Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Vaccine, or Russian Roulette?

Reading the Christchurch Weekend Press at morning tea today an article about an upset mum caught my attention. The mother was vocalizing her disappointment at the way the authorities where aggressively promoting the cervical vaccine to her 13 year-old daughter. She made a great call,

"It is incredible that a parent has to sign a letter for their child to go on a trip to the zoo or to be excused from wearing their PE gear at school, but can be completely ignored when their daughter is accessing a vaccine, contraception, or even an abortion ...

She is right to be concerned. Cervical vaccine campaign hasn’t exactly been plain sailing. In Britain recently a 14 year old died after receiving her shot. Further down the linked googlenews article is the following extract from a statement made by GSK, who produce the vaccine.  

"To date the vast majority of suspected adverse reactions (to Cervarix) have related either to the signs and symptoms of recognised side effects listed in the product information or were due to the injection process and not the vaccine itself."



Somehow I can't see that being very comforting to the girl’s family!

Analyzing the statement closer, we see they start with the phrase “To date” indicating they aren’t very sure about what could happen in the future. The next disclaimer is “the vast majority,” indicating there are exceptions and with 1.4 million doses given out in Britain already, just 1% would still be 14,000. Thirdly, “reactions have related either to the signs and symptoms of recognised side effects listed in the product information.” So are they trying to say side effects are ok so long they are mentioned in the fine print?


Other vaccine reaction stories:

  • New Zealand Swine Flu Vaccine Supplier To Be Baxter, The Company Caught Distributing Live Avian Flu Virus
  • Controversial HPV Vaccine Causing One Death Per Month: FDA Report
  • Swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease: Leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in America
  • Disabled after flu vaccine
 
It’s not hard to start to feel pretty uneasy about what’s getting jabbed into our bodies with the blessing of our tax payers’ dollars.
One big winner in all this is the Pharmaceutical companies. With millions and millions of vaccinations world wide, and governments’ subsidies, there are profits to be had. The more diseases there are to vaccinate against the better from there point of view. This is a pretty massive conflict of interest, especially when the Big Pharma can pay for government lobbyists, scientific grants, and doctors sales bonus’s…  But its getting late.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Things are not as they seem.

The past two years has been a time of unbridled discovery for me. From the advantageous position of being in jobs I didn't enjoy, with unlimited internet access and a penchant for any worthy distraction. I have been googling, youtubing, and book-reading my way to a deeper understanding of the world around us. My 'research' philosophy has been to come at things without preconceived ideas of what is possible or true, while having enough skepticism to lead me to explore deeper.

The general theme has been that many mainstream ideas I have traditionally taken for granted as true are in fact only half truths, or blatant lies, or usually layers of lies: the rabbit hole really is as deep as the well known saying about rabbit holes suggests. Our world is rapidly changing and yet much of the change is hidden from view. Many of us are plugged into mainstream thought, whether we like it or not, watching our telescreens and believing whatever our trusted journalists and politicians tell us. However this is only a movie version of what is truly going on, and it is time we wake up.

One such movie version of reality that has come clearly into view is the justifications for Anglo-American war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Under the rouse of finding weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) millions of Iraqis have been killed and their country is in tatters. We all now know that there were never any WMD's and the US government lied to justify their invasion. Backed by their massive propaganda machine resistance was limited and invasion ensued. This is an example of deception we are well familiar with, however this just the tip of the iceberg.

This blog is an attempt to help us attain free-thinking. The point of this blog is to... well... point, point to ideas we don't normally see. I hope that in doing so there will be some hearty discussion in which my ideas will be critiqued and therefore develop as much as yours will. So welcome.

I don't want this blog to always be about how lame things are heading, so I'll start by pointing you to a beautiful video that features some incredible footage and great explanation of the oneness of this precious earth. Enjoy.