Doctors Do NOT Properly Explain Vaccine Risks and Side Effects Prior To Giving

Physicians have been required to discuss childhood vaccine risks and benefits in pediatric health care for over a decade. This study was done to learn just what doctors are doing in their offices. The authors wanted to determine what written materials were given and what information providers thought parents wanted/needed to know, and the content of nurse and doctor discussion with parents, and the time spent on discussion.

The authors did not just include any "run of the mill" doctors, but selected the cream of the crop who were active fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics or American Academy of Family Physicians.

What did they find? 70% of physicians self-reported their offices gave parents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Information Statement, while 60%, respectively, gave it with every dose.

In 70% of immunization visits, physicians and nurses reported initiating discussion of the following: common side effects, when to call the clinic and the immunization schedule.

And here is the real kicker:

40% indicated that they did not mention risks of the vaccines at all and 90% did not mention the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Pediatrics 2001 Feb;107(2):E17

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

Many thanks to one of my heroes from the National Vaccine Information Center and PROVE, Dawn Richardson, for forwarding me this study.

So, let's review the WHOLE process of how most kids get vaccines.

The drug company makes the vaccine and gets the vaccine approved.

Problem: Most of the expert members on the vaccine committees are paid representatives of the drug companies who have a clear basis in approving the vaccines.

The individual state then mandates the vaccines

Problem: The states say that the vaccines are safe due to the expert committees that approved it. Yet when you review the expert committee guidelines they clearly leave the final determination to be made by the state and assume absolutely no responsibility or liability for their recommendations.

The physician gives the shot to the child

Problem: As evidenced from the above study, even the minimal safety data that has been compiled by the drug companies is NOT shared with nearly HALF of the patients given the vaccines.

The entire process is rigged from the very beginning to favor the drug companies earning a huge profit with very little effort directed toward studying long-term safety.

Fortunately, more advanced communities do allow their residents to have a philosophical objection to the vaccines. However, in the US, more than half of the residents do not have any easy choice. Unless they have access to documents like the one I published below they are left out in the dark. Even with the document, some are forced to go to court to uphold their rights.

So, just what can you do?

The answer is quite simple. If you value the health of future generations send this newsletter to as many friends and family members as you can and have them sign up for a subscription.

The way we will change the system is from the bottom up. We need to educate more individuals to the truth as to what is happening in this area.

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