“Every parent should protect his defenceless offspring against the poison of the vaccinator’s lancet as bravely as he would against the poison of an adder or the attack of a wild beast.”
Tag: History
Father of Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Measles is a “low fatality” Disease
Even if we jettison the scientific challenges to virology, let’s compare today’s hysteria with the words of Dr. Alexander Langmuir (1910-1993). Langmuir was the head of the CDC and created its epidemiology section. Regarded as “the father of infectious disease epidemiology,” he called measles a
Noah Webster on Absurd, Unjust Health Measures
“But what I contend for, is, that we must not expect the best health laws, most rigorously executed, will ever be successful in g[uar]ding cities against epidemic pestilence. In our reliance on such [act]ions, we expose ourselves to perpetual disappointment; we expose the lives of citizens; we overlook the true causes of the evil, and neglect the only means of preventing or mitigating its effects.”
Contagion OR Poisonous Air as a Cause of Mass Illness? An Historical Perspective
Poisoned air from natural and man-made causes — it gave us “Spanish Flu,” “Polio,” and, it even seems, the “Black Death.” Read to learn more on why this better explains mass illness than contagion.
The Tragedy of Medical Missions: When Christians hurt their Witness via Vaccination
“Although a vaccine was available, many people refused to take it. Rumors spread that European doctors were using the vaccine to murder Indian people and that the British Empire was paying them a good sum of money each time they succeeded.” — Janet & Geoff Benge, “Ida Scudder, Healing Bodies, Touching Hearts”