Whether or not to vaccinate
(Part I)
As a public service, I am sharing some basic information on vaccination – in the light of the ongoing controversy on whether or not an anti-dengue vaccine imported from a French drug manufacturer is harmful to health. It is timely now to revisit our information on vaccination so we will have a more balanced view on vaccination. The controversy on vaccination is still a big ongoing issue today. The passionate advocates of both sides (pros and cons) of the issue on vaccination are still debating. It’s very obvious that the issue on vaccine safety and effectiveness is far from over.
Like many of us, I am not antivaccine, but I strongly believe that the public should continuously be updated and educated of new findings and reports discovered (on pros and cons) circulating in the international scene.
After nearly 200 years of use, there is still a growing resistance by many to undergo vaccine shots. Through all these years, there have been new vaccine-related developments that have been discovered, revealed and made public by some doctors. There are also many true-to-life stories of parents about their children developing some kind of diseases (like autism) due to routine vaccines in school. No wonder, the scare of a possible link between diseases and vaccines just won’t die.
Let me share with you some basic information on vaccines as well as current vaccine-related developments. (Reference: Dr. Sherri Tenpenny’s book on vaccination and internet reports):
•Do you know that the vaccine industry had its start when there were outbreaks of smallpox in Europe. It was an Englishman by the name of Edward Jenner who experimented in 1796 and injected cowpox from a pustule on the arm of a milkmaid into a healthy boy named James Phipps. The boy developed smallpox but fully recovered. This experiment earned Jenner the title Father of Vaccination;
•Do you know that today the medical profession is divided in its opinion if vaccines are harmful and/or beneficial to our immune system. What is surprising and ironic is that the late Dr. Maurice Hilleman (he passed away in 2005) considered the leading vaccine pioneer in the history of vaccines and the developer of the program of one drug company – before he died issued a warning against vaccines opposing his earlier pro-vaccine stand. Hilleman developed more than three (3) dozen vaccines – more than any other scientist in history had developed. Dr. Hilleman also said: “Vaccines have to be considered the bargain basement technology for the 20th Century”;
•Do you know that there are vaccines for infants and children (14 vaccines) before they start school – supposedly to protect them against communicable diseases;
•Do you know that by the age of two most children will receive approximately 24 vaccines? That by the age of six, most children will receive 29 vaccines;
•Do you know too that since 2007, there are adolescent vaccinations? There is no fixed number as more vaccines are still being developed;
•Do you know that there are also vaccines for children being recommended for adults. “Boosters” so called. At least nine vaccines and still counting excluding those recommended for travel;
•Do you know that there are more new vaccines (at least 20 vaccines) in the development stage. Not to mention the so-called bio-terrorism vaccines being considered for both military and civilian applications. Mostly to combat bioweapons;
•Do you know that in a Resolution filed in Congress by former Congressman Luis R. Villafuerte, it was mentioned that vaccines are now found to depress the immune system of a person in the following three ways: 1) the chemical ingredients in the vaccines called adjuvants (these include toxic chemicals such as aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, and others the main purpose of which is that – it is “supposed” to enhance the immune response to the vaccine; and other chemical substances which act as preservatives and tissue fixatives – actually depress the immune system; 2) the micro-organisms either bacteria or viruses present in the vaccine. These micro-organisms are added as these are thought to be “causing” the certain infectious disease which the vaccine is “supposed” to prevent – will actually depress the immune function; 3) the foreign DNA/RNA from animal tissues (i.e: bovine fetal serum, monkey fetal kidney and lung cells, vesicle fluid from calf skins, guinea pig embryo cells) used as a vaccine ingredient also depresses the immunity of a person. Vaccines create the foundations for auto-immune disease when foreign animal tissues are injected into our blood streams. (To be continued)
Have a joyful day! (For comments/ reactions please send to Ms. Villafuerte’s email: villafuerte_nelly@ yahoo.com).