Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Baby Boy Dies From Circumcision


Information about the case was published in the April edition of Paediatric Child Health.

The baby, whose name has been withheld by the parents, passed away after his bladder became enlarged to seven times their normal size.

The child was born at an unidentified Ontario hospital "sometime in the last three years," said Dr. Jim Cairns, Ontario's deputy chief coroner. "The family wants to keep this anonymous."

No charges were ever laid and no legal action was ever taken in the case.

According to the Paediatric Child Health article, the boy was "bottlefed and was reported to be doing well when he was circumsized."

Five hours later, the parents returned to their family doctor with the infant, who had become "irritable and had blue discoloration" below the belly button.

Doctors noticed the discoloration and slight swelling of the penis, but sent the child home.

Fourteen hours after the circumcision, according to Cairns, the child was brought to another hospital where doctors noted he was extremely irritable with marked swelling of the penis and bruising to the scrotum.

The child was then transferred to a paediatric centre, where his bladder was diagnosed, Cairns said, to "seven or eight times its normal size."

Image of PlastiBell ring.

The PlastiBell ring, which is used to hold back the foreskin after circumcision, was removed and drained and the child went into shock.

"If the PlastiBell had been taken off five hours after he got there, he would be alive," said Cairns.

The child's death was attributed to septic shock - "an overwhelming infection, leading to multi-organ failure," Cairns said.

"Death is rare after circumcision," said Cairns. "But complications can happen."

The case was brought to Cairns' attention because the circumstances of every death of an Ontario child under five years of age must be reviewed by the provincial coroner's office.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Vaccination: The Basics...



January 2011

North American children are now the most vaccinated on earth. Since 1980, Canadian vaccine schedules have more than doubled the types of vaccines given; for the first 4-6 yrs of life alone, Public Health now recommends 46-47 doses of thirteen different vaccines. The first 8 doses are given in three or four shots at two months.

It’s been declared that today’s children are the first generation whose parents will outlive them. Today, 10% of Canadian children have life threatening afflictions. In the last 25 years, concurrent with vaccine increase, there have been huge declines in children’s health in many categories:

•Autism – increased over 1000 times in less than one generation; 1/91 in USA
•Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – 10%
•Learning Disability – 1/6
•Severe Mood Dysregulation (eg bipolar disorder) – 1/30
•Ear Infections – 50% of Canadian 2-3 yr olds since birth
•All types of Allergies – increased six times since 1980
Anaphylactic Food Allergies – doubled in the last decade
•Allergic Eczema – 1/5
•Asthma – 1/8 or more; 10% of Canadians 2-7 yrs old
•Obesity – tripled since 1980; 25% of Canadian children overweight or obese
•Juvenile Diabetes – more than 100% increase since 1980

In contrast, Chicago-based Homefirst Medical Clinic, run by a group of doctors including medical director Mayer Eisenstein MD,JD,MPH, have no known autism and super-scarce allergies in their children, most of whom have had no vaccinations. Two studies done in New Zealand in 1992 and 1995 show that the unvaccinated children clearly have less allergies, less otitis (ear infections), less tonsillitis, less running noses, less epilepsies and less ADHD.

For the first time in history…children are sicker than the generation before them. They’re not just a little worse off, they are precipitously worse off, physically, emotionally, educationally and developmentally.

- Judy Converse, MPH, RD, LD; Why Do Pediatricians Deny The Obvious?, 2006
Vaccinations may cause significantly more injuries and deaths than they prevent.
The medical establishment considers vaccines effective if they suppress a few targeted illnesses – but at what expense? An emerging body of evidence indicates that vaccines can damage a child’s developing immune system and brain, leading to life-threatening or debilitating disorders like autism, ADHD, asthma, peanut allergy, juvenile diabetes, etc or to SIDS, death itself. If this is true, the number of vaccine-related deaths per year outnumbers deaths from so-called “vaccine-preventable” illnesses.

Historical trends show that deaths caused by illnesses targeted by vaccines had already declined by as much as 98% before mass vaccination programs for them began. Statistical tampering and incomplete and selective reporting over the last sixty years has made vaccination appear more effective than it truly is. For instance, the seemingly dramatic decline in polio cases after introduction of polio vaccine coincided with a change in diagnostic criteria from paralysis lasting 24 hrs or more to paralysis lasting at least 60 days. Polio incidence actually increased after vaccine was introduced; the oral polio vaccine became the sole cause of paralytic polio in North America until it was discontinued here.

Infectious diseases can be made worse by fever-suppressing drugs and antibiotics. Fever is part of the immune process; if it is stifled, infections that would otherwise be merely inconvenient can become dangerous, even deadly. Routine use of fever suppressants during illness and after vaccination is inadvisable.

Antibiotics increase the number of bacterial toxins released into the body by killing other bacteria not targeted. Some also diminish Vitamin C, thereby inhibiting the immune system.

Vaccine injuries are drastically under reported. Although there is a government system in place for reporting vaccine reactions and injuries, most incidents go unreported. Doctors, who naturally do not want to admit to participating in a practice that injures a child, often choose to deny or disregard even the most obvious connection between a sudden health issue and vaccination. As a result, it is believed that fewer than 10% of vaccine injuries are actually reported; it’s impossible to know exactly how many children are injured each year.

Vaccines damage the immune system. A healthy immune system has two main parts, Th1 and Th2. Th1 leads with the first and most important immune response, to sense and eliminate incoming disease-associated organisms and particles. Th2 then creates antibodies and a memory of the disease. Babies are born with immature immune systems in which Th2 dominates. As their immune systems mature, dominance switches permanently to Th1. Usually, infectious agents enter the body through the nose and mouth, triggering Th1 which normally combats them effectively. But vaccines injected into the body bypass Th1 and over-stimulate Th2. This confuses the normal maturation and skews the functioning of the immune system; Th2 becomes dominant and the crucial Th1, suppressed. The result can be autoimmune disease (eg juvenile diabetes), allergic disorders (eg eczema, asthma and life threatening anaphylactic allergies to everyday foods like peanuts) and frequent infections (eg colds and ear infections).

Vaccine ingredients are risky. They include dangerous preservatives and adjuvants (chemicals which increase immune response) and other potentially harmful substances: aluminum phosphate, phenol (carbolic acid), MSG, formaldehyde, gelatin, etc. The flu shot still contains mercury. This and other toxins can accumulate and eventually suppress the immune system, cause brain damage, and lead to a myriad of health issues and developmental disorders. Exposure to toxins during the critical stages of development before age two is especially dangerous to the brain.

Some vaccines are made using tissue cultures: monkey kidney, foetal calf blood, chick embryos, aborted human foetal lung, yeast, etc. It’s impossible to remove all contaminating viruses and proteins left from this process. Injected contaminants can create immune problems including anaphylaxis. Other vaccines have genetically engineered or artificially fragmented active ingredients. These could result in injuries as yet unrecognized.

Vaccine safety has never been proven. Studies to compare the overall long-term health of vaccinated versus unvaccinated people have never been done, nor have studies to discover the combined and cumulative effects of so many vaccines. Safety studies prior to vaccine licensing are typically inadequate and limit follow-up to a few days or weeks.

Vaccinations are given indiscriminately. There are no tests to determine which children are likely to respond adversely to vaccinations. Little concern is given to innate health and family health history. Underweight babies are routinely given the same dosage using the same schedule as babies of normal weight. Unlike other drugs, vaccines are administered using a one-size-fits-all policy.

The wholistic approach treats the body with care.
Immunity is and can be acquired naturally. A foetus receives antibodies acquired by its mother from infections she’s previously had. After birth, breastfeeding provides multiple immune factors and optimum nutrition to the baby’s body and brain. Breastfeeding is so exquisitely refined that it continually changes and adapts to the baby’s needs as they change.

Immunity derived from exposure to infections can last a lifetime. Any immunity provided by a vaccine wanes over time and puts the child at risk of a more dangerous infection later in life. Infections contracted in childhood encourage optimal balance of Th1 and Th2 and may actually accelerate development and learning.

A healthy lifestyle continues the immunity established by breastfeeding. Excellent nutrition, avoidance of toxins of all kinds, sufficient rest, and being part of a loving family all contribute to freedom from disease of any kind.

The very young (babies and small children) are at high risk because their brains are undergoing the most rapid development at the very time they receive the greatest number of vaccinations…they receive many inoculations (up to 9 inoculations) in one office visit. This is insane and in my estimation, criminal.

- Russell L Blaylock, MD, CCN; How Vaccines Can Damage Your Brain, 2008
Vaccination is based on fear.
Vaccination ignores our evolutionary history. We have survived in co-habitation with multitudes of germs. There’s a balance between immune enhancement and immune depletion. We can encourage the former by acknowledging the power and competence of our bodies to heal themselves.

Those administering vaccines rarely, if ever, provide full information on the vaccines being injected; they exaggerate risks of infection and don’t explain that vaccines may be just as risky or worse.

Vaccinations are NOT mandatory in Canada. “Unlike some countries, immunization is not mandatory in Canada; it cannot be made mandatory because of the Canadian Constitution. Three provinces require proof of immunization for school entrance: Ontario and New Brunswick for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella immunization; Manitoba for measles. But, exceptions are permitted on medical or religious grounds and reasons of conscience; legislation and regulations must not be interpreted to imply compulsory immunization.” (Immunization in Canada; May, 1997; Vol 23S4)

Note that Ontario and New Brunswick exemption forms are available.

Printed with permission. VRAN.org
http://vran.org/about-vaccines/vaccine-essentials/vaccination-the-basics/

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Canadian Children Do NOT Need To Be Vaccinated To Attend School



There are a lot of straight up lies passed around regarding this subject, so let me set the record straight. It is against the charter of rights and freedoms. The truth is that all children have a right to an education, regardless of their vaccination status. The following information was found after searching for 20 mins. on the Ontario Ministry Of Health And Long-Term Care website. You can find the page HERE.  (It's been moved to HERE.)

I feel as though this information is hidden from the general public in an attempt to make parents feel as though they HAVE to have their children immunized. It's just not right. If you choose not to vaccinate your children, you shouldn't be afraid that they will be kicked out of school for it.

Ontario, NB, and Manitoba require an "Exemption Form", which is available at your local Health Unit. I'm not sure about NB or Manitoba, but in Ontario it needs to be notarized and then returned to the Health Unit where it will be kept on file. If your child's school has an outbreak of a disease--such as measles, your child will be asked to stay home until the outbreak is over. (Personally, I don't want my kids at school when everyone else has measles anyways...LOL.) I have yet to pick up our exemption forms since my kids are still 2 years from going to school, but what I was told is that the Health Unit has a nasty problem of "losing" the exemption forms, so keep a copy of one handy just in case the school requires it for some reason. It could be what keeps your child in school until you can have another one notarized.

Don't let your school tell you that your child cannot attend unless they are fully vaccinated. That is nothing more than a scare tactic to get you to join the herd. It is illegal for them to expel your child for not being vaccinated, so long as you have an exemption form filled out and turned in.

For the record, other than the three listed above, no other province and/or territory in Canada requires an exemption form. You simply tell the school that your child is not vaccinated, and they keep a record of it at the school, and if there is an outbreak, your child is asked to remain at home until it's over.

Is immunization required for attendance at school or day care in Ontario?
(Taken from http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/immun/immunization.html )

"For children attending school in Ontario, a written immunization record or proof of immunization is required, by law, for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella unless there is a valid written exemption. Parents/guardians are required to provide this information to their local public health unit, and to update the information as necessary.

Children attending licensed childcare centres should be immunized according to their age and as recommended in the Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario - 2009 or as current. You may contact your local public health unit for more information.

You may decide because of medical, religious or philosophical reasons not to immunize your child. In this case, you will need to provide a valid written exemption to your local public health unit. If the disease appears in your child's school or childcare centre, your child may have to stay out of school/childcare until the disease is no longer present."


I sent an email to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and asked why this information is not readily available to the public. I asked why it's so hard to find...I've found it once before and when I searched again for it, it took me 20 mins., and 13 steps to find it...and I knew exactly what I was looking for. I also asked if a Doctor has the right to refuse to keep a patient (or their children) if they are not vaccinated, or if they fill out an exemption form. I was sent this:


Ministry of Health
and Long-Term Care
Correspondence Services
2nd Floor
56 Wellesley Street West
Toronto ON M5S 2S3


HLTC2966MC-2010-10281

Dear Ms. XXXXXX:
Thank you for your letter to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, expressing concerns that the Health Canada website could mislead parents into believing that their child had to be vaccinated in order to go to school.

In Ontario vaccines are available, at no cost to the general public, through publicly funded immunization programs. All Ontarians are encouraged to access vaccine through the publicly funded programs, through which provincial laws protect the right to informed consent. The statement you have noted from the Health Canada website “…your child may not be allowed to attend school without proof of immunization…” is a true statement for the province of Ontario. The single, mandatory component to attend school in Ontario is to declare your child’s immunization status according to the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA)


The purpose of the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) is to protect children against the six diseases designated in the Act. The diseases are; Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps and Rubella. Even under the ISPA, people that choose not to be immunized can complete and submit a statement of conscience or a religious belief affidavit to the relevant health authority, thereby allowing parents the ability to opt out of immunization for their children.


However, please be aware that, in the event of a vaccine preventable disease outbreak at a school, immunized children that are susceptible to the outbreak may be excluded from school by the Medical Officer of Health for that jurisdiction for the duration of the outbreak.


The medical exemption form and the statement of conscious or religious belief forms are attached to the ISPA and are located on page 2 and 3 of the Act. If you wish, you may access this information and the form via the Internet through the Service Ontario E-Laws site that is located at http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca. For your convenience the specific information for Ontario that you have requested is located at the following link:

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http://www.search.e-laws.gov.on.ca/en/isysquery/bbacc18d-87ec-4129-9a7a-eb397fe67d7d/1/doc/?search=browseStatutes&context=#hit1

The ministry is not aware of any laws in Ontario or Canada that allow physicians to refuse services to children that are not vaccinated. You may wish to contact the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for information on the college’s interpretation on the acceptability of such a refusal of service. The CPSO may be contacted at, feedback@cpso.on.ca

Again, thank you for bringing your concerns to the attention of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Sincerely,


M. MacPhail
Correspondence Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

This is all great and dandy, but he really did just completely avoid the entire question about why it is so hard to find the information. Maybe he can't answer because of his job? Or maybe he can't say "because if we made it easier to find that information, people would know and not vaccinate."

Either way, they're being less than transparent with their information. Am I all that surprised? Not so much. At least now you know. It's never to late to stop vaccinating, or researching this information for yourself.

**Update: Aug., 2012**

The information from the first link I provided can no longer be found there.  The second link I posted goes to  the "Public Health Agency of Canada" website.  (Again, you can find the page HERE.)

The information on that site says this;


"Is immunization compulsory in Canada? Does my child have to be immunized?

Answer:
Immunization is not compulsory or "forced" in Canada, but we do have regulations that help ensure that as many people as possible are protected by vaccines from the diseases they prevent. Some provinces require certain vaccines to be given before a child can enter school, but these are not mandatory in the usual sense of the term. Rather, parents (or children, if they are old enough to give consent) are required to declare a choice of whether to have their child (or themselves) immunized or not. If they choose not to, the child may be told that he or she must stay home from school if there is an outbreak of disease. This rule is designed to keep unimmunized children from getting sick and to keep the outbreak from spreading. School entry regulations also give parents an opportunity to bring their child's immunizations up to date. Health care workers may also be required to have certain vaccinations, such as hepatitis B vaccine and an annual 'flu shot. If they refuse, they may be required to stay away from work during an outbreak. This practice protects their patients, who could be in grave danger if they became ill with a communicable disease."
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I'm going to give it to you straight. Your children depend on you to keep them alive. If you know NOTHING and only follow the herd, you might as well not have kids. You MUST know what the hell you're talking about when it comes to their health. You MUST be educated on what is in the vaccines, what they do, how well they work, what can happen, the adverse effects, the diseases, how they present themselves, how to prevent them, what they can do, and how to cure them. You need to know about the immune system and how vaccines can damage it. You need to know how to make it strong, so it can naturally fight off disease...you can't stop vaccinating and just leave your child eating trans-fat filled garbage.  Your job is to know what you're doing.  What the risks on either side are.  And then you need to make a choice.

Educate before you vaccinate. If you're reading this you have access to the internet. Use it for something more than a place to gossip about your MIL. Research. Your children's lives depend on it!

For some fantastic information go to DrTenpenny.com (or find her page on Facebook), Proud Parents of Unvaccinated Children (website) or (Facebook), VAERS, or look at the information on the Health Canada, CDC, and FDA websites. If you search for FACTS and not their biased opinions, you'll be terrified. Also, ask for the "package insert" that comes with EVERY vaccine. Take it home and look up the ingredients online. And read what it says can happen after vaccination.