Value of vaccines

[Guest guest]

Dear editor:

The value of vaccines to the manufacturers of their product is clear. What

is not so clear is their value to the public, the consumers of that product.

Virtually all vaccine research has been paid for by the vaccine

manufacturers themselves. Beyond that, journals that publish research are

supported by vaccine/drug dollars. University research grants are often

funded by industry. Vaccine advisers, including the American Academy of

Pediatrics, have reported and documented ties to the vaccine manufacturers.

The United States Congress-mandated Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting

System(VAERS) has had over 100,000 adverse reactions reported to it, with

most estimates of the percent reporting from 1-10%. This means, for

instance, that the reported vaccine-associated infant deaths in the United

States each year represent between hundreds and thousands of actual deaths,

most most of them occuring within days of vaccination. (Please refer to

www.vaccinationnews.com for an ongoing report of cases reported to VAERS.)

The so-called " experts " say there is little to no evidence that vaccines

cause damage. This is a travesty - there is plenty of evidence. The

" experts " simply refuse to acknowledge it.

And then they condescendingly belittle parents who question vaccines, whose

children have been damaged by them. Sadly, this is nothing new. During the

1800's, a Viennese obstetrician, Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, was relentlessly

ridiculed and consequently driven insane for having dared to promote the

idea that you should wash your hands between patients.

Science and the public are best served by listening to the brave souls who

question the status quo, particularly those who believe themselves to have

been harmed by it.

You are serving neither if you do not examine this issue in a thorough and

open-minded way.

Sandy Mintz

Anchorage, Alaska

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