FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, February 13, 2016
Vaccinations, Vitamin C, and "Choice"
by Helen Saul Case
(OMNS, Feb 13, 2016) Some folks are pretty appalled that my husband and I had our children vaccinated. People write and tell me that vaccinations are dangerous. They warn me about the side effects of this vaccine and that one. They share alternative, natural ways to improve immunity. What we've got here is a failure to communicate. I am sorry that I did not explain myself better the first time. (
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v11n09.shtml)
Let's fix that.
Vaccinations can be dangerous
You don't have to tell me this. I already know. I watched my child suffer a severe vaccine reaction before my very eyes. Seeing my 15 month old baby, screaming, trying to walk to me but not being able to because she was stumbling and falling over and uncoordinated, is a vision I will never be able to get out of my mind. It was horrific.
I also watched high dose, saturation level vitamin C return her to normal. I will never forget this either.
But why didn't I just stop the shots right then and there?
"Choosing" to vaccinate
In the article I wrote: "My husband and I chose to have our children vaccinated." We did. We could have chosen not to.
We could have said no to all shots by choosing a religious exemption stating that shots are against our sincerely held religious beliefs. We chose not to make this our religion.
Philosophical, personal or conscientiously held belief exemptions to vaccinations are not lawful in New York State where our family lives. We could have chosen to move to a different state where philosophical exemptions are allowed. But we chose not to move.
We could have chosen to just flat out refuse immunizations and go face to face against state government and school districts and child protective services. Ultimately, we chose to comply only with state mandated vaccinations, but just the ones required for school, and no more.
So yes, we chose to have our children vaccinated. Truly, though, we didn't feel we had much choice. Nobody really does. "Choice" can be taken away in an instant.
Shots for every child
Pay attention: this is important. As states push stronger and more stringent immunization