You  can  find  many  arguments  against  vaccinating  your  children.  

In  the  end,  they  all  boil  down  to  one  thing…  

‘A  vaccine  might  keep  you  safe  from  polio,  but  what  else  is  it  doing  to  your  body?’  

Let’s  look  at  the  scientifically  proven  side  effects.  

The  most  common  effects:  

Redness  and  swelling  

around  the  injection  site  

Fever  

Nausea  Headaches  

Tiredness  

Less  than  10%  of  people  who  are  vaccinated  will  experience  these  effects.  

The  least  common  effects:  Vomiting  and  Diarrhea  

Muscle  and  joint  pain  

And…  possible  allergic  reactions  

Some  vaccines  are  made  using  egg  protein  or  antibiotics.  If  you  have  an  allergy  to  these,  you  could  have  a  reaction  to  a  vaccine.  

You  can  prevent  these  kinds  of  reactions  by  being  clear  with  your  doctor  about  any  

allergies  you  have.  

Children  should  remain  at  the  clinic  for  15  minutes  after  a  new  vaccine  (as  children  are  still  

discovering  any  allergies  they  might  have).  

Fewer  than  1  in  1,000,000  people  will  experience  these  reactions.  

There  are  no  other  consistently,  scientifically  proven  side  effects  of  vaccines.  

Links  between  vaccines  and  mental  health  and  learning  disorders  have  been  claimed  –  

with  no  causal  evidence.  

Accusations  of  ‘toxic’  or  ‘dangerous’  chemicals  in  vaccines  have  been  made  –  all  

without  scientific  foundation.  

What’s  the  agenda?  

Where’s  the  money?  

What  about  the  link  between  vaccines  and  autism?  

Let’s  investigate.  

In  1998,  a  paper  was  published  in  the  medical  journal,  Lancet,  in  the  UK.  

‘Ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children.’

Vaccines!

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It  implied  a  link  between  vaccines  and  autism.  

At  this  time,  the  internet  and  social  media  were  growing  fast  in  power  and  influence.  

Thanks  to  technology  and  the  media,  the  ideas  in  the  paper  spread  far  and  wide.  

People  became  afraid  that  vaccines  would  give  their  children  autism.    

The  scientific  community  tried  to  respond  by  pointing  out  all  the  paper’s  flaws.  

Small  Case  Studies  

It  Relied  on  Parental  Recall  and  Beliefs  

It  Linked  Three  Common  Conditions  

No  Controls  Whatsoever!  

It  Provided  NO  Hard  Evidence  

But  scientists  were  unable  to  reach  parents  the  way  that  sensationalist  media  could.  

BLAH  BLAH  BLAH  BLAH!  

Blah  blah  blah…  

So  scientists  set  to  work  to  try  to  replicate  the  paper’s  findings.  

No  evidence  found.  

No  evidence  found.  

No  evidence  found.  

No  evidence  found.  

No  evidence  found.  

No  evidence  found.  

Autism  cases  have  increased  since  vaccines  became  standard.  Some  claim  this  as  ‘proof’  

that  vaccines  cause  autism.  

Vaccines  Given  

Autism  Cases  

Connection?  

No  causal  link  could  be  found.  Autism  is  simply  better  understood  today.  More  children  are  being  diagnosed,  who  would  once  have  been  missed.  

Despite  the  overwhelming  consistency  of  the  scientists’  results,  it  took  10  years  for  the  General  

Medical  Council  to  act  on  the  paper  which  started  it  all.  

The  General  Medical  Council  conducted  a  Fitness  to  Practise  hearing  involving  the  

authors  of  the  autism  paper.  

It  caused  the  paper  to  be  retracted  as  fraudulent  and  scientifically  and  ethically  

flawed.  

Ten  out  of  the  twelve  authors  retracted  their  claims.  

But  Andrew  Wakefield,  one  of  the  authors,  still  pushes  his  views  in  public  today.  

He  has  never  attempted  to  replicate  or  explain  clearly  his  beliefs.  

In  the  last  two  decades,  unfounded  fear  of  vaccines  has  spread  across  the  developed  

world.  

Measles,  which  was  nearly  eradicated  in  the  UK,  is  now  endemic  again  in  England  

and  Wales.  

Thousands  of  children  are  being  put  at  risk  by  parents  who  think  they  are  doing  the  right  thing  due  to  

incorrect  or  insufficient  information.  

It  is  essential  for  parents  to  get  the  correct  information,  to  protect  their  children  and  everyone  else  from  preventable  disease.  

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