Thimerosal case

[Botanicus]

You might have heard, but the Thimerosal (mercury) case has gone to court in a class action lawsuit. Studies have linked it to autism, but the vaccine companies continued to use it for quite some time, until the substance was banned.

The thimerosal fiasco underscores the dangers of vaccines. I would urge everyone to research these dangers before they take their children in to get the immunization shots. Not only is there the contaminant problem, but there is the problem of possible still-active germs in the case of the live vaccines. For the love of God, please, don't vaccinate your kids without learning about these risks. To do so would be negligence in the first degree.

[Brocallie]

Well, not only was the "vaccine case" taken to court, but it was found in favor of the parents, whose dd was damaged by the vaccines, likely because she had a genetic vulnerablility to the thimerosal. More cases are currently in court, and a massive movement to really, FINALLY, explore the risks of vaccines is coming to the forefront. The CDC and FDA and Academy of Pediatrics can no longer hide behind their white coats. They have to back up their hollow words, and are finding it increasingly difficult.

Sad, as the solution could possibly be as simple as just delaying the vaccine schedule a bit and letting the infant's immune system mature enough to handle the assault of chemicals and viruses. I mean, does a newborn really need protection against Hep B in the very vast majority of cases?????

Yes, it's up to us as parents to protect our babies and their (and our) futures. I was one of the unlucky ones who now lives with a damaged child (11 years old). I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[janewhite1]

You know, I was really hoping people wouldn't pick up this thread. Two vaccine discussions in one week? Seriously.

I can't begin to imagine why a poor child born with a genetic disease was ruled to be a vaccine injury, honestly. Makes no sense to me.

What happened to your daughter, and why do you think it's vaccine related?

[Brocallie]

Yeah, lots of folks wish we wouldn't talk about it...

My dd received the usual battery of vaccines that every "good" parent provided for their kid. Blindly taking them in every couple of months for more, and being told that the excessive crying, "stiff body postures" and horrible eczema was just "something that happens." Guess the AUTISM "just happened, too" (or they'd like everyone to think that!)

Through the years, lab testing has revealed a positive test for myelin basic protein antibodies (meaning antibiodies are attacking her brain in an abnormal immune response), multiple imbalances of intestinal bacteria, and LIVE MEASLES VIRUS present in her saliva FIVE YEARS after having received the MMR. Pretty overwhelming evidence that vaccine damage occured, especially when her symptoms are placed atop a timeline outlining the administration of the vaccines. Add to that, chelation therapy which produced 13X the normal amount of metals, mercury etc than normal in her urine (also lab tested under direction of an MD.)

I suspect that my dd also has a genetic vulnerability of some kind as well. Normally, the vulnerability would not be an issue, but when you introduce mercury, live viruses, formaldehyde and other toxins into a tiny, vulnerable body, something eventually has to give. IMMUNE SYSTEM DISASTER results. Hence the reason the "poor child with a genetic disease" can be ruled a VACCINE INJURY. Would you also consider her not to have a fractured leg if she fell off of a house simply because there was a risk of that from being on the house?

We need MORE people to talk about it, and they are! Besides irritating those who don't want to hear about it, talking is also a way to tell parents who have children affected by vaccine injury that hope is available. The TENS of THOUSANDS of dollars I've spent out of pocket (since insurance companies refuse to acknowledge much of this) have proven that with the proper treatment, vaccine damage can be overcome, at least to some degree. My dd just finished 5th grade with an A average for the year and a nomination for a merit award. At age 4 she was functioning on a 12-18 month level and her only language (besides screaming) was quotes from videos and books. Not too shabby and if I hadn't found a bunch of folks "discussing all this" my dd might be stuck in special education with constant infections, and other discomforts.

So, in conclusion---Two vaccine discussions in one week? Seriously. Yes, SERIOUSLY! And two are not very many considering the hundreds of thousands of families who are grieving each and every day because of something that may very well have not had to happen at ALL.

[janewhite1]

I'm very sorry your daughter has had all of these problems. However, please do consider the alternative.

My grandmother will never forget nursing her son through measles at age 2, watching him for days without sleep, afraid to take her eyes off him lest he go into febrile convulsions.

Her mother mourned her first two babies, who died of contagious disease, for the rest of her life. Four healthy children and 60 years later, they were still etched in her memory.

In Africa, when a vaccine clinic is set up in a rural area, parents will bring children through the jungle on foot just to get them there, and pray the clinic doesn't run out first.

There have been several measles outbreaks in this country in the last several years, all centered on a school or social group in which parents decided vaccines were dangerous.

Whether vaccines are 100% safe or only 99.9% safe, we have no choice but to use them for everyone, every time. In an era of jet planes, it's vaccinate or court hideous pandemic.

I eagerly await the day when polio, measles, and other diseases go the way of smallpox, and we can stop vaccinating against them. But that day is not here yet.