Saturday, May 18, 2013

Vaccinations

Chiropractors Giving Medical Advice


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So my sister in law goes to a chiropractor and gets monthly emails from her chiropractor's office. Well, today she forwarded me an email that pretty much threw me into a massive fit. Below are snippets of the email that her chiropractor sent out.

Your Choice Or Your Command?
Are you certain your vaccinations are safe, beneficial and will cause no future bodily harm? It is time to take a good look at some very disturbing facts concerning vaccination/immunization. Yes, it should be your 'CHOICE' not your 'COMMAND', in all health matters, freedom of choice should be the rule.
So, what can you do? This matter is for you and your own family to decide. But you should know all the facts. Check your state laws carefully, most states provide for a waiver or exemption. Read carefully the material on the pros and cons of artificial immunization. 'The chiropractic profession holds that natural immunity is to be favored over artificial immunization. Chiropractic believes that keeping the spine free of nerve interference helps promote a healthy body and a normally functioning neurological and immune system. 'The best immune system is in the body, not in the Lab'. C.S. Gonstead, D.C.

Noted chiropractic author, Dr. Fred H. Barge said it well: 'Disease is not so much the virulence of outside organisms as it is the resistance of internal inside mechanisms that produce a healthy body'.

The remained of the email contained propaganda to scare a person from getting the immunization recommended by giving "facts" that makes it to appear that getting immunized is the most dangerous thing you could do for yourself or children. I completely understand that chiropractors are a type of natural or holistic medicine but wtf? That does not give them the right to cram their unscientific opinions down peoples throat and create a brand new breed of completely foolish parents who will now refuse to immunize their children simply because a "doctor" told them it was dangerous.

Chiropractors are not MEDICAL doctors so why are they trying to give advice on something medical like immunizations and vaccinations? As a nurse, I have seen what diseases such as polio and whopping cough have done to people and the others they effect. Even though there haven't been cases of polio here in the US in a long time does not mean there can not or will not be an occurrence of it again. My kids are kept up to date on all their vaccinations.

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Bonn
Dec 30, 2012 3:58 pm Detail View
Bonn said: MEDICAL doctors appeared in smoke ads advising public smoking is good. Md s used to be massenges of tobacco companies now it could be well working for Big pharma. What makes them special?
Veteran Chiropractic Assistant
Nov 20, 2012 7:48 pm Detail View
Veteran Chiropractic Assistant said: Your article makes you sound like a complete idiot but I am actually glad you wrote this because it shows how uneducated and close-minded many in the medical field can be.
optimizm8
Nov 20, 2012 5:25 pm Detail View
optimizm8 said: Chiropractors actually have more education hours than a medical doctor. We are considered a specialist. Our initial education is the same chemistry and biology courses taken by a medical doctor but then we are required to take our education further as a neuro-musculaskeletal specialist. We want people to be educated about the dangers of vaccines. So that they can make an educated decision. Up until recently, these dangers have been swept under the rug. Our knowledge is based on scientific research not just Chiropractic beliefs.
Quokka
Jan 19, 2012 2:02 am Detail View
Quokka said: Michael - did you here about that terrible outbreak of smallpox that killed hundreds of people or about how parents are afraid to let their children outside becuase of polio outbreaks - no did didn't because vaccines eradicated smallpox and is well on the way to eradicating polio. Not everyone can get a vaccine though - they rely on herd immunity. Stop pretending that a couple of units in physiology make you a doctor - how about you do the 9 years of study and practice and then talk about immunology like a big boy.
Alexis B
Aug 16, 2011 6:00 pm Detail View
Alexis B said: Amen to comments posted by Nature Fan and Michael S! I hate to say it but pharmaceutical companies have everyone believing that a shot or pill can fix anything. My husband is a chiropractor and we do not vaccinate our children. We made this decision after much research and debate and believe optimal health is gained by a healthy lifestyle, not pills and shots.
Oct 28, 4:53 pm
linda replied to Alexis B : Hi, I don't vaccinate my son. He is 15 months old and has only had his 2 month old shots. I did some research and decided not to vaccinate any further.
I am looking online for some advice from chiropractors on how to raise a healthy child that does not have their vaccinations.
I came across some papers that the Dr gave me of how deadly the reassess are and they have scared me all over again. I'm rethinking my desicion but know for a fact I will not vaccinate any further.
Since I am on mobile i can't find much info on what chiropractors advise. So was wondering if you and your husband would share some advice. It would be greatly appreciated to us. Thank you.
Nature Fan
Jul 9, 2011 3:17 pm Detail View
Nature Fan said: I'm not a big fan of vaccinations but believing that nature is a better healer than drugs is not unscientific. As for information being shoved down your throat by a chiropractic, information is being shoved down your throat every time you pick up a newspaper, read a magazine or go online by pharmaceutical companies. You know, how they say that ultra violet light (they call it radiation to make it sound more scary) is bad for you? That it causes skin cancer? The medical establishment is slow to catch on what the alternative (alternative to western medicine not alternative to any other culture in the world) health industry which has known the difference between health and mitigating illness for some time.

UV light, in combination with calcium, prevents cancer, not causes it. Clearly, if all the billions of dollars that have been poured into finding a cure for cancer hasn't found it yet, obviously there's something else at play here. Namely that the solution is finding the cause which is not giving our bodies what it needs to stay healthy rather than what it needs to stay alive longer after it's already sick. Chaching!

As for vaccinations, I asked the public health nurse what the prevalence was for a disease she wanted me to vaccinate my kids for and she couldn't tell me. Hmmmm. No wonder I'm a little leery. That's like a drug pusher saying, "Try it. it's harmless."

Now go outside and get some sun!
Michael S.
Jun 23, 2011 5:51 pm Detail View
Michael S. said: Oh my God, for a nurse to admit that much stupidity as this is astounding. Please do your research before you speak or comment about vaccinations. Once you do your research, you will find yourself eating your own words. Did you know that chiropractors take the same Physiology & Diagnostic classes as medical students and certainly more than nurses? Did you know that chiropractic board examinations are 70-80% medical diagnosis. Did you know that chiropractors are licensed as primary care physicians? Did you know that textbooks ALL have the same information in them? Did you know that there are more diseases and certainly more cancer rampant today than ever before in history (particularly in America where the fascination of over-medicating everything is as popular as facebook)? Medication & vaccination are not ALWAYS the answer. Did you know that chiropractors know and learn far more about immunity than most doctors and certainly most nurses. Did you know that is it very widely published and VERY widely agreed among immunity experts that vaccines do NOT offer the same degree of immunity as natural exposure? Did you know that antibody production (B-cells, plasma cells) for memory immunity are not the same for artificial immunity. There is no doctor alive that could ever say otherwise. Did you know that making blanket statements about physiology and patient care is very short-sited. Kudos for your vaccinating your children, but the purpose of the article was to inform parents of the implications of vaccinations and to offer a choice in their child's healthcare instead of opting for a "communist" type of healthcare. Do you know how many elderly people die every year from inappropriate flu vaccines? Do you know how many people die from prescription medications taken at the right time at the right dosage every year? I have the fortunate viewpoint of knowing both sides of the fence on patient-care (allopathic and homeopathic) and clearly the technology of medications are needed and save countless lives, but I also know that not EVERY person should live on them and take no responsibility for their own health. It is not only admirable for a parent to make a decision to not vaccinate their child, it is their right to do what they feel is best. By the way, thank you Ms. Nurse for caring enough and sharing your passion enough to warn people against wrong advice, but in this case you took the wrong approach.

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