Dispelling Vaccination Myths

By Alan G. Phillips, J.D.

An Introduction to the Contradictions Between Medical Science and Immunization Policy

When my son was set to begin his routine vaccination series at age 2 months, I didn’t know there were any risks associated with immunizations. But the clinic's flyer contained a contradiction: my child’s chances of a serious adverse reaction to the DPT vaccine were one in 1750, while his chances of dying from pertussis were one 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 [flyer] 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 assumptions are directly contradicted by government statistics, published medical studies, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, and the opinions of credible research scientists from around the world. In fact, infectious diseases declined steadily for decades prior to mass immunizations, doctors in the U.S. 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 diseases that have risen dramatically in recent decades to mass immunization campaigns.

Decades of studies published in the world’s leading medical journals have documented vaccine failure and serious adverse vaccine events, including death. Dozens of books written by doctors, researchers, and independent investigators reveal serious flaws in immunization theory and practice. Yet, incredibly, most pediatricians and parents are unaware of these findings. This has begun to change in recent years, however, as a growing number of parents and healthcare providers around the world are becoming aware of the problems and questioning mass mandatory immunization. There is a growing international movement away from mass mandatory immunization. This report introduces some of the information that provides the basis for the movement.

My point is 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 of the risks of vaccination, let alone to inform parents that their children risk death or permanent disability upon being vaccinated. I was equally dismayed to see first-hand the prevalence of physicians who are, if with the best of intentions, applying practices based on incomplete—and in some cases, outright mis—information.

This report is only a brief introduction; your own further investigation is warranted and strongly recommended. You may discover that this is the only way to get an objective view, as the controversy is a highly emotional one.

A word of caution: Many have found pediatricians unwilling or unable to discuss this subject calmly with an open mind. Perhaps this is because they have staked their personal identities and professional reputations on the presumed safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and because they are required by their profession to promote vaccination. But in any event, anecdotal reports suggest that most doctors have great difficulty acknowledging evidence of problems with vaccines. 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.

Read the excerpted points below, and then visit the website Vaccine Rights to read the entire original article by Alan G. Phillips, Attorney to learn all the details and find more resources.
DISCLAIMER : The information in this article is posted for educational purposes only. None of the information on this site is intended to constitute legal advice, nor should any be construed as such. As with any important legal matter, you are advised to consult a knowledgeable attorney with any vaccine legal exemption concerns or questions.

VACCINATION MYTH #1: “Vaccines are safe...” ...or are they?
Vaccination Truth #1: “Vaccination causes significant death and disability at an astounding personal and financial cost to uninformed families and society.”

VACCINATION MYTH #2: “Vaccines are very effective...” ...or are they?
Vaccination Truth#2: “Evidence suggests that vaccination is an unreliable means of preventing disease.”

VACCINATION MYTH #3: “Vaccines are the reason for low disease rates in the U.S. today...” ...or are they?
Vaccination Truth#3 “It is unclear what impact, if any, that vaccines had on 19th and 20th century infectious disease declines.”

VACCINATION MYTH #4: “Vaccination is based on sound immunization theory and practice...” ...or is it?
Vaccination Truth #4: “Many of the assumptions upon which immunization theory and practice are unproven or have been proven false in their application.”

VACCINATION MYTH #5: “Childhood diseases are extremely dangerous...” ...or are they, really?
Vaccination Truth #5: “Dangers of childhood diseases are greatly exaggerated in order to scare parents into compliance with a questionable but highly profitable procedure.”

VACCINATION MYTH #6: “Polio was one of the clearly great vaccination success stories...” ...or was it?
Vaccination Truth #6: “The polio vaccine temporarily reversed disease declines that were underway before the vaccine was introduced; this fact was deliberately covered up by health authorities. In Europe, polio declined in countries that both embraced and rejected the vaccine.”

VACCINATION MYTH #7: “My child had no reaction to the vaccines, so there is nothing to worry about...” ...or is there?
Vaccination Truth#7: “The long term adverse effects of vaccinations have been ignored in spite of compelling correlations with many serious chronic conditions. Doctors can’t otherwise explain the dramatic rise in many of these diseases.”

VACCINATION MYTH #8: “Vaccines are the only disease prevention option available...” ...or are they?
Vaccination Truth #8: “Documented safe and effective alternatives to vaccination have been available 13 for decades. However, they have been systematically attacked and suppressed by the medical establishment.”

VACCINATION MYTH #9: “Vaccinations are legally mandated and unavoidable...” ...or are they?
Vaccination Truth #9: “Vaccines are truly mandated, but legal exemptions are available for many, if not all, U.S. citizens.”

VACCINATION MYTH #10: “Public health officials always place the public’s health above all other concerns...” ...or do they?
Vaccination Truth #10: “Many of the public health officials who determine vaccine policy profit substantially from their policy decisions.”

The complete original article, Dispelling Vaccination Myths by Alan G. Phillips, J.D. , is available to read online at www.VaccineRights.com

SOME CLOSING REMARKS

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... 100 years from now we will know that the biggest crime against humanity was vaccines.” After critically analyzing literally ten’s of thousands of pages of the vaccine medical literature, 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.” 76 Dr. Classen 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 16 determined by proper studies that have never been performed. The flaw of previous studies is that there was no longterm 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.”77 These may be radical positions, but they are not unfounded. The continued denial and suppression of the evidence against vaccines only perpetuates the “Myths” of their “success” and, more importantly, their negative consequences on our children and society. Aggressive and comprehensive scientific investigation into adverse vaccine events is clearly warranted, yet immunization programs continue to expand in the absence of such research. Manufacturer profits are enormous, while accountability for the negative effects is conspicuously absent. This is especially sad given the readily available safe and effective alternatives.

The positions asserted above are not coming from a handful of fringe lunatics; entire professional organizations are speaking out. Criticisms of vaccines are being sounded by an increasing number of credible and reputable scientists, researchers, investigators, and selfeducated parents from around the world. Instead, it is public health officials and die-hard vaccine advocates (many of whom have a financial stake in the outcome of the debate) who are beginning to lose credibility by refusing to acknowledge the growing body of evidence and to address the very real, serious, documented problems.

Meanwhile, the race is on. There are over 200 new vaccines being developed for everything from birth control to cocaine addition.78 Some 100 of these are 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 adult and child on the planet a potential recipient of vaccines administered periodically throughout their lives, 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 all. And while profits are readily calculable, the real human costs are ignored or suppressed.

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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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

1. National Vaccine Information Center, 512 Maple Avenue West #206, Vienna, VA 22180. 703-938-DPT3; 800-909- SHOT (7468).
   Website: http://www.909shot.com
2. Vaccine Information & Awareness (VIA), Karin Schumacher, J.D., Director. 792 Pineview Drive San Jose, CA 95117. 408-397-4192 (voice mail/pager) 408-554-9053 (phone/fax). Email: via@access1.net. For information on all sides of the issue, go to VIA’s Website: http://www.viaa.us
3. Vaccine Policy Institute, 251-N W. Ridgeway Dr., Dayton, OH 45459, Krystine Severyn, R.Ph., Ph.D., ph/fax: 513-435-4750. Quarterly Newsletter. Information from a highly credentialed, highly informed expert on vaccines.
4. Global Vaccine Institute, PO Box 9638- A, Santa Fe, NM 87504. 505-983-1856 (Telephone & Fax) thinktwice.com, global@thinktwice.com.
5. Diane Rozario, Immunization Resource Guide, 4th Edition, Patter Publications, P.O. Box 204, Burlington, IA 52601. 319-752-0039, 888-513-7770, fax 208- 361-8889, email: patterpub@yahoo. com, or use a standard Internet search engine to find any of the many sellers online. This guide has it all, pro and con, and is reasonably priced.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alan Phillips is an attorney in Chapel Hill, NC, and a co-founder Citizens for Healthcare Freedom, (CHF), a nonprofit corporation dedicated to raising vaccine awareness and advocating informed choice. Alan has a background in technical writing, writing assessment, children’s elementary education, freelance writing and investigative research on alternative health issues, and is known internationally for professional music performance and production. He can be contacted at P.O. Box 3473, Chapel Hill, NC 27515; 919-960-5172; attorney@vaccinerights.com. www.vaccinerights.com

PRESENTATIONS:
Alan conducts introductory lectures on the vaccine controversy and vaccine exemption legal rights. For more information contact Alan at the address or email above.

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Alan has researched and written on several vaccine legal issues, including vaccine exemptions, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and the shaken-baby-syndrome/vaccine injury connection. For more information contact Alan at the contact information above or see www.vaccinerights.com.