Who's calling the "Shots"?
Mission Statement: What are the Pro's and Con's of vaccinations? The pendulum swings back and forth depending on who you want to believe. Many parents today are questioning the safety of vaccinations, are they safe, could my child be seriously injured. Should the government have the right to mandate childhood vaccinations for your child to attend school? Is vaccinating for the greater good even though there are casualties along the way? In researching I hope to find answers to these questions.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Do you want the truth about vaccines, listen to what this Dr. has to say.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Does the Government have the right?
Does the Government have the right
In 1905 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Jacobson verses Massachusetts that the need to protect the public health through compulsory smallpox vaccination out weighed the individuals right to privacy. Here in the 20th century children are required to have a multitude of injections to be able to attend school. Why was the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act established? In 1986 this Vaccine Injury Act came about due to the amount of children who were being injured or killed by vaccinations. They have paid out millions of dollars to families whose children were affected. Vaccine companies have paid out two billion dollars in damages to parents in the United States . The CDC and FDA established a national reporting system in 1990 called (VAERS) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. This data is collected and analyzed for adverse side effects that are associated with vaccines currently licensed in the United States . Why doesn’t the public have a vote when it comes to our health and our bodies? Isn’t the Government supposed to be working for the people not the Government telling the people what to do? An Oregon legislator has proposed a bill to deny tax exemptions for children who are not vaccinated.
What does it take for a vaccine to be approved?
What does it take for a vaccine to be approved, produced and marketed
Prior to the FDA approval of vaccines they are tested extensively by scientists to be effective and safe. Scientists say vaccines are the best defense we have against fighting infectious diseases; however no vaccine if 100% safe or effective. Differences in our immune systems can cause reactions which sometimes lead to injuring a person. The topic of vaccine safety is always a parents concern.
Vaccine licensing takes up to 10 years or longer. The FDA requires vaccines to undergo three clinical trials with human subjects as a part of the licensing criteria. The first of the clinical trials will usually last only a few months and are with a very small group of people anywhere from 20 to 100 volunteers. This phase of the trial is to evaluate basic safety and identify common side effects. The second trial will last for several months to two years with several hundred volunteers. This period of the trial is used for the composition of the vaccine as to how much of the vaccine is needed , the correct dosage and any side effects. If the vaccine is found to be ineffective or causing serious side effects the trial stops at this point. If everything looks good up to this point the third trial will proceed. This period will last for several years involving hundreds to several thousand people. If the vaccine trial goes well then the manufacture will apply to the FDA for licensing, one for the vaccine and one for the production of where the product will be made.
Pro's & Con's of Vaccinations
Pro’s & Con’s of Vaccinations
What exactly are the Pro’s of vaccinations being given to children? How many lives have been saved due to childhood vaccinations? How many children have been injured or killed by vaccines? These are questions parents have concerning vaccines especially when it comes time for their children to be vaccinated. The small pox virus that was created by Edward Jenner in 1790’s saved thousands of lives. The virus has mostly been irradicated in the United States due to the vaccine. Small pox vaccines were given to children up until the year of 1971, if you haven’t had one you and 50% of the US Population would be at risk. The fatality rate of contracting smallpox would be 30% or higher are for people with a normal immune system, weakened immune systems would be greater in number. During the French and Indian Wars, blankets were supposedly given by British soldiers to the Indians that were infected with the smallpox virus as an act of terrorism killing off 50% of the affected tribes. A former Soviet Union bio-weapons director claims that the USSR (Russia ) had produced smallpox virus in large quantities in the 1980’s for use in missiles and bombs. With the breakup of the Soviet Union where are these containers of the smallpox virus?
Is it better to contract measles and mumps and let your immune system fight the virus naturally? Does the vaccination give you the same immunity as natural immunity? Are some or all vaccines a temporary immunity to disease? I was recently working at a hospital to complete my requirements for certification for being a Nurses Aide. I was required to have the series of shots or have a blood draw proving I had antibodies containing the (MMR) Measles, Mumps and Rubella. I also had to have a series of Hepatitis B injections and a Tetanus shot. My blood draw came back showing positive for Measles and Rubella but negative for Mumps. I was given a Mumps injection when I was thirteen why wasn’t that antibody showing up in my blood?
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