Coercive and
Mandatory
Immunization:
How ethical is
this policy?
Vaccination is a medical procedure that injects weakened pathogens and chemical substances into the blood stream of individuals to produce an antibody response. When injected into individuals, vaccines can produce serious side effects and cause harm. Unhealthy individuals are particularly vulnerable and should not be vaccinated.
Since the implementation of the vaccine program in the last two decades, chronic illness in children has risen dramatically. In 2004, 41% of 0-14 year olds had a chronic illness (1). Today, that figure is even higher. Statistics in Australia indicate that there has been a five-fold increase in life-threatening food allergies in children from 1994-2005 (1).
Autism, asthma, learning and behavioral difficulties, and autoimmune diseases have all increased significantly during this time (1),. This also coincides with the government’s push to increase vaccination rates in Australia, to 95% with the implementation of the Immunize Australia Program in 1993 (2).
Thimerosal is a mercury compound and neurotoxin. It was present in most infant vaccines prior to 2000(3). While it has been removed from some vaccines, it is still found in others, and still given to infants and children, along with other harmful adjuvants.
Scientists have known since 1966 that adjuvants used in vaccines, such as aluminum hydroxide/phosphate and thimerosal and antibiotics cause hypersensitivity reactions in humans (4). Yet medical officials are still injecting these toxic ingredients, along with other harmful compounds, into the blood streams of infants at the most vulnerable time of their development. Many adverse reactions to vaccines occur, which vary in severity amongst individuals due to genetic and environmental factors (5).
It is now known that an individual can be pre-disposed to a disease by having the gene for that disease. However, the expression of the gene determines if they get the disease or not; and that depends on environmental factors(6). Factors or triggers responsible for activating gene expression include heavy metals, chemicals, viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, emotional states, and stress (6).
BSc, MSc, Dip Ed, PhD