In as much as the FDA has difficulty deciding what is safe and healthy, e.g.(Aspartame), one might conclude that they know not what they do. Bureaucratic systems seldom get it right before it is field tested to work out the bugs. Remember swine flu vaccine, circa 1976? More than normal(?) amounts of deaths occurred before the govt. decided it was unsafe. This was going to be a mandatory event for the whole population. See: The Swine Flu Fiasco,
www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2009. This whole website is pertinent to this discussion.
Actually, the opening statement on their "About" page pretty much disqualifies them as a "neutral party" and is more of the same biased opinion that muddles the discussion.
The International Medical Council on Vaccination is an association of medical doctors, registered nurses and other qualified medical professionals whose purpose is to counter the messages asserted by pharmaceutical companies, the government and medical agencies that vaccines are safe, effective and harmless. - http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/about/#sthash.C4iFh6vv.dpuf
They establish their bias quite effectively with their "Principles and Findings" statement right below that. I've bolded and italicized some of their more absurd and ridiculous statements:
- We are profoundly critical of the practice of vaccination. Vaccination is an unacceptable risk to every member of society, regardless of age.
- As medical professionals, Council members have observed first-hand the health of vaccinated vs. the unvaccinated. We find the latter group to be robust, healthy and drug-free compared to the former group.
- We have reviewed published studies in support of vaccines and have found them wanting in both substance and science.
- We have brought out into the open hundreds of peer-reviewed, published medical articles that document the damage and the diseases caused by vaccines.
- We find the premise of herd immunity to be a faulty theory.
- We encourage intelligent debate about vaccination.
- We expect individuals to take responsibility for their health and the health of their children by investigating the problems due to vaccination prior to subjecting their children, or themselves, to this medical procedure.
- We believe that refusing vaccination is a personal right that should be legislatively guaranteed.
Bullet Point #1: Despite this statement, I could find nothing on the website that would establish this as a factual statement. Anecdotal evidence is not proof.
Bullet Point #2: This is nothing more than an outright lie. Perhaps they should check the third-world countries and try to explain the major health issues there because vaccinations are
not available.
Bullet Point #3: Again a statement made here that cannot be supported by evidentiary materials elsewhere on the website.
Bullet Point #4: And yet they offer no proof of these "documents" other than the aforementioned anecdotal evidence. Any medical procedure, or procedure of any type in any industry, for that matter, can be found to have exhibited exceptional occurrences that might, if taken out of context, indicate a danger that in reality is all but non-existent.
Bullet Point #5: This is nothing short of an unprofessional and irresponsible claim, ignoring the mountains of evidence that reducing or eliminating infection in a population of any size eliminates the infection's spread, because the vaccinations provided have bolstered the individuals' immune systems so as to prevent an infection from taking hold. Smallpox is the greatest example there is, having all but been eradicated worldwide, and would have been completely eliminated if not for the refusal of some to be inoculated, or the unavailability of the vaccine where small pockets of infection had continued to occur outside the purview of the world community.
Bullet Point #6: It would be a great statement if not for the fact that their "evidence" is counter to the intelligent digestion of the facts.
I could have highlighted the last two bullet points as well, because what they really believe is that vaccinations should be outlawed, not left up to responsible adults. They also fail to grasp the reality that vaccinations are already a personal right to refuse if anyone wants to do so.
There is so much money involved in pharmacy/prescription writing that it has been corrupted for several generations.
There are indeed corrupt doctors and pharmaceutical sales persons who "work the system," and I'm aware that pharmaceutical companies are not the most reputable of big businesses. But to indict the entire industry based on the actions of a relative few is a gross over-reaction.
Between the legal and illegal drugs in this country most of us are addicted to something.
And whose fault is that? You're probably going to blame the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors, but addiction is the result of individual bad choices. No one can blame their drug, alcohol, gambling or other abuse on anyone but themselves. And as a licensed addictions counselor, I can assure you of that truth.
This is why nationwide healthcare does not work--no one can afford it, even the govt.(already trillions of $ in red ink.)
While I agree that it doesn't work, it isn't because of the addictions problem, or the alleged corrupt pharmaceutical/doctor relationship.
Many have turned back to old natural processes: real food, clean water/air, and exercise. Less stress helps. Many of us are trying to be first on a treadmill to oblivion.
Most doctors never abandoned those "old natural processes" in the first place. There is no such thing as a "magic pill" and the vast majority of doctors will be the first to tell you that. Medicine, and specifically vaccinations, are not the problem. Good health comes from a well-balanced approach of exercise, personal responsibility in food selection, taking the treatments and precautions your personal physician recommends, and just plain being smart.
