
Welcome To Vaccine Awareness Network Updated 10 May 2013
Vaccines And How They Are Made The chemicals that go into vaccination - newly updated 13 June 2012
Your Immune System, How It Works And How Vaccines Damage It Vaccines and Immune Dysfunction - updated 28 February 2013
The Herd Immunity Theory - Treating Our Children Like Cattle The Herd Immunity Theory - updated 28 February 2013
Did Vaccines Really Halt Killer Diseases? Did Vaccines Really Stop Diseases? A look at history - updated 10 April 2010 with modern day victim of smallpox vaccine
Vaccination And Abortion The Use Of Foetal Tissue in Vaccines - newly updated 15 March 2012
RU-486 Abortion Killing Pill Abortion Pill That Kills the Mother Too - NEW page!
Vaccines: A Religious Contention Vaccines: A Religious Contention - updated 17 December 2009
Mandating Vaccines Or Not? Mandating Vaccines or Not? My speech to Nuffield Bio Ethics on the pitfalls of mandating vaccination - includes link to vaccinationchoice.org - updated 8 February 2009
Pediacel 5-in-1 Super Jab 5 in 1 vaccine - updated 26 August 2012.
Manufacturer's Information About Pediacel 5-in-1 Vaccine
Autism and Cerebral Palsy From DPT Vaccine Maryamber's Story - and other Cerebral Palsy after Vaccination Cases, updated 13 April 2010
Gardasil and Cervarix - The Cervical Cancer Vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix - The Cervical Cancer Vaccine - now updated 31 March 2010 - Spain Withdraws Batch Of HPV Vaccine
Gardasil Vaccines Continued Gardasil Vaccine Continued And Cases Of Gardasil/Cervarix Damage And Death, updated 10 May 2013
Prevnar Vaccination Prevnar and Pneumonia Vaccinations, including info on PCV 13, updated 3 February 2012
Travel Vaccines Travel Vaccines - updated 14 June 2012
Tetanus Vaccine Tetanus Vaccine - updated 6 May 2012
MMR, Single Vaccines And MMRV Vaccine MMR and Single Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines and MMRV information - updated 10 May 2013 - NEW COURT RULING SHOWING MMR CAUSED ASD! Contains Graphic Damage Photo.
Killer Measles Vaccine Is Withdrawn And Other Vaccine Death Cases Four Babies Killed In Measles Vaccine Campaign - updated 26 August 2012 with more deaths, PAGE FULL.
Infant Vaccines Produce Autism Symptoms In Primates Shots Cause Autism In Monkeys
If You Don't Want The MMR We'll Force You and Other Vaccination Force Stories Bully Boy Tactics Proposed - includes case of forced vaccination with various vaccines, updated 10 May 2013
Meningitis C Vaccine Various articles and citations - updated 30 August 2012
Hepatitis B Vaccine...aluminium....thimerosal (mercury)....yeast...but don't worry, it's gluten free! Hep B Manufacturer's Information - updated with details of court admitted MS and Death Caused By Hep B Vaccine, updated 18 November 2012
Hepatitis B Vaccine Kills Baby and other Vaccine Death Cases Updated 10 May 2013
Vaccine Companies Investigated For Manslaughter and other Vaccine Court Cases And Other Vaccine Companies/Doctors On Trial For Vaccine Deaths, Injuries and Fraud - Updated 21 February 2013, now including Investigations into Swine Flu Scam
Iatrogenic Child Abuse Iatrogenic child abuse: vaccinations and other medical abuse of children by doctors
Bullying, Rude and Discriminatory Doctors who Forget Vaccines are a CHOICE Updated 10 May 2013
My Fight For Health After Vaccination A Vaccine Damage Case - updated 6 March 2012 to include my friend's and relatives vaccine damage cases
Vaccine Injury Photos From The CDC WARNING! Very Graphic Vaccine Damage Pictures. Don't Look If Easily Upset - updated 21 August 2011
Vaccine Debate Page A Place Where You Can Send Your Views On Vaccines And Health - updated 21 August 2011
Vaccination And Your Legal Rights Your Legal Right To Own Your Own Body - updated 16 August 2009 with new information
Vaccination DESTROYS Natural Immunity! Transplacental and Breast Milk Immunity and How they are Diminished by Vaccination - new page 10 May 2013
Disease Killing Properties Of Breast Milk Immunising Your Baby With Breast Milk - updated 18 June 2012
Polio: The Disease, the Vaccine and the Controversies NEW Page - updated 26 August 2012
Baby Gallery Unvaccinated Bundles of Joy! - updated 8 May 2013
The Home Birth Pages - My Story The Hospital Birth Experience
The Home Birth Pages My Unassisted Childbirth - Reclaiming My Femininity - updated 17 May 2012
The Home Birth Pages - British Maternity Care (The Bullying I got When Pregnant with Yanny) My Struggle To Have A Natural Pregnancy With The NHS - updated 5 May 2012
The Home Birth Pages - Yanny's Unhindered Home Birth My Baby's Unhindered Home Birth - updated 6 May 2012
Home Birth And Your Legal Rights. How To Have A Natural Birth Your Right To Birth Without Violence And Other Home Birth Issues - updated 17 May 2012
THE DANGERS OF EPISIOTOMY And Tips For Easing Pain. Updated 6 May 2012
Obstetric Myths and Realities Caesareans and Breech Births - updated 17 May 2010
Vaccine Information For Pregnant Women What You Should Know If Considering A Vaccination During Pregnancy - updated 7 October 2012 - ALERT: MISCARRIAGES AND STILLBIRTHS AFTER H1N1 VACCINE!!
Home Education Photo Diary Photo Diary of Child Friendly Home Schooling - updated 7 August 2009 - PAGE FULL, WILL ADD NEW ONE LATER.
Home Education Photo Diary Page two of my children's home schooling - updated 10 February 2013
Home Education And Your Legal Rights Updated 3 March 2012.
Other People's Breast Milk VAN UK'S Founder On 'Other People's Breast Milk' and Comments Regarding The Show
Dangers Of Formula Milk Formula Milk Is NOT As Good As Breast Milk And Is Not A Breast Milk Substitute! Updated 14 June 2012
Vitamin K: Does Your Baby Really Need It? Updated 6 May 2012
Mercury Free Vaccines Still Have Mercury In Them What's Not On The Label
Pro-Vaccine Arguments VS. Medical Evidence - updated 28 February 2013
Pro-Vaccine Arguments Page 2 VS. Medical Evidence - NEW page completed on 25th August 2012
Vaccine Shedding The spreading of viruses and bacteria via vaccination. Includes Information on the symptoms and treatment of measles. Updated 17 July 2012
Why I Don't Vaccinate My Children And The Birth of VAN UK - updated 26 August 2012
Six Reasons Why I Don't Vaccinate My Children Some of the reasons I don't vaccinate, from my blog, 7th October 2012
Vaccines And Sudden Infant Death Syndrome The Link Between Vaccines And SIDS - updated 22 July 2012
Midwives And Health Professionals Against Vaccination Updated 30 August 2012
Media Censorship of Vaccine News Updated 2 June 2012.
Vaccine Victim's Dad Refuses To Bury Him After 21 Years Couragious Dad Refuses To Allow A Definition Of SIDS On His Son's Death Certificate
BCG Vaccine BCG vaccine information - new page 4 August 2012
Homeopathic Vaccination Updated 7 October 2012
Doctor Says Vaccines Cause Micro Vascular Strokes In Babies and Children A conventional doctor links vaccines with strokes, SIDS, Autism and other illnesses - updated 19 October 2010
Boy Partially Losses Hearing After Vaccination Updated 22nd August 2012 with more deafness and blindness after MMR cases
Delaying Vaccination Cuts Asthma Risk (and Other Allergies Related to Vaccines). Citation in the Journal of Allergy And Clinical Immunology and Info on Vaccines and Auto-Immunity - 2 August 2012
Vaccines, Mercury, Aluminium and Autism Studies With link to http://www.mercurymadness.org. Manufacturer's Say Vaccines Cause Autism! - updated 28 February 2013
Contraindications (people who shouldn't be vaccinated) and side-effects From The Merck Manual (vaccine manufacturer) Medical Information On Who Should Not Have Vaccines - Merck and GP Notebook - updated 6 September 2009
Flu Vaccines Updated 28 February 2013
Swine Flu Epidemic/ H1N1 Vaccine Deaths and Injuries Created By Lab Blunder - now recording deaths and injuries from jab - page now full.
Swine Flu Vaccine Ingredients and other information - updated 10 October 2011
Tamiflu What You Should Know About Tamiflu - updated 22 January 2010
More Educated Mothers Are Less Likely To Vaccinate A New Study Shows That University Educated Mums Are More Likely To Refuse Vaccines And Other Studies Showing Educated Mothers Refusing Vaccines - updated 21 February 2013
Diseases In The Vaccinated Medical Studies And Reports Showing Vaccines Do Not Immunise - Updated 25 April 2009
Diseases In The Vaccinated Page 2 Page Full.
Diseases in the Vaccinated - Page 3 Vaccine 'Preventable' Diseases Occuring in the Vaccinated - NEW PAGE. 11 May 2013
Seven School Kids Taken To Hospital After Vaccines and Other Vaccine Disasters Kids sicken after DT/IPV Vaccines - and other reactions after vaccination drives, updated 21 February 2013
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after vaccination caused girl to have one and a half hour seizure And other encephalitis after vaccination, updated 17 October 2009
Infant Mortality Rates Fall Where 'Immunisation' Rates Are Low Infant Mortality Rates Fall In Line With Lowering Vaccination Rates - updated 31 January 2013
Chickenpox: Is It Really A Killer Disease? Suddenly this benign childhood illness has turned into a 'deadly killer' because they are introducing a vaccine - updated 31 January 2013
Selective Vaccination If You Decide To Vaccinate - updated 30 January 2013
Vaccine Damage Payments Unit How To Make A Claim For Compensation If Your Loved One Is Vaccine Injured - updated 23 March 2009
Healing From Vaccine Damage A Case Study Using Homeopathy to Detox from Vaccines - page created 6 May 2009.
Legal Help For Vaccine Damage And Pro-Choice Issues Solicitor/Lawyer Information - updated 2 June 2012
Treating Childhood Illnesses These days, doctors and parents have lost the art of actually nursing their child through a normal childhood illness. Here we tell you the symptoms and treatment of measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, rotavirus and whooping cough - updated 15 June 2012
Childhood Diseases Can Be Good For Your Child! Studies showing childhood diseases reduce autoimmunity - updated 21 November 2010
Stupid Medical Advice Which Has Been Consigned To History Books Updated 12 April 2012
Double Standards - it's not okay to ingest this but fine if we inject it Authorities Admitting Concern Over Chemicals Used In Other Products That Are Also Used In Vaccines - updated 30 January 2013
Ian's Life A page dedicated to a little boy who died of an adverse reaction to Hepatitis B vaccine. WARNING: graphic vaccine damage picture
Animal Vaccines The Dangers of Animal Vaccines and naturally rearing animals - updated 27 September 2012
Remember My Name Honouring Those Who Have Died From Vaccination - updated 15 April 2012
Remember My Name - Page 2 Honouring Those Who Have Died From Vaccination - Page 2, updated 28 February 2013
Vaccines, BSE and vCJD In Memory of Andy Black - WARNING, GRAPHIC PHOTOS, DON'T LOOK IF EASILY UPSET - updated 2 August 2012
Vaccination: An Ecological Disaster Environmental Reasons Why Vaccines Aren't so Great. 2% of World HIV Cases Caused By Vaccines. NEW PAGE.
Skewed Statistics How Studies are 'Doctored' to Make Vaccines Seem More Effective - NEW page! updated 8 August 2012
Youth Page Under 18's Page - Know Your Vaccination Rights - Updated 25 June 2012
Take Vaccines Out of Schools Campaign! Example letters you can use to complain about the use of vaccination in schools - updated 23 June 2012
Vaccines Didn't Save Us From Smallpox Historical Evidence Against Vaccination and Historical Vaccine Death Cases
Jo's Home Education Resource Page Home Educated Kids are Rarely at Home! - updated 3 June 2012
A Parent's Guide for Pro-Vaccine Pediatricians NEW PAGE - Countering Pro-Vaccine Arguments, 30th April 2012
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Vaccines: A Religious Contention

‘To someone whose god is science, vaccination makes sense. But to someone whose god is God, it is appalling’ - Dr. Golden.

Alicia playing Mary, Jesus's Mother, in a play

As a parent we are assigned to care for our child’s spiritual welfare as well as his physical health. For some of us, we may be atheists and so this is all the more reason to look after ourselves and enjoy a long life, others may be Christian or Jewish. Some might be Buddhist.

As for myself, I was baptized Greek Orthodox, but never practiced it. I believe in the soul and try to teach my children that religion is in your heart.
I was recently visited by some Mormons who told me they don’t drink tea, coffee or alcohol because these are drugs that are bad for you and according to God’s law, you shouldn’t put anything into your body which is bad for you. They then handed me a leaflet, stating ‘We have little concern that our grandchildren will get measles. They have been immunized and can move freely without fear…parents now are concerned about moral and spiritual diseases…. accept in your mind a testimony of Jesus Christ can spiritually immunize your children.’ – (Elder Boyd K Packer, 2004).
I was amazed that the ‘vaccinate or die’ culture has become so ingrained in our society that it is even being mentioned in churches. It certainly didn’t marry up with their earlier statement that they don’t drink tea because it’s a drug. That got me thinking that maybe a lot of religious groups don’t actually know of all the harmful solvents and chemicals that go into vaccines, not to mention the aborted foetal tissue (see TM issue 18, ‘Vaccinations: a chemical stew’ for more details), so I invited them round, saying ‘I have something to teach you’ and gave them a free copy of my book, including a chapter on hazardous chemicals.
The whole concept of ‘spiritual immunization’ sparked a need in me to research exactly what the major religions say about how we should take care of our health.
Obviously there was no vaccination in biblical times, but there were several references on what should and should NOT be put into the body, leading me to the conclusion that vaccines are contrary to religious philosophy.

CHRISTIANITY

The bible teaches that there are unclean animals and that we are not to put the unclean into our bodies (Deuteronomy 14). – Vaccines are made from blood products and tissue of animals. (Read, ‘The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination $s not Immunization’ by Tim O’Shea for more on this).

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; (Deuteronomy 14:21) and hut flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (Genesis 9:4) – i.e. you should not be putting anything from an animal or its blood into your body.

What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (I Corinthians 6:19,20) – i.e. your body is a temple which houses the Holy Spirit and so you have to look after it and not pollute it.

'"We must obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:29) – i.e. Vaccination is an artificial invention made by man to alter immune function. The immune system, on the other hand, is a natural function given by God to protect us from disease. Trusting in manmade vaccination is like saying that we think God didn’t make us correctly and that we need artificially ‘boosting’ in order to survive.

In the Book of Wisdom of Sirach (a section of the bible cut out by King James), Chapter 38,: verse 4 " The Lord has created medicines out of the earth and a sensible man will not refuse them." - God did not give us drugs, but He did give us plants and herbs and tells us to use them if we are 'sensible.' To be 'sensible' means to use your own mind and not follow man just because you are told to. This section of the bible was probably cut out because of its reference to natural medicines.

MORMONISM

Mormons also refer to the bible in conjunction with the book of Mormon, so the above passages should apply to them also. As well as this, their organisation has made it clear they are against termination of pregnancy, and it is known that MMR, MR, Rubella, Varicella (Chickenpox) and other vaccines contain human diploid cells cultured from aborted foetuses.

The First Presidency, which is the governing body and highest ranking quorum in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has said, "Abortion must be considered one of the most revolting and sinful practices in this day." (First Presidency (Spencer W. Kimball, N. Eldon Tanner, Marion G. Romney), Priesthood Bulletin, Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Feb. 1973, p. 1-2.

Clearly, if a Mormon then vaccinates their child with a vaccine containing aborted foetus, this constitutes a contradiction of faith. Their own founder, Joseph Smith, also stated: " Trust in God when sick, and live by faith and not by medicine or poison." (11th edition of the encyclopedia of Brittanica).

ROMAN CATHOLOCISM

Catholics also have the same stance on termination and vaccination:

They called the use of human foetal tissue in vaccination, ‘a kind of evil which is widespread in biomedical research and which people rightly think they should combat when they can.
‘The practice of medicine is being made parasitic on the evils of abortion and foetal experimentation and refusing vaccination is one way of seeking to turn medicine from a course which will increasingly subvert people’s confidence in it.’ (Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, 1994).

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Jehovah’s Witnesses have historically been against vaccination because it is contrary to scriptures, and their religion totally banned it up until 1952, although in more recent years they have stated it is up to the individual Jehovah’s Witness to decide: "As vaccination is a direct injection of animal matter in the blood stream, vaccination is a direct violation of the law of Jehovah God." (The Golden Age publication, 1935 April 2 p. 465).

"Oh, yes, serums vaccines, toxins, inoculations, are all -harmless', because the man who is selling them says so. You, my friends, believe this LIE, and continue to submit your body to these violations; then all I can say is, 'God have mercy on your soul'. All vaccination is unphysiological, a crime against nature." (Consolation 1939 May 31 p. 8).
‘Would it be proper to accept a vaccination or some other medical injection containing albumin derived from human blood? Witnesses have long realized that this is a matter for private decision in accord with each one’s Bible-trained conscience. Some Christians who feel that they can in good conscience accept such injections have noted that antibodies from the blood of a pregnant woman cross into the blood of the baby in her womb.” (The Watchtower, October 1, 1994).
The reason for this about turn? In 1952, when Jehovah’s Witnesses lifted the ban on vaccination, they wrote: "The matter of vaccination is one for the individual that has to face it to decide for himself. . . . And our Society cannot afford to be drawn into the affair legally or take the responsibility for the way the case turns out." (my emphasis – The Watchtower, 15 December 1952).
Essentially they still disagreed with vaccination but were too afraid of the medical profession taking legal action against them.
. BUDDHISM
Buddhists are vegetarians according to their religious believe and there is NO vaccine which is vegetarian. All vaccinations have to be cultured on animal and human tissue and blood products.
‘Scientists depend upon animal tissue to produce the viral strains found in vaccines. The Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, for instance, contains live strains of each of these three viruses.’ (vegfamily.com).
You can easily find this information by going into your pharmacy and asking for a vaccine data sheet. Buddhists and others from vegetarian philosophies would be in conflict with vaccination.

JEWS
Jews also have strict dietary requirements as part of their religion and have to eat or take into the body, animal parts which are KOSHER.
Rabbi Simon Dahan recently highlighted this controversy with the latest bird flu scare, when it emerged that the bird flu vaccinations given to livestock may not be kosher, therefore rendering poultry products unsuitable for Jewish people:
“If they conduct the vaccination on the lungs or the neck, the animal might not be kosher anymore,” Dahan said.

“According to Talmudic laws if the oesophagus or the trachea is mutilated, the animal is not considered kosher anymore,” he added, considering that if the vaccination would be considered as some kind of mutilation by Jewish law. Furthermore, vaccinating the poultry in the leg might also be a problem because the operation might alter some the animal fragile nerves, which are supposed to stay untouched by the same Talmudic laws,” (European Jewish Press, February 2006).
Vaccines for people may also be made with animals that aren’t kosher, making them against Jewish law.

ISLAM

Allah says, “We have indeed created man in the best of moulds.” (95:4). The Arabic word in this verse is taqweem, which can be translated as mold, form, nature, constitution. Although this especially refers to the spiritual nature of man, it can also mean the mental and physical structure. There is no faulty in Allah’s creation. Allah gave man the purest and best nature, and perfection and balance are evident in man’s physical, mental, and spiritual composition. Allah, subhanahu wa ta’la, says,

“O mankind! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous? Who created you, fashioned you, and gave you due proportion; in whatever form He willed, He put you together.” (Qur’an 82:6-8).

Focusing on the physical aspect, one need only study the systems of the body to comprehend the significance of these verses and the wonder of Allah’s creation. The human body is composed of a number of specialized systems: the digestive system, the respiratory system, the nervous system, the muscular system, the blood circulation system, the skeleton, the skin, the senses, the immune system and so forth. Each one of these system is miraculous in nature and more amazing than any scientific advancement that man can achieve. (Sayyid Qutb, In the Shade of the Qur’an). Why then is man so heedless? Why does he overlook the wonders of his own constitution? Why does he neglect the One who gave him these special gifts? “O mankind! What has made you careless concerning our Lord, the Most Generous?” Why does he think that he can improve the perfect creation of Allah and make it work more effectively?

Concerning immunizations, this is exactly what humans are attempting to do. The assumption behind them is that the body is not “perfect” enough to withstand infectious diseases; that somehow Allah did not complete his job or carry it out well enough (astaghfir Allah); that the immune system is faulty and needs correction; that a young baby, as little as 1 or 2 months old, is somehow flawed, incomplete, and in need of human intervention to survive. All of these assumptions are erroneous and reflect a skepticism that should not be present in the belief system of a Muslim. This may seem like an intense subject for what would appear to be a straight forward issue, but a deeper level of analysis is required here. One cannot doubt the verses of the Qur’an highlighted above nor expect that he can accomplish more than Allah. As Muslims we should not fall into this kind of trap. We must believe in the perfection of Allah’s creation and understand that immunizations are in no way able to improve upon it. Chances are that they will only disturb the system and introduce an imperfection, (which is already being determined by research).

By Dr. Aisha Hamdan

http://www.missionislam.com/health/immunizationhurtornot.htm

Please note that I am respectful of all people’s spiritual faith and that this article is not intended to be scientific, merely philosophical debate.

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