Comments on: Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy lead “Green Our Vaccines” rally

By: chrissy

chrissy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:08:05 +0000

What people need to be looking at is how meny people over seas have Autism. You just dont here about it much and it is because there government is not putting all the crap in there food. I have a 15 month old and am scard to death and don’t know what to do for his 2 yrs shots. Exactly when did we lose rights to our childern. The government is telling us what we can and cannot do with them, and I dont think that is not right.

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By: Martin Turow

Martin Turow — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:33:39 +0000

We’re basically screwed no matter how you look at it. We are living in a chemical society (mercury is in our fish) and there are literally hundreds of chemicals we are exposing ourselves to. What about C-8 in our cookware, BPH in our baby bottles, and flouride in our drinking water? Is it one chemical trigger, no chemical trigger, a genetic tendency, or none of the above? Until a definitive, comprehensive study is done with appropriate controls, it is virtually impossible to say what the culprit is. The Supreme Court case is disturbing, but I agree with the previous posters who state you have to balance the risks. We all have to take calculated risks each day and unfortunately, we don’t live in a risk free world. I do get tired of people who don’t care about a particular issue until it effects them, then it is everybody’s business. However, I do like Jenny, so I’m letting it slide.

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By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:43:46 +0000

To address vaccines in general: I worked in big pharma and actually worked in vaccine development so take it for what it is worth…There is a lot of politics involved in the vaccination scheduling and I will provide two good examples. One: the rotavirus vaccine that is now being required. Rotavirus is the intestinal virus that causes diarrhea and the infants die from the dehydration caused by the diarrhea. Now true, it can be horrible but to require this vaccine in the US is not critical because the dehydration becomes an issue in third world countries that do not have clean water and hospitals readily available. Here is where the great mortality occurs–not in the US. So for this vaccine to be required in the US is unnecessary. The CDC says that vaccines help so many children (which is true) but then the justification to mandate this rotavirus vaccine for the small number of children who get severe diarrhea does not justify all children getting vaccinated for this. Second example: the Guardasil vaccine for the HPV which some states are making mandatory for girls between the age of (i think ) 9 to 26. Now while I think it is a good idea, at this age I think it is decision for the girl and her parents, not the government to tell her to get this vaccine.

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By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:28:56 +0000

The Supreme Court recently has a case that cited in this particular case that this child’s autism was caused by the vaccine. We are not hearing about it because the federal government has sealed the records and is trying to keep it from getting out.
True I do not think that the vaccines alone causes the autism but serves as the final switch (catalyst) in these children to push their immune system into chaos. My son showed indicators as early as three months old but that only tells us that there are two possible groups: those who autism is triggered by the vaccine and those who do not - in this group there is a little bit more involvement of genetics and other environmental factors.

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By: tiffany

tiffany — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:24:31 +0000

i wish i didn’t have to give my baby shots but he can not get an education w/o proof of receiving them. Some of the things that are put in these vaccines are dangerous, and i dont see why that mercury and all that crap is even necessary.

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By: Krystal - momofautism

Krystal - momofautism — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:19:48 +0000

The fact of this is not that they are saying that vaccines are no good and should be done away with - just the opposite - it is that they need to be cleared up because they are toxic. And the schedule is way too many too soon - 11 vaccines still contain mercury - and remember what mom said - don’t play with the mercury from the thermometer - it’s poisonous - then why do we continue to put it in our children?

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By: hailey

hailey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:36:33 +0000

I did some looking after reading these comments, and it would appear to me that no one is saying not to vaccinate your children, but to develop more appropriate protocols for doing as su And I am sure no one here is arguing the benefits of vaccinations. What’s wrong with getting a better protocol for vaccinations instead of a one size fits all approach? We are in modern times here, and there are enough resources to delegate with enough brilliant people to take up the cause of developing more appropriate delivery systems for all sorts of medications, not just vaccinations. How many times have we all been to the doctor, been prescribed something,and then had a side-affect, which could not be predicted in any sort of logical manner other than the guess and check method and wait and see and here is the fine print of things that could possibly happen. I think in about a hundred years we could be looking back on this age as the dark ages of medicine. Balance is healthy, and from all accounts it seems to be what the green our vaccines people are advocating for. And Elle you raise a great point about who is going to be there to take care of these innocent children in the later years. Our health care system is certainly not prepared nor preparing to do so. I was really never a fan of Jenny, but now, I must say I am glad that someone is taking on a part of our government that has become grossly is unchecked and unbalanced.

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By: huh

huh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:50:16 +0000

Vaccinations contain mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde. These ingredients are put into a syringe and injected into a newborn’s bloodstream. Personally, I do not require “scientific studies” to prove that this is a harmful practice (just as I do not require scientific studies to prove that fire is hot and can cause severe burns). I also do not need a medical degree to come to this conclusion.
Watching people sacrifice their babies at the alter of Big Pharma is truly a hideous sight.

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By: Wif

Wif — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:11:13 +0000

Scott F. I just wanted to respond to your comment about vaccinations coinciding with autism diagnosis. Here is an example of the anectodal evidence people are talking about: my dear friend had a son growing normally and fine, hitting all the developmental milestones, and had gotten all of his vaccines at the right times. At 3 he had another vaccination and within 2 weeks he was no longer walking, talking or making eye contact. His parents have NEVER said that they blame the vaccine, but their hearts broke, and they will always wonder. It was so devastating.

I do know a man (who is 40, so I’m sure that vaccinations are much more safe and advanced now) that is deaf, blind and in a wheelchair from a routine childhood vaccination. It is possible that there are complications. Every parent has to weigh those rare risks. I personally opted to NOT vaccinate while my children were still nursing as they were getting my immunities (GO BREASTMILK!!!).

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By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:59:28 +0000

I think that for some cases of autism, vaccines may be triggering something that is already dormant within the child. However, I think that autism has a lot of factors that have converged at this time to create the high number of diagnoses (including better/more diagnosing now than existed twenty years ago).

I’ve worked with children with autism for almost a decade, and it is an excruciating diagnosis for families. One of my close friends has a little boy (7) who still does not talk or use the toilet. I have another friend who has two children. The older child has autism, and she has talked with me about the terror of what happens to both of her children when she dies. She is very scared that her younger child will be responsible for caring for the older child.

Bottom line, Jenny McCarthy is doing what she can to prevent someone else from living with the everyday reality of autism.

In addition, children get way too many vaccines now! My friend took her six month old to the doctor the other day, and was informed that her child needed eight vaccinations! She told the doctor to pick one. She actually called her mother to find out which vaccines she received as an infant. However, in Mississippi (where she lives), children have to have all of those vaccines to attend school. You keep the kid home, you get charged with educational neglect.

I understand trying to prevent an epidemic of polio, measles, etc. However, I know that kids are getting way more vaccines than they did twenty years ago when I was little.

It’s a complicated issue, but I think that any and all potential causes (including vaccines) need to be investigated by a relatively non-biased source (meaning not a pharmaceutical company).

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