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Title: Vaccine vs. Virus: Which Is the Bigger Threat?
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TNA
URL Source: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnew ... rus-which-is-the-bigger-threat
Published: Mar 9, 2015
Author: Alex Newman and Rebecca Terrell
Post Date: 2015-03-09 11:31:38 by BobCeleste
Keywords: ACP
Views: 476
Comments: 2
Mainstream media clamor for mandatory vaccines, ignoring official statistics that show the drug is more dangerous than the disease. Should government force parents to vaccinate their children? The deaths of more than 100 children have been officially linked to receiving a measles vaccine during the past decade, according to the federal government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Yet the childhood measles mortality count over the same period remains at zero, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Put another way, in the last 10 years an American child would have been highly more likely to die after receiving a measles shot than from contracting the disease itself. Thousands more have suffered from adverse reactions to the measles inoculation and other vaccines. The explosive numbers have massive implications for public health efforts, analysts say. Of course, the establishment media has entirely ignored these figures in the wake of the recent Disneyland measles outbreak. As of mid-February, the number of confirmed measles cases had climbed to 113, prompting vicious attacks from mainstream media against “anti-vaxxers.” In the cross hairs are parents who choose not to vaccinate their children, even though CDC officials say the epidemic was likely introduced at the Disneyland theme park by a person infected with measles overseas. USA Today even published a screed encouraging the jailing of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, though it was not clear whether the Amish and other religious communities would be included in the proposed mass roundups. ...
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#2. To: BobCeleste (#0)
That's because the majority of children still get the vaccine which hinders the spread of this highly contagious disease. It would be more valid to compare the morality rate of receiving the vaccine to the mortality rate of getting measles BEFORE the vaccine was developed. Unless the child has other medical conditions that would prevent him/her from getting vaccinated, I think it's MUCH safer to get the vaccine than get the disease. Measles is a very serious illness. Although many childre do recuperate, it is not worth the higher risk of death. Protect your children as best you can: get them vaccinated against this horrible disease. By the way, I was born in '52, and was fortunate to survive the measles when I was 4-years-old, before the measles vaccine was available. I also consider myself blessed that I didn't suffer from polio before I received that vaccine when it came out in the '60s. And like most baby boomers, I was vaccinated against smallpox before I started school. I got mine on my left shoulder, but many kids (especially girls) got them on their lower-hip/upper-thigh... supposedly where the scar wouldn't be as visible. LOL! I guess the parents/doctors didn't envision the imminent popularity of bikinis!
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestYet the childhood measles mortality count over the same period remains at zero,
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