Shared from her mother, Julia Anne. “Today marks the 8th anniversary of our daughter Andi’s death, following her six-month vaccines. Here’s our story. We were blessed with a daughter when our son was five-years-old. She was beautiful-a little doll. When she was born, she had a head full of black
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Many people think vaccines are the greatest achievement in public health. They think that vaccines are safe and effective, they think injuries are one in a million, and they scoff at any relationship between vaccines and neurological disorders, allergies, and chronic diseases. If you even question the safety, or express
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When I gave birth to my first, I had done absolutely zero research on vaccines. I spent the whole nine months reading, learning and preparing for a natural childbirth that lasted a total of one day and did no research on raising a human which would last the entire rest
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Recently Maine has been making headlines for some very different reasons. First off, the state was heralded for having the highest rate of toddler vaccinations out of the country, taking first place for having the largest percentage of children between 19 and 35 months old vaccinated with at least one
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Vaccinations give us all a false sense of security. A universal mantra that vaccines are safe and effective has trumped any attempt to have a conversation about it without being attacked and ridiculed. But are vaccines really safe? Are they always, indefinitely effective? Why are asking these very basic questions
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Over the years, California State Senator Richard Pan has been slowly chipping away at parental rights. In 2012 he introduced Assembly Bill 2109, which placed a stipulation on parents who exercised their right to a personal belief exemption to their children’s vaccine requirement at school. The bill required parents to
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I don’t know if you’re a glass half full kind of person, or a glass half empty kind of person, but a vaccine that is 48% effective does not sound remarkable, especially given the side effects that can come from the flu shot. According to the CDC’s most recent Seasonal
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