then her cry turned into screaming and she developed
a fever, her leg was very swollen and red, and felt hot. I called
the pediatrician who told me this was "normal" and to give
her Tempra. I gave her baby Tempra and I felt better, the
pediatrician had assured me this was normal.

Laura continued to scream and I could no longer console
her. My every instinct told me this was not normal but I was
young with my first child and trusted the doctor. I could not
hold Laura in my arms because she screamed louder as any
movement of her leg seemed to cause her terrible pain. I
put her in the swing and she cried herself to sleep. I was so
relieved, the Tempra was working and the doctor must have
been right. I began to feel silly for all my worrying. A short
time later, Laura woke up screaming and spent the evening
screaming and sleeping on and off.

She had no appetite and nothing made her stop crying.
Finally it was bedtime and she cried in her crib, until she fell
asleep. She had never cried herself to sleep before and I felt
very  bad for letting her but if I held her, she screamed louder.
My husband came home from work and I told him about
everything that had happened that day. Laura was sleeping
soundly in her crib and we were both relieved that she seemed
to be feeling better and decided not to worry... I should have
worried.

In the morning I awoke and was startled to realize my husband
had slept in for work. I immediately knew something was
wrong and the worry from the previous night came rushing
back to me. I quickly ran to her crib, with a feeling of dread.
She did not look right. I closed my eyes tight and opened them
again, and considered the possibility that this was a dream, but
when I opened my eyes she looked dead.

I went into shock and after that, much of this day remains a
blur. I touched her and she was very warm. I screamed for
my husband to call 911.

I watched as he performed CPR, my body was frozen and I
couldn't move. He tried to revive our child to no avail. He was
shouting for me to open the door for the paramedics, I was
temporarily jolted back to reality and I went and opened the
door. I could now move but couldn't speak. I just stood there
numbly shaking my head, feeling completely helpless as
dozens of paramedics, police and firemen rushed past me
into our home.

I didn't cry, and I wanted to scream at them to leave her
alone but I couldn't speak. She was on the floor and they
were shocking her tiny body, in the little bedroom with the
yellow painted walls and clown wallpaper. I stood there
praying in my head that they would just leave her alone, that
they would get out of her bedroom and that I would wake up
from this horrible dream.

Then I heard someone saying there was a faint pulse and I
suddenly felt hopeful. She was rushed from the house in an
ambulance. It was then that the homicide detectives led us into
another room and the interrogation began.

They decided that my husband and I needed to be questioned
in separate rooms. I immediately realized they suspected
that we had done this to our child. We all know that perfect
children do not suddenly die for no reason. I was silent, I had
already decided in my own mind that this was somehow all
my fault and although I wasn't quite sure what I had done to
kill her, I was convinced that I had somehow caused this to
happen. Perhaps, I was being

punished by god for a sin or perhaps it happened because I
had let her cry herself to sleep that night. The fact remained
that my child was dead and "good mothers" do not have dead
children.

My husband began to protest loudly about the line of
questioning and he demanded we be taken immediately to the
hospital, to see our child. The detectives finally took us to the
hospital and put us in the "bad news room." The doctor came
and insisted we sit down before he spoke to us. He began
telling us that they had tried this and that and then finally he
said the words that would echo in my ears for a lifetime:

"She is dead."

The pediatrician whom I so respected and adored broke down
and cried when I gave her the news on the phone. She went
back and forth defending the vaccine that she was told was
safe, and blaming it for killing my child and those who told
her it was safe.

She then told me that she also had another patient, an infant
boy, die after this same vaccination.

Then the detectives took us home for more questions, often
repeating the same questions several times until they grew tired
of asking them. The questions constantly centered around our
involvement, then they searched the house and checked for
signs of forced entry. My husband repeatedly told them that
he thought the vaccine had killed our child and told them over
and over about her unusual behavior since she was vaccinated.

Everyone we knew arrived at our house. I made coffee and
tidied the house, like it was any other day and we were having
"guests". Shock is a strange and wonderful thing and of
course you don't know you are in it.

My parents finally insisted on taking me to their house
for a few days, while my husband and his friends had the
horrendous task of packing up the nursery because I couldn't
stand to look at it any longer. The room I had so lovingly
made was now empty and a source of great pain.

Several days later, after the funeral and the tiny white coffin
that was so small my husband carried it alone, I finally came
out of shock and allowed myself to cry a river. I cried for all
the things I would never do with my daughter. All the ballet
classes I would never take her to, the wedding I would never
attend, the grandchildren I would never know and all the
dreams I would never realize with her. I cried for all that was
and all that would never be. There was an emptiness inside of
me that threatened to swallow me up whole, as I fell into the
depths of grief during the darkest days of my life.

The detectives eventually became satisfied that we had not
harmed our daughter in any way and the investigation into her
death ended. We were then left without answers.

The doctors did not want to talk about her death being related
in any way to the vaccine and, one after the other, refused to
answer our many questions. I was repeatedly told that vaccines
were for "the greater good." I was even told that loss of life
through immunization was "expected" in the war against
disease but these losses were considered to be at "acceptable"
levels. However, this did not feel very acceptable or good to
me as a mother with empty arms that ached for my child. The
coroner finally told us months later that the cause of death was
determined to be "SIDS" (sudden infant death syndrome),
meaning "no known cause," and refused to release a copy of
the autopsy report to us.

It took almost a year for us to obtain this report and to our
great horror, we realized that the autopsy summery was copied
directly from the vaccine product monograph under the
heading "Contraindications" as follows:

"Sudden infant death syndrome has been reported following
administration of vaccines containing Diphtheria, tetanus
toxoids, and pertussis vaccine. However, the significance of
these reports is not clear. One common factor is the age where
primary immunization was done between the age of 2 to 6
months, a period where most sudden infant death syndromes
are found to 1occur with a peak incidence being at 2 to 4
months."

There was no toxicology testing performed and the
pediatrician never filed an adverse vaccine reaction report with
health authorities. I later learned that most vaccine-induced
deaths in this country are listed as SIDS and SIDS statistics
are NOT included in vaccine adverse reaction data, even if a
child dies only a few hours after receiving inoculation. This
data is presented to physicians and the public to reassure them
that vaccines are safe.

The government's own literature advises that there has been
little or no

testing in the area of vaccine safety or efficacy. Essentially, our
children are the test. According to their literature, immunization
is "the most cost effective" way to prevent disease. Nowhere in
their literature does it claim to be the safest. We are trading our
children's lives to save the government money. We are told that
the benefits outweigh the risks but many of the diseases that
we vaccinate for are not even life threatening; however, the
vaccine itself has the potential to kill.

Vaccines kill at a much higher rate than we are led to believe.
We play vaccine roulette with our children's lives and we never
know which child will fall victim next.

If the odds are 1 in 500 thousand for death, 1 in 100 thousand
for permanent brain injury, 1 in 1700 for seizures and
convulsions or one in 100 for adverse reaction, are you willing
to take that chance? Are any odds acceptable enough to
convince you to gamble with your child's life?

I can assure you that death from vaccination is neither quick
nor painless. I helplessly watched my daughter suffer an
excruciatingly slow death as she screamed and arched her
back in pain, while the vaccine did as it was intended to do and
assaulted her immature immune system. The poisons used as
preservatives seeped through her tiny body, overwhelming her
vital organs one by one until they collapsed. It is an image that
will haunt me forever and I hope no other parent ever has to
witness it.

A death sentence considered too inhumane for this county's
most violent criminals was handed down to my beautiful,
innocent, infant daughter, death by lethal injection.

Today, on my daughter's birthday, I will grieve not only for
the loss of my own child but for all the innocent children for
which the benefits of vaccines do not outweigh the risks and
are unnecessarily sentenced to death by lethal injection, under
the guise of "the greater good." The true war is not against
disease; we have somehow become our own worst enemy by
putting our faith in science instead of nature. Today, I call on
all mothers across the world to join me in putting an end to
this senseless slaughter of our most precious resource, our
children.

Response from Dawn Richardson, President,
http://www.vaccineinfo.net/

Dear PROVE Members

I am forwarding this as a tribute to baby Laura and all the
other children who have been injured or killed by a vaccine
so that parents can learn another side to the vaccine story.

When I was almost 8 months pregnant with one of my
daughters, I had volunteered to go to the Travis County
Morgue with Karin Schumacher who, for years before she
went to Law School, ran the NVIC news-list. Karin asked
me to help her go through autopsy reports of infants listed as
SIDS deaths and look at vaccination information. I will never
forget the experience. We sat there in this basement buried in
infant autopsy reports as my own baby kicked and turned
inside of me. Here were two of our observations:

1.   A highly disproportionate amount of SIDS deaths
clustered at 2, 4, and 6 months -- which are the very times
infants are vaccinated. If vaccines had nothing to do with these,
the numbers should have been randomly spread throughout
the first 6 months of life. Not so. I challenge the naysayers to
go to any morgue in the country and to be honest and see what
I'm talking about.

2.   It was shocking at how rare it was for the vaccine
information to be recorded and how little investigating into the
cause of death of these babies was actually done. It floored me
that the when the vaccine information was even mentioned, it
was often so incomplete. Medical examiners routinely missed
asking for this indispensable information and failed to note the
correlation of the date when the child died to even raise the
question. 

One of the things that struck me when reading Christine's
story is that here we are 16 years later and so many doctors
are still downplaying and denying the risks of vaccines and
healthy babies are still dying after being vaccinated. One of
the most offensive things that
http://www.senate.gov/%7Efrist/Contact/contact.html  
Senator Frist has in his vaccine bill which shields the drug
companies from all liability when a vaccine injures or kills
someone is that he is proposing that the federal government
increase the amount of money that a parent receives from the
government compensation program when their child is killed
by a vaccine. Parents are not willing to be bought off with this
blood money.

Elected officials like Frist who want to eliminate the financial
responsibility of the drug companies all together and throw the
bone to parents that the government will pay them more if the
government mandated vaccine kills their kid need to be voted
out of Congress. If you haven't sent your email notes to your
senators to:
http://www.vaccineinfo.net/national_issues/oppose_Frist_bill_s2053.htm
oppose S 2053 yet - PLEASE do! If drug companies have
ZERO threat of liability, the one thing we can be certain of is
that stories like [Laura's] will become far more common. The
key to change is education. Fortunately, the Internet allows
parents to educate parents. Please stop for a quiet moment
after reading the note and say a prayer for all the babies whose
lives were ended before they even got a chance to really start
and then take the time to forward this on to other parents.

Sincerely,
Dawn Richardson

J.C. WRITES:

I have a young lady who comes to me for readings.  She is the sweetest lady
who I just love so much.  She has a little boy, who was born healthy and
bright.  He was like that until he was vaccinated, and now he is autistic.
He cannot focus, he cannot talk, all because of the vaccine.
No I do not endorse anyone being vaccinated.  Many years ago, John was
vaccinated with the flu shot,  after 4 days he was close to death and was
sooooo sick for well over a month.   
we never get them anymore.
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I HAVE TWO FRIENDS, A COUPLE, WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO "HOMESCHOOL" THEIR precious child BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE VACCINATION AS COMPULSORY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM....

WHO COULD BLAME THEM AFTER READING THE ABOVE STORIES???

SEE BELOW FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO if - like a salmon swimming against the ignorant tide - you choose to take a different course of action...FOR THE SAKE OF THE PRECIOUS CHILDREN.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4172/VacRefuse.html
Print this out and use as needed... Reading through it is an education in
itself.
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REFUSAL OF RECOMMENDED VACCINES

Patient Name_______________________________ Birthdate_______________

As the parent/guardian of __________________________, I have investigated
the risks and benefits of the following vaccines and diseases. I am aware
that there are documented cases of people contracting diseases for which
they are clinically fully immunized and that the manufacturers of the
vaccines do not guarantee 100% efficacy. I am also aware that VAERS
(Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) documented cases of over 54,000
adverse reactions from vaccines in a 20-month period. The National Vaccine
Injury Fund, created in 1986 to compensate those damaged by vaccines has
paid out over one billion dollars in compensation to date.

  POLIO: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing paralytic
disease and meningitis associated with poliomyelitis. I understand that
even under epidemic conditions, natural polio produces no symptoms in over
90% of those exposed to it.(1) I understand that there have been no cases
of wild polio in the US in the last 20 years and that those cases which
have been documented have been caused by the vaccine.(2)
  I understand the following side effects for the vaccine are possible:
  Killed virus polio: temperature of *102° in up to 38%, sleepiness,
fussiness, crying, decreased appetite, vomiting, Guillain-Barré Syndrome
and allergic reaction in those allergic to neomycin, polymyxin B and
streptomycin. Precautions include those who have had a previous negative
reaction, pregnant women, and possibly those with HIV/AIDS or otherwise
compromised immune systems.
  Live virus polio: Reactions include contraction of polio by those who
have received the virus and by those who have come into contact with body
fluids and wastes of the immunized person. Paralytic symptoms may follow
contraction of polio. Live virus is reportedly shed for up to 8 weeks after
the inoculation. Guillain-Barré Syndrome has also been noted. Not
recommended for use in households where someone has a compromised immune
system, for pregnant women, or where a previous reaction has been reported.(3)
  Killed virus Ipol® is grown on monkey kidney cells, contains
formaldehyde, and triple antibiotics. Poliovax® is grown on cells from an
aborted baby, contains formaldehyde, cow serum and triple antibiotic
solution.(4) The monkey kidney cells used in the original killed polio
vaccine contains SIV-40 and has been found in tumor cells of children whose
parent's were vaccinated against polio using the contaminated virus.(5) The
live vaccine is grown on monkey kidney cells, antibiotics and calf serum.
  HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE B: I have been informed of the risk of my child
developing meningitis (although this vaccine will not protect the child
from meningitis from all other forms such as pneumococcus, and
meningococcus, viruses, and fungi), pneumonia, and infections of the blood,
joints, bone, and soft tissue associated with Hemophilus Influenzae B. I
understand that this disease is most likely in children up to 15 months of
age and is fatal in 3-6% of children who contract it. Incidence of this
disease today is low and the vaccine has not proven to be highly effective
in 41% of cases, according to some studies.(6) Treatment is available.
  The vaccine is often combined with the DPT which has the highest reaction
rate of any vaccine available today. Reactions include: contracting HIB,
localized pain, erythema and induration, fever >100.6°, irritability,
lethargy, anorexia, rhinorrhea, diarrhea, vomiting, cough, when
administered alone. Reactions occurred in up to 30% of patients. When
administered in conjunction with the DPT, reactions include local
tenderness erythema and induration, fever >100.8°, irritability,
drowsiness, anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting, persistent crying, seizures,
urticaria, hives, renal failure, Guillain-Barré Syndrome and death.
Reactions occurred in up to 77.9% of patients.(7)
  The vaccine contains yeast, thimerosal (mercury derivative), and
diphtheria toxoid when given alone.(8)
  PERTUSSIS: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing
whooping cough, pneumonia, convulsions, inflammation of the brain, and
death associated with pertussis. I understand the disease is rarely fatal,
with a 99.8% recovery rate. It is most serious and life-threatening in
children under 6 months old, but there are adequate methods of treatment
available.(9)
  The vaccine is most often given in conjunction with diphtheria and
tetanus as the DPT or as the DaPT.
  Pertussis vaccine may cause: fevers >106, pain swelling, diarrhea,
projectile vomiting, excessive sleepiness, high--pitched screaming,
inconsolable crying bouts, seizures, convulsions, collapse, shock,
breathing problems, brain damage and SIDS. One in 600 suffer a severe
reaction in one study (10) and 1 in 875 suffered shock-collapse and
convulsions.(11) Those in the 2nd study were only tracked for the first 48
hours following immunization. A more recent study indicates that 1 in 100
react with convulsions, collapse, or high-pitched screaming and 1 in 3 of
those cases sustained permanent brain damage.(12) In a study of 103
children who died of SIDS, 70% died within 3 weeks of the DPT vaccine and
37% of those died within the first week.(13)
  The DaPT is recommended as a safer option for vaccination. Side effects
of the DaPT were only tracked for 72 hours and included: tenderness,
erythema, induration, fever >102.2°, drowsiness, fretfulness, vomiting,
upper respiratory infection, diarrhea, rash, febrile seizures, persistent
or unusual crying, lethargy, hypronic-hyporesponsive episode, urticaria,
anaphylactic shock, convulsions, encephalopathy, mono- and polyneuropathies
and death.(14) Not recommended for children under 15 months or for those
who have not had 3 injections of the DPT.
  Either form of the vaccine contains thimerosal (mercury derivative),
formaldehyde, and aluminum phosphate.(15)
  DIPHTHERIA: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing
paralysis, heart failure, or respiratory failure associated with
diphtheria. I have also been informed that there have only been 5 cases
reported annually since 1980.(16) I am also aware that diphtheria is rarely
fatal and treated with antibiotics and bed rest. (17)
  The Diphtheria component is most often given within the DPT or DaPT and
includes the same side effects and reactions as those listed for pertussis.
  TETANUS: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing fatal
neuromuscular disease related to tetanus. I understand that the incidence
of tetanus is low, and there is an antitoxin, should we decline the
immunization. I understand that contracting tetanus does not provide
life-long immunity, and neither does the vaccine. I understand that to
prevent more severe reactions from the vaccine, the tetanus component has
been so significantly "diluted" that it is clinically ineffective.(18) I
understand that the death rate for properly treated cases of tetanus may be
as high as 20%.(19)
  Side effects of the tetanus vaccine alone include: high fever, pain,
recurrent abscess formation, inner ear nerve damage, demyelinating
neuropathy, anaphylactic shock and loss of consciousness.(20)
  Tetanus given in the DPT or DaPT shot include the same side effects and
reactions as those listed for pertussis.
  RUBEOLA (MEASLES): I have been informed of the risk of my child
developing pneumonia, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain),
degenerative disease of the nervous system with convulsions (subacute
sclerosing panencephalitis) related to rubeola. I understand the death rate
for measles is .03 in 100,000.(21) I understand that since 1984, over 55%
of documented, confirmed cases of measles have been in fully immunized
persons.(22)
  I understand that the greatest risk of the measles vaccine may be to push
the incidence of this disease into the late teens and adulthood where it is
more likely to be fatal or cause more adverse and long-term effects.(23)
  The measles vaccine is a live vaccine, and carries the risk that it will
cause the patient to contract measles. Other adverse reactions include:
stinging or burning at the injection site, anaphylaxis, fever up to one
month following injection, rash, cough, rhinitis, erythema multiforme,
lymphadenopathy, urticaria, diarrhea, febrile convulsions, seizures,
thrombocytopenia, purpura, vasculitis, optic neuritis, retrobulbar
neuritis, papillitis, retinitis, encephalitis and encephalopathy, ocular
palsies, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, ataxia, and subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis.(24)
  Measles vaccine is most often given as a part of the MMR which includes
the following side effects: burning or stinging at injection site, malaise,
sore throat, cough, rhinitis, headache, dizziness, fever, rash, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, erythema, induration, tenderness, lymphadenopathy,
parotitius, orchitis, nerve deafness, thrombocytopenia, purpura, allergic
reactions, urticaria, polyneuritis, arthralgia, arthritis, anaphylaxis,
vasculitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, febrile convulsions, seizures,
syncope, erythema multiforme, optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis,
papillitis, retinitis, encephalitis and encephalopathy, ocular palsies,
Guillain-Barré Syndrome, ataxia, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis,(25)
and a recent study from Europe indicates that there may be a link between
the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) vaccine and autism and irritable bowel
syndrome.(26)
  Measles vaccine contains chick embryo cells, neomycin, sorbitol and
hydrolyzed gelatin. MMR contains all live vaccines, chick embryo, cells
from aborted babies, neomycin, sorbitol and hydrolyzed gelatin.(27)
  MUMPS: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing
inflammation of the testicles, joints, kidneys, and/or thyroid, and hearing
impairment related to mumps. I understand that mumps is rarely harmful in
childhood, and that most of the above risks occur when mumps is contracted
in adolescence or adulthood.(28)
  I understand that there is a Mumps vaccine which poses the following
risks: contraction of mumps from the live vaccine, burning or stinging at
the injection site, anaphylaxis, cough, rhinitis, fever, diarrhea,
vasculitis, parotitis, orchitis, purpura, urticaria, erythema multiforme,
optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis, syncope, encephalitis, febrile
seizures, and nerve deafness.(29)
  Mumps is usually given in the MMR and may cause those side effects and
adverse reactions as noted in the measles section above.
  Mumps vaccine is live and should not be given to pregnant women. It is
cultured in chick embryos and contains sorbitol and hydrolyzed gelatin.(30)
  RUBELLA (GERMAN MEASLES): I have been informed of the risk of my child
developing inflammation of the brain or joints, and of the risk of birth
defects (including eye defects, heart defects, deafness, mental
retardation, growth failure, jaundice, and disorders of blood clotting) in
infants born to mothers who contract rubella during pregnancy, related to
rubella. Therefore, I understand that the greatest risk to my child may be
if she never contracts rubella as a child, but when she is pregnant and it
damages her unborn child. If she contract rubella in childhood, she is
immune for life, and prior to the vaccine 85% of the population was
immune.(31) I understand that if she is not immune as an adult, she can
choose to take the vaccine prior to becoming pregnant. I understand that
many of those who contract rubella have been immunized (up to 80%). (32)
  Adverse reactions from the vaccine among teenage girls is 5-10% and 30%
in adult women.(33) Adverse reactions include: contracting rubella from the
live virus in the vaccine, burning or stinging at the site,
lymphadenopathy, urticaria, rash, malaise, sore throat, fever, headache,
dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, polyneuritis, arthralgia, arthritis,
local pain and inflammation, erythema multiforme, cough, rhinitis,
vasculitis, anaphylaxis, syncope, optic neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis,
papillitis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, encephalitis, thrombocytopenia,
purpura, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (34)
  Rubella is most often administered in the MMR and may cause those side
effects and adverse reactions listed under measles.
  Rubella is cultured on the tissue of an aborted child. This child was the
27th child aborted and tested by researchers due to exposure to rubella in
a pregnant woman. It contains neomycin, sorbitol and hydrolyzed gelatin.(35)
  HEPATITIS B: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing
Hepatitis B viral infection which can cause chronic inflammation of the
liver leading to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and possibly death. I understand
that my child's risk of developing Hepatitis B is low if I am not a carrier
or infected, if my child does not engage in promiscuous sex or use drugs. I
understand that there is antibiotic treatment for HepB and that most of
those who contract it recover.(36) I understand that the HepB vaccine only
contains strains of HepB and is not effective against HepA, C, D, E, F, or G.
  I understand that the HepB vaccine has the following side effect and
adverse reactions: induration, erythema, swelling, fever, headache,
dizziness, pain, prutitus, ecchymosis, sweating, malaise, chills, weakness,
flushing, tingling, hypotension, flu-like symptoms, upper respiratory
illness, nausea, anorexia, abdominal pain and cramping, vomiting,
constipation, diarrhea, lymphadenopathy, pain or stiffness in muscles and
joints, arthralgia, myalgia, back pain, rash, urticaria, petechiae,
sleepiness, insomnia, irritability, agitation, anaphylaxis, angioedema,
arthritis, tachycardia/palpitations, bronchospasm, abnormal liver function
tests, dyspepsia, migraine, syncope, paresis neuropathy, hypothesis,
paresthesis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Bell's Palsy, transverse myelitis,
optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis, thrombocytopenia, eczema, purpura,
herpes zoster, erythema modosum, alopecia, conjunctivitis, keratisis,
visual disturbances, vertigo, tinnitus, earache, and dysuria.(37) The
studies only followed patients for 4 days post-vaccination.
  The most commonly used HepB vaccine contains thimerosal, although a
relatively new release does not contain thimerosal. The vaccine also
contains: aluminum hydroxide, yeast protein, and phosphate buffers.(38)
  VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX): I have been informed of the risk of my child
developing chicken pox which could potentially result in pneumonia,
secondary skin or generalized infections, or, if caught during pregnancy,
birth defects in the baby. I understand chicken pox is generally benign in
children, but results in significant lost hours at work for parents.
Chicken pox in adults often manifests as shingles, a chronic and painful
condition. I also understand that contracting chicken pox later in life may
increase my risk for herpes simplex.
  Side effects and adverse reactions for the chicken pox vaccine include:
contracting chicken pox from the live vaccine (27%), pain and redness at
site, swelling, erythema, rash, pruritus, hematoma, induration, stiffness,
upper respiratory illness, cough, irritability/nervousness, fatigue,
disturbed sleep, diarrhea, loss of appetite, vomiting, otitis, diaper
rash/contact rash, nausea, eye complaints, chills, lymphadenopathy,
myalgia, lower respiratory illness, headache, teething, malaise, abdominal
pain, other rash, allergic reactions including rash and hives, stiff neck,
heat rash/prickly heat, arthralgia, eczema/dry skin/dermatitis,
constipation, itching, pneunonitis, febrile seizures, and cold/canker
sore.(39)
  Varicella vaccine is cultured on cells from aborted babies, and guinea
pig cell cultures. It contains live virus, monisodium glutamate (msg),
sucrose, phosphate, processed gelatin, neomycin and fetal calf serum. (40)
  HEPATITIS A (HAV): I have been informed of the risk of my child
developing HAV which could potentially result in prolonged or relapsed
hepatitis, but will not result in chronic hepatitis disease. (41) HAV
usually causes mild "flu-like" illness, jaundice, severe stomach pains and
diarrhea; and, in rare cases may result in death. Infection confers
lifelong immunity. (42) I understand that the CDC admits that good personal
hygiene (handwashing) and proper santitation can prevent HAV. (43)
  HAV infection is spread by contaminated water or food, infected food
handlers, unsanitary conditions following natural disasters, ingestion of
raw or undercooked shellfish, institutionalized individuals, children not
yet toilet trained, blood transfusions or sharing needles with infected
people. Transmission is most likely in developing countries where
sanitation is poor and infection rate of children under 5 is 90%. Fatality
rate is less than .6% overall, and 70% of those in patients over 49 years,
many of whom have underlying liver disease. (44) Other at-risk populations
include those living on American Indian reservations and in Alaskan Native
villages, homosexually active men, IV drug users, people using clotting
factor concentrates and international travelers. (45)
  Side effects and adverse reactions from the vaccine include:
injection-site soreness, headache, fever, malaise, induration, redness,
swelling, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, pruritis, rash, utricaria,
pharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infections, abdominal pain, diarrhea,
dysgeusia, vomiting, arthralgia, elevated cratine phosphokinase, myalgia,
lymphadenopathy, hypertonic episodes, insomnia, photophobia, and vertigo. (46)
  Aborted fetal tissue is an ingredient in the Havrix® Hep A vaccine, as is
formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide and 2-phenozyethanol.(47)
  There is currently a combination Hep A and B vaccine, Twinrix®, being
tested in the UK. (48) Twinrix is grown in human cell cultures, contains
2-phenoxyethanol, neomycin sulfate, polysorbate, tromentamol and
formaldehyde. (49)
  PNEUMOCOCCAL: I have been informed of the risk of my child developing
pneumococcal disease which could result in meningitis, blood infection,
pneumonia and/or ear infections. Iunderstand studies indicate that this
vaccine may only decrease ear infections by 9%, and only result in a 20%
reduction in chronic ear infections and ear tube insertion in that group.
  I understand that my child has a 7.5:5,000 chance of deveoping this
disease if he or she is under age 2 and a 1:5000 chance of developing it if
over age 2. Risk factors for developing this disease are: immunoglobulin
deficiency, nephrotic syndrome, Hodgkin's disease, congenital or acquired
immunodeficiency, some upper respiratory infections, splenic dysfunctions,
splenectomy or organ transplant. This vaccine (PCV) was originally marketed
for immunocompromised children. (50) This vaccine is contraindicated to
children with thrombocytopenia, coagualtion disorders, or sensitivity to
diphtheria toxoid.(51)
  Possible side effects and complications from the vaccine include:
erythema, induration, tenderness, interference of limb movement,
inflamation, fever, irritability, drowsiness, restless sleep, decreased
appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, fussiness, rash, hives, bronchitis, asthma,
pneumonia, otitis media (ear infection), sepsis, seizure, anaphylaxis and
death.(52) Recipients were followed for 3 days and almost 10% of the
subjects made a visit to the emergency room in the follow-up period. There
were 8 cases of SIDS in the 17,066 subjects involved in the trial.(53)
Note: Children in the studies' control group received another experimental
vaccine, so there have been no trial studies done with children who
received no vaccine.(54)
  Prevnar contains .125 mg of aluminum sulfate, protein polysaccharides
from 7 strains of strep. pneumoniae bacteria, diphtheria toxin, casamino
acids, yeast extract. Studies indicate that it may interfere with the
safety and efficacy of other vaccines.(55)
  Reference List
  1. M. Burnet and D. White, The Natural History of Infectious Disease
(Cambridge, 1972), p. 16.
  2. Strebel, et al, "Epidemology in the U.S. One Decade After the Last
Reported Case of Indigenous Wild Virus Associated Disease," Clinical
Infectious Diseases, (Center for Disease Control, February 1992), pp. 568-79.
  3. Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), 50th Edition; Medical Economics,
1996, p. 1388-1390.
  4. Ibid, p. 885-886 and 891-892.
  5. J. Butel, et al; "Molecular Evidence of Simian Virus 40 Infections in
Children", The Journal of Infectious Diseases ; September 1999;180:884-887.
  6. PDR, 50th Edition, p. 872-875.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Richard Moskowitz, M.D., "Immunizations: The Other Side," Mothering,
(Spring1984),p. 34.
  10. Immunization: Survey of Recent Research, (United States Department of
Health and Human Services, April 1983), p. 76.
  11. "Nature and Rates of Adverse Reactions Associated with DPT and DT
Immunizations...," Pediatrics, Volume 68, No. 5 (November 1981).
  12. Walene James, Immunization the Reality Behind the Myth, (South
Hadley, Massachusetts: Bergin & Garvey, 1988), p. 14.
  13. W.C. Torch, "Diptheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) immunization: A
potential cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)," (Amer. Academy of
Neurology, 34th Annual Meeting, Apr 25 - May 1, 1982), Neurology 32(4), pt. 2.
  14. PDR, p. 875-879 and 892-895.
  15. Ibid.
  16. Robert Mendelsohn, M.D., How to Raise A Healthy Child...In Spite of
your Doctor (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1984), p.223.
  17. Ibid. 244-246
  18. Isaac Golden, Ph.D., Vaccination? A Review of Risks and Alternatives,
(Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Arum Healing Centre, 1991), p. 31
  19. Richard Moskowitz, M.D., "Immunizations: The Other Side," Mothering,
(Spring1984),p. 34.
  20. Isaac Golden, Ph.D., Vaccination? A Review of Risks and Alternatives;
p. 71
  21. R. Mendoholson; How to Raise a Healthy Child; p. 217.
  22. John Frank Jr., M.D., et al. "Measles Elimination - Final
Impediments," 20th Immunization Conference Proceedings, May 6-9, 1985, p. 21.
  23. Infectious Diseases (January 1982), p. 21.
  24. PDR, p. 1610-1611.
  25. DR, p. 1687-1689.
  26. Sara Solovitch, "Do vaccines spur autism in kids?", San Jose Mercury
News, 5/25/99.
  27. PDR, p. 1687-89, 1610-1611.
  28. Richard Moskowitz, M.D., "Immunizations: The Other Side," Mothering,
(Spring1984),p. 35.
  29. PDR, 1708-1709.
  30. Ibid.
  31. R. Mendoholson; How to Raise a Healthy Child; p. 218.
  32. Dr. Beverley Allan, Australian Nurses Journal, (May 1978).
  33. Hannah Allen, Don't Get Stuck: The Case Against Vaccinations...,
(Oldsmar, FL: Natural Hygiene Press, 1985), p. 144.
  34. DR, p. 1697-1699.
  35. Ibid and Attenuation Of RA 27/3 Rubella Virus in WI-38 Human Diploid
Cells; Amer J Dis Child vol 118 Aug 1969 and Studies of Immunization With
Living Rubella Virus ; Arch J Dis Child vol 110 Oct 1965.
  36. John Hanchette, "Safety of controversial hepatitis B vaccine at
center of debate" Gannett News Service, 5/18/99.
  37. PDR, p. 1744-1747, 2482-2484.
  38. Ibid.
  39. PDR, p. 1762-1765.
  40. Ibid.
  41. CDC Viral Hepatitis A - Fact Sheet, 9/29/00;
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/a/fact.htm
  42. CDC Hepatitis A Vaccine Vaccine Information Statement; 8/25/98
  43. CDC Hepatitis A Facts, 11/16/00
  44. Mosby's GenRX®, 10th Ed., Hepatitis A Vaccine (003158) as posted on
MDConsult website
  45. CDC Hepatitis A Vaccine Vaccine Information Statement; 8/25/98 and
CDC Hepatitis A Vaccine Vaccine Information Statement; 8/25/98
  46. Mosby's GenRX@, Hepatitis A Vaccine
  47. Ibid.
  48. "Combined hepatitis A/B vaccine offers fast protection," Reuters
Health, 4/12/00
  49. Vaccines and Their Ingredients, 6/24/99; www.909shot.com
  50. Michael Horwin, MA; "Prevnar: A Critical Review of a New Childhood
Vaccine" 9/19/00.
  51. Prevnar package insert, Wyeth Lederle, 2/17/00
  52. Ibid.
  53. Horwin; "Prevnar: A Critical Review"
  54. Dr. Erdem Cantekin, Ph.D.; "Pneumocaoccal Vaccine and Otitis Media",
NVIC's 2nd Intl. Public Conference, 9/8/00.
  55. Horwin; "Prevnar: A Critical Review"
  Complied by Kathryn E. Rateliff, CCD, CCCE, SM
  October, 1999 and revised January, 2001
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