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January 5, 2009
Hi, Dr. Jessica!
I was wondering if you have any of your wonderful insight for me. My husband Clayton and I are expecting! I am due June 5, and he and I, and everyone else and I, are going back and forth about immunizations. Just curious if you have any good ammo for me to use, and any other info. that I might find useful. I feel like a need someone in my corner, and you're my gal!! :)

Thanks so much for anything you can help me out with!

Dr. Jody

Good morning, Dr. Jody, and congratulations!

Regarding your question: The best thing I can tell you is to check out the latest "Vaccine Safety Manual" by Neil Miller and do your own research. I just returned from an Autism-themed ICA Pediatrics Conference where Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D., who is a leading autism medical researcher (because of his work in implicating the vaccination connection to autism and many other disorders, especially with the MMR innoculation) and he directly told our entire group that he would not vaccinate his own children and in his practice, he does not recommend vaccination at all. To me, if a vaccine researcher (who is not paid by the pharmaceutical companies) says he will not vaccinate his own children, that is something to pay attention to.
Another book called "Evidence of Harm" by David Kirby, a New York political and medical research professional journalist (see www.evidenceofharm.com) may deliver some fantastic insight to you. Some links to see include the National Vaccination Information Center at www.nvic.org and www.thinktwice.com, which can give you much pertinent information regarding vaccinations with different perspectives as well as Vaccine Injury Reporting information.
You may have to search to find your specific answer, but in every state there are exemptions to the vaccination "mandates"; whether philosphical, medical or religious. There are loop holes in day cares, schools and the like that you may sign paperwork to allow your unvaccinated child into public facilities. Click here for a well-written document written by an attorney called the Vaccination Exemption E-Book.  
If your child is sick, or if you have a family history of reactions to medications, please tell your healthcare provider; they usually will not mandate vaccinations for people in these circumstances.

Let me tell you also what I tell all of my patients. You can always vaccinate, but you can never take it back. There are side effects that are known and unknown. If you vaccinate, the child not only has the risk of getting the disease but also the side effects of the innoculation itself. If you do not vaccinate, the child has the risk of getting the disease. Most children who are vaccinated and get the disease have an over-reaction leading to a hypersensitivity and eventual allergy(ies).

A major hospital here, for about 2 days, mandated that all of their employees recieve the flu vaccination for the "protection of the patients", however, the nurse's union and others spoke so loudly against it that they recinded the mandate. If nurses & doctors don't want to get vaccinated, what does that tell you?!

In any case, do your research and feel 100% comfortable with the risks and "benefits". Personally, I will never vaccinate my children and there are plenty of others who do not expose their families to innoculation. This may come as an outstanding statement but research has proven its truth for me.

The reason you must feel 100% comfortable in your decision is that there will always be a bombardment of "research" paid for by the pharmaceutical companies. A recent article in Anchorage Daily News reported that Pfitzer, the manufacturer of the world's leading drug Lipitor, is now making a generic and buying the shares of it so it can capture the money from that market as well. For the pharmaceutical companies, it is about money and not health!

If you look at the bell curves of disease "eradication" in this country you will see that most childhood diseases were in decline BEFORE the vaccinations were introduced, mostly due to increasing awareness of hygiene, nutrition, etc. However the bell curves that the vaccination companies show of course only show the part where it decreases with the onset of the vaccination.

Most European countries don't vaccinate until the child's neurological system is mostly developed, between ages 2 and 5. Bottom line: if you're planning to breastfeed, the child gets all the immunoglobins you have inherently. So whatever you've been exposed to the child gets the benefit of. Ted Koren, D.C. also has some great up-to-date information on his websites that you can buy in book form.

Polypharmacy issues arise from multiple strains of viruses in one vaccine. The so-called "Super Shots" are new and are marketed toward families who don't want their child to go through the pain of multiple single-vaccines. However, these are new and only add to the complications of further problems such as allergies, hypersensitivies, and long-term, irreversable damage to the child.

Then we can talk about mercury, aluminum, and the hundreds of other substances found in the ingredient list of vaccinations. (Just Google "vaccine ingredients"). Add on top of it that infants are underdeveloped immunologically anyway and you instill a cookbook of foreign substances into a new, pure system that is less able to adapt than a mature system and wham-o! It creates long-term irreversible damage on a microscopic scale that may turn into a macroscopic scale that not even the purest chiropractic adjustment, naturopathic solution, homeopathic remedy, psychological treatment, crisis medical care, surgery or pharmaceutical drug can eradicate.


Lastly, and most importantly, listen to your inner wisdom. If you're even having an inkling of doubt in your mind or soul regarding vaccinations, you're better off without them. You're a role model for the future of our country and there are so many unvaccinated families now that there are support groups everywhere. www.mothering.com is a fantastic resource as a start for that.

Alaska Residents Click Here for Vaccination Exemption Information and Forms. 


Hope that helps!

Love & Light,

Dr. Jessica

Some References:
MOTHERING MAGAZINE In the Wake of Vaccines Sept/Oct 2004
THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW Public Health vs Parents' Fears 10/9/03
INSIGHT MAGAZINE Vaccines fueling autism epidemic? 6/9/03