The guest for the first hour was vaccine attorney Alan Phillips. Alan talked about the ins and outs of vaccine exemptions; how they apply to daycare and public schools, vs nursing school vaccination requirements, vs hospital and health care industry requirements. Alan also discussed the NVIC Vaccine Advocacy Portal, a resource for staying abreast of vaccine-related legislation in your state.
The guest the second hour was Michael Belkin, who spoke to the loss of his infant daughter to a Hep B shot, and the outrageous treatment to which he was subsequently subjected by the vaccine industry. A musician, Michael’s grief found outlet through soulful songs, via his band, The Refusers. The music of The Refusers opens each hour of the show, and is not to be denied.
The issue of trust was Correlation Implies Causation. The mantra, “correlation doesn’t equal causation,” used by public health officials and doctors to assuage parental concerns raised by the hundreds of thousands of serious reactions reported associated with vaccines, is a smoke screen, unworthy of those who state it. Vaccines can damage, and vaccines can kill. To then attempt to motivate people to vaccinate by implying they can simply discount reported injuries, with no proof, on an individual case basis, that the reactions are not causally related to the vaccines, crosses an ethical line. It is a coercive use of the bully pulpit enjoyed by medical professionals.
