Do some real, peer reviewed research that isn't funded by the actual vaccine companies. Doctors, even in Canada get paid nice fat bucks for vaccinating. And vaccine companies don't have to do trials to prove their research is sound and safe. In fact they redact a lot out of their "scientific papers" - including things about how African American boys are at higher risk of vaccine injury from the MMR than any other demographic. But hey. Yeah. Vaccinate your children with an adult dose of chemicals
Here are my sources that vaccines do actually save lives and are safe:
Vaccines save 20 million lives, $350 billion in poor countries since 2001
Measles vaccination has saved an estimated 17.1 million lives since 2000
Vaccines save 9 million lives a year globally
Vaccinations Can Be Money-Losers For Doctors
Some more debunking here:
https://www.paladinahealth.com/blog/debunking-myths-immunizations-dr-demeyere-coursey
Myth #2: Big pharma is in it for the money.
Yes, pharmaceutical companies make money from selling vaccinations. However, illness is far more expensive. In fact, research has shown that between the years of 1994-2013, vaccines created a net savings of $295 billion dollars directly and $1.3 trillion societally.
What’s more, pharmaceutical companies make 2 to 5 times as much money from the drugs that they sell for illness, as compared to the annual flu vaccine. In fact, of the top 20 drugs sold annually by large pharmaceutical companies, the flu vaccine doesn’t even make the list.
Myth #3: Vaccines contain toxic chemicals like aluminum and mercury.
Dosing is important to understand. If anyone ingests any large amount of a substance, it can become toxic. However, the amount of aluminum in a vaccine averages only to around 0.125mg per dose. The average human consumes 30-50mg of aluminum in their daily diet. Additionally, while the amount of mercury used in a vaccination falls under the same umbrella, it was removed from almost all childhood vaccines in 2001 after the public protested its presence.
Given this information, it remains our medical opinion that vaccinations are safe. They are life-prolonging, and we believe their benefits far outweigh their risks. If you have concerns regarding immunizations, like flu shots, we invite you to talk to your Paladina Health provider.
Some more debunking (emphasis mine)
https://www.livescience.com/57488-vaccine-safety-numbers.html
Here’s a look at some of the data behind vaccine safety and effectiveness:
-Over the past two decades, childhood vaccines have saved the lives of 732,000 U.S. children and prevented more than 300 million kids from getting sick, according to a 2014 study from the CDC.
-Nearly 90 percent of vaccine side effects are not serious, according to the CDC.
-More than 20 rigorous scientific studies have shown that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, according to the CDC. The original study that claimed to find such a link has been discredited, and was retracted.
-A 2011 report from the National Academy of Medicine reviewed more than 1,000 vaccine studies and concluded that serious reactions to vaccines are extremely rare.
-The MMR vaccine can cause fevers, and some children who develop a fever can have a seizure; these are called fever-triggered seizures. However, studies show there is one case of fever-triggered seizure for every 3,000 to 4,000 children who receive this vaccine. And these seizures almost never cause harm over the long term, the 2011 review said.
-About one in 10 children who is infected with measles develops an ear infection, and such infections can result in permanent hearing loss, according to the CDC.
-For every 1,000 children who get measles, one or two will die from the disease, the CDC said.
-Two doses of the measles vaccine are about 97 percent effective at preventing measles, the CDC said.
-In rare cases, the rotavirus vaccine, called RotaTeq, is linked to the development of a serious intestinal disorder called intussusception. A 2014 study found that for every 65,000 children who received this vaccine, there was one case of intussusception.
-A 2011 study found that the rotavirus vaccine had prevented 65,000 U.S. children from being hospitalized with rotavirus since 2006.
-A 2012 study found that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is linked with an increased risk of fainting. The study, which included nearly 200,000 girls who received at least one dose of the Gardasil HPV vaccine, found that there were 24 cases of fainting per 1,000 people on the day of vaccination. For comparison, there were an average of four cases of fainting per 1,000 people when studied months after vaccination.
-The HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, and during the next four years, the rate of HPV infections among teen girls decreased by 56 percent, despite a relatively low vaccination rate in this age group, according to a 2013 study. (HPV infections in women increase the risk of cervical cancer.)
-Studies on the safety of the chicken-pox vaccine found that about 3 percent of children had a mild, chicken-pox-like rash after the first dose of the vaccine, according to the CDC. On average, these children had two to five lesions, compared with the typical 250 to 500 lesions found in children who contract the actual illness, according to the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), a nonprofit organization funded by the CDC that creates and distributes educational materials on vaccines.
-Although chicken pox is usually a mild disease, it can cause serious complications, including bacterial infections of the skin, pneumonia, inflammation of the brain and blood stream infections, according to the CDC. Before the introduction of the chicken pox vaccine, there were about 4 million cases of chicken pox in the United States per year, and of these, an estimated 11,000 people went to the hospital with complications and 100 people died from the disease, the IAC said.
-After the introduction of the chicken pox vaccine, cases of the disease fell nearly 80 percent in the U.S. over a decade, according to a 2012 study.
