Definition of vaccine in English:
An antigenic substance prepared from the causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute, used to provide immunity against one or several diseases.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca cow (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).
In the Oxford Dictionary definition of the word vaccine, there is no mention of stabilising agents, preservatives, adjuvants or contaminants. I think it is reasonable to acknowledge that the content of vaccines, which have evolved over time, are no longer useful in defining a vaccine, regardless of whether or not they were ever intended to. What is of utmost importance is if they work as intended.
The idea of vaccination came from the observation that a person who had contracted cowpox, a mild disease, did not contract smallpox. The introduction of a relatively harmless pathogen caused a normal immune response and also provided immunity against a similar, yet much more serious pathogen. Inherent in this idea is the notion that something relatively harmless replaces something relatively serious which is therefore an important measure in qualifying a mix of substances as a vaccine. If a child is given an MMR vaccine with dubious efficacy and goes on to develop encephalitis and die, was that child vaccinated or poisoned? I would say poisoned.
Surely the vaccine that most closely represents it's definition is one that has total efficacy....meaning it works perfectly as intended and causes far less harm than the pathogen it is designed to protect against assuming a normal presentation of disease. Working perfectly in this case means that the person receiving a vaccine for measles would suffer side-effects that were far less harmful than the measles might itself cause and would provide completely immunity against the target pathogen forever.
How many vaccines out there presently fit the idea for what a vaccine should be? Who knows? I doubt it's any. Do you know of any vaccine currently manufactured that doesn't come with a terrifying list of possible adverse effects, many of which are far graver than the diseases which they've been design to protect against? How many require multiple doses in order to work satisfactorily?
I think the sad reality is that the word 'vaccine' has become so imprecise that it means many different things to people everywhere depending on their perspective. In general, everyone is either stuck in the idea of what they are generally supposed to be or in the process of rejecting the current definition in favor of something more precise.
What do we know about vaccines for a fact?
- Manufacturers are exempt from lawsuits
- There is a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
- Governments pay damages to people harmed by vaccines
- Vaccines have a huge number of terrible side-effects listed in their own documentation
- Vaccines contain known toxins beyond the antigenic material such as; mercury, aluminium, formaldehyde, MSG, human & animal material...
- There is virtually no research around the potential long term effects of vaccines (many of which are completely new mixtures) or vaccine schedules
- Vaccines have been found to contain contaminants...effects unknown
- Many common infectious diseases, for the majority of people, are harmless and provide life-long immunity
If these are accepted as facts. Then the only argument for or against vaccines can be based upon the perception of relative risk. It is very difficult to make an accurate assessment of risk when many things are stacked against you. The state, the pharmaceutical companies, the medical establishment and people who have not attempted to think critically about the subject.
There are a multitude of factors which have yielded the current supply of vaccines and vaccine schedules. The greatest influence is unquestionably money. We are told that they are safe, the schedule is safe and it is vitally important that everyone is vaccinated. Ok, how important is it really? Is it important enough to ensure vaccines are optimised for safety rather than profit? No. They're not that important. How much do we want the illusion of safety from disease? At what cost do we buy the lies and the false sense of security? At the moment it costs us billions in our taxes every year, an unaccountable industry with little incentive to change it's practices and ever-growing collateral damage measured in the lives of damaged children who had no choice.
Conclusion
If vaccines were optimised for efficacy and safety, I would be pro vaccine. If there was a greater amount of transparent, independent and favorable research that supported claims of safety and efficacy, I would be pro vaccine. I am pro the original idea of vaccines. Nothing that contains known, powerful toxins, like mercury or aluminium, to function should be called a vaccine. Nothing that contains contaminants should be called a vaccine. Nothing that causes the current level of harm and chronic degradation of health should be called a vaccine.
The number of victims for this grand, corrupt delusion should be intolerable to us all. Is it wrong to think we could do better? Make better vaccines? Care more about people than money? I'm sure someone somewhere will say we can't and what we've got is the best we can do. What do you think? Even if i'm completely wrong and the present vaccine system is the best we can do and the whole system is operating with integrity and as much compassion as possible, can anyone doubt that trust is rapidly disappearing and that there are very reasonable causes for that?
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Awesome post...Like for lawmakers to drink the vaccine cocktail. They can also shove it in their butts if they love them so much. Keep that crap from me.
Unfortunately, at least in the US, anyone publicly questioning the soundness of our childhood immunization policy is attacked by the media, government officials and medical professionals. Everyone of these attack dogs has a monetary incentive to vilify the dissenters. How can our supposed protectors, the government officials, be held accountable when all the money and power is held by those who benefit from keeping things as they are? A lot of things need to change before we will see this problem addressed. At least we can start the discussion here on Steemit without fear of attack.
Indeed. To at least have the discussion is of paramount importance. I think we owe it to the past and future victims to acknowledge their loss and sacrifice.
County was called on me because my one year old had a fever and we just gave him a formula because he was not gaining the weight the doctors expected. Both my babies are breastfed. Because he wasn't vaccinated, they wanted to do a spinal tap. I told them "nope" he's fever went down with a small dosage of Tylenol. county actually agreed with us. Hospitals are run by a bunch of money hungry bitches.
enjoyed. nice writing. Your previous post on Vaccination was also very enjoyable :)
Thank you. I felt i should write more about the difference between what a vaccine could and should be and what they are today.
Money rules the mind. It is sad..
It's so sad that we are in a society that money goes first over our kids life.
money, money, money, vaccine, money..
I want to fly away from this world.
the correct point of view, I fully agree..
When using the vaccine died a lot of people, and without it, unfortunately, too
Sadly yes. Let's improve the vaccines, the contents, their application, the research, the transparency, the accountability, manufacturing standards, oversight, reputation....everything. Perhaps that will make them safer and more likely to work as intended.
Yeah, that's cool! but - ( money> human life) =(
Thank you for bring up this issue. Vaccine Debating is not getting the deserve attention from any political parties and parents.
Up voted and followed also rebloged very well done .
I think are a lot of people who don't know why they do vaccines! Nice post man!
You are assuming that the death/disability rate resulting from our increasingly-insane vaccination schedules is accidental.
I'm not so sure.
If Big pHarm can get a vast amount of people onto a daily pill (or several daily pills) of some sort it's an excellent business model for them. And a population that has been so enslaved by the need for life-enabling medication is rendered unable and unwilling to revolt against the system - no matter how hard the austerity screws are then tightened.
Kids are DEFINITELY being harmed by vaccines. So ask yourself the only question - cui bono??
I quite agree, there is so much harm being done that it's difficult not to believe that it is purposeful. The whole statins fraud is the perfect example of what you are talking about.
so MANY logical fallacies.
false equivalency reigned supreme.
GOOD job. That had to be hard.
if we were pro individual unalienable natural rights, i would still be pro you do anything you want to yourself but leave me out of it. i am still pro if you come at me with that needle i'm going to defend myself.