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The Truth About Vaccines: [NEW EDITION NOW AVAILABLE 978-1906142445] How We Are Used as Guinea Pigs Without Knowing It (Paperback)

by Richard Halvorsen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 311 pages
  • Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd (12 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903933927
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903933923
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The overwhelming benefits of childhood vaccinations appear indisputable. They ve saved millions of lives and are revered as one of the greatest public health interventions of all time perhaps even the greatest success story of modern medicine. BUT IS IT TRUE? GP, and father of two, Richard Halversen has spent five years researching and writing this alarming study of vaccines: do they work, do we know enough about them, are they safe, what are the risks, are there ways of making vaccines safer? 'I am investigating what we patients and doctors alike are not being told. I am deeply disturbed by what I have found and how information about our health is increasingly held ransom to vested interests rather than freely available ... this book had to be written to inform parents, honestly, and without bias, so that they can form their own decisions.'

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Doctor Richard Halvorsen has been a family doctor in London for twenty five years and has spent five years researching and writing this book on vaccines. He lives in London.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A balanced, well-researched book, essential reading, 10 Sep 2008
Despite the slightly inflammatory title, this is one of the most balanced, informative and accessible books on the subject I have read. It is not anti-vaccination, it is pro-choice of vaccination and recommends taking a tailored approach to each child, based on parents being able to weigh up the risks of the disease versus the risks of the vaccination. The book gives parents valuable information to be able to do just this.

Whether you decide to go with the NHS child vaccination programme, not vaccinate your child at all or do some 'selective' vaccination, this book will give you helpful information about each disease, its background and symptoms and what each vaccine is designed to do and possible risks associated with them.

It also covers the new HPV vaccine for 12yr old girls and provides some interesting facts about its efficacy and testing.

Read this if you want to make informed decisions about which vaccines are right for your child/ren. Highly recommended.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars At last a sensible discussion, 4 Sep 2007
I think this book is excellent. Each of the childhood vaccinations is treated in turn and there are loads of references so you can go and determine whether you think the author is being biased or not. Which helps you make your mind up about whether to trust what he says. There is an excellent summary chapter at the end where he says which vaccinations he would and wouldn't give to his children if they were of vaccinating age again.

Its sensible, well-written and, most of all, in favour of CHOICE for parents. I think one of the biggest problems with the whole MMR debate is that parents feel choice has been taken away from them with no good, reasonable explanation.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read, 11 Nov 2008
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Simply but effectively argues that governments misinform both on the risks/benfeits of immunisation and the risks of the diseases. Dr Halvorsen does not appear to have an agenda, other than to originally inform himself and ultimately through this book, parents. If only all GP's would do their own research than pushing govt/NHS agenda's (anything to do with income received from hitting targets?).

My unease was confirmed by this book :use of mercury and aluminium; lack of trials both before and after introduction of a vaccine; increased risk arising from use of live vaccines - never mind triple risk of MMR; mild child hood diseases eg mumps being overplayed and no data to properly risk assess your child ie exposure risk, social and nutrional background; lack of life long immunisation form vaccine v natural imm. (leading to delayed and increased risk of adult onset disease with usually greater ramifications); hidden and not so hidden agenda's of civil servant careerist scientists and their associations with pharmaceutical companies; blanket extinguishment of critcal challenge due to the invidious assocation of research funding to govt and industry support and the (aka andrew wakefield - do you know he only said there might be some risk and that it needed further investigation?). CONSPIRACY does not seem too strong a word.

Read this (its an easy well written read, with simple vocabularly despite the medical context; BUT should have added graphs etc as an appendix)and be forearmed for the onslaught of every medical professional you will meet (my child is "overdue" by 6 months, I know). Ask them questions on all of the above and see how much they really know or how much they have swallowed the pill of immunisation orthodoxy; welcome debate but only on the basis they have done research and not soley read govt / nhs pamphlets.

If you do decide to vaccinate (and Dr Halvorsen is not anti immunisation per se which is what made him seem a voice of reason in all the debate); ask for the MANUFACTURER's patient information sheet so you can check the list of contraindactions yourself rather than rely on the GP's/nurse.

Its your child and your responsibility.
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