As we reported in Paleo Family, vaccine manufacturers have been using aluminum in vaccines for decades, but they’ve been doing so without clear data of its safety: Apart from the side effects listed on the safety inserts of each vaccine and those that warranted payouts by the National Vaccine Injury…
A Facebook friend recently posted a video about an immunotherapy treatment on cancer in mice with the lovely caption “anti-vaxxers are pro-cancer”: It’s an extremely promising treatment and one that could change the medical landscape, but the idea that it should be lumped into the vaccine category is problematic. He…
In this video about a flu shot recipient who was stricken with Guillain-Barré syndrome (a rare serious side effect of the vaccine), the doctor consulting on the story makes the most bizarre rationalization. She says, “You can’t get [Guillain-Barré syndrome] from a flu shot. A flu shot will not inject…
José R. Peralta, the first Dominican-American elected to the New York State Senate, died last week. An autopsy has ruled that Peralta died from spetic shock. “All they said is that he was septic,” Evelyn Peralta said Friday afternoon, after meeting with officials with the city Medical Examiner’s office. The…
Flu season is upon us again — the time of year when the steady message is “Have you gotten your flu shot yet?” Considering the many studies showing flu vaccines offer minimal protection against illness even when well-matched to circulating viral strains, the fact that vaccination continues to be touted…
Doctor Stanley Plotkin is considered to be one of the leading experts in vaccines and vaccination. In the 1960s, he played a pivotal role in the development of the rubella vaccine and he currently consults with several manufacturers. So, his presence in a vaccination lawsuit deposition is not shocking. What…
The condition of childhood paralysis, which is being called acute flaccid myelitis and seen a spike in cases, has been described as a “polio-like” illness that results in paralysis of one or more limbs. Some patients are able to recover function of the weakened limb but others appear to be…
In the Children’s Health Conference held in Sacramento, California on Sept 13, vaccination took center stage. Before 2015, California allowed personal and religious exemptions for all vaccinations in order to attend public school, and now thanks to California SB277, exemptions may be granted only on the basis of medical necessity. Still there…
