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Someone sent me this little gem. Wanted to share it. Sandy from Alaska

This was posted on the Mothering magazine forums. I just thought this would

be a good place to post it and see what everyone thought.

VACCINATIONS: PUBLIC GOOD VS. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

I would like to begin by telling you a little about the organization that I

represent and the ethics and principles that we believe in

and support. I am the Immediate Past President of the AAPS which stands for

the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. We are a national

medical organization representing thousands of members in every specialty

and in every state. We also have an associate category of membership with a

substantial number of patients and other interested citizens who

share our beliefs.

AAPS was founded in 1943 and its principal mission then remains the same as

today, namely to protect the patient-doctor relationship. We believe that

the highest quality medical care takes place when patient and physician are

allowed to pursue medical care, free from the intrusion and interference of

government, insurance

companies and HMOs. Unlike the advocates of Big Government and socialism, we

believe that patients are intelligent and fully capable of deciding on their

own medical care as opposed to having a government bureaucrat decide what is

" best for them. " We strongly oppose government bureaucrats and HMO clerks

practicing medicine on our patients. We believe in the Oath of Hippocrates,

the U.S.

Constitution and in the free market system we have here in these United

States of America. We are opposed to all initiatives that would diminish

your freedom, liberty and ability to choose the doctor, hospital and medical

care of your choice. In short, we believe in freedom and individual

responsibility, concepts upon which our great nation was founded.

I would like to begin by telling a little story. The story begins with the

FDA which has a little known advisory committee known as the ACNF - Advisory

Committee for Nutritional Food. And their mission is to promote the most

nutritional diet in the interest of the public good. After a period of study

and deliberations, they came up with

Recommended Daily Amounts of each type of food to include at least 3

servings of meat per day, preferably Big Macs, Whoppers

and Chicken Dinners. They've called this optimal diet FAD which stands for

Federally Approved Diet. They have published their FAD

diet and other recommendations in a special government report.

Before long, your state legislators took note of this official government

report and acting in what they felt was the public's best interest, they

passed a law which made the FAD diet mandatory. And, just to make sure that

all citizens follow this government approved diet, the law mandates that

neither you nor your children can attend school (including college) unless

you eat

the government's FAD diet.

So, one day during a class discussion on nutrition your daughter or

granddaughter happens to mention that she and her family

are.....VEGETARIANS. Well, within a few days her parents receive a very

threatening letter from school officials which makes it clear that the

little girl will be expelled from school unless her parents start feeding

her the FAD diet. School officials also make it clear that if her parents

are particularly stubborn in refusing to comply with the government-mandated

FAD diet, that Child ProtectiveServices will be called and they will likely

take the little girl away from her parents based on " NUTRITIONAL NEGLECT " of

a child.

Well, being vegetarians, a very bright and independent thinking group of

people, the parents said " Hey, wait a minute.... this is

the United States of America, not communist China. Government has no right

to tell me what I put into my body or into my child's

body. " And these inquisitive vegetarians began asking some questions that

made school and government officials verrry uncomfortable.

They asked " Who are the members of this government advisory committee on

nutritional foods that have advocated that my child

eat Big Macs, Whoppers and Chicken Dinners? And, will you show us the

scientific data which supports their conclusions? " " If this is all being

done for the public good, then the public should have the right to know who

is making these decisions that affect everyone and what the process

entails! "

Well, the government bureaucrats did not like this line of questioning one

bit. Because what the vegetarians found out wasthat the ACNF, the Advisory

Committee on Nutritional Foods, was composed of representatives from.....

Mcs, Burger King and

Kentucky Fried Chicken. And, despite their request to see the actual

scientific data that was used to develop this

government-mandated FAD diet, the government refused to give this

information to the vegetarians because members of the

committee said that the data contained proprietary trade secrets that were

protected by patent and could, therefore, not be divulged to the public. It

thus became clear to the vegetariansthat there was something very rotten

about the government's

compulsory FAD diet.

Can you imagine what this mandatory FAD diet would do for the sales of

Mcs, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken? A

government mandate which would require people to eat this FAD diet would

constitute a guaranteed market, a veritable goldmine for the purveyors of

red and white meat.

Now having told that little story, I want to emphasize to you that the story

is pure fiction, but unfortunately it represents where we are today with

government-mandated vaccinations. END OF STORY

ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED

HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED

AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO

BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION

WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE

AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR

HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.