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| VRAN E-Bulletin |  | January 2013 
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|   Dear VRAN Members and Friends, |  
| We’d like to thank you for responding so enthusiastically to our 
recent fundraising appeal in the Fall 2012 VRAN newsletter. Thank you 
for your kind donations and for renewing your VRAN membership. A 
reminder, membership renewal is due at the beginning of each year. We 
are grateful for your ongoing support which enables us to provide you 
with an overview of important events pertaining to the impact of 
vaccines on human health.  
Recently more than 140 nations agreed on a treaty 
 to rein in the use and emission of mercury, but the treaty continues to
 allow the use of the mercury containing preservative, thimerosal, in 
vaccines.  Mercury poisoning can affect immune system function and 
impair development of the brain and nervous system, posing the greatest 
risk to foetuses and infants. Named the Minamata Convention on Mercury 
in honour of the Japanese town devastated by the crippling effects of 
mercury poisoning, the treaty will be signed in Minamata in October and 
will take effect once ratified by 50 countries. 
 
Shockingly, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) wants to keep thimerosal 
 in vaccines for distribution to poorer nations as does the Global 
Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, whose main members are WHO, the 
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and UNICEF; PATH, 
the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health; and the Pan American 
Health Organization - which is part of WHO and procures vaccines for 
Latin America.
 
"The promotion of increasing vaccines comes from subsidized vaccine 
programs given by entities who claim to be 'helping' developing 
countries," said Dr. Jose Dorea, scientific expert and advisor to 
SafeMinds. "With our mothers and children here in Brazil and other 
developing countries already exposed to excessive levels of mercury, 
vaccines add another straw to a camel's back I fear we have already 
broken in many cases." |  
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SafeMinds says world's children are still at risk as international mercury treaty is subverted by special interests |  
| “In a bittersweet moment for the babies of the world, the United 
Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee has preliminarily 
allowed harmful injections of mercury from vaccines to continue 
 indefinitely while requiring other sources of toxic mercury in products
 to be phased out or banned. Under pressure from WHO, the U.S. FDA, and 
the American Academy of Pediatrics, governments at today's treaty talks 
gave the mercury preservative Thimerosal a blanket exemption from 
calling for replacement with safer alternatives.”  |  
| Mercury Stays in Vaccines by Heidi Stevenson |  
| “The upcoming mercury treaty will not ban mercury in vaccines. 
Instead, it will most likely have the opposite effect. It will probably 
prevent nations from banning mercury-laden vaccines.” ... full article here |  
| AAP & WHO Want to Keep Mercury in Vaccines by Jennifer Hutchinson |  
| “If unused vials of thimerosal-containing vaccines must be disposed
 of as hazardous waste because of the mercury content, then why is the 
AAP strongly advocating that thimerosal-containing vaccines continue to 
be injected into children’s bodies?” says Barbara Loe Fisher ... full article here |  
| To prevent injecting mercury (thimerosal) into pregnant women, 
infants and children around the world by supporting a global phase-out 
of mercury from all medical, pharmaceutical and personal care products. 
The second most toxic element on Earth has no place in 21st century 
medicine.  details here |  
| Prevenar 13 Pneumococcal Vaccine Damned in Belgian Media Reports |  
| Of the 287 children who had received the Prevenar 13 plus other 
vaccines on the same day, and experienced adverse effects, 62 had had 
neurologic episodes (62/287 = 21%). Of the 470 children who 
received the Prevenar 13 plus a hexavalent vaccine, on the same day, and
 reported adverse effects, 163 had experienced neurologic reactions 
(163/470 = 34%!!). ... full article here  |  
| Why you should avoid Tamiflu by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny |  
| In 2007, the Japanese ministry banned the use of Tamiflu in 
10- to 19-year-olds after delirious behavior was observed in some 
children taking the drug. They reported that those patients ages in
 that age group who Tamiflu had a 54 percent greater chance of 
exhibiting abnormal behavior than those patients who did not take the 
medication. Shockingly, there has been a new push has evolved to 
give Tamiflu to children as young as two weeks of age. ... full article here |  
| Tamiflu Approved for Infants Less Than One by GreenMed Info |  
| “Infants do not yet have a sufficiently developed blood-brain 
barrier capable of keeping the chemical out of their rapidly developing 
brains. Their detoxification systems are not sufficiently developed to 
remove the chemical rapidly enough to prevent harm.” ... full article here  |  
| Autoimmune Disorders Caused by Vaccines: A Smoking Gun, by Heidi Stevenson |  
| Autoimmune disorders—chronic diseases—have become a way of life for
 children and young adults, yet the cause is not being addressed. Here 
is clear and strong evidence that the cause is the massive number of 
vaccinations ... full article here |  
| Latest IOM Report Clears Vaccines of Safety Concerns by Anne Dachel |  
| Quoting from Barbara Loe Fisher, “This IOM report will be another 
piece of evidence to show legislators that doctors operating the 
mandatory vaccination system in the U.S. have developed a child vaccine 
schedule that has placed the love of power and money before love for 
children and respect for good science." ... full article here |  
| A Critique of Mandatory Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers by Jane Orient MD |  
| “In the view of public health authorities and many medical 
organizations, medical professionals by virtue of their occupation have 
forfeited the rights that apply to experimental subjects and patients. 
They are expected to assume unknown and potentially serious risks to 
achieve hypothetical, likely small protective benefits to patients, with
 no mention of indemnification for harm they may suffer. The influenza 
vaccine mandate is authority-based, not evidence-based. It is arguably 
both unnecessary and insufficient."  full article here  |  
| The Shocking Lack of Evidence Supporting Flu Vaccines by GreenMed Info |  
| “As it presently stands, it is not sound medical science, but 
primarily economic and political motivation which generates the immense 
pressure behind mass participation in the annual ritual of flu 
vaccination.” ... full article here |  
| U.S. Vaccine Court Awards Millions to Two Children With Autism by David Kirby |  
| “The federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, better known as 
"vaccine court," has just awarded millions of dollars to two children 
with autism for "pain and suffering" and lifelong care of their 
injuries, which together could cost tens of millions of dollars. 
Meanwhile, parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors of both children
 testified they were developmentally normal, if not advanced for their 
age when they developed seizures, spiking fevers and other adverse 
reactions to their vaccines. According to these eyewitnesses, the 
children never fully recovered, and instead began losing vocabulary, eye
 contact and interest in others around them, all classic symptoms of 
regressive autism.” ... full article here |  
| Meningitis Vaccine paralyzes 40 Children in North Africa by Christina England |  
| “Bemadji Benoit, journalist for the Journal Du Tchad, wrote 
that on day one of the vaccination program, three of the children were 
said to have become ill, suffering from convulsions, vomiting, 
headaches, and diarrhea. Their conditions were described as critical.” 
... full article here |  
| 10 Reasons to FULLY Vaccinate Your Child by Vaccine Liberation |  
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