Thank you,
Philip, for your considerable insights, vital work, and ongoing support.
Sandy
29 July 07
Dear Sandy,
After retiring as a physical chemistry professor
and director of my university's pre-medical program, I've spent considerable
time compiling extensive databases on the nutritional prevention and treatment
of major medical diseases, principally cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
infection and neurodegenerative disease. In the course of this work, it quickly
became apparent to me that the subject of pediatric vaccination - the vaccines
themselves, vaccine additives and the current inoculation-schedule protocol -
raised serious questions, particularly since the health and well-being of
children is at stake. It was also apparent that this area had become muddied by
a phenomenon that has shockingly pervaded the entire healthcare system, viz.,
widespread conflict-of-interest ties to Big Pharma
monies. Every segment of this system has been compromised medical researchers,
universities (particularly Harvard), medical societies, medical journals,
patient-advocacy organizations, bioethicists,
science organizations, healthcare-policy think tanks (both of the latter
veritable fronts for Big Business interests), Big Media, CDC, FDA, NIH, Medline
(which censors out non-mainstream medical journals like Pauling's-initiated J.
Orthomolecular Medicine), Congress and the Office of the Presidency. Also, to
ensure a favorable climate of public opinion for Big Pharma
and the Establishment, the public is subjected to highly publicized
pronouncements in the media from the various segments of the healthcare system,
including ethically challenged authorities" and authoritative medical
societies, while dissenting voices are ignored, discredited or suppressed. (In
the physical sciences, there are no "authorities". Truth is verifiable
experiment. In Medicine, Truth is what the "authorities" or authoritative
medical societies declare it to be.) For dissenting voices, even the path of
Letters to the Editor to medical journals is blocked (in this, the NEJM takes
first prize, rejecting a Letter to the Editor from Pauling - a great medical
accolade and feather in their cap - one for the history books.)
In the midst of such an ethically corrupt and
intellectually oppressive environment, I discovered your Vaccination News, an
Internet gem of probity and integrity and a precious treasure trove of
significant vaccination information not welcomed by the Establishment. The
information provided is encyclopedic in scope, as timely as the most recent news
flash, and invaluable as a source of dissenting information which cannot be
found in any of the media outlets of Big Media or the Medical Establishment.
Also, I have particularly valued your repeated call for studies to compare the
health status of vaccinated versus never vaccinated children. This proposal,
ignored or belittled by the thimerosal-committed authorities, is the one most
feared by them. Arguably, they would do everything in their power to ensure it
will never be acted on. But your call remains incontestably cogent.
Until just recently, it never occurred to me that
the vast, valuable informational resources provided by Vaccination News came at
the price of great personal financial sacrifice I had naively accepted it as a
freebie. But the best things in life are not always free. Also, in the best of
all possible worlds, your personal savings would not need to be pitted against
the billions of dollars of Big Pharma and the
Medical Establishment. In the real world, it is. Against such odds, you still
valiantly wish to continue your valuable, time-consuming and very special
informational service for both a lay and professional audience. I hope those who
value a medical information level-playing-field will assist you in doing so.
DISCLAIMER: All
information, data, and material contained, presented, or provided here is for
general information purposes only and is not to be construed as reflecting the
knowledge or opinions of the publisher, and is not to be construed or intended
as providing medical or legal advice. The decision whether or not to vaccinate
is an important and complex issue and should be made by you, and you alone, in
consultation with your health care provider.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
Sandy's Scandals Column
Past and current Scandals
- columns by Sandy Gottstein (aka Mintz)*
* ►February 8, 2010 - Inovio
Biomedical Cervical Cancer Therapeutic Vaccine Generates Dose-Related
Immune Response in Clinical Trial - Inovio via BusinessWire
via Technology Marketing Corporation - "VGX-3100 is a DNA vaccine
targeting the E6 and E7 proteins of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16
and 18 and is delivered via in vivo electroporation. Similar to
previously reported data from the initial lowest dose cohort of this
phase I trial, the vaccine was found to be generally safe and well
tolerated. While previously reported data showed significant cellular
and humoral immune responses, data from this second, intermediate dose
group highlighted a significantly increased and dose-related immune
response specific to the antigens targeted by the vaccine."..."While
recent HPV preventive vaccines have been successful in protecting
against infections that may lead to cervical cancer, Inovio's
therapeutic vaccine targets the millions of women already infected with
HPV and is intended to treat pre-cancerous cells and cervical cancer
caused by this virus. Current vaccines do not serve this group of
women," Dr. Kim added."
* ►February 6, 2010 - Autism
Findings Retracted
- The New American - "Actress Holly Robinson Peete remembers, 'When my
son was two-and-a-half, he was just recovering from an ear infection
and had been on antibiotics, therefore his immune system was
suppressed. He had already missed several appointments for his
vaccination so his pediatrician wanted to catch him up on all of them
in the same day. Althrough I asked if he’d consider waiting or breaking
up the cocktail, which contains three viruses, he laughed me out of the
office and belittled me. I firmly believe that it took my son to a
place of no return and his body could not handle it. He had a violent
reaction with convulsions and then he stopped talking and slipped into
a silence. He no longer said, 'Hi, Mommy,' he no longer responded to
his name and he no longer made eye contact.”