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Title: Mandatory Flu Shots for Preschoolers Cause Outrage
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URL Source: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a ... reschoolers-cause-outrage.aspx
Published: Nov 6, 2008
Author: Dr. Mercola
Post Date: 2008-11-06 10:22:19 by richard9151
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New Jersey's Public Health Council now requires a flu shot for all children before they enroll in preschools and daycare centers. The mandate has infuriated many parents, hundreds of whom recently gathered in protest outside the statehouse in Trenton. Parents flooded the statehouse, carrying signs with slogans like "Parent Power" and "My Child, My Choice," and chanting "No American should be forced to play vaccine roulette with their child." They rallied for support of a "conscientious objectors" clause, which would grant exemptions for children and parents who have a moral objection to the vaccination. Existing state law provides for medical and religious exemptions to mandatory vaccinations, but parents say that requests are not frequently granted by authorities. New Jersey officials oppose any laws allowing parents to opt out of the vaccine. Children 6-months to 5-years-old enrolled in a daycare or preschool have until December 31, 2008 to receive both the flu and pneumococcal vaccine. New Jersey requires the most childhood shots for day-care and school admission among all states in the nation. Sources: ABC News October 17, 2008 Dr. Mercola's Comments: New Jersey’s move to make flu shots mandatory for preschoolers is an extreme violation of basic human rights. I am not against all vaccines, but I do wholeheartedly support vaccine choice and safety -- and once you review the facts for yourself, you will likely come to the same conclusion I have regarding the flu vaccine: it’s not safe, and it’s not effective. Why the Flu Vaccine is Potentially Dangerous The majority of flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury -- an amount considered unsafe for anyone weighing less than 550 pounds! And which groups are most sensitive to the neurological damage that has been associated with mercury? Infants, children, and the elderly -- the key groups to which flu vaccines are most highly pushed. Unfortunately, now, for the first time, flu vaccination is also being pushed for virtually all children -- not just those under 5. This is a huge change. Previously, flu vaccine was recommended only for youngsters under 5. This year, the government is recommending that children from age 6 months to 18 years be vaccinated, expanding inoculations to 30 million more school-age children. Aside from exposing your child or yourself to toxic mercury, other possible serious adverse reactions to flu shots include joint inflammation and arthritis, anaphylactic shock (and other life-threatening allergic reactions), and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a paralytic autoimmune disease. Fortunately, in most states you still have the choice of whether or not to get this vaccine, unlike in New Jersey, which is trying to force the shot on their infants. To make matters worse … The Flu Shot Simply Does Not Work If your child gets a flu shot, he can still get the flu (or flu-like symptoms). This is because it only protects against certain strains, and it’s anyone’s guess about which flu viruses will be in your area. According to the CDC: “In some years when vaccine and circulating strains were not well-matched, no vaccine effectiveness can be demonstrated in some studies, even in healthy adults. It is not possible in advance of the influenza season to predict how well the vaccine and circulating strains will be matched, and how that match may affect the degree of vaccine effectiveness.” Even if the “experts” get it right and do match the circulating strains (and that is a BIG IF), studies still show that the flu shot is vastly ineffective. A study published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu appeared to have no impact on flu-related doctor visits or hospitalizations during two recent flu seasons. At first glance, the data did suggest that children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years derived some protection from the vaccine in these years. But after adjusting for potentially relevant variables, the researchers concluded that "significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age, or setting.” A large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in 2006, also found no evidence the flu vaccine is any more effective for children than a placebo. It Doesn’t Take a Vaccine to Avoid the Flu Keeping your kids healthy has nothing to do with taking them to the doctor to get a flu shot. The basic “recipe” to avoid the flu involves lifestyle changes that will keep your immune system strong, including: • Eating right for your nutritional type • Eliminating sugar from your diet • Eating garlic regularly • Consuming a high-quality, animal-based omega-3 fat, such as krill oil, daily • Getting plenty of vitamin D • Exercising • Getting adequate sleep • Addressing emotional stress • Washing your hands regularly (but not excessively) Regarding vitamin D, one credible hypothesis that explains the seasonal nature of flu is that influenza is a vitamin D deficiency disease. Vitamin D levels in your blood fall to their lowest point during flu seasons. Unable to be protected by the body’s own antibiotics (antimicrobial peptides) that are released by vitamin D, a person with a low vitamin D blood level is more vulnerable to contracting colds, influenza, and other respiratory infections. Studies show that children with rickets, a vitamin D-deficient skeletal disorder, suffer from frequent respiratory infections, and children exposed to sunlight are less likely to get a cold. The increased number of deaths that occur in winter, largely from pneumonia and cardiovascular diseases, are most likely due to vitamin D deficiency. For more information on this amazing flu-preventing vitamin, as well as where to have your vitamin D levels checked and how to cure a cold or flu with mega-doses of vitamin D, read the full article I posted on this topic. Calling All Residents of New Jersey If you are a resident of New Jersey you can voice your opinion by supporting legislation that allows parents to claim a conscientious belief exemption in cases of mandatory vaccine administration. You can add your signature to a petition currently underway that opposes the mandating of more vaccines in New Jersey, and supports legislation that will provide a conscientious belief exemption to such mandates. Related Articles: Why Flu Shots For Kids Don't Work Why Do Young Children Need Flu Shots? Avoid Flu Shots With the One Vitamin that Will Stop Flu in Its Tracks There are 17 reader's comments to this article.
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#1. To: richard9151 (#0)
used to be a time where a man whose child was threatened like this would head down to the office there and break a few heads.
Many believe in either intelligent design or evolution...but I am opting for unintelligent design, where god is a retarded kid who likes setting army men on fire and leaving his toys out in the rain. Gengis Gandhi, Troubled Genius
Well, yeah, but then again, use to be that when the priests of Molech ordered the people to throw their children into the fiery mouth of their god, they did so willingly. I really see no difference in what is going on today with the mandatory shots, or, service as cannon fodder for the elites. What I see in most parents is pride in the sacrifice of their children to the greater-good, just as in days of old. Aftr all, if my child does not get his/her shot, he/she may be a danger to others!! The cannon fodder bit stands without need of explanation. What goes around, comes around. Turn your back on Jehovah God as a nation, and learn what it is to be an enemy of God.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.
As demons go, Molech should be Guinness Book fat with gorging on the unborn these days...
Bring on the Depression. Bring it the F*** ON! If digging ditches and eating beans for a few years is what it takes for me to see some worthless sacks of crap bankers and politicians living in sack cloth and being spat upon by my fellow Americans well... where's my shovel?!?!
Exactly.
Somebody should formulate a class action lawsuit against these bastards, using expert witnesses and scientific data. Sue them for depriving these children of their right to an education, and sue them for conspiracy to commit harm to a child. I'd also sue them for practicing medicine without a license, as I doubt any of these legislators are physicians or medical researchers.
People, people what is the lawsuit stuff? It's past time for that. It's Smith and Wesson time..
If everybody would move out of New Jersey the state would implode. That's the right and duty of all decent people, for New Jersey isn't a decent state to live in.
Put them up against the wall then !
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
There are very few left. It's past time for the big country and lines of sight that go for at least a few miles. ;-)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
It's a nice fantasy, but totally unrealistic. Any use of firearms is a sure way to end up in a casket, and would result in your kids being orphans who would be totally at the state's mercy, perhaps in a foster home, and always subject to ANYTHING the state wants to do to them. If somehow you were to survive, you'd be facing the death penalty or life in prison. Or perhaps even a decade or more at places like Gitmo, if they consider you a "domestic terrorist". There has been NO legal action of any type launched against corporate blood suckers who are trying to poison our children for profit. THAT is where it needs to start.
#2. To: gengis gandhi, richard9151 (#1)
used to be a time where a man whose child was threatened like this would head down to the office there and break a few heads.
#3. To: gengis gandhi (#1)
used to be a time where a man whose child was threatened like this would head down to the office there and break a few heads.
#4. To: richard9151 (#3)
Well, yeah, but then again, use to be that when the priests of Molech ordered the people to throw their children into the fiery mouth of their god, they did so willingly.
#5. To: richard9151 (#3)
What goes around, comes around. Turn your back on Jehovah God as a nation, and learn what it is to be an enemy of God.
#6. To: richard9151 (#0)
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#7. To: FormerLurker (#6)
#8. To: richard9151 (#0)
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#9. To: richard9151 (#0)
New Jersey officials oppose any laws allowing parents to opt out of the vaccine.
#10. To: X-15 (#8)
If everybody would move out of New Jersey the state would implode. That's the right and duty of all decent people, for New Jersey isn't a decent state to live in.
#11. To: Lady X (#7)
It's Smith and Wesson time..
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
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