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introduction of any new vaccine. fatigue and weakness in up to 17 percent of all Why subject
Hepatitis B is primarily an adult disease hepatitis B injections. And perhaps most telling
transmitted through blood and body fluids. High- of all, over 50 percent of the doctors surveyed tens of
risk populations include drug users, heterosexuals in the UK refused to take the hepatitis B vaccine millions of
and homosexuals with many sexual partners, themselves, citing the known dangers from the infants to the
health care workers exposed to blood, and babies vaccine, even though as medical professionals
born to infected mothers. In 1996, 270 children working in hospitals, they belong to a high risk known
under the age of 14 were infected with hepatitis B, group exposed to blood products and needles in dangers of
with only 54 cases reported in the 0-1 age group. the daily course of their work. this vaccine
In spite of the low risk for children in general, But most disturbing is the fundamental
and in spite of the ability to target at-risk children question of why this vaccine was recommended when the few
by specifically testing their mothers before birth, for infants in the first place. In 1996, there were babies

the CDC added the hepatitis B vaccine to the 1,080 reports of adverse reactions among 0-1 actually at
recommended vaccination schedule in 1991, with year olds from the vaccine, including 47 deaths.
the first of three doses to be administered on the If only 10 percent of the true deaths and injuries risk for the
very day of birth before leaving the hospital. are being reported—an extremely conservative disease can
In 1986, Merck & Co. began marketing the estimate—this means that there were actually be identified
first genetically engineered hepatitis B vaccine. over 10,800 adverse reactions and 470 deaths
In another example of the poor science behind from the vaccine. Yet in that same year, there were by simply
vaccination development, the FDA approved only 54 cases of the disease reported in the 0-1 screening the
the vaccine for use after only 1636 doses of year old group. The frightful fact here is that for mother?
Recombivax HB were administered to only 653 every child that acquires hepatitis B, the vaccine
children who were subsequently monitored for kills 9 babies and injures 200.
only 5 days after each dose. Since the vaccine is Why subject tens of millions of infants to
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recommended for the first day of life, Merck was the known dangers of this vaccine when the
asked for safety data on newborns. They replied, few babies actually at risk for the disease can
“We have none. Our studies were done on 5- and be identified by simply screening the mother?
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10-year-olds.” Further, Merck admitted in 1996 And finally, even if parents opt to include this
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that no data are “available for the simultaneous vaccine in their child’s vaccine schedule, why
administration of Recombivax HB with other is the vaccine given on the day of birth? Parents
vaccines” even though children are routinely need time to get to know their child first, so they
given other vaccines along with Recombivax HB can compare the baby’s health status before and
vaccine. after vaccination, so any harm can be noticed,
Since the introduction of this vaccine, there tracked and treated.
have been hundreds of reports in the medical In addition to problems with genetically
literature (mostly published in international med- engineered vaccines, many vaccines—notably
ical journals outside of the United States) citing the MMR, chickenpox and Sabin polio vac-
central nervous system diseases, multiple scle- cines—inject live viruses into the body. Various
rosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, arthritis, severe stabilizers and preservatives are added including
rashes, fever, chronic fatigue, and Sudden Infant formaldehyde, lead, aluminum and MSG. Un-
Death Syndrome (SIDS) as a direct result of the known amounts of RNA and DNA from animal
vaccine. Parents have filed tens of thousands of and human cell tissue culture have been found as
adverse event reports with the Vaccine Adverse well. And even though concerned parent groups
Event Reporting System, including emergency have fought for the removal of the mercury-based
room visits, hospitalization and deaths. A study preservative thimerosal from childhood vaccines,
in New Zealand reported a 60 percent increase the pharmaceutical industry still uses mercury in
in juvenile diabetes after a massive campaign flu vaccines, which is recommended yearly to all
to vaccinate babies from 1988 to 1991 with the persons starting at age six months.
hepatitis B vaccine. Even Merck itself admits
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to systemic complaints such as fever, joint pain,

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