So much effort of public health programs is spent on the prevention of infectious diseases. The goal to prevent and even eradicate infectious germs, while it may sound noble and heroic, could also be fundamentally misguided. For one, there’s little attention placed on the short and long term consequences of
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I’m sure you’ve heard all about it. The story goes like this: an unvaccinated 20-year-old young man was hospitalized in June in Rockland County, New York with what was initially diagnosed as acute flaccid myelitis (a differential diagnosis for polio that emerged after the vaccine changed the strictness of criteria
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The CDC released a report in February that assumed that the COVID vaccine reduced an adolescents risk of hospitalization because when they looked at hospitalizations over a 6 month period (July – December 31, 2021), they found fewer overall COVID-19 hospitalizations in teens ages 12-17 (teens here on out) who
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– Neal Nathanson and Alexander D. Langmuir, The Cutter Incident, 1963. Poliomyelitis may have always been a rare, perhaps accidental, complication of an otherwise undetected fecal-oral enterovirus infection. Most people don’t realize this, but according to the CDC, less than 1% of poliovirus infections result in any form of paralysis,
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Here are some quick facts about the COVID vaccine for kids. Having informed consent means that you are given complete information about the risks and benefits of a medical procedure, that you can decline the procedure, and that you may choose an alternative. For a much longer exploration of COVID
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Four-year-old Kali Cook from Galveston, Texas, died suddenly and unexpectedly in her sleep on September 7. Just one day before, her mother Karra Harwood had tested positive for SARS-Cov-2, but no one else in the family was showing any symptoms. Little Kali was perfectly fine until she woke up at
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This is an unprecedented time. The media blackout of vaccine injuries and reactions is pervasive, with the US media barely reporting on the reactions and injuries to the COVID vaccines. When they do, it’s primarily to downplay and diminish any association between this or that injury and the vaccine. It’s
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I may be just a mom to most people, but I’m not alone in thinking children don’t need COVID vaccines. Marty Makary, MD, MPH and a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine weighed some of the pros and cons, and found there is no benefit for young, healthy children:
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Pfizer has applied to the FDA to extend it’s EUA of the COVID-19 vaccines to include children ages 12-15 years old. Even though this age group is infected less. Even though this age group is not at risk for severe disease. Even though this group has absolutely nothing to gain
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In a little over 3 months since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) has received over 50,000 reports of adverse events, including over 2,200 deaths. Currently, there are no vaccines authorized for children under 16 years of age–but the trials have begun, and
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The smallpox vaccine is often credited with eradicating smallpox. This is one of vaccination’s biggest claims to fame. But did it really? Was the vaccine, first invented in 1796, responsible for the eradication of smallpox some 183 years later in 1979? This is one of those movie moments: 183 years
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It took nearly 80 years to figure out that the most deadly pandemic in recent human history, the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic that is estimated to have took the lives of over 100 million people, was actually so deadly because of bacterial pneumonia. Now, with all the mask orders in
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For centuries now, humans have been at war with microbes–despite having an incomplete understanding of the human body, and how microbes fit into the ecological web of human health. Amidst our fascination with avoiding microbes, there is one medical discovery that magnified our fear of viruses and bacteria in particular,
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So with all this hand washing, sanitizing and mask wearing, it serves as a good reminder to remember that our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and archaea, that live both inside and outside of our body—and serve the very important roles of protecting
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When we treat the body with natural “medicine” (nutrient-dense diet, antioxidants, bioflavonoids, herbs, vitamins, minerals, fresh air, sunlight, exercise, restful sleep, meditation, healthy relationships, clay, etc.) we are supporting the immune system and improving its function. Through going this route, we are not only reducing the intake of harmful, toxic
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Shared from his mama Tegan Jayne. EDIT TO ADD**** NO MEDICATION CONTAINING IBUPROFEN WAS USED AS HE WAS UNDER 3 MONTHS OF AGE. “Its 5 years ago (January 2014) we were in PICU fighting for life against chicken pox. A fully vaccinated family member who we lived with contracted chicken
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Shared from Melissa Floyd. Check out ImmunityEducation.org. Listen to her podcast with Dr. Bob Sears. There is a rumor that has been circulating over the past few weeks that there are actually #2STRAINS of Covid-19, and one is deadlier than the other. Is there any truth to this rumor? I did a
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Every year around this time a slew of news stories comes out about young infants who die of vaccine-preventable diseases, which is a devastating tragedy. The thought of a brand new baby dying from anything preventable is simultaneously infuriating and heart-wrenching. Unfortunately, these stories don’t take into account that vaccines
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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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Raise your hand if you have ever read a scientific study? Or even looked at one. Scientific studies are these megaliths of information. They can be tedious to read, difficult to understand–after all, they are their own completely unique language. To a lay person, like me, we need other people
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