More Evidence of Vaccination Harm

This is an example of the documentation you will find in my new book, “Saying No To Vaccines: A Resource Guide,” available around the first of March.

This demonstrates the uninformed actions of "baby doctors" who insist on vaccination. You must guard your own. Entering a hospital without a written contract not to vaccinate gives silent consent. Take a letter for both the hospital and the doctor demanding no vaccines or procedures be done that are not specifically approved by you. A sample letter is available on DrTenpenny.com under “vax forms.”

To your baby's health,

Dr. Sherri
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Evidence of serious health consequences was recently confirmed in the Journal of Pediatrics in which CRP levels were measured after vaccination. CRP, short for C-reactive protein, is a blood marker indicating a heightened state of inflammation throughout the body.

The study involved 239 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit who were given two or more vaccines on the same day. A separate group of infants were given one shot at a time, every three days. The vaccines administered were DTaP, Hib, polio [IPV], hepatitis B and Prevnar. The findings were disturbing:

• An abnormally elevated CRP occurred in 85 percent of infants who received simultaneous vaccines and nearly 70 percent of infants who received the shots one at a time.
• Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) and severe intraventricular hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) also occurred in infants who received multiple vaccines at the same time.
• Cardiorespiratory events (stopped breathing) occurred in 16 percent of all infants within 48 hours after receiving the vaccines.
• Infants who received DTaP, Prevnar and Hib as single injections experienced the largest number of cardiorespiratory events overall.

REF: Pourcyrous, M., et al. Primary Immunization of Premature Infants with Gestational Age <35>

There are further concerns about elevated CRP levels. It was found in a study of 62 children who were part of the Diabetes Autoimmunity Study that when infants and young children have an elevated CRP level, they have an increased risk of developing Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in childhood.

REF: Chase HP, et al. Elevated C-reactive protein levels in the development of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes. 2004 Oct;53(10):2569-73.

Positive Association between pertussis vaccination and allergies

Pertussis infection has been suspected to be a potential causal factor in the development of atopic disease because of the effect of pertussis immunization on specific IgE antibodies.
Although several studies found a positive association between pertussis infection and atopic disorders, this relationship has not yet been studied in a population stratified by vaccination status. Atopy is the tendency to develop an allergy. Allergic conditions include eczema and hay fever as well as asthma.

To assess the association between pertussis infection and atopic disorders in pertussis-unvaccinated children and in pertussis-vaccinated children. Using data from a previously conducted study on the relationship between the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-(inactivated) poliomyelitis vaccination in the first year of life and atopic disorders, the study population of 1,872 children who were between 8 and 12yrs of age was divided into children pertussis-unvaccinated and children pertussis-vaccinated in the first year of life.

Within each group, the association between pertussis infection and atopic disorders (both as reported by the parents) was assessed. In the unvaccinated group, there were no significant associations between pertussis infection and atopic disorders.

In the vaccinated group, all associations between pertussis infection and atopic disorders were positive, the associations with asthma [odds ratio (OR) = 2.24, 95% confidence interval (CI95%): 1.36-3.70], hay fever (OR = 2.35, CI95%: 1.46-3.77) and food allergy (OR = 2.68, CI95%: 1.48-4.85) being significant.

There was a positive association between pertussis infection and atopic disorders in the pertussis vaccinated group only. (In other words, if you have been vaccinated and get the infection, there is a significant increased risk of allergy~ST)

From the present study, it cannot be concluded whether this association is causal or due to reverse causation.

FROM: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Volume 19, Number 1, February 2008 , pp. 46-52(7)

VACCINE TITERS: ORDER THEM DIRECT FROM THE LAB

Vaccine titer is the measure, or level, of antibodies in the blood stream.

The term titer, (pronounced with a long “i”), refers to the strength or concentration of a substance in a solution. Testing vaccine titers is done through testing the blood for the presence of antibodies induced by vaccinations. If the levels are satisfactory, the person is considered by have enough “protective antibody” to be considered sufficiently immune to the disease, or possessing good immunologic memory from a previous infection and not in need further vaccination at this time.

Titer tests do not distinguish between antibodies generated by vaccination and those generated by natural exposure to disease agents through infection. A person may have developed a positive antibody titer through a variety of mechanisms:

• By being vaccinated;
• By becoming ill and recovering from the infection;
• By being exposed to someone with the infection but without having any demonstrated symptoms of the disease; or
• By a combination of the above.

Therefore, titer tests measure a “primed pump” that comes from an interaction between a viral or bacterial particle and the immune system. Most conventional medical personnel agree that when an adequate antibody titer is present, the person is considered to be immune. Vaccine titers can be used to determine the need for additional vaccines.

In the past, an order to draw a titer level to a particular vaccine antigen had to be written by your doctor. Now, it is possible to order these tests directly through Direct Laboratories. Titer tests are available for most vaccines. DirectLabs has been in business for more than 20 years and I have been associated with this company for more than four years as a medical advisor. DirectLabs, by exclusive arrangements through DrTenpenny.com, is now offering vaccine titer testing for you to assess immunity levels. NO DOCTOR ORDER IS NECESSARY! YOU CAN ORDER IT DIRECT FROM THE LAB!

DirectLabs is a direct-to-consumer testing company, making many routine health tests available at a discount. This is advantageous in the following ways:

• For patients that have a very high insurance deductible and most test are paid for out of pocket
• For patients who do not have a physician
• For patients that want more information about their health but do not want the time and expense to go to the doctor
• And in the case of vaccine titers, the potential struggle with a physician to get the tests you want.

Doctors May Resist Vaccine Titer Testing

Doctors are hesitant to adjust any clinical regimen they have adopted or is accepted as ‘usual and customary.” All children are vaccinated with all doses of vaccine, regardless if the additional doses are needed to create an antibody response. Vaccination protocols should not be a one-size-fits-all healthcare.

In veterinary medicine, there is increasing evidence that over-vaccination is linked to acute and chronic diseases in dogs. Dr. Jean Dobbs, once considered a rebel by the veterinary profession, has uncovered this link and speaks nationally on the topic of over-vaccination. Subsequently, veterinarians have begun to use annual titer tests to determine the need for additional vaccinations:

“Except where vaccination is required by law, all animals, but especially those dogs or close relatives of the dog that has previously experienced an adverse reaction to vaccination, the animal can have serum antibody titers measured annually instead of revaccination. If adequate titers are found, the animal should not need revaccination until some future date. Rechecking antibody titers can be performed annually, thereafter, or can be offered as an alternative to pet owners who prefer not to follow the conventional practice of annual boosters." (REF: Twark and Dodds, 2000; Lappin et al, 2002; Paul et al, 2003; Moore and Glickman, 2004.)

This option is now available to humans.

The escalating illness seen in children across the country may be caused by the large numbers of vaccines children are now receiving: More than 100 vaccine antigens and measurable amounts of chemicals are injected in children by the time they are 5 years of age. Because titers are not routinely ordered, many of these children are being over vaccinated with boosters that they do not need.

Who should get a titer test:

• Parents who want to know if their children are immune and need more vaccines
• Parents who want to know if the vaccines “worked”
• Parents who want the ability to tailor the sizable vaccination schedule to their child’s needs
• Adults who are being required to obtain vaccinations for work and service duties.
  

How it works:

1. Chick on this link
2. SCROLL DOWN and choose the titer test you wish to obtain.
3. Add in credit card information.
4. You will be emailed a laboratory form (requisition) as an attachment.
5. You MUST print this out this form and take the form with you to the nearest LabCorp blood draw center.
6. When you enter credit card information, a MapQuest option will be come available to find LabCorp center nearest to you.
7. When the tests are completed, the results will be emailed to YOU DIRECTLY. You can share the information or keep it to yourself.
8. You can turn your lab test receipt into your insurance company for reimbursement.
9. HOWEVER, there is no guarantee that they will reimburse you for the cost of the test.
10. A chart of the antibody level that is considered to be “protective” is found on http://www.drtenpenny.com/ under “forms.”

PHONE CONSULTS ARE AVAILABLE TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF ANY TESTS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
440-239-1878

Vaccines Damage: The Answer No One is Looking For

Autism and Vaccines

The greatest of medical detectives, the most loving of parents and the most genius of scientists can't seem to unravel the world of autism and the mystery of what may cause it. Now growing numbers of parents and doctors are declaring war to help find answers for the millions not yet touched by it.

As we searched for answers, we met some young warriors in the fight to defy science and stereotypes: Students of Miami's pioneering Victory School. Some of their parents share the nightmare Rick Blackburn lives. His son showed common symptoms of the onset of autism within days of getting vaccinated and was near death at only 18 months.

"We immediately took him to the emergency room and they couldn't do anything about the high fever, listlessness and the vomiting so they admitted him. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and they were warning us that he may perish. That he was not going to make it," said Blackburn.

What followed was chilling.

"What really was amazing was that we started running across parents in large numbers with the same exact story," said Blackburn

That's no surprise says, pediatrician, Dr. Eric Ryndland who is considered one of the nations foremost experts on autism and controversial in his public concerns over what he considers a potential safety risk of vaccines for some children and the urgent need he says for all parents to take charge of the decision to vaccinate or not.

When asked if the decision to vaccinate or not could put a child in danger, Ryndland responded, "Absolutely. The vaccines sometimes are the straw that breaks the camel's back. The question is if the immune system is overloaded with too many vaccines over too short a period of time, or sometimes, in some cases where children are very susceptible, even one vaccine might cause a problem."

Rydland says there are many theories of why the mercury based preservative thimerisol captured headlines and was, according to the CDC, removed at their request from most childhood vaccines. Ryndland says it might not be the mercury but injections of multiple viruses into young children who may have compromised immune systems that could present a possible risk of triggering a variety of neurological problems.

The CDC reports that no link has been found between the common measles, mumps and rubella Vaccines and neurological disorders.

Frank Maye treats hundreds of autistic children and says he is haunted by the faces of parents struggling with the horror of the so-called lost children. As a former Miami-Dade detective turned holistic clinician, he is in the investigation of his life, trying to determine if there is a link between children getting vaccinated and autism, which he says is presenting in high numbers at the 18-month mark. "To me there are too many kids that have come in that have regressed at 18 months for it not to be something for us to look at," said Maye.

He confirmed that 80% of children diagnosed with autism develop problems at 18 months of age, and not at birth--a percentile he found shocking. "Absolutely shocking. We need to do something that is going to investigate that 18-month aspect and come up with and answer. I've looked all over the country. The pattern seems to be that the children that have a problem around 18-months have reacted to every vaccination whether they have had a 101 fever for about 24 hours and it has gone away," said Maye.

Again, the CDC reports there is no link between autism and vaccines but that its major study into this is due out next year.

COMMENT: If it was negligence or ignorance, the CDC, the FDA, the IOM, and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) would at least occasionally err on the side of parents and admit that at least some children become autistic after vaccination.

But the stanch, uniform and steel-hard agreement that there is NO POSSIBLE LINK between vaccines and autism increases the suspicion about a cover-up and lessens the trust in those persons who make the decisions. Remember that humans make those decisions, not institutions.

How can those humans remain so completely disconnected from the rest of our society? Is it arrogance? Is it to protect their reputations? Is it that they simply do not want to admit that they have been wrong? Or, is it like most areas of concern in this country...is it really about money?

Nearly 32% of the CDC's annual $8.2billion budget is allocated to vaccines....and CDC members, such as Dr. Walter Oreinstein and the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices (ACIP) are complaining that it isn't enough and many more billions are needed to ensure that we are all vaccinated.

If you think that you are past having to worry about vaccines because your children are already in school, think again. In May, 2007, the CDC announced its new initiative called "The Promise and Challenge of Adolescent Immunization." Your teens are now in the cross-hairs of the vaccine manufacturers and considered "untapped market share."

For example, Menactra, the college meningitis vaccine, focused on specific risk groups. The new recommendation will be routine vaccination of all adolescents 11 through 18 years of age, even though FDA has issued a warning that this vaccine can caused Guillian-Barre syndrome. All teens will now be at risk of contracting this deadly complication.

Here's a sampling of what is under development for Teen Vaccines:

1. Modifications in the adolescent health care infrastructure to support the additional needs generated by new vaccines. [fabricating need is implied~ST]
2. Standardization and clarification of consent laws for the administration of vaccinations to minors. [Changing laws to enforce vaccination ~ST]
3. Creation of novel communication strategies to facilitate information dissemination to the parents, guardians and the adolescents themselves on the importance of immunization. [Develop propaganda pieces to scare parents into vaccinating ~ ST]
4. Generation of financial strategies for the public and private sector to make administration of immunizations to adolescents financially viable to patients and providers. [New vaccines are going to be more than $100 per dose, the CDC is calling for more government funding and more insurances to pay for vaccines.~ST]
5. Development of long-term surveillance strategies to assess vaccination coverage, and vaccine impact among adolescents.

Ready to revolt?

Join the Coalition Against Mandatory Vaccination. We need a million voices by June 1, 2008 to push back against the plans of these bureaucrats.

AZ Court Rules against CPS regarding forced vaccinations

The Arizona State Court of Appeals has slapped down efforts by Child Protective Services to have a youngster in foster care immunized over a parent's objections. In a divided ruling, the majority said that while the state has legal custody, the parent — who presumably would get the child back someday — has certain "residual rights" the state must honor when possible. Judge Peter Eckerstrom said there has to be a compelling need to overrule a parent.

Judge Philip Espinosa, in his dissent, said his colleagues were ignoring one very obvious fact: A court gave temporary custody to CPS after concluding that the parent, identified only as Diana H., was unable or unwilling to provide the necessary care and control of her daughter Cheyenne.

"The state thus has every reason to question Diana's ability to make the best decisions for Cheyenne's care and no reason to presume that she would necessarily act in accordance with Cheyenne's best interests," Espinosa wrote. The ruling could have implications beyond immunizations in cases where children are placed in foster care.

First, Eckerstrom said, the state would run afoul of both the state and federal constitutions if it tried to impose values on a child that differed from those chosen by a parent.

Potentially more sweeping, the judge said the laws that allow the state to take temporary custody of a child specifically spell out what powers and responsibilities that includes. These range from the right of physical custody and the right to discipline the child to the requirement to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter and medical care. Eckerstrom said anything not on that list remains the right of the biological parent.

Court records show the state sought custody of Cheyenne amid concerns the child was malnourished and Diana was unable to protect her from abuse from the girl's father. Diana did not contest the state action. But she did argue against immunizations as contrary to her religious beliefs.


Eckerstrom acknowledged that the primary focus in these kinds of cases has to be the best interests of the child. But he said the law also says those best interests are served by the presumptive goal of reuniting the child with the parent. And that means whenever possible having the parent involved in the child's upbringing.


In this case, the judge noted that a doctor testified that a child Cheyenne's age would normally have had 15 immunizations. But the doctor said none of the diseases pose a life-threatening risk to the child. Eckerstrom said the state's desire to immunize might be different if there were something showing the child was particularly susceptible to one of the diseases. But there was no such evidence here.

And Eckerstrom said the public policy of the state is embodied in the fact the Legislature specifically gives parents in Arizona the right to exempt their children from immunization on religious grounds, "a decision we have no authority to second- guess."

Espinosa, however, said once a judge gave the state legal custody of Cheyenne, even temporarily, it had the obligation to provide comprehensive medical care and determine what care is in the child's best interests. He said the decision of his colleagues creates unforeseen problems.

"Under the majority's approach, if a parent raises a religious objection to a dependent child's receiving medical care, the welfare of the child ceases to be the governing standard for the juvenile court," Espinosa wrote. "This result is not only inconsistent with legislative intent but offends the state's public policy of protecting and providing for its most helpless citizens — dependent children, whose parents are unable or unwilling to do so."

COMMENT: At every turn, the State and the government is taking on a paternal role and working hard to take away the rights of parents to do what they feel is in the best interest of children. Run away vaccination demands are pressing in all around us. Everyone should in Arizona should thank and commend these judges for upholding the last threads of parental rights.

Musings on what the road to Hell is paved with

Sandy (Mintz) Gottstein has been writing the "Scandals" column for many years. Her sage words need to be passed on...and assimilated.

Dr Sherri
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Scandals - 11/21/07
Forced Vaccinations - Musings on what the road to Hell is paved with

Call me naive, but I don't think that most people who unquestioningly promote vaccination as the end-all and be-all of preventive health care are evil or have evil intent. In fact, other than a possible select few, I think most ardent vaccine supporters honestly believe they are helping humanity.

Perhaps they are. And if properly designed studies ever are conducted, time will tell. Regardless of their intent, however, I do not view their unwavering support as benign, fair-minded or responsible. For as the saying goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

In the past week, pavement of that road has appeared to bring us closer than ever to that wretched place. I am referring, of course, to recent efforts to force vaccination in Maryland by threatening parents with jail.

There are so many aspects of this story that are alarming, it is hard to know where to begin. But let me start with what I once said in a speech, from which I will be quoting: "We parents deserve the right to choose what we feel is best for the children we love, and for whom we are responsible. No one else will be expected to care for our children if the vaccines or diseases maim them. No one else’s heart will be broken like ours if they are killed or otherwise harmed."

No one, indeed.

Of course, the all-trusting supporters of vaccination will argue that vaccine damage is minimal and that the benefits outweigh the risks. But as anyone who has read my column knows, from what I can tell and have provided credible evidence for, those studies that purport to show zero to minimal damage are based on flawed research, which includes, in part 1) improper comparisons between vaccinated groups and the failure to include any never-vaccinated people as controls, 2) outright dismissal of virtually all anecdotal and other evidence, as well as failure to properly follow up on any of it, and 3) dismissal of biological evidence in support of damage claims.

But even if vaccines had been genuinely shown to be mostly safe, there are some very insidious things going on here. As the National Vaccine Information Center has aptly warned, "If it happens to your child, the risks are 100%". Thus, implied in the argument that damage is minimal is a dismissal of the harm done to some children. I would submit that the amount of harm vaccines do is unknown. But even if it were small, the implication is that vaccine damage or death is less important than disease damage or death, or that all that matters is sheer numbers. And although most would not say this directly, also implied is that vaccine-harmed children are less important than disease-harmed ones.

Vaccine-damaged children are also often treated like drafted casualties in our war again disease. It is as if being drafted for this purpose is inherently a good thing, an honorable thing, that vaccine risk is obviously a risk well worth taking. Even if it were a good thing, however, isn't it a risk that the parents of the potentially damaged child should be allowed to take? Is it right to force vaccinations on anyone? Does the end justify the means?

And isn't the very subtle implication that only death or harm from disease is "bad"; that death or harm from a vaccine is somehow okay or "good", because it is in support of the "cause" of "public health"?

Also implied in the argument that it is okay to force vaccination is the notion that "you", an unwilling vaccine participant, should be forced to vaccinate your child(ren) to protect "my" (the one who seeks protection) child(ren) from disease. There are two major problems with this argument, First, why should someone be required to risk their child for another? What makes the child being "protected" more important than the "protector"?

Second, if the vaccines work, anyone choosing them will be protected. If they don’t prevent the spread of the disease to the vaccinated, why are we vaccinating? It hardly seems right that those who don’t want to be vaccinated should have vaccination forced on them because vaccines don’t always work.

And to whatever extent vaccines are being required because the 'immune suppressed' cannot be vaccinated, and are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of disease, while my heart goes out to such people, they are not more important than children who are harmed by vaccines. Nor should the notion that vaccination may in itself be creating immune suppression be left out of this equation.

Besides there is documented proof of outbreaks in 100% vaccinated populations. The irony is, of course, that even if they don't recognize it, those who support forcing vaccination are doing so precisely because they don't believe in the effectiveness of vaccines. Besides, where is the sense of history, the recognition that medicine as practiced and promoted has often been found to be lacking or even just plain, dead wrong?

But even if we were to assume virtually 100% effectiveness and safety of vaccines, is forcing vaccines in a free society ever justified? As I said in that speech, "I also consider any notion of 'public health' to be suspect, which sacrifices the individual to some alleged higher goal. Many of us find it way scarier that the state would sacrifice children to someone's idea of the common good, than to take our chances with Mother Nature. Who decides? What's the right number? Who's counting? Even in wartime, the draft of adults is only used very judiciously and sparingly. We also go to considerable effort to avoid enemy civilian casualties. Yet we seem to think nothing of sacrificing our own innocent children."

Our brave soldiers have fought and died, and will continue to fight and die, in order to protect us from tyranny which threatens our freedom and way of life, including what the Declaration of Independence "hold(s) to be self-evident", the right to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

Do we really want to force vaccination and violate this most basic American right? Do we really want to pave that road?

Mandatory Vaccination in Maryland REALLY IS about Money

(from Dawn Richardson at PROVE (www.vaccineinfo.net)

What could possibly be behind these forced vaccination? There are several factors that could be at play, but the primary suspicion that stands out in my mind is money. So I called the communications department of the Prince George’s County School District to ask them specifically some questions about the amount of money the school district gets paid per child per day. They have not returned my call to answer the questions. Thankfully, the National Center for Education Statistics has some great information about Prince George’s County Public Schools online available to the public to anyone with an internet connection! (http://nces.ed.gov/)

According to this government website, in the 2006-2007 school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools received $11,325 per student per year! That is more than I pay for my kid’s private school tuition! The breakdown was 7% from federal money or $780, 46% from the state at $5246, and 47% from local revenue at $5298. Assuming a typical 180 day school year, that comes out to $63 per child per day of school attended.

Why is this important information? If the Washington Post article is correct when they said that 2300 kids are being barred from school, all of a sudden $63 per student per day turns into a astronomical loss of $144,900 PER DAY for the school district. That would light a fire under anyone’s backside to stop that hemorrhaging of loss of income, but it does not justify the way these families are being treated.

The take home message we’d like to send to the zealots in Maryland is please don’t patronize parents and tell them this about health, and don’t bully and scare them. Tell them the truth. Tell them you are desperate for the money in order to educate their kids. In order for the money and education to happen, the kids have to be in school and have their paperwork in order. Let them know about their rights to the limited exemptions available. Warn them about the real risks of the vaccines. Give them the choice they have granted by law to refuse. Let them know the chicken pox vaccine does not even work. A school in Round Rock Texas has more than 40 kids out with chickenpox even though they have all been vaccinated. Tell them that if they don’t they need to contact their elected officials to stop every vaccine from coming out being tied to their child's ability to receive an education.


When Governor Rick Perry tried to force all 6th grade girls in Texas to be vaccinated with the vaccine for the sexually transmitted virus HPV, thankfully the legislature knew better and effectively vacated his executive order saving the families in Texas the ill-effects of that mandate. Coming down the pipe are vaccines for everything from obesity, smoking, and drug addiction to vaccines for more sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. If they have to use police with dogs and threaten parents with jail time to get them to vaccinate their kids for chicken pox, what do you think they will feel they need to do to get every child shot up with an HIV vaccine? What can you do in the meantime? Start by making a vow to yourself to take an active roll in making sure that people who support forced vaccination and trampling on parental rights don’t get elected. Just a reminder that Glenn Ivey was elected into office in Maryland.

If you aren't already on it, get on our email list at http://www.vaccineinfo.net/, Get on NVIC’s e-newsletter at http://www.nvic.org/, go to VaccineLiberation at http://www.vaclib.org/ and do your homework. Go to Dr. Sherri Tenpenny’s website at http://www.DrTenpenny.com/ and join the Coalition Against Mandatory Vaccination. Together we can educate others about this issue and together we can stop the insanity of mandatory vaccination.

Dawn Richardson, PROVE
Austin, TX

Jail Time in Maryland...what's coming next?

Jail Time for Not Vaccinating in Maryland?
by Barbara Loe Fisher

On Nov. 17, Prince George, Maryland State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivy (D) and the county's public health and education officials are bringing the power of the State down on parents who have not gotten their children injected with vaccines for chickenpox and hepatitis B. In a Nov. 13 press release issued by the Prince George's County Public Schools and at a press conference that day, state officials made it clear they were going to use whatever means they had to use to force the children to get vaccinated. Ivy said he was prepared to throw the parents whose children had not gotten their shots in jail: "We can do this the easy way or the hard way, but it's got to be done. I'm willing to move forward with legal action."

The parents of children, who have been kicked out of school for failing to get their shots and are subject to state truancy laws, are being summoned to the Prince George's County Courthouse in Upper Marlboro on Saturday with their children to get them vaccinated on- site or face fines and jail time.Yesterday, in two televised debates on CNN with longtime national vaccine policymaker William Shaffner, M.D. of Vanderbilt, and on MSNBC with Prince George's County Health Officer Donald Shell, M.D., Barabara Loe-Fisher made the following points:

1) Terrorizing and threatening parents with jail time for not getting their children a chickenpox shot is not the way to handle the situation;

2) Some of the children may have had serious reactions to previous vaccinations and their parents are only trying to protect them from harm;

3) Even though it is unclear why all of the parents have not complied with the new vaccine requirements, when government officials use threats and intimidation to force parents to do what they want them to do, parents will fear and mistrust government officials;

4) There are many new vaccines being developed that will be added to the childhood schedule and what has happened in Maryland brings up the question that many parents are asking: How many more vaccines are children going to be forced to get to be able to get a public education? Many parents think too many vaccines are already required;

5) Chickenpox is not smallpox and hepatitis B is not polio. Hepatitis B is not an infection that can be transmitted in the school setting and chickenpox is mild for most children. These diseases do not fit the model of highly contagious diseases with a high rate of complications leading to permanent injury and death that have led to state vaccine requirements in the past;

6) Although Maryland and other states may allow medical and religious exemptions, they are very difficult to obtain. Doctors cannot easily write medical exemptions that are not second- guessed by public health officials, who require strict adherence to narrow contraindications blessed by the CDC. Often parents, who attempt to file religious exemptions, are thrown into rooms and grilled about the sincerity of the religious beliefs;7) Parents are wondering why every vaccine that industry produces is always automatically recommended for universal use by the CDC and then mandated;

8) The vaccine safety and informed consent debate is becoming more intense because more parents are reporting that their children are regressing into poor health after receiving many vaccines. Vaccines carry risks of seizures, brain inflammation and even death and often high risk children are not screened out of the program;

9) It is time for the people to take back the power - through their elected representatives - to decide which vaccines their children should have to take to go to school. In the past few decades, legislatures have given up their power to vote on which new vaccines will be mandated and have handed that power over to public health officials who have never met a vaccine they did not want to mandate;

10) The ethical principle of informed consent that applies to every other medical procedure that carries risks should also be applied to vaccination. Everyone should have the right to make an informed, voluntary vaccination choice.

There are many reasons why children do not receive vaccines:
>>Some parents want to vaccinate their children but do not have access to public health clinics that are open during times that are convenient for parents.

>>There may be cost and affordability issues.

>>Others want to exempt their children from certain vaccines for reasons of religious belief or conscience but, as is the case in Maryland, cannot file a religious exemption unless they refuse all vaccines.

>>Some may have children who have regressed into poor health after previous vaccinations and believe their children are genetically or otherwise at high risk for suffering vaccine reactions but can't find a doctor to write a medical exemption and do not have religious beliefs that qualify them for a religious exemption.

>>Others are opposed to all vaccine use because they have determined that vaccines are not necessary, safe or effective.

Whatever the reasons for parents not vaccinating their children with all state mandated vaccines, it is inappropriate for state officials to threaten parents with jail time. Reportedly, there are about 6,000 truant students in the state of Maryland. Are the parents of the other 4,000 students who are missing from school also being given deadlines and facing jail time their truant children? Or could this military action by what some parents are referring to as "The Vaccine Police" be simply a case of an eager State's Attorney looking for a political platform teaming up with over-zealous health and education officials to achieve a 100 percent vaccination rate with all state-mandated vaccines in Maryland?

Whatever the case, hopefully the several thousand children showing up with their parents at the courthouse tomorrow to get vaccinated will be carefully screened for pre-existing health conditions that could put them at high risk for suffering severe reactions and their parents will be fully informed about how to monitor their children for symptoms of vaccine reactions.

In the zeal to implement public policy, what health and education officials often forget is that individual responses to pharmaceutical products vary. The one-size-fits-all approach increases the risk of side effects for those genetically and otherwise biologically at higher risk and that is just one of many good reasons why the right to informed consent to vaccination is a human right.

COMMENT: Last night, when I was a guest on Coast-to-Coast AM, one caller said I was doing a "great disservice" to the country by suggesting people should not vaccinate because it was a complete disregard for Public Health. I totally disagreed.

The problem with that comment is that 'Public Health' is completely out of control. Vaccination policies were put into place when there were only a handful of vaccines for children. Up through 1985, children received only MMR, oral polio and DTP vaccines. In 2007, add to that hepatitis A and B, H. influenza (HiB), seven-strain strep vaccine (Prevnar), Rotavirus, Chickenpox, HPV (Gardasil) and influenza. That is at least 110 vaccine antigens, plus traces of more than 100 chemicals, injected into children by the time the enter middle school. Public Health needs to be more than high vaccination rates and low infection rates.

At the beginnings of 'Public Health' policy, efforts were made to convince persons to participate through cooperation. Since that late 1960s, the pendulum has swung from education and collaboration to heavy handed coercion through advertisement campaigns designed to shame and terrorize parents into believing the are neglecting their children by questioning, and at times refusing, vaccines.

The current example of heavy handedly slapping of parents into "compliance" is a further example of how far our freedoms have eroded. While we drop bombs and fire bullets around the world to ensure the freedom of others, we are incarcerating parents for doing what they believe is in the best interest of their children.

Wake up, Americans. What will they be incarcerating us for next in the name of compliance?

Dr. Sherri on Coast-to-Coast AM TONIGHT

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has been invited to be a guest on Coast-to-Coast AM TONIGHT with host, George Noory.

C2C is the largest radio audience in the world, spanning the globe through radio syndications and shortwave stations. Tens of millions will hear about the push for mandatory vaccination...and have the opportunity to voice their objections!

TONIGHT: November 15, 2007, 1-2amEST

Topic: "Vaccinate Your Kids or Go To Jail"

In the last 24 hours, HUNDREDS have joined the Coalition Against Mandatory Vaccination. Go to www.DrTenpenny.com and join!

Spread the word!
Dr Sherri

Vaccinate Your Kids or Go To Jail

Parents Of Teens Lacking Immunization Called To Court

More than 2,000 Prince George's County students have not gotten their state-mandated shots. Tonight, an ultimatum to some of those parents: Come to court, get the shots, or else.

Some students have missed as much as a month and a half of school because they haven't gotten the required immunizations-- for chickenpox and hepatitis B. So now the school system says it's time to get tough and take those parents to court. Free clinics, free shots, door-to-door visits, and countless letters. Still more than 2,300 Prince George’s county students don't have their required immunizations. This Saturday, more than 1600 students and their parents have been ordered to appear in circuit court for the children to be immunized.

Health workers will be on hand to give the shots immediately. The problem is a new law that took effect last year requiring students in the fifth through 10th grade to also have the chicken pox and hepatitis b vaccine. Parents who don't show up or fail to comply-- could be fined up to $50 and get up to 10 days in jail. Although getting students vaccinated by "court order" may seem unusual, the law is on the school district's side.

Mary Kivlighan with the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health says-- the Supreme Court weighed in on this very issue more than 100 years ago with Smallpox. The school district does grant exemptions for religious purposes or other medical reasons but only if parents apply. Going to court-- was a last resort.

Hepatitis b vaccine requires three shots over six months. One of the problems has been that students will get one shot but don't get the others. Therefore, the school district states they're not in compliance.

COMMENT: The push to vaccinate is completely out of control. Mandates and requirements are passed by uninformed and under-educated State legislators who are sold a bill of goods by smiling pharmaceutical lobbyists being well-paid to pedal their poisons. Parents do not have an opportunity to vote on the necessity of mandates; they are shoved down their throats. They pay taxes to get their children into schools. Then they are required to inject substances their children with substances that could maim or kill them in order to be in "compliance."

The vaccines that are being required in Prince George's County -- for chickenpox, a totally benign disease and for hepatitis b, a disease of drug-using homosexual adults -- are not necessary for the health of these children. Do parents know what is in these vaccines? The chickenpox vaccine is made from aborted fetal cells and contains sucrose, hydrolyzed gelatin, salt, MSG (0.5 mg), sodium phosphate dibasic, potassium phosphate monobasic, potassium chloride, trace EDTA, neomycin and serum from cows. The hepatitis b vaccine contains aluminum and yeast.

The parents of these children need to ban together and revolt. Protest, march in the street, pay the fine and spend the time in jail on principle alone. When will this stop? When will we wake up and JUST SAY NO to mandatory injections?

New Tactics by Pediatrician Bullies

"So my pediatrician just instated a rule that they are now going to charge a $20 fee for 'delaying' or opting out of any vaccinations for inconvenience. Neither of my kids have received any their 4-year old shots and some we have passed up completely, so I would have to pay the$20 for both kids at each check-up. Of course, insurance would never pick that up..."

COMMENT: Health care consumers are becoming more savvy and more independent. With the plethora of books, CDs, Internet sites and TV programs teaching people about their bodies,m parents are learning how to take care of themselves...and their kids. Many parents I know are becoming extremely skeptical of the need the so-called "well baby visits." The primary purpose of the doctor appointments is not to teach new-moms about feedings, sleep issues, and what to expect. These "visits" are nothing more than an opportunity for rabid vaccinators to pop their babies full of chemicals, killed viruses and bits of bacteria. Now, if they don't comply or even question the need for so many vaccines all at once, it looks like there is going price. In real dollars.

Moms know when their kids are sick and need attention. They intuitively know when something "isn't right." With the strong arm tactics of doctors who are supposed to take care of families and babies, parents need to start boycotting their offices. Picket, hand out letters, send letters to the editor of your local paper exposing what they are doing. This type of action needs to be exposed for what it is: Coercion of the worst kind.

The only way to get what you want from your doctor is force him/her to comply with your wishes for your child. If you CPA or banker were not serving you well, you'd get another one. A physician is a paid consultant. Get one you like...and respects your wishes for your child...or get another one. What else can you do?

• Read some books--there are many out there about how to raise a healthy child without vaccinations
• Join the Holistic Mom's Network locally and online
• Take an online class about homeopathy
• Put together a network of like-minded parents in your neighborhood for a support group.
• Find a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, doctor of oriental medicine, open-minded osteopathic physician or nurse practitioner. They're out there... you need to ask.
• Do you think your mom...or your grandma...had a "pediatrician" for every sniffle or fever you had? Talk to the elders in your community, church or synagogue. They have years of wisdom to share.

Parents need a health care provider and advisor when their child is sick. They do NOT need a Medical Parent that scolds, shames or strong arms them into compliance. I urge and hope to empower parents to take the initiative so you don't need a Medical Parent telling you to inject your child against your better. Tactics like those stated above make doctors as whole...and pediatricians in particular...less desirable all the time.

Start a revolution: Boycott Pediatrician Bullies.

New HPV information You Need to Know

The first mandatory vaccination law was passed by the British Parliament in 1853. The law required universal, mandatory vaccination for all infants to "protect children from their negligent parents." By passing laws, the service could be regulated by the states and the administration of a vaccine could be restricted exclusively to medical doctors.

In this LIVE, one-hour presentation you will learn:

• Why doctors are so committed to mandatory vaccination
• How the Alternative Medicine became linked to resistance to vaccination
• Detailed information about problems associated with Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine recommended for 9 year old girls
• Why all new vaccines become recommendations for young children
• The shocking number of vaccines now injected into children before entering school
• Tips for keeping a healthy cervix without vaccines.

This powerful presentation will give you the information you need to resist the vaccination of all young girls with a vaccine that has questionable efficacy and a marginal safety profile.
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Flu Shot Proven To Be Ineffective....Again.

In quick succession, the view that influenza shots yield life-saving benefits for elderly people has come under serious attack and received fresh support in recent weeks.

One group of experts, writing in the October issue of Lancet Infectious Diseases, argued that the mortality benefits of flu shots for the elderly have been greatly exaggerated because of a subtle bias and other methodologic problems in many of the relevant studies. "The remaining evidence base is currently insufficient to indicate the magnitude of the mortality benefit, if any, that elderly people derive from the vaccination programme," says the analysis by Lone Simonsen, PhD, of George Washington University in Washington, DC, and colleagues

Offering a sharp critique of the evidence, the authors of the study offered several reasons for questioning the notion that flu immunization saves lives in the elderly population:

1. Even thought vaccination coverage among the elderly has increased from 15% to 65% since 1980, the overall mortality due to pneumonia and influenza in elderly people has increased in that period.

2. Few randomized, placebo-controlled trials have examined flu vaccine effectiveness in elderly people. The largest and best study, done in the Netherlands, showed a 50% reduction in confirmed flu cases among all the volunteers, but the reduction for those older than 70 was only 23%. There was no significant reduction in influenza-like illness.

3. A number of investigators have reported finding evidence of flu vaccination benefits in the elderly by analyzing the records of large healthcare organizations. But these studies typically are flawed in that investigators looked for an effect on all-cause mortality, a nonspecific outcome, rather than on lab-confirmed flu.

4, Further, many such studies may be marred by a subtle selection bias, wherein relatively healthy older people were more likely to be vaccinated, thereby making vaccination look more beneficial than it really was. A further problem is that cohort studies typically have defined the flu season arbitrarily as December through March, rather than on the basis of flu surveillance.

COMMENT: In 2005, the Cochrane Collaboration reviewed studies that involved nearly 500,000 people and concluded that the vaccine was "no better than placebo" in all three age groups for which the shot is advocated: babies, middle aged adults and the elderly. I discussed this in detail in my book, FOWL!

How many more studies will it take to prove the flu shot doesn't work and there are better ways to stay healthy in the winter?

Vaccines and Money--Full Steam Ahead for Gardasil

Recent reports of episodes of Guillain-Barré syndrome, or GBS, following administration of Gardasil, the vaccine for cervical cancer, have led the Centers for Disease Control to investigate whether a connection exists between the two events.

According to CDC documents, initial findings indicate that six of the 13 reports occurred after Gardasil was given alone; two reports met the "strict case definition" of GBS, occurring within six weeks after vaccination and occurred in patients who had received Gardasil alone. Six of the 13 reports involved simultaneous administration of Gardasil and Menactra, the college meningitis vaccine. Seven deaths among individuals who had received Gardacil are "being investigated."

COMMENT: Despite of reports of injury and death in young girls, the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and pro-vaccine pundits charge full steam ahead to jab young girls with a dangerous drug with unproven effectiveness.

What was the CDC's response to the reports of GBS after the vaccine? "The overall number of reports of GBS is consistent with what would be expected to occur by chance after a vaccination." If there is even a chance that this vaccine is killing 9-year-old girls, it should be stopped until it is proven to be non-lethal. Problem is, they won't be able to know how deadly it is until the vaccine has been used for a few more years....and a many more deaths and injuries have occurred.

The holy of holies to the Medical Establishment, a syringe full of viruses and chemicals, will be honored and promoted regardless of the amount of harm inflicted on individuals, on families and on society as a whole. If government agencies were truly looking out for our best interest, statistics would dictate at least an occasional agreement with scientific evidence and first-hand reports of parents. The complete support of vaccines and bias toward research funded by drug companies to support vaccination makes one wonder how completely out of touch -- or bought off -- these fellow humans really are.

But parents are smart and are learning quickly to stand up for themselves. They are refusing vaccines and questioning the motives behind jealous vaccinators. Money motives have always been suspected. I recently discovered a presentation by the NVAC Vaccine Finance Working Group delivered September 26, 2006 that clearly describes the money motive behind vaccination. One of the goals of the NVAC meeting, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, was to "Obtain input from stakeholders on the challenges in creating optimal approaches to vaccine financing in both the public and private sectors, and their impact on access." The aim was to find ways to secure more funding from the government to be sure that all children were vaccinated. (government = your tax dollars.)

Slide 19 of the presentation provided this insightful information:
THE TRUE COST OF VACCINES
• Purchase price of the vaccine.
• Personnel costs for ordering and inventory.
• Storage costs since the vaccines must be stored in a refrigerator or freezer, which is depreciated.
•Possible re-vaccination costs due to problems with storage.
•Insurance to insure against loss.
•A 5% estimated wastage/non-payment due to office collection rates, HMO discounts, bad debt, etc.
•Large sums tied up in vaccine inventory -- e.g. 10 member pediatric group had $100,000 in vaccine inventory in 2005. [NOTE: That dollar estimate was before having to purchase expensive Gardasil and Menactra, beginning in 2006.--ST]

Your pediatrician or his boss (the Hospital System) as to put out real dollars and big bucks to acquire vaccines for patients. That money has be be recouped. In addition, vaccines have expiration dates -- especially the flu shots, good for only a short period of time. Many doctors who work for HMOs are on revenue quotas, meaning, theyare required to generate a certain amount of money each quarter to recieve a bonus and in some cases, to remain employed.

The primary way most pediatricians generate revenue is through office and hospital visits and giving vaccines, high ticket products dispensed from their office. At $120 per dose, Gardasil is the fastest way to money make revenue quotas. And if the vaccine makes the child sick...that generates more office visits. And if Gardasil injuries generate more hospital stays...that generates more visits and more revenues.

Yes, doctoring is about taking care of people and many pediatricians truly adore their little patients. But rest assured, doctoring is also about generating fees and making money. That's not a "bad thing;" it is simply a reality of how doctors earn a living. But is giving more than 100 vaccines through about 37 shots and at least 7 office visits before a child can enter kindergarten really necessary, or is it mostly about money?

Doctors Need To Be Educated and Held Accountable

The VAERS database is replete with thousands of reports of vaccine injuries. Here is one about Gardasil, the new HPV (cervical cancer) vaccine filed on June 27, 2007 by a parent who is a pediatrician (MD, FAAP). Her first-hand account of the reaction that happened to her 11-year-old daughter speaks volumes:

“Within minutes of receiving the HPV vaccination and a DTaP booster yesterday afternoon, my daughter complained of numbness extending down her right arm (HPV vaccination site) to her finger tips. She then noted tingling in her other hand and both of her feet. She was sitting in the waiting area at this time. I noted that her lips looked pale. I had her put her head in her lap. After a minute or so, she sat back up and her lips were redder. She remained a bit woozy for the following hour or so. Pain and discomfort in her right arm continued over the next several hours. I treated her with 400mg Advil when we got home about 2 hours after the vaccine. She continued to complain of pain and stiffness in her right arm throughout the evening last night. Today her right arm is better and her left arm (DTaP site) is more painful. As a pediatrician myself (MD, FAAP), I was very concerned when I saw the incidence of syncope being reported with the HPV vaccine. I spoke with a friend who has her PhD in child psychology. She does not think ‘adolescence’ is an appropriate excuse for this adverse reaction. I won't be giving my daughter the remaining doses until more has been studied regarding this reaction.”

COMMENT: Here’s a physician-parent (not sure if this was a mom or a dad) who didn’t even read the package insert about giving Gardasil to her daughter at the same time as another vaccine. The insert clearly states, “Results from clinical studies indicate that Gardasil may be administered concomitantly (at a separate injection site) with hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant). Co-administration [and safety] of injecting Gardasil with other vaccines has not been studied.”

So, ignorance, or perhaps laziness, prevailed and the parent allowed her daughter to be an experiment. Doctors have an illusion that vaccines are “safe, protective and cause no harm.” This doctor risked her daughter’s health: It appears the daughter’s immune system aborted the onset of what could have become full-blown Guillian-Barre syndrome with long-term paralysis. This doctor was willing to risk his daughter’s life by giving this vaccine. By mid-July, 2007, the number of reported reactions from Gardasil had risen to 2,207, including five deaths as a result of this vaccine.

This parent-pediatrician states “I won’t give the remaining doses to her daughter." I wonder if s/he will continue to vaccinate other children? I wonder what s/he will tell other moms who come to her office requesting Gardasil for their pre-teen daughters? I wonder if this scary episode will prompt this parent-pediatrician to do his homework and investigate other vaccine reactions children are no doubt having that are being dismissed as “normal”?

Doctors need to be held accountable for acts of commission – giving a drug (vaccine) that causes a reaction – and for acts of omission – refusing to learn about the dangers of vaccines. Let's make this a new rallying point for parents of vaccine-injured children. The drug companies are not to blame. They make products to sell. It is the responsibility of the physician to learn to use their products (drugs) safely – or decide whether to use them at all. Pediatricians and other vaccinators are under-educated, uninformed and blindly follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, parroting the five-color glossy information distributed by eager drug company sales persons.

Here’s a suggestion: Buy my DVD, “Vaccines: The Risk, Benefits, Choices” for your pediatrician. Then they won’t have an excuse that they don’t have time to do the research. If he or she refuses to review it, that should speak volumes.

Home Schoolers Beware: Vaccinators Are After Your Kids

Parents choose to home school their children for many reasons. One reason is to avoid vaccinations required by school systems prior to attendance. The push to vaccinate home schooled children started several years ago; it appears that legal papers are now being prepared to force parents to shoot up their children, even if they are not attending public schools.

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics published a new article pushing law makers to vaccinate all children. Look what's being planned:

"To protect public health, states require that parents have their children immunized before they are permitted to attend public or private school. But for home schooled children, the rules vary. With the spectacular growth in the number of home schooled students, it is becoming more difficult to reach these youth to ensure that they are immunized at all.

These children are frequently unvaccinated, leaving them open to infection with diseases that are all but stamped out in the United States with immunization requirements. States should encourage parents to get their home schooled students vaccinated through enacting the same laws as those used for public school students.

This could be done by enforcing current laws through neglect petitions or by requiring that children be immunized before participating in school sponsored programs. As most states require some filing to allow parents to home school their children, it would be easy to enact laws requiring that home schooled children be immunized or exempted before completing registration."

COMMENT: The wild-eyed vaccinators will stop at nothing to inoculate every child across the country with their concoctions in the name of "health." In June, 2007, Generation Rescue published the results of a survey that showed unvaccinated boys are healthier than vaccinated boys. The study compelled the CDC to complete a nationwide health survey of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children. It has been suggested that home schooled children be the source of subjects for that study. To date, the CDC has refused to undertake this study. Why? In my opinion, government officials are afraid of what they will find. Many home schooled children are unvaccinated.

The new article suggests that petitions should be filed against parents who do not vaccinate their children, charging them with "medical neglect." This means the State could seize your children because you have not vaccinated them and have chosen to educate them at home. Those who want to vaccinate their home schooled children are free to do so. Those who want to refuse should have the same right.

This new article should be a rallying cry for home schoolers to join forces and rebel to defend their rights.

Iraq vs. Special Needs Children

Danielle is a young mother. Two of her four kids, all under 7, have autism. The third likely has Asperger syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. And the fourth, a 3-month-old baby, needs stomach surgery. Danielle, who out of embarrassment asked that only her middle name be used, isn't working because she takes care of her kids by day, takes nursing classes at night, struggling for the skills she needs to support her family on something better than minimum wage. "If I can just make it 15 months," Danielle says of her registered nursing course, "then I'm OK."

As if that weren't stress enough, here's the topper: The entire family is homeless.

COMMENT: Virginia can't find the money to put a family with four special needs children in a home and off the street. We can't give healthcare to this family. We can't even feed them. Yet, we can spend hundreds of billions of dollars to "rebuild and secure" Iraq.

I'm speechless on both counts. Will our country every get back to helping others? Are these our new priorities, destroy a country in the name of "fighting terrorism" and at the same time, letting special needs children sleep on the streets, homeless? Sadly, the Great Republic is fading away....

Who are the Real Charlatans?

According to an article in the TimesOnline, from the UK, there have been 150 cases of measles over the past three months documented in a city outside of London. Ten have been admitted to hospital with pneumonia with high fever, the hacking cough, the sore eyes, and a blotchy rash. You really should read the entire article...be prepared to scream.

It's author, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, a GP in Hackney, East London, went on to say,

"Anti-MMR campaigners are critical of the many MMR safety studies: yet there are no studies whatever of the safety or efficacy of the program of separate vaccinations (though it is certain that the inevitable delays in giving the vaccines will leave children vulnerable to these infections)....The rise in measles is a combination of extreme skepticism towards established sources of authority in science and medicine and anxiety about environmental threats to our well being has led many to put their faith in self-proclaimed mavericks and alternative healers and charlatans...The choice to refuse MMR to avoid an entirely speculative risk of autism results in children being exposed to the real risks of measles."

COMMENT: Wow. Where to begin?

First: Let's ask about the 6 percent (10 children) who were admitted to the hospital. Did they have underlying conditions that made them more susceptible to a severe case of measles? Obviously, the other 94 percent had the infection and recovered uneventfully. Did any of the ten who were hospitalized have an adverse outcome? And since measles is a viral illness, other than hydration and possibly oxygen, what other truly helpful agents were given? Antibiotics would not treat a viral pneumonia.

No one wants their child to become ill or be admitted to the hospital. However, ask this question to any parent who observed first hand their child develop autism after the MMR: Would you have preferred a few weeks of infirmity and "inconsolable misery"-- even if it included a hospital stay -- to months and years of daily, untreatable illness?

Second: The "established authority of medicine" is exactly why parents have chosen to challenge and distrust it. Medical authorities have refused to listen to the eye-witness accounts of parents. They won't even acknowledge that autism may be the result of the MMR in at least some children.

Instead, pompous, "we know best" physicians declare the connection between the MMR and autism "impossible and unproven." Their insolent assertions are based on large epidemiological studies, similar to the ones used by the tobacco industry to "prove" that there was no connection between cigarettes and lung cancer.

Third: I should be accustomed to the insulting arrogance of conventional, dogma-loving practitioners, but it continues to nauseate me. Name calling was something we were told to stop when we were in kindergarten. Does the act of wearing a white lab jacket and dangling a stethoscope around one's neck make one a "self-proclaimed" expert and more correct than any other "self-proclaimed expert" who prefers plain clothes to a white coat? Why do we allow Established Medicine to claim to have the only answer? Why is a challenger of the drug-funded status quo a "charlatan"?

Fourth: (I'll stop here but I could go on and on) Do parents who have seen the MMR damage their children consider the risk "speculative"? Do those who are 40+ years of age and remember having measles during their childhood recall it to be a "disasterous event"? Even this small outbreak of 150 children demonstrates that 94 percent recover uneventfully. Is the "speculative risk" worth the risk of a life-time disaster?

I encourage everyone to read the book, "Bodily Matters," by Nadja Dubach. It is a history of the anti-vaccination movement from 1853 -- the date the first Compulsory Vaccination Law was passed in the U.K. -- to 1907, when "conscience objection" was allowed to stop the revolt against politically motivated vaccination. Conventional "wisdom" and its dominance has been challenged and resisted from its first embrace of vaccination. Vaccination was considered then --as now -- scientific experimentation. Doctors were able to carry out their "delighted torment" on patients in the 1800s by keeping the public both ignorant and in awe of their scientific expertise. The Internet had pulled back the curtain and the "awe" has mostly stopped.

Threatened physicians are left with name calling as a defense.

Who are the "real charlatans" ? Those that harm people for a living, using psychiatric drugs, vaccines and unproven chemotheraputics calling it "Science," or those who work to heal the body using whole foods, nutrients and agents that eliminate known poisons, such as mercury and lead, from the body?

Thousands Receive Unnecessary Vaccines

tA reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee. The false positive test, reporting that persons had pertussis when they did not, resulted in thousands of people to taking antibiotics unnecessarily.

In March 2006, when a lab worker at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., was diagnosed with pertussis, nearly 1,000 hospital workers were tested, treated and furloughed to prevent infecting patients. Thousands were given antibiotics and vaccinations. The precautions affected staffing levels, and the hospital had to close off some beds. About 100 employees were diagnosed with pertussis using the speedy test, results later found to be wrong.

In April 2004, a 5-week-old infant in one Tennessee community, which CDC wouldn't identify, was diagnosed with whooping cough. Health officials began looking for the illness in other residents. Ultimately nearly 1,500 people were checked or offered antibiotics; 43 tested positive at first. But the more reliable test turned up negative results for all except the baby, the CDC said.

COMMENT: The CDC considers vaccines -- and antibiotics -- to be harmless, rather like "a little is good, a lot won't hurt." I wonder how many of those thousands who received unnecessary medications and toxic jabs had reactions? Of course, the CDC tracking that...only random cases of pertussis.