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Robert De Niro Pulls Controversial Anti-Vaccine Film From Tribeca Film Festival
Time Magazine ^ | March 27, 2016 | Melissa Chan

Posted on 03/27/2016 9:18:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

“My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation"

Robert De Niro on Saturday pulled a controversial documentary from his Tribeca Film Festival after facing backlash about the movie’s controversial and widely-debunked anti-vaccination message.

The actor, who has a child with autism, said in a statement that he had “concerns” with Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe after consulting with experts in the science field about the movie’s focus on the debunked link between vaccines and autism. It’s a reversal from his original stance amid mounting criticism that the film would be important in the ongoing conversation about the surrounding causes of autism.

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t know anything about this film but I think blanket statements by the pro-vax crowd don’t help their position.

Vaccines are beneficial, yet the do come with risks. Pro-vax people tend to be dismissive of this.

Thimerosal use has largely been discontinued. It contains mercury, which is toxic. In the 1990’s government & health officials insisted there was no mercury in vaccines, which is true. The mercury is in the preservative in the vaccine. Very Clintonian parsing.

Giving multiple vaccines to infants is a relatively new practice, claimed to be safe. Time will tell.

Vaccines are beneficial, but rose colored glasses do no one any good. Acknowledge the benefits, acknowledge the risks, and realize that knowledge is imperfect.


21 posted on 03/27/2016 10:04:35 AM PDT by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: exDemMom

Mercury in Thimersol, as mercury crosses the blood brain barrier or the aluminum in the mercury free vaccines that cannot without the supplied surfactant that is added in the aluminum vaccines and is not added in the mercury ones.It is not only easily shown under already known scientific research, it is clearly deliberate.

But you are free to participate at your own risk, something I wish was reciprocal from the pro vaccine mafia.

Tell me, why are you so insistent on forcing everyone else to poison their children when you’re safely “immune” to everything?


22 posted on 03/27/2016 10:08:05 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Interesting article to post given what day it is...

Isa 53:4 Truly, He has borne our sicknesses and carried our pains. Yet we reckoned Him stricken, smitten by Elohim, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our crookednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed... 10 But YHWH was pleased to crush Him, He laid sickness on Him,...

Deu 18:10 Let no one be found among you who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices divination, or a user of magic, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer (pharmacist),

Psa 103:1 Bless YHWH, O my being, And all that is within me, Bless His set-apart Name! 2 Bless YHWH, O my being, And do not forget all His dealings, 3 Who forgives all your crookednesses, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction,

Mar 5:25 And a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered much from many physicians, and spent all that she had and was no better, but rather became worse... 34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace, and be relieved from your affliction.

Gal 5:20 idolatry, drug sorcery (pharmacy), hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

Rev 18:23 And the light of a lamp shall not shine in you any more at all. And the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you any more at all. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by your drug sorcery (pharmacy) all the nations were led astray.

23 posted on 03/27/2016 10:09:39 AM PDT by patlin ("Knowledgee chosen to participate inthat is - 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

De Niro is a whiny punk who pretends to be a man.


24 posted on 03/27/2016 10:10:48 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: virgil

Exactly. My grandmother was very lucky she was able to walk and live a normal long life.


25 posted on 03/27/2016 10:11:16 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: exDemMom

Covered up to protect big pharma

http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/cdc-cover-up-of-autism-and-vaccine-link-continues/


26 posted on 03/27/2016 10:11:46 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation”

Conversation about anything controversial is the last thing the left will tolerate, because so much of what they believe is indefensible. Censorship is an admission that they themselves recognize that fact.


27 posted on 03/27/2016 10:16:15 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: zeestephen

My sister had polio when she was just 5 yrs old in the 50s. God rest her. She didn’t die from the infection, but she suffered from its crippling after effects until she passed away a couple years ago. You never hear about iron lungs anymore. A memory many want to forget. Polio was a fearful scourge in those days.


28 posted on 03/27/2016 10:16:46 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hollywood personalities get themselves caught up in stupid causes rather than making films such as “The Big Short”. Wall St. needs to be taken down. We’re on the brink of a financial collapse that could lead to civil war caused by those robber baron oligarchs who owe allegiance to no country, only to their grandiose schemes to create a fascist police state one world government. Watch this video and educate yourself to what “free trade” really means:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbEu-OLMKLQ


29 posted on 03/27/2016 10:18:56 AM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Big pharma is a trait of the whore of Babylon...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3414373/posts?page=23#23

30 posted on 03/27/2016 10:21:16 AM PDT by patlin ("Knowledgee chosen to participate inthat is - 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: soupbone1
I'm not on the anti-vaccine bandwagon, however, when my last child was born I made it clear they would not be pumping 5 vaccines at one time into a baby.

Probably wise, but even this level of caution gets people labeled as "anti-vaxxer." I take vaccinations but intentionally keep them to a minimum. I've seen what these multi-vaccine shots have done to my dogs, to the point that I now titer to prove that they still have sufficient immunity. They were sickened, particularly the elderly dogs. One developed a large tumor right at the injection site on his hip. Vaccines can be a life-saver, but there is a price to pay for some. Treating those with sincere reservations as nutters doesn't help.

31 posted on 03/27/2016 10:22:34 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: GeaugaRepublican

some of us who have questions about vaccines such as why so many so fast, why so early, what is in them, what are the side effects, are they causing permanent injury, are they always necessary, should we be able to choose not to take one or more of them, etc. All reasonable questions that bigpharma doesn’t want us asking. Thus we are labeled “ANTI-VAXXERS”!


32 posted on 03/27/2016 10:28:26 AM PDT by uncitizen (there's no "conservative country" without a country)
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To: zeestephen

Countless generations till today of intra-familial (first cousins) arranged marriage is the probable cause for what you saw. Within the medical profession in that region it’s a quietly acknowledged problem. Pediatric rehabilitation and aids for daily living product imports into the Middle East are booming.


33 posted on 03/27/2016 10:28:52 AM PDT by katana (+)
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To: soupbone1

The risk from even many times that many vaccines at once is infinitesimal. The risk from the diseases they prevent are quite real. Don’t be fooled by the nonsense being purveyed by anti-vax demagogues. They all have blood on their hands, as far as I’m concerned.


34 posted on 03/27/2016 10:39:15 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: exDemMom

http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-finally-get-vaxxed-v-unvaxxed-study.html?m=1

Human studies are not allowed How about this one showing autism caused in monkies by US vaccination schedule.

Don’t you find it strange that vaccinations fall under “settled science”, instead of actual studies?


35 posted on 03/27/2016 10:45:38 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: American in Israel
The trailer for the movie:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCU2DfMBpU

36 posted on 03/27/2016 11:10:10 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: GeaugaRepublican

Atkinson vacine Bump


37 posted on 03/27/2016 11:23:31 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: uncitizen

some of us who have questions about vaccines such as why so many so fast, why so early, what is in them, what are the side effects, are they causing permanent injury, are they always necessary, should we be able to choose not to take one or more of them, etc. All reasonable questions that bigpharma doesn’t want us asking. Thus we are labeled “ANTI-VAXXERS”!
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I know! I read the warning labels, had to request them from the pediatrician.

But sometimes, medicine is wrong and fraudulent and later retracted!

Website> Retraction Watch-Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process
http://retractionwatch.com/

Fraud and deceit in medical research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3702092/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-scientific-research-fraud-on-the-rise/

Sometimes we hear that something is scientifically settled, when it isn’t.

My husband was going to get a colon resection due to recurring diverticulitis. Did some research and found some medical research stating that fiber in not necessarily good for all people.

Changed his diet, he healed up so he did not get surgery.

How often are people told fiber can be bad for you? Almost never.

People are all different, you need to do your own research and ask questions if you wish to improve your chances of getting quality medical care.


38 posted on 03/27/2016 11:29:53 AM PDT by GeaugaRepublican ("Donald Trump is the last hope for America" Phyllis Schlafly)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The flu is not polio. A cold is not the Plague.

Knowing drugs have harmful side effects, why would a parent expose a child to risk?


39 posted on 03/27/2016 11:59:22 AM PDT by TheNext
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To: GeaugaRepublican

Good info. Thanks for sharing.


40 posted on 03/27/2016 12:07:13 PM PDT by uncitizen (there's no "conservative country" without a country)
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