Faith writes:
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You are all OK with that many doses?
Yes. The vaccine schedule has been developed to create the most effective immune response we can.
To delay vaccination is to invite disease. You need to be vaccinated as soon as practically possible.
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Many of which contain aluminum?
Yes. The aluminum salt adjuvants in vaccine are there to make the vaccine more effective. This means you need less vaccine to achieve an effective immune response.
Since the aluminum salts used in vaccine are not toxic in the doses used, since you will ingest more aluminum from the food you eat than you will ever receive from all the vaccine you ever receive, there is no cause for concern.
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And are given many at one time?
Yes. Again, the vaccine schedule has been developed to create the most effective immune response we can.
To delay vaccination is to invite disease. You need to be vaccinated as soon as practically possible. The immune system is robust. Multiple strains are vaccinated at the same time precisely because the immune system can handle it and we need to get it protected as quickly as we can.
People's lives are on the line and you are advocating substandard care because you are scared of something that literally doesn't exist.
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THERE IS STILL MERCURY IN SOME OF THE VACCINES.
No, there isn't. There hasn't been mercury in childhood vaccine for 15 years.
And once again, you are reacting to the word "mercury" rather than asking the correct question: What kind of mercury?
Again, sodium is explosive. And yet, you would die without it. So why don't you explode? Because it is elemental sodium that is explosive. Ionic sodium, on the other hand, is used by every cell in your body to regulate ion transport.
Elemental mercury is toxic. So is methyl mercury. These are the forms of mercury you routinely find the environment and is a significant pollutant from the burning of fossil fuels which is why the decision against the EPA regarding mercury emissions in coal-fired power plants is so disappointing.
Thimerosal, on the other hand, is ethyl mercury. It is not toxic. When ingested, it is metabolized very quickly and is eliminated from the body without issue.
It is why I used to use thimerosal-containing solutions to clean my contact lenses. Faith, I have literally put my vision on the line and your claims are simply not true. I have had more mercury in my eyes than you will ever have from vaccine.
Eating two cans of tuna fish contains more mercury than all the vaccine you will ever receive in your lifetime. And the mercury in tuna is methyl mercury.
This is a serious question, Faith. If nothing else, I want you to answer this single question:
Do you understand the difference between ethyl and methyl mercury?
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Thimerosal is in at least the flu shot
No, it isn't. It is used in multi-dose flu vaccine, but you can easily get single-dose flu vaccine if you are concerned.
But once again, thimerosal isn't hazardous.
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and all have trace amounts which add up with multiple shots.
Incorrect. Once again, ethyl mercury is metabolized quickly and eliminated from the body within 18 days. It is biologically impossible for it to "add up."
We're back to my question, Faith:
Do you understand the difference between ethyl and methyl mercury?
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And yes, vaccinations do protect against diseases, but they're not safe because of the additives.
Absolutely false. In fact, it is completely backwards. The vaccines are safe because of the additives. To remove them would make vaccination more difficult if not impossible. Preservatives are needed to keep the vaccine from becoming spoiled and dangerous to use. Adjuvants are used to make the vaccine more effective so that you don't need as much vaccine or repeated courses in order to achieve effective immunity.
All additives to vaccine have been tested and found to be safe. That's why they are used.
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But also the number given.
Again, absolutely false. In fact, it is completely backwards. The immune system is robust and the vaccine schedule was developed to leverage that strength in order to get you immunized as quickly as possible.
To delay vaccination is to invite disease. You need to be vaccinated as quickly as practically possible.
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All anyone is asking is MAKE THEM SAFE.
They already are. You are asking to make them less safe. You are asking to remove the very things that are making them safe.
You are directly asking for tens of thousands of people to die because you are ignorant of the biology.
We're back to my question, Faith:
Do you understand the difference between ethyl and methyl mercury?
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And it's because they're cheaper to manufacture that they have these toxic ingredients.
Incorrect. Again, absolutely backwards. There are no toxic ingredients in vaccine.
We're back to my question, Faith:
Do you understand the difference between ethyl and methyl mercury?
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Read the list of additives to MMR
I have. That is why I am confident that it is safe.
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nothing directly toxic
Wait...you're complaining about the vaccine when you directly admit that it contains nothing toxic?
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why sodium bicarbonate in your blood stream, why monosodium glutamate, and that's only two of a dozen or so.
You mean you don't know?
Let's talk about monosodium glutamate. The amount of MSG in MMR vaccine is barely measurable. It is used as a growth medium as it is a nutrient and stabilizer. But it isn't used directly in the vaccine itself. But, because it is used the creation of the vaccine, it is listed because it may be present in trace amounts.
MSG is also used as a stabilizer. It helps prevent the ingredients from settling out.
By the way, your body creates MSG. It is used for cellular metabolism and is a neurotransmitter. It is used to create proline and arginine, amino acids required for life. It is an important part of intestinal function, even more so in infants.
You would die without MSG. One cup of breast milk has more MSG in it than all the vaccine you will ever receive The maximum safe dose of MSG intake is 6 grams per kilogram of body weight. For a 4 kg infant, that's 24 grams. FluMist contains 0.188 mg of MSG in a single dose. That is nearly 32,000 times less than the maximal dose. That breast milk mentioned? It has about 175 mg of MSG. That means by breastfeeding your child, you are dosing your child every day with nearly 1,000 times as much MSG as contained in a flu shot.
Are you about to tell people to stop breastfeeding?
Let's go on to sodium bicarbonate. It, too, is manufactured by the body. Extracellular fluid is usually at a 1:20 ratio of bicarbonate. You would die without it. It is used as a treatment for acidosis in diabetes. It is a buffering agent to control hydrogen ion.
Did you do any research into why the various ingredients in the vaccine are used or did you just see "sodium bicarbonate" and "monosodium glutamate" and immediately assume that something nefarious is going on?
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And this particular shot causes a lot of the problems people are complaining about. Not clear why but it does.
Incorrect. MMR causes none of the problems people are complaining about. Despite intensive study, the MMR vaccine (and vaccines in general) have been shown to be safe.
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