We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Measles vs. MMR Vaccine: Risks and Benefits

Click here to access article by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD from LewRockwell.
Donald Miller...is a retired cardiac surgeon and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He is a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and writes articles on a variety of subjects for LewRockwell.com . His web site is www.donaldmiller.com.
This is another article regarding the issue of vaccinations which corporate media has been pushing to make mandatory. Because of the tendency for corporate media to serve corporate interests rather than the people's interests, I am running some articles I find from credible sources that provides a more balanced or alternative view.

Here is one entitled "What’s Behind Big Pharma’s Freak-out Media Blitz Over Measles?" which presents a decidedly alternative view.