Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Alternative vaccination schedule

Vaccination is a controversial subject, and many parents worry about subjecting their children to them...

In my searches for the truth, I came across this article that was very helpful and I am happy to pass it along. I have a summarized table of a safer vaccination schedule that follows, and the entire article linked at the end of the post.

Infectious disease was the leading cause of death in children 100 years ago, with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and pertussis accounting for most them. Today the leading causes of death in children less than five years of age are accidents, genetic abnormalities, developmental disorders, sudden infant death syndrome, and cancer.

Public health officials, however, have not proven that it is indeed safe to inject this many vaccines into infants. Fifty years ago, when the immunization schedule contained only four vaccines (for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox), autism was virtually unknown. Today, one in every 68 American families has an autistic child. Other, less severe developmental disorders, rarely seen before the vaccine era, have also reached epidemic proportions. Four million American children have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. One in six American children are now classified as “Learning Disabled.”

The CDC has not done any studies to assess the long-term effects of its immunization schedule. The following is a summary of a more reasonable and safe vaccination schedule…

1. No vaccinations until a child is two years old.
2. No vaccines that contain thimerosal (mercury).
3. No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur).
4. These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six months, beginning at age 2:
     1. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
     2. Diphtheria
     3. Tetanus
     4. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)

American children are the most highly vaccinated kids in the world.

To read the original article by Dr. Donald Miller M.D., click here…

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