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Millions of Americans have come to distrust
vaccines and mainstream medicine's vaccine agenda. There is a growing
movement in this country and around the world that questions the safety and
effectiveness of all vaccines for obvious reasons. Many childhood disorders
such as autism, ADD/ADHD, SIDS and others have been linked to vaccines.
Thousands of soldiers who served in the military have been severely disabled
or in some cases even died after receiving their mandated shots. Vaccines are
the most controversial subject in all of medicine.
The standard line heard from most parents
once their eyes are open to the risks of vaccines is, "How will I get my
child into day care or in school without their shots." Those working in
the healthcare field or soldiers in the military are faced with similar
questions.
To help educate the people further about how
to legally avoid all vaccines, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has put together a brand
new book that is absolutely necessary to have in your possession if you or a
loved one don't want to vaccinate but are not sure how to get around it. As
Dr. Tenpenny says on the back cover of her book, "Saying No To Vaccines
is not intended to be a balanced view of vaccination literature. Pro-vaccine
information is readily accessible through the American Academy of Pediatrics,
the CDC, healthcare and government-sponsored organizations. This book
balances the debate."
Below is a copy of an interview Crusador
editor Greg Ciola conducted with Dr. Tenpenny shortly after the release of
her new book.
Crusador: What was the impetus for writing
your new book "Saying NO To Vaccines"?
Parents needed a tool that did their homework
for them. The evidence is there to support their decision to not vaccinate;
you just have to do a little work to find it. Everyone seems to be so afraid
of "bugs" and their potential ability to make us sick. But the
reality is that we swim in "bugs" every day and we are not dropping
over like flies.. The only "bugs" we seem to obsess over are
associated with vaccines. Only two generations ago, measles, mumps and
chickenpox were normal experiences of childhood. Why we have complete fear of
these infections is media and money driven and unfounded.
If the focus of Public Health was on sleep,
exercise, clean water and safe, non-GMO food, we would have a healthy society
without vaccinesbut we would not have billion dollar industries employing
millions of people to keep us "healthy." The fact is, we are a very
UNhealthy society with vaccines, so the Public health and argument that we
must vaccinate 'for greater good' is a failure.
I put a large body of research into my first
book, FOWL! and my two DVDS, documenting the dangers of vaccination.
"Saying No To Vaccines" was the next logical step. It answers the
question, "I've decided not to vaccinate, now what do I do?"
Crusador: What are some of the issues you
cover in the book that aren't covered in your two DVD's "Vaccines: The
Risks, The Benefits, The Choices" and "Vaccines: What CDC Documents
and Science Reveal"?
There is very little overlap between Saying
No to Vaccines and the DVDs. The foundational premise of the book is to give
answers refuting the 25 most common arguments used to promote vaccination.
For example, parents are often told the vaccine-preventable diseases of
childhood can be serious and if their child is not vaccinated, their child
could die. I tell them how to refute that argument and give documentation
from the medical literature to demonstrate that statement is nothing more
than fear mongering. Parents are told by pediatricians there is "no
evidence that vaccination harms the immune system" and there is "no
evidence that vaccination can lead to chronic disease." I used the
medical literature to prove the opposite is true.
Crusador: What are the most common questions
you get about vaccines?
The most frequently-asked question I get is
about vaccination exemption, meaning, "How do I refuse the vaccine and
still get my kids into school or keep my job," so by design a large part
of the book covers exemptions. I included a lot of detail on how to avoid
vaccinations for school situations, including college, professional
situations where a job may require certain vaccines, if you are in a nursing
home, foreign adoption, the military, even if you are incarcerated. I have
also included a chapter on frequently- asked questions about vaccination.
Saying No To Vaccines has an entire section on "most frequently asked
questions."
Crusador: There is a huge divide in this
country between those who think you should vaccinate versus those who feel
you shouldn't. The majority is still on the side of thinking that vaccines
are THE answer to long-term immunity. When you do speaking engagements or
radio interviews or simply talk to a pregnant woman about the need to
question the safety of vaccines further, how do you present your information
to make someone think twice?
Even though I strongly believe that vaccines
cause more harm than the "good" they supposedly do, it is important
for people to see the evidence of harm from a scientific perspective and
not just take my word for it. All of my information, every slide and every
paragraph in my book, is referenced from a highly reputable medical journal
or from the Centers for Disease Control, the CDC. People can see for
themselves the one-sided, biased view of the vaccine industry, promoting that
vaccines are "safe" and "protective." Almost 100% of the
time, once people pull back the veil and see the rest of the story, they know
that vaccination is not what the drug companies claim it to be.
Crusador: Do you feel that there is such a
thing as a "safe" vaccine? If there isn't, how do you counter the
mainstream medical mentality that vaccines may not be entirely without risks,
but those risks are far less than the risks we would face without vaccines at
all?
I really felt that parents needed strong
answers for when they decided to not vaccinate. Very few people are willing
to say something. The risk of the vaccine is greater than the risk of the
disease. The "Green Our Vaccines" movement was partially behind the
reason I wrote this book. Many activists, people with very good intentions,
hedge and put their support behind "safer" vaccines which are a
chemical impossibility. People just need to SAY NO.
Crusador: Tell our readers a little more
about the exemption clauses you discuss in your book. The medical
establishment has done a terrific job of intimidating people into thinking
they have to take vaccines and yet, rarely if ever will you hear about the
ways to exempt yourself and family from taking vaccines.
A medical exemption is available in all 50
states but must be recommended by a doctor. The exemption can be difficult to
obtain and often, it only excuses future vaccination with a shot that has
already caused a severe reaction.
There are three exemptions available in this
country medical, religious and philosophical. As of now, 19 states accept a
philosophical exemption. It is the easiest of the three to use. You request a
form from the school nurse, state the reasons you don't want to vaccinate
your child, sign it and give it to the school. Generally, that's it. However,
different school systems have different rules. Some require the form
annually, some require both parents to sign the exemption form, some require
it to be notarized and so forth. You can find links to your state laws and
more information by going to
<http://www.DrTenpenny.com>www.DrTenpenny.com .
Religious exemptions are available in all
other states except West Virginia and Mississippi (which only have medical
exemptions). Religious exemptions can be tricky and in some states, very
difficult to obtain and defend. I often recommend that people consult an
attorney for this type of exemption. Some states, such as New York and New
Jersey, are difficult. New York has been known to use something called a
"sincerity test." Parents are literally interrogated by an attorney
representing the school district regarding how sincere their religious
assertions are for refusing a vaccine. A panel then decides if you are
sincere enough in your beliefs to allow you to refuse vaccination on
religious ground. I find these tactics absolutely appalling and akin to
Inquisitioners of the Middle Ages.
Crusador: Where do you see the whole
pro-vaccine movement going and what threats to our Constitutional freedoms do
you see coming down the pike?
The dogged determination of those who oppose
vaccines, and in particular mandatory vaccination, has gained traction at a
grass roots level and garnered a lot of attention from the media. I feel that
we have the pro-vaccinators on the ropes. Our arguments are hard to deny and
the global autism epidemic can no longer be ignored. Pro-vaccinators are
using manipulation, threats and fear tactics, trying to convince everyone
that vaccines are not only safe but absolutely necessary. I see the vaccine
industry like a wounded Tyrannosaurus Rex, gnashing its teeth and flailing
its ugly head. It won't die quickly and it will probably get worse before it
gets better.
Crusador: There are many people in this
country, myself included, who are concerned that there is an evil agenda to
mass vaccinate the entire planet in the event of a health emergency. Do you
feel that there are genuine reasons to be concerned and what might we expect
to see unfold in an emergency?
Executive orders and recommendations from the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been written that stop
just short of allowing government-enforced mandatory vaccination for anthrax,
smallpox and bird flu. The only way to change these policies is by standing
together and boldly saying no.
Crusador: Are you still confident that with
enough knowledge about the risks and dangers of vaccines enough people will
wake up and say NO before Big Pharma forces its will upon the populace?
I'm not sure. People tend to be sheep
Americans in particular. Look what we have allowed a small number in the
White House and 545 people in Congress to do to our country. And even those
people who want to effect a change have little time and few resources to do
so. No one wants to stand out, speak up and challenge authority. Whatever
happened to those bra-burning activists of the 1960s? However, people really
are involved now, more than ever. It only takes a small, vocal minority to
really make a difference. As stated years ago by Margaret Mead, "Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
Crusador: Thank you for your time, Sherri.
These are excellent answers. I encourage everyone reading this interview to
make every effort they can to get a copy of your new book and share it with
their friends and loved ones because it is a great tool to give the average
person confidence to "SAY NO TO VACCINES".
Thank you, Greg for helping me get this
message out to more people.
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