Are vaccines safe for kids?

Controversy continues and creates a dilemma for parents
WyomingTribune/Eagle

By Becky Orr
borr@wyomingnews.com

CHEYENNE — For some people, vaccinating infants and children against preventable disease is a part of childhood, like baby teeth and tricycles.

But critics say vaccines cause more harm than good. Vaccinations can have dangerous physical side effects, they add.

Such conflicting messages can create a dilemma for parents as they wonder what to believe.

Extending vaccine benefits to developing world will require innovation

Pediatric SuperSite

May 4, 2010

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Creative vaccine distribution strategies, improved vaccine technologies and more rapid manufacturing timetables were among ideas speakers at the 2010 Pediatric Academic Societies proposed during a symposium on vaccine-preventable diseases in the developing world.

Spotlight: Flu Vaccines and Neurological Problems

Neurological problems due to nerve damage after vaccination is a fairly common adverse event with flu vaccines. In 1976, there were more cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome reported after vaccination than there were confirmed cases of Swine flu. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 07, 2011 – Every vaccine on the market is associated Continue Reading …

Feds Check Post-Vaccine Seizures In Young Kids

Click2Houston.com
USDA: Seizures Occurred 1 Day After Getting Shot

MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
POSTED: Thursday, January 20, 2011

ATLANTA — Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said there have been 36 confirmed reports of seizures this flu season in children ages 6 months through 2 years.

Child Flu Vaccine Contains Mercury

Express.co.uk

Sunday January 9, 2011
By Lucy Johnston, Health Editor

UP to a million under-fives have been inoculated against the flu virus with a controversial vaccine containing poisonous mercury.

Pandemrix has been given to almost a quarter of all healthy babies and young children as well as thousands of older children with health problems.

Inquiries by the Sunday Express reveal it contains a preservative made with a form of mercury that was phased out of childhood vaccines in 2004 after fears about its safety.

UK Government Decides Against Giving Children The Flu Vaccine

Vaccine Truth

By Christina England | December 31st, 2010

News in from the UK government. Last night ministers and senior government advisers ruled against the flu vaccine for children under five. Their decision was made despite the current flu epidemic in the UK.

Reports say that 39 people have died from flu since October, four of these were under the age of five.

More than 25 percent of children now on chronic prescription medications

Natural News
Friday, December 31, 2010 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

The rate of prescription drug use among children and teens continues to rise, with a new report from Medco Health Solutions Inc. saying that at least a quarter of all U.S. children are now regularly taking pharmaceutical drugs. And according to the report, many of these drugs were originally intended for adults, and carry with them unknown side effects for long-term use in young people.

Vaccination advertising

Bancroft this Week
by Robert Snefjella
Editorial
December 16, 2010

Tis’ the season for being subjected to taxpayer paid for government messages ordaining vaccination as the primary weapon against the flu. On the radio a pleasant voice delivers the message from “the government of Ontario.” The message reminds us to wash hands, sneeze cleverly, and best of all get injected.

The psychological, cultural & societal disintegration of America under post-industrial capitalism

OpEd News

December 26, 2010
By Richard Clark (about the author)

This article is based on an interview that Amy Goodman did with Canadian physician and best-selling author, Dr. Gabor Mate’, whose books are listed at the end of this article.

Whether it’s a shopping addiction or an addiction to opiates, and whether we know it or not, we’re all looking for more endorphins for our brains.

Myths and Facts: Study Verifies That There Is No Value In Any Flu Vaccine

PreventDisease.com

December 2010

A remarkable study published in the Cochrane Library found no evidence of benefit for influenza vaccinations and also noted that the vast majority of trials were inadequate.