With the passage of SB277 in California, parents of vaccine-injured children, and parents whose children have escaped vaccine-injury are understandably concerned that similar UN-Constitutional vaccine mandates will be coming to their state next.
As I wrote in my initial response after hearing of the passage of SB277, the fact that Governor Brown indicated that he signed the bill BECAUSE it provided expanded medical exemptions is important.
!["The Legislature, after considerable debate, specifically amended SB277, to exempt a child from immunization WHENEVER the child's physician concludes that there are circumstances, including BUT NOT LIMITED TO, family medical history, for which the physician does not recommend immunization... Thus, SB277, while requiring that school children be vaccinated, explicitly provides an exception when a physician believes that circumstances - in the judgement [sic] and sound discretion of the physician - so warrant."](http://vaxtruth.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SB277-Governor-Brown-Signs.jpg)
“The Legislature, after considerable debate, specifically amended SB277, to exempt a child from immunization WHENEVER the child’s physician concludes that there are circumstances, including BUT NOT LIMITED TO, family medical history, for which the physician does not recommend immunization…
Thus, SB277, while requiring that school children be vaccinated, explicitly provides an exception when a physician believes that circumstances – in the judgement [sic] and sound discretion of the physician – so warrant.”
Concerned parents are now left with the task of trying to figure out how to protect their children. Those who are educated about vaccines and whose children have not been harmed are in the same boat with those who have already sacrificed a child (or more than one) on the vaccination alter. Those parents whose children have already suffered serious adverse reactions to vaccines understandably do not want to repeat that experience, and they should not have to.
If I were faced with this problem, here is what I would do…
First, I would look at the CDC’s current Childhood Vaccine Schedule.
Next, I would find out what the requirements are for my state. You can do that by contacting the school your child is or would be attending. The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) also has good information on requirements for public schools, daycare, and post-secondary education (colleges and universities). Here is NVIC’s information for California.
If your child has had ANY vaccines, you need to compare his or her vaccination record with what is required and see what he or she is “missing.”
I would print out all of the vaccine manufacturers inserts for the vaccines my child is “missing.” I would read them through from front to back and pay particular attention to the ingredients list, adverse reactions, and contra-indications sections.
Next, I would get allergy testing for all my children. I would get IgE and IgG allergy testing. I would get the most extensive panel I could afford.
Then, I would cross-reference any reactions with known allergens in ALL of the vaccines in the childhood schedule – or at least those in the vaccine my child is “missing.”
Many people do not realize that vaccines are made with food proteins, including eggs, chicken, beef (bovine), pork (porcine), cow’s milk (bovine casein), gelatin (bovine and porcine) and yeast. Vaccine ingredients include some of the most common food proteins to which children (and adults) are allergic. There’s a very good reason for that. I wrote about it here.
The next thing I would do is document my family medical history. I would pay extra-special attention to any and all incidence of autoimmune disease, since doctors (even mainstream doctors!) have come out publicly (on CNN!) stating that family history of autoimmune disease is a contra-indication to vaccination.
Please watch the following video and pay close attention around the 1:30 to 2 minute mark:
From what I understand, it sounds like there is a history of autoimmune disorder in the family, um… and if he’s not responding to the vaccine, that actually points to an immunodeficiency, meaning his immune system is not normal. It doesn’t normally respond the way yours and mine would. Her son is actually precisely the kind of child who has a reason… a medical reason not to receive the vaccine…
Whether or not to do titer tests is an “iffy” subject. On the one hand, if you find out that your child already has adequate titers for “evidence of immunity,” then your doctor can help you make the case that your child does not need another vaccine. However, as the doctor in the CNN video above discusses, some children never respond to vaccines the way “they should” because their immune systems are different. If your child has an immunodeficiency syndrome and you don’t know it, and you get titers drawn to vaccines your child has already had… you could end up with your doctor advising that your child needs more vaccines. Be careful. Discuss this with your doctor first and make sure that if your child comes up with no demonstrable “immune response,” the doctor will be willing to pursue further testing to figure out WHY your child did not respond as expected.
As we now know, there are differences in how children of different races respond to vaccines.
I would get a complete copy of my child’s medical records, including his or her vaccination record. I would construct a timeline. I would pay particular attention to the number of infections, asthma attacks, seizures, and any other incidents that occurred after vaccinations. As much as I already knew about vaccines and about vaccine-injuries, it wasn’t until I did the timeline that I finally realized what happened to my daughter. Do it. Also… go back and dig through your photos. Compare the photos with the timeline. Look for any evidence of changes in your child’s facial symmetry.
The above photo is of a beautiful baby girl who died from vaccine-injuries. The photo was taken five days after she received six vaccines. Two days after this photo was taken, she died. The droop on one side is a sign that cranial nerve VII has been damaged. Damage to the cranial nerves may also show up in changes in the eyes, with one eye or eyelid drooping when it didn’t previously. These signs may be temporary and may disappear. Check your child’s photos. Any previous sign of vaccine-injury such as this should be brought to the attention of your doctor and noted as a contra-indication to future vaccination. Other issues that are associated with stroke in infants and young children include early preference for being either strongly right-handed or strongly left-handed, fisting of one hand, sudden dragging or weakness of one foot, and inability to walk or crawl after vaccination.
I would put all of this information in a binder and be prepared to educate my doctor.
Parents need to know that doctors do not know what they don’t know. Every doctor I know (who is honest) has told me they only learned two things about vaccines in medical school:
- They learned how to give them according to the CDC’s schedule;
- They were told, “Vaccines are the greatest advancement in the history of medicine.”
That’s it.
Doctors don’t know what they don’t know.
It is time for you, the parent, to step up and learn how to educate those who hold your children’s lives in their hands. As my dear, amazing friend and mother to a severely vaccine-injured child has said, “Parents: DO THE WORK!”
It’s your child. Do it.
Learn more:
Great post. Thank you.
Thanks for this wonderful article!
This is great, but how about us that don’t vaccinate
I know. The only answer I have for you is civil disobedience.
I’m sorry.
I would still do the family history and allergy testing, although it’s much less likely that your children will have allergies since they haven’t been injected with the proteins that are likely to cause them.
There is a genetic test called 23andme. With it, you can test for genetic mutations. MTHFR is especially troubling concerning vaccines. Google MTHFR and you will see why. My husband, myself, and my daughter all carry mutations of MTHFR genes and we all have various medical issues (husband has had seizures and has ADHD, I have many issues and so does my daughter including a mast cell disorder). If you find you have certain mutations, it could be a strong argument for a medical exemption
I agree completely that knowing one’s MTHFR status is essential, as well as assessing SNPs in COMT, SOUX and VDR. All of these are part of the methylation cycle, which is one of TWO major detoxification pathways in the body. The latest research regarding CYP450 is also important when assessing one’s vulnerability to vaccine-injury, as well as injury from exposure to other environmental toxins, and prescription medications.
Unfortunately, unless your doctor is already versed in these important issues, it can be difficult to get him or her to take the time to listen or learn. Many have not yet heard of MTHFR and do not understand it, so while it is VERY important information to have, especially for people who are planning to have children, it is probably not the easiest method to take for securing a medical exemption at this time.
Hopefully, as the research becomes more mainstream and accepted, OB/GYNs, Pediatricians, and Family Practice physicians will realize how important it is to test for SNPS in the detox pathways before vaccinating pregnant women and infants.
This is a great site for more information on MTHFR: http://www.mthfr.net
This is the homepage for Dr. Amy Yasko, who is the pioneer on all things regarding the methylation pathway (of which MTHFR is only one stop): http://www.dramyyasko.com/
We recently had labs drawn for whole exome sequencing. (We’ve had 2 children with “unrelated” birth defects. Would the WES testing show if there are any of these mutations present? It takes approx 3-4 months to get results, so we are still waiting. We have been pressured to vaccinate our hospitalized son, and have so far not had to. Luckily we live in TX, so we have notorized waivers for our school aged children to be exempt for religious reasons.
I’m sorry, Emily. I’m not familiar enough with Whole Exome Sequencing to be able to answer your question.
I pray you find answers and that your little ones’ health improves.
Blessings to you and your family.
Thank you for the links. Our pediatrician orderd MTHFR testing on 2 of our children (i’d only wanted for 1 w/anxiety); the one for whom I’d wanted it– tested positive. I am left to research for myself what all it means & how to treat exactly. I am trying to figure out what else I should be looking at. That ped. told me she’d been told by another “there’s no general concensus how to treat, so I wouldn’t even test for it.” Wow. I thanked her for testing. She’s ordered tests of our other children, but another child that I highly suspect is also + has a dr. that refuses to test him, me, my husb unless I prove to him that it’s needed by email with ‘reputable medical journals.’ He didn’t even know what the disorder caused & was dead wrong on how to treat! SO wish I’d known more before I started having children….and I’m a public health nurse/RN.
Molly: It is a very challenging thing to study, but can make a lot of difference in quality of life, once you understand the methylation pathway. I found Dr. Amy Yasko’s Book, “Feel Good: Nutrigenomics” to be very helpful. She writes for the reader who is beginning this journey of understanding. Here’s the link to her book (and no… I don’t receive anything from her (or anyone else) for recommending it): http://www.holisticheal.com/feel-good-nutrigenomics-your-roadmap-to-health-book.html
I started learning about the methylation pathway in 2005 at the first Defeat Autism Now! conference I attended. It was overwhelming. I have been taking it in in small chunks over time. Still learning.
One thing I really like, and definitely agree with, is that Dr. Yasko emphasizes the role of elemental lithium and how important it is to maximize lithium before adding B12. I believe this is why so many children have not had optimal responses to mB12 therapy. Lithium is like the crossing-guard for cerebral folate. If lithium is depleted and you give B12, it will drive lithium down further, which prevents folate from getting into the CNS.
To my knowledge, none of the other sources are discussing this issue.
Hope this helps.
Marcella
23andme was banned from doing this testing by the FDA.
From what I understand, you can still get the testing but they do not give the interpretation. There are other places where you can obtain that.
This is a good, inexpensive MTHFR analysis on one’s own 23andme data: http://geneticgenie.org/
Right idea but you need to run your 23andme data through nutrahacker to see the full extent of detox, neurological, methylation and other SNP’s that would suggest pending damage from vaccine insults. MTHFR is only a tiny part of the picture.
Hi Daniel, how do I go about ordering this for my kiddos? Where can I go for the interpretation? My oldest has ASD (Asperger’s) and my little one has been struggling with chronic ear infections. Unfortunately, my oldest is vaccinated but not my little one. Wish I had known more about the awful vaccine ingredients before having children. 😥Thanks in advance.
I just ordered 23and me for myself and am really considering for my kids. My kids all seemed to react to all foods when born but never showed an allergy. It was horrible !!!! And no help from drs. I am pregnant again and was wondering I 23 and me woul help discover the MTHFR gene. Or my question to you Mast cell disease?? Someone gave me some info on this recently and I really want to find out. Thanks so much
I disagree, my kids have not been injected and they are full of food allergies and autoimmune conditions because of our tanted food supply I believe.
You disagree with what?
I believe that allergies and autoimmune conditions can come from all the chemicals our children are in contact with. But also, our children are affected by our medical history, along with our parents, and so on. Each person has their allergies and autoimmune conditions further embedded. This is why it is important to do a family medical history. Find out if your parents ever had drugs in their system, or vaccinated. And then you. What we place into our bodies does not just disappear. It affects generation after generation.
Super helpful. Thank you!
I am glad you found this information helpful, Jenna.
Thank-you for your comment.
I would add genetic testing for methylation (MTHFR) and other genetic polymorphisms (defects) that make one more vulnerable to an adverse event. There are NIH documents that connect these defects to adverse events and the saliva test can be done for under $100. My hope is that doctors presented with documentation would be willing to write a medical exemption.
Kristi:
This was my comment from another in this thread who suggested MTHFR testing (glad to see you included “other genetic polymorphisms”):
I agree completely that knowing one’s MTHFR status is essential, as well as assessing SNPs in COMT, SOUX and VDR. All of these are part of the methylation cycle, which is one of TWO major detoxification pathways in the body. The latest research regarding CYP450 is also important when assessing one’s vulnerability to vaccine-injury, as well as injury from exposure to other environmental toxins, and prescription medications.
Unfortunately, unless your doctor is already versed in these important issues, it can be difficult to get him or her to take the time to listen or learn. Many have not yet heard of MTHFR and do not understand it, so while it is VERY important information to have, especially for people who are planning to have children, it is probably not the easiest method to take for securing a medical exemption at this time.
Hopefully, as the research becomes more mainstream and accepted, OB/GYNs, Pediatricians, and Family Practice physicians will realize how important it is to test for SNPS in the detox pathways before vaccinating pregnant women and infants.
This is a great site for more information on MTHFR: http://www.mthfr.net
This is the homepage for Dr. Amy Yasko, who is the pioneer on all things regarding the methylation pathway (of which MTHFR is only one stop): http://www.dramyyasko.com/
We need to all be working to educate ourselves and our doctors.
Medical fascism is here. More and more, we are living under its cruel grasp. In addition to reading the terrific information in this article, I recommend joining one or more of the non-profit organizations that have been created to educate parents and others and to push back against this attack on our rights as human beings and particularly as parents.
Further, it may be useful to follow the money. It is informative to examine the correlation between large political contributions and related money and those politicians who have backed ever more Draconian vaccine laws.
This post is more to the point of what is actually going on here. It’s not new news, after all kick backs to politicians from big pharma companies have been happening for years. I come from a long line of unvaccinated people. I have never been vaccinated and I most certainly would never, under any circumstance vaccinate my children, who are grown now. There are many children that are vaccinated that still contract the same childhood diseases they are vaccinated for and in many cases much worse. I will go down fighting for our liberties as parents and as a citizen of a free country. Although, it’s becoming less “free” and more dictator like, in my opinion.
Vaccines are a horror based on a lie. http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/history.html
I printed Margaret’s CDC Drinking Water from the CDC which proves that better sanitation saved us from disease…not vaccinations.
What about diseases like polio and pertussis? Does sanitation prevent that?
Actually, as far as polio is concerned, the only cases of paralytic polio in the U.S. in the last 2 decades have been vaccine-induced. And yes, sanitation does help prevent polio.
A more important point is that since the majority (72%) of polio cases are asymptomatic (no symptoms), and somewhere 24% of people who contract polio have mild flu-like symptoms, it is impossible to say if polio has really been eradicated or not. When was the last time you had “mild flu-like symptoms” and asked your doctor to test you for polio? (Source: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/fs-parents.html)
And as for pertussis, recent research indicates that the vaccine is what is causing the outbreaks.
This post explains that thoroughly, with links to the peer-reviewed science: http://vaxtruth.org/2015/01/pertussis/
People who are concerned about pertussis should read this article: http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/09/07/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-updated-edition-suzanne-humphries-md/
If those people have infants and small children, this blog post explains that buying a bulb syringe can literally be a life-safer: https://wrapsodybaby.com/what-nobody-tells-you-when-your-baby-has-pertussis/
Thanks so much for the great info! And the laugh too – I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at “when was the last time you had mild flu-like symptoms and asked your doctor to test for polio!” Gotta be able to laugh sometimes even with really serious issues. It’s crazy how crazy all this medical fear has taken the world. Sad too.
Have to check out the links. Thanks again.
Thanks for the info but it looks like court for those that don’t vaccine at all we need to recall Governor Brown now to send a message to the Fascists that we will not be forced into anything especially when it concerns our children
I agree.
I’m printing this info so I can keep it just in case this gets taken down. Thanks for your insight, much appreciated!!
Good idea. I encourage everyone to do that.
Thank-you for your comment.
My parents are not alive anymore. I had reactions when i was vaccinated as a child, according to my baby book. how can i document family history when nobody is there to ask and obviously i cannot obtain medical records from 38 years ago? Any advice? Uggg
Excellent advice, thank you for taking the time to share this with the masses.
I requested records from my birth, which was 35 years ago at the time. There may be hope as far as getting medical records from your childhood…
Great information. Thank You.
What about psoriasis? My father had it and I have it. Would this fall in the autoimmune category?
I would definitely pursue it. Psoriasis and eczema are both autoimmune reactions that affect the skin. It has been known for more than 50 years that people who have eczema should not be vaccinated. Here is a link that may be helpful to you: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/22/2/259
We have a family history of autoimmune disorders (my mother had Grave’s Disease, I have Hashimoto’s Disease and my daughter has HORRIBLE eczema). I did vaccinate my daughter – was very pro-vaccine years ago. My daughter’s eczema appeared shortly after the 3rd dose of Hep B (she had never had it prior). It was so bad when it appeared that she had to go to the ER – all over her legs so they turned purple and scabs. She was treated with heavy doses of steroids and cream for weeks. She still has this issue but I’ve told her to use Calendula cream which is a natural product. In any event, she has two daughters – the oldest is 6 and the youngest is almost 1. Only the older daughter has received any vaccine (one dose of dTAP). Both my daughter and oldest granddaughter have experienced febrile seizures. I am paralyzed with fear of mandatory vaccines but also concerned about measles (SSPE mostly). I’m afraid our genetic makeup is such that an autoimmune disease would be triggered in my little granddaughters if they were vaccinated but I’m also afraid of SSPE and other complications of measles, as well as whooping cough. Advice appreciated.
Thank-you for your comment and for your questions, Nervous Granny.
Eczema used to be a known contra-indication to vaccination. The medical term for what your daughter experienced is “Eczema Vaccinatum.” In the years before the vaccine manufacturers took over the doctor-patient relationship, no doctor would vaccinate a child with eczema. Here is a link to a 1958 article, published in the Journal of Pediatrics: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/22/2/259
In case the article disappears, here is the text of the abstract:
“Nine cases of eczema vaccinatum are presented, including two fatalities. Seven were caused by contact of a child with eczema with a recently vaccinated sibling.
Suddenly appearing umbilicated vesicles superimposed upon atopic eczema are almost diagnostic of eczema vaccinatum or eczema herpeticum. These do not occur with mere secondary bacterial infection.
Hyperimmune vaccinal gamma-globulin is now available for specific therapy.
Eczema vaccinatum is frequently iatrogenic and uniformly preventable.
The following steps are recommended for prophylaxis: 1) No child with atopic eczema or other skin disorder should be vaccinated. 2) No child should be vaccinated if any member of his family has eczema or other skin disorder. 3) Parents of children with eczema should be notified at the onset of the disease of the danger from vaccination contact. 4) If a sibling of a child with atopic eczema is vaccinated, he must be completely separated from that child for at least 21 days. 5) Forms used by state and local health departments for parents’ consent to vaccination should include an appropriate warning of the contraindications. 6) Eczema vaccinatum should be a reportable disease. 7) Patients recently vaccinated must be excluded from pediatric wards containing patients with atopic eczema, other diseases of the skin, burns or healing surgical incisions. 8) Vaccination may be recommended at 2 months of age, especially for babies from strongly allergic families.”
Received December 18, 1957.
Accepted February 18, 1958.
Copyright © 1958 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
With regard to measles: It has been known since at least the 1938s that Vitamin A deficiency is associated with more serious outcomes from measles. Doctors in the 1930s started giving Cod Liver Oil to children with measles and the rate of serious adverse reactions dropped by more than 50%.
You should know that SSPE is one of the serious adverse reactions to MMR vaccine which has been recognized and compensated in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. It’s not just from naturally-occurring measles. It can also be a side-effect from the vaccine.
You should also know that the death rate from measles in the United States had fallen by more than 98% before the vaccine was ever introduced. We still had a lot of cases of measles, but most children got through them just fine – and they had lifelong immunity as a result. An unintended consequence of the measles vaccine is that because it does not give lifelong immunity (the vaccine wears of; usually in 5-20 years), now we have increased vulnerability in infants (because their mothers are not protected due to secondary vaccine failure so they can’t pass on immunity – as used to be the case), and we have older people who are more vulnerable because their vaccines have worn off (secondary failure). Getting the measles naturally as was intended prior to messing around with things, meant kids generally got it between the ages of 4 and 7 years, and most of them did just fine.
There is also some compelling evidence that getting the measles as a child and getting over it (as most did) gives protection against certain kinds of cancers, which are now epidemic in this country.
This is a good place to look for more information: http://vaxtruth.org/2015/01/measles-benefits/
Whooping Cough… is being caused by the vaccines. Please watch the video and read this article: http://vaxtruth.org/2015/01/pertussis/
For treatment of whooping cough, high dose vitamin C is recommended by Dr. Suzanne Humphries, and I have heard many testimonies of the efficacy of her protocol. For parents of infants and small children, you should also have a bulb syringe handy at all times. Here is a good blog post from a mom whose children went through whooping cough and how she learned to use and revere “The Lowly Bulb Syringe” – https://wrapsodybaby.com/what-nobody-tells-you-when-your-baby-has-pertussis/
Here is the link to Dr. Humphries article on Vitamin C and whooping cough: http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/09/07/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-updated-edition-suzanne-humphries-md/
I hope this helps!
Thank you so much for answering my question. I have read Dr. Humphries’ blog as well as Dr. Donald Miller (who was gracious enough to answer my questions also). I am praying this whole furor dies down and there are no national mandates. I won’t subject myself to any vaccines – my immune system is already damaged and I just do not think I want to do anything that could cause it to go any further off the tracks. I did speak with an M.D. (naturopathic) in my area – he feels strongly medical exemptions are warranted due to the family history of auto-immune disease. Praying it doesn’t come to that. I am a nervous wreck over all of this honestly. I do appreciate your reply!
Hi Marcella, my baby got the whooping cough when he was 6 months. Is it safe to say that he is immune to it for years to come? Also, do you know how I can go about opting out of vaccines? I live in TX. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Dear Reyna:
When I was a toddler, I got Whooping Cough after being vaccinated. At age 44, I was being pressured to vaccinate my preemie son against Whooping cough and I asked for a titer for myself, since I was expressing my milk and he was getting only my milk for nutrition.
My titer came back immune to pertussis, the doctors agreed that as long as I gave my son my milk he was getting passive immunity and the pressure to vaccinate against pertussis stopped.
My recommendation is to keep track of your child’s history of infectious diseases and get titers done to prove immunity, when possible.
All our school age children have gotten chickenpox (once by choice, twice by accident, don’t know how they got it), so titers to prove immunity to chickenpox mean they don’t need that vaccination.
Theresa
I’m confused about something here…which is the value of doing all that testing for allergies.
Looking at the CDC “Contraindications and Precautions” chart, I see that “Severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) after a previous dose or to a vaccine component” is listed as a contraindication for every vaccination on the chart; and “adults with egg allergy of any severity” is a contraindication for IIV flu vaccine (but “persons who experience only hives with exposure to eggs” is listed as a precaution).
Looking at the CDC’s “Conditions Commonly Misperceived as Contraindications to Vaccination”, under the “General for all vaccines” category, one of the conditions is “History of penicillin allergy, other nonvaccine allergies…”
So…Would the allergy testing you’re recommending identify allergies that would pose a significant risk of causing “severe allergic reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis)” to vaccine components? Because the CDC seems to be saying that only severe allergic reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis) “qualify” as contraindications.
I hope you can clarify this for me. Because of my experience working with developmentally disabled kids and my experience with some vaccine issues, friends are turning to me for advice re: medical exemptions re: California’s SB277…
Thanks!
Hi Kayla:
Thanks for asking this question.
One of the things that has been so problematic is that The CDC has taken over the doctor-patient relationship. Physicians’ concerns have been overrided by a government agency that benefits financially from the sale and uptake of vaccines. The conflict of interest is huge. This has resulted in the CDC writing recommendations that benefit the vaccine makers and which do not represent the best interest of any given patient: child or adult.
It has historically been extremely difficult to get a medical exemption from vaccination, and this is part of the reason why. The other reason is because, as more parents have exercised their legal right to religious and philosophical exemptions (many of them did this because they were unable to obtain a medical exemption due to The CDC’s interference between doctor and patient), other entities with conflicts of interest have jumped into the arena. These include the AMA and the AAP – both of which receive large sums of money from vaccine manufacturers to influence their policy decisions. The result has been that both the AMA and AAP have issued statements pushing for the removal of non-medical exemptions. The result of those decisions has been families being “fired” from pediatric practices, leaving children without a home-base for their medical care, and doctors who WOULD write medical exemptions refusing to do so out of fear of being sanctioned or having their license threatened.
None of these things serves the patient.
All of these things serve the pharmaceutical industry.
Last year, something happened in West Virginia that paved the way for the expansion of medical exemptions. Previously, West Virginia was one of only two states that only allowed medical exemptions. However, even those medical exemptions were frequently denied (even in the case of children who had been SEVERELY harmed by vaccines, and whose injuries were documented and recognized by MULTIPLE doctors who have been treating the child). Doctors would write the exemptions, and the health department (without ever seeing the child) would deny them.
Thanks to some very diligent, caring parent/advocates in West Virginia, the law was changed last year, expanding the medical exemption there. As a result, children who had been denied their right to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for years were FINALLY able to go to school. I am very proud to say I know the amazing parents who worked so hard to accomplish this. I do not think they had any idea at the time how important what they were doing for their own children would be for the rest of America’s children.
When Governor Brown signed SB277, he specifically stated that the reason he was signing it was because of the amendment that expands medical exemptions – restoring the medical exemption to what it should have been all along – a thoughtful decision, made between the doctor and patient (or parent, in the case of a minor child), which is based on clinical judgment, family medical history, and other “NOT LIMITED” factors. Medical decisions should be made by the parents and physicians together.
What this means is that The CDC’s rhetoric, which is designed to increase its own control and line its own pockets, doesn’t matter.
Doctors in California are now free (according to SB277) to exercise their clinical judgment and write medical exemptions for their patients without fear of reprisal or sanctions from the federal agencies.
That will have to be tested, of course.
Hopefully, there are enough doctors in California who are willing to test the new law and who have the ethical and moral fortitude to do so.
This is very interesting information. I hope it’s true that the wording in SB277 statement will protect doctors who dare to use their own judgment re: medical exemptions instead of being “ruled” by the CDC guidelines. I think you are more optimistic about this than some folks, but I hope you’re absolutely right.
It would still be helpful to me to know: Based on what you know, do you think that any allergy to a vaccine component means there’s a significant risk of a severe allergic reaction such as anaphylaxis to a vaccine containing that substance? And is this something that a significant number of parents of vaccine-injured children have noticed?
Thanks again.
The thing about allergic reactions is that they tend to get worse with each exposure.
There is no way to know when or if the next exposure may be fatal.
SB277 gives a bigger lattitude for the doctor to bring in a medical exemption (including considering family history)
Forced vaxx is a crime against humanity. Informed Consent is the defining issue of the 21st century. http://tinyurl.com/InformedConsentPetition
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this up!
A couple additions: First, testing immunoglobulin levels might be worthwhile and be sure they include the sub-classes of IgG. This will indicate whether the child has an immunodeficiency. My daughter did, and it came as a bit of a surprise because she did not get sick often. Lucky for us, our functional MD knew what to look for with all her crazy allergies and now we’re not a ‘good candidate’ for vaccinations. (YAHOO!) If memory serves, insurance covered the test, but you may have trouble convincing a conventional MD to order the test if your kid does not get sick constantly.
Second, I’m curious whether the recommending physician has to be an MD or DO? I gave up taking my daughter to a conventional pediatrician a while back because it was such a waste. She now sees an amazing pediatric ND as her primary care doc now, who would be glad to help me FIND a reason not to vaccinate my daughter if it came to that.
On a personal note, we delayed my daughter’s 2 month vaccinations until she was nearly 4 months old because she had a myriad of bizarre clinical symptoms (GERD, colic, insomnia, head swelling, food allergies, etc.) Of course, everything got much worse when I ignored my own instinct and followed her ped gastro’s advice and got her vaccinated. Looking back now; what would I consider to be early indicators of a risk for vaccine reaction in an infant? Absolutely ANYTHING out of the ordinary: Colic, sleeping too much, sleeping too little, any food chemical sensitivities, tongue/lip tie, bizarre feeding behaviors (appetite loss), hyperactivity, FTT (failure to thrive), disproportionate head growth, large front or rear fontanelle, etc.
By far, the most alarming part of our experience was that my daughter’s clinical and physical symptoms were absolutely textbook for vaccine-induced encephalopathy. But not a SINGLE ONE of the crowd of pediatricians and pediatric specialists we took her to see, even suggested it. Her reactions were so acute and so severe, she would most likely not be alive today if we had continued to vaccinate her.
You are the parent. It is not only your instinct, but also your God-given right to protect your child. Search for keywords on pubmed, find studies that bring to light your questions, print them out, and take them with you. If that doctor will not hear you, call the next one on the list, and repeat. Persevere and you will find success eventually.
In love and peace,
-Tracy
Thank you for posting this! Our Dr is willing to sign a medical exemption for our children as my older children had adverse reactions to vaccines, febrile seizures, exzema, severe anaphylactic allergy to casein, and we have a family history of auto immune disease on both sides of the family. The only problem is that he is not sure how to do it- is there a specific form he needs to fill out or will a Drs note suffice? I can’t seem to find any link to any sort of form and our school only has the personal beliefs exemtion.
It depends on where you live, as states have different laws regarding vaccine exemptions.
These links should be helpful:
http://www.nvic.org/vaccine-laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx
http://vaccineliberationarmy.com/category/vaccine-exemptions/
so here we are in california, with some children grandfathered in and others not. how could i get a medical exemption with all of the detailed directions you give? my children have never been vaccinated for anything. therefore, i do not have a record of any, even tiny, vaccine reaction. my children do not have allergies to anything in the vaccines. maybe because i never had those things injected into my children, maybe just genetic luck. regardless of why, this leaves my children out there unprotected by the law.
because of children like mine, as well as those who have reason for a medical exemption but cannot get one, the fight to turn SB277 around must continue. also, because if SB277 is not turned around the next thing coming is mandatory adult vaccines. my mother is vaccine damaged, i believe, but the event was not proximal to her vaxxines, so it would not hold up in our *scientific* analysis today.
for all of us, please keep up the fight for what is right.
Hi Sherri,
I’m a California parent, too. I absolutely agree with you that SB277 must be thrown out. My daughter has a medical exemption, but I’m studying up on these issues to help other parents in my area who are “up against it.”
First, would any of your children qualify for an IEP? Kids with an IEP can’t be excluded from any educational activity specified in their IEP.
Second, do you fully understand the “grandfathering” aspect of SB277? Make sure you do, because most children can be grandfathered (by filing the right kind of letter or affidavit with an institution by Jan 1, 2016) until they reach the end of their current “age span.” The first kids to be “kicked out” will be babies too young to be in day care by Jan. 1, 2016, kids entering kindergarten in fall of 2016, and kids entering 7th grade in fall of 2016. Read the text of SB277 carefully, and watch for regulations implementing SB277 in the California Code of Regulations.
Second, be sure you consider all the possibilities for medical exemption. Marcella’s article talks a lot about allergies, but also about family history of auto-immune disease (includes psoriasis and eczema, read the comments above), and the possibility of antibody titer testing for any SB277-listed disease your kids have had. Also, your kids may have successfully fought off diseases you didn’t even know they were exposed to — whooping cough and Hib are two examples — and may test “immune” on antibody titers. Also, carefully read this document from CDPH:
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Documents/Exemptions_Information_Sheet.pdf
I hope this is helpful.
Hi Kayla, how do I about testing my sons’ antibody titers? Is it a simple blood test?
Tracy,
Are you in California? I’m curious who you see. As you can imagine, we are now all searching for docs that will actually advocate for our children.
The problem is that your doc applies for it but the state can still refuse to grant. They have a specific schedule that the symptoms must fit or its denied
I’ve heard this before — that a doctor can write a medical exemption, but then the school forwards it to some state agency that reviews the exemption and can reject it. However, I don’t see anything like this in the California Code or in the California Code of Regulations. And I don’t think my child’s school forwards medical exemptions to anybody for review. So I’d be interested to know more details and especially, what law or regulation (if any) is involved.
I’m assuming the CDC’s “Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines” is the schedule you’re talking about.
Some people are saying that the new wording of Section 120370 (Health and Safety Code) will free doctors from slavishly adhering to the CDC’s Guide, but other people (like me) think this language will NOT free physicians from the standards of practice straightjacket re: medical exemptions for vaccination. This section, incidentally, says that a “licensed physician” can write a medical exemption. In California, “licensed physician” means M.D., D.O. (doctor of osteopathy), or N.D. (naturopathic doctor). In my experience, D.O.s and N.D.s are much more likely than M.D.s to be willing to write a medical exemption.
Just an addendum to my previous post on this — I spent about 2 hours searching the CA Code and the CA Code of Regulations and I didn’t find anything in Health & Safety or Education that requires or even allows a school’s “governing authority” to hand over a medical exemption to another agency to be approved or disapproved. (I don’t know what code or regulations there may be in other states.) My advice to CA parents whose medical exemptions are “rejected” is, ask the school and the “rejecting” agency to show you the sections of CA Code and CA Code of Regulations that give them authority to do this stuff. If they can’t produce this evidence of legal authority, ask them if they’d like to explain their actions to your lawyer.
How the hell do you give a near-newborn SIX vaccines at one time???? Are they trying* to kill children bc that is what it appears to be. Doctors who do this are on some serious crack. And need some serious re-education. If i were a parent no way would this pass on my child. There needs to be SO much more consciousness and conscientiousness on the topic of vaccines.
And whatsmore i am sure there is a better way to prevent diseases that just hasn’t been revealed yet. The whole vaccine saga of modern times is a representation of the mentality society has.. to get super tecchy/ scientific in order to destroy what is not welcome.. if the medical field and the masses were to come from a standpoint of harmonization, of wholeness and healthy perspective.. we would be arriving at different answers. But, the mentality makes it seem there is only one way.
Isn’t the risk of killing a child or damaging her immune system, Brain, nervous system and the gut greater than the benefit of vaccination? Remember the numbers: one out of 68 children who had vaccination has Autism in California. Shame on you CDC! Before advocating your vaccines, admit to the harm that you have caused on the children, the parents and the communities.
I have a different idea. If you go to the doctor and say, I am ready to have my child vaccinated. I just want you to sign this legal document first guaranteeing that my child will not be harmed in any way and that if they are, you will accept full financial responsibility for them for the rest of their life and have your receptionist or PA witness it. Then, I will gladly have my child vaccinated. A form such as this was written by an Australian Dr – Archie Kalokerinos. I am happy to share it with anyone who would like it. The doctor will not sign. They never do. So then, the state is in a quandry. You have shown your willingness to abide by the law but you can’t get a doctor to vaccinate your child. What next? Who knows – but if enough people take this step, there will have to be changes.
All the best iwth your battles!
Meryl Dorey
Your reply is the best advice I’ve seen so far. As an adult who is allergic to vaccines I have to educate these new Drs. Why I can’t get the flu shot. It’s in my files and they still insist I get one. Drs are paid by insurance co.s who are paid by drug co.s But forced vaccinations are governmental decisions backed by money to politicians by drug co.s. Follow the money.
I would love to have a copy of that form from the Austrailian Dr. Forward to laugh514@gmail.com
Can I please get a copy of that letter? Many thanks! Please send to reynaramirez83@hotmail.com
I live in California. My physician is willing to sign a medical letter of exemption if I draw it up. My writing ability’s are horrendus, especially with matters like this. Has anyone here written such a letter and be willing to share with me as a sample? Thanks
Hi Toni, the “letter” can even be hand written. As stated, you must name all the vaccines you wish to be exempt from & mention for how long the exemption last. That is all.
Oh- And have a licensed Doctor sign it.
Do you have any aunts, uncles, or older cousins that you could ask. I would start asking them as they might have the same issues being genetically related.
My concern also is – When we, the parents, are dead; who will take care of these children? 1 in 68 — they also can not help us when we need the help when we are old. This is really a tragedy in more ways than one.
No matter what bill the crony-corporatist legislature of CA passes, and is signed into “law” by Gov. Brownshirt, the internationally recognized Right of Informed Consent applies. Children in CA have two “conflicting” rights: the state constitutional right to a (so called) “free public education” and the Nuremberg Code Right of Informed Consent to say “No!” to any medical intervention. Parents must assert the Right of Informed Consent or it is waived. It is an “unconstitutional condition” to force people to surrender the Right to Informed Consent to obtain the benefit of govt schooling. American courts have overturned such schemes many times and the CA mandate will likewise eventually fall. More here: http://tinyurl.com/InformedConsentPetition
Makes total sense! I live in Houston and I am terrified that this will be a mandate on all 50 states! 😱 I really hope you are right!
I’m new to this so I don’t really know alot about it. It my question is if my son is 17 months he had his 2 month old shots and hasn’t had any since then cause his dad decided not to get him vaccinated anymore cause after his shots he ran and fever and cried for 3 days and I want to start getting him vaccinated again could I do that or how would I go about starting them without getting in trouble
You are asking the wrong person.
Your child had reactions to his vaccines early-on. Thank God his father was concerned enough to stop vaccinating him.
You need to know that since your child already had reactions, he is at increased risk of more significant reactions from further vaccines.
Please stop worrying about yourself and start thinking about your child.
Your hubby’s instincts are right on point. Your baby is at risk. I have a 17 month old baby boy too. I’ve stayed away from vaccines despite pressure from my kid’s doc. My kid my choice. Your baby’s life depends on it. Look up vaccine ingredients! Hope this helps!
Great post thank you! None of my children. Are vaccinated and I was so upset when SB277 passed, oldest is almost 4 and we are not sure what to do about schooling as we both work. Will try the allergy tests and try to make a case!
Don’t forget Vaccines are also made on Human Diploid Cells (Aborted baby kidney and lung cells.)