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Here’s a Quick Read About Your Child and Vaccinations

Jul 17

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You get to draw your own conclusions – but only after you’ve read it all. Otherwise that would not be an informed conclusion.

Vaccination Schedule for Your Children (which you do not have to follow)

2 Months: 6 Vaccinations
-TOTAL: 6

4 Months: 6 Vaccinations (same as at 2 months)
-TOTAL: 12

6 Months: 6 Vaccinations (same as at 2 & 4 months)
-TOTAL: 18

12 Months: 4 Vaccinations
-TOTAL: 22

15 Months: 2 – 3 Vaccinations (one is interchangeable with 12yrs)
-TOTAL: 24

18 Months: 8 Vaccinations (some same as 15 months)
-TOTAL: 32

4 – 6 Years: 4 Vaccinations (some same as 18 months)
-TOTAL: 36

12 Years: 1 – 2 Vaccinations (one is interchangeable with 15 months)
-TOTAL: 37

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14 – 16 Years: 3 Vaccinations (same as 4 years, 18, 6, 4 & 2 months)
-TOTAL: 40

Every Fall: 1 (for Influenza)

Grand Total, by age 16: (if the recommendations are followed)
41 vaccines + 16 seasonal = 57 vaccines

*This does not include the HPV vaccine recommended for girls.

Important To Know:

1. Vaccines are supposed to trigger your immune system to produce antibodies that fight diseases and infections, however the injection contains additional chemicals and DNA/RNA that suppress immune response, which then does not return to normal for a period of months.
2. The human immune system is not fully developed at birth.
3. The human immune system is strongest in the respiratory and digestive systems, but vaccines are injected into the blood stream where the immune system is weaker.
4. The life cycle of micro organisms is short – in some cases an organism will be ‘born,’ live, eat, reproduce and die in 6 hours. Therefore, the evolutionary process (the organism’s ability to adapt/change) is extremely rapid. This results in a great variety of organisms to vaccinate against each season, however the vaccines available could not possible respond to such diversity in species. In other words, you do not know if the vaccine available inoculates against the strain in circulation.
5. Nutrition is the only way to improve your immune system. So, if you are not eating well you will not be well.
6. Germs are pleiomorphic, meaning that they can change with their environment; rods become cocci, and vice-versa. Thinking that germs cause disease means that we are not accepting responsibility for our own health, and that we are placing that responsibility into the hands of someone else (who has the means to kill these germs with toxic chemicals (drugs), even if those drugs/vaccines harm our body).

Now that you have read it all we assume you are going to look at the referenced links below, and read them too. When you’re done, everyone wants to read what you think. Post your comments.

Sources:

http://www.toronto.ca/health/immunization_children/immunization_schedule.htm

http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/immune_suppression.htm

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Parents Lose Custody Because of Beliefs

Feb 21

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Racism is not right, but more often than not you will find someone you know and care about harbours some form of race-related concerns. The Jewish and Palestinians, the blacks and the whites, the idiots and dumbasses. Yes, racism can go as far as war so it’s not a good thing, but like I said,  you know someone who has some race-related issues.  So, if the spectrum of racism is so broad then it stands to reason that merely being racist is no immediate cause of concern. That black friend of yours doesn’t really like white people but he isn’t going to kill any whites. Or, to be fair, that white friend of yours doesn’t like all Arabs, but he isn’t going to kill any Arabs.

That line of thinking is exactly what perpetuates racism. We need a logical approach to this instead of an emotional one. Case in point -the video above. The parents are racist and as a result their children have parroted the parents at school. That lead to the Province taking the children away from them. So now we have the Province playing moral judge and jury on racism, which is the same as the province itself being racist. The parents are discriminating against a group of people and so is the province.

If you’re going to do that then where is the line drawn? This is the thought police. 1984.

H1N1 Reaction Product of Hype or Propaganda?

Nov 27

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An H1N1 clinic in Ottawa gets the message across in this file photo from Nov. 13, 2009.

An H1N1 clinic in Ottawa gets the message across in this file photo from Nov. 13, 2009.

Link: http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/728291–h1n1-reaction-product-of-hype-or-prudence

I’ve been pointing out for weeks now that the H1N1 mortality rates are far lower than the seasonal flu, yet everyone wanted to believe that they absolutely needed the vaccine. Congratulations – that attitude just lined the pockets of the pharma manufacturers while simultaneously toxifying your system without just cause.

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Ingredients in Childhood Vaccines in Canada

Nov 4

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http://vran.org/about-vaccines/vaccine-ingredients/active-ingredients/ingredients-childhood-vaccines-in-canada/

While health officials recommend an ever increasing quantity of vaccines for babies and young children, they are less than forthcoming with the ingredients list of vaccine additives and the potential for reactions. Today’s parents are concerned about the health impact of multiple vaccines & additives on their children’s health. Vaccine product monographs listing ingredients can be located in the CPS index (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties) obtainable through any pharmacy in Canada. Some vaccine product monographs can be accessed on line at the manufacturers’ websites.

Starting at two months of age, most babies are injected with the following vaccines: Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis, Polio, Act-HIB (haemophilus influenza B), Hepatitis B, 7 valent Pneumococcal vaccine, Meningococcal C vaccine. Babies may be injected with as many as 8 vaccines concurrently. See the Canadian Immunization Guide (in English or French) for details of the vaccine schedule and number of doses given of each vaccine.

In the northern territories, babies are also routinely injected within hours of birth with BCG (tuberculosis vaccine) & hepatitis B vaccine. The province of New Brunswick vaccinates newborns with hepatitis B vaccine within hours of birth.

A two dose schedule of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine is generally started at 12 months and given again at 18 months or 4-6 years. Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is also injected at 12 months of age. Additionally, Influenza vaccine is now recommended for all children starting at 6 months of age. Babies and young children are injected with two doses of flu vaccine 30 days apart.

Health officials keep vaccine reaction reports under wraps. Unlike the U.S. where the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) is accessible on line and can be searched by anyone for vaccine reactions, Canadians do not have access to the vaccine reaction data base held by Health Canada. Only by filing an Access to Information request with the specific lot number of a vaccine, is it possible to obtain limited vaccine reaction information.

People should also know that the manufacturers do not disclose all the ingredients nor full details of the manufacturing process. Health Canada protects the “proprietary rights” of these companies and upholds their right to secrecy – something the greater Canadian public should be up in arms about. That parents are expected to submit their children for injection with multiple vaccines without first having full disclosure of all known ingredients is a disturbing statement on the control exerted by monopoly medicine and corporate and government allies.

Thimerosal (a preservative comprising 50% ethyl mercury) was phased out of early infant shots in Canada when polio vaccine was combined with DPT. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin. Apparently inactivated, injectable polio vaccine is degraded by thimerosal, hence vaccine combinations that contain polio vaccine do not contain thimerosal. Thimerosal may, however still be used in the manufacturing process, then filtered out. The question remains however, whether trace amounts of thimerosal still persist in the final product. Thimerosal was replaced by 2-phenoxyethanol, another toxic substance used in antifreeze and is contained in Pentacel, the DTPaP+Hib vaccine injected into most Canadian babies starting at 2 months of age.

Currently the two vaccines given to Canadian babies that may still contain thimerosal are influenza vaccine and hepatitis B. Both vaccines are available in single dose vials without thimerosal. Parents who choose to inject their babies with these vaccines should know they do have a choice to choose thimerosal free vaccines.

Your Baby’s First Shot – Five Vaccines in One:

Pentacel – combines Act-HIB and Quadracel vaccines(4 vaccines)

Produced by Sanofi Pasteur

Description:

Act-HIB ® Reconstituted with QUADRACEL ®Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine (Tetanus Protein – Conjugate) Reconstituted with Component Pertussis Vaccine and Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed Combined with Inactivated Poliomyelitis Vaccine.

Each single dose (approximately 0.5 mL) after reconstitution contains:

  • purified polyribose ribitol phosphate capsular
  • polysaccharide (PRP) of Haemophilus influenzae type b
  • covalently bound to 20 µg of tetanus protein 10 µg
  • pertussis toxoid (PT) 20 µg
  • filamentous haemaglutinin (FHA) 20 µg
  • fimbrial agglutinogens 2 + 3 (FIM) 5 µg
  • pertactin (PRN) 3 µg
  • diphtheria toxoid 15 Lf
  • tetanus toxoid 5 Lf
  • poliovirus type 1 (Mahoney) 40 D-antigen units
  • poliovirus type 2 (MEF1) 8 D-antigen units
  • poliovirus type 3 (Saukett) 32 D-antigen units
  • aluminum phosphate 1.5 mg
  • 2-phenoxyethanol (not as a preservative) 0.6% v/v
  • polysorbate 80 10 ppm (by calculation)
  • bovine serum ≤50 ng
  • trace amounts of formaldehyde
  • trace amounts of polymyxin B and neomycin may be present from the cell growth medium

For information on precautions and adverse events, see the manufacturer’s monograph.

Hepatitis B vaccines marketed in Canada are produced by Merck Frosst & GlaxoSmithKline

Recombivax HB

Produced by Merck Frosst

Description:

RECOMBIVAX HB ® [hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)] is a non-infectious subunit viral vaccine consisting of surface antigen (HBsAg or Australia antigen) of hepatitis B virus produced in yeast cells. A portion of the hepatitis B virus gene, coding for HBsAg, is cloned into yeast and the vaccine for hepatitis B is produced from cultures of this recombinant yeast strain according to methods developed in the Merck Research Laboratories.

Two formulations are available:

  • 10 µg/1.0 mL formulation: each 1.0 mL dose contains 10 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed onto approximately 0.5 mg of amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate;
  • 40 µg/1.0 mL formulation: each 1.0 mL dose contains 40 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed onto approximately 0.5 mg of amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate;

Thimerosal (mercury derivative) 1:20,000 (50 µg/mL) has been added only to the preservative-containing formulations. All preparations have been treated with formaldehyde prior to adsorption onto amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate. The vaccine is of the adw subtype.

For information on precautions and adverse events, go to: manufacturer’s monograph.

ENGERIX ® -B

Produced by GlaxoSmithKline

Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)

Composition:

The vaccine is a slightly opaque, white, sterile suspension. A slow settling of the white aluminum hydroxide may occur during storage leaving a clear colourless supernatant liquid. Each 1 mL adolescent/adult dose of vaccine contains 20 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed onto 0.5 mg of Al +++ as aluminum hydroxide. Each 0.5 mL pediatric dose contains 10 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed onto 0.25 mg of Al +++ as aluminum hydroxide. Multi-dose presentations contain 5.0 mg of 2-phenoxyethanol per mL as preservative.

The ENGERIX ® -B formulation contains a trace amount of thimerosal (‹0.5 µg mercury in the 0.5 mL pediatric dose and ‹1.0 µg mercury in the 1.0 mL adolescent/adult dose) from the manufacturing.

For information on precautions and adverse events see the manufacturer’s monograph.

Prevnar – 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine

Produced by Wyeth Lederle

The manufacturer’s website does not allow consumers to view a product monograph. Ingredients list is taken from CPS 2004 edition, product monograph page 1587:

Prevnar is a sterile solution of saccharides of the capsular antigen of S.pneumoniae serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and 23F and diphtheria CRM197 protein. Individual polysaccharides are prepared from purification of the culture broth of each serotype. The saccharides are directly conjugated to the protein carrier CRM197 protein by reductive animation. CRM197 is a nontoxic variant of diphtheria toxin isolated from cultures of C. diphtheriae strain C7(B197) and/or C.diphtheriae strain C7 (B197) pPx350 grown in a casamino acids and yeast extract-based medium. CRM197 is purified through ultrafiltration, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and iron-exchange chromatography to high purity. Each serotype is conjugated as a monovalent preparation prior to compounding as a multivalent vaccine. Individual glycoconjugates are analyzed for saccharide to protein ratios, for molecular size, free saccharide and free protein.

Each dose (0.5ml) contains:

  • 2ug of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and 23F,
  • and 4 ug of serotype 6B (16 ug total saccharides);

    • and approximately

  • 20ug of CRM197 carrier protein.

Nonmedicinal ingredients:

  • aluminum phosphate adjuvant
  • sodium chloride
  • and water for injection

For information on precautions and adverse reactions, see the CPS Index available at any pharmacy or medical library in Canada.

MENJUGATE® – Meningococcal Group C–CRM197 Conjugate Vaccine

Produced by Merck Frosst

Description:

Menjugate ® (Meningococcal Group C–CRM197 Conjugate Vaccine) is intended for the prevention of meningitis and/or septicemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis group C in infants and older age groups. Menjugate ® is composed of meningococcal group C oligosaccharides conjugated to a protein carrier, a non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin, CRM197. In the final vaccine, aluminum hydroxide is used as an adjuvant.

Composition:

Menjugate ® (Meningococcal Group C–CRM197 Conjugate Vaccine) is formulated as a powder for suspension with each 0.5 mL dose containing 10 micrograms of meningococcal C oligosaccharide conjugated to Corynebacterium diphtheriae CRM197 protein (12.5 to 25.0 micrograms).13 Mannitol, sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, and sodium phosphate dibasic heptahydrate are present as excipients in the final lyophilized formulation. The lyophilized product is to be reconstituted with an adjuvant diluent containing aluminum hydroxide (1.0 mg per 0.5 mL dose) and sodium chloride in sterile water for injection. Menjugate ® contains no preservative.

For information about precautions and adverse effects, see the manufacturer’s monograph.

M-M-R ® II Measles, Mumps and Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live, Attenuated, MSD Std.

Produced by Merck Frosst

Composition:

M-M-R ® II (Measles, Mumps and Rubella virus vaccine, live, attenuated, MSD Std.) is a sterile lyophilized preparation of (1) ATTENUVAX ® (Measles virus vaccine, live, attenuated, MSD Std.), a more attenuated line of measles virus, derived from Enders’ attenuated Edmonston strain and propagated in chick embryo cell culture; (2) MUMPSVAX ® (Mumps virus vaccine, live, attenuated, MSD Std.), the Jeryl Lynn ® (B level) strain of mumps virus propagated in chick embryo cell cultures; and (3) MERUVAX ® II (Rubella virus vaccine, live, attenuated, MSD Std.), the Wistar RA 27/3 strain of live attenuated rubella virus propagated in human diploid lung fibroblasts.

The reconstituted vaccine is for subcutaneous administration. When reconstituted as directed, the dose for injection is 0.5 mL and contains not less than the equivalent of 1,000 CCID50 (50% cell culture infective dose) of measles virus 5,000 CCID50 of mumps virus; and 1,000 CCID50 of rubella virus. Each dose of the vaccine is calculated to contain sorbitol (14.5 mg), sodium phosphate, sucrose (1.9 mg), sodium chloride, hydrolyzed gelatin (14.5 mg), human albumin (0.3 mg), fetal bovine serum (‹1 ppm), other buffer and media ingredients and approximately 25 µg of neomycin. The product contains no preservative.

The growth medium for measles and mumps is Medium 199 (a buffered salt solution containing vitamins and amino acids and supplemented with fetal bovine serum) containing SPGA (sucrose, phosphate, glutamate, and human albumin) as stabilizer and neomycin.

The growth medium for rubella is Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) (a buffered salt solution containing vitamins and amino acids and supplemented with fetal bovine serum) containing human serum albumin and neomycin. Sorbitol and hydrolyzed gelatin stabilizer are added to the individual virus harvests.

The cells, virus pools, fetal bovine serum, and human albumin are all screened for the absence of adventitious agents. Human albumin is processed using the Cohn cold ethanol fractionation procedure.

For information about precautions and adverse events, see the manufacturer’s monograph.

VARIVAX® III varicella virus vaccine, live, attenuated (Oka/Merck) is a live, attenuated virus vaccine (a lyophilized preparation of the Oka/Merck strain of varicella).

COMPOSITION- Active Ingredients:

VARIVAX ® III [varicella virus vaccine, live, attenuated (Oka/Merck)], when reconstituted as directed, is a sterile preparation for subcutaneous administration. Each 0.5 mL dose contains a minimum of 1350 PFU (plaque forming units) of Oka/Merck varicella virus when reconstituted and stored at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Non-Medicinal Ingredients:

Each 0.5 mL dose contains approximately 18 mg of sucrose, 8.9 mg hydrolyzed gelatin, 3.6 mg of urea, 2.3 mg sodium chloride, 0.36 mg monosodium L glutamate, 0.33 mg of sodium phosphate dibasic, 57 µg of potassium phosphate monobasic, 57 µg of potassium chloride. The product also contains residual components of MRC-5 cells including DNA and protein; and trace quantities of neomycin, and fetal bovine serum from MRC-5 culture media. The product contains no preservative.

For information about precautions and adverse events, ese the manufacturer’s monograph.

Influenza Vaccines

In Canada, Vaxigrip and Fluviral are the two vaccines most widely used and are produced by pharmaceutical companies Sanofi Pasteur and ID Biomedical respectively. Product information for Vaxigrip is available on the Sanofi Pasteur website. Fluviral product details are not available on the ID Biomedical website but are copied below from the CPS index – 2004 edition.

A recent meta analysis conducted by international researchers at the Cochrane Vaccines Field, looked at the results of 64 international flu vaccine studies. They concluded that there is no scientific ground on which influenza vaccines should be recommended for babies. Despite this, the Canadian Paediatric Society promotes flu shots for all children 6 months and older, including those with immune dysfunction and other chronic diseases. Infants and young children are injected with two doses of the vaccine 30 days apart. See article by Dr. F. Edward Yazbak, “Nothing New about Lack of Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Babies“ (5. Notes)

VAXIGRIP® – Produced by Sanofi Pasteur

Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Trivalent Types A and B (Split Virion)

DESCRIPTION: – from CPS index, 2004 edition, page 2149

VAXIGRIP ® [Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Trivalent Types A and B (Split Virion)] for intramuscular use, is a sterile suspension prepared from influenza viruses propagated in chicken embryos. The virus-containing fluids are harvested and the virus inactivated with formaldehyde and purified by zonal centrifugation. The virus is then chemically disrupted using polyethylene glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether (Triton ® X-100) producing a “split-antigen”. The split antigen is suspended in sodium phosphate-buffered, isotonic sodium chloride solution. The type and amount of viral antigens contained in VAXIGRIP® conform to the current requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO).

And from the VAXIGRIP ® web page: [Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Trivalent Types A and B (Split Virion)] also contains Triton ® X-100 and trace amounts of sucrose and neomycin. Thimerosal (added as a preservative in multidose presentation only).

For information on precautions and adverse events, see the manufacturer’s monograph.

Fluviral S/F – Produced by

(previously Shire Bilogics)

Split-Virion Influenza Virus Vaccine, Inactivated

DESCRIPTION: – from CPS index – 2004 edition page 793

Fluviral S/F for i.m. injection is a trivalent, split-virion influenza vaccine prepared from virus grown in the allantoic cavity of embryonated hens’ eggs. The virus is inactivated with formaldehyde, purified by centrifugation and disrupted with sodium deoxycholate and/or polyethylene glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether (TritonX-100).

The composition of Fluviral S/F is established in agreement with the recommendations of the Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). The split-virion vaccine contains 0.01% thimerosal as a preservative, and trace residual amounts of egg proteins, sodium deoxycholate and/or polyethylene glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether (Triton X-100). Antibiotics are not used in the manufacture of this vaccine.

The product monograph also contains the specific antigens designated for the 2003-04 influenza season.

Notes & Sources for more information:

  1. VRAN publishes a comprehensive 32 page newsletter 3X a year with reports on vaccine awareness issues from around the world & alternatives to vaccination. Please contact VRAN.
  2. Numerous other vaccines may be offered your children that are not listed above. These may include DPT vaccines such as Adacel recommended for teens and young adults, Hepatitis A vaccines, 4-valent meningococcal vaccines, and DT (diphtheria & tetanus) as single tetanus vaccine is no longer available in Canada. Product monographs for these vaccines can be found at the Sanofi Pasteur website and VaccineShoppeCanada, and Merck Frosst.
  3. Critical Decisions Count: Medical and Articles on Immunizations.
  4. VRAN Links to associated vaccine awareness websites around the world.
  5. Vaccination Not Mandatory in Canada – Health Canada Statement
  6. F. Edward Yazbak, MD, Nothing New about Lack of Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Babies
  7. Meningitis C vaccine: A Look at the Disease & The Jab, by Dr. Jayne Donegan
  8. Additional articles on Meningitis C
  9. Prevnar: Articles & critiques http://www.whale.to/v/prevnar.htm

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Letter from a Parent to the Regional Health Department

Nov 3

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Canada, Children, Government, Health, Vaccines | No Comments

Screenshot of the letter being written

Screenshot of the letter being written

My children come home from school with letters telling me to get them the swine flu vaccine, and that I should too.

These letters do not provide any facts or figures that can be backed up. It is always simple propaganda style instructions on what I should do.

I want to know WHY I should do this. Don’t point to the TV or newspaper reports that say I should. A mass media campaign only proves that the talking heads are all reading from the same scripts. We have all had the flu in the past and we all got over it. The seasonal flu complications are contributors to more than 30,000 deaths per year in North America, but this swine flu does not have those kinds of numbers and at this rate it will not by the time the flu season has passed.

This has been blown out of proportion and you are failing in your duties as a public servant. Your job is not to tell us what to do. You’re supposed to know both the pro and con arguments and present the populous with that information, ideally with references, so that we can make our own choices. To ignore the fundamental right we have, through the Canadian Constitution, to freedom of conscience is to violate it. A violation of one person’s rights is a violation of every person’s rights.

Perhaps there is more time being spent with consideration to the income generated for the medical and pharmaceutical industries than there is for the actual health of the people.

Before passing me off as an oddball or some other derogatory expression it would only reflect on your intelligence if you considered the following:

Child Being Vaccinated

Child Being Vaccinated

Doctors say the swine flu is a threat and vaccination is needed.
Doctors say the swine flu is NOT a threat and vaccination is worse than getting sick.

With those two points in mind people are likely to immediately fall back onto their pre-conceived notions about which could possibly be right or wrong. That mentality would do well with a small paradigm shift. Both groups of Doctors are smart, skilled and reputable so you cannot easily discount one over the other but what you can do is analyze the science they’re basing their statements on, and then from there you can make an informed choice that is free from fear and pre-conceived opinion and propaganda.

When the mass media pushes only one side of the story it is clear that there is an agenda at work. The mass media does not give the same air-time to Dr. Ron Paul, Dr. Len Horowitz, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Russell Blaylock, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny ect., as anyone working for a government agency or pharmaceutical company. ALL of these doctors are credible, intelligent and successful in their fields, but there is a glaring difference between them and the government/corporate reps: None of them seek gains of any kind by way of vaccination and/or drug prescriptions. Their goals are clearly defined and the most basic: Keep the good health of the people. If something is dangerous, don’t do it. If something is unproven, prove it. If something is untested, test it. If someone is not informed, inform them.

I discovered a poster created by Dr. Joseph Mercola on one of his websites, http://swineflu.mercola.com, and I paid out of my pocket to have 500 copies printed. I took 100 of them to the grocery store and my children passed them out to the shoppers by saying to them, “Hi, this will keep you healthy!” It generated lots of great conversation, and do you know what most people were saying to us?

“Wow, this is a great thing you’re doing here.”
“People are confused by the media. They don’t know what to do because no one is telling them the truth.”
“You’re really teaching your kids a great lesson here.”
“Oh my goodness I didn’t know any of this!”

We handed out about 80 of them and one lady asked for some so she could pass them around her social circles so we gladly gave her about 20 copies. Every single person who took a copy said, “Thank you.” I think they honestly appreciated the effort on our part to help people, and that became evident when after numerous people asked me if I worked for the government or hospital. I told them all, “No, I am just a concerned citizen.” When they heard that they let their guard down because I wasn’t pushing something on them. The poster we were giving out was a fact sheet that, after reading, would allow them the chance to verify the information and make an intelligent, informed decision about getting the shot… or not.

Screenshot of the submitted letter

Screenshot of the submitted letter

There were only 3 people who refused a copy of the poster, and one offered the fact that she already had her shot. The mass media does not show that kind of real, grass-roots level numbers.

When we got home the kids were so excited about giving people the chance to be healthy that they wanted to go door-to-door and give them to even more people. So we did. Not one person refused to take a poster and everyone was appreciative – even those out for an evening stroll and those walking their dogs.

Before bed the kids asked if they could take some posters to school to give to their friends. You see what’s happening here? People feel good about helping people. People feel good when someone else cares enough to offer them the help, even if they didn’t know any was needed.

We were not running around telling people what to do. We simply handed out some information that they could then use to “stay healthy.”

I hope you stay healthy too. Look up those Dr. names I listed. Visit their websites. Search for their videos/documentaries on YouTube. Be informed.

Swine Flu Posters for you to Download, Print and Share

Swine Flu Posters for you to Download, Print and Share

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Forced Vaccinations in Canada… Oh Really?

Oct 9

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Activism, Canada, Legal, Vaccines | No Comments

I have a friend who is doing some school work in the medical field and as a result they’re being told to vaccinate themselves and provide documentation to the school. The school wants to see the complete up to date child-hood immunization record + the seasonal flu vaccination + the H1N1 vaccination. Anyone who does not show this documentation is told that they will not be allowed to continue their education.

When I heard that I naturally said “Bull sh¡t!” It is probably fresh in everyone’s mind that the United States medical workers are being forced to take the vaccinations, and if they refuse they’re told to sign a waiver which unknowingly doubles as their resignation, or they’re straight-up fired. This is not my opinion, this is documented fact – look it up. In fact, let that be a blanket statement throughout this article – look up whatever you want because everything I am putting in here has a source (whether it be internet, newspaper, television, radio or actual phone calls I personally made. Try that one sometime.)

The Public Health Agency of Canada states in their Canadian National Report on Immunization, 1996, the following: Read the rest of this entry »

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Letter to Canadian College about H1N1 Refusal

Oct 9

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Activism, Canada, Legal, Vaccines | No Comments

Hi there

I am writing about the Medical Program at School Name in Town. I have what I feel is an important question regarding my personal health and safety and as such I wish to remain anonymous for the time being. I hope that request does not interfere with the addressing of my concerns.

I have been informed that students are required to produce immunization records that are up to date as well as required to take the seasonal flu vaccine as well as the H1N1 vaccine, and students who do not comply with this will not be able to continue their studies. My concern is that I will not vaccinate myself and I will not exit the school willingly.

I have done some preliminary research into this and I am at a point where I feel it is time to contact the school directly with my concern. What I am looking for with this letter is: Read the rest of this entry »

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Canadian Passport Office Letter

Jun 8

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Canada, Legal | 2 Comments

Dear Mr. Minister, I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still l cannot believe this.
How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a t.v. cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date. For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?

My birth date you have on my social insurance card, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 30 years. It is on my health insurance card, my driver’s license, on the last eight goddamn passports I’ve had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’ s name is Maryanne, my father’s name is Robert and I’d be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!!
SHIT!

I apologize, Mr. Minister. I’m really pissed off this morning.
Between you an’ me, I’ve had enough of this! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my frickin’ address.
What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthals assholes workin’ there!

Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don’t want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for cripes sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach.

And would someone please tell me, why would you give a care whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get another frickin’ copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60 !!!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day??

Nooooo, that’d be too easy and maybe make sense. You’d rather have us running all over the frickin’ place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some asshole to confirm that it’s really me on the darn picture – you know, the one here we’re not allowed to smile?!

(What morons)

Hey, you know why we can’t smile? We’re totally pissed off!
Signed – An Irate Canadian Citizen.

P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1776 when one of my forefathers took up arms against the Americans. I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang.
I was aide de camp to the lieutenant governor of our province for ten years and I have been doing volunteer work for the RCMP for about five years.

However, I have to get someone ‘important’ to verify who I am – you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST CHINA!!!

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What to do at home if your child is having behavior problems at school

Jun 1

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Canada, Children, Health | No Comments

by Ann Bartz,
Source: http://www.babycenter.com/0_what-to-do-at-home-if-your-child-is-having-behavior-problems_1388454.bc?showAll=true

While children can display a wide range of behavior problems in school, from disruptive talking in the classroom to fighting and name-calling on the playground, the reasons for bad behavior are usually simple. “If a child is acting out a lot in school, my assumption is either that he’s having strong feelings and needs a hand with getting those feelings out, or that something in school is really not working for him,” says Alison Ehara-Brown, a licensed clinical social worker and school consultant in Berkeley, Calif. As a parent, you can try to change the situation in school so your child has a better time there. You can also help your child at home, by understanding how his feelings are getting in his way and giving him the means to express them.

“Children carry little packages of bad feelings that shut their thinking down if something triggers those feelings,” says Patty Wipfler, a parent trainer and founder of the Parents Leadership Institute in Palo Alto, Calif. “Sometimes it’s mathematics that does it; sometimes it’s other children looking happy and relaxed when he doesn’t feel that way.” When a child’s thinking shuts down, he may do something inappropriate because his ability to think before he acts is temporarily gone.

How to help your child at home

Don’t punish your child. Children aren’t to blame for having bad feelings, says Wipfler. “It’s not something they asked for. Your child isn’t bad, and you’re not bad for having a child with a behavior problem; these things just happen.” Punishment for bad behavior will only make your child feel terrible about himself and prolong the difficulty by further shutting down his thinking.

Think about what’s going on in your child’s life. Is he dealing with a big, one-time event, like a divorce or a death in the family, or smaller stressors over the long term, like teasing from an older sibling or pressure from a critical parent? Criticism can sap a child’s positive feelings about himself; teasing can leave him looking for someone smaller or younger to take it out on. If your whole family is weathering a trauma, your child may be trying to handle strong feelings on his own without adding to your burden. You may never know exactly what’s at the root of his difficulty with school, but you don’t need to know in order to help him.

Try talking. Your child may be able to tell you straight out what’s bothering him, or you may have to set up certain conditions first. Children talk to adults when they feel safe, loved, and close. You can give your child that sense of contact either by playing with him vigorously and generously, or by listening to him without judgment or interruption.

Your child may also be more willing to open up if you ask him a positive question first. Someday when you’re lying in the grass at the park, or out for a walk, or riding in the car without being in a hurry, ask in a relaxed tone, “If you could make school any way you wanted, what would it be like?” or “If you could make recess perfect, how would you change it?” You’ll hear about what’s hard at school, but you’ll have bypassed the hopeless feelings that can make children reluctant to talk.

Let your child fall apart. Children keep a lot inside but are always looking for ways to get their feelings out. You can help, says Wipfler, by being ready for “a tantrum, or a rage, or an insistence that something be done in a very particular way or his world will crash: ‘You have to put butter on my mashed potatoes — it can’t be margarine’ or ‘I will not turn off the TV.’ Children will get very particular about a small thing because they have a little volcano of feelings inside that has nothing to do with what they’re getting upset about. But it’s the only way they know to address what they feel.”

This won’t be easy for you as a parent. You may be every bit as cranky as your child at the moment he picks to fall apart, or you may be under a lot of pressure to get something done. But your child will benefit tremendously if you can go down on one knee, put an arm around him, and listen while he cries as long as he needs to. Your child may say things that are difficult to hear — criticism of you, perhaps, or revelations of difficulties you didn’t know he was having. But if he can cry all the way through these feelings, using you as a target, your child will feel heard and understood and will be able to think better in situations that might otherwise throw him. The day after a big emotional release, his behavior in school (and with his friends and with you) will most likely be profoundly better.

Wipfler tells a story of one parent who divorced the father of her two girls and married a new man. One of the daughters was furious about these developments. She was almost unable to do any of the assignments in her 3rd grade class, and at home she brought up the same bad feelings over and over. “Once she hid in the back of a closet and was crying and trembling and perspiring,” says Wipfler. “Her mom stayed out of kicking distance but kept sticking her hand in toward her child and saying, ‘I really love you, and I’m sorry it’s been hard.’ Her daughter was pushing at her hand and yelling and screaming — she had a huge cry.” Finally she decided she was finished and asked for some orange juice. Then she wanted a bath, and her mother filled the tub for her. Five minutes later, the mother heard her daughter singing, “I love my mommy, and I love Steve, I love my life and the flowers everywhere.” Her grades soon went from failing to A-minuses, and her distaste for school evaporated. Her mother, who had been afraid that her daughter would have to struggle with learning issues for the rest of her life, was astounded: In six months of several other outbursts and intense cries the girl had turned it all around. “If a child has an ongoing struggle,” says Wipfler, “it may take listening many times, but you can change a child’s whole life in this way.”

Stay close to your child. You can always help your child have a better day at school if you take time for closeness. Get up a bit earlier to carve out some relaxed time with your child as the day begins; a little bit of snuggling or playful cuddling in the morning can set him up for a better day. He’ll go to school feeling more connected to you, and a little sturdier when he encounters a trigger that usually sets him off.

Play with your child. Set up playtimes with your child so he can get some of the attention he’s seeking by misbehaving at school; you may also get a better sense of what’s on his mind. In his book Building Healthy Minds, Stanley Greenspan, a child psychiatrist and clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at George Washington Medical School, advocates “floor time,” or play, as a way to discover what’s bothering a child. “When a child is misbehaving, pretend play can sometimes help reveal what’s on his mind, why he’s so angry and provocative.”

Where can I get further information?

“Listening to Children,” by Patty Wipfler, Parents Leadership Institute, $7. A series of six booklets describes how to work with your child to relieve his fears, frustrations, and anger. Topics include “Special Time,” “Playlistening,” “Crying,” “Tantrums and Indignation,” “Healing Children’s Fears,” and “Reaching for Your Angry Child.” Other books and videotapes are also available, as well as classes in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses: The Truth About Ritalin, ADHD, and Other Disruptive Behavior Disorders, by John Breeding; Bright Books, 1996. $16.95.

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn: At Home and in School, by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, et al.; Fireside, 1995. $13.

The National Institute of Relationship Enhancement offers classes in filial therapy, a branch of family therapy that teaches parents how to use play to help their children.

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What Do You Tell Your Kids About Strangers?

May 21

Posted by Parents Place Admin in Canada, Child Abuse, Child Exploitation, Children, Legal, Sex | 2 Comments

I write this after hearing about the Tori Stafford case in Woodstock Ontario (Video Article here). Short version: An 8 year old girl willingly walked away from her school with a woman. Apparently that woman’s boyfriend killed Tori that same day, April 8th 2009. Absolutely disgusting and completely deserving of the death penalty, Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib style.

This story leaves many parents obviously shaken, but more importantly worried about their own children and how they can help prevent this from happening again. Please comment on this article with what methods you employ to keep your kids safe. Here are some comments I’ve read from my friends own web-postings. It’s important to collect this information and distribute it to all parents because as we’ve just seen it is really that simple for major harm to happen to a child.

A.M.
“I tell my ___ not to yell help but fire! Becuase stupid f___s wont look when someone yells help cause they dont want to get involved but they’ll look at a fire.”

C.P.
“When my ___ were younger I told them to never go with ANYONE, even their aunts and uncles unless I told them to. If ANYONE (even friends and familiy) tell them to go with them, without me telling them to, they had to ask them what the secret password was. 

We made up a password, that they would remember, and if I sent anyone for them I would tell it to them. That’s how they would know it’s ok to go with them. Once that password was used by someone, we thought up a new one.”

And I told them that even if someone said I was hurt or in the hospital, don’t go with them. The only person exempt from the password was my mom. (just in case I was injured so bad I couldn’t speak)

Personally, I teach my children to push their thumbs into their attacker’s eyeballs, to bite them repeatedly, anywhere and to fight for their lives. Screaming “stranger,” “you’re not my daddy/mommy,” “fire” the whole time, kicking and generally making themselves difficult to steal or sneak away. We go through it every time I think they’ll be out of my reach or go into crowded public areas. I even have them practice biting and thumb poking (on me) so they can actually feel it and not be surprised if it ever happens.

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