Amanda Peet Causes a Stir - Issues Apology
Filed under: Baby Blabber > Jenny McCarthy
Someone might be getting a Jenny McCarthy beatdown!
Amanda Peet had a few choice words for parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids in the July issue of Cookie magazine.
The pro-childhood vaccinations actress said, "parents who don't vaccinate their children are parasites."
Peet has since issued an apology for her 'mean and divisive' comment but stands firm on her position regarding childhood vaccinations.
Like Jenny McCarthy, there are many who believe that vaccinations could cause Autism.
Thankfully, Peet acknowledged that name calling has no place in the ongoing debate.
What do U think about this issue???
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Posted: July 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I think the thousands of parents who say vaccines caused their child's autism are right. Girls are being paralyzed by Gardisil as we speak and the news broadcasts are saying that it has not been proven that the vaccine caused it and it's coincidential even though it happened right afterward. Come on, how dumb can you get people, has the public really lost all their common sense? Does a bear sh!t in the woods?
Re: Krist – That's so nice of you, how compassionate to call a mother who is concerned about her child and other children's health, an idiot. She may end up saving lives by what she is doing. Most celebrities wouldn't give a crap about us "little people", but Jenny is different, she's a hero.
Re: DDH22 – When they mandate the HIV vaccine, you can be the first to try it, I will be buying a rifle if that time comes.
As a vaccine injured person I think this bitch is INSANE! How dare her call people who do the research parasites. Vaccines are a serious medical procedure, they carry risk, and they create profit for the companies that make them. Mumps, Measles, and Chickenpox were never serious illnesses, but they became killers once greedy pharmaceutical companies and politicians who own stock in these companies were able to profit from a vaccine. If no one had anything to hide why is it where I live CPS was called on a woman who simply wanted 24 hours to take home and read the packet insert from the vaccines that were going to be injected into her child? Why is it there have been 14 deaths linked with the new cervical cancer vaccine and this is still considered a good thing to be injecting into people? Why is it kids are getting shingles instead of chickenpox because of the chickenpox vaccine that is less than 15 years old? People in this country are stupid, and seem to not give a shit about what they inject into their kids, how funny that these same parents are also the same parents that don't care what their kids eat, but will throw a fit if their kid hears a dirty word on the TV. Clearly our priorities are screwed!
Take a close hard look at Miss Peete, she looks like HELL! Her skin is in horrid condition, and I am convinced it is from taking in toxins and not caring what goes into her body. Remeber this woman can not live without her microwave, so she is clearly clueless about how microwaved food is a damaging poison. The woman is going to look like a creature from a Japanese horror film by the time she is 50! Even worse, she is going to be disabled with ailments that could have been prevented by eating whole real foods, and using common sense.
I feel sorry for her
There has been a study that proves a link between industrial pollution & autism-goldminers in the 19th century would use mercury to get the gold out of the rocks & then dump the mercury sludge into nearby rivers. If you've ever eaten catfish & suddenly had a numbing of your lips-that was mercury poisoning because it falls to the bottom of rivers & catfish are bottom feeders. Texas pollution hotspots have been linked to autism too. Breast cancer in the Bay Area/San Francisco has been linked to military dumping "expired" stuff into the bay.
Uh let's see, best scientific minds on the planet vs. Jenny McCarthy. I'll go with beth scientific minds on the planet. She is such a moron, maybe it's her defective DNA that caused her kid to be autistic. Anyway, she is more than anything a great ad for the necessity of birth control!
Re: mikey – I am not sure that Miss Thang's child is healthy, the kid looks glazed over and sickly to me! Something is not right, and I am sure that if this child becomes autistic, or is just unwell because of the vaccines this piece of shit mother will continue to insist it is not the vaccines!
Re: CEM – NO non vaxer or person with measles hurt your sister's unborn child, she had an abortion! DEAL WITH IT!
well everyone is entitled to their oppinion…I think it's a hard subject but it's what the parents think is best for their children ..i think some people are quick to make an uneducated decision about the subject.
@->- Rose 4 u CANADA LOVES PEREZ HILTON !!!
jenny needs to learn that vaccinces do NOT cause autism. she just needs some thing to blame it on
CERTAIN VACCINATIONS ARE THE CAUSE OF AUTISM DUE TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF MERCURY FOUND>
WHY DONT YOU (PRO VACCINATION PEOPLE) READ AND RESEARCH BEFORE YOU LET DOCTORS INJECT WHATEVER THEY WANT INTO YOUR BABIES. DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT SHOVES DOWN YOUR THROAT>
EDUCATE YOURSELVES YOU IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!! AMANDA PEET IS A FUCKIGN MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: DUH – yeah, but small pox and polio are pretty painful too. It is a pity that some people react badly to vaccinations, but if everyone stops vaccinating their kids then epidemics that kill millions will rear their ugly heads again. People have forgotten that the Spanish flu killed 1/3 of the world's population at the turn of the last century.
Re: stupi – AND YOU ARE ALL KNOWING ON THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE????? I dare you to show or anyone else 100% undeniable proof that vaccines can not cause any side effects or health conditions! YOU CAN'T DO IT! Even the packet inserts of these products list health problems that the vaccines can cause! Also if vaccines are not linked with Autism or any other health issue why is it that the government has payed out money to people who have been vaccine injured? Lastly, why it you and other pro vaccine idiots conveniently forgetting the Poling case? Could it be that you think that if you ignore this case long enough it will be forgotten by the public? It must kill you and the others that people are waking up and not taking the bullshit at face value.
Re: karen – Scars from chickenpox??? BOO HOO HOO!!!!! It is clear that you don't give a flying f#ck that kids are getting shingles from the vaccine and are being injected with toxic chemicals to protect them from a mild illness. Honestly, in a world where people are starving and doing without you are fixated on a few barely noticeable scars. How much more of a shallow excuse of a human being could you possibly be? Please don't answer, I think everyone reading knows the answer
Re: chunk – Chunk, so should we lump you in with the Autistic, or just those with mental deficiencies? All insults aside, you are a just plain stupid, and prove it when you say that they lump all mental deficiencies into the Autism category. Condoning you saying something that ridiculous was irresponsible, and I had to say something!
Re: orang – Not only is she a moron, she is a child abuser!
Team Amanda. Many kids would be dead if we didn't have vaccination programs. Its ignorant for people to listen to celebrities instead of trusted medical professionals who have been researching and studying vaccines for over 50 years.
Re: Pete –
agreed pete
IT's all about the money.. vaccines are run by the government, so of course the say nothing will happen, it's because if the pharmacutical companies are not making the money then the government is not.. If anyone has ever looked at ingredients in these shots I would think you would maybe think twice.
I know autism is a terrible disease but there is absolutely no medical proof it is linked to vaccines. kids still die from things like measles. obviously it's up to parents what they do but i would never risk my kid's health by not following medical advice.
well actually she's right. those kids animals etc can only remain healthy if the vaccinated population is high enough. providing a buffer zone around them.
So yes parenst deciding not too vaccinate are doing this over the backs of parent who do vaccinate their kids.
In California there was an INCREASE in Autism even when they stopped using Thermisoral. They found a link with Autism and older fathers. Regardless if we had a bunch of foreigners coming to the USA without being vaccinated Americans would go ape-shit. So people will be pro or con depending on who you are dealing with rather than the issue at hand. I don't see why some people have the special privilade of not getting vaccinated and causing an epidemic if we all decided not to do it.
There is no (and I mean NO) scientific clinical trial or study that has ever shown that vaccinations cause autism. In fact, the thing that people were complaining was the cause in vaccinations, the preservative Thimerasol, is no longer used and hasn't been used in years, yet the incidence of autism is the same or growing (most likely due to autism awareness and lumping many other conditions into the spectrum. There have been outbreaks of measles and mumps in schools because parents aren't vaccinating and relying on those of us who do to help keep diseases under control. So yes, in a way, they are parasites because they are relying on vaccinated children to keep their non-vaccinated children safe from disease.
I think it`s simple…making the decision for yourself is everyone`s right, but deciding for others, no matter if it`s your kids is neber allowed!. Same thing with religion, but there comes the trouble though, cos most won`t have vacs because of religion,as if it was gods intent that one can take meds against cancer but not polio …I mean, come on!.Religious people tend to interprete the bible/koran in their advantage .So ,I think it`s so damn easy..JUST USE YOUR COMMON SENSE and live by that,fuck tightass relgious condemners!!boy from free holland europe.
Re: Meryl – OMG! You dear must be having some serious side effects from the vaccines you have taken because you can't spell the word parents, and you confuse the word too with to. It is so damned interesting that studies have shown that those of us who don't vaccinate are usually MORE educated than those who don't. How do you like those apples sweety peaches?
I love how so many of you are saying that parents of children with Autism are busy trying to blame something or someone for their child's disability. No. We're busy helping our children get through 40 hours a week of ABA therapy, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, etc. Our kids go to school…5 days a week….all year round from the age of 3. Many of us are busy trying to calm many of the behavioral problems our children exhibit. Many of us are busy changing the diapers and trying to potty train our 5, 6 and even 7 year old children. Who has time to point fingers at anyone for our child's disorder? We're too busy being parents.
Re: doc – Doc, you are so right people SHOULD listen to trusted medical professionals like Dr Sherri Tenpenny and other medical professionals who have come out against the dangers of vaccines.
They should NOT listen the likes of Dr Paul Offit who profits by owning a patent on a vaccine and has ties with Merck. I am sorry but the Merck connection and his potential financial gain of millions show that this man is NOT to be trusted.
VACCINATIONS ARE A CHOICE AND SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. I will never have my kids vaccinated. Sure, there is a big chance that they would turn out fine, but why risk it? There is always a chance that they won't, and that is reason enough to say no.
Re: Suze – Not only do they think parents who have children with Autism are trying to find someone to blame, they seem to think Autism is the ONLY issue connected with vaccines. I have even read where they imply those of us speaking out have something to gain in all of this.
THEY JUST DON'T GET IT!
All these Peet articles are so disturbing. It is like she is advertising all this baby gear and clothes at as she says a "target market" of mothers and then she goes and attacks Moms. It is demeaning. I am addressing her because she is claiming the words.
I am leary of Offit's campaign called "Every Child By Two" as I see that my son had 20 shots by age 17 1/2 months. Are you trying to pump him full before his skull fuses or is that just coincidence like everything else. I want to hear some causal theories from these doctors that claim to be the top of the profession. Dr. Offit didn't mention any studies that he is doing to figure out what causes autism, but he mentions autism.
Now that we know there is some connection with the heart and autism which should disturb Dr. Offit I wonder if we are chemically setting off the fight or flight mechanism that we use to protect our brain. That would explain why the injuries happen after 18 months when their skulls fuse.
The fight or flight response is very dangerous as the heart sends chemicals to the brain to produce loads of spinal fluid to cushion the brain. The problem is it can cause hydrocephalus putting pressure on the brain causing unpredictable neurological issues.
I am sure it is coincidence just like toxic poisoning is similar if not identical to autism symptoms that share the mystery of cause as hydrocephalus.
Re: Suze – Then why are you on this site Suze?
WTF!!!! I wish people would research the shit they say, beore opening there damn mouths . I for one have not vaccinated my child after her 6 months shots after researching the speculations linking vac to autism. This is a HUGE thing going on, and people really have to stop being so nieve and starting reading up on things, these kids are our future!!!
Re: F.A. – even more interesting…I don't think that half of the people here realize that THEY are paying for my child's early intervention and continuing special education. If they realized just how expensive it is to educate my child and ALL the other children with ASD, I think they may start backing Autism research and DEMANDING that researchers find a solution to this epidemic. Do I think that vaccines are the cause of my child's Autism? No. Not entirely. I personally think it's everything…..crap in the environment, crap in our water, pesticides, additives, junk in our vaccines, the many, many medications we all take (and give our children), etc. I think more research should be focused on our crap environment COMBINED with an individual's weakend immune system (ie: pre-disposition for ASD). Just my 2 cents.
Re: Girly – What? I can't eat breakfast and cruise the internet while I do so?
Re: Girly – What? I'm not allowed to eat breakfast and cruise the internet while I do so?
Re: my tw – In your child who runs high fevers, you will likely realize the brain damage later. By then it will be too late to file a vaccine injury claim. My older son has auditory processing difficulty because of DTP encephalitis. I only realized the symptoms (high fever, high pitched crying, arching his back) after researching my younger son's autism. There used to be a site online that showed brain swelling charts related to DTP, but it has been removed. DTP has been changed to DTaP because of this problem. If you like medical expiraments being done on your children, go ahead. Mine are done with theirs…and unfortunately, they have nothing but problems from them. BTW, the CDC's thimerosal study was authored by their own scientists and researchers, with assistance from a thimerosal manufacturer.
Re: Liver – Liver, you watch too much TV.
Re: Suze – I'm sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying we parents are trying to blame someone while you are trying to treat your child. My bad.
ive study alot of medical microbiology at university and people who honestly believe its better not to vaccinate arn't looking at their information properly. The benefits outweigh the risks significantly. vaccinations CANNOT cause autism. Autism is a genetic condition…its not bought on by the environment. also the rates of disease in unvacinnated people is significantly higher than what is reported as the disease prelivance in the general population. For example it is very common for people who dont have a vaccination for measles to get measles.
i think the global exratication of small pox is the PERFECT example as to the reason to vaccinate. Vaccinations give the population an opportunity to rid the Earth of disease that can potential kill 1000's…in some cases 100,000's every single year. people who think its better to get measles or chicken pox then to be vaccinated clearly havn't seem patients who have severe deformates as a result of measles or a new born child with brain damage from rubella.
Re: jg – I totally agree. The only reason why people are protected without vaccinations right now is because the majority of the public are vaccinated. In pockets of the U.S. where people object to vaccination on moral or religious grounds, we see "hotspots" of breakouts for things like measles and mumps. If this practice becomes widespread, all of these viruses may come back around. It really comes down to a public health issue.
Re: Becky –
Geez
What school do you attend?
No offense, but genetic?
Re: Suze – Toxins in vaccines, toxins in the food, toxins in the living environment are all different versions of the exact same thing. They are poisoning humanity, and the worst part is as long as they can profit from it they don't give a damn!
Dr. Blaylock writes:
"It has been proven, in both animal studies and human studies, that
systemic infections or immune activation by vaccines, rapidly activate
the brain's microglial system and can do so for prolonged
periods.49-53 Once the primed microglia are reactivated by the
subsequent vaccination or infection, the microglia activate fully and
pour out their destructive elements as discussed above.
With a natural infection, the immune system quickly clears the
infection and then shuts off the immune activation, thus allowing
repair of what damage was done. This shutting down of the microglia is
very important. There is evidence that with repeated and excessive
vaccine-triggered immune stimulation, the microglia do not shut
down.47 This is what was found in the Vargas et al study, in which
they examined the brains of 11 autistics from age 5 years to 44 years
of age dying without active infectious diseases as compared to age
matched controls.54 That is, they found widespread activation of
inflammatory cells (microglia and astrocytes) in the brains of the
autistic patients. This explains the widespread brain damage seen in
all autism cases."
If you have a comment, please back it up with a study, scholarly journal article, or professional opinion. It would be much more persuasive.
The studies showing there is no link between vaccines and autism provide very few details and no concrete evidence, see for yourself.
Hannah Poling had a chromosomal predisposition to developing autism before she received her vaccinations. The ruling was in favor of the shots causing autism only because she was bound to develop it - if she'd come down with one of the illnesses that the shots PREVENTED she would've developed autism too! This one child is the cause for all this controversy. It's a tragedy because now we have an increasing number of diseases that we'd thought were almost eradicated returning to the U.S. because of this one case. It is ignorant and hysterical parents that are endangering ALL of our children. PLEASE take care of your babies and vaccinate!
There's a middle ground here– parents can choose an alternate vaccine schedule. The child still gets the nevessary vaccines, but they are spread over a longer time period, so that the child's immune system has a chance to become stronger.
Re: Girly – But of course the the pro vaccine liars will ignore the fact that Dr. Blaylock and other medical professionals such as Dr Sherri Tenpenny are speaking out against vaccines. They will continue to ignore the research, and will kneel at the alter of the all mighty vaccine.
It is so interesting that the ones screaming the loudest for vaccines on this forum have zero medical background but are know it alls who seem to think they know what is best for other peoples' children.
Perhaps when they go to- medical school, or suffer a life altering vaccine injury like I have then I will give them credibility. Until then, I will trust Dr Blaylock and Dr Sherri Tenpenny who unlike Dr Offit have no vested interest in lying.
I have 2 Children who have had all their shots, but only after the Dr assured me that the DPT shot was different than the one in the 80's. Both of my children did fine and are healthy, Thank God, But the reason I asked about the DPT shot was because my little sister had one as an infant, before most of the publicity about shots, and she had an extremely bad reaction to it. She does not have Autism but she does have Bi Polar Disease and became a Meth Addict. In Childhood she showed strange reactions to things,Tantrums up to her teens, acting like she had OCD, Not being able to make friends. I don't know if the shots cause it or what but I do think there are too many cases of "normal" children suddendly changing after a bad reaction to a shot that the Medical community needs to do A Lot more research on the subject.
As a side note when I got my children their shots My sister had not been diagnosed with the Bipolar, We just thought she was a little strange and didn't even connect it back to the shots, If I had maybe I would have held off on theirs. I do think this is a Parents right to choose, Just as choosing what school is right for your children or Cut their hair or what age is right for your child to have "the talk " is. People says It's my body so I should be able to decide what is right for it, well I say they came out of my body and my husband and I , with God's Help Created them so we should be able to choose how to raise them, not be dicated to by others.
Re: Becky – Who is funding the program at your college? Pharm has lots of money, they control what you learn. Doctors are brainwashed. The benefits don't outweigh the risks for 1 in 150. They still recommend vaccinating children with autism. Amazing.
Recent Case Brings Stricter Conflict of Interest Rules
Since the case Gelsinger v. Trustees of
the University of Pennsylvania, there
has been a tightening of conflictof-
interest policies at many institutions
that have biochemical departments,
medical schools, and genomics departments—
the kinds of departments that
have potentially strong ties to the pharmaceutical
industry, says Russ Lea, vice
president for research and sponsored
programs at the University of North
Carolina…The Gelsinger case stemmed from the
death of a young man who had volunteered
for a clinical trial, whose father
later learned of serious risks in the study
that he and his son were never made
aware of before the testing…They argued that he
stood to gain millions of dollars from
stock he owned if the drug did well …They
maintained it (consent form) was misleading and deceptive
because
• the risks of toxic effects were understated,
• it did not acknowledge the death or illness
of the test monkeys,
• the serious side effects suffered by
other participants were not disclosed,
• the director had a conflict of interest
that was not declared.
Re: Shann – Even if this is the case, it makes those who say there are no links between vaccines and Autism liars, or at the very best misinformed. It does not matter what her predisposition was, the vaccines triggered her Autism, to say anything else would have caused her Autism is purely speculation, a weak defense, and CAN NOT be proven! In fact one of the main reasons they won their case was because those defending the vaccines could not prove anything else caused, or would have caused her to develop Autism.
CASE CLOSED!
Vaccines not only cause autism. They cause SIDS. A childs body cant handle that much Mercury. Most vaccines such as Tetanus vaccines are completely invaluable to most people. Tetanus is only found on the inner lining of a horses stomach..So sure it makes sense for farmers to possibly reveive the shot but even for them it is unlikely that they would need it. Some of these vaccines that we are trusting doctors to put in our children havent even been thoroughly tested for long term effects, therefore, we are the guinnea pigs.
Re: Shann – MYTH: Hannah Poling had a rare mitochondrial disorder
FACT: Mitochondrial disorders are difficult to test for and most children do not undergo testing, so how would they know? According to this study:
65% Autistic Children Found To Have Mitochondrial Disorder
At an American Academy of Neurology meeting last Sunday it was revealed in a recent research paper, that 65% of children with Austistic Spectrum Disorders assessed were found to have mitochondrial disorder (MtD) and
so were always at risk of autism caused by one or more vaccines.
this is stupid autism can not be acquired! wtf isn't it a genetic disposition
They requite too many vaccines too young. Older children can handle the vaccines better, so why not wait until the kids are school age? Why vaccinate little babies? BTW, my daughter is homeschooled, and she's still required to be vaccinated. I think that is an invasion of privacy. She's obviously not a danger to other children.
On looking back at the vaccine recorde for my 2 children it was reported throughout that both their head circumference were off the charts.
The pediatrician was not concerned so I wasn't, but I wonder if it is the norm now to have hydrocephalus before 18 months when the skull fuses.
Amanda Peet should mind her own business. I don't need some hole D-list celebrity telling me their thoughts, like they have them. If she wants to vaccinate her own kids, fine…otherwise she should shut her damn piehole.
Did the chicken or the egg come first?
Autism causing mitochondrial or pre-existing??? mito. (w/ vaccine ofcourse) condition causing autism
Dr. Blaylock, again.
There is also another immune phenomenon that plays a major role in vaccine-related brain injury. Researchers discovered that when you vaccinate an animal, the brain microglia immune cells turn on partially (called priming), that is, they are in a state of high readiness. If the immune system is activated again soon after (days, weeks to months), these microglia explode into action secreting levels of their destructive chemicals far higher than normal. This overreaction can be very destructive and make you feel very depressed.
Stimulating the immune system with a vaccine is far different than contracting an infectious illness naturally. Vaccines are made of two components — the agent you wish to vaccinate against — for example, the measles virus; and an immune system booster called an immune adjuvant. These adjuvants are composed of such things as aluminum compounds, MSG, lipid compounds and even mercury. Their job is to make the immune system react as intensely as possible and for as long as possible.
Studies have shown that these adjuvants, from a single vaccine, can cause immune overactivation for as long as two years. This means that the brain microglia remain active as well, continuously pouring out destructive chemicals. In fact, one study found that a single injection of an immune activating substance could cause brain immune overactivation for over a year. This is very destructive.
FOR THE SELECT PEOPLE SAYING HER CHILD LOOKS LIKE SHE ALREADY HAS AUTISM, I WAS UNAWARE THAT YOU COULD SPOT THEM OUT AS IF IT IS A PHYSICAL DEFORMITY . HER DAUGHTER IS BEAUTIFUL AND AUTISTIC CHILDREN LOOK LIKE NORMAL HEALTHY CHILDREN AT FIRST GLANCE. ITS A MENTAL INCAPABILITY THAT THEY HAVE, YOU SOUND IGNORANT AND HORRIBLE AND FOR PEOPLE SAYING THAT IN ALL 50 STATES YOU CAN GO TO SCHOOL W/O VACCINES, HERE IN PHILADELPHIA PA THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL. SO "DO YOUR RESEARCH" AS YOU HAVE ALL QUOTED. NO WAIVERS, AND IF YOU CLAIM RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS ALSO SINCE YOU MUST PROVE THIS, THEY WONT JUST TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. THE INGREDIENTS THAT ARE PUT IN THE VACCINES ARE CONCERNING BUT I DONT WANT MY 19 MONTH OLD SON GETTING A HORRIBLE DISEASE AND HE MUST GO TO SCHOOL. I WOULD GET NERVOUS KNOWING A CHILD PLAYING W/ MY SON WASNT VACCINATED. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
She vaccinates her kid, but uses him in photo shoot to make herself some money. I guess child exploitation is a virtue we should all get behind — but goddam those unvaccinated kids.
It's sad that she fails to research the other side of the issue. My wife and I vaccinate our daughter, but do it a reduced rate.
A child's immune system is not fully developed until month 4. That's a fact. Why on earth would you want to inject them with small doses of these viruses. The first shot a hospital wants to give is HepB. Why would you do that until the immune system is fully functional?
The other side of it is money. Drug companies push these vaccines, lobby to congress and other medical boards. The fact that they are validated by our govt. means money in their pockets. Does Amanda ever think of the business side of it?
Since no one can link autism to them that doesn't mean more research won't ever find a link.
Ask anyone who works with autistic kids and the stories their parents tell. You'd be shocked at some of the results in terms of the vaccines. Time magazine did an entire issue on this matter.
True that unvaccinated children pose a threat, but do you know that cases of autism are at their highest levels? How do you explain that?
Also, the vaccine schedule in the '80 compared to now has doubled. Over a 1 year period, newborns are given almost 20 shots. Does that seem normal?
Hep B vaccination adverse events outnumber reports of the disease 20:1.
Testimony of Michael Belkin to Congress:
Question: What are the risks and benefits for administering this vaccine to infants?
Answer: Hepatitis B is a rare, mainly blood-transmitted disease. In 1996 only 54 cases of the disease were reported to the CDC in the 0-1 age group. There were 3.9 million births that year, so the observed incidence of hepatitis B in the 0-1 age group was just 0.001%. In the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), there were 1,080 total reports of adverse reactions from hepatitis B vaccine in 1996 in the 0-1 age group, with 47 deaths reported. Total VAERS hepatitis B reports for the 0-1 age group outnumber reported cases of the disease 20 to 1.
Question: Why don't they just screen the mother to see if she is infected with hepatitis B (since that's about the only way a baby is likely to get the disease), instead of vaccinating all infants?
Answer: Selling vaccines is extremely profitable and the process of mandating vaccines is fraught with conflicts of interest between vaccine manufacturers, the ACIP and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The business model of having the government mandate everyone must buy your product is a monopolist's delight .
Team McCarthy all the way!
People can choose to believe whatever they want, but when a person starts name calling, that's a sure sign of ignorance and insecurity.
Peet's a hater who isn't doing a good job being a proper role model for her child thus far. Jenny is an amazing and fearless woman with more passion and integrity than most. Go Jenny . . . Speak your cause. We are listening! XO
I was sure my first child had a vaccine reaction, but when my second came along, he seemed different from birth. I did not think vaccines caused his autism. Then I got busy researching to see what I could do to help him. What I found was amazing, his symptoms kept leading back to one thing…the vaccines. I researched more and more, and finally requested his birth records from Hawaii. I found that when he went to the ER in the week after birth, his bloodwork showed signs of thrombocytopenia and liver disease. Further research led me to Hepatitis B vaccine, where I found that thrombocytopenia was a side effect. When I began to treat the symptoms through liver support, chelation, and diet, he started to recover. He is doing so much better now. I have absolutely NO DOUBT that the birth dose of Hepatitis B and the following vaccinations harmed him. I know now that a child with a compromised immune system should NEVER be vaccinated. Also, those with a family history of: thyroid problems, blood type A, allergies (especially celiac disease and dairy allergy), and mineral deficiencies are at high risk of injury from vaccination and autism.
It makes me sick that they are still pushing immunizations on kids who are immune compromised, they have no conscience…or are unexcusably ignorant.
I am a special education teacher and work with mostly autistic students. Jenny is not saying don't get the shots. She is saying it needs to be done on a different schedule and SOME should be eliminated until we can prove that the shots are a cause of autism.
Absolutely unbelievable…let's try to make the sick kids more sick.
Maternal & Child Health Journal; May2008, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p357-362,
6p, 4 charts
Abstract: To assess whether a model of care with augmented services
within an existing medical home could improve immunization rates for
Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) and to evaluate the
influence of family and practice characteristics on these children's
immunization rates…The intervention did not improve these already high rates. In regression models, children with late onset disorders were more likely NOT to be up-to-date (UTD) by 2 years of age (OR 3.29)…CSHCN whose family incomes were greater than $40,000 per year were also more likely NOT to be UTD …Some groups of patients among these CSHCN were more likely to be delayed with immunizations, including those with late onset disorders and those with high family incomes.
I have a 16 month old son and I stopped his vaccinations at 8 months….. autism is common is child vaccinations and by that tiome your childs ammunities shoudl haev built up… my son is fine with no shots….. but could have gotten seriously ill from teh 12 month shots…… PEOPLE WHO STICK THERE KIDS FULL OF DRUGS THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHATS IN THEM ARE PARASITE!!!!!! NOT RESPONSIBLE MOMS LOOKING OUT FOR THERE KIDS!!!
some vaccines are good…. btu soem are just junk…… and no school can deny a kid education because of health problems… so whoever told you that is a liar…..read teh districts school regulations
Amanda isn't wrong for encouraging vaccinations. The ingredient in vaccines that has been thought to cause autism (themerisol) has been pretty well discontinued. It is more likely that your child will die from chicken pox than develop autism.
Re: aw – Thimerosal has not been removed and is not even required to be listed as an ingredient if it is not an active ingredient according to Dr. Mark Geier. The comment you made about chicken pox is idiotic.
Re: DDH22 – And if you feed sugar coated snacks and fruit juice from concentrate to your kids…YOU TOO should be thrown in jail for child abuse because that shit is just as bad for your kids body! Sounds silly doesnt it? So does your post.
Re: aw – Ugh. Stupid comment. Before the Chicken Pox vaccine, there were an estimated 145 deaths (total) due to the childhood disease every year. Now that there is a vaccine, the rate has dropped to about 65 deaths per year. More people slip and die in the bathtub every year. Autism is on the rise….about 1 in 150 children are diagnosed every year.
I am a bestselling health author and have studied the subject for nearly 40 years. Let me say categorically that the ten top hoaxes ever perpetrated in the history of the world combined would not come close to rivaling the most outrageous, fiendish, and downright wicked hoax of them all: vaccines. If the true facts surrounding the death and destruction that has occurred as a result of vaccinations were to ever be revealed to the people of the world there would be no controlling their rage. If Amanda ever actually studied the true facts it is unlikely in the extreme that she would ever then allow some putrefied, pus-laded filth to be injected into the bloodstream of her precious child – no more than she would throw her child in front of an oncoming truck.
Vaccines injure some kids; read the VAERS site. I know kids whose biopsies show vaccine-strain measles in ulcers lining their gastrointestinal tract. I've seen kids' lab tests showing mercury levels off the chart. Other parents have labs showing antibodies to myelin basic protein and have suffered encephalopathy. What's shocking is that the CDC isn't spending time or money to find out WHY. Where's the science in writing off some kids as collateral damage in the war on disease? No wonder 5,000 cases are in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program's Omnibus Autism Proceedings. If you can shop for a safe car, you can shop for safe vaccines. This fall before you get your flu shot, ask to see the package insert; if "Thimerosal" is listed at 25 mcg, give it back and demand a shot with less than 1 mcg. Your brain will thank you.
Re: freddy2fan – You still might die a painful and preventable death if there are other idiots like you out there. Non-vaccinated bodies are welcome hosts to deadly diseases and we can't even begin to comprehend the weight of the ignorance infecting this issues since our generation hasn't had to worry about this shit for decades… These diseases are preventable and idiots like McCarthy are cluttering the air with misinformed scare tactics… and because of this ignorance and laziness (listening to a playboy model over scientists and researchers?) now our world is in danger of reliving measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, meningitis… If you were the only one person in a world of vaccinated humans, that would be one thing, but as the numbers of unvaccinated beings grows, you're screwed.
The newest numbers coming out from the Federal School systems for autistic kids in school with services ( many do not get services) and from the military is 1 and 68.
Vaccinate your kids but be safe and smart.
There are still thermisol vaccines sitting on shelves ( it's a preservative ) and still in flu shots being handed out to pregnant woman and the elderly and the most young. There are serial numbers on the vaccines that can be checked to see what ingredients are in the vaccine. Only a handful of states have outlawed it and the CDC says it will be eliminated "hopefully" in the next two years. The CDC has also recently come out in the last few weeks about the mercury fillings in our mouths. They have conceded to the fact that has and is causing people harm. Start educating yourselves so you can be as healthy as possible.
Many things are causing autism and the research is on the brink of discovering what can cause and what can help.
We need to make our government accountable for what they are doing to our health. It's not just the CDC but the FDA and many other government depts.
Lead in our Toys, lunchboxes the list is long………….
TEAM JENNY!!!
GREEN OUR VACCINES!!!
AS THE PARENT OF AN AUTISTIC BOY,THERE IS NOT A PERSON INTHE WORLD THAT COULD CONVINCE ME THAT ALL THE SHOTS MY SON RECEIVED AT 2 YEARS OLD DID NOT CAUSE HIS AUTISTIC. AMANDA LOOK AT THE FACTS BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH
Chiroprators have chose not to vaccinate their children for decades but no one discriminated against them. I'd like to see the stats on their children to see what the percentage is of autistic kids are in their households.
We need to support each other and get off our couches and start educating ourselves. Just because we aren't doctors doesn't mean that many of us haven't learned as much or more in our journeys with autism. Most doctors handing out vaccines have no education on autism.
When something hasn't affected you then you don't have the compassion for others suffering. This is apparent in all of the disparaging comments on this blog. If your kid was allergic to peanuts but everyone else fed it to their kids and said your an awful parent because you won't give your kid peanuts how would that make you feel. I refuse to believe that I should make my child more ill because everyone else is doing fine. My child did get most of his vaccines but after the MMR made him sick for a week with a high temp and a measles outbreak I won't do it again for you!!!!!!!!!
I think this is an issue that needs to be researched more odviously but many cases of Autism are a direct result of children getting Vaccinated. Vaccines can be a good or bad thing it all depends on how the child takes it. I know an 18 year old boy who is mental handicapped and can barely speak or do anything for himself because of how he reacted to a vaccine. If you are provaccines then good for you but you must still realize that there are serious risks involved with vaccines and it is the parents choice whats the best thing for their child.
For all of you who say there is no link between vaccines and autism google
HANNAH POLING.
Hannah POLING
HANNAH POLING
HANAH POLIng
Hannah Poling
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Madison Hiatt
Madison Hiatt
Madison Hiatt
Madison Hiatt
THe CDC admitted the link in both cases and in at least 10 others since 1990. I'm sure the fact that her Hannah's father was a doctor and her mother was a lawyer is why they were able to get the gov. to admit it. Most other people do not have those kinds of resources to fight the government.
Also, nobody says stop vaccinating, they say make them safe and less condensed into the child's early life.
We don't think, we KNOW vaccines cause Autism!!!! Stupid fucking bitch! And Schools DO let unvaccinated kids attend, you only have to sign a waiver, I did.
Amanda Peet is a parasite and I feel bad for her poor child who she gave 5-6 shots at a time! JennY Mccarthy lived it and KNOWS it..luckily for the untalented Amanda she didn't have to go through it or maybe NOT YET..keep it up with shooting mercy,formaldehyde,alluminum,aborted fetal tissue,monkey brains and the list goes on into your child and see what happens! Oh and Amanda is getting her info from the infamous Dr. paul Offit the same man who owns tons of stock in the pharma companies and owns the patent to the rotavirus and got a HUGE sum of money in a grant from Merck..the same many who said he would give 10,000 shots to an infant at the same time..do your research on that parasite! Amanda Peet is a loser!
I THINK THAT IF BEING VACCINATED CAUSED AUTISM THERE WOULD SURELY BE A LOT OF KIDS WALKING AROUND WITH AUTISM. I THINK AUTISM IS MOSTLY A GENETIC CONDITION WHICH WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH VACCINES. THERE ARE ALSO MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING MISDIAGNOSED WOTH AUTISM WHEN THEY MAY JUST SIMPLY DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED.
Immune system is low because children are bottle fed. They get there shots and because the immune system isn't up to par, it causes a reaction. How about breastfeeding ….. I bet the autism rate will go down.
Vaccinations should be a choice. However, there is NO research that shows that vaccinations have caused autism. Even groups agianst the use of immunizations can not make a disticnt correlation. I can not imagine having an autistic child and I definetly would want to know what caused it, unfortunetly - it doesn't look like vaccines are it. Your child is much more likely to have a grave illness or be permanently affected by the diseases that immunizations fight.
Thank God! Finally someone standing up for the other side!!!!!
Re: Tonya – I hate to tell you this but autism generally wont show up until the child is passed the age where most of these vaccines are given anyway.
People who don't vaccinate their kids have to realize that they are putting their children at risk especially these celebrities. Some of them travel to foreign countries that don't have vaccines and are putting their children at risk. In NY recently there have been outbreaks of many dieseases that the rest of us are vaccinated against and kids are dying.
The other poster was right, when your kid is suffering or ill you tell them that they are dying because you thought there maybe a chance that they may get autism or have an allergic reaction. I too have worked with autistic children and I would rather blame myself for my child being autistic than blame myself for their death.
Oh yeah and Some vaccines do not work if you spread them out. Selectivly vaccinate if you are concerned but vaccinate.
Many of the people who don't believe in vaccines should seriously take a look at some of the dieases the vaccines are for. Some are serious some are not it depends. I had chickenpox as a child and so my mom didn't think it was so bad so she did not give my sister the vaccine when it became available. HOwever if a pregnant woman does get chicken pox the results can be fatal to her and/or her baby.
There have been no significant studies linking vaccinations to autism. Therefore, parents who don't vaccinate their kids ARE parasites because their children become carriers for disease that can spread to other children who haven't been vaccinated.
Re: Jenny – A death shot???Really???
Just to put this out there - Most parents of autistic children (I work with a classroom full of them everyday) DO NOT think that vaccines have ANY relation to their child being autistic.
Re: EARTH – They are minor because people continue to get vaccinated. Following your reasoning if you and your friends use condoms and never get pregnant then you don't have to use condoms because you don't get pregnant anyway. Or stop taking diabetes medication because your surgar levels are controlled?
What is amazing to me is that educated people can be so dumb. People have a warped way of protecting their kids. I guess if your child has a ruptured appendix you wont give them surgery because of the high number of deaths relating to the surgery because it is the surgery not the condition that killed them. I should and will do more research on the link but I do know a lot about autism and it deffinately has a genetic link. Research (medically) is difficult because you would have to wait until after the age autism presents itself (around 5 from what I remember) then vaccinate. If your child gets autism then you have a more valid claim. I personally believe MORE CHILDREN ARE AUTISTIC BECAUSE OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATE AND PEOPLE HAVING KIDS PASSED A CERTAIN AGE. I think that some people were not born to have/carry children naturally and our need (mine included) to have children has fucked things up. MORE ALLERGIES MORE MENTAL RETARDATION MORE AUTISM ETC
It's not the ingredients in the vaccinations that may cause Autism, but the preservatives that they use to keep the ingredients active. It has been scientifically proven and agreed upon in a major breaking point court case that these preservatives containing mercury can cause certain types of Autism.
Although Amanda Peete’s fear is not entirely correct, it is not entirely unfounded either. The true problem is not that unvaccinated babies will bring back diseases previously eradicated due to the use of vaccinations, but that there are millions of unvaccinated illegal aliens in our country that bring with them all kinds of diseases and parasites that will (are) without a doubt infect all other unvaccinated people.
So, the double edged sword is…parents who choose to protect their children from diseases put their children at risk of developing Autism and parents who choose to protect their children from Autism, put their children at risk of being infected with all kinds of diseases. This is a scary proposition with no real right or wrong answer so there is no need for judgment or hurtful name-calling.
Amanda Peet is apparently very unimformed on the subject. Most parents of children with autism are not anti-vaccinations but just feel that "cocktail" vaccines and so many vaccinations given at one time can trigger the autism. They choose to use a delayed schedule and omit the vaccines that are basically useless.
Re: ofili –
ofili says: "I agree with Jenny McCarthy. I have a friend that has two boys that got their vaccinations and after that they had Autism. Also, I have a nephew that after his vaccination, he started showing Autism. What a concidence that when vaccinations are given, this awful disease appears. "
you are stupid because autism is not something that necessarily shows up right away. Many children seem to develop normally until a certain age. So it would show up after the age of vaccination. I think it is bad that you and your family have this issue but that futher proves that there is a gentic link to autism. It is possible the vaccine may have activated the gene but really all your post does is show that there is a genetic link. Esp. if you live in a small area with centuries of inbreding. your friend might be a relative of yours. I do have a question. If your child was not vaccinated and one of them had caught an illness like menengitis or Hep B (very prevalant) and still had autism how would you feel? This happened to someone I know (menengitis) his son died. Jenny Mc Carthy is an Idiot and so is Amanda Peet. They both are biased and not knowledgeable enough to be spreading their garbage. But the word Parasite is right on. Think about this you maybe upset about what happened to your child but the same people you are supporting are benefiting from the autism of your children
every public school will let you in. This is America!!! It is your decision what you do and don't put in to your child's body!
jenny is very clear about the fact that she is NOT, SHE IS NOT..HELLOOO..SHE IS NOT AGAINST VACCINATIONS. she is just against the same, exact dose for ALL children and she feels more research should be put into how to more effectively give out vaccinations. one dose may be too much for one kid and cause problems like autism, where that same dose is perfectly fine for another. i totally agree with jenny. one size does not fit all. these are our children and we should not blindly accept that they should all be treated the same - especially when it comes to medical issues such as this. this is an important issue perez, not whether or not some celeb is sleeping with another, please get your facts straight.
Re: saman – You sound ??? your children are healthy now at 3mons and 6. They have their whole lives ahead of them btw if they want to visit these countries as adults they cann't because you have limited them or they may have to get vaccines as adults.
If for some reason you want to visit Africa would you not give them shots against malaria or would you feed them berries and hope for the best.
And just because you are keeping them germ free does not mean they wont come into contact with someone else who is not and infects them. Right now main concerns in America are Menengits, Hep B (C too), Mea.
I recently had a rouine TB test and I was surrounded by people from Africa that had TB and were testing their children hoping they were safe. My more is not from the US and she is vaccinated against TB. I was conserned for my own saftey when people in masks cam out and took one contagious mother to another area. I personally want Americans to get TB vaccines
Re: F.A. – I agree about the HPV vaccine. It is still in the test phase. So I tell everyone I know not to give it to their kids. give it a few years first then lets see. But I think people are parasites it they reason that they don't need a vaccine because others have it. People are profiting from your condition. If nobody vaccinates their children then we will have outbreaks of diease. So \while it might be okay for a few thousand not to vaccinate. When millions and billions don't America will be like all medically underdeveloped countries. And I garrantee you autism and all the other illnesses will still be here. In parts of Africa they are not conserned about side effects of a Vaccine when one-sixth of he continent is dying of Aids. They would kill for Malaria shots
My problem regarding vacs is that unregulated immigration aka illegal border crossing endanger these children far more. This is why I am so against illegal immigration. I work at an inner city hospital in a "sanctuary" city. Illegals do not go through testing and are therefor a threat to themselves and EVErYbODy else.
From what I have read it is the additives in the vacs that "may" cause autism, and that should be illegal since it is already immoral then again, if it is 1:150 kids (not my number, the Autism Foundations) then they could have develped it anyway. But to willingly expose to dangerous diseases when vacs are available it far worse, JMHO