Celebrities march for vaccination reform
Categories: Health & safety, Development, In the news
Somehow, I seem to be the writer here at ParentDish who always blogs about vaccines and the war on autism. Not sure how it happened, or that it was meant to happen, but I recently came across another story regarding vaccines I thought you might find interesting.
Stars and regular folks alike wearing green t-shirts recently took part in a march to space vaccinations farther apart, and of course get those controversial preservatives (like mercury, which was removed from vaccines over ten years ago, even though autism rates have gone up) out of them. The march was spearheaded by Jenny McCarthy and her partner in love and activism Jim Carrey, along with McCarthy's son, who was diagnosed with autism when he was younger.
According to one parent, children don't all come in the same shape and size, so therefore vaccines and vaccination schedules shouldn't either. By the time a child is two years old he or she may receive up to 28 doses of 14 different types of vaccines. The inventor of one of the vaccines argues that there is so evidence suggesting spacing out the vaccines would make any difference. One doctor interviewed feels strongly that spacing the vaccines out would do more harm than good and that parents should stick to the schedule set up by the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics rather than doing nothing at all.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sandyone 6-06-2008 @ 2:30PM
Your blog entry has an error:
Mercury *as a preservative* is no longer being used to make vaccines. However, it's still a component of vaccines. And don't forget that those mercury-preserved vaccinations were still being used on military and welfare children (the ones who couldn't afford the new ones at the doctor's office). They didn't throw out those vaccines...just used them up on folks who had heard "no more mercury in vaccines" and figured that meant theirs, too.
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Laura 6-06-2008 @ 2:54PM
(like mercury, which was removed from vaccines over ten years ago, even though autism rates have gone up)
You say that but don't back it up with any source to prove it factual.
The march wasn't just to eliminated mercury.. how about other metals and formaldyhide? (yes I know I spelled that wrong but I don't feel like looking it up)
I'm all for vaccines once they make them more safe... but I plan to give our baby a couple vaccines of our choosing just because they are ones I find the most important. Polio is still seen in the country I live in for example.
And if you can't report on vaccines and autism OBJECTIVELY then please ask someone else to report on the story!
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eugene 6-06-2008 @ 3:10PM
http://www.autismvox.com/thimerasol-exposure-declines-autism-rates-increase/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/health/08autism.html?_r=1&ei=5099&en=753483a33f1f265f&ex=1200373200&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=TOPIXNEWS&adxnnlx=1212779346-lzGmF1N6Lck40BcQWnkaPA
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080107181551.htm
but please, go on taking the words of models and comedians over the advice of your doctors.
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Arianne 6-06-2008 @ 3:33PM
"but please, go on taking the words of models and comedians over the advice of your doctors."
Riiiight. All 8,000 plus people were there because they think Jenny is pretty and Jim is funny and would follow them anywhere. I'm sure it has nothing to do with their vaccine injured children.
Oh and in this post it says "One doctor interviewed feels strongly that spacing the vaccines out would do more harm than good and that parents should stick to the schedule set up by the Center for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics rather than doing nothing at all." But I want to make clear that this doctor that feels so strongly is Dr Offit who has a patent on one of the vaccines. I can't imagine he'd want anyone to get LESS of his crap. CBS is light years away from having a real truthful story on this. If you want to quote Offit, fine, but don't say he's just a pediatrician with an opinion and not mention he makes money from vaccines.
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eugene 6-06-2008 @ 4:18PM
Thats right, keep on ignoring the facts and debate the rhetoric. Heaven forbid you actual listen to people who actually know something about the subject.
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Sandyone 6-07-2008 @ 9:05AM
Oh, that's rich, Arianne!! Thanks for the enlightenment. I was skeptical because I really don't give a hoot about some doctor's "feelings". Gimme some science, doc. But really...he's got a patent on a vaccine? Sheesh!
I guess it's ok to accept anecdotal evidence in favor of vaccines..."(like mercury, which was removed from vaccines over ten years ago, even though autism rates have gone up". Check out this link for some anecdotal evidence about a practice where nearly none of the kids are vaccinated and nearly none of the kids are autistic.
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8376
I'm just sayin'...
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katie 6-12-2008 @ 6:49PM
Wow...Eugene, if you are so researched on the subject, you'd know that "doctors" are given up to 10,000 a year bonus from drug companies the more drugs/vaccines they push, nice incentive to push more and more vaccines on children hmm? Not to mention when I was growing up, I'm only 20, they only gave the DTap, Polio and MMR, quite a difference from now when you have: MMR, DTap, Polio, MMR, Varicella for chicken pox, Prevnar for pneumococcal, RotaTeq for rotavirus (which is a scary word for flu) Hep. B/Hep. A (separate vaccines) Meningococcal and the annual flu shot. Hmm, we all did just fine without all of these vaccines and autism was 1 in 10,000 compared to the 1 in 150 that we have now...I don't see a connection either, I sure hope you don't have children.
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