Immunizations

Mandatory Vaccinations

September 1, 2009 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Who Owns Your Body? If you think the U.S. Constitution guarantees its citizens the right to refuse a compulsory vaccination program, think again. It never has. Mandatory vaccination laws date back to 1809, giving states and municipalities the right to… [read]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Vaccinations

August 1, 2009 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., well-known for his environmental activism, is also known for his staunch belief that the government has conspired to cover up the connection between vaccines and autism (as well as other neurological disorders). In his June 2005… [read]

Readers Write – Vaccines

February 1, 2009 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Our readers respond to our previous magazine issue: I really liked the vaccine articles. Our two-year-old daughter never had vaccinations and we are not planning to get them in the future. At the same time, we have a responsibility to… [read]

Dr. Tim O’Shea Responds to Vaccine Letter

February 1, 2009 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Originally I trashed this response to my article The Psychology of Vaccine Awareness because it was so uninformed and poorly conceived. On further consideration, I realized that the author pretends to harbor many misconceptions similar to many of the general… [read]

The Psychology of Vaccine Injury Awareness

December 8, 2008 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Last year I had the good fortune to be invited as a panel member to the Autism Conference in upper Michigan, along with Dr. Ed Yazbak and Dr. Boyd Haley. The conference was a grassroots event, organized by a local… [read]

What About Vaccinations?

December 1, 2008 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Popular opinion regarding vaccinations goes something like this: immunizations are one of modern medicine’s greatest achievements; they have prevented more suffering and saved more lives than any other medical procedure. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the… [read]