WHY I EXPLORED VACCINE PROBLEMS
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM, ABIHM
Have you ever heard the expression, “Some things you pick…and some things pick you”? I got drawn into the ever-changing, emotionally charged vaccine debate after attending the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) meeting in September 2000. I was troubled by what I had heard and decided to search for answers by going straight to the leading vaccine “authority” in the country: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Imagine my surprise—and dismay—when I discovered that most of what I had accepted as The Truth about vaccines really wasn’t the truth at all. Here are a few examples:
I am frequently asked “my position” on vaccines. That position has evolved over time, but in a nutshell:
Adapted from http://drtenpenny.com/dr-sherri-tenpenny/what-opened-my-eyes-to-the-problems-vaccines-cause/
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM, ABIHM
Have you ever heard the expression, “Some things you pick…and some things pick you”? I got drawn into the ever-changing, emotionally charged vaccine debate after attending the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) meeting in September 2000. I was troubled by what I had heard and decided to search for answers by going straight to the leading vaccine “authority” in the country: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Imagine my surprise—and dismay—when I discovered that most of what I had accepted as The Truth about vaccines really wasn’t the truth at all. Here are a few examples:
- Vaccines are not responsible for the eradication of diseases, such as polio and smallpox.
- Vaccines have not been “proven” to be safe.
- When a vaccine is called “effective”, it is not the same thing as being “protective.”
- There are no true double-blind, placebo-controlled studies used in vaccine research. The new, investigational vaccine is compared against a vaccine with a “known side effect profile.” Therefore, “control group” is given a “placebo” that is another vaccine, not saline, sterile water, or no vaccine at all.
- Vaccines are not “relatively harmless”…..tens of thousands have been injured and have died, as a result of vaccination.
- The increase in the childhood vaccine schedule:
- In 1985, there were only three vaccines that were routinely given: DTP, polio and MMR. They were spaced out and most children had 1-2 doses of a vaccine. As of 2015, if children receive all recommended childhood vaccines, they receive 49 doses of 15 vaccines by age 6 and 69 doses of 16 vaccines by the time they graduate from high school. With no vaccines ever being tested for mutagenicity or carcinogenicity, are we seeing sicker children due to all of these inoculations?
- Adult vaccines: Some of the vaccines on the pediatric schedule are also given to adults. In addition, there are at least 9 separate adult/travel vaccines.
- New vaccines under development: There are reported to be more than 200 vaccines “in the pipeline.” In addition, new adjuvants, new additives, new culture media (including the use of human stem cells) and new delivery technologies are under continual development. In addition, there are entire cadres of bioterrorism vaccines being considered.
- Vaccine politics: Exemption laws, national mandates (ex: passing HB277 in California is to become the Model Legislation for the country) and issues in the media are constantly in motion and need to be updated.
- Medical issues: The skyrocketing autism epidemic, thimerosal/mercury toxicity issues, and the rampant childhood epidemics—asthma, allergies, eczema, ADD/ADHD and cancer—are all being scrutinized as part of the “vaccine-injury spectrum.”
I am frequently asked “my position” on vaccines. That position has evolved over time, but in a nutshell:
- I oppose
- I support true informed consent, which means a person hears the full spectrum of pros and cons regarding a medical option and then is given the choice to refuse this therapy. Our current public health policy does not allow that option when it comes to vaccinating.
- I am pro-information. Most of the information given to the general public by physicians and from public health officials is incomplete, even deceptive. Information stimulates discussion. Vaccination needs to be questioned and debated. Side effects need to be recognized and treated. A discussion cannot occur without allowing information to that shows problems associated with vaccines to be openly shared.
- I have seen first-hand the havoc caused by vaccines and wrecked immune systems of the many children over the years at our clinic, Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center.
- I have seen the desperation in the eyes of parents—desperate to get their “baby back” to the way s/he was before a vaccine.
- I have cried with broken hearted parents who wished beyond all reason that they had taken the time to investigate the potential risk of vaccines before they were forced to make that “on-the-spot decision”
Adapted from http://drtenpenny.com/dr-sherri-tenpenny/what-opened-my-eyes-to-the-problems-vaccines-cause/