Sorting through the flood of information about flu and vaccines? My recommendation – - reference someone credible who has done their homework and save yourself lots of time and energy!
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Dawn Richardson from Austin, TX to the rescue! Dawn began PROVE and has been a dedicated researcher and well-respected advocate for full information on vaccines for years. Here’s an excerpt from a talk she gave in Austin recently. She’s concise and thorough!
PROVE provides information on vaccines and immunization policies and practices: http://vaccineinfo.net
“The experimental H1N1 vaccine, which was just approved by the FDA a few weeks ago on September 15, was fast tracked with normal safety and testing procedures side tracked bypassing the normal approval process. The widespread use of the vaccine presents a number of safety issues and questions that further underscores the necessity of making sure it is only offered by fully informed opt-in consent, and its use never forced by law.
The vaccine is contraindicated for those allergic to eggs since the vaccine is cultured in chicken eggs. Egg allergies are one of the most common food allergies, especially in children, affecting up to 2% of all children. Don’t forget that a vaccine bypasses the gut putting the egg and vaccine components directly into the bloodstream, and this can be very dangerous for some. The preferred method of packaging, the multidose vial, contains the controversial preservative thimerosal which is approximately 49% mercury by weight. The use of mercury in vaccines has been long suspected of being a contributing factor in the substantial rise of neurological and developmental disorders in children. Formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, is also contained in the vaccine.
The package insert for the swine flu vaccines state that not only has the vaccine not been studied for safety for the co administration with other seasonal flu vaccines, which is how people are getting it, there is a disclaimer which reads that the swine flu vaccine has NOT been ‘evaluated for its carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility.’”
