-Caveat Lector- Best be wary of trend toward more mandatory vaccinations Charley Reese Orlando Sentinel, June 15, 1999. There is a growing trend to make more vaccinations mandatory. This is quite profitable for the pharmaceutical companies that make the vaccines, but it is not a good idea. In the first place, health treatment should always be a personal decision of the patient or, in the case of children, the parents. Vaccines are not risk-free. Some people die from them; others suffer bad, but not immediately fatal, side effects. There has been, according to a newsletter published by Physicians for Civil Defense, an as-yet unexplained rise in diabetes, asthma, autism and attention deficit disorder. At least in some quarters people are beginning to think there may be a link to vaccines or to certain kinds of vaccines. A health official from Missouri told Congress in written testimony that there had been a significant increase in the number of children entering school with developmental disorders. "There is only one common thread we can identify with all these children: They are the children who received the first trial hepatitis B injections as newborns in the early 1990s." Now is the time to make a distinction between a personal physician and a government bureaucracy. Bureaucracies are just that, and they are run by bureaucrats regardless of their mission. The Centers for Disease Control is a government bureaucracy. The National Institutes of Health are government bureaucracies. The pertinent characteristic of a bureaucrat, even one with a medical degree, is that his focus is on programs and budgets, not on individuals. Like the good soldier, the bureaucrats have a tendency to defend the program, to minimize or dismiss critics or dissenters. In the case of grant-making, they tend to finance their own prejudices and to deny money to people, no matter how well qualified, who have different ideas. That is probably why federal medical research, despite billions of dollars spent, has not found a cure for corns or colds, much less for cancer or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Once the government decides to mandate vaccinations, the bureaucrats will justify it. But you should ask yourself: If the vaccines are so safe, why did the manufacturers seek from Congress a grant of immunity from liability suits? In other words, as our government has evolved, if you listen to the "official sources," you will get the official party line. Honest, two-way communication with government has become almost an impossibility. Establishment medicine, such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatricians, strongly supports mandatory vaccination, but you should remember the powerful influence pharmaceutical companies have in these organizations. Both are very much politicized. For example, while the official line is "the most common side effect of hepatitis B vaccination is soreness where the shot is given," Physicians for Civil Defense found that to be false. Getting the data, they found that injection-site pain occurred in 605 cases but that prolonged screaming occurred in 631 cases. Altogether, more than 4,600 cases involved a first-listed side effect indicating central-nervous-system involvement. About 24 percent of the reports and 85 percent of the deaths involved children 2 years old and younger. Your best bet for sound advice is from a personal physician, preferably one with whom you and your family have a longtime relationship. Thanks to government interference, it has become increasingly difficult for people to find physicians able to establish that kind of relationship. Medicine, like corporate hog farms, has become an industry of mass production. And physicians haven't had much say in the matter. One source of information you may wish to check out is the National Vaccine Information Center (www.909shot.com). DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
