"When my son began his routine vaccination series at age 2 months, I did not know there were any risks associated with immunizations. But the clinic's literature contained a contradiction: The chances of a serious adverse reaction to DPT vaccine were 1 in 1,750, while his chances of dying from pertussis each year were 1 in several million. When I pointed this out to the physician, he angrily disagreed, and stormed out of the room mumbling. "I guess I should read that sometime..." Soon therafter I learned of a child who had been permanently disabled by a vaccine, so I decided to investigate for myself. My findings have so alarmed me that I feel compelled to share them; hence, this report.

Health authorities credit vaccines for disease declines, and assure us of their safety and effectiveness. Yet these seemingly rock-solid assumptions are directly contradicted by government statistics, medical studies, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports, and reputable research scientists from around the world. In fact, infectious diseases declined steadily for decades PRIOR to vaccinations, U.S. doctors report thousands of serious vaccine reactions each year including hundreds of deaths and permanent disabilities, fully vaccinated populations have experienced epidemics, and researchers attribute dozens of chronic immunological and neurological conditions to mass immunization programs.

There are hundreds of published medical studies documenting vaccine failure and adverse effects, and dozens of books written by doctors, researchers, and independent investigators that reveal serious flaws in immunization theory and practice. Ironically, most pediatricians and parents are completely unaware of these findings. However, this has begun to change in recent years, as a growing number of parents and healthcare providers around the world are becoming aware of the problems and starting to question the use of widespread, mandatory vaccinations.

My point is not to tell anyone whether or not to vaccinate, but rather, with the utmost urgency, to point out some very good reasons why everyone should examine the facts before deciding whether or not to submit to the procedure. As a new parent, I was shocked to discover the absence of a legal mandate or professional ethic requiring pediatricians to be fully informed, and to see first-hand the prevalence of physicians who are applying practices based on incomplete...and in some cases, outright mis-information. Though only a brief introduction, this report contains sufficient evidence to warrant further investigation by all concerned, which I highly recommend. You will find that this is the only way to get an odjective view, as the controversy is a highly emotional one.

A note of caution: Be careful trying to discuss this subject with a pediatrician. Most have staked their identities and reputations on the presumed safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and thus have difficulty acknowledging evidence to the contrary. The first pediatrician I attempted to share my findings with yelled angrily at me when I calmly brought up the subject. The misconceptions have very deep roots.

VACCINATION MYTH #1... "Vaccines are completely safe..."

The FDA's VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System) receives about 11,000 reports of serious adverse reactions to vaccination annually, some 1% (112+) of which are deaths from vaccine reactions. The majority of these reports are made by doctors, and the majority of deaths are attributed to the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, the "P" in PDT. This figure alone is alarming, yet it is only the "tip of the iceberg." The FDA estimates that only about 10% of adverse reactions are reported, a figure supported by two National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) investigations. In fact, the NVIC reported that "In New York, only one out of 40 doctor's offices (2.5%) confirmed that they report a death or injury following vaccination" - 97.5% of vaccine related deaths and disabilities go unreported there. Implications about the integrity of medical professionals aside (doctors are LEGALLY REQUIRED to report serious adverse events), these findings suggest that vaccine deaths actually occurring each year may be well over 1,000.

With pertussis, the number of vaccine-related deaths dwarfs the number of disease deaths, which have been about 10 annually for recent years according to the CDC, and only 8 in 1993, the last peak-incidence year (pertussis runs in 3 - 4 year cycles, though vaccination certainly doesn't). Simply put, the vaccine is 100 times more deadly than the disease. Given the many instances in which highly vaccinated populations have contracted disease (see Myth #2 next month), and the fact that the vast majority of disease decline this century occured BEFORE compulsory vaccinations (pertussis deaths declined 79% prior to vaccines; (see Myth #3 next month), this comparison is a valid one...And this enormous number of vaccine causualities can hardly be considered a necessary sacrifice for the benefit of a disease free society.

Unfortunately, the vaccine-related-deaths story doesn't end here. Both national and international studies have shown vaccination to be a cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a "catch-all" diagnosis given when the specific cause of death is unknown; estimates range from 5 - 10,000 cases each year in the U.S. One study found the peak incidence of SIDS occured at the ages of 2 and 4 months in the U.S., precisely when the first two routine immunizations are given, while another found a clear pattern of correlation extending three weeks after immunizations. Another study found that 3,000 children die within 4 days of vaccination each year in the U.S. (Amazingly, the authors reported no SIDS/vaccine relationship), while yet another researcher's studies led to the conclusion that half of SIDS cases (2500 to 5000 infant deaths in the U.S. each year) are caused by vaccines.

There are studies that claimed to find no SIDS-vaccine relationship. However, many of these were invalidated by yet another study which found that "confounding" had skewed their results in favor of the vaccine. Shouldn't we err on the side of caution? Shouldn't any credible correlation between vaccines and infant deaths be just cause for meticulous, widespread monitoring of the vaccination status of all SIDS cases? In the mid 70's Japan raised their vaccination age from 2 months to 2 years; their incidence of SIDS dropped dramatically. In spite of this, the U.S. medical community has chosen a posture of denial. Coroners refuse to check the vaccination status of SIDS victims, and unsuspecting families continue to pay the price, unaware of the dangers and denied the right to make a choice.

Low adverse event reporting also suggests that the total number of adverse reactions actually occurring each year may be more than 100,000. Due to doctors' failure to report, no one knows how many of these are permanent disabilitites, but statistics suggest that it is several times the number of deaths. This concern is reinforced by a study which revealed that 1 in 175 children who completed the full DPT series suffered "severe reactions," and a Dr.'s report for attorneys which found that 1 in 300 DPT immunizations resulted in seizures.

England actually saw a drop in pertussis deaths when vaccinations rates dropped from 80% to 30% in the mid 70's. Swedish epidemioloogist B. Trollfors' study of pertussis vaccine efficacy and toxicity around the world found that "pertussis-associated mortality is currently very low in industrialized countries and no difference can be discerned when countries with high, low and zero immunization rates were compared." He also found that England, Wales, and West Germany had more pertussis fatalities in 1970 when the immunization rate was high than during the last half of 1980, when rates had fallen.

Vaccinations cost us much more than just the lives and health of our children. the U.S. Federal Government's National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) has paid out over $650 million to parents of vaccine injured and killed children, a rate of nearly $90 million per year in taxpayer dollars. The NVICP has received over 5,000 petitions since 1988, including over 700 for vaccine-related deaths, and there are still some two thousand total death and injury cases pending that may take years to resolve. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have a captive market; vaccines are legally mandated in all 50 states (though legally avoidable in most), yet these same companies are "immune" from accountability for the consequences of their products. Furthermore, they have been allowed to use "gag orders" as a leverage tool in vaccine damage legal settlements to prevent disclosure of information to the public about vaccination dangers. Such arrangements are clearly unethical; they force a non-consenting American public to pay for vaccine manufacturer's liabilities, while attempting to ensure that this same public will remain ignorant of the dangers of their products.

It is interesting to note that insurance companies (who do the best liability studies) refuse to cover vaccine adverse reactions. Profits appear to dictate both the pharmaceutical and insurance companies positions.

VACCINATION TRUTH #1
"Vaccinations causes significant death and disability at an astounding personal and financial cost to families an taxpayers."

VACCINATION MYTH #2..."Vaccines are very effective."

The medical literature has a surprising number of studies documenting vaccine failure. Measles, mumps, smallpox, and Polio outbreaks have all occured in vaccinated populations.

In 1989 the CDC reported: "Among school-aged children, [measles] outbreaks have occured in schools with vaccination levels of greater than 98%. [They] have occured in all parts of the country, including areas that had not reported measles for years." The CDC even reported a measles outbreak in a documented 100% vaccinated population. A study examining this phenomenon concluded, "The apparent paradox is that as measles immunization rates rise to high levels in a population, measles becomes a disease of immunized persons. A more recent study found that measles vaccination "produces immune supression which contributes to an increased susceptibility to other infections." These studies suggests that the goal of complete immunization is actually counterproductive, a notion underscored by instances in which epidemics followed immunization of entire countries.

Japan experienced yearly increases in small pox following the introduction of compulsory vaccines in 1872. By 1892, there were 29,979 deaths, and all had been vaccinated. Early this century, the Philippines experienced their worst smallpox epidemic ever after 8 million people received 24.5 millon vaccines doses; the death rate quadrupled as a result. In 1989, the country of Oman experienced a widespread polio outbreak six months after achieving complete vaccination. In the U.S. in 1986, 90% of 1300 pertusis cases in Kansas were "adequately vaccinated." 72% of pertusis cases in the 1993 Chicago outbreak were fully up tp date with their vaccinations.

VACCINATION TRUTH #2
"Evidence suggests that vaccination is an unreliable means of preventing disease."

VACCINATION MYTH #3..."Vaccines are the main reason for low disease rates in the U.S. Today."

According to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, childhood diseases decreased 90% between 1850 and 1940, paralleling improved sanitation and hygienic practices, well before mandatory vaccination programs.

Infectious disease deaths in the U.S. and England declined steadily by an average of about 80% during this century (measles mortality declined over 97% prior to vaccinations. In Great Britian, the polio epidemics peaked in 1950, and had declined 82% by the time the vaccine was introduced there in 1956. Thus, at best, vaccinations can be credited with only a small percentage of the overall decline in disease related deaths this century. Yet even this small portion is questionable, as the rate of decline remained virtually the same after vaccines were introduced.

Furthermore, European countries that refused immunizations for small pox saw the epidemics end along with those countries that mandated it. (In fact, both small pox and polio immunization campaigns were followed initially by significant disease incidence increases; during small pox vaccination campaigns, other infectious diseases continued their declines in the absence of vaccines. In England and Wales, smallpox disease and vaccination rates eventually declined simultaneously over a period of several decades). It was thus impossible to say whether or not vaccinations contributed to the continuing decline in disease rates, or if the same forces which brought about the initial declines - improved sanitation, hygiene, improvements in diet, natural disease cycles - were simply unaffected by the vaccination programs.

Underscoring this consclusion was a recent World Health Organization report which found that the disease and mortality rates in third world countries have no direct correlation with immunization procedures or medical treatment, but are closely related to the standard of hygiene and diet. Credit given to vaccinations for our current disease incidence has simply been grossly exaggerated, if not outright misplaced.

Vaccine advocates point to incidence statistics rather than mortality as proof of vaccine effectiveness. However, statisticians tell us that mortality statistics can be a better measure of incidence than the incidence figures themselves, for the simple reason that the quality of reporting and record-keeping is much higher on fatalities. For instance, a recent survey in New York City revealed that only 3.2% of pediatricians were actually reporting measles cases to the health department. In 1974, the CDC determined that there were 36 cases of measles in Georgia, while the Georgia State Surveillance System reported 660 cases. In 1982, Maryland state health officials blamed a pertussis epidemic on a television program, "D.P.T.- - Vaccine Roulette," which warned of the dangers of DPT; however, when former top virologist for the U.S. Division of Biological Standards, Dr. J. Anthony Morris, analyzed the 41 cases, only 5 were confirmed, and all had been vaccinated. Such instances as these demonstrate the fallacy of incidence figures, yet vaccine advocates tend to rely on them indiscriminately.

VACCINATION TRUTH #3... "It is unclear what impacts vaccines had on the infectious disease declines that occurred throrughout this century."

Alan Phillips is founder for Citizens for Healthcare Freedom; Founding Director to Human Developement Servies; and Founder of a national children's literacy program. He is a musican, songwriter and composer with over 20 years of professional experience.

What's in That Flu Shot?

These are just some of the ingredients used to make a vaccine:

1. Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
2. Phenol also known as carbolic acid (this is used as a disinfectant, dye)
3. Formaldehyde a known cancer causing agent
4. Aluminum which is associated with Alzheimers disease and seizures also cancer producing in laboratory mice (it is used as an additive to promote antibody response)
5. Thimerosal (used as a mercury disinfectant/ preservative) can result in brain injury and autoimmune disease
6. Neomycin
7. Streptomycin (used as antibiotic) has caused allergic reaction in some people

These vaccines are also grown and strained thru animal or human tissue like monkey kidney tissue , chicken embryo, embryonic guinea pig cells, calf serum, human diploid cells ( the dissected organs of aborted human fetuses as in the case of rubella, hepatitis A, and chickenpox vaccines).

The problem with animal cells is that during serial passage of the virus thru the animal cells, animal RNA and DNA can be transferred from one host to another and undetected animal viruses may slip past quality control testing procedures.

Ask your doctor to read you the insert that comes with the vaccine. Then have him or her explain why it makes sense to inject toxic chemicals into the human body and how such substances can aid your delicate immune system.

To learn more visit the Concerned Parents for Vaccine Safety Website

Vaccine Ingredients - Formaldehyde, Aspartame, Mercury
The numbers of microbes, antibiotics, chemicals, heavy metals and animal byproducts is staggering. Would you knowingly inject these materials into your children?