“Freedom over one’s physical person is the most basic freedom of all, and people in a free society should be sovereign over their own bodies.” ~ Ron Paul, MD & U.S. Representative of Texas
Personal Experiences
My daughter Alexis was born in October 1980. She died in March 1998 from vaccine induced Hodgkin’s disease. She was 17 years old.
I would like to share some personal recollections with you, so that you can become aware for yourself of the pattern of correlations, which exist between vaccines and ensuing childhood maladies. We hear similar stories all the time but lack a context to connect these childhood tragedies with the vaccination protocol in this country. Mostly, we would not even consider questioning this relationship.
Since I have begun doing research on vaccines, the first question I ask when I hear of a case of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), uncontrollable crying, seizures, shaken baby syndrome (SBS), meningitis, asthma, or autism is …
When was this child vaccinated?
Personally, I never considered not vaccinating my children. Vaccinations were never an issue for me, I, like many parents trusted the pediatrician.
It was only after Alexis passed away that I found out about the dangers of vaccines.
When I reviewed Alexis’ medical records I discovered that Alexis must have been allergic to the DTP shot. She received the DTP shot and 21 days later came down with the following symptoms: lethargy: fever; loss of appetite; excessive sleeping. With the next DTP shot -again the same exact symptoms but this time it was 22 days after the shot. These reactions are mentioned in Dr. Vierra Schiebner’s book “VACCINATION: The Medical Assault on the Immune System.” Dr. Scheibner used a breathing monitor to find out why children were dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). She discovered that the vaccines were playing a major role in these deaths. The breathing monitor showed vaccines created severe stress in babies and which days were most critical for them. One of the major reactions to DTP was 20 to 24 days after the shot. Alexis’ reaction to the DTP was in that time frame, and yet the doctor did not recognize this reaction to the vaccine and continued to vaccine Alexis, compromising her immune system with every shot.
It was shortly after her MMR booster shot, that Alexis developed Hodgkin disease.
Dr. Robert Mendelsohn’s book, "How to Raise a Healthy Child", states that he has observed Hodgkin disease develop after the MMR vaccine.
I sometimes laugh at myself because I was so careful about other things like not having formaldehyde on my children’s clothing. All their clothes were washed before they wore them. Yet the vaccines they received contained formaldehyde that went directly into their bloodstreams and major organs.
A recent incident that made me chuckle was the SARS epidemic. I was planning a trip to Toronto and a friend said, “Aren’t you afraid of SARS?” Since I rarely watch TV or read the paper, I thought SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome) was a terrorist group. She then explained to me that 300 people worldwide had died of SARS thus far and that there were currently a dozen active cases in Toronto. My question was why is the media making such a big issue about SARS when in United States alone, 3,000 – 5,000 children die of SIDS every year? One hardly hears about it. Currently, cancer kills more American children than any other disease, a fact that most people are not aware of. Childhood vaccines have been implicated as a causal factor in this epidemic. Dr. Bernice Eddy has found the correlation between SV40, which is found in the polio vaccine, and the subsequent development of cancer in vaccinated children.
Autism has been on the News recently (2005). In April, 2000, there were congressional hearings (U.S. House of Representatives, Government Reform Committee topic - “Autism: Present Challenges, Future Needs Why the Increasing Rates?” April 6, 2000). During this inquiry, physicians, research scientists and parents linked the MMR to Autism. If the government had stopped mandating this vaccine and the medical establishment had stopped administering it until evidence of its safety had been established, many children and their families would have been spared this condition called Autism that is effecting 1 in 166 children. It boggles my mind to think that even though there exists a substantive body of evidence from Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Dr. O’Leary, Dr. Vijendra K. Singh, etc, demonstrating a connection between autism and the MMR that it continues to be mandated and given. The scope and significance of this information alone warrants disclosure to parents to enable them to decide what is best for their child(ren).
Why not disclose the facts to the public and have an open discussion on vaccines. Then parents would be able to make informed decisions.
As Thomas Jefferson said, “An informed individual makes the best choice.”
According to the Federal Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, physicians are required to first inform their patients of the risks involved in connection with vaccinations before they seek consent to administer them.
As a parent I was unable to protect my most precious gift, my child, because the dangers of vaccines were never presented to me.
When you hear, “trust us, we are the experts,” my recommendation is to listen, ask questions, do your own research, explore other options on anything and everything that goes directly into the bloodstream of your child. Only then can you make informed and conscientious decisions that are right for you and your family.
Hindsight is 20/20
Alexis' mom, Sevaste "Sam " Spaker
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