For parents who are concerned about vaccines, the health care reform bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives contains some very troubling news. On p. 1391, Section 2524 of the bill establishes a program called “No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza” which will use elementary and secondary schools across the United States as flu vaccination centers. Since HR3962 is a whopping 1990 pages long, most people (including our Congressmen) haven’t read it. Parents who believe they have a right to make the decisions regarding their children’s healthcare, education and general well-being should be alarmed but also reminded that when we put government in charge of healthcare, parents quickly lose their right to make healthcare decisions for their children.
Of course, the bill also states that participation in the program will be voluntary, but how “voluntary” will it be for most parents when they send their children to a “flu vaccination center” every day where the school officials are being ordered to “leave no child left behind against influenza”? The reality is that the freedom to choose an organic lifestyle for ourselves and our children is slowly being squeezed out of existence.
On page 1392 of the health care reform bill, it describes the purpose of the “No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza” program:
The program under this section shall be designed to administer vaccines consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the annual vaccination of all children 5 through 19 years of age.
This bill would ensure that every year more children than ever before would get shot up with ALL vaccines on the CDC’s recommended schedule. But at least it is voluntary so we can all still opt out of the program, right? That is what a lot of parents thought would be the case with the H1N1 vaccine.
But instead, parents who did not want their kids vaccinated for the H1N1 swine flu discovered that their children were vaccinated at school without notification and without their permission. Following are just a few examples:
*Rae Lynn from Cafe Mom specifically circled “no” on a permission slip regarding the H1N1 swine flu vaccine only to find out later that her 5 year old daughter had been administered the nasal mist H1N1 vaccine at school.
*A Ohio mother reported that her 7 year old son, who has had problems with medications, was vaccinated for the H1N1 swine flu at school against her wishes.
*Three children in New York City were “mistakenly” given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine without permission.
*In Brooklyn, one 6 year old girl with epilepsy was given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine without permission. She reacted so badly that she ended up in the hospital.
*One father in Kentucky is furious because his 7 year old boy was given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine “by accident”.
*A West Virginia middle school boy was forcibly held down by two sheriff’s deputies as they assaulted him with an H1N1 vaccine. The boy had fled the gymnasium and was “coaxed” back in by an official.
*Maryland parents are again threatened with jail (see Nov. 2007 I.O.) if they don’t bring their children to school for flu shots. “We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way, but it’s going to have to get done,” said State Attorney General Glenn Ivey.
*One news outlet in Ohio discovered that H1N1 nasal spray vaccines were given to a whole group of toddlers without permission in what is being called “a huge mistake”.
You see, it is always “an accident” when this happens, and if the shot ends up causing autism, neurological disorders, autoimmune diseases, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, paralysis, infertility, cancer or even death, it is “a coincidence” that the shot and symptoms occurred within days, weeks or months of each other.
The reality is that the “No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza” program in the health care reform bill is a direct assault on our health freedom and on the health of our children. Please get this information out to as many people as you can so that this program can be stopped before it gets started.