Jewish Vaccine Stories

http://kosherhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/overview2.pdf The current vaccine stance is tantamount to doctors recommending tobacco smoking  (similar to experts in the 1960s encouraging mothers NOT to breastfeed)  (See  Vaxx.news/smoking ) Control over Congress  In 2017, Pharma sent over 1,500 lobbyists with $279 million to Capitol Hill to push their agenda. http://vaxx.news/lobbyists - ALL Vaxx.news “short urls” forward to original sources like https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=h04&year=2017 || The ACIP 15 member board with unresolved conflicts of interest sets the recommended vaccine schedule http://vaxx.news/schedule Pharmaceutical Influence over the Medical Field  Payments to doctors, U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional talks, research and consulting. Over $9 billion (Aug 2013- Dec 2016) http://vaxx.news/docdollars || Pharma spends more on marketing than research: http://vaxx.news/marketing Conflict of Interests  Center For Diseas

Prof Helfand is certainly a very bright man. When this headline showed up on the screen, the first thought was "Professor Helfand did not write that headline. It is typical clickbait." But then the article made the point (in bold below) and the only thought is... Seriously? Suggesting that ELIMINATING a religious freedom BOLSTERS NY's commitment to religious liberty is an incredible fallacy. Let's get to the other point, though. What are the dangers of the Measles outbreak? That people will get the measles and get lifelong immunity? Is it possible that the measles vaccine doesn't work that well, which is why we're seeing so many adults - thought to be immune! - getting it? The "dangers of the measles outbreak" stem from the grim reality that people who think they're protected based on having multiple injections, multiple doses (more to come, I promise!) are still fearful that they're not protected! Why else would they view the unvacci

Common sense from a non-Jew https://theweek.com/articles/847598/vaccine-exemptions-are-necessary-part-religious-toleration  Vaccine exemptions are a necessary part of religious toleration  Matthew Walther June 18, 2019 Likely to be lost amid all the liberal preening about the mandatory vaccination bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week is the fact that, during the period covered by the so-called "epidemic," not a single person has died from a confirmed case of measles in the state of New York. The sun and moon have not dropped from the sky and the red-splotched corpses of thousands of victims do not litter the streets of Brooklyn. Nor are they likely to do so. Everyone involved knows this. The new law is legislation of the very worst kind — passed in a fit of self-aggrandizing indignation and meant to affect a single group of people who are all but named. I am referring to the minority of Orthodox Jews in New York who have refused to vaccinate their

Freedom died on June 13, 2019 and NY State politicians became guilty of destroying the lives of many people - all in the name of a political game brought on by Pharma, and bought by people who have decided that people who do not vaccinate are evil, stupid, and disease-carrying (all of which are evil accusations, straight out falsehoods, and malicious lies). AND that Religious views are not tolerated when it comes to vaccination hesitancy. We've addressed how there absolutely is a Jewish and Halachik approach to allow for Religious Exemptions. If you, as a Jew, think that taking away religious freedoms is a good thing - in a country which has enshrined in its First Amendment religious freedoms - you have no idea what precedent you have opened the door to. The government can now decide that religions manipulate minds - and you don't have the right to do that. The government can now decide that shechitah (ritual slaughter of animals) is inhumane and cruel and not in the int

The Slonimer Rebbe - Rabbi Sholom Noach Berezovsky - has an interesting following in the Orthodox world. His feelings on vaccination are unknown to me. However, he has a most insightful comment about childhood illnesses in his comments on Chapter 3 in Pirkei Avos (p 211). On the teaching of הוי קל לראש, he talks about how a person in younger years needs to be lighter, not held down by heavy burdens which prevent a person from achieving spiritual heights. To bring an example of how this works, he says "childhood is filled with childhood illnesses, and this does not damage them at all. When people get sick when they are older, every illness is dangerous. Because God gave each person the merit (and method) to survive, which is why there are so many illnesses in childhood. God thus gives the body strength to overcome most of the illnesses it will face later on. Once a person reaches old age, the strength weakens and the person can't even overcome minor afflictions." He

People who don't vaccinate are the problem, and of course, the vaccine is the solution! https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/new-measles-cases-down-amid-vaccine-push/ This is media bias. Who is to say who really knows? This article is pure propaganda. They have no idea how many people in NY had measles because so so so many people didn't go to the doctor because they WANTED to get the measles. They are not afraid of the measles. They didn't die. Fearmongering 101. Good job, NY Post. Pathetic. New measles cases down amid vaccine push By  Theo Wayt  and  Max Jaeger June 11, 2019  |  4:50pm The city is gaining ground in its  battle against the measles outbreak  gripping Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community, health officials said Tuesday — as they announced the closure of a tenth school for not complying with vaccination requirements. “We’re cautiously optimistic, but we’re not taking anything for granted,” Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissi

It could be that some people on Yeshiva Boards are physicians. What is becoming clear however is that not only are the yeshivas disregarding Religious Exemptions (Google Shulamith School), but they are also not accepting Medical Exemptions. Stating that Judaism doesn't believe in a religious exemption is a very monolithic way of looking at both vaccines and Judaism. There is a clear risk/reward equation which must be taken into consideration when choosing whether to vaccinate. Saying that Judaism does not give any credence to such an equation is silly, and clearly demonstrates that a person has not thought this through at all. Read the articles at the Religious Exemption link ! Then state unequivocally that Judaism has no Religious Exemption. I dare you. You won't be able to if you are honest with yourself.

It's not so much the viewpoint that is disturbing. It's that people who think this way are marginalized and have their character attacked.  Take issue with the substance of the argument! Let's HAVE the conversation! No. That is not allowed. If you don't believe in the god of vaccines, you (apparently) are a horrible human being. Sheesh. https://www.collective-evolution.com/2019/03/29/bestselling-authors-anti-vax-post-goes-viral-i-do-not-consent/ Bestselling Author’s ‘Anti-Vax’ Post Goes Viral: “I Do Not Consent” Published   March 29, 2019 By   Arjun Walia IN BRIEF ·          The Facts: Jamie McGuire, a New York Times bestselling author with a large social media following, recently shared why she does not consent to any type of mandatory vaccination initiatives. She received both support and backlash. ·          Reflect On: Why are people with big followings who oppose vaccinations and mandatory vaccine ini