[NVIC] Vaccines Carry Significant Risks

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http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/052405/opl_18813122.shtml

The Florida Times-Union

May 24, 2005

VACCINES: There are significant risks for kids

I respectfully disagree with a recent letter from two doctors encouraging

parents to immunize their children because the " benefits of immunization far

outweigh the small risks. "

Despite the fact that vaccines have reduced serious childhood infections, we

do our children and ourselves a disservice when we fail to research the

significant risks of permanent injury and death from vaccines.

We should demand from our pediatricians and health care providers the same

degree of testing and informed consent for vaccinations that is provided for

any other medical procedure.

Vaccines are a complex mix of viral proteins, preservatives, additives and

residuals from chemicals used in the manufacturing process. Thimerosal, a

sterilizer and preservative, is made with 49.6 percent organic mercury, a

known neurotoxin.

Five years ago, the federal government disclosed that the levels of mercury

in thimerosal-containing vaccines given to children exceeded federal safety

limits for adults by up to 50 times per shot.

Parents of vaccine-injured children bear the heavy burden of providing for

medical care, therapies and educational programs, yet have received no

reasonable explanation for the continued use of mercury in flu and other

vaccines given to our children.

Contrary to the letter writers' assurances, animal and test tube studies

published in respected medical journals by independent physicians and

researchers have provided biological evidence of a causal connection between

autism and other developmental disorders and thimerosal-containing vaccines.

Since 1988, the number of vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention recommends before a child reaches 2 years of age has nearly

tripled.

Simultaneously, we have seen asthma rates double, diabetes rates triple and

autism rates grow from a rare incidence of one in 10,000 births to one in

166 today. Today, one in every six American children has a developmental

disorder or behavioral problem.

Vaccines can be made safer. The one-size-fits-all vaccine policy and

schedule that the CDC and FDA promote is not justified by weighing the

benefits of immunization against the risk of death and injury to some of our

children. How can anyone claim the moral authority to write off an unknown

number of children to death or severe vaccine injuries for the benefit of

the rest of the population?

The recent parent movement for informed consent and safer vaccines and

vaccine policies should not be dismissed as anti-vaccine or extremist.

Informed parents may determine that it is in their child's best interests to

delay some or all vaccinations until their child is older and stronger,

until safer vaccines are produced or not to vaccinate at all.

Doctors should work with parents to make informed decisions for each child,

separate from any consideration of protecting the entire population.

No one should attempt to scare parents into vaccinating their children

without making an informed decision based only on the best interest of each

child.

BRUCE R. ANDERSON JR.,

Attorney, ville Beach

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