Re: OT: PBS Sid the Science Kid Vax Episode/another one!

[Guest guest]

My homepage is our local newspaper. Today, when I went to check my email, a

computer animated picture of an infant popped up. The baby, clad only in a

diaper (cloth, I think!), was doing a 1-armed push up. Underneath, the words

appeared, something like...

" Vaccines make a baby stronger. "

Sponsored by the Health Dept of Milwaukee, I believe.

Vaccination rates in one Milwaukee area community for 2 yr olds have fallen

sharply in the past 2 years. This city is more of a granola-type place, so my

guess is people there are taking notice of what we are saying. News said rates

fell from 70% to 53% being fully vaccinated in the past 2 years. Pretty

impressive.

The ad made me a bit ill.

Pam

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> > > Ok - so my five year old son was watching his favorite PBS show this

morning, " Sid, the Science Kid " . He learns a lot from it.

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> > > As I am giving him his morning chelator dose: they start the show with a

lesson about " shots " - and how shots are good for you, no big deal, they help to

protect you from illness. Then they talk about how the flu shot is great, and

break into song about " get your flu shot it is good for you, makes you healthy

and protects you " from illness and how they give you a shot of " virus " and

antibodies are produced, and the kids put on a play, where one is the virus and

the other the antibodies. And that people who get their flu shot are good,

because they won't spread disease to others, unlike those who don't get the

shot.

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> > > Then they show you kids getting their shots and older kids getting the Flu

mist (and how simple it is to just takes this in your nose) - and how they are

all " protected and healthy " . Then the parents go on to say at the dinner table

to the kids that they got their flu shots too to protect themselves and their

family, and that even the family pets get their shots to be " healthy " . I wanted

to throw up. Then my son is watching this and wonders to me why he does not get

them. Ugh. What do you say? Gee honey, you got your full dose of mercury

already, and for 4 - 6 years I have to give you meds every 3 hours to reverse

the damage to your brain and body...

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> > > I was disgusted with this Big Pharma propoganda aimed at my child under

the guise of entertainment. My son loves PBS and I thought this was an

improvement over his prior obsession with the Disney channel and all things

Disney. Guess I was wrong. Even my dh who has trouble believing the Big Pharma/

government conspiracy with regard to vaccines, was horrified, and felt the

blatant propoganda aimed at little children was out of bounds, and totally

disgusting.

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> > > I know this is OT, but I had to vent. Also, what do you think I should

tell my son about this episode and its message? He is only 5, but his cognition

and language are just starting to take off as we approach 100 rounds, so now he

is more aware.

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> > > Irene

> > > 5 year old, 98 rounds

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