Making Sense of the Measles Outbreak

I am quite disappointed that you did not speak strongly against the use of vaccines manufactured using cells from aborted(murdered) children.  This fact is generally hidden from the consumer, and never mentioned by the doctor.

For a comparable situation, ISIS (the Islamic State) has approved the use of organs from their victims for transplants. Is it ethical to take them up on their offer? There is no doubt that lives will be saved, and ISIS will kill their victims anyway. But, if we partner with ISIS in this sort of thing we are participating in their crimes.

If the cells used for vaccines were taken from a child who had died of natural causes, that would be ethical. But, they specifically want a healthy child for the source of the cells. To go to an abortionist to obtain those cells, is comparable to going to ISIS for a transplant organ.

In regards to the idea of side-effects from abortion-related vaccines, that has no true bearing on the discussion.  It is the moral issue that matters.

You can't be pro life and pro vax at the same time, that's just not how this works! 

I cannot believe you claim to be pro-life/anti-abortion and yet you support vaccination. Do you not know that many many of the vaccines are produced using aborted children? You may say yeah but that was from abortions long ago. Really??? So those abortions are ok because they made vaccines from those babies body parts? How about the body parts they are using now days that are bought from Planned Parenthood, are those ok? I am sorry 2 wrongs do not make a right and the end does not not justify the means. I will never support this organization as long as you stand for vaccines because standing for vaccines means you really stand for abortion as well as supporting injecting animal dna and other toxins into our bodies and that of our children. You really need to rethink your stance.

It's with extreme disappointment that I post following reading the above statements.  There are toxins, aborted fetal cells, allergens like formaldehyde (my son and I are extremely allergic) and neurotoxins in vaccines.  They are not 100% safe.  My children were injured.  Unless FOTF can come up with a more balanced statement that fully acknowledges the right of parents to choose whether to vaccinate or not, and admits that there is valid scientific evidence to support BOTH SIDES of this issue, and that in the end parents, rather than the strong arm of government, should make these decisions, I cannot recommend FOTF to others. 

It only takes ONE of your children having horrific reactions to vaccines to take a step back and re-evaluate. We are anti-vaccine. We have done the research. We do not believe vaccines are SAFE. And children should not have to pay the price. More people should take a hard look at their diets and stop sticking so many terrible, horrible ingredients into themselves and their children.

Mr. Jim Daly, I have been a fan of FOTF and listen to your broadcasts on the radio often.  My family benefits from various resources you provide.  Focus always provides such a quantity of solid counsel and information on just about any topic one might be seeking Godly wisdom on.  I commend your organization for that.   I came to your website today seeking what sort of information you are providing for your followers (that is to say Followers of Christ) on the topic of vaccination, and more specifically the pressing issue of mandatory vaccination.  I read the above article, and I was struck by the lack of real information here.  Because its been a couple of years now since the "measles outbreak" I think perhaps its time for you to revisit the issue, as now it has grown into more of an issue for Christians to be more aware of.  The issue of "to vaccinate or not to vaccinate" is almost a bit antiquated in light of the new threat we are all facing, which is mandatory vaccination from the state, under penalty of law.  This is a real social issue that Christians ought to get off the couch and pay attention to.  Let me explain.  First of all let me say that in addition to your poor reasoning for supporting vaccines and the schedule that has been determined by the CDC, I was quite disheartened that no mention was made of the fetal tissue that is used as a host for the growth of some of the diseases that they then make vaccines from.  This is a very black and white issue considering that your stance on stem cells is that we ought not take one life for the benefit of another.  Supporting the use of these vaccines is a clear contradiction of this stance on stem cells.  If you will permit one you must be willing to permit the other.  Secondly, this information is no secret, and is readily available to anyone willing to do so much as read a vaccine insert, which I would love to challenge you to do, if you have not already.  Vaccine injury is real, and I would dare to say, a bit more real than the "deadliness" of most of the diseases vaccines CLAIM to prevent or eradicate.  Again, the research is out there.  However, this is not the main focus I would like to take with this note.  What I believe is an issue that pro-vaccine, and pro-vaccine-choice advocates alike ought to be able to fight together is one of the government control of what goes into our childrens' bodies.  While this is already in place to a degree, those of us who have reservations based on philosophy, or religion are able to opt out.  Now, I know you have been very vocal as of late on the issue of gender identity and restroom usage etc.  I believe this to be an important topic as well.  However, I wonder at the readiness to speak out on this, and not willing to take such a stance on medical freedom?  We should not be claiming "greater good" as a reason to support mandatory vaccines.  Science and research and numbers aside (which DO NOT support the theory that vaccines are the reason we don't see such diseases as we once did), staying silent on the issue that the government is gaining ultimate control over our children, (it has already happened in California) and what GOES IN THIER BODIES and NOT the parents, totally outweighs the government controlling how our children are being educated, (think common core) or who uses the bathroom with them.  If you can feel so strongly that these policies put our children at risk (and I would agree that they do) how can you not stand up and cry out "unjust!" at the threat of the government soon taking total control over our children's very bodies.  The vaccine issue is not as grey as I think most Christians would like for it to be, but one thing is certain: to vaccinate your child puts them at risk.  Vaccines have inserts that reveal KNOWN side effects including death! Vaccines contain substances that are TOXIC and HARMFUL.  these are facts.  Now another fact is that not vaccinating your child may also put them at risk.  But there is our common ground, where there is risk, there MUST be CHOICE.  Our bodies are sacred, they are not our own,(but certainly not the government's) they are temples of the Holy Spirit.  How we care for our bodies and the bodies of our children is a God-given responsibility, which is why it is as much a crime (Biblically speaking) to physically abuse a child, or expose them to drugs as it is to endanger them emotionally, or spiritually by exposing them to toxins such as porn, or verbal abuses.  I would love an opportunity to speak with you about this very important issue, and perhaps arrange for you to hear from other Christians on the issue of vaccination, and the threats we all face.  You took your stance against Obama care, and that was just the TIP of the iceberg of Government control over our medical choices.  

I am Christian and will no longer support FOTF because you encourage and support abortions an autism. Read the vaccine inserts, watch Vaxxed, then rewrite this hit piece on parental rights.

I am curious about Focus on the Family's stance on the two required vaccines that are derived from cell lines from aborted human fetuses and have no other ethical vaccine alternatives: the varicella and MMR vaccines. Does Focus on the Family support Christians using these required (now mandated through sb277) vaccines that were originally made possible by aborted babies? I know that Focus on the Family is a pro-life organization, and that is why I ask. 

Vaccines don't prevent disease and they certainly have never eradicated them. Here is a quote from the articlelinked below: "It is important to note that Dr. Hinthorn is hardly an unbiased source of wisdom on the supposed biblical defense of childhood vaccinations. As revealed by ProPublica, Dr. Hinthorn received thousands of dollars in payments from vaccine manufacturer Merck & Co. for the promotion of its vaccine for shingles, which Heimer pointed out also contains aborted baby ingredients."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/049687_vaccines_Focus_on_the_Family_Bible.html#ixzz3aP8x4Q4W

Vaccines? Sure. But MANDATORY vaccines?! You're on the wrong side of this one :( 

http://www.livingwhole.org/dear-focus-on-the-family-youre-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-vaccine-controversy/

I'm just now reading this. But I have a child who has had very very bad reactions to vaccines. I do believe in them (I'm not anti-vaccinations at all), but I do believe some children cannot handle them. Every person's body isn't a once size fits all. Believe me, I wish my child did not have such horrible reactions to them, so much so that I cry waiting to see if she is going to pull through them. If you have never experienced this with your own child you are very blessed. Sometimes it takes 5 days for the fever and other symptoms to go away. Its very scary. Everyone also has their own personal relationship with God and if you feel a strong conviction after deep prayer and study that you should space out vaccines or not get another one based on the horrible reaction your child has received, then that is your responsibility as a parent and as a child of God to follow your conviction. I just wish everyone wouldn't be so harsh to judge and realize that there are children who cannot handle every single vaccine and the parent and doctor have to decide that together. Not the government. It is very hard to get a medical exemption as it is. Religious exemptions should not be taken away. How horrible not to be able to make a decision for your child if you feel God is telling you otherwise. 

Hi, Jim.

I also wonder if Jim Daly is aware that Walt Disney provides support to Planned Parenthood, the number one abortion provider in the U.S. (fightpp.org).  With many family-friendly alternatives to Walt Disney, I would encourage him to set a good example by no longer supporting Disney.

It's disappointing to read that the Physicians Resource Council of Focus on the Family has strongly favored the recommended childhood vaccination schedule.  Besides the great comments already made about many concerns with the vaccinations, I ask: why does the CDC recommend the Hep B vaccine right after a baby is born?  Here's a link questioning why that is happening: http://www.naturodoc.com/library/bio-war/HepB.htm

As a fellow Christian, I'm extremely embarrased at the amount of ignorance.  Please do some accurate research - not anti-vaccine sites, pro-life sites.  But from peer reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and read up on the actual studies.  

It's good to hear news from a trusted source like you about this tragedy. We are praying more than ever for our persecuted Brothers ans Sisters around the world until Jesus returns in power and glory to set things right.  Maranatha! 

If  vaccines were completely safe, why is there a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - HRSA?  A portion of every vaccines given is paid into a fund to compensate parents for children who have been damaged by the vaccines.  I'm certain that the parents of those children would much rather have a healthy, whole baby than the money. 

I agree with the many thoughtful concerns voiced here about the risks of vaccines.   I stopped following the schedule when 3 of my children all had reactions at once to the same MMR shot.  But a greater concern is coercion by government.  Because issues like this are not always clear-cut, and because often special interests are behind misinformation, and because well-meaning people may be wrong, it is important for the government not to force people to follow the politically correct path.  I predict that in 20 years or less, no one will be following the current excessive vaccine schedule.

I too am concerned about the lack of an 'ethical alternative' for the MMR vaccine in this country. Most people are completely unaware about the usage of fetal cells in vaccine production. When will FOTF address this concern head on?? Unless many many people make it known to MERCK that we demand an ethical alternative to their MMR vaccine (which is currently the only one available to us in the US), nothing will change. I have eight months until my son is due for his MMR, and at that point if no alternative exists, what am I to do?

Evidently, your Physicians' Resource Council has not done a very thorough investigation into vaccines.  It appears that they must have gotten most of their information from the drug industry and US government without paying any attention to legitimate alternative medical media and the research and demographic study results that they have been reporting from research and testing done all over the world.

I wish you had a way for me to attach an article from Health Sciences Institute that covers the many problems with today's generation of vaccines, WHICH ARE NOT THE SAME ONES THAT WE SENIORS RECEIVED AS CHILDREN.  I believe that most vaccines were originally grown in chicken eggs, and most worked okay.  But today's vaccines, in order to save time and money, and to avoid bad reactions by egg-sensitive persons, are 1) often grown in aborted human fetal tissue, 2) have not been thoroughly tested for safety and age-related efficacy and safety, and 3) have additives like mercury, aluminum, and even the problematic monosodium glutamate!

In addition, and perhaps the worst problem, if it is true, is the possibility that some of the aborted human fetal tissue being used as a growth medium for many of today's common vaccines is CONTAMINATED WITH A VIRUS which, along with other strange ingredients, may be causing the increase in autism and childhood cancers noted since the introduction of these second-generation vaccines.

I have also been told that, because there are so many injuries from vaccines, the government has gives vaccine manufacturers an immunity from lawsuits by persons injured by their vaccines, instead setting up a separate government-run settlement program for those injured parties.  As I understand it, this was done in order to induce manufacturers to still produce these dangerous vaccines, including the nearly useless flu vaccine, in spite of the damage they are causing to people's health.

Please ask your Physicians' Resource Council to dig further into this issue so that you are not complicit in whitewashing another boondoggle from the pharmaceutical industry and our own government that is endangering all Americans, especially our children.  As Christians and Christian Families, we should care the most that we grow healthy children, not only spiritually mature, but with healthy bodies as well.  Focus on the Family should be leading the way toward exposing these dangers to our children, not following the politically-correct crowd!

I have researched and talked to doctors who do not have their children vaccinated, and people who have had their children vaccinated only to have their perfectly normal healthy child suddenly become autistic.  I found the best website to look at is the world health organization statistics on how Americans are vaccinated compared with other industrialized nations.  Note - the healthiest people on earth are NOT Americans.  In fact Americans are becoming the sickest people on earth - not only from being over-vaccinated at birth, but also from the food, liquids and drugs we ingest.  Take a look.  It is eye opening.  Note the age at which other healthy countries vaccinate their children and note WHAT vaccines they use.  Note which ones are outlawed in their countries that we USE in America!!  WHO is the place to look.  They are unbiased with their statistics!  Also go to a website that tells you what ingredients are in the vaccines.  Another eye-opener.  Get informed before making the choice whether to vaccinate or what vaccinations really do protect your child from a debilitating disease.  If you do choose to use the MMR vaccine, have it administered INDIVIDUALLY - not as 1 shot.   May God give you wisdom and guide and direct you in this.  

 “O” deaths from measles in last 12 years, (and possibly under 15 in the last 53 years since the measles vaccine was introduced!) 

Since 2005 there have been 86 deaths from the MMR vaccine – 68 of them children under the age of 3 years old. In addition, there have been nearly 2,000 disabled! 

Why would a parent risk their child to this? --Ed

 

WND EXCLUSIVE

MEASLESVACCINES KILL MORE THAN MEASLES

WASHINGTON – While those opposing mandatory vaccination formeasles are widely portrayed as ignorant and even dangerous by some officials,pundits and even news media accounts, Centers for Disease Control recordsreveal a startling truth – while no one has died of measles in the U.S. in thelast 12 years, 108 have died as a result of the adverse effects of the vaccinein that same time period.

The death statistics are recorded by Vaccine Adverse EventReporting System, or VAERS, which captures only a smallpercentage of the actual number of deaths and other adverse reactions to thevaccine. In addition, 96 of the 108 deaths in that 12-year time period were aresult of the MMR vaccine, now the preferred shot for measles immunization.

In addition, CDC statistic show measles deaths were rare in theU.S. before the vaccine became widely used.

The adverse reactions to the measles vaccines are much morewidespread than death, points out Dr. Lee Hieb, an orthopaedic surgeon and pastpresident of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons who hasstudied vaccines and written about them in medical journals.

In a recent commentary in WND, theauthor “Surviving the Medical Meltdown: Your Guide to Living Through theDisaster of Obamacare,” revealed that since 2005 therehave been 86 deaths from the MMR vaccine – 68 of them children under the age of3 years old. In addition, there have been nearly 2,000 disabled, according tothe VAERS data.

As a result of her study, Hieb questions the zealous push formandatory measles vaccination.

“If you believe absolutely in the benefit and protective valueof vaccination, why does it matter what others do?” she asks rhetorically. “Ordon’t do? If you believe you need vaccination to be healthy and protected, thenby all means vaccinate your child and yourself. Why should you even beconcerned what your neighbor chooses to do for his child – if vaccinationworks? The idea of herd immunity is still based on the idea that in individual cases vaccines actually are protective.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/measles-vaccines-kill-more-than-measles/#KUGKCfv5sT5RPeli.99

Do we have to be either/or about this? There is a disturbing correlation between typical autism onset and vaccination timing. What is the problem with shifting the vaccination schedule back a year to a time when the child's body is less vulnerable? There are probably other methodological changes that could be made, as well, but there seems to be a fortress mentality in the medical community that will enforce what they regard as a right to dictate in this matter rather than serving their patients, each and every one, to the best of their ability.