Month: May 2015

Interesting Information/Vaccines: ZERO U.S. Measles Deaths in 10 Years, but Over 100 Measles Vaccine Deaths Reported

Interesting Information/Vaccines:  May 12, 2015

ZERO Measles Deaths in Ten Years/100 Confirmed Measles Vaccine Deaths

What interests me most in this article is the chart I have (successfully) copied–because it shows what historical research shows about diseases and the introduction of vaccines.

No vaccine is introduced until the disease that is its target is already nearly gone.

Why does a disease disappear?  We don’t really know.  Maybe a true herd immunity?  Maybe better sanitation and nutrition?

Anyway, here’s a quote and the chart:

 

And while health authorities are blaming measles outbreaks in recent years on unvaccinated children, when you mention the fact that nobody is dying from measles in the U.S., they are quick to turn around and claim vaccines have eliminated measles deaths (even though they cannot eliminate the disease itself apparently.)

Besides the obvious contradiction in reasoning with such a claim, the historical evidence just does not support it either:

– See more at: http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/zero-u-s-measles-deaths-in-10-years-but-over-100-measles-vaccine-deaths-reported/#sthash.JgPsE0aI.dpuf

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ZERO U.S. Measles Deaths in 10 Years, but Over 100 Measles Vaccine Deaths Reported.

Interesting Information/Vaccines: RFK Jr. Slams CDC in Vermont Vaccine Testimony

Interesting Information/Vaccines:  May 2015

RFK Jr Slams CDC in Vermont Vaccine Testimony

Vermont is one of the states trying to pass vaccine mandates.

From all accounts, the process in Vermont stinks with corruption.  Citizens have not been able to speak to the issue, etc.

RFK Jr. flew in to make a statement.

RFK Jr. is NOT anti-vaccine.  He vaccinated all of his children.

He is against government corruption and for a safe vaccine program.

Here are some excerpts from his statement:

“I think we need to begin that process by making sure that the vaccines are safe, they are efficacious and have a regulatory agency which recommends vaccines to the schedule, monitors them, has integrity and creditably. And unfortunately that is not the case at the moment.”

“The CDC is a troubled agency. There have been four separate scathing Federal studies about the CDC. I’m not talking about the whole agency; I’m talking about the vaccine division. One by the United States Senate; a three year study, one by the House, another by HHS by the Inspector General and a study this year by The Office of Research and Integrity. And all of together and separately paint a picture of an agency that has become a cesspool of corruption.”

“All of the barriers that are suppose to protect American Kids from that industry (pharmaceutical) have been leveled.”

I have no idea who Jefferey Jaxen is, but it does not matter.  What does matter is that you can scroll down this blog post and hear RFKs statement–which concerns the corruption at the CDC and the way media has been defanged by industry so that it is not reporting the vaccine issue in any way but pro-industry.  The video is about 15 minutes.

http://www.jeffereyjaxen.com/blog/robert-f-kennedy-jr-publically-slams-cdc-in-vermont-vaccine-testimony

 

 

Interesting Information/Vaccines: Herd Immunity: Myth or Reality?

Interesting Information:  May 11, 2015

Herd Immunity:  Myth or Reality?

Tetyana Obukhanych

In Maine today, the vaccine hearings are taking place.

What is at stake is the sovereign individuals right to refuse vaccines.  What is at stake is giving the state the right to deny education.

The operating theoretical idea is “herd immunity”–so that the unvaccinated are seen to be disease carriers.

Predictable, a terrible article appeared in The Portland Press Herald over the weekend–an article filled with myth and which helps to create public hysteria.

Here’s immunologist Tetyana Obukhanych’s SCIENTIFIC explanation of why “herd immunity” is not a valid or effective philosophical concept.

If you believe “herd immunity” to be valid, I would urge you to read this piece–before you demonize any unvaccinated child again.  Vaccinated children shed disease from vaccines and are just as much carriers as the unvaccinated.  At-risk children need to be asking “are there any recently vaccinated in the room,” rather than the opposite.  And that child needs to stay out of crowds.

Here are, also, two small quotes from the piece:

Herd immunity is not an immunologic idea, but rather an epidemiologic construct, which theoretically predicts successful disease control when a certain pre-calculated percentage of people in the population are immune from disease.

And:

The belief in herd immunity has no doubt been influencing vaccine-related legislation in many U.S. states and other countries.  This notion is used as a trump card to justify and mandate legal measures aiming to increase vaccination compliance.  An implicit assumption is that liberal vaccine exemptions somehow compromise this precious herd immunity, which the public-health authorities strive to establish and maintain via vaccination.

Herd Immunity, a Flawed Concept

            Although the evidence for vaccination-based herd immunity is yet to materialize, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. 

Herd Immunity: Myth or Reality? | GreenMedInfo | Blog Entry.

Turkey Tracks: Purple, Purple, Purple

Turkey Tracks:  May 11, 2015

Purple, Purple, Purple

These fabrics have been bundled up to make a quilt for some years now.  (I have been inspired by making the “At The Lake” quilt which has been hanging around for a few years too–like 12 years.)

I recently went back through these bundles and broke some of them up and put those fabrics back into the working stash.

Life moves on, tastes move on, quilting moves on, I am moving on with the flow.

Purple is not my first choice for a quilt usually.  I seem to be more drawn to blues, greens, and warm colors–reds and the like.

Look at all these purples and magentas!

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The strip also has some blue and some limey green…

Here’s what’s happening on the design wall:

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Wild, huh?

I think this fabric will be the backing:

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And maybe I’ll use the strip again in a border???

Interesting Information: The Organic Effect: What Happens When You Switch to Organic Food – Robyn O’Brien

Interesting Information:  May 11, 2015

The Organic Effect:  What Happens When You Switch to Organic Food

Robyn O’Brien

Here’s a 90 SECOND clip that will astonish you.  At least I hope it does.

Robyn O’Brien | The Organic Effect: What Happens When You Switch to Organic Food – Robyn O’Brien.

The study was conducted by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute IVL, and the full report is available here: https://www.coop.se/organiceffect

I could also say that the $$$ spent on compromised health have got to be much greater than the $$$ spent on clean food.

Interesting Information/Vaccines: An Open Letter to Legislators Considering Vaccine Legislation from Tetyana Obukhanych

Interesting Information/Vaccines:  May 9, 2015

An Open Letter to Legislators Considering Vaccine Legislation from Tetyana Obukhanych, PhD

Tetyana Obukhanych is an immunologist with work credentials from Stanford and Harvard.

She offers one of the clearest explanations regarding vaccines I have found to date.

In this piece, which is widely available all over the internet now, she explains why mandating vaccines for ALL children is unnecessary.  AND why discriminating against unvaccinated children is nothing but public hysteria–which has been fueled by media’s total failure in covering this issue fairly and (I would add) the vaccine industry.  (I’ve heard that 70% of media funding now comes from Big Pharma–and I’d like to research that fact.)

Here’s Obukhanych’s opening statement:

My name is Tetyana Obukhanych.  I hold a PhD in Immunology.  I am writing this letter in the hope that it will correct several common misperceptions about vaccines in order to help you formulate a fair and balanced understanding that is supported by accepted vaccine theory and new scientific findings.

If you are interested in the actual science of this issue, an immunologist would be one of the first places to go.  Obukhanych’s statement peels away the myth that is rampant in our society today.

http://thinkingmomsrevolution.com/an-open-letter-to-legislators-currently-considering-vaccine-legislation-from-tetyana-obukhanych-phd-in-immunology/

Obukhanych is the author of VACCINE ILLUSIONS, which is an easy read, easy to download, and full of dependable information from someone whose field this is.

Turkey Tracks: New Deck Railing and “To The Lake” Quilt

Turkey Tracks:  May 9, 2015

New Porch Railing and “To The Lake” Quilt

Lt. Gen. Jammie Mendall Philpott USAF, 1919-1999

 

Stephen Pennoyer, who is the most amazing carpenter, was here this week–working through the list of needed repairs.

When we first moved to Maine in June 2004, one of the first things we did was to build this deck.

I was all about NOT using plastic anything but keeping materials “natural.”  Husband John went along with me, though he did not agree on this one, as we put in a wooden railing.

Can I tell you that he spent every spring thereafter repainting that railing.

The bottoms of the wooden posts and the spindles all began rotting right away in this challenging winter climate.  Plus, this deck is on the north side of the house.

So, I was double delighted when Stephen came to rebuild the railing with plastic coated sleeves, etc.

No more painting, no more rot.  These railings are standing up super well on the front porch.

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And here’s the best picture of all:  a finished quilt draped over the railing, à la a Bonnie Hunter photo of a finished quilt.  (See her blog at quiltville.com)

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“At The Lake” is dedicated to my dad, Lt. Gen. Jammie Mendall Philpott USAF, 1919-1999, who was a fisherman heart and soul.  My dad was a decorated war hero, courageous, daring, kind, patient, and gentle.  He fished lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, and the ocean all across the world.  He taught all of us to fly fish and at one stage, made his own flies.  I remember him patiently unsnarling our fishing lines from nearby tree limbs and bushes until we got old enough to do it.  It would never have occurred to any of us to be squeamish about putting a worm on a hook–not when our corks would shortly start to bob and run under the water as a bream took the bait and ran.  We learned to clean those fish.  And, to cook and eat them with relish, too.  Those were good days.

I like the back of this quilt as much as the front and had great fun piecing it with the loon fabric, leftover blocks, and odd bits of fabric:

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Here’s the binding:

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And a few of the front motifs:

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The writing on the cream fabric is from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address–which seemed fitting as my dad fought to protect this nation.

Here’s a corner:

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I quilted with the Bishop’s Fan groovy board with a warm mustard thread.

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Here’s a corner–and I liked the piano keys border a lot.

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Interesting Information: The Foreskin: Big Business

Interesting Information:  May 9, 2015

The Foreskin:  Big Business

Wow!

Who knew…

This one takes “follow the money” to a new level…

Here’s a quote from the Living Whole blog, whose author did a bit of research:

(Thanks to niece Nancy for this follow-up post.)

 

In case you weren’t aware, the CDC for the first time ever, is issuing federal guidelines on circumcision. You see, Christians are realizing that you don’t need to chop off a part of the penis to be saved; parents in general are questioning a long-held practice that serves no useful purpose and leaves many boys who undergo the procedure disfigured (if you assume circumcision in and of itself doesn’t disfigure); and the rate of circumcision is down to 58% in the United States and they’re running out of foreskins to use in high-end cosmetics, face creams, medical products, and cosmetic testing.

Whoa, you didn’t know that baby foreskin is big business?

One baby foreskin can produce $100,000 worth of fibroblasts that can be used in all sorts of anti-aging goodies. The bio-medical and pharmaceutical companies rely specifically on the foreskins from infants to create medical products like insulin and interferon, skin grafts, eyelids, and other skin care treatments.

 

The CDC Says, Circumcise Your Sons – Living Whole.

Interesting Information/Vaccines: Why I’m Putting Up Vaccine Posts

Interesting Information/Vaccines:  May 6, 2015

Why I’m Putting Up Vaccine Posts

The vaccine issue is big and it’s complex.

The mainstream media does not cover it well or fairly.

Myth, not science, permeates this issue.

I can break this issue into TWO big parts:  vaccine efficacy/danger/unintended consequences AND the civil right of a sovereign individual to make his/her own informed choice about what gets put into his/her own body or the body of his/her child.

What I’m trying to do is to create a body of posts that will enable people to follow my links to reputable information from reputable people.  All of which means some of you are hearing much more about vaccines on this blog than you want.  Be patient.  I have about five more posts, and then I’m done.  More or less done.

Anyone who wants more information than they are going to get from the press or their doctor will have a place to go to explore and to thoughtfully think through this issue.

What you do with the information is your own business.

But I need to be able to sleep at night, and that means I have to share what I have read/researched that I think is important for anyone to consider.

Vaccines can and do cause harm for some people more than others–although there are no long-term studies targeted toward seeing ALL the outcomes of vaccines and no studies comparing vaccinated/unvaccinated people.  The Supreme Court ruled that vaccines are unavoidably dangerous–which is why no one can sue the vaccine makers/industry.  Or, the docs who give vaccines.  So, before you start down any vaccine path, take a deep breath and inform yourself before consenting to a practice that can permanently harm for life.

How many folks are being hurt?  We have no idea as the VARS reporting system does not work.