Download Microbes and diseases are risks. Children are not.

Microbes and diseases are risks. Children are not.
The Vermont lawmakers are considering a bill (S.199/H.527) that aims to
abolish philosophical exemption from vaccines for all Vermont
schoolchildren, both public and private. If passed, parents would be
stripped of the right to informed consent for an invasive medical procedure
on their children. Vaccines have proven risks of serious reactions,
including death, which are listed on package inserts. This is why federal
law requires that vaccine information statements be given at the time of
vaccination.
According to sponsors of these bills, eliminating the philosophical
exemption is for preservation of "herd immunity.” Those using the
philosophical exemption were branded as, “free-riders” hiding in the herd
by Representative George Till, during senate testimony. Because of this
common belief about vaccine-herd immunity (promoted intensively by the
health department, physicians, and the vaccine industry), people are quick
to blame outbreaks of contagious diseases on those who are unvaccinated
for a given disease. This happened when the cases of pertussis (whooping
cough) were being diagnosed this winter here in Central Vermont.
In reality, the great majority of those who become infected in pertussis
outbreaks have already been vaccinated for the disease. One world
authority (Dr. Fritz Mooi, a scientist with the Netherlands Center for
Infectious Disease Control) states, “I think we are seeing that…vaccinated
children, whom you would not expect to see get infected, get infected
nevertheless." Even the CDC admits that pertussis is endemic and subject
to cyclical epidemics, which are difficult to control through vaccination.
Though it has been a sacred cow for decades, vaccine-induced herd
immunity is wholly different from the gold-standard: natural immunity.
Immunity conferred by immunization usually fades by 5-10 years after a
shot, whereas permanent, life-long immunity is achieved only after natural
infection. Consider the American Baby Boomers, whose protection from
childhood vaccines wore off decades ago. Are they a risk? Why only
children?
Microbes and diseases are risks. Children are not risks. There are many
different ways to build health and immunity and ultimately having healthy
children is the goal we all share. The argument of vaccine-herd immunity
is flawed and does not justify an attack on parents' rights. Please urge
your representative to vote "No on S.199/H.527", and sign the petition now
at http://www.vaxchoicevt.com. For more on herd immunity, see "7
Reasons Schools Should NOT Mandate Vaccines", by Neil Z. Miller,
http://www.thinktwice.com/school.htm.