By Michael Manley
Are you aware that 30 percent of doctors in the U.S. do not vaccinate their children and that number is as high as 60 percent in other countries around the world? Are you aware that some countries do not even allow children to be vaccinated until they are at least two years old because of their immature immune systems? Are you aware that most vaccinations contain thimerosal, which is so dangerous that if the same amount of thimerosal the average child receives before age two (directly into his bloodstream) were to be dropped into twenty-three gallons of water that it would be considered unsafe for human consumption according to the EPA? And are you aware that the Hepatitis B vaccine causes genetic changes? Were you ever told that some vaccines contain tissue from aborted fetuses?
Let me ask you a very personal question. Do you have the right to raise your own child, or should a doctor, judge or social services decide what is best for him? What is the true story about vaccinations? That is something you will have to conclude for yourself. Now let me tell you my story.
I thought I was living in a free country until the evening of April 3, 2003 when my child was given a harmful vaccination against the wishes of my wife and me in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Inaccurate screening test results on my wife led the neonatologist to believe that my wife had hepatitis B. As he believed there was a high risk of transmission to our child during birth, he urged us to allow him to inoculate our newborn with the hepatitis B vaccine. Knowing the dangers vaccinations pose, especially to newborns with immature immune systems, we repeatedly refused to authorize the doctor to administer the vaccine. We stood firm on the grounds that we could not in good conscience abdicate our God given role to protect our child from medical treatment known to be harmful and dangerous. After threats by hospital social worker Joni Vohs that we could lose custody of our child if we did not comply, we found ourselves in an after-hours mock hearing at St. Mary’s Hospital, denied the right to procure any sort of competent defense.
Just the day before, my wife had given birth to our first child. We were allowed fifteen minutes notice of the hearing about to take place at the hospital. The judge and lawyers were already present at the hospital before we were notified. District Court Judge Charles Buss repeatedly denied our plea to postpone the hearing until the next day to allow us time to present specific evidence to support our position.
The neonatal physician, Dr. Noel Carrasco, was declared an expert witness and led the judge to believe that little or no risks were posed to our baby by administering the vaccine. Further, the judge was persuaded that waiting for a second confirmatory test on my wife (to arrive the next day) could reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine enough to warrant giving it immediately without waiting for further testing or even a proper medical diagnosis. Meanwhile the President/CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital, Robert Ladenburger, stood by and watched as all these events were transpiring. He did nothing to stop them.
My request to him for an opportunity to meet with him to appeal the decisions and actions being implemented was unmet, due to the “emergency” nature of the hearing.
In spite of our short notice of the hearing, we were able to obtain specific information about the inaccuracy and unreliability of the screening tests. This evidence was presented to the judge but disregarded in light of the doctor’s “expert opinion”. By court order, our daughter was given the shot. Charges of Dependency and Neglect were ordered by the judge to be filed against us. We became prisoners in our own town as we were ordered not to leave the county without approval by the court.
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