18 Facts About Vaccine Risks
18 Facts About Vaccine Risks
Parents are assured by doctors and health officials that vaccines are safe and effective. Health
Canada, MedEffectTM Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as trade associations
—By Ted Kuntz
such as the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) heavily influence society’s perception of vaccine safety and
effectiveness. Are vaccines as safe and effective as claimed by these participants in our health care system?
Recently, the CMA voted to support ‘mandatory’ vaccination. One province has already been influenced to
impose ‘mandatory’ vaccine education sessions on parents before allowing them to file vaccine exemptions for
their children. Medical agencies and associations work to minimize dialogue on risk in order to maximize vaccine
uptake, while at the same time denying that vaccines, like all drugs carry the risk of injury and death for some.
Increasingly, those who question vaccine safety are vilified and marginalized. Parents recognize that their right
to make fully informed and voluntary vaccine choices for their children is being threatened.
Here are 18 facts about your rights and vaccine safety science that vaccine providers don’t want to talk about.
Fact 1: ALL vaccines in Canada are voluntary. Any the safety of using aluminum in vaccines. The neurotoxicity
effort to make vaccinations mandatory contravenes the of aluminum is well documented, affecting memory,
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Mandatory cognition, psychomotor control, and damage to the blood
vaccination violates the medical ethic of informed consent, brain barrier. 6
the Nuremberg Code, and the Universal Declaration of Fact 11: The amount of aluminum used in vaccines regularly
Bioethics and Human Rights. exceeds the maximum amount permitted by the FDA. 7
Fact 2: Canada has one of the most aggressive vaccine Fact 12: Most vaccine safety trials use control groups
schedules in the world. The number of recommended vaccines consisting of other vaccinated populations or use “placebos”
in Canada has more than doubled since 1980. Children can containing aluminum and other vaccine ingredients. These
receive as many as 53 doses of 15 vaccines by age 6. 16 are not true placebos. 6 The failure of the medical industry
Fact 3: Canada is the only G7 nation without a national to use a neutral placebo undermines the integrity of vaccine
vaccine injury compensation program.20, 21 Neither Federal safety claims. 8
nor Provincial governments (except Quebec) have duty of Fact 13: The US Vaccine Court has awarded more than
care if you are injured by a vaccine. 26 You are on your own. 3.6 billion dollars in compensation for vaccine injuries and
Fact 4: The safety of the current childhood vaccine schedule death since 1988. 9 This includes families whose children
has never been proven in large, long-term clinical trials. 1, 18 developed autism following vaccination. 28
There is increasing evidence the risks of vaccination outweigh Fact 14: Artificially induced immunity via vaccines is not life
the benefits. 23 long. Disease outbreaks regularly occur in fully vaccinated
Fact 5: Vaccines have not been tested for carcinogenicity, populations. 10, 19
toxicity, genotoxicity, mutagenicity, or for long-term adverse Fact 15: Vaccine safety trials are not conducted by the
reactions. Product monographs make this fact clear. 29 government. They are conducted by the vaccine manufacturer
Fact 6: The current vaccine schedule has never been tested who has no legal liability for the safety of their product.
for safety in the real world way in which the schedule is Fact 16: Vaccine producers Merck and GlaxoSmithKline
implemented. 3 have paid billions in criminal penalties and settlements for
Fact 7: No independent trials confirm the safety of giving research fraud, faking drug safety studies, failing to report
multiple vaccinations at once. Research shows a dose- safety problems, bribery, kickbacks, and false advertising.17, 22
dependent association between the number of vaccines Fact 17: The disclosures by USA CDC senior scientist, Dr.
administered simultaneously and hospitalization or death. 24 William Thompson, reveal the CDC has known for more
Fact 8: No long-term clinical evidence exists that show than a decade that children receiving the MMR vaccine on
vaccinated children have better overall health than schedule are significantly more likely to regress into autism
unvaccinated children. 2, 4 compared with children whose parents decided to withhold
Fact 9: There is no independent biological science that shows the vaccine until the child was older. 11, 12, 13
injecting mercury into humans is safe. There is increasing Fact 18: In the USA, the rate of autism has increased from less
evidence that the use of mercury in vaccines increases the than 1 in 10,000 prior to 1980 to more than 1 in 45 children
risk of neuro-developmental disorders. 5, 25 today.14 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Fact 10: No clinical studies have been conducted to establish now affects 1 in 10 children. 15
About the Author: Ted Kuntz is the parent of a vaccine-injured child, who succumbed to his injuries at the age of 32 in early 2017. Kuntz
has dedicated more than 30 years to researching the vaccine literature and is an advocate for preserving our right to informed consent.
He sits of the Board of Directors of Vaccine Choice Canada, currently serves as Vice-President and writes much of our literature.
VCC June 2017
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