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Deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases fall to all-time low

Posted on Nov 18th 2007 7:42AM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

A new report from the U.S. government indicated this past week hat the incidence of vaccine-preventable deaths in American has reached an all-time low.

The report, published by the CDC, concluded that childhood vaccinations have severely reduced the death rates from common childhood diseases to the tune of 100 percent.

Looked at in the study were 13 vaccine-preventable deaths: diphtheria; pertussis (whooping cough); tetanus; polio; measles; mumps; rubella (German measles); invasive Haemophilia's influenza type b (Hib); acute hepatitis B; hepatitis A; varicella (chickenpox); Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal); and smallpox.

Although some parents are against the vaccination of their kids to so many conditions, do you consider this "news" from the CDC to be good or just some sign of the times?

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UCSDC 1-11-2008 @ 10:22PM

Great. We traded normal acute infections for Autism (1 in 120 kids), Asthma (no whooping cough), Diabetes (no measles), Shingles (no chicken pox), Cancer, ADD, ADHD and on and on. Are we a healthier nation? I think not. I understand that there is a VERY small percentage of compromised individuals that do die from these illnesses. Any death is one to many especially if it is preventable. The system uses the excuse of vaccinating the herd for the good of all; but what they fail to realize is that we have made the entire country worse off with chronic illnesses and debilitating and costly conditions that, in the long run, will affect far more lives than those that would normally succumb to these illnesses. We must also understand that with better nutrition and sanitation that most Americans enjoy today, the detrimental effects of having any of these illnesses are much lower than in centuries past when people never bathed, used lead eating utensils, had no refrigerators, had no antibiotics and so on. The system is nothing more than a money machine for Big Pharma. I should not be forced (and threatened) to inject my child with viruses, bacteria, mercury, ethylene glycol (radiator fluid), aluminum, chicken embryos, aborted human fetal cells, ether or formaldehyde.

missa 1-12-2008 @ 1:41AM

Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Finally someone that gets it! I wish more people would educate themselves and realize that they are in effect poisoning their babies because "the doctor recommends it". I was one of those young mothers that just did what I was "told". I so wish I had known then what I know now. Before becoming educated, my oldest (14) was fully vaccinated, my middle (10) had everything up to the 4-6 year old boosters, and my youngest (8) received vaccines up through 12 months. And to this day the medical staff always brings me the vaccine pamphlets at each of her appointments! Now I have to sit and watch as my little sister does this to my darling 5-month old nephew. She's young and uninformed.

My older sister has a 22-yr old son with autism. Her 18-yr old daughter is bipolar. By the time her 6-yr old daughter (an oops baby) came along she knew the scoop and Heather has received zero vaccines. She is extremely smart, and not only that but has not even had as much as an ear infection. Her other 2 were sick often - as were my 3 children. My son had ear tubes twice and all 3 have had their tonsils removed.

It saddens me that our government and the pharmaceutical industry is able to convince uneducated people that their children need this. It is so about the money - isn't everything? Most people do not even know that they only have to sign a waiver and their child can go to school even though they haven't been vaccinated. At least that is the case in Wisconsin and North Carolina.

My oldest two children have Tourette Syndrome, ADD, and OCD. My youngest has anxiety disorder and may develop TS, etc. in the future. In our case, strep throat was the larger culprit in triggering the problems, but I firmly believe that the mercury and other poisons in the vaccines were accumulated "hits" to the gene that eventually triggered. Most people will not understand much of this last paragraph, but get educated people - doctors are only PEOPLE that went to school for lots of years. They crammed for exams, memorized facts for exams then lost them, etc. just like the rest of us. They do NOT know everything. Be real and do your own research. You have to be your own advocate. The medical profession will not subscribe to anything unless it's in their "little" manual. Go look for solutions to your problems... everyone's body is different and responds to medications, therapies, remedies differently. Find what works for you and your family and go with it.

And whatever you do, READ READ READ before you vaccinate!!! Think of this... know how you feel when you have a bad cold or strep throat?? Imagine being injected with 6-9 significant viruses/bacterias at one time!! No wonder the babies get fevers. How would you handle that even with years of resistance being in your system? One week old infants... just imagine. The body is being "attacked" by foreign invaders.

My favorite is the Hepatitis B vaccine, often given before they even leave the hospital. This one is primarily transmitted by drug use and sexual interaction. Really!! Our infants need protection in case they engage in this behavior? These vaccines aren't life long people. That's being proven more and more all the time. Maybe when your child becomes a teen...if you are concerned they may engage in risky behaviors, then get the vaccine. But in the hospital? What is the point, truly?

adiodoc 1-13-2008 @ 11:54PM

Brillliantly said, UCSDC! Sadly, allopathy does not inform their patients (nor do they ever really take the time to study the truth about vaccinations - they continue the party line: "the benefits outweight the risks"....except when that risk becomes your child!!!!

The fact is that never has there been a study as to the safety of this ridiculous and unconscionable assault on our babies' immune systems, nervous systems, gastrointestinal systems, etc., AND more is planned for their future!!!! What medicine and Big Pharma is doing is completely unscientific and "too horrible a thought to bear," replied a pediatrician who's spouse was a psychologist questioning the ped. about the possibility that vaccination might be responsible for many of the acute and chronic health problems so prevalent today.

I wonder if the pediatrician continues to vaccinate babies and children....I wonder how they sleep at night....