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OPINION DEKALB FREE PRESS • APRIL 19, 2019 • Page 5
Vaccination vacillation
a return just as measles, chicken broken, must be earned.
“We cannot allow this pox and other ailments considered Let’s not gamble again with
dangerous disease to make a ‘One Man’s less threatening are occurring–even global public health. Drugs are
comeback in New York City,” said
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Opinion’ to the extent that some parents
hold “measles/pox parties” to
tweaked and re-patented every day
at the molecular level by big pharma
speaking to the city’s emergency Bill Crane intentionally expose their offspring when seeking the protections of a
powers in matters of public health bill.csicrane@gmail.com
in hopes of naturally strengthening new patent. It’s time to step up so
during a press conference on April their immune systems. that you help remove the doubts of
9. The annual flu vaccine, as an thousands of families refusing to
There are limits to my belief A not small number in the example, is often administered roll up their sleeves and point their
in modern medicine. Currently scientific community, thousands of without any preservatives, while child’s foot, upper arm, thigh or
only taking one prescription drug parents and families, and several still sparing millions of Americans other body part at the business end
for elevated blood pressure, lots well-regarded studies have indicated from the serious, and in some cases of a needle. How about a little bit
of supplements and CBD oil to that Thiomersal may contribute to fatal, malady of the flu. And yet, of self-directed financial pain for a
deal with a chronic inflammatory or cause autism and other illnesses, with that vaccine both inexpensive significant confidence and consumer
illness. I’m a big believer in including cancer, SIDS and other and almost universally available, trust gain?
wellness, prevention, chiropractic, neurodevelopmental disorders. thousands of adults continue to Don’t vacillate, make the smart
exercise and a near daily yoga While parents have the right choose to avoid it. And, Georgia and easy choice.
practice to help maintain good to make these decisions for their was among the most flu-infested
health. families and children, we are at states in the nation yet again this
But the evidence is indisputable the same time, more and more year. Bill Crane also serves as a
that vaccines have prevented congregating in cities where The pharmaceutical industry, political analyst and commentator
serious illnesses among hundreds population density and commonly coming off another year of near for Channel 2’s Action News, WSB-
of millions, saved lives and shrunk used surfaces and gathering places record profits, would do well to AM News/Talk 750 and now 95.5
the world of many killer diseases are also more and more the societal make the common sense decision FM, as well as a columnist for The
into a deep freeze in petri dishes norm, in the United States and to research and deliver other Champion, DeKalb Free Press and
secured within vaults at the Centers elsewhere. A current resurgence preservative options. Protective Georgia Trend. Crane is a DeKalb
for Disease Control and Prevention of the measles in New York City, mothers—like bears and lionesses— native and business owner, living
(CDC). Undoubtedly, preventative originating reportedly within are not likely to simply accept in Scottdale. You can reach him
vaccines have spared both my Orthodox Jewish communities who assurances and admonitions of or comment on a column at bill.
children most of the once more do not vaccinate as a matter of faith, “trust us.” Trust, once lost or csicrane@gmail.com.
severe illnesses of childhood. has moved into the broader public-
Yet I did note a significant school system population.
increase in both the type and New York’s Mayor Blasio
number of required vaccinations is leading a public awareness
from the birth of daughter No. 1 effort, “Don’t Wait...Vaccinate,”
in 1992 to daughter No. 2 in 2007; to slow the measles outbreak—
both children have been spared already resulting in hundreds of
the pleasure of the measles and hospitalizations—from developing
its German cousin, chicken pox, into a pandemic. The mayor and
mumps and many other maladies city council have mandated the
too numerous to mention. measles vaccine for school-age
And yet, in many parts children within several ZIP codes
of the first world, parents are in Brooklyn where outbreaks first
increasingly vacillating, or in occurred. Prior to the public health
many cases simply saying no, to emergency declaration, Orthodox
childhood vaccinations. Some Jewish families in the impacted
believe vaccinations harbor neighborhoods and communities
small amounts of heavy metals were simply urged to keep sick
such as mercury and other toxins children at home.
as preservatives. Thiomersal, Vaccinations, on a global scale,
and its trade name, Merthiolate have all but eradicated the threats of
(patented by Eli Lily in 1928), is a smallpox and polio; and yet without
preservative derived from mercury continued vaccinations among our
and used in the manufacture of new population, these crippling
many medical vaccinations. and fatal diseases may likely make
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