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Summary: 3years to late for me, comforting still Parents Must Read.
Review: 15 years old today, if I knew then what I know now it would of changed my life. Anyone with hopes of having a child should read this book and believe, my daughter is living proof of what the DPT vaccine can do. I tell everyone I know about this books in hopes of sparing them the horror we have and still are living through.
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Summary: Pertussis Vaccine side effects are real and have been hidden
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I am an RN, and have been taking care of a child with seizures, and brain damage for over a year now. The parents gave me his history.
The theory was that the seizures and developmental problems, which started after 3 months of age in an otherwise totally normal child until that time, were caused by the pertussis vaccine.
There was never a way to prove his problems were due to the vaccine, although all tests on the child and parents were negative as to any cause.
I cared for this child for a year before I read the book.
I was amazed at the similarity of his history with that of many other children in the book, and when I finished reading the book, there was no question in my mind that this child's problems were due exclusively to the vaccine. Anyone considering parenthood,are pregnant, have newborns,are grandparents; owe it to themselves to read this book. Be informed of the side effects so your child won't be one of the statistics. There are other alternatives, and also the new acellular vaccine is available now, but only to those who ask until the old vaccine is no longer available.
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Summary: Comment
Review: DPT: A Shot in the Dark, '...is a well-balanced book of medical and legal information,
containing interviews with 100 parents of children damaged by the pertussis vaccine. As
stated by its authors, this book is a compilation of information... it is not intended as
medical advice. Its purpose is to familiarize parents with the possible risk involved, thus
assisting them in making an informed decision about immunization.' S.A. Laliberte in
Bangor Daily News, March 10, 1985.
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Summary: A major eye opener regarding the medical establishment
Review: Even if only half the allegations in this book were true, it would be worth the read. As I read the account of how children were damaged by the vaccine and how doctors and public officials reacted and tried to cover up the truth, I wondered, if these kids had been mice and the mice had shown the same symptoms after doses of the vaccine, would there have been any hesitation in implicating the vaccine? Probably not, because the conclusions are inescapable. In addition, there are no financial stakes involved in vaccinating mice. I am a highly trained scientist and I find that the questions and criticisms raised by the authors are valid. Their work here pertains to the whole cell pertussis vaccine, but I would suggest that parents raise the same questions about the acellular pertussis vaccine. One has only to read the package insert to learn that it is NOT a benign concoction, free from "the side effects of the whole cell one" as doctors will no doubt tell their patients. This book has shown that apparently, our kids' lives are not as important as the profits that drug companies could make, or the reputation of the medical establishment, at least in the eyes of the lawmakers who are responsible for making vaccination compulsory in this country. I salute the parents, doctors and other scientists as well as the journalists who had, and continue to have the courage to bring the dangers of many medical practices to the attention of the public. This book is definitely becoming part of my library.
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Summary: right on target (maybe)
Review: i casually picked up the book while awaiting my appointment in the doctor's office, and couldn't put it down, taking it with me when i left. the information may or may not be true. it all sounds reasonable to me, and i do know that doctors DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. and i also know that the medical profession is generally very defensive and will go to great lengths to preserve the "status quo" of their beliefs. i would encourage anyone to read this book and investigate to the maximum the allegations which were made. whether you agree or not with the premise, the case histories were fascinating.
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Summary: right on target (maybe)
Review: i casually picked up the book while awaiting my appointment in the doctor's office, and couldn't put it down, taking it with me when i left. the information may or may not be true. it all sounds reasonable to me, and i do know that doctors DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. and i also know that the medical profession is generally very defensive and will go to great lengths to preserve the "status quo" of their beliefs. i would encourage anyone to read this book and investigate to the maximum the allegations which were made. whether you agree or not with the premise, the case histories were fascinating.
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Summary: Still Relevant in DTaP age
Review: I heard about this book soon after my daughter had a vaccine reaction in 2002. I figured the contents might not apply to me since my child got the DTaP vaccine (with acellular pertussis) instead of the no-longer-in-use DTP with whole cell pertussis. I finally decided to read it in late 2004.
I couldn't believe how very relevant and applicable the book is to my situation in 2004. Yes, this book IS STILL VERY RELEVANT in a world where DTP has been replaced by DTaP.
How is it still relevant?
In my case, my child had inconsolable high pitched screaming for 6 hours straight after her 4 mo. shots. As explained in the book, high pitched screaming is a known and well-documented adverse effect of the whole-cell pertussis component of DTP. My child did not get DTP but instead got "the safer" DTaP, and yet this reaction still occurred. There were also longer term side effects that this book would categorize as neurological. My infant stopped making eye contact for over a week, and my previously vocal and communicative infant stopped cooing for nearly 4 weeks!! How I prayed every day God would give me my baby back!
When I reported the longer term side effects to my doctor, she dismissed it as "anecdotal" suggesting there is nothing in the data to support that a lack of eye contact or loss of cooing could be caused by any vaccine. I couldn't believe the disrespect and disregard for my report of the facts of what had occurred. This book offered some relief and support in this regard because I know now that I am not alone. And this is unfortunate. Other parents of children who have vaccine reactions are treated similarly by their pediatricians.
I concur with asking the question posed by the author, exactly when did the medical community switch from listening carefully to reports of symptoms from parents and patients and begin to listen only to published reports from controlled studies - most of which are funded by organizations with a conflict of interest? Something is very wrong with a system that denies and dismisses the valid reports of concerned parents who have witnessed changes in their child post-vaccination.
In my case, prior to reading all I could get my hands on about vaccines, I was ready to agree with the doctor that my daughter should continue with all other vaccines eliminating only the pertussis vaccine. Then, just before the next round of shots were given, a last minute record review indicated that the leg that had swollen up like a goose egg was not even the leg where the DTaP was administered!! Polio and Hib went into that leg!!
So what a quandry for this parent, indeed! Which toxin caused the swollen leg? Which toxin/vaccine/component caused the loss of eye contact? Which caused the cessation of verbal cooing and the ongoing restlessness and the changes in sleep patterns? Was it acellular pertussis? Or was it diptheria, tetanus, hib, or polio? Or could it have been some ingredient in the vaccines, a preservative or adjuvant material? Could it have been carryover materials from the human fetal cells or animal cells used in manufacturing? No one will ever know. Nor will answers ever come as long as the medical community continues to deny that vaccine reactions occur.
The last sentence of the book reads, "The time has come to become educated about vaccines."
I completely agree with the author on this point and think others will too after reading this book and others on the topic of vaccine safety.
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Summary: The truth....
Review: In barbara Loe Fisher's book, A shot in the dark, She reveals chilling stories and facts surrounding the truth about the DPT vaccine. Parents, I recommend this book highly when thinking about immunization. Having been proven affected by the DPT shot, I can tell you that what she tells is the truth. I have ADD, ADHD, Epilepsy and a host of other allergies/afflictions. At the time of the conclusion of my lawsuit, I was only one of two DPT affected children who were lucid, fully functional people able to lead what would be considered a "normal" lifestyle. Most others are severely crippled. I also might add that I was at one time featured in this book(I've not read this edition, so I can't verify that).
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Summary: It's Horrible!!!!
Review: It is so horrible to believe that this truely happens to children and their parents. I wish I had read the book 21 yrs. ago, but thank the Lord my children were okay. But you better believe I'm going to recommend this book to every pregnant person I know, I will at the very least include it with a baby shower gift. As I read the stories I cryed my eyes out, it broke my heart as a mother. It must be the most terrible nightmare for a parent to live with, after a reaction to the "shot". I do remember my children getting red sore hot lumps where the injection was, and they did vomit at least once. It just so awful that we can't trust anything in our society, not our President and not our Doctors.
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Summary: Parents, beware of the dangers that imperil your children
Review: Never before has any book outlined so well the extreme horrors that will inevitably befall many of our nation's children due to the DPT shots that have been enforced on our nation's young. At this moment in time, children (and adults) are suffering from the ramifications of these vaccinations such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), dissociative disorder, schizophrenia, seizures, Crohn's disease, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, antisocial personality disorder and too many other illnesses to mention here. When those of our country finally band together and recognize that only a mere handful of individuals are benefiting from these vaccinations (and that in the form of financial remuneration), then and only then will our country begin to awaken to recognize that a recovery is necessary in order to ensure the furtherance of the human race, for all the damage this has done since the 1940's until now.
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