Life is going smoothly. Kids are back at school, homeschooling schedule is in place, and everyone is back to routine. Until you receive….
The Letter Home from the Public Health Nurse
Home Alone was my kids’ favorite movie in the 1990’s, about the same time that ‘good moms vaccinated’ their kids. And I did vaccinate my kids. The promise of vaccines was lifelong immunity.
Except that lifelong immunity was not true then and not true now. My 30-something year olds are now as susceptible to measles as when they were young.
What Happened?
How does science explain the failure of vaccines to confer lifelong immunity or herd immunity? Read this article by Dr. Tetyana Obukhanych, a Ph.D. immunologist. (I am currently taking a course with Dr. Tetyana. I will review it for you when I have completed it.)
Back to that letter…
With the letter from the public health nurse in hand, you move from quiet confidence in your choice to be a vaccine-free family into parental panic and guilt. As a vaccine-free parent you start to wonder…did I make the best decision for my kids? Would I know if my child actually had measles? How would I know? Can I still refuse the MMR vaccine? If I do, what are the consequences in an outbreak? Do I have to quarantine my child?
Doing the Cram-Google
Then the overwhelm takes over and you try to cram-Google everything you can about measles and vaccination risks and benefits in an attempt to gain some of that confidence you once had…before the measles outbreak, before the ‘letter from the public health nurse,’ and before well-meaning friends and family give you grief about your vaccine free choice.
Fear, panic, and guilt can so quickly destroy your confidence. What is the remedy for the fear, panic, and guilt?
Information! Information while you are calm, collected, and in the company of like-minded parents. Information that helps you be prepared should a measles outbreak happen (and it will) or should you get a note from school.
Please join us next Wednesday, September 17th at 11am MT (10am PT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET) for a free one-hour class, A ‘Measle-y’ Intro, where you can sample what the Vaccine Free: Now What? course is all about and learn some basics about measles.
We will be able to cover some great stuff in our hour together and there will be time for questions too. So if you are considering taking the course but want a taste of what is involved, sign up for the sampler class here.
(You’ll get even more information on Measles in the Vaccine Free: Now What? course.)
Already know you want to sign up for the course? You can register now to secure your spot AND get the special early bird price.
Not sure what the 12-week course is all about? Need a bit more information on what the course covers? Take a look over here.
If you have friends or family that might benefit from joining either the one-hour free sampler class or signing up for the 12-week course, please feel free to forward the information to them with my thanks.
Here’s something you might learn in that one-hour class…
Benefits of Measles?
Yes…there are some benefits to having measles in childhood. Join us for the sampler class and find out how measles is important in chronic disease.
There’s so much to learn about measles…and all the other infectious illnesses too! The Vaccine Free: Now What? course is designed so that you can skip the cram-google!
Yours in health and healing,
Donna
P.S. One more factoid…or 14 factoids!
See…there’s so much to learn and I can’t resist this recent article by Roman Bystrianyk on the International Medicine Council on Vaccinations website:
“But, there are facts regarding the history of measles that almost never reach the light of day. Here are 14 things you may not have been told by public health officials, your doctor, or the media.”
~ “Measles and measles vaccines: fourteen things to consider” by Roman Bystrianyk (co-author Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History)A killed measles virus (KMV) vaccine came into use in the United States in 1963. What you may not have heard, is that by 1963, the death rate from measles in the United States had already dropped by approximately 98%. [3] – See more here.
Dr. Viera Scheibner’s articles on vaccine and measles:
“Measles Vaccines Part I; Ineffectiveness of Vaccination and Unintended Consequences”
“Measles Vaccines Part II; Benefits of Contracting Measles”
If you like what you see so far, register now for the ‘Measle-y’ Intro sampler class!!
