Swine Flu Vaccine: Lies & Statistics

November 23, 2009 LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS How is a citizen and consumer to make sense of it? Are the numbers of H1N1 infections really rising? Is the vaccine really safe? Is the vaccine right for me? For my children? What if I’m pregnant and my doctor says it’s safe? Are vaccine reactions making the news? Below, is information that NJCVC and Life Health Choices would like to share with you on the unanswered questions. As you will see, our trusted health authorities fail miserably at keeping us up-to-date on the truth. WHAT THEY TELL US: Each day the media reports additional cases of H1N1 infections and rising death tolls attributed to the pandemic disease. WHAT THEY DON’T TELL US: In July of 2009, the World Health Organization issued a press release stating that it will no longer release the global table of H1N1 infections because it is “extremely difficult, if not impossible” to determine swine flu cases in laboratory testing. “Even in countries with limited laboratory capacities, WHO recommends that the initial virological assessment is followed by the testing of at least 10 samples per week in order to confirm that disease activity is due to the pandemic virus and to monitor changes in the virus that may be important for case management and vaccine development.” The Centers for Disease Control issued a similar statement on October 2, 2009. “Influenza diagnosis will not distinguish between infection with seasonal influenza vs. infection with A-H1N1. Furthermore, it will not be confirming influenza infections with a diagnostic test, but rather, will rely upon the clinician’s judgement to determine flu infection if the patient presents with flu-like symptoms.” The nasal spray vaccine by MedImmune has demonstrated evidence in clinical trials of shedding the live virus for 3-21 days post-vaccination. Vaccinating large populations, especially school children, with the live nasal-spray vaccine will cause a rise in the number of those infected. NJCVC-LHC ASKS: Then, how are health officials “confirming” and media outlets “reporting” the numbers of actual swine flu cases and swine flu-related deaths if they are no longer testing nor distinguishing between seasonal flu, swine flu, rhinovirus and pneumonia? And will these arbitrary and inflated figures then be used as statistics to drive future vaccination programs? How can a public health initiative aimed at reducing the spread of H1N1 infections, engage in a vaccination program (administration by live-virus nasal spray) that has been clinically demonstrated to increase the actual rate of infection? WHAT THEY TELL US: Pregnant woman have been identified as a targeted risk group for H1N1 and seasonal influenza, therefore, they are urged to get the vaccines. Health officials and doctors claim the influenza vaccines are safe for pregnant women. WHAT THEY DON’T TELL US: Influenza vaccines are Category C pharmaceuticals which means that no animal or human studies have been conducted for safety. Influenza vaccines have not been tested on pregnant women. Each and every influenza vaccine maker states, in their product literature, the following: It is not known if the vaccine will cause fetal harm when injected into a pregnant woman. It is not known if the vaccine will impair fertility or affect reproductive capacity. It is not known if the vaccine is excreted in human milk. Influenza vaccines should not be administered in the first trimester of pregnancy due to risk of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage). NJCVC-LHC ASKS: How has the safety of the influenza vaccines been determined if no studies were conducted to test for safety? Let’s hear from the pregnant women themselves on the alleged safety of influenza vaccines for pregnant women: (Read below or click HERE). E.B., Washington; “I was so excited to be pregnant after trying for a year... Everything was going great. Last Monday, I got the H1N1 vaccine thimerosal reduced. On Tuesday morning I started cramping and on Wednesday I started bleeding heavily... My doctor pushed it... there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 but they haven’t been reported...” Tayla08: “A friend of a friend just had a miscarriage 2-3 days after getting the shot. She was 7 weeks.” 90707: “ I recently miscarried as well and was due in June. I had a healthy heartbeat at 6 weeks then at 7.5 weeks my son got the H1N1 mist vaccine which has live vaccine in it. The nurse said to be careful because it could technically spread if he rubbed his nose and touched a surface etc. The next night I miscarried and 5 days later I was diagnosed with H1N1.” Jo: “I got the flu vaccine (regular not H1N1) at 8 weeks pregnant. Three days later I miscarried. I am not going to get the H1N1.” Regrets: “I got both vaccines on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines.” (Sad face icon): “ I work in a hospital-like setting and was told ‘the benefits outweigh the risks.’ 1 a.m. I got the vaccine. 3 a.m. I started bleeding and cramping, 3 p.m. miscarried, you decide.” Sue: “I had the H1N1 vaccination and 24 hours later had a miscarriage.” Linda H: “My daughter in law was 10 weeks pregnant and had the H1N1 on Friday. That night she miscarried.” So Sorry: “I was 6 weeks along and got it and started cramping and miscarried. I already had two healthy pregnancies and never miscarried or had any problems.” Connie: “I also received the H1N1 vaccination on October 22nd, 2009 and went into labor on October 25th, at 16 weeks pregnant.... On October 28th my water broke and then on October 29th, I delivered a stillborn baby boy...” Sioux Falls, South Dakota: “I received the H1N1 vaccine on October 16th and started experiencing cramping on the 22nd. I was nearly 17 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby boy on the 23rd.... the first thing I suspected was the H1N1 vaccine.” Marina R: “I recently got the H1N1 vaccine and miscarried 3 days later.” Kathy-sd: “I am from a town of 2000 in SD, there are several women pregnant... Four of us got the H1N1 vaccine 2 weeks ago and one by one each of us started to have pre-term contractions. We are all due in Nov and Dec so we are further along than most of the people who lost their babies.” Ashley: “Not only myself but I know someone that within 4 days of getting the shot we both miscarried. I was only 6 weeks but she was 4 months along.” Time Machine: “I got a flu shot in pregnancy, developed... strange symptoms immediately... began bleeding and miscarried by 11 weeks.” AlinafromOz: “I had the normal Flu shot and I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks.” WHAT THEY TELL US: Time and again we hear that the H1N1 vaccine is perfectly safe; that’s it’s made just like the regular flu shot (which is not encouraging). Health officials want school children to get the vaccines in mass vaccination clinics. WHAT THEY DON’T TELL US: No flu vaccine has ever been tested for safety in simultaneous administration with other vaccines, i.e. childhood vaccines. The clinical trials for safety and effectiveness in children under two years old involved only 19 subjects and adverse reactions were "solicited" for only 3 days post-vaccination. Underlying health conditions can put an individual at a disproportionate risk for adverse reactions to vaccination such as giving live influenza virus vaccines to asthmatics or those with wheezing. NJCVC-LHC ASKS: What is the definition of “SAFETY” where vaccines are concerned? The following news releases beg a clearer understanding of the acceptable level of “vaccine safety.” Safety meaning there is an acceptable number of those who will serve as collateral damage for a program? “Boy Rushed to Hospital After Swine Flu Jab,” October 27, 2009; Lisa Smith, BELFAST TELEGRAPH. “Switzerland Refuses GSK’s Pandemrix Swine Flu Vaccine For Pregnant Women, Children and Elderly,” October 30, 2009; theoneclickgroup.co.uk “Students Rushed to Hospital After Reaction to H1N1 Vaccine,” November 4, 2009; THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH, Lowndes, MS. “Brooklyn Girl Winds Up In Hospital After Being Injected With H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Without Parental Permission,” November 4, 2009; Mike Adams; NATURAL NEWS. “Quebec Woman Dies After Contracting H1N1 Virus,” two days following vaccination; November 4, 2009; CTV MONTREAL. “Queens Students Report Illness After Receiving H1N1 Shot,” November 9, 2009; NY1 NEWS. “Boy Nearly Dies After Getting H1N1 Vaccine,” November 9, 2009; Jennifer Hoff; KTTC, Rochester, MN. “Teen Diagnosed With Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Swine Flu Shot,” November 12, 2009; Paul Joseph Watson; PRISON PLANET. COM. “Was An Eight-Year-Old’s Death Caused By His Flu Shot?” November 12, 2009; Dr. Joseph Mercola; TIMES BEACON RECORD, October 21, 2009; MERCOLA.COM. “French Woman Gets Crippling Illness After H1N1 Vaccine,” November 13, 2009; Paul Joseph Watson; PRISON PLANET.COM. “Six Transported to Hospital After Getting Swine Flu Vaccine,” November 17, 2009; Marisa Yamane; KHON2.COM. “China Investigates Deaths After Swine Flu Shots,” November 15, 2009; Alice Park; TIME/ CNN. “Two Manitobans Die Within Week of H1N1 Shot,” November 17, 2009; CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION. “My Boy’s Agonizing Death After Virus Vaccination,” November 18, 2009; Ulrike Reinhardt; Marcus Heyl; BILD.COM. “Quebec Man Dies After H1N1 Shot,” November 18, 2009; Charlie Fidelman; MONTREAL GAZETTE. “Fifth ‘Swine Flu’ Vaccine Death in Sweden--Vaccinations Still Go Ahead As Planned,” October 27, 2009; THEFLUCASE.COM November 19, 2009. "Batch of H1N1 Vaccines Pulled After Bad Reactions," November 19, 2009; Canadian Television, CTV News. WHAT'S NEXT? “Oregon Mom Says Son Given Flu Shot Against Orders,” October 29, 2009; Jennifer Freehan; TOLEDO BLADE. “Another Child Given Swine Flu Vaccine Without Consent,” October 29, 2009; Paul Joseph Watson; PRISON PLANET.COM “Ohio Boy Given H1N1 Vaccine Against Mom’s Wishes,” October 30, 2009; Associated Press; FOXNEWS.COM “Deputies Hold Boy Who Fled Flu Shot,” November 11, 2009; Shelley Hanson; WHEELING NEWS REGISTER. "Norway Says Found H1N1 Mutation in Flu Victims," November 20, 2009; REUTERS. PLEASE VISIT Sign our online petition to allow for a Conscientious Exemption from state-mandated vaccines. The H1N1 vaccine isn't mandatory in New Jersey... yet. Do you want to wait until it's too late? New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice (NJCVC) Life Health Choices (LHC)

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Newly elected Governor Chris Christie supports vaccination choice

Newly elected Governor Chris Christie supports vaccination choice
November 9, 8:48 AMCentral Jersey Natural Health Examiner
Stephanie Martel

Governor elect Chris Christie is the first governor-elect in the history of the state who made a campaign promise and went on record in support of vaccination choice. Louise Kuo Habakus, founder of Life Health Choices was extremely pleased with the outcome: “This election is a wake-up call to politicians nationwide. Vaccine choice belongs in the parents’ house, not the Statehouse or the White House.” Her advocacy work inspired meetings with campaign leaders last December and kept lines of communication open on this hot topic.

In a letter to potential voters, Chris Christie stated, "I have met with families affected by autism from across the state and have been struck by their incredible grace and courage. Many of these families have expressed their concern over New Jersey’s highest-in-the nation vaccine mandates. I stand with them now, and will stand with them as their governor in their fight for greater parental involvement in vaccination decisions that affect their children."

He continues with, "I stand by them now, and will stand with them as their governor in their fight for greater parental involvement in vaccination decisions that affect their children… Ending waste in government in order to improve care and services for these unique children and adults, as well as giving parents the choice they deserve in their children’s health care decisions, will be top priorities.”

This is a political leader that is breaking ground--few in the past have addressed the growing vaccination concern, never mind supported the cause. It will be exciting to see what he implements to back up his powerful campign promises--stay tuned!

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Government Launches Deceptive Swine Flu Propaganda Blitz To Counter Growing Criticism from Scientific and Medical Community

Government Launches Deceptive Swine Flu Propaganda Blitz

To Counter Growing Criticism from Scientific and Medical Community

Richard Gale & Gary Null

Progressive Radio Network, October 26, 2009

President Obama and his top health officials are engaging in a major public relations effort to divert attention away from whether its swine flu vaccine is effective and safe – to whether there is enough of it to go around. And the media, as always, is cooperating fully. This echoes the way media debate was manipulated during the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. Instead of debating whether we should even be fighting those wars, the media debated only whether we were using the correct military strategy.

Increasing numbers of scientists and doctors are issuing harsh criticisms of the Government’s plan to vaccinate (forcibly if necessary) virtually the entire U.S. population with what they claim is a poorly tested vaccine that is not only ineffective against swine flu, but could cripple and even kill many more people than it helps.

The CDC’s public relations campaign has been running “scare” ads that portray swine flu as a full-blown “pandemic” responsible for snuffing out countless lives, and which, unless stopped by universal vaccination, could kill millions of American citizens. But scientists and health officials throughout the world have called the governments claims unjustified and deliberately misleading.

For example, Dr. Anthony Morris, a distinguished virologist and former Chief Vaccine Office at the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA), states that “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza” and that “The producers of these vaccines know they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway.”

And in November 2007, the UK newspaper The Scotsman, made public warnings by the inventor of the “flu jab,” Dr. Graeme Laver. Dr. Laver was a major Australian scientist involved in the invention of a flu vaccine, in addition to playing a leading scientific role in the discovery of anti-flu drugs. He went on record as saying the vaccine he helped to create was ineffective and [that] natural infection with the flu was safer. “I have never been impressed with its efficacy,” said Dr. Laver.

We hear the assumption being made by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that the number of deaths from the H1N1 virus is at pandemic levels and now a “national emergency.” One would assume that with all of its resources, the New York Times’ October 26 front page story on the CDC’s statistics would be accurate: 20,000 hospitalizations and 1,000 deaths due to the swine flu. However, this is all fiction. And it is a fiction solely based upon the CDC’s own contradictory statements and actions.

Our independent investigations into the clinical trials and statistical studies of influenza vaccines reveal glaring discrepancies. Let us not forget that it is this same New York Times, with its “star” reporter Judith Miller, who led America into believing that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, tried to purchase yellow cake uranium from Niger, and had dealings with al-Qaeda. And let us also remember that it is the same CDC and health officials in Washington, including President Ford and his top health advisor F. David Matthews, who pushed through and propagandized an untested vaccine during the 1976 swine flu scare, which resulted in thousands of severely neurologically damaged Americans and about 500 reported deaths. Aside from permanent paralysis, many of these vaccine victims also underwent torturous processes for many years to get the government to recognize their illnesses and help cover their costs. Not only was the CDC’s prediction and vaccination campaign for the 1976 flu season a total disaster, it also turned into a deadly scandal, witnessed across the United States on 60 Minuteswhen Dr. David Sencer, then head of the CDC, confirmed that the vaccine was never field tested, that there were only several reported incidents of H1N1 infection and none of these had been officially confirmed, and then lied about the CDC having no prior evidence that the swine flu vaccine could cause severe and permanent neurological damage. The end result from the 1976 debacle cost the government $3.5 billion in damages, two-thirds were for severe neurological injury and death directly due to the CDC’s vaccination campaign.

Therefore, being anti-vaccine or pro-vaccine is not the most urgent issue. What is critical is whether or not there is legitimate, sound science to support either position; in this regard, the vaccine manufacturers and our federal health agencies have failed in the past, and continue to fail today. And they fail dismally. There is absolutely no evidence for sound-scientific protocol or anything resembling a gold-standard behind the swine flu infection statistics and vaccine efficacy and safety clinical trials to support Obama’s and his health advisors’ claims. Instead, the reports on hospitalizations and deaths due to the H1N1 virus are grossly distorted. What we are really witnessing is “official” science and statistics that are little more than propaganda.

One unfortunate development over the years is the notion that there is such a thing as a “flu season.” The truth is that we move annually into periods where there are dramatic increases in flu-like causing pathogens, however, the majority of these are unrelated to any strain of influenza virus. There can between 150 and 200 different infectious pathogens—adenovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza, the very common coronavirus and, of course, pneumonia—that produce flu-like symptoms, and worse, during a “flu season.” For example, how many people have heard of bocavirus, which is responsible for bronchitis and pneumonia in young children, or metapneumovirus, responsible for more than 5 percent of all flu-related illnesses? This is true during every flu season and this year is no different. Furthermore, all flu vaccinations, including the swine flu, are useless for protecting people from these many prevalent infectious organisms.

If we take the combined figure of flu and pneumonia deaths for the period of 2001, and add a bit of spin to the figures, we are left believing that 62,034 people died from influenza. The actual figures determined by Peter Doshi, then at Harvard University, are 61,777 died from pneumonia and only 257 from flu. Even more amazing, among those 257 cases only 18 were confirmed positive for influenza. A separate study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics for the flu periods between 1979 through 2002 revealed the true range of flu deaths were between 257 and 3006, for an average of 1,348 per year.

The recent CBS Investigative Report, published on October 21, is one example. After the CDC refused to honor CBS’s Freedom of Information request to receive flu infection data for each individual state, the network performed independent outreach to all fifty states to get their statistics. Their report contradicts dramatically the CDC’s public relations blitz. For example, in California, among the approximate 13,000 flu-like cases, 86 percent tested negative for any flu strain. In Florida, out of 8,853 cases, 83 percent were negative. In Georgia and Alaska, only 2.4 percent and 1 percent respectively tested positive for flu virus among all reported flu-like cases. If the infectious-rate ratios obtained by CBS are accurate, the CDC’s figures are significantly reduced and agree with earlier predictions that the H1N1 virus will be simply an unwelcomed annoyance. So we are in the midst of an enormous medical hoax, a design and purpose that has yet to unfold completely, that will nevertheless reap huge revenues for the vaccine industrial complex.

Another example is a recent alarmist report issuing from Georgetown University, also usurped by federal health officials and their multimedia comrades to fuel a campaign of fear and panic. The report announced that over 250 students were infected by swine flu when in fact none of these students were tested for H1N1 infection. The university’s figure was based solely on a count of student visits to the health clinic and calls into an H1N1 hotline.

This is not the first time the CDC’s predictions for influenza strains have been overstated and miscalculated. In an interview on Swedish television, Dr. Tom Jefferson, head of vaccine studies at the prestigious international Cochrane Database Collaboration, after reviewing hundreds of influenza studies and statistical analyses, has said the WHO’s and CDC’s “performance is not very good.” And in an ITN News interview last month, Jefferson called the swine flu pandemic a “juggernaut they [the WHO, government agencies and vaccine makers] created.” For the 1992-1993 season, the prediction was off by 84 percent. For the 1994-1995 season, it was off 43 percent for the primary strain and off 87 percent and 76 percent for two other strains. The Laboratory Center for Disease Control’s study comparing vaccine strains with the strains appearing during the 1997-1998 season found the match was off by 84 percent. Again Dr. Jefferson in a Der Spiegel interview remarked,

“there are some people who make predictions year after year, and they get worse and worse. None of them so far have come about, and these people are still there making these predictions. For example, what happened with the bird flu, which was supposed to kill us all?.... Swine flu could have even stayed unnoticed if it had been caused by some unknown virus rather than an influenza virus… An influenza vaccine is not working for the majority of influenza-like illnesses because it is only designed to combat influenza viruses. For that reason, the vaccine changes nothing when it comes to the heightened mortality rate during the winter months.”

Our review of all clinical trial studies conducted by the H1N1 vaccine makers for pre-licensing in the American market—CSL, Novartis, Sanofi-Pasteur, Medimmune and now GlaxoSmithKline—reveals they were poorly designed and feebly executed. Any professor in molecular biology or virology would fail a graduate student who presented a paper relying on research conducted in the manner of the studies the vaccine corporations submit to the FDA. Nevertheless, it is this lack of sound randomized, double-blind controlled placebo studies, particularly for inactivated virus vaccines, that our government is declaring definitive and is using to justify mass vaccination of our population.

Last week, Switzerland’s health authorities rejected Novartis’ new swine flu vaccine, Celtura, being targeted for women and children, because the company’s studies were insufficient to guarantee its safety. In addition, the new Novartis vaccine, which uses a cell base from dogs, was found to be contaminated with canine-specific bacteria. The Swiss newspaper,Tagesanzeiger, also noted there remains some suspicion that Novartis’ new vaccine may be a repackaging of an earlier 2008 vaccine responsible for killing almost two dozen homeless people during an illegal clinical trial in Poland. This is the same Novartis whose Fluvirin H1N1 vaccine being distributed in the US relied only on a hasty clinical efficacy and safety trial enrolling only a small number of health adults. Novartis likely remains unperturbed. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant has reported a $6.1 billion profit so far this year and expects to boost sales for the final quarter with is swine flu vaccine.

In July, the CDC announced it would cease testing and counting H1N1 virus infections. Their public reason was simply that they are convinced there is a pandemic and, therefore, accurate monitoring was unnecessary. On August 30, the CDC declared the states should report influenza and pneumonia-associated hospitalizations and deaths together, not singling out actual cases of H1N1 infection if there happen to be any actually confirmed from a laboratory. This has always been the CDC’s policy, and the 36,000 figure of annual flu deaths repeated ad nausea on their website and spewed from the media’s health pulpits for several years straight, does not distinguish between pneumonia, influenza and other flu-like pathogenic deaths. Perhaps it would make very little difference because the current rapid diagnostic tests for the H1N1 virus can range in only 10-50 percent accuracy.

Elsewhere in the world, particularly in Europe, civilians are increasingly rejecting the H1N1 vaccine. Recent polls in Germany and Austria show only 13 and 18 percent respectively willing to take the shot. In Sweden, four vaccine related deaths have been announced and almost 200 healthcare workers have reported becoming more seriously ill from the vaccination than they might have from a flu infection. In the US, anywhere from 90-99 percent of adverse events go unreported.

If people would simply shut off the CDC’s supported propaganda noise being blasted across the airwaves and newspapers— the spectacle of newscasters being inoculated, interviews with government health officials or private doctors and academics receiving consultation fees from drug makers, and the drivel of the New York Times—and simply do their homework, Americans would wake up and realize the hoax behind the swine flu pandemic. All of the information is before us. Nothing is hidden. All the contradictions and hypocrisies are contained within the massive vaccine industrial complex—including the government health agencies and professional medical associations. The lie is too large for them to not expose themselves if we simply look.

Richard Gale is the Executive Producer of the Progressive Radio Network and a former Senior Research Analyst in the biotechnology and genomic industries. Dr. Gary Null is the host of the nation’s longest running public radio program on nutrition and natural health and a multi-award-winning director of progressive documentary films, including Vaccine Nation and Autism: Made in the USA. Dr. Null is also the plaintiff on a law suit against the FDA to prevent the launch of the swine flu vaccine until safety studies have been thoroughly conducted.

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October 26, 2009

Vaccination Choice - Obama’s Hypocrisy

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I want to share a chronology of events with you:

On 9/5/08, then Senator Obama said, on the campaign trail, “I don’t believe in selective vaccination.”

On 9/1/09, President Obama said, “All Americans should get the swine flu vaccine.”

On 9/3/09, Obama’s regulatory agency, the CDC, said, “Children with medical issues should get H1N1 vaccine first.”

On 9/4/09, the CDC further said, “All children age 6 months and older should receive pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine when it becomes available.”

On 9/20/09, Obama tells CNN’s John King that the Obama family will wait in line , like everyone else.  When Health Secretary Sebelius and CDC Head Frieden tell them that it’s their turn, they will get their H1N1 vaccines.

On 10/7/09, Obama’s Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, “All Americans should get swine flu vaccination.”  She unconditionally vouched for the safety of the vaccine.

All statements above are consistent with President Obama’s position in support of a very heavy government hand when it comes to immunization.

But what are we to make of this announcement?

On 10/8/09, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that Obama’s girls are not vaccinated against swine flu, that the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.

Gibbs doesn’t elaborate, so we can’t infer the reasons why.  I doubt he’s saying that the vaccine is too risky.  I’m guessing he’s saying that the girls have an underlying medical condition that prevents them from getting the shot.

Let’s see if I got this straight.

Candidate Obama doesn’t believe in vaccination choice.  He believes in vaccine mandates for American children as a requirement for daycare and school admission.

President Obama tells all Americans to get the swine flu shot.  His own regulatory agency says that all kids should get the shot: kids with medical problems, and kids who are well.  His Health Secretary unconditionally vouches for the safety of the vaccines and reiterates her boss’s exhortation: all Americans should get the shot.

The next day, Obama’s own Press Secretary tells America that the nation’s First Daughters aren’t getting the swine flu vaccine.

Anyone else having a problem with this?

Our Commander-in-Chief is caught in a supreme conundrum.  He has gone on the record saying he doesn’t believe in selective vaccination.  That means, he does not support the personal belief exemption.  That means, he believes all people should get all recommended shots.  The swine flu vaccine is one doozy of a recommended shot.  Officials are falling over themselves to say as much.  The media has fallen in line, telling us to “get the damn vaccine” and “it’s safe, safe, safe.”

So what’s this?  Daddy Obama is exercising vaccination choice for his children?  Could there be legitimate reasons for his girls to vary from a one-size fits all vaccination program?  He owes the American people an explanation.  And it better be a good one.

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Rally before gov. debate aimed at vaccine choice

Our Vaccination Choice Rally Was A Big Hit!!

Over 400 people - organizers, supporters, speakers, media, students, interested debate attendees, and onlookers - gathered on the William Paterson University campus Friday, October 16, 2009 to listen to testimony in support of vaccination choice.  With just a few day's notice, two dozen speakers canceled personal and work commitments, and some traveled a great distance to stand together, in Wayne, New Jersey, to make a statewide and national appeal for vaccination choice.  

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Thursday, October 22, 2009 
LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2009, 10:03 PM

BY DEBRA WINTERS

WAYNE TODAY

STAFF WRITER

NorthJersey.com

WAYNE — Over 70 demonstrators rallied loudly outside William Paterson University's Shea Performing Arts Center last Friday in support of a bill that dictates conscientious exemption to mandatory vaccination.

With hopes of drawing attention of dignitaries lining up for the state's final gubernatorial debate held that night at the center, members of the New Jersey Coalition For Vaccination Choice, despite cold temperatures, spoke passionately from their hearts.

A dozen of guest speakers from doctors to everyday parents shared their personal stories and viewpoints about the dangers of vaccination with much of the emphasis focused on children.

According to information on Vaccination Choice's Web site, 19 states offer conscientious or philosophical exemption to mandatory vaccination, but New Jersey is not included in that group, as it only allows exclusion for medical or religious reasons. New Jersey also approves more vaccines than any other state with 41 doses of 13 different diseases by age 18, most of which is administered to children by age 6, beginning at 12 hours old.

Louise Kuo Habakus, of Red Bank, who started the coalition, began researching vaccinations after both her children as infants experienced severe inflammatory bowel disease following immunization.

"Lobbyists are paid a lot of money by big pharmaceutical companies to get laws passed to mandate vaccines and it has to stop," demanded Habakus.

As listed on package inserts, several adverse effects in children are believed to be the result of vaccines including heart failure, various neurological and autoimmune problems, cancer, SIDS, asthma, anaphylaxis or severe food allergies, autism, as well as diabetes, and obesity, Vaccination Choice says.

The New Jersey Assembly approved a bill in May that requires insurance companies to assume the cost of therapy for autism, which currently affects one out of 91 children in the state, the highest rate in the nation, as stated on Vaccination Choice's Web site.

Habakus, asking parents to make their own decisions, said, "We're not saying vaccinations cause autism, but it causes the same symptoms so…"

Among a sea of homemade signs some read: "Big business has protection from Congress" and "Stop gate keeping the information."

"Gov. Corzine and others have not listened to us but we're here and we're angrier now and growing in numbers," Habakus yelled. "If you want our vote, show us what's best for our children."

Coalition members urge further testing on vaccine ingredients and for manufacturers to study how vaccines interact with each other. Vaccination Choice notes that existing science doesn't implicate vaccines or their ingredients as causes for chronic and neurodevelopmental disorders.

An emotional Patty Difiglia spoke about her daughter Gionna, who she said became ill with extreme fever and heavy diarrhea after a receiving four vaccines for Hepatitis B.

"After checking her, we realized she was not breathing and we immediately dialed 911 but the police were unable to revive her. It was initially reported that she died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) but no tests proved conclusive that that was the cause. It was finally determined that she died due to injury from vaccination," said Difiglia adding, "I'm not against vaccines but I don't think our children's health should be risked due to them."

There are several exemption complications, such as religious exemption, which forces parents into an all or none status. Many parents choose to home school their kids in order to avoid pressures of vaccination requirements.

Craig and Vicki Schwartz, of Hightstown, who are both teachers in elementary and middle schools, say an increase in autistic programs and children with peanut allergies led them to begin questioning vaccinations. Claiming religious exemption has allowed them to bypass vaccine protocol. "Our son Noah had a few vaccines until he was a year old and then we decided against it. And our daughter Juliana was a home birth and has never been vaccinated," said Craig Schwartz.

Vaccination Choice also speaks to adults about the seasonal flu shot, as well as the newly released H1N1 shot.

Over 90 percent of the regular flu vaccine supply contains 25 mcg of mercury, which is a known neurotoxin. Parents, though, are up in arms, since the seasonal flu shot was mandated last year for children age 6 to 59 months who attend daycare and pre-school programs in New Jersey.

Various doctors on hand also warned passerby's of the dangers of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which has only been tested on 19 children. The government has ordered 251 million vaccine doses, leaving coalition members to question the necessity for what's being alleged to be a mild pandemic, no worse than the regular flu.

Bill A260/S1071 for no forced vaccinations has broad, bipartisan support with 39 sponsors on board so far, including local Assemblyman Scott Rumana. If passed, New Jersey will join states such as Arizona, California, New Mexico, Vermont, Maine, and Ohio to offer such a choice.

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NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice update and preparing for our final call-in for October.

Here's an update from the New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice:

Next Tues. is our final call-in for October ( http://njvaccinationchoice.blogspot.com/2009/10/join-our-vaccine-choice-call-in.html ), so please plan to call.  Assemblyman Conaway who is personally holding up A260 in his committee, want e-mails, so lets send him a bunch.  asmconaway@njleg.org  There are some events planned in his district for next week, so if you in Dist. 7 or nearby and would like to participate, please check our event calendar at http://njvaccinationchoice.org/calendar.html Dist. 7 inculdes: Beverly, Burlington, Burlington Township, Cinnaminson, Delanco, Delran, Edgewater Park, Florence, Maple Shade, Merchantville, Mount Holly, Palmyra, Pennsauken, Riverside, Riverton, Westampton, Willingboro (Camden and Burlington Counties)

 

Here is an update from one of the leaders of the Coalition:

 

"I called yesterday around 3pm.

Vitale's office was taking down my name & town, before I even said the bill number. At the end, I asked if he knew what bill I was calling in reference to, and he said, "the Vaccination bill, right?" Yup, that's the one! ; )

Calling my own local legislators was good, too, because I got to ask them where the two non-sponsors each stood on our bill. If it came to the floor for a vote, how would they vote? FYI, the Coalition recently sent 120 faxes out, to each senator and 2 Assemblypersons, asking them to check mark off how they would vote, and return it to us. Several of them have, mostly our co-sponsors so far, but a few of them have weighed in saying they would vote yes. We're (persistently contacting) the folks who have not responded, but if MANY callers to their office next Tuesday were to ask where they stand, it could make a big impression.

I would encourage everyone on the loop here to be asking folks who are not our sponsors, when making these calls, as we head into the elections for the whole NJ Assembly in just 10 days, indeed- just where do they stand?

Also got feedback that our handwritten letters from the Letter Writing Kits are really impactful, that every one of those get read, because they know constituents take the time to not just cut & paste a form letter, or dash off a postcard. Our grassroots effort IS working! If anyone wants to make up some letter writing kits of your own or your group, all the materials can be downloaded, just under the pink box, from our website at: http://njvaccinechoice.org/homework.html#docs "

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NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice update and preparing for our final call-in for October.