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An Open Letter to Democratic lawmakers on medical choice

By: Issuewire
2019 Measles Outbreak

Madison, May 26, 2019 (Issuewire.com) - On May 3, 2019, Fredierica Wilson, a Florida Congresswoman proposed a bill H.R. 2527 (Vaccinate all Children Act of 2019) that mandates children must be vaccinated in order to go to school. On the surface, the bill talks about public health but it is dangerous in that it takes away medical freedoms.

The state of Wisconsin currently has 3 exemptions because of Marge Grant. In 1961, Marge's son received the DPT vaccine and is permanently brain damaged. In 1983 Marge Grant successfully lobbied the Wisconsin legislature to make a law to protect informed consent in regards to vaccination. Marge's law allows for school-aged children to opt of vaccinations for personal, religious, or health reasons. Marge passed away in 2012, but her son Scott Grant is still alive and needs constant care. 

Many children, like Scottie, are vaccine injured. F. Li-Nguyen is another Wisconsin mother like Marge Grant. Her son is injured by vaccines in a different way. Below is her open letter to the author of the bill H.R. 2527 and the co-sponsors of the bill. She shares her personal story and why Marge Grant's legacy should stay intact. 

Congresswoman Fredierica Wilson and Democratic lawmakers,

I'm writing to you -- as an independent voter, a liberal, a mother, and an educated woman of colour-- to ask you to please reconsider Bill H.R. 2527 to remove vaccine philosophical and religious exemptions for children in order to receive an education.

This is my story.
My ob-gyn recommended that I receive the MMR vaccine during pregnancy to protect my baby. I trusted my doctor. My baby was born with life-threatening allergies. I stopped vaccinating him after his first round of shots after he started having chronic eczema. He was tested to have life-threatening food allergies. He is allergic to eggs, dairy, peanuts, and cashews.

My husband and I are both first generation immigrants. We have no history of food allergies. My child is the first one. I questioned the vaccines but the doctors all said it's probably not true.

I looked up the manufacturer's vaccine insert and this was what it said:
"Do not give MMR II to pregnant females; the possible effects of the vaccine on fetal development are unknown at this time. If vaccination of postpubertal females is undertaken, pregnancy should be avoided for three months following vaccination." (Source: Merck Vaccine Insert Page 3)"

The doctor did not read the manufacturer's instructions!

My son's paediatrician said my son should be vaccinated. This is what the insert said:

"Live measles vaccine and live mumps vaccine are produced in chick embryo cell culture. Persons with a history of anaphylactic, anaphylactoid, or other immediate reactions subsequent to egg ingestion may be at an enhanced risk of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions after receiving vaccines containing traces of chick embryo antigen. (Source: Merck Vaccine Insert Page 4)

"Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions have been reported as well as related phenomena such as angioneurotic edema and bronchial spasm in individuals with or without an allergic history." (Merck Vaccine Insert Page 6)

My son is allergic! The paediatrician did not read the manufacturer's insert!

I looked up the ingredients in the MMR vaccine.
Hydrolyzed gelatin - this is created using egg protein and is the cause of his egg allergy. (Source: Merck Vaccine Insert & Hydrolyzed gelatin)
Fetal bovine serum - this is the correlation with the dairy allergy. The study also found Roundup weed-killer. (Source: Fetal bovine serum) Monsanto just lost a $2 million lawsuit because it causes cancer. (Source: Monsanto Lawsuit)

STATISTICS
If my son receives the MMR vaccine, there is a 50% chance he'll die. The doctors still wanted to give him the vaccine.
From 2000 to 2018, the total measles cases were 2671 with 11 deaths. The chance of death from measles is 0.4% from these above numbers. The CDC states that there is 1 death out of 1000 cases. (Source: CDC) That is a 0.1% chance. The last death from measles was in 2015. The last child death was in 2005. There were 667 cases in 2014 with no deaths. There are 880 cases (as of 5/21/2019) this year and no deaths.  (Source: CDC)

Based on the numbers, even if he does get the measles, his chance of death is minimal at 0.1% to 0.4%. But his chance of death by receiving the vaccine with his life-threatening allergens in it is 50%. The doctors say they will have an epi-pen in the office just in case he has a reaction.

Statistically, the risk of getting the vaccine is greater than getting the disease it's supposed to prevent. As a parent that actually READ the vaccine insert and looked at the statistics, I weighed the risks and said we are not willing to take that chance. Please do not take this choice away from parents.

This bill is not good for my family and many families like mine. It will force children like mine to be vaccinated with a greater risk of more damage or death. It will be impossible to get a medical exemption even if he is allergic based on my experiences with doctors. He would be forced by law to have a vaccine that caused his life-threatening allergies in the first place.

Additionally, medical exemptions are not given to younger siblings based on an older sibling's medical history under this bill. In order to get a medical exemption (if at all possible) for any subsequent children, he/she will have to damaged first!

EFFECTIVE/SAFE?

Just how effective are the vaccines? The media is telling everyone to get the measles vaccine because of the outbreak. As you can see how the above numbers (Source: CDC), it is NOT deadly. No deaths were reported in the previous outbreak in 2014 and there are no deaths in this current outbreak in 2019.

Case Study: California
Let's look at California. The state of California currently has a mandatory vaccination law. They currently do not have philosophical or religious exemptions. YET, they are currently having an outbreak of measles (Source: CDC). Just like the flu vaccine can cause a person to have the flu and spread to others, the measles vaccine can cause a person to have the measles and spread to others. PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE MEASLES ARE, IN FACT, VACCINATED.

In 1988, the National Injury Compensation program was set up. In its lifetime, the program paid out 4.1 BILLION dollars to those with vaccine injuries. (Source: Vaccine Compensation Fund).

If vaccines were safe and effective, California would not have be having an outbreak and the compensation fund would not be required. 

Not pro-choice/medical freedom
Democratic lawmakers are known to be liberals and progressive. This is NOT progressive. I'm appalled with what's happening to women's rights going on in Ohio, Texas and many other states. I'm also disappointed that the party of choice, who I thought were my allies, is going to take away parental choice.

Republican Legislators: All women who are pregnant should give birth regardless of circumstance or medical risk.
Democratic Legislators: All children who are born should receive vaccinations regardless of circumstance or medical risk.

As a liberal mom, and many moms like me, this conundrum is forcing our hand. At the voting booth, we WILL vote against our own rights. We are women and we will always find a way. But damaged children cannot go back.

Please reconsider this bill. It is everything your party is against. It is not pro-choice. It is discriminatory. It is unconstitutional.

Signed,

F. Li-Nguyen

Sources:
CDC Measles Outbreaks 2019 https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html
Merck Measles Vaccine Insert https://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/m/mmr_ii/mmr_ii_pi.pdf
Hydrolyzed Gelatin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890451/
Fetal Bovine Serum https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28216185/
Monsanto lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/health/monsanto-roundup-cancer-verdict-bn/index.html?no-st=1558450240
Vaccine Compensation Fund https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/data/index.html

Measles casesNational Vaccine Injury Compensation fund

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