DISPELLING
VACCINATION MYTHS |
:
An introduction to the
contradictions between medical science and immunization policy.
by Alan Phillips
INTRODUCTION
Is there a legitimate controversy?
When my son began his routine
vaccination series at age 2 months, I did not know there were any risks
associated with immunizations. But the clinic's literature contained a
contradiction: the chances of a serious adverse reaction to the DPT vaccine were 1 in 1750, while his chances of dying from
pertussis each year were 1 in several million. When I
pointed this out to the physician, he angrily disagreed, and stormed out of the
room mumbling, "I guess I should read that sometime..." Soon
thereafter I learned of a child who had been permanently disabled by a vaccine,
so I decided to investigate for myself. My findings have so alarmed me that I
feel compelled to share them; hence, this report.
Health
authorities credit vaccines for disease declines, and assure us of their safety
and effectiveness. Yet these seemingly rock-solid assumptions are directly
contradicted by health statistics, medical studies, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, and
reputable research scientists from around the world. In fact, infectious
diseases declined steadily for decades prior to vaccinations, U.S. doctors
report thousands of serious vaccine reactions each year including hundreds of
deaths and permanent disabilities, fully vaccinated populations have
experienced epidemics, and researchers attribute dozens of chronic
immunological and neurological conditions to mass immunization programs.
There are
hundreds of published medical studies documenting vaccine failure and adverse
effects, and dozens of books written by doctors, researchers, and independent
investigators that reveal serious flaws in immunization theory and practice.
Ironically, most pediatricians and parents are completely unaware of these
findings. However, this has begun to change in recent years, as a growing
number of parents and healthcare providers around the world are becoming aware
of the problems and starting to question the use of widespread, mandatory
vaccinations.
My point it
not to tell anyone whether or not to vaccinate, but rather, with the utmost
urgency, to point out some very good reasons why everyone should examine the
facts before deciding whether or not to submit to the procedure. As a new
parent, I was shocked to discover the absence of a legal mandate or
professional ethic requiring pediatricians to be fully informed, and to see
first-hand the prevalence of physicians who are applying practices based on
incomplete--and in some cases, outright misinformation.
Though only
a brief introduction, this report contains sufficient evidence to warrant
further investigation by all concerned, which I highly recommend. You will find
that this is the only way to get an objective view, as the controversy is a
highly emotional one.
A note of
caution: Be careful trying to discuss this subject with a pediatrician. Most
have staked their identities and reputations on the presumed safety and
effectiveness of vaccines, and thus have difficulty acknowledging evidence to
the contrary. The first pediatrician I attempted to share my findings with
yelled angrily at me when I calmly brought up the subject. The misconceptions
have very deep roots.
VACCINATION MYTH #1:
"Vaccines are completely safe..."
...or are they?
The FDA's VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System) receives
about 11,000 reports of serious adverse reactions to vaccination annually, some
1% (112+) of which are deaths from vaccine reactions.[1] The majority of these
reports are made by doctors, and the majority of deaths are attributed to the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, the "P" in DPT. This figure alone is alarming, yet it is only the
"tip of the iceberg." The FDA estimates that only about 10% of
adverse reactions are reported,[2] a figure supported
by two
With pertussis, the number of vaccine-related deaths dwarfs the
number of disease deaths, which have been about 10 annually for recent years
according to the CDC, and only 8 in 1993, the last peak-incidence year (pertussis runs in 3-4 year cycles, though vaccination
certainly doesn't). Simply put, the vaccine is 100 times more deadly than the
disease. Given the many instances in which highly vaccinated populations
have contracted disease (see Myth #2), and the fact that the vast majority of
disease decline this century occurred before compulsory vaccinations (pertussis deaths declined 79% prior to vaccines; see Myth
#3), this comparison is a valid one--and this enormous number of vaccine
causalities can hardly be considered a necessary sacrifice for the benefit of a
disease-free society.
Unfortunately,
the vaccine-related-deaths story doesn't end here. Both national and
international studies have shown vaccination to be a cause of SIDS[4,5] (SIDS is "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,"
a "catchall" diagnosis given when the specific cause of death is unknown;
estimates range from 5 - 10,000 cases each year in the
There are
studies that claimed to find no SIDS-vaccine relationship. However, many of
these were invalidated by yet another study which found that
"confounding" had skewed their results in favor of the vaccine.[6]
Shouldn't we err on the side of caution? Shouldn't any credible correlation
between vaccines and infant deaths be just cause for meticulous, widespread
monitoring of the vaccination status of all SIDS cases? In the mid 70's
Low adverse
event reporting also suggests that the total number of adverse reactions
actually occurring each year may be more than 100,000. Due to doctors' failure
to report, no one knows how many of these are permanent disabilities, but
statistics suggest that it is several times the number of deaths (see "petitions"
below). This concern is reinforced by a study which revealed that 1 in 175
children who completed the full DPT series suffered
"severe reactions," [7] and a Dr.'s report for attorneys which found that 1 in 300 DPT
immunizations resulted in seizures. [8]
Vaccinations
cost us much more than just the lives and health of our children. The
It is
interesting to note that insurance companies (who do the best liability
studies) refuse to cover vaccine adverse reactions. Profits appear to dictate
both the pharmaceutical and insurance companies' positions.
VACCINATION TRUTH #1:
"Vaccination causes significant death and
disability at an astounding personal and financial cost to families and
taxpayers."
VACCINATION MYTH #2:
"Vaccines are very effective..."
...or are they?
The medical
literature has a surprising number of studies documenting vaccine failure.
Measles, mumps, small pox, polio and Hib
outbreaks have all occurred in vaccinated populations. [11, 12, 13, 14 ,15] In 1989 the CDC reported: "Among school-aged
children, [measles] outbreaks have occurred in schools with vaccination levels
of greater than 98 percent. [16] [They] have occurred in all parts of the
country, including areas that had not reported measles for years." [17]
The CDC even reported a measles outbreak in a documented 100 percent vaccinated
population. [18] A study examining this phenomenon concluded, "The
apparent paradox is that as measles immunization rates rise to high levels in a
population, measles becomes a disease of immunized persons." [19] A more
recent study found that measles "produces immune suppression which
contributes to an increased susceptibility to other infections."[19a] These studies suggests that the goal of complete
immunization is actually counterproductive, a notion underscored by instances
in which epidemics followed complete immunization of entire countries.
VACCINATION TRUTH #2:
"Evidence suggests that vaccination is an
unreliable means of preventing disease."
VACCINATION MYTH #3:
"Vaccines are the main reason for low disease
rates in the
or are they?
According to
the British Association for the Advancement of Science, childhood diseases
decreased 90% between 1850 and 1940, paralleling improved sanitation and
hygienic practices, well before mandatory vaccination programs. Infectious
disease deaths in the
Vaccine
advocates point to incidence statistics rather than mortality as proof of
vaccine effectiveness. However, statisticians tell us that mortality statistics
can be a better measure of incidence than the incidence figures themselves, for
the simple reason that the quality of reporting and record-keeping is much
higher on fatalities.[28] For instance, a recent survey in New York City
revealed that only 3.2% of pediatricians were actually reporting measles cases
to the health department. In 1974, the CDC determined that there were 36 cases
of measles in Georgia, while the Georgia State Surveillance System reported 660
cases.[29] In 1982, Maryland state health officials
blamed a pertussis epidemic on a television program,
"D.P.T.--Vaccine Roulette," which warned of
the dangers of DPT; however, when former top virologist
for the U.S. Division of Biological Standards, Dr. J. Anthony Morris, analyzed
the 41 cases, only 5 were confirmed, and all had been vaccinated. [30] Such
instances as these demonstrate the fallacy of incidence figures, yet vaccine
advocates tend to rely on them indiscriminately.
VACCINATION TRUTH #3:
"It is unclear what impact vaccines had on the
infectious disease declines that occurred throughout this century."
VACCINATION MYTH #4:
"Vaccination is based on sound immunization
theory and practice..."
...or is it?
The clinical
evidence for vaccinations is their ability to stimulate antibody production in
the recipient, a fact which is not disputed. What is not clear, however, is
whether or not such antibody production constitutes immunity. For example, agamma globulin-anemic children are incapable of producing
antibodies, yet they recover from infectious diseases almost as quickly as
other children.[31] Furthermore, a study published by
the British Medical Council in 1950 during a diphtheria epidemic concluded that
there was no relationship between antibody count and disease incidence;
researchers found resistant people with extremely low antibody counts and sick
people with high counts. [32] Natural immunization is a complex phenomenon involving
many organs and systems; it cannot be fully replicated by the artificial
stimulation of antibody production.
Research
also indicates that vaccination commits immune cells to the specific antigens
involved in the vaccine, rendering them incapable of reacting to other
infections. Our immunological reserve may thus actually be reduced, causing a
generally lowered resistance. [33]
Another
component of immunization theory is "herd immunity," which states
that when enough people in a community are immunized, all are protected. As
Myth #2 revealed, there are many documented
instances showing just the opposite--fully vaccinated populations do contract
diseases; with measles, this actually seems to be the direct result of high
vaccination rates.[19] A Minnesota state epidemiologist concluded that the Hib vaccine increases the risk of illness when a study
revealed that vaccinated children were five times more likely to contract
meningitis than unvaccinated children.
Carefully
selected epidemiological studies are yet another justification for vaccination
programs. However, many of these may not be legitimate sources from which to
draw conclusions about vaccine effectiveness. For example, if 100 people are
vaccinated and 5 contract the disease, the vaccine is declared to be 95%
effective. But if only 10 of the 100 were actually exposed to the disease, then
the vaccine was really only 50% effective. Since no one is willing to directly
expose an entire population to disease--even a fully vaccinated one--vaccine
effectiveness rates may not indicate a vaccine's true effectiveness.
Yet another
surprising concern about immunization practice is its assumption that all
children, regardless of age, are virtually the same. An 8 pound 2 month old
receives the same dosage as a 40 pound five year old. Infants with immature,
undeveloped immune systems may receive five or more times the dosage (relative
to body weight) as older children. Furthermore, the number of "units"
within doses has been found upon random testing to range from 1/2 to 3 times
what the label indicates; manufacturing quality controls appear to tolerate a
rather large margin of error. "Hot Lots"--vaccine lots with
disproportionately high death and disability rates--have been identified
repeatedly by the NVIC, but the FDA refuses to
intervene to prevent further unnecessary injury and deaths. In fact, they
have never recalled a vaccine lot due to adverse reactions. Some would call
this infanticide.
Finally,
vaccination practice assumes that all recipients, regardless of race, culture,
diet, geographic location, or any other circumstances, will respond the same.
This was perhaps never more dramatically disproved than an instance a few years
ago in Australia's Northern Territory, where stepped-up immunization campaigns
resulted in an incredible *50%* infant mortality rate in the native
aborigines.[34] Researcher A. Kalokerinos, M.D.
discovered that the aborigine's vitamin C deficient "junk food" diet
(imposed on them by white society) was a critical factor (studies had already
shown that vaccination depletes vitamin C reserves; children in shock or
collapse often recovered in a matter of minutes when given vitamin C
injections). He considered it amazing that as many survived as did. One
must wonder about the lives of the survivors, though, for if half died, surely
the other half did not escape unaffected.
Almost as
troubling was a very recent study in the
What other
factors not accounted for in vaccination theory will surface unexpectedly to
reveal unforeseen or previously overlooked consequences? We will not begin to
fully comprehend the scope of this danger until researchers begin looking and
reporting in earnest. In the meantime, entire countries' populations are
unwitting gamblers in a game that many might very well choose not to play if
they were given all the "rules" in advance.
VACCINATION TRUTH #4:
"Many of the assumptions upon which immunization
theory and practice are based have been proven false in their
application."
VACCINATION MYTH #5:
"Childhood diseases are extremely
dangerous..."
...or are they, really?
Most
childhood infectious diseases have few serious consequences in today's modern
world. Even conservative CDC statistics for pertussis
during 1992-94 indicate a 99.8% recovery rate. In fact, when hundreds of pertussis cases occurred in
The vast
majority of the time, childhood infectious diseases are
benign and self-limiting. They also may impart lifelong immunity, whereas
vaccine-induced immunity is only temporary. In fact, the temporary nature
of vaccine immunity can create a more dangerous situation in a child's future.
For example, the new chicken pox vaccine has an effectiveness estimated at 6 -
10 years. If effective, it will postpone the child's vulnerability until
adulthood, when death from the disease is 20 times more likely.
About half
of measles cases in the late 1980's resurgence were in adolescents and adults,
most of whom were vaccinated as children,[35] and the
recommended booster shots may provide protection for less than 6 months.[36]
Furthermore, some healthcare professionals are concerned that the virus from
the chicken pox vaccine may "reactivate later in life in the form of
herpes zoster (shingles) or other immune system disorders." [37] Dr. A. Lavin of the Dept. of Pediatrics, St. Luke's
Not only are
most infectious diseases rarely dangerous, but they can actually play a vital
role in the development of a strong, healthy immune system. Persons who have
not had measles have a higher incidence of certain skin diseases, degenerative
diseases of bone and cartilage, and certain tumors, while absence of mumps has
been linked to higher risks of ovarian cancer.
VACCINATION TRUTH #5:
"Dangers of childhood diseases are greatly
exaggerated in order to scare parents into compliance with a questionable but
profitable procedure."
VACCINATION MYTH #6:
"Polio was one of the clearly great vaccination
success stories..."
...or was it?
Six New
England states reported increases in polio one year after the Salk vaccine was
introduced, ranging from more than doubling in Vermont to Massachusetts'
astounding increase of 642%. In 1959, 77.5% of
According to
researcher-author Dr. Viera Scheibner,
90% of polio cases were eliminated from statistics by health authorities'
redefinition of the disease when the vaccine was introduced, while in reality
the Salk vaccine was continuing to cause paralytic polio in several countries
at a time when there were no epidemics being caused by the wild virus. (For
example, in the U.S., thousands of cases of viral and aseptic meningitis are
reported each year--these were routinely diagnosed as polio before the Saulk vaccine; the number of cases needed to declare an
epidemic was raised from 20 to 35; and the requirement for inclusion in
paralysis statistics was changed from symptoms for 24 hours to symptoms for
over 60 days; it is no wonder that polio decreased radically after vaccines--at
least on paper.) In 1985, the CDC reported that 87% of the cases of polio in
the U.S. between 1973 and 1983 were caused by the vaccine, and later declared
that all but a few imported cases since were caused by the vaccine--and most of
the imported cases occurred in fully immunized individuals.
Jonas Salk,
inventor of the IPV, testified before a Senate
subcommittee that nearly all polio outbreaks since 1961 were caused by the oral
polio vaccine. At a workshop on polio vaccines sponsored by the Institute of
Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Samuel Katz of
Duke University cited the estimated 8-10 annual U.S. cases of
vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) in people
who have taken the oral polio vaccine, and the [four year] absence of wild
polio from the western hemisphere. Jessica Scheer of
the National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center in Washington, D.C.,
pointed out that most parents are unaware that polio vaccination in this
country entails "a small number of human sacrifices each year."
Compounding this contradiction are low adverse event reporting and the NVIC's experiences with confirming and correcting
misdiagnoses of vaccine reactions, which suggest that the actual number of VAPP "sacrifices" may be many times higher than
the number cited by the CDC.
VACCINATION TRUTH #6:
"Vaccines caused substantial increases in polio
after years of steady declines, and they are the sole cause of polio in the
VACCINATION MYTH #7:
"My child had no short-term reaction to
vaccination, so there is nothing to worry about..."
...or is there?
The
documented long term adverse effects of vaccines include chronic immunological
and neurological disorders such as autism, hyperactivity, attention deficit
disorders, dyslexia, allergies, cancer, and other conditions, many of which
barely existed 30 years ago before mass vaccination programs. Vaccine
components include known carcinogens such as thimersol,
aluminum phosphate, and formaldehyde (the Poisons Information Centre in
Medical
historian, researcher and author Harris Coulter, Ph.D. explained that his
extensive research revealed childhood immunization to be "...causing a low-grade encephalitis in infants on a much wider scale
than public health authorities were willing to admit, about 15-20% of all
children." He points out that the sequelae
[conditions known to result from a disease] of encephalitis [inflammation of
the brain, a known side-effect of vaccination]: autism, learning disabilities,
minimal and not-so-minimal brain damage, seizures, epilepsy, sleeping and
eating disorders, sexual disorders, asthma, crib death, diabetes, obesity, and
impulsive violence are precisely the disorders which afflict contemporary
society. Many of these conditions were formerly relatively rare, but they have
become more common as childhood vaccination programs have expanded. Coulter
also points out that "...pertussis toxoid is used to create encephalitis in lab animals."
A German study
found correlations between vaccinations and 22 neurological conditions
including attention deficit and epilepsy. The dilemma is that viral elements in
vaccines may persist and mutate in the human body for years, with unknown
consequences. Millions of children are partaking in an enormous, crude
experiment; and no sincere, organized effort is being made by the medical
community to track the negative side-effects or to determine the long term
consequences.
VACCINATION TRUTH #7:
"The long term adverse effects of vaccinations
have been virtually ignored, in spite of direct correlations with many chronic
conditions."
VACCINATION MYTH #8:
"Vaccines are the only disease prevention option
available..."
...or are they?
Most parents
feel compelled to take some disease-preventing action for their children.
While there is no 100% guarantee anywhere, there are viable alternatives.
Historically, homeopathy has been more effective than "mainstream"
allopathic medicine in treating and preventing disease. In a U.S. cholera
outbreak in 1849, allopathic medicine saw a 48-60% death rate, while
homeopathic hospitals had a documented death rate of only 3%.[40] Roughly
similar statistics still hold true for cholera today.[41] Recent
epidemiological studies show homeopathic remedies as equaling or surpassing
standard vaccinations in preventing disease. There are reports in which
populations that were treated homeopathically after exposure had a 100% success
rate--none of the treated caught the disease.[42]
There are
homeopathic kits available for disease prevention. [43] Homeopathic remedies
can also be taken only during times of increased risk (outbreaks, traveling,
etc.), and have proven highly effective in such instances. And since these
remedies have no toxic components, they have no side effects. In addition,
homeopathy has been effective in reversing some of the disability caused by
vaccine reactions, as well as many other chronic conditions with which
allopathic medicine has had little success.
VACCINATION TRUTH #8:
"Documented safe and effective alternatives to
vaccination have been available for decades but suppressed by the medical
establishment."
VACCINATION MYTH #9:
"Vaccinations are legally mandated,
and thus unavoidable..."
...or are they?
There are three exemption possibilities in the
1) Medical Exemption: All 50 states in the
2) Religious Exemption: Nearly all states allow for a
religious exemption. This may or may not require membership in an established
religious organization, as individual state laws vary; and
3) Philosophical or Personal
Exemption: An increasing number of states allow
one of these exemptions, in recognition of the
controversy and/or violation of freedom that mandated vaccination laws impose.
Generally,
exempted children may not be banned from attending public schools and colleges
except during local outbreaks. It is best to contact local school officials in
advance to determine their particular procedure for handling exemptions.
The best
source for a copy of your state's vaccination laws is state health
officials or your public library. A phone call to the
state Department of Epidemiology may be all that it takes to get a copy mailed
to you.
VACCINATION TRUTH #9:
"Legal exemptions from vaccinations are
obtainable for most--but not all--
VACCINATION MYTH #10:
"Public health officials always place health
above all other concerns..."
...or do they?
Vaccination
history is riddled with documented instances of deceit designed to portray
vaccines as mighty disease conquerors, when in fact many times they have
actually delayed and even reversed disease declines. The
However,
individual doctors may not be wholly to blame. As medical students, few have
reason to question the information taught (which does not address the
information presented in this report). Ironically, medicine is a field which
demands conformity; there is little tolerance for opinions opposing the status
quo. Doctors cannot warn you about what they themselves do not know, and with
little time for further education once they begin practice, they are, in a
sense, held captive by a system which discourages them from acquiring
information independently and forming their own opinions. Those few that dare
to question the status quo are frequently ostracized, and in any case, they are
still legally bound to adhere to the system's legal mandates.
SUMMARY
In the December 1994 Medical Post, Canadian author of the best-seller
"Medical Mafia," Guylaine Lanctot, M.D. stated, "The medical authorities keep
lying. Vaccination has been a disaster on the immune system. It actually causes
a lot of illnesses. We are actually changing our genetic code through
vaccination...10 years from now we will know that the biggest crime against
humanity was vaccines." After an extensive study of the medical literature
on vaccination, Dr. Viera Scheibner
concluded that "there is no evidence whatsoever of the ability of vaccines
to prevent any diseases. To the contrary, there is a great wealth of evidence
that they cause serious side effects." John B. Classen,
M.D., M.B.A. has stated, "My data proves that the studies used to support
immunization are so flawed that it is impossible to say if immunization
provides a net benefit to anyone or to society in general. This question can
only be determined by proper studies which have never been performed. The flaw
of previous studies is that there was no long term follow up and chronic
toxicity was not looked at. The American Society of Microbiology has promoted
my research...and thus acknowledges the need for proper studies." To some
these may seem like radical positions, but they are not unfounded. The
continued denial of the evidence against vaccines only perpetuates the
"Myths" and their negative consequences on our children and society.
Aggressive and comprehensive scientific investigation is clearly warranted, yet
immunization programs continue to expand in the absence of such research.
Manufacturer profits are guaranteed, while accountability for the
negative effects is conspicuously absent. This is especially sad given the
readily available safe and effective alternatives.
Meanwhile,
the race is on. According to the NVIC, there are over
250 new vaccines being developed for everything from earaches to birth control
to diarrhea, with about 100 of these already in clinical trials. Researchers
are working on vaccine delivery through nasal sprays, mosquitoes (yes,
mosquitoes), and the fruits of "transgenic" plants in which vaccine
viruses are grown. With every child (and adult, for that matter) on the planet
a potential required recipient of multiple doses, and every healthcare system
and government a potential buyer, it is little wonder that countless millions
of dollars are spent nurturing the growing multi-billion dollar vaccine
industry. Without public outcry, we will see more and more new vaccines
required of us and our children. And while profits are readily calculable, the
real human costs are being ignored.
Whatever
your personal vaccination decision, make it an informed one; you have that
right and responsibility. It is a difficult issue, but there is more than
enough at stake to justify whatever time and energy it takes.
Do not use this report alone to make your vaccination
decision:
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About the Author...
Alan Phillips is an independent investigator and
writer on vaccine risks and alternatives. This report appeared in the April
1996 edition of "Wildfire Magazine," as well as numerous newsletters
in the
Alan is also the founder of Human Development
Services, Inc., an international nonprofit conducting training and research in psychorientology; the designer of a national children's
literacy program and materials; and a singer-songwriter and composer with
albums of original songs and music in over two dozen countries on six
continents. His academic achievements include a B.A. Magna Cum
Laude, and election to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and The
National Dean's List.
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(1) National Technical Information Service,
(2) Reported by KM Severyn,R.Ph.,Ph.D. in the
(3)
(4) Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox
Research Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune System.
(5) W.C.
Torch, "Diptheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) immunization: A potential cause of the sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS)," (Amer. Adacemy of
Neurology, 34th Annual Meeting, Apr 25 - May 1, 1982), Neurology 32(4), pt. 2.
(6) Confounding in studies of adverse reactions to
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ARTICLE: 38 REFS. Comment in: Am J Epidemiol
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(7) Nature and Rates of Adverse Reactions Associated
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(16) MMWR, 38 (8-9),
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(17) MMWR (Morbidity and
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(18) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 33(24), 6/22/84.
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(19a) Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology,
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(20) Trevor Gunn, Mass
Immunization, A Point in Question, p 15 (E.D. Hume,
Pasteur Exposed-The False
Foundations of Modern Medicine, Bookreal,
Australia, 1989.)
(21) Physician William Howard Hay's address of June
25, 1937; printed in the Congressional Record.
(22) Outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in
(23) Neil Miller, Vaccines: Are They Safe and
Effective? p 33.
(24)
(25) See Note 23 pp 18-40.
(26) See Note 23 pp 45,46 [NVIC News, April 92, p12].
(27) S. Curtis, A Handbook of
Homeopathic Alternatives to Immunization.
(28) Darrell Huff, How to Lie With
Statistics, p 84.
(29) quoted from the internet, credited to Keith
Block, M.D., a family physician from Evanston, Illinois, who has spent years
collecting data in the medical literature on immunizations.
(30) See Note 20, p 15.
(31) See Note 20 p 21.
(32) See Note 20, p 21 (British Medical Council
Publication 272, May 1950)
(33) See Note 20, p 21; also Note 23 p 47 (Buttram, MD, Hoffman, Mothering Magazine, Winter 1985 p 30;
Kalokerinos and Dettman, MDs, "The Dangers of
Immunization," Biological Research Inst. [Australia], 1979, p 49).
(34)
(35) Reported by KM Severyn,R.Ph,Ph.D. in the
(36) Vaccine Information and Awareness, "Measles
and Antibody Titre Levels," from Vaccine Weekly,
January 1996.
(37) NVIC Press Release,
"Consumer Group Warns use of New Chicken Pox Vaccine in all Healthy
Children May Cause More Serious Disease".
(38) See note 35 (quoted from The Lancet)
(39) Hearings before the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 87th Congress, Second Session on
H.R. 10541, May 1962, p.94.
(40) Ullman, Discovering
Homeopathy, p 42 (Thomas L. Bradford, Logic Figures, p68, 113-146; Coulter,
Divided Legacy, Vol 3, p268).
(41) See Note 27.
(42) See Note 27.
(43) Golden, Isaac, Vaccination? A
Review of Risks and Alternatives.