Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Vaccine Safety Myth

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

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The Vaccine Safety Myth

Click here to access article by Jamie Deckoff-Jones, MD from GreenMedInfo.

During the past week I've noticed a barrage of aggressive reporting attacking parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated. This is an issue that I know little about because it doesn't personally affect me. But such aggressive reporting sets off little warning bells in my head that corporate TV may be hiding something or are pushing the interests of the ruling One Percent. I pay attention to these little bells after many decades of being lied to by corporate media that engage in extensive coverage offering only a monolithic view on certain issues.

Also, my personal experience with various doctors who have tried to get me to receive a shingles vaccination has contributed to these warning bells. I thought about it, but being a senior myself and mingling a lot with other seniors, I had never heard of anyone in my peer group getting shingles. So, I declined. I've always wondered since then if doctors aren't being induced somehow to push drugs onto patients as some people have suspected.

Anyway, I am offering this post to provide another view on this issue. Because it is written by physician, it suffers a bit from the overuse of abbreviations and medical knowledge not shared by the average person. But, it was the best I could find this morning.