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Above all‚ There is no need to attach documents to your FDA demonstrates harm far greater than specific

remember exemption proving evidence of the problems problems with individual drugs. Western medi-
with vaccination or explaining your reasons for cine operates under the assumption that synthetic,
that no opting out—you simply want an exemption for genetically engineered drugs and vaccines heal
authority has your child. If you encounter belligerent or arro- the sick and protect the young from disease, an
the legal right gant authorities who intimidate you with threats assumption that parents are expected to accept
of sending you to jail or taking your child away, without question.
to vaccinate try to sidestep their resistance in a non-confron- But when it comes to your children, you are
your child tational manner and leave the situation as soon as the expert most qualified to decide what is best
without your possible. If you run into this kind of resistance, for them, using your intelligence and common
you should put your wishes in writing, escalate sense in the same way we fight for our right for
permission. your exemption request to someone above that real food.

official, and demand a written response. You’ll be
surprised how quickly resistance from authorities Lynne Born has been an alternative health care
can fade once they must put their illegal state- activist, writer and independent medical re-
ments and intimidations in writing. searcher for over twenty years. She is a longtime
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member of the Weston A. Price Foundation and
NATURALLY DERIVED IMMUNITY enjoys a diet based on homemade full-fat foods,
Those of us involved in the Weston A. Price bone broth, raw milk and fermented foods.
organization have an intimate understanding of
the lies and distortions that various government RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND WEBSITES
and corporate forces use to control our food Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?
choices. The grassroots Campaign for Real Milk by Neil Z. Miller, 2002. Check his website for
started with research into the facts of the situa- additional books, thinktwice.com.
tion, analyzed how the media and agribusiness
distorted the true history of raw and pasteurized National Vaccination Information Center, nvic.
milk, organized a drive for freedom of choice, and org. For recommended reading, check: nvic.org/
supported the farmers committed to producing resource-center.aspx.
raw milk.
It is these same kinds of distortions and Immunization, The Reality Behind the Myth, by
propaganda regarding drugs and vaccines that Walene James, 1995.
are sometimes overlooked in the natural food
community. The doctor who tells parents that Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research
raw milk will give their child TB is the same Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault
doctor who assures parents that vaccines are safe, on the Immune System, by Viera Scheibner, PhD,
effective and nothing to be worry about. 1993.
We know that children of the many cultures
that Weston Price studied needed no vaccina- How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your
tion—they grew up vibrant, healthy and strong, Doctors, by Robert Mendelsohn, MD.
able to fight off infectious disease as long as they
maintained their original, native diets. Should a ENDNOTES
child be in any danger from an infectious disease, 1. Barbara Loe Fisher, National Vaccination Informa-
we have many powerful tools available to us— tion Center, https://www.nvic.org. Nevada County,
nutrient-dense healing foods along with home- California, has the highest percentage of unvacci-
nated children in the state of California, providing a
opathy, acupuncture, herbalism and naturopathy, perfect setting for this simple study. sfgate.com/cgi-
all systems of earth-based healing that take into bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/25/
account the full well-being of the whole person CM171959.DTL.
to restore and maintain true health. 2. For their excellent collection of hundreds of peer
reviewed, published articles on the dangers, side ef-
The avalanche of drug scandals exposing fects, and inefficacy of vaccination, see Vaccination:
death and injury from drugs fully approved by the 100 Years of Orthodox Research shows that Vaccines

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