Vaccination Concerns

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    The information contained below is to be used as a guide when deciding what vaccines, if any, to administer to yourself or your child. It is important that you, not your doctor, make your own decisions regarding vaccination and it is most important that you are well informed before, not after, undergoing any vaccination.
    Today’s immunization schedule (2026), calls for kids to get 70-75 doses of vaccines by age 18, to “protect” against 17-18 diseases. Many, including myself, regard this to be a major immunological and neurological stress.

    Mercury Content of Vaccines

    Until recently, many vaccines contained high levels of the preservative thimerosal, which is primarily mercury. With current vaccination schedules, children were given almost 200mcg of mercury by the time they were 6 months old. The EPA says that the “safe” level of mercury a newborn can withstand is 0.4mcg a day. Yet, the Hepatitis B vaccine, which is given to many babies on their first day of life, contains 12.5mcg of mercury. More recently they have removed the mercury and switched it for aluminum!
    Most vaccines, such as the DTP, Hib, and others such as the flu vaccine and the Rhogam shot, all contained roughly 25mcg of mercury. The numbers could have been much higher or lower depending on which dose of the vial the shot was taken from, and whether the vial was shaken properly, as settling occurs between shots from one individual to another. The DTaP shot contained no thimerosal.

    Since 2004, vaccine manufacturers have been forced to drastically cut down or eliminate the use of thimerosal in the vaccines as evidence has mounted concerning the neurologic damage which the drugs may have caused. Some still contain mercury, so you should check with your doctor before any vaccine you chose to give yourself or your child to make sure that it is mercury free.

    Allergies to Vaccines

    Make sure you check all the ingredients of the vaccine. For example, yeast is a component of the Hep B vaccine and eggs are in the MMR. It is important that the person receiving the vaccine is not receiving something that they are allergic to.

    The immune system of the individual must be very healthy prior to vaccinating. Do not allow a vaccine to be administered when the individual is sick. Many doctors like to give vaccines even though a child is sick just because they are in the office for perhaps a cold or allergies. You need to wait until the child is healthy again. Also, taking medications, such as Tylenol or other similar drugs per the advice of a physician should be strongly reconsidered. Those medications not only cause gastrointestinal bleeding, but they also dampen and inhibit the effect of natural killer cells present in the immune system.

    You and/or your child can claim exemption, (for religious beliefs or through a medical doctor), in the state of North Carolina, and still attend school. This is true for most states!

    Boosters: Don’t get them done automatically – have the titers checked. This is a simple blood test and many times the actual booster is unnecessary.

    Other Suggestions from the National Vaccine Information Center www.909shot.com

    • Make sure you know the vaccine manufacturer’s name and lot number in case of any reaction(s).
    • Make sure you know how to identify and report a vaccine reaction.
    • Make sure you know the vaccine’s side effects.
    • Make sure your child is not sick before vaccinating.
    • If your child has had a previous vaccine reaction and/or there is a family history of vaccine reactions, neurological disorders, severe allergies, or immune system disorders, you may want to consider your options.
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