The Short Version

“So, they are saying that some people, ethically, can be sacrificed for the greater good. But what they never bothered to find out, even if you accept that as a moral rationale, was how many were being sacrificed. 500? 5,000? 500,000? How many are being sacrificed?”

- Barbara Loe Fisher, Co-Founder & President of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)

Everyone has heard that vaccines are “safe and effective.” This claim is held out as scientific fact and anyone who disagrees is immediately labelled as anti-science or dismissed as an ill-informed conspiracy theorist. But what few people realize is that while it is true that vaccines work and do save lives, the science behind the current U.S. vaccine schedule is regrettably slim and that a significant number of people, mostly children, are harmed by the very thing that is supposed to keep them healthy.

Like most people, you probably assume that any vaccine on the childhood immunization schedule has gone through the same kind of rigorous safety testing as any other drug. This is just not the case. Moreover, not only is the safety testing of vaccinations woefully inadequate, but there has been effectively no scientific research into the safety of multiple vaccinations administered one after another over a short period.

Most of us, including parents and physicians, naively assume that vaccines and vaccination schedules have been through a process of extensive safety testing that has been:

  •  Conducted over a long term

  • Tested on a large study group

  • Double blind tested against a true inert placebo

  • Tested both alone and in combination with other vaccines

And you’ve most likely assumed that all of this would have been done before being recommended—and in a growing number of states, mandated—to be used on millions of American children. You may be surprised or even shocked to learn that none of this has actually been done. The consequences, we argue—based on real data—is real harm.  

The problem is that without impartial scientific research we have no idea why some children respond so poorly to vaccination — yet it is absolutely clear that many do. There are theories as to why this is, including overloading the immature immune systems of children, the toxicity of ingredients used in vaccines, and allergic reactions or genetic predisposition, but to be clear, we have no definitive answer to what’s going on because the science has not been done. 

What we do know is that there is a problem. A real, serious problem. We can no longer pretend that the science is settled, and that vaccines are always safe and effective. 

We ask that you spend a little time reading the information in this prospectus, take an unbiased look at the current state of vaccine science and safety in our country, and finally, consider supporting the creation of an independent vaccine safety commission that would oversee our country’s vaccine recommendations and policies.