Vaccine Side Effects
There has been much recent concern regarding vaccines
given to children, and their possible side effects. Particularly
highlighted is the link between early childhood vaccines and
autism. This article provides a list of known ingredients inside
vaccines, and their documented side effects. It will aid you in
making informed decisions, which is something the industry is
against. The corporations involved have attempted to suppress
this information for decades. Readers are advised that there
are extra chemicals and toxins which are not mentioned,
because we based this list upon the ingredients which are
public knowledge. If you know of anything we have missed,
please contact us. It seems that the more we research this
topic: the more sinister it becomes.
The connection to autism has already been repeatedly
and scientifically established, and there are many other
conditions caused by vaccines which are yet to be proven.
Vaccines are said to prevent certain diseases. However, the
chances of catching these diseases are incredibly remote, and
the horrid side effects from vaccines are so common that
vaccines cause much more harm than good. The chance that
a particular vaccine will actually offer effective protection varies
between 35% and 90%, and almost all of them expire. In some
cases, vaccines will infect the patient with the very disease it is
meant to offer protection from. Do you think they would do the
right thing, and treat you for free?
Vaccine Ingredient: Aborted Human
Fetus Tissue and Human Albumin
Did you ever wonder where aborted babies really went?
Now you know. From a health perspective, the tissues from
another human (not just animals) are still foreign, and therefore
toxic to the body. One industryfriendly
web site matteroffactly
boasted, “The cells reproduce themselves, so there is no
need to abort additional fetuses to sustain the culture supply.
Viruses are collected from the diploid cell cultures and then
processed further to produce the vaccine itself”. The Liberty
Counsel reported, “You may be surprised to learn that some
vaccinations are derived from aborted fetal tissue. Vaccines for
chicken pox, HepatitisA,
and Rubella were produced solely
from aborted fetal tissue”.
Vaccine Ingredient: Formaldehyde
This is used in vaccines as a tissue fixative, and a
preservative. Formaldehyde is oxidized to become formic acid.
Formic acid is the main ingredient of bee and ant venom.
Concentrated, it is corrosive and an irritant. While absorbing
the oxygen of the body, it may lead to acidosis, nerve, liver, and
kidney damage.
According to the National Research Council, fewer than
20% but perhaps more than 10% of the general population may
be susceptible to extreme formaldehyde toxicity, and may react
to exposure at any level. Formaldehyde is ranked as one of
the most hazardous compounds on ecosystems and human
health, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. These
findings are for environmental exposure, and therefore, the
dangers are much greater for the formaldehyde included in
vaccines, since it is injected directly into the blood.
The known side effects of formaldehyde are:
• Eye, nasal, throat and pulmonary irritation
• Acute sense of smell due to altered tissue proteins
• Anaemia
• Apathy
• Blindness
• Blood in urine
• Blurred vision
• Pain
• Bronchial spasms
• Bronchitis
• Burns in sinus area and throat
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• Cardiac impairment
• Palpitations and arrhythmias
• Central nervous system depression
• Changes in higher cognitive functions
• Chemical sensitivity
• Chest pains and tightness
• Chronic vaginitis; colds
• Coma
• Conjunctivitis
• Constipation
• Convulsions
• Corneal erosion
• Death
• Destruction of red blood cells
• Depression
• Dermatitis
• Diarrhoea
• Difficulty concentrating
• Disorientation and dizziness
• Ear aches
• Eczema
• Emotional upsets
• Ethmoid polyps
• Fatigue
• Fecula bleeding
• Foetal asphyxiation
• Flulike
or ‘common cold’ illness
• Frequent urination with pain
• Gastritis
• Astrointestinal inflammation
• Headaches
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Haemolytic haematuria
• Hoarseness
• Hyperactive airway disease
• Hyperactivity
• Hypomenstrual syndrome
• Immune system (allergen) sensitizer
• Impaired (short) attention span
• Impaired capacity to attain attention
• Inability or difficulty swallowing
• Inability to recall words and names
• Inconsistent IQ profiles
• Inflammatory diseases of the
reproductive organs
• Intestinal pain
• Intrinsic asthma
• Irritability
• Jaundice
• Joint pain
• Joint swelling
• Kidney pain
• Laryngeal spasm
• Loss of memory
• Loss of sense of smell
• Loss of taste
• Malaise
• Menstrual and testicular pain
• Menstrual irregularities
• Metallic taste
• Muscle spasms and
cramps
• Nasal congestion
• Crusting and mucosa
inflammation
• Nausea
• Nosebleeds
• Numbness and tingling of
the forearms and finger
tips
• Partial laryngeal paralysis
• Pneumonia, and
Pulmonary Oedema
• Reduced body
temperature
• Retarded speech pattern
• Ringing or tingling in the
ear
• Schizophrenictype
symptoms
• Sensitivity to sound
• Shock
• Short term memory loss
• Shortness of breath
• Skin lesions
• Sneezing
• Sore throat
• Spacey feeling
• Speaking difficulty
• Sterility
• Swollen glands
• Tearing
• Excessive Thirst
• Tracheitis
• Tracheobronchitis
• Vertigo
• Vomiting blood
• Vomiting
• Wheezing and Lung Complications
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Vaccine Ingredient: Mercury
Mercury compounds are used in vaccines as preservatives
.
The toxicity of mercury has been repeatedly ignored in
the area of vaccines by the medical establishment and
oversight agencies. Mercury is the second most poisonous
element known to mankind (second only to uranium and its
derivatives). Brain neurons rapidly and permanently
disintegrate in the presence of mercury within 30 minutes of
exposure. Mercury is also known to change a body’s
chromosomes, so I especially worry about those who have had
mercurybased
dental fillings (which are the standard ‘silver’
type), for these people are constantly being filled with this
cumulative poison from the mercury’s vapors as well as direct
contact inside the mouth.
The U.S. has known about the potential problems of
Thimerosal (the preservative in vaccines that contains mercury)
for many years. The World Health Organization voiced
concerns about it in 1990.
Mercury is a cumulative poison, which means a body has
difficultly removing it, and that levels of it in the body will grow
significantly over time. Enormous amounts of mercury can
accumulate over a lifetime. During a typical day of routine
vaccines, infants sometimes receive the same amount of
mercury as the absolute maximum set by the World Health
Organization for 3 months of adult exposure.
The following was taken from a website affiliated with the
National Institutes for Health detailing the effects of mercury
exposure: “Symptoms of high exposure to this class of mercury
based compounds include: aphthous, stomatitis, satarrhal
gingivitis, nausea, liquid stools, pain, liver disorders, injuries to
the cardiovascular system and hematopoietic system, deafness
and ataxia, death, headache, paresthesia of the tongue, lips,
fingers and toes, other nonspecific
dysfunctions, metallic taste,
slight gastrointestinal disturbances, excessive flatus and
diarrhea may occur. Acute poisoning may cause
gastrointestinal irritation and renal failure. Early signs of
severe poisoning include fine tremors of extended hands, loss
of side vision, slight loss of coordination in the eyes, speech,
writing and gait, inability to stand or carry out voluntary
movements, occasional muscle atrophy and flexure
contractures, generalized myoclonic movements, difficulty
understanding ordinary speech, irritability and bad temper
progressing to mania, stupor, coma, mental retardation in
children, skin irritation, blisters and dermatitis. Other symptoms
include chorea, athetosis, tremors, convulsions, pain and
numbness in the extremities, nephritis, salivation, loosening of
the teeth, blue line on the gums, anxiety, mental depression,
insomnia, hallucinations and central nervous system effects.
Exposure may also cause irritation of the eyes, mucous
membranes and upper respiratory tract.”
Complete intolerance to Thimerosal, the mercury
containing preservative, is known to develop from previous
vaccines. The vaccines stimulate the immune system and
cause sensitization. The effects of mercury differ between
inorganic, organic, and metallic mercury compounds. The
neurologic toxicity symptoms caused by mercury compounds
have a delayed onset after exposure, so few, if any of these
symptoms will be noticed at the time of exposure. This
explains the suspected longterm
neurological symptoms of
learning disabilities and behavior disorders associated with
vaccines, which did not exist in previous generations.
Vaccine Ingredient: Antifreeze
Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) is an ingredient of the polio
vaccine. It is classified as a “very toxic material”. It would take
less than a tablespoonful to kill a 20pound
dog with this
substance. Pet owners are generally very wary around this
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dangerous substance, knowing that only a small amount is
fatal. I can only imagine the effects that this has on the human
body when directly injected into the blood stream.
Antifreeze can eventually lead to kidney, liver, blood and
central nervous system (CNS) disorders. It is quite harmful and
likely fatal if swallowed. Effects include behavioral disorders,
drowsiness, vomiting, diarrhoea, visual disturbances, thirst,
convulsions, cyanosis, rapid heart rate, CNS stimulation,
depression, cardiopulmonary effects, kidney disorders. It can
also lead to liver and blood disorders. It produces reproductive
and developmental effects in experimental animals.
Vaccine Ingredient: Aluminium
Aluminum is a suspected carcinogen. It is a
cardiovascular or blood toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory
toxicant. It has been implicated as a cause of brain damage,
and is a suspected factor in Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia,
convulsions, and comas. It has been placed on at least 2
federal regulatory lists.
Vaccine Ingredient: 2Phenoxyethanol
This is a suspected carcinogen. A developmental and
reproductive toxicant. It is also a metabolic poison, which
means that it interferes with the metabolism of all cells. This is
the primary factor in the formation of cancer cells. It is capable
of disabling the immune system’s primary response. It also
contains phenol (see below for explanation).
Vaccine Ingredient: Phenol
This is a suspected carcinogen, and a cardiovascular and
blood toxicant. Also known as carbolic acid; this is a
developmental toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney
toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, skin and sense
organ toxicant. It has been placed on at least 8 federal
regulatory lists.
Vaccine Ingredient: Methanol
This is a volatile, flammable, poisonous liquid alcohol. In
industry, it is used as a solvent, and an antifreeze compound in
fuel. In the body it is metabolized into formaldehyde (as
described earlier).
Whilst it can be found naturally in the pectin that is
present in some common fruits, the naturally occurring version
is only in minute quantities, and the natural form is not known
to cause harmful effects.
Vaccine Ingredient: Borax
(sodium tetraborate decahydrate)
Traditionally used as a pesticide and ant killer. It is
suspected to be a cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine
toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, and neurological
toxicant. It was found to cause reproductive damage and
reduced fertility rates in studies on rats. It is already banned in
foods in the United States, but astonishingly, it is still allowed
for direct injection into the blood through vaccines. It is toxic to
all cells, and has a slow excretion rate through the kidneys.
Kidney retention and toxicity are the greatest. It has a
cascading effect, causing liver degeneration, cerebral edema,
and gastroenteritis.
“A single pound infvaanctcisintehegievqeunivtoalaen6t of ignivoinngeada1y8.”0 lb. adult 30 vaccines
―
Dr. Boyd Haley
Vaccine Ingredient: Glutaraldehyde
Glutaraldehyde is always toxic, causing severe eye, nose,
throat and lung irritations, along with headaches, drowsiness,
and dizziness. The effects mirror the chemical warfare agent
known as nerve gas. It is poisonous if ingested, and known to
cause birth defects in experimental animals. The effects of
direct injection into the blood to bypass the process of ingestion
are unknown. It is often used to clean medical equipment. In
hospital accidents involving environmental exposure, it has
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been known to cause the following symptoms:
• Throat and lung irritation
• Asthma, asthmalike
symptoms, and breathing difficulty
• Nose irritation, sneezing, and wheezing
• Nosebleed
• Burning eyes and conjunctivitis
• Rashcontact
and/or allergic dermatitis
• Staining of the hands (brownish or tan)
• Hives
• Headaches
• Nausea
Vaccine Ingredient: MSG
(Monosodium Glutamate)
Monosodium Glutamate is a synthetic flavor enhancer. In
a 1995 report by the Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology, two groups of people were defined as
intolerant of MSG. This includes those who eat large quantities
of MSG (it is used in lots of processed foods as a flavor
enhancer), and those with “poorly controlled asthma”. Our
research indicates that anyone can suffer after consuming
Monosodium Glutamate. In the 1995 report, which was
contracted by the FDA, there was public admission that MSG
yields the following symptoms:
• Burning sensations in the back
of the neck, forearms and
chest
• Numbness in the back of the
neck, radiating to the arms
and back
• Tingling, warmth, and
weakness in the face,
temples, upper back,
neck and arms
• Facial pressure or tightness
• Chest pain
• Headache
• Nausea
• Rapid heartbeat
• Bronchospasm (difficulty
breathing) in MSGintolerant
people with asthma
• Drowsiness
• Weakness
Note that this is the shortlist
(the one with side effects the
FDA actually admits), and it does not consider the higher
toxicity of direct injection into the blood. The long list, which is
about 15 times longer, includes heart attacks, especially in
young people with magnesium deficiencies. Injections of
glutamate in laboratory animals have resulted in rapid damage
to nerve cells in the brain. MSG is in a special class of
chemicals called excitotoxins, which are known to directly
attack brain cells. In 1978, MSG was banned from baby foods
and other baby products for infants who were less than one
year of age, because the American Academy of Pediatrics and
the National Academy of Sciences expressed concerns. It is
now being used in these products again, along with vaccines.
Vaccine Ingredients: Sulfate and
Phosphate Compounds
These can trigger severe allergies in children which may
last throughout their lives to permanently impair their immune
systems.
Vaccine Ingredient: Ammonium
Sulfate
This is another carcinogen. Ammonium sulfate is prepared by
mixing ammonia with sulfuric acid. It is used as a chemical
fertilizer for alkaline soils to lower the pH of the soil. In the
body, it stresses the immune system by causing acidosis.
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Ammonium sulfate is also a gastrointestinal (liver) toxicant,
neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant.
Vaccine Ingredient: Gentamicin
Sulfate
This is a strong antibiotic, which is often used for lifethreatening
illnesses (eg. pneumonia).
Known side effects:
• Muscle twitching
• Numbness
• Seizures
• Increased Blood Pressure
• Alopecia
• Purpura
• Pseudotumor cerebri
• Photosensitivity
• Transient irritation
• Burning
• Stinging
• Itching
• Inflammation
• Angioneurotic edema
• Urticaria
• Vesicular and maculopapular dermatitis
• Mydriasis
• Conjunctival paresthesia
• Conjunctival hyperemia
• Nonspecific conjunctivitis,
• Conjunctival epithelial defects
• Lid itching and swelling
• Bacterial/fungal corneal ulcers
Vaccine Ingredient: Neomycin Sulfate
When researching this, we discovered the neurotoxicity of
neomycin sulfate following oral use as an antibiotic. I can only
wonder about what damage this causes when injected directly
into the blood of infants. It interferes with vitamin B6
absorption, which is the cause of a rare form of epilepsy, and
mental retardation. Adult patients given neomycin as an
antibiotic are typically placed under close clinical observation
(ie. hospitalized), so that intensive care intervention is
immediately available. Neurotoxicity has been reported, along
with nephrotoxicity, and permanent bilateral auditory ototoxicity.
Sometimes vestibular toxicity is present in patients with normal
renal function when treated with higher or longer doses than
recommended.
Vaccine Ingredient:
Tri(n)butylphosphate
This is yet another carcinogen. This is a kidney toxicant,
and a neurotoxicant. It is more hazardous than most chemicals
in 2 out of 3 ranking systems, on at least 1 federal regulatory
list.
Vaccine Ingredient: Polymyxin B
This is another antibiotic. Injection of this is generally
avoided by doctors (except in the case of vaccines), due to
severe pain at injection sites, particularly in infants and children.
Other Known Side Effects:
• Albuminuria
• Cylindruria
• Azotemia
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• Rising blood levels without any increase in dosage.
• Facial flushing
• Dizziness progressing to ataxia
• Drowsiness
• Peripheral paresthesias: circumoral and stockingglove
• Apnea
• Signs of meningeal irritation with intrathecal administration
Vaccine Ingredient: Polysorbate 20 /
80
Emulsifier
This is a suspected carcinogen. It is a known skin and
sense organ toxicant. It is verified as a cancer agent in
animals.
Vaccine Ingredient: Sorbitol
Sweetener
Diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy may be related to
excess sorbitol in the cells of the eyes and nerves; leading to
blindness. This is another suspected carcinogen. Sorbitol is a
gastrointestinal and liver toxicant.
Vaccine Ingredient: Polyribosylribitol
This is an experimental artificial sweetener. Actually the
experimentation is ongoing
― in children that is, without the
knowledge or consent of their parents.
Vaccine Ingredient: BetaPropiolactone
Documented as a verified carcinogen. It is a
gastrointestinal (liver) toxicant, respiratory toxicant, skin
toxicant, and sense organ toxicant. More hazardous than most
chemicals; earning a 3 out of 3 in ranking systems. It appears
on at least 5 federal regulatory lists. It is ranked as one of the
most hazardous compounds to humans.
Vaccine Ingredient: Amphotericin B
This can cause irreversible kidney damage, and mild liver
failure. It has been known to produce severe histamine
(allergic) reactions. There are several reports of anemia and
cardiac failure. According to the MME definition it is, “a drug
used to treat fungus infections. Known allergy to this drug
prohibits use. Side effects include blood clots, blood defects,
kidney problems, nausea and fever. When used on the skin,
allergic reactions can occur”.
Vaccine Ingredients: Animal Organ
Tissue and Animal Blood
Animal cell lines are used to culture the viruses in
vaccines, so animal tissues and impurities are included in the
formulation that is injected. These tissues are unusable and
toxic to the body except for when their protein materials are
digested to form amino acids through normal food
consumption. There is no digestion process for injections.
Injections may also contain many types of animal viruses (see
the Animal Viruses section).
Animals used include monkey (kidney), cow (heart), calf
(serum), chicken (embryo and egg), duck (egg), pig (blood),
sheep (blood), dog (kidney), horse (blood), rabbit (brain),
guinea pig, etc..
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Vaccine Ingredient: Large Foreign
Proteins
In addition to the animal tissue impurities, there are large
proteins that are deliberately included, and used for such
purposes as adjuvants (substances that aggravate an immune
response using their inherent toxicity). Egg album and gelatin
(or gelatine, obtained from selected pieces of calf and cattle
skins, demineralized
cattle bones and pork skin) are in several
vaccines. Casein (milk protein) is in the triple antigen (DPT
vaccine). When injected, these normally harmless proteins are
toxic to the body. Hence the immune system “response”. The
immune system is intentionally stressed by this invasion to
produce an unnatural sensitization to all the ingredients. The
body will become further sensitive to these substances in the
future, rather than becoming immune to them. So, the basic
premise of vaccinations which the public has been sold is false.
This explains why bizarre allergies such as lactose intolerance,
egg, and nut allergies have suddenly become common in
recent history.
Vaccine Ingredient: Latex
This is included in the hepatitis B vaccine which is given
routinely to health workers. The high occurrence of the latex
allergies among nurses is due to their sensitization to latex
through the large amounts of chemical rubber which is injected
into them. These vaccines produce a panicked immune
response. These nurses will suffer with this allergy
permanently. Such allergic reactions can be lifethreatening.
This vaccine is now routinely given to newborn babies in many
countries, including Australia, and the United States.
Vaccine Ingredient: Animal Viruses
Some of these can be particularly alien to the human
body. The most frequently documented and publicised
example is the monkey virus SV40. The virus is harmless in
monkeys, but it stimulates rare cancers when injected into
humans producing brain (tumors), bone (e.g. multiple
myeloma), lungs (mesothelioma), and lymphoid tissue
(lymphoma). Monkey Virus SV40 has only appeared in people
born in the last 20 years (The Journal of Infectious Diseases,
Sept. 1999), long after the manufacturer claimed to have
“cleaned up” the polio vaccines where it was found. Such
cases include the late Alexander Horwin, both of whose
parents tested negative for SV40. Therefore, recent cases
cannot just be blamed on inheritance from parents who
received the vaccine (see www.ouralexander.org). This proves
that manufacturers are secretly including it again.
Vaccine Ingredient: Human Viruses
The viruses against which the vaccine is supposed to
protect are frequently said to be “killed”, “inactivated”, or
“attenuated”. This is a myth. The main method used to
inactivate viruses is treatment with formaldehyde, whose
effectiveness is limited, and even then only temporary. Once
the brew is injected into the body, the formaldehyde is broken
down by the body potentially releasing the virus in its original
state. This is intentional. It is documented in orthodox medical
literature that these living “crippled” viruses can revert to their
former virulence.
Please remember that the included viruses, and bacteria,
which the vaccine is supposed to protect against are claimed to
be in “very small doses”. These small doses are not small to
the body, and these quantities are quite high enough for the
diseases to occur. When they do occur, the cases are always
severe, and sometimes fatal. Several deaths were reported in
the British medical journal, Lancet, from vaccineinduced
yellow fever. A susceptible person may succumb to infection
when exposed to only a minute doses, especially when it is
injected directly into the bloodstream. Likewise, there are other
cases in which a healthy person will not succumb, even when
exposed to large doses environmentally. It is not the
pathogens, but the interaction methods between pathogens
and hosts which causes diseases to appear, and the level of
their severity.
Vaccines may not manifest obvious injury, especially not
immediately, but are still likely to cause long term harm to
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internal organs and the immune system given their ingredients,
and their known effects.
Most disease symptoms are the visible signs of a body’s
attempts to defend itself against the infection. With disease
injections, many important defences in the digestion path and
mucous membranes are bypassed.
Vaccine Ingredient: Mycoplasma
These are microscopic organisms lacking rigid cell walls
and considered to be the smallest freeliving
organisms. Many
are pathogenic, and one species is the cause of mycoplasma
pneumonia; which interestingly, is noted to occur only “in
children and young adults”, according to Mosby’s Medical
Dictionary. This is not simply in vaccines by accident. It is
deliberately added as an adjuvant (to increase the immune
system’s allergic “response”) to the vaccine. The ingredients
must be either poisonous, or slightly biologically infectious to
trigger immune system responses, in other words.
Vaccine Ingredient: Genetically
Modified Yeast
This is in the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Given the controversy
over the ingestion of genetically modified foods, how much
more dangerous do you think the direct injection of them is?
What are the future consequences of this genetic
experimentation against our children? Normal yeast that grows
throughout the tissues is already known to be the root cause of
countless ailments which can last for years, and in the rare
cases when it is proper diagnosed, these are called yeast
infections. Yeast overgrowth directly attacks the immune
system, and cripples the body’s ability to remove wastes,
toxins, and absorb nutrients categorically. The standard
treatment for it with antibiotics often actually strengthens these
infections in the longterm
by killing more of the beneficial flora
which normally keeps yeast overgrowth in check.
Vaccine Ingredient: Foreign DNA
DNA is used from such organisms as animals, viruses,
fungi, and bacteria. It has been documented that injecting
foreign DNA can cause it, or a portion of it, to be incorporated
into the recipient’s DNA. The horrendous longterm
multigenerational
implications defy the imagination. Although, some
people might actually find it beneficial to have their
grandchildren born with three arms, or horns from the head.
These possibilities may seem farfetched,
but with the rate at
which these type of ingredients are being incorporated into
vaccines, it is a matter of when they happen
― not if.
Describing it as insane is being too gracious.
Prologue
The human body has never experienced such a direct
invasion as this before. We hope that you consider this list,
and the side effects of vaccines before giving your child
vaccinations. We have strong reasons to believe that
overall, and in general, that the risks of horrible and longterm
side effects far outweighs the risks of the diseases
which vaccines are supposed to prevent.
Human blood is supposed to be, and traditionally was,
remarkably sterile. There were virtually no bacteria or
organisms present in the bloodstream. With vaccines now
being so prevalent, this is no longer the case. Contrary to
what we have been told, they weaken the immune system
dramatically instead of strengthening it. In the United States,
the Hepatitis B Vaccine is given to a child on the day of his
birth, often weakening his immune system for his lifetime. His
small body is just becoming accustomed to the germs around
him for the first time, and it needs the strong immune system
that he was given to be intact.
Although vaccines are mandatory in the U.S., all states
currently offer religious exemptions, and some states offer
philosophical exemptions. You may wish to consider these as
options in order to protect your children. Religious exemptions
are quite appropriate for this, because you can tell them
honestly, and with a straightface,
that you are doing it because
it is the Christian thing to do.