I was shocked to learn that the state legislature passed SB 277, despite the fact that countless Californians registered their outrage and opposition to this very bad vaccine bill. The new law eliminates the "personal beliefs" exemption for parents who don't want their children to be vaccinated.
Scientific evidence shows that individuals vaccinated with live-virus vaccines such as MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), rotavirus, chicken pox/shingles, and influenza can shed the virus for many weeks or months afterwards and infect the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. Those vaccinated can carry the disease in the back of their throat, and can infect others while not showing any symptoms themselves. Vaccines do not confer permanent immunity, and diseases such as measles have occurred in fully vaccinated populations.
Of great concern is the fact that from 2005 to 2014 there were no deaths from measles itself -- but a whopping 108 deaths from the MMR vaccine.
Many parents have a legitimate concern about some of the vaccines in the government's recommended schedule. Others point to the demonstrably dangerous ingredients and adjuvants in vaccines, or have a serious problem with the idea of overloading a young child's immune system with too much at one time, administered too early.
Since 1988, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has awarded almost $3 billion to over 4,000 families who were harmed by vaccines -- a clear acknowledgement from the government that some vaccines are dangerous. In addition, HHS's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) receives an average of 30,000 reports each year, 13% of which are considered "serious" -- that is, associated with "disability, hospitalization, life-threatening illness, or death." So far, the government's response to adverse events from vaccines is to say that research on them has not been published in peer-reviewed journals, so they need not be considered -- yet when asked to do such research, the government refuses.
Surely you're aware of the whistleblower who says the CDC covered up evidence of harm to young black males from the measles vaccine, despite media attempts to bury the story. Or how a CDC doctor whose work was meant to disprove the link between vaccines and autism fled justice in 2010 after officials uncovered massive fraud involving the theft of $2 million in taxpayer dollars. In light of the documented and indisputable safety risks with vaccines -- which the government itself acknowledges -- how can California lawmakers pass unprecedented mandates to vaccinate all children and deny religious and philosophical exemptions, especially when the science does not support the safety of the vaccine?
Parents deserve to have a choice when it comes to their children's health. I promise you, the legislators who passed this terrible bill into law will see just how outraged the public is at the next election!
