The health hazards of disease prevention

Unlike other drugs, vaccines are generally given to healthy individuals; so great care needs to be taken with the risk of adverse reactions. (FDA)  Risks and benefits shoud be disclosed so that those subjected to the vaccinations have the information they need in order to give informed consent.

Deliberately concealing information from the parents for the sole purpose of getting them to comply with an "official" vaccination schedule could thus be considered as a form of ethical violation or misconduct. Official documents obtained from the UK Department of Health (DH) and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reveal that the British health authorities have been engaging in such practice for the last 30 years, apparently for the sole purpose of protecting the national vaccination program

There is evidence that the joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) deliberately withheld information from parents and health practitioners in order to ensure compliance with vaccination policy. In addition, some Committee members had extensive links with the pharmaceutical companies and the Committee colluded with the manufacturers to promote uptake of the vaccine.

BSEM March 2011

(The health hazards of disease prevention)

From the British Society for Ecological Medicine

  see article in BMJ