Fed Health Chief: I'll Skip Smallpox Vaccine

NY Post ^ | 12/16/02 | AP

[2sheep]

WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said yesterday he does not plan to be inoculated with the smallpox vaccine and recommends that other Cabinet members not request the inoculation either.

"I do not believe it is necessary or should be taking place," he said.

[Let's Roll]

It's a Darwin thing.

[FormerLurker]

It's a Darwin thing.

So it appears to be. We'll see who will be the recipient of that award perhaps..

[FormerLurker]

BTW, you DO know how to click on links and READ, correct? I suggest you do so..

[DBtoo]

I don't want it either. There's something wierd about the whole thing that doesn't feel right to me.

[DBtoo]

Good link there in post #5. People need to read that.

[DBtoo]

Oh great. So people who don't want the vaccine must be Democrats. It's not a matter of Republican vs. Democrat, it's about FREEDOM and HEALTH.

[DBtoo]

It is a big problem in our country that people tend to believe everything their tv tells them; even very intelligent people fall for this. I am understanding more and more how Hitler was able to come into power. People are people and they don't change with time or space. I am afraid we are in for some very bad times.

[TrueBeliever9]

I would not let the feds near me with any of their vaccines! One has only to look at the number of children with learning disabilities in this country since they instituted mass innoculations! It is scary! Please pray that the President does not let them give him a shot of anything ever!

[Let's Roll]

Are you referring to the slanted, biased non-factual info that you post on these small pox threads? Do you think that links supporting the opposite point of view aren't also available?

Since the vaccines will be voluntary, I do not understand why you continue your crusade. You remind me of a global warming fanatic.

[American in Israel]

I doubt that it has anything to do with fetal research, it was raised in cows. But one thing is sure. Getting an infection from cow pox if you have AIDS is not a good thing. Cow pox can wipe out someone with a compromised immune system.

For those who do not live by Christian moral standards, I might suggest an Aids test before you go get your smallpox vaccination.

[FormerLurker]

Are you referring to the slanted, biased non-factual info that you post on these small pox threads?

EXCUSE ME? What exactly are you claiming that I've posted is non-factual?

Do you think that links supporting the opposite point of view aren't also available?

There is NO valid scientific evidence that the cowpox (vaccinia) vaccine has ever protected a SINGLE person. There is SUBSTANTIAL valid scientific evidence that it resulted in MILLIONS of smallpox deaths...

Since the vaccines will be voluntary, I do not understand why you continue your crusade. You remind me of a global warming fanatic.

I'm trying to educate those that have been hoodwinked and deceived into believing a lie. If you want to continue to believe that lie, that is up to you. Unlike you, I care about TRUTH, and am making the truth available to those that seek it.

Why are YOU advocating a policy that very well could lead to millions of deaths in this country due to smallpox?

[js1138]

I remember a lot of soldiers getting sick from the Anthrax vaccine.

Plague vaccine can also knock you on your butt. Our world has gotten so clean that we have whimpy immune systems.

[Coleus]

Can't argue with that, it has been theorized by many physicians that the reason why there are so many kids with asthma is because they are brought up in a too clean of an environment where the immune system doesn't have a chance to grow and develop properly. They say it's better to have some dust and a few cats in the house when you have newborns.

[mommybain]

I got into an argument with a Democrat yesterday about the vaccine. He (the democrat) refuses to take it and claimed that it was a conspiracy to reduce America's population by 40% before the next presidential election.

I guess DU has tin-foilers too.

[FormerLurker]

I doubt that it has anything to do with fetal research, it was raised in cows.

The MRC-5 line was developed from lung tissue taken from a 14-week aborted fetus.

From Smallpox vaccine uses fetal cell line

Meanwhile, health officials with the Food and Drug Administration say the method of manufacturing the old vaccine, called Dryvax, which was made by Wyeth using calf skin, is "no longer considered optimal." Instead, the agency says the new smallpox vaccine "will be prepared in MRC-5 cells" – a line of aborted fetal cells dating back to 1966 – because that method is more efficient.

"The MRC-5 line was developed … from lung tissue taken from a 14-week fetus aborted for psychiatric reasons from a 27-year-old physically healthy woman," said a description of the cell tissue by the Coriell Institute for Medical Research at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where the line is maintained. The institute further describes it as "normal human fetal lung fibroblast."

For those who do not live by Christian moral standards, I might suggest an Aids test before you go get your smallpox vaccination.

Cancer patients and people that have and/or have EVER had eczema are ALSO at high risk of an adverse reaction to the "vaccine". The vaccine, by the way, has NEVER been shown to be effective against smallpox, and HAS been shown to make those vaccinated MORE susceptable to the disease...

[Let's Roll]

You're wrong.

[VRWC_minion]

How old is he ? He probably had this several times.

[FormerLurker]

Our world has gotten so clean that we have whimpy immune systems.

Our immune systems have been ravished by the battery of vaccines that we have been subjected to. That is why there are so many people with auto-immune dysfuctions (allergies and rashes, including eczema)...

[FormerLurker]

Back up your allegations. What is it that I've posted that is not factual?