The bulk of this book is devoted to covering each vaccine and the disease it is supposed to prevent. For each disease, there is a description of the actual disease such as the main symptoms of the disease, groups of the population more at risk for contracting the disease, etc. I feel this part is especially useful in helping to alleviate many parents fears regarding these illnesses. We are led to believe that these illnesses are excruciatingly terrible, but in truth, they are not. Many of the so called vaccine preventable diseases are actually simple illnesses (not diseases) that come and go without lasting effects. The severity of many of these illnesses with symptoms of sterility from mumps or paralysis from polio for example are actually exceedingly rare. Many people do not realize this because of the scare tactics used in this country by medical authority. For example, did you know that in 95% of cases of polio there are actually no symptoms of illness or the symptoms presented are simply the same as those of the common cold? I think it is becoming very important for parents to realize the truths regarding the severity of the illnesses because 1) our generation is not as familiar with these illnesses, and 2) our children have a much greater likelihood of chronic disease such as autism, cancer, asthma, autoimmune disorders, eczema, and many others.
This book also does a fantastic job relaying facts in regards to reactions from vaccines and chronic diseases. There is not a whole lot of discussion on how exactly vaccines actually disrupt the immune system (which they do, but you’ll have to look to other sources for this), but there is discussion on side effects from vaccines, reactions to vaccines, and how vaccines are implicated in many of the chronic diseases. Medical authorities do not want links established with vaccines and many of the new chronic, scary diseases that our society is now faced with. The truth is though that chronic diseases are rising at an alarming rate, and we must look to all sources as possible causes, instead of dismissing valid concerns instantly because there is a financial incentive to do so.
This book gives accounts of many parent’s experiences regarding vaccinating their children and reactions that have also occurred. We hear there are parents out there that believe vaccines are responsible for their children’s issues, but hearing stories first hand makes it much more real and undeniable, even if medical authorities do not yet want to admit vaccines can cause harm. (interestingly, vaccines injuries are on the rise that our government had to create a compensation program for these injuries. Injuries from vaccines are also extremely underreported. More discussion of this will appear on our website).
Another point I felt was important in this book was that live virus vaccines can cause the illness that they are designed to prevent. It is possible to cause it in the child or person vaccinated, but there is also a process called secondary transmission of the virus, in which the virus can be transmitted to someone in contact with a recently vaccinated person. Therefore, the illness can be spread from someone recently vaccinated to another person. This is information not widely pointed out, but very well documented, and I felt thankful this book touched base on this fact.
Another great point in the vaccine debate covered quite well in this book is the effectiveness of vaccines. Natural immunity is much different from the immunity conferred from vaccines. Vaccines are thought to be effective if antibodies are produced in the body following vaccine administration. Titers can be drawn to check levels of antibodies (which is a simple blood test), and if they are above a certain level, a person is thought to be immune. Immunity is much more complex than that. This book documents many instances in which outbreaks have occurred in vaccinated populations. Booster shots are required for most all shots as vaccines do not confer lifetime immunity. This is problematic for many reasons as outlined well in this book. One superb example of this can be evidenced with the chicken pox vaccine. The vaccine is administered to young children at a time when the illness is relatively uncomplicated. The effectiveness of this vaccine is now known to wear off and a booster is recommended. However, because of this vaccine (as is the case with other vaccines as well), the illness is now occurring in the adult population, where more complications and severity of illness are present.
It is also clearly evidenced in this book that the infectious diseases were in decline before vaccines were introduced due to reasons of better sanitation among others. This is also an important point in the ever growing vaccine debate.
If you learn best with charts and graphs, then this is the book for you. Examples and statistics found in the text are also highlighted in various charts and graphs on most pages for the visual learner. This book has no shortage of statistics either.
A little background info on Mr. Miller: he is a medical research journalist. His interest in vaccines came when he was faced with the reality of the decision on whether or not to vaccinate his son. He therefore as a concerned parent began to do any and all research he could and felt compelled to share his findings. I like this because I find that is how the truth is most often discovered; by concerned parents who are not okay with letting medical authorities coerce them into vaccinating their children blindly without truly informed consent as to the risks verse the possible benefits.
Vaccines are very heavily debated and controversial. Discussions of concern regarding vaccines are usually brushed off as quackery. This book is helpful in that it is well documented with sources and studies done in recognized and respected medical literature as to potential problems with vaccines.
Ultimately, I feel this book makes many important points in the vaccine debate and would be useful for anyone to read if they desire more knowledge in this area. It is well written and thoroughly researched.
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