Many doctors won't give the varicella vaccine when there is an infant or pregnant woman in the home, because it uses a live chickenpox virus.
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Here is a parent who did everything right, and had her daughter barred from attending kindergarten and marked “absent.” A New York mother’s pediatrician refused to give her daughter the varicella vaccine because she had a 14 week old sister in the house. As a matter of routine, many doctors will not give the varicella vaccine to any child living with an infant, because the vaccine carries the live chickenpox virus.
Complicating this matter even further, the infant sibling has an immunodeficiency disease called hypogammaglobulinemia, which would make exposure to the varicella virus even more dangerous.
The doctor wrote a letter and spoke to the school directly stating the student in this case should be granted a medical exception, but the school refused, and is denying this child an education, discriminating against her because of their belief in vaccines.
Why?
In this situation, as in all other situations where people are discriminated against and denied employment or education based on vaccination status, there are two basic reasons for this discrimination, and both reasons are related to faith in vaccines.
First, there is a belief in the doctrine of “the greater good.” This belief is based on the premise that vaccines cause more good than harm, and therefore those who may suffer from vaccinations or the lack of vaccinations, should sacrifice their rights for “the greater good.” Based on this belief system, total vaccination of the population is the goal. Those who have adverse reactions to vaccines, which can range from allergies, to autism, or even death, are seen as necessary casualties.
This belief in the “greater good” does not deny the negative consequences of vaccines, as is the case in this kindergarten student being denied an education. The doctor gave the medical reason, but it was denied for the belief in “greater good,” and the child was discriminated against based on vaccination status.
This belief in the “greater good” is carefully articulated and communicated by the mass mainstream media today, laying the ground for greater control of children in public education as is evidenced by this video clip from MSNBC, where Melissa Harris-Perry articulates the belief that children ultimately do NOT belong to parents because of the “greater good”:
The second reason behind vaccination discrimination is a faith in the effectiveness of vaccines, and that the sum total of the “good” vaccines produce, far outweighs any negative consequences. This faith is rooted in fear: the fear that the absence of vaccines will cause widespread disease and destruction, and the potential destruction of the human race.
This premise, that vaccines are effective, is almost never debated. Even with the recent outbreaks of vaccinated-for-diseases like whooping cough and chicken pox, where the statistics clearly show that those vaccinated for these diseases were not protected from being infected with the disease, the premise that vaccines protect us from disease better than our own natural immunity is never questioned or debated. The premise is simply believed in like religion, and any science pointing in the other direction is ignored or hidden. The clearest most recent example of this belief in action producing great financial gain is the incredible marketing campaign that has convinced millions of people that cervical cancer can actually be prevented by a vaccine – a belief that could never be proven by science. This is perhaps one of the greatest marketing campaigns of the pharmaceutical age. (See: HPV Vaccines: Betrayal of the Public Trust?)
Hence, because of these two primary doctrines of faith in vaccines, discrimination against people based on vaccination status is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States.
For a review of the history and science behind vaccines which challenges the premise that vaccines are very effective in preventing disease, see: History and Science Show Vaccines Do Not Prevent Disease The mass media, the government health agencies, and the pharmaceutical companies do not want to debate this issue, so this information is not readily available in too many places.
Without vaccination, kindergartner barred from Staten Island school
By Jillian Jorgensen/Staten Island Advance
Kindergartner FrankieElizabeth Staiti doesn’t have chickenpox, but the illness is keeping her out of school anyway.
Her mother says the girl has been banned from class at PS 36 in Annadale for not having received the varicella vaccine, even though her doctor told her mother it would be unsafe to give it to the child.
Elizabeth Wagner, FrankieElizabeth’s mom, said her pediatrician won’t give the varicella vaccine to any child living with an infant — and FrankieElizabeth’s sister, Devin Elizabeth Wagner, is just 14 weeks old. That’s because the vaccine uses a small sample of the live chickenpox virus to inoculate against it.
“This has been a complete nightmare,” Ms. Wagner said. “Obviously, if there are some doctors that don’t believe in giving it with a newborn sibling in the home, or any newborn in the house, or a pregnant woman, obviously there’s a reason for that.”
Complicating the matter even further, Elizabeth Wagner has an immunodeficiency disease called hypogammaglobulinemia, and it’s hereditary. Her infant daughter could also have the disease — which would make exposure to the varicella virus even more dangerous — but doctors can’t test her until she’s a year old.
The Annadale mother said her daughter’s pediatrician sent a letter and spoke with the Department of Education seeking a medical exemption from the vaccine requirement, explaining he doesn’t inoculate children with newborn siblings, and also citing the possibility that the infant has a compromised immune system.
But the request was denied, and Ms. Wagner finds it unbelievable that if she were opposed to the vaccine on religious grounds, her daughter could attend school, but she’s stuck at home because a doctor says it’s unsafe.
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