This may come as a shock to you but after living 16 years of my life in Indonesia - I have never been vaccinated. I'am very happy about this! I grew up in an eco-community here on Bali and many residents of this neighbourhood, including my parents, chose not to vaccinate their children.
I always wondered why my parents didn't vaccinate me. My online research has lead me to suspect that the narritive we are sold by the Pharmaceutical Industry and the CDC (Center for Disease Control) is not truthful.
Let us discuss this topic together.
I hope to provide a valid perspective from an unvaccinated 16 year old!
Definition Of Vaccine
I am 16, unvaccinated and have always been healthy. I am curious to understand exactly what the definition of a vaccine is?
Vaccine - A preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease. Source
Basically, scientists decided it was time to stop ourselves from getting diseases so they decided to inject people with Antigens so their body could grow immunity from them.
Defintion Of Antigen
Antigen - Any substance (such as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (such as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (such as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response. Source
What Does The Official CDC (Center for Disease Control) Website Say?
Q: Are vaccines safe?
A: Yes. Vaccines are very safe. The United States’ long-standing vaccine safety system ensures that vaccines are as safe as possible. Currently, the United States has the safest vaccine supply in its history. Millions of children are safely vaccinated each year. The most common side effects are typically very mild, such as pain or swelling at the injection site.[Bold and Italics added]
Q: What are the side effects of the vaccines? how do I treat them?
A: Vaccines, like any medication, may cause some side effects. Most of these side effects are very minor, like soreness where the shot was given, fussiness, or a low-grade fever. These side effects typically only last a couple of days and are treatable. For example, you can apply a cool, wet washcloth on the sore area to ease discomfort.[Bold and Italics added]
Q: What are the ingredients in vaccines and what do they do?
A: Vaccines contain ingredients that cause the body to develop immunity. Vaccines also contain very small amounts of other ingredients—all of which play necessary roles either in making the vaccine, or in ensuring that the final product is safe and effective.[Bold and Italics added]
According to the Center for Disease Control vaccines are very safe. They also say that the only side effects were minor. The last question about the ingredients is barely touched on, let's see what the small amount of other ingredients is!
Vaccines Contain Alot More Than Antigens
Vaccines should only contain Antigens (dead or weak illness), so our bodies can adjust to them and make anti-bodies.
But everything has another story. My research has lead me to some disturbing facts.
"Some physicians believe thimerosal, an organic mercury compound found in trace amounts in one flu vaccine (as a preservative) for children and more vaccines for adults, is linked to autism.
Aluminum is used in some vaccines and excess aluminum in human bodies can cause neurological harm.
Some vaccines for PCV, HPV, DTaP, Hep A, Hep B, and Hib contain yeast proteins which, according to VaxTruth and Joseph Mercola, MD, an alternative medicine proponent, contain MSG that can cause migraines, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease, ADD, seizure, and stroke.
Formaldehyde, also found in some vaccines, is a carcinogen, and, according to VaxTruth.org, exposure can cause side effects such as cardiac impairment, central nervous system depression, 'changes in higher cognitive functions,' coma, convulsions, and death.
Some polio, TD, and DTaP vaccines contain 2-phenoxyethanol, an antibacterial that is a skin and eye irritant that can cause headache, shock, convulsions, kidney damage, cardiac and kidney failure, and death." Source
My Body Belongs To Me .... It Is My Choice To Vaccinate!
Medical decisions for children should be left to the parents or caregivers. Barbara Low Fisher, Co-founder of National Vaccine Information Center stated, "If the State can tag, track down and force citizens against their will to be injected with biological products of known and unknown toxicity today, there will be no limit on which individual freedoms the State can take away in the name of the greater good tomorrow." Soure
What About Natural Immunity?
Mayo Clinic states that natural infection "often provides more complete immunity than a series of vaccinations."
"A vaccine violates all laws of natural immune defenses by taking a potential pathogen along with all the TOXIC ingredients (aluminum, formaldehyde, adjuvants, etc.) directly into your blood system. This process would never occur in building natural immunity. That last sentence is kind of an oxy-moron. Immunity is a natural thing. Vaccines are an artificial thing." Source
My Perspective?
I am concerned about the possiblity of perfectly healthy children being injected with a potentially harmful drug cocktail that could cause irriversible damage. Are these children's immune systems robust enough to be subjected to these chemicals?
Why do children get given vaccines for diseases they could not possibly get at such an early age, such as Hepitits B?
At 16 years old I have not had the opportunity to spend enough time researching this topic fully. I am looking forward to hearing from the Steemit community and will be pleased to actively engage in the conversation! =)
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