Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey on Vaccine Safety
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are bringing some much needed media attention to the issue of vaccination safety, mostly related to Autism awareness, but it applies to all vaccine risks. It’s refreshing to LOVE a message coming out of Hollywood, even if I don't agree with every single thing she says about the issue…
From Jenny McCarthy at the 2008 “Green Our Vaccines” rally in Washington, D.C.
- “We are an intelligent group of parents who acknowledge that vaccines have saved many lives. What we are saying is that the number of vaccines, and the ingredients, like the frickin’ mercury, the ether, the aluminum, the antifreeze need to be removed immediately, now that we’ve seen the devastating effects on our children!”
- “Parents need to know, it is called a recommendedschedule, not a mandatoryschedule. I want to empower parents to educate themselves and put safety back into their own hands!”
Jim Carrey said this at that same rally:
- “I just want to start by asking the CDC one question: how stupid do you think we are? I made a movie about two dumb guys, but nobody is this stupid.”
- “The number of vaccines given to our kids has gone from 10 to 36. We’re here to say that we believe 36 vaccines in the first two years of life is too many too soon!”
- “We are not against all vaccines, vaccines can do a lot of good, but many of us believe that in the last two decades corporate influence has turned the vaccine program into more of a profit engine than a means of prevention. It’s time to let the people who make them and the people who insist we take them know once and for all that it’s too many, too soon.”
- “Seeing what Jenny has been through has taught me one thing, that we have to trust our own instincts. If we’ve learned anything from Hurricane Katrina, it’s that we can’t always rely on government agencies to do the right thing. Often times they’ll avoid the obvious cause of a problem, if the solution is inconvenient. And I certainly wouldn’t trust the drug companies to regulate themselves, as they’re far too busy fighting the terrible scourge of restless leg syndrome. Also known as lazy ass disease.”
- See Jenny McCarthy & Jim Carrey on Larry King – to hear celebrities actually talking about how “God led them to the truth”, makes my heart do flip flops I tell ya!
- IMPORTANT: Please read this Vaccine Decisions post with some important information and also find more links there related to the vaccine issue.
- See my resources page for GAPS Diet resources – most (all?) of which are recommended by Jenny in treating Autism.
KitchenKop says
Sue, I know how you feel, I wish I’d had a clue with our other kids, too. Part of me feels OK about it, now that they’re done and over with, and without any ramifications…yet of course I wonder if there ARE more ramifications that just haven’t presented themselves yet.
Sue E. says
This posting came 2days too late…..
I didn’t give my 5 year old his 4 year old shots last year, but when we went to the well check up yesterday, they reminded me that he was due. I thought about and even asked about giving him 2 now and 2 later (mostly saving him from anguish, I guess), and the nurse and I decided doing all 4 was the way to go so he could get them over with. I had been looking at this vaccine issue beginning before my 5 year old was born (my 3rd child), and felt like I didn’t know enough to say no to vaccines altogether. Then when my 2 year old was born, it wasn’t until after he was 1 and received his shots that I found out I could have waited until after he was 1 to receive them so his immune system was built up more. I never thought about spacing them out one at time! However, I wonder, logistically, how a mother goes about doing that with a child who is deathly afraid of shots. How do I get him back there for another shot, and then another in a few more months?
I have a friend who never vaccinated her children and they got Whooping Cough last winter. She actually regrets her decision seeing and going through the agony of that disease for 8 constant weeks. It makes me believe that there are vaccines that are very necessary, but some that aren’t (you won’t catch me or my family getting a flu vaccine). I am just feeling sick about not researching more in the last 5 years when this information was presented to me so that I could keep my children safe.
Sadly,
Sue E.
Rebecca in Michigan says
Last year, I was talking to my doctor (same one who told me not to get the swine flue shot) about how I believe shots cause children’s immunity to be affected. She wanted to know more. I told her about how my oldest child would get sick after getting his shot. Then I told her to keep tabs on the children she vaccinates and see if they come back in the week after their shots. She was amazed on how many children came back with ear infections, colds, or coughs.
Jen says
Oh Kelly, I had tears in my eyes while watching those videos! You know how I feel about vaccinations. Similar to what Jim Carrey said, I believe there is no way we can trust an orginization (CDC) that “recommends” a vaccination for a sexually transmitted/IV drug user disease (Hepatitis B) at BIRTH!! REALLY?!?! They expect us to accept that?!?!
You are braver than I am to allow your son to receive any vaccines. My son had that stupid Hep B shot at birth, and his 2 month vaccinations. I had a sick feeling in my gut at that appointment though, and started researching afterwards. I kept thinking about an acquaintance I had seen at a wedding reception when I was about 6 months pregnant. She went on and on, and on some more about the evils of vaccinations. At first I found what she said interesting, but after a few hours my mind was screaming “Shut up, already!” By the end of the evening, I felt sorry for her child (she stopped vaccinating). The problems with vaccinations are real though, and now I’m so thankful for my intuition, and the rememberance of her rant that led me to investigate the subject further. My son has never received another vaccine.
Recently my sister ran into a former co-worker, who’s nephew died the day after his 12 month shots. She knows I don’t vaccinate and called me, in disbelief, when she realized it really happens. The first thing I said after she told me the story is that the medical community would never acknowledge that his death was vaccine related, even though he was 100% normal when they stuck those needles into his body. She immediately replied that the coroner had ruled “natural causes”. Yeah right… how freaking natural is it for a 1 year old boy to get deathly ill within hours after receiving his shots, and DIE within 24 hours? Turns out they added the flu shot to the regularly scheduled vaccinations that day. One too many.
Sorry for the long post, but I have one more anecdote to share. I always knew that my aunt’s best friend’s baby died way back in the day (early 1970s) from SIDS. When I started to question the safety of vaccines, I called my aunt and asked if her friend ever had any thoughts about what caused her baby’s death. My aunt immediately told me that her friend always blamed it on his shots, because he got them just a few days before he died. I hadn’t said ONE THING about vaccinations to her when I asked this question, and I was stunned and convinced of the dangers by her answer.
I believe our bodies and immune systems are AMAZING, especially when supported with a real food diet. I choose not to interfere further with my son’s natural immunity (19 months old now). I still sometimes agonize about those first shots I allowed him to receive. I can only pray that there will be no long term damage.