The Pitfalls and Dangers of Common Vaccines

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by Anai Rhoads
In the 1980s, the U.S. government decided to change the Mandatory Childhood Vaccine Schedule by intensely increasing the number of vaccines an infant and toddler should receive before the age of three. Back then, no one fully understood the implications of this until autism cases began springing up in large numbers.

One could say that, in hindsight, this was a bad move in the government's part and that a profound lesson was learned. However, the vaccine schedule - with new additions - is still being pushed onto the public, despite countless medical journal reports, court cases and the now infamous high rate of autism cases. This proves that there needs to be a complete reform on how vaccines are made and mandated.

The medical community and government have had the upper hand, collectively creating fear in parents. Seniors assume they need to be vaccinated and race in droves every season to get their flu shots. Pregnant women are told they are at higher risk of injury if they don’t receive inoculations, when the very child they are carrying is ignored. These "suggestions" are all really a part of fear mongering.

The tragedies of this enforcement can be seen and felt in all social and economical classes. Uninsured families are forced, whether by fear of the repercussions or by the media’s publicity campaigns, to continue to vaccinate themselves and their loved ones.

The poorest residents and citizens in the U.S. may be denied Medicaid just for refusing to vaccinate their babies. Other programs that affect the non-vaccinated include federal and state benefits such as the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program - a necessity for those who cannot afford nutritious meals for their children on a daily basis.

The fear of not being able to enroll their children in daycare and public school causes most parents to vaccinate or sign a legal document that basically puts the parents in the hot seat when future issues arise.

Every single day you will read or hear opposing views on vaccines, whether it be online or in the news. Lobbyists, on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, urge law makers and the media to continue to praise the effectiveness of these vaccines. Parents, on the other hand, are battling them shoulder-to-shoulder as one by one – a child dies, is irreversibly impaired or develops lifelong autism.

When parents request a vaccine waiver, they are lectured on the dangers, yet these vaccine waivers exempt the pharmaceutical companies in the event of an injury. The language in these vaccine waivers often guilt the parents into not signing them because they essentially put the blame on the parents themselves.

Vaccine makers have not only put children at risk by offering the general public immunizations that may be harmful or even fatal, but they are now even spiking prices to compensate for the many parents who are refusing to vaccinate their children.

Pediatricians across the country are dealing with depreciated incentives to vaccinate children, and in addition, the doctors are being forced to pay out more as a result of the price gouge on several popular vaccines.

Do Vaccines Work?

According to a report printed by The Lancet (21/9/1991), a polio outbreak began in Oman between the years of 1988 and 1989. This is significant because a polio outbreak occurred despite the children being vaccinated prior to the outbreak. Curiously, the region with the highest attack rate had the highest vaccine coverage, while the region with the lowest attack rate had the lowest vaccine coverage.