Sherri Tenpenny - Saying No to Vaccines; A Resource Guide for All Ages

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Dear Friends,

Have you ever heard the expression, Some things you pick... and some things pick you?

I was drawn into the ever-changing, emotionally-charged vaccine debate after attending a meeting presented by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a 22-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the right to informed consent to vaccination. The meeting was held in Washington, DC, in September 2000. At the close of the three-day meeting, I was troubled by what I had heard and decided to research vaccines by going straight to the leading vaccine authority in the country: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Imagine my surpriseand dismaywhen I discovered that most of what I had accepted as the truth about vaccines really wasnt the truth at all. Here are a few examples of what the CDC had to say:

Vaccines are not responsible for the eradication of diseases, such as polio and smallpox.

Vaccines have not been proven to be safe for the individual.

When a vaccine is called effective, its not the same as being protective.

During a research study, a second vaccine is used as a placebo instead of an inert substance, such as sterile water or normal saline.

Vaccines are not relatively harmless. Many thousands have been injured and many hundreds have died as a result of vaccination.

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And the list goes on. From the first NVIC meeting to the present, I have invested more than 8,000 hours into my research. Every day, I commit several hours to reading and researching vaccine-related information. That level of commitment is required to keep abreast of the vaccine issue. It is a big topic that includes at least the following:

1. Pediatric vaccine recommendations: The current vaccination schedule continues to change. As of 2007, there are 14 vaccines given to children before they start school.

2. Adolescent vaccine recommendations: The newly released adolescent vaccination schedule went into effect January 2007 and is subject to change frequently as more vaccines are developed for adolescents.

3. Adult vaccine recommendations: Some vaccines on the pediatric schedule are also recommended as boosters for adults. There are at least nine separate vaccines for adults and several others recommended for travel.

4. New vaccines under development: At least 20 vaccines are in development including vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, nicotine addiction, elevated cholesterol and periodontal disease. New vaccine ingredients, adjuvants, additives, delivery systems and culture media (including the use of dog kidney cells and retinal tissue from an aborted fetus) are being produced and require investigation.

5. Bio-terrorism vaccines: A long list of vaccines is being considered for both military and civilian application. As of 2005, at least 95 U. S.companies were working on vaccines or therapeutics to combat bioweapons. Funding for biodefense by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) increased from $3. 2 million in fiscal year 2001 to an estimated $561.5 million in fiscal year 2005. Project Bioshield legislation, enacted in 2006, provided $5. 6 billion over the next 10 years to help generate medical countermeasures. Vaccines are under development for plague, botulism, pandemic influenza, tularemia, Venezuelan equine encephalitis and the Ebola virus, as well as genetically engineered threats.

6. Vaccination politics: State and national governments frequently engage in the topic of vaccination. Exemption laws are discussed in each state in nearly every legislative session. National mandates, such as the attempt at national mass smallpox vaccination after 9-11, are surfacing on a regular basis.

7. Medical issues associated with vaccination:

The skyrocketing autism epidemic, controversy surrounding mercury and thimerosal, and the rampant childhood epidemicsasthma, allergies, eczema, attention deficit disorders (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and cancerhave been linked to vaccines. Unearthing documentation from the medical literature to prove the association is part of my daily research.

Ongoing determination is required to become an expert in problems surrounding vaccines, but I welcome the challenge. I am passionate about getting solid, well-documented information into the hands of the public so I can help prevent the lifelong tragedy of vaccine injury. It seems my devotion to this task is part of my life purpose: Every time I try to walk away from the issues, something deep inside summons my return. This mission picked me, and Im doing my best to serve it well.

When asked if I am anti-vaccine, I prefer a different, more complex description:

I oppose the one-size-fits-all public health policy imposed by state rules and enforced by physicians and public health employees.

I oppose a system that forces parents to make decisions based on fear. A physician who forces a parent to vaccinate by using threats, such as reporting the parent to Childrens Services for medical neglect or threatening to discharge a family from the medical practice for not vaccinating, is not the physician you want to care for your family. I am opposed to those behaviors.

I oppose public health policy that demands the rights of the individual must become secondary to injecting a product that can have deadly consequences. Public health officials credit vaccination alone for low infection rates and use persuasion and coercion to enforce vaccination policy.

I support the freedom to refuse any medical procedure, including the right to refuse a vaccination. Once a person understands the real risks of vaccine-preventable infections and the real risks of vaccines designed to prevent them, I support the persons right to make a choice regarding which risk they are willing to accept.