A historical look at vaccinations
ALL credit to Mr Noel Thomas for daring to question the perceived wisdom of having a flu jab.
We sadly live in a world where it has become increasingly difficult to question the mainstream view on important subjects like health.
Mr Thomas makes some very valid points about the potential side-effects of flu jabs, and more importantly about the profits made by the drug companies from them.
Big pharma’s greed leads to unfair pressure being applied to the NHS and its doctors to go with the drug companies’ recommendation.
Sadly, the points Mr Thomas raised apply just as much to a much wider range of vaccinations that we are asked to give our children.
Thankfully, it is not as bad here as in the United States, where the drug companies have managed to ensure compulsory vaccination for children, with severe penalties for non-compliance.
To add insult to injury, the Supreme Court has ruled drug companies are no longer liable for the injuries or death far too many children will suffer as a result of taking their vaccinations.
So we should be thankful that at least we in the UK have the option to refuse vaccinations if we so choose.
For that we have the brave people of Leicester to thank, as prior to their revolt and mass demonstration in 1885, vaccinations were compulsory in the UK too.
A fascinating book, titled Dissolving Illusions – Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History, details why the people of Leicester felt compelled to make their noble stand and how thousands from all over the UK and Europe came to support, forcing the authorities to stand down.
The despair felt in Leicester and other parts of the UK at that time can be summed up in these words written on October 26, 1874, by Professor FW Newman, who frustratingly observed that courteous language failed him seeing “the commanding of vaccination on a second child of a family, when vaccination has killed the first: and then sending the father to prison for refusal”.
The book, written by American doctor Suzanne Humphries and a veteran medical research historian, Roman Bystrianyk, was an absolute eye-opener for me in terms of the historical truth about vaccinations, and how profit is all that matters to the pharmaceutical giants.
R Terry James Brentwood Essex