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The Greater Good Movie

a documentary film about vaccines in America

Vaccine Injury After Gardasil – Are Higher Rates of Adverse Reactions Real?

October 27, 2012,

Yesterday The Daily American newspaper published a heartbreaking letter to the editor from mom Kelly Sotomayor. Ms. Sotomayor describes the story of how her perfectly healthy 13 year old daughter received the Gardasil vaccine and ended up unable to walk for 2 years, with widespread muscle pain and weakness, dizzy spells and much more. Read the letter here.

Gardasil accounts for more than 60% of the adverse reactions reported to the national Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). 1 But is that because Gardasil is truly more dangerous or reactive than other vaccines, or is there something else at play here?

When a parent takes a 13 year old into the doctor’s office to get Gardasil or Cervarix, the parent has known the 13 year old for 13 plus years. The parent knows what the child is normally like, how they digest and eliminate food, how they tolerate stress, interact with people and new situations, how much pain and or health problems they live with, how coordinated and agile they are, what kind of a student, thinker, and communicator they are. What’s more, the 13 year old is more than able to tell the parent, I have pain at the injection site, my tummy doesn’t feel well, I am dizzy now, I can’t concentrate, my whole body aches, I feel weak, and so on. Not only does the parent know the child but the child knows what is normal for him or herself and is able to communicate that to the parent.

Contrast this picture with a 15 month old who goes to the doctor, is given a round of routine vaccines and loses the ability to speak, to make eye contact, to interact, starts banging their heads, pushes on their abdomen, develops digestion and bowel issues, muscle pain and weakness, stops sleeping well, etc. In this case, the parent knows the child but certainly not as well as they would if the child were 13 years old. Moreover, while the child may have been speaking, the child has far less capacity to understand what is happening to their body and their brain and then to articulate it to the parent. The child is diagnosed with learning or behavioral disabilities, or autism.

Now imagine a healthy 12 month old is taken in for routine vaccines, having developed normally to this point, receives the shots, is taken home and cries abnormally for 24 hours, seems to have pain and swelling at the injection site and the doctor says not to worry, this is normal. The child has many illnesses and infections and goes on to struggle a little with school.

Or consider this scenario. A healthy pregnant woman who goes in and gets a flu shot that contains mercury or the Tetanus, Diphtheria, and attenuated pertussis (whooping cough) shot, as is now being recommended for pregnant women despite pregnant women never being studied in pre-licensure trials2, but she is told to take no drugs, not smoke or  drink alcohol during pregnancy. The baby is born and is fussy, spits up milk, is slow to develop, lacks coordination, etc. but the parents are told the baby was just like that, sometimes it happens, it’s probably genetic.

Finally, imagine the situation when a baby is vaccinated with Hepatitis B vaccine 12 hours after birth. The baby is born, the parents don’t know the baby, the baby is at the very beginning of its development outside the womb, the baby doesn’t know itself or what is normal, and the baby can’t speak. The baby never settles well, the baby doesn’t seem to tolerate milk well, develops an allergy, a gut problem, cries often. The baby is taken in for shots at 2, 4, and 6 months. They miss many or all of their milestones and never develop normally. Ultimately, the parents are told the child has allergies, asthma, learning and behavioral challenges or autism, but they were born with it. They came into the world like this.

American children receive more vaccines in the first year of life than any other children on the planet and one would naturally conclude that they should be the healthiest. But they are not, in fact they suffer from more health ailments and developmental challenges than most any other developed nation’s children. A recent report in Academic Pediatrics found that 54% of American children have some form of chronic illness like asthma, allergies, autism, diabetes, obesity, learning disabilities, speech delays, etc. and 21% have a developmental disability.3  There are also many studies and case reports which link vaccines to all these conditions (see our Catalogue of Science here to explore the research yourself.

Vaccines are known to cause inflammation of the brain, they are known to cause death, they are known to cause autoimmune and inflammatory conditions (see Catalogue of Science link here). What if the reason there are so many reports of adverse reactions to Gardasil is simply because the parents know the child and the child can tell the parent they feel different? What if all those supposedly “normal” reactions to vaccines like high pitched screaming, spiking a fever, being generally unsettled and not sleeping well, aren’t really that normal after all? What if some components of the vaccines are crossing the blood brain barrier like was reported in this recent study of death after Gardasil4 but the kids aren’t dying, they are surviving with a variety of seemingly unrelated injuries? What if someone were to do a study comparing the health outcomes of vaccinated to unvaccinated children and found that 54% of the unvaccinated children were NOT chronically ill and 21% did NOT have developmental disabilities? What if Gardasil is in fact harmful and causing many adverse reactions, but no more harmful than other vaccines?

Filed Under: News & Views Tagged With: allergies, asthma, autism, autoimmune, autoimmunity, blood brain barrier, death, flu vaccine, gardasil, Glaxo Smithkline, greater good, HPV, inflammation, lupus, Merck, vaccination, vaccine, vaccines, vasculitis

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Comments

  1. Mary says

    October 28, 2012 at 4:22 PM

    Excellent!

  2. Linda B. says

    October 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM

    I completely understand and agree with the point you are making. However, the sad truth is that most of our society puts WAY too much trust in what their doctors advises and since the medical community is sponsored by big pharma, they brain wash all of the medical doctors to believe that the only way a baby or child can survive is to pump their little bodies with toxic heavy metals. Our society is full of far too many lemmings and it is the children who suffer. My daughter is 10 months old and is perfectly healthy. I understand how the body works and that the immune system was made to actually fight infection (something that pharmaceutical companies don’t want people to know!). We live longer now–not because of vaccines, but because we have better sanitation and easier access to food. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look at when the mortality rates dropped for various diseases (which were before the actual vaccine was even introduced!). I wish that more people got it!

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THE GREATER GOOD may be the most important vaccine film ever made. Finally, we hear the stories of families adversely affected by vaccines told in a compelling and compassionate way. Using film as a medium for social change, THE GREATER GOOD informs, educates and calls to action. It is documentary film at its finest.
Peggy O'Mara
THE GREATER GOOD documentary provides real insights about the polarizing vaccine debate. The one size fits all, cradle to grave approach regarding vaccines is a short sighted crusade coordinated by the government and pharmaceutical companies. If we have learned anything regarding medical treatments, it’s that informed consent be the only mandatory requirement.
Dr. Joe Mercola
This film captures the essence of the vaccine debate: The benefits of vaccines for individuals as well as for society versus the very small but very real risks of a severe vaccine reaction. Everyone involved in the vaccine issue, from doctors and policymakers to every new parent, must see THE GREATER GOOD
Dr. Bob Sears
Vaccines: It is such an interesting topic, I’ve never experienced such a polarizing force in conversations or relationships.
Tony Edwards
THE GREATER GOOD is a truly important film, one that finally addresses the nuances of the great vaccine debate of our times. It is a moving and inspiring work that should be required viewing for health care practitioners and families interested in open and honest dialogue about immunizations and public health.
Dr. Larry Rosen
Electrifying.
Jessica
There are severe consequences due to our current vaccine policy and schedule, many of which are simply dismissed as coincidence or diagnosed improperly. These damages cannot be swept under the rug, and THE GREATER GOOD documentary highlights several powerful personal stories of vaccine tragedies to bring increased awareness to this important issue.
Dr. Joe Mercola
There are many physicians who are witnessing an increasing number of children with complex inflammatory & autoimmune conditions, and are beginning to suspect that vaccines may be playing more of a contributing role in the development of these conditions, than what they were previously led to believe. Nonetheless, these physicians don’t have a safe forum in which they can discuss their concerns. This film, “THE GREATER GOOD,” may be the appropriate medium through which physicians can begin to open up the next phase of dialogue about their growing concerns of vaccine safety & efficacy.
Dr. Larry Palevsky
Wow. I was so riveted. The family stories were so heart wrenching. It was so well done. I hope this film is watched by many parents.
Dr. Bob Sears

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