Safe Alternatives for Baby and Child

Autism is on the rise.  One in every 100 children today are being diagnosed with autism, and most of them are boys.

Being 5 months pregnant with a son, it’s a topic that concerns and worries me tremendously. In my opinion, not enough unbiased studies have been done, and the real causes still remain unknown. However, vaccines, environmental pollution and other environmental factors have not been ruled out.

I personally became ill as a teenager after receiving my HepB vaccine, for traveling purposes.  The toxic overload kept me sick for a month.  Needless to say, from my own personal experiences with toxic side effects, I am not convinced that vaccines are not playing a part in this autistic rise.

What seems logical to me is that injecting a child age 0-6 with 36 vaccines containing mercury, aluminum, and other toxic preservatives could easily cause a toxic overload on a baby with an immature or weak immune system.

Thankfully I found a pediatrician for my daughter who is willing to listen to all my vaccine questions, informs me about the risks/benefits and supports an alternative and more gentle vaccine schedule. Finding a pediatrician like this is a real challenge.  I had to switch pediatricians twice because the first two would not  listen to my concerns, refused to give me the ingredient list of the vaccines and did not support an alternative vaccine schedule.

Autism Awareness Day

Autism Awareness Day was April 2nd.  The following night, Larry King did a one-hour show highlighting Autism debates.  Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey and other guest were invited to talk about this topic again.

This discussion was so interesting and eye opening, that I felt the need to share it with our readers.

Jenny McCarthy and Evan’s Autism Story

We all know Jenny McCarthy’s son Evan was diagnosed with autism before the age of three. He’s now completely recovered. She and countless of other parents still believe vaccines can trigger autism because they’ve personally experienced a change in their children after they got vaccines.

Although there was a special court ruling in February 2009, (three test cases representing 5,000 families) stating that the combination of Thimerosal containing vaccines and the MMR vaccine are not causal factors in the development of autism, the debate is far from over…

MMR Vaccine and Autism Connection

J.B. Handley, Co-Founder of Generation Rescue has this to say about this court ruling:

“Our kids get 36 vaccines, the MMR is two of the 36 shots. Before their first MMR vaccine, they get 23 other vaccines. Saying that the MMR or vaccines do not cause autism because of this one vaccine is like having a plane crash, suspecting chemical failure, looking at one wing, saying that one wing is safe so therefore the whole plane is safe. It’s madness!”

America Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Financed by Drug Companies?

I always wondered why the AAP (America Academy of Pediatrics) is not listening to millions of parents experience with their children who became autistic.

Larry King asked the panel why pediatricians do not want to know more about what could save a life or prevent a disease.

Jim Carrey replied “The AAP is financed by the drug companies. Medical schools are financed by the drug companies. Vaccines are the largest growing division of the pharmaceutical industry: $13 billion.”

$13 million is big business.  And unfortunately, most doctors are uneducated when it comes to alternative medicine, prevention and/or nutrition and the autism rise.

America’s Vaccine Schedule

First, a few numbers from Generation Rescue’s Report regarding the US vaccine schedule:

• The United States has the highest number of mandated vaccines for children under 5 in the world (36, double the Western world average of 18).

• The United States has the highest autism rate in the world (1 in 150 children, 10 times or more the rate of some other Western countries).

• The United States ranks 34th in the world for its children under 5 mortality rate, the top five countries have 11- 13 vaccines given.

Alternative Vaccine Schedule Recommendation

Jenny McCarthy, Dr Jerry Kartzinel and  J.B. Handley’s recommendations:

“Go back to the 1989 schedule before this whole mess happened or go to Finland’s, Sweden’s or Norway’s schedule and use theirs. Because their autism rates are one tenth of ours. We looked at 30 other countries where vaccines were introduced since 1990. The adoption rates for other countries are very low.

For flu vaccine, it’s one other country. For rotavirus it’s two other countries. For varisella (ph) it’s three other countries. Twenty seven countries chose not to vaccinate for the chicken pox. The vaccine has been out for 15 years.”

Finnland’s Vaccine Schedule

I looked up Finnland’s vaccine schedule and indeed, compared to the US vaccine schedule it is a HUGE difference.

3 Months: DTaP, Hib, IPV

5 Months: DTaP, Hib, IPV

12 Months: DTaP, Hib, IPV

14-18 Months: MMR

To compare, download the US vaccine schedule 2009. The comparison is quite shocking.

Toxins in Vaccines

Jenny McCarthy and millions of parents in the US feel that our children are getting too many shots too soon! She believes that we not only need an alternative vaccine schedule but also  get rid of the toxins, like aluminum, ether, antifreeze and mercury which is still used as a preservative today in some vaccines.

Thimerosal (Mercury) Free Vaccine List

To find out if the vaccines given to your child do not contain thimerosal/mercury, check out the manufacturer’s list on http://www.fda.gov/CBER/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t1

Vaccine Precautions

Recommendation by Generation Rescue

• Consider delaying vaccines until your child is 18-24 months old.

• Do not vaccinate if your child is taking antibiotics.

• Consider no more than one vaccine per doctor’s visit.

• If you plan to get the MMR vaccine, ask your doctor to give it in three separate vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella.

• Consider giving high doses of Vitamin C (3,000-5,000 mg per day) on the day before, of, and after vaccination.

• With the measles vaccine (MMR), consider high doses of Vitamin A (5,000 IU or more) on the day before, of, and after vaccination.

• If your child experiences any developmental delays, stop vaccinating until you learn more.

• If your child has an adverse reaction to a vaccine, stop vaccinating until you learn more.

• Always ask to see the vaccine insert, and never accept a vaccine that uses the preservative Thimerosal (mercury). For a complete list of vaccines with Thimerosal, see the FDA’s website here. Note: most flu shots today still contain Thimerosal.

Video of Jenny McCarthy & Jim Carry on Larry King Live

Transcript of Larry King’s show on Autism of April 3rd, 2009:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0904/03/lkl.01.html

Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Survey

I wondered if there was a study done nationwide of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children and the link to autism and I found only this study by Generation Rescue:

Generation Rescue surveyed over 9,000 boys in California and Oregon and found that vaccinated boys had a 155% greater chance of having a neurological disorder like ADHD or autism than unvaccinated boys.

To find out more about this survey, go to Generationrescue.org/survey.html

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