I want to repeat and make clear that I'm not on board with the idea that the government is conspiring to make us all sick; however, this is one area of healthcare where I wish the government would get involved more for the good of the community.
Suspending for the moment the many reasons why I am so angry and against the way some things are done, for example thimerosal in vaccines, there was a reason behind some of these actions. Thimerosal, for example, was added to vaccines originally to save lives. In 1928 a man named Dr. Ewing George Thomson made what started out as a promising attempt to immunize children against diphtheria. The first set of 21 children who were injected were fine. About three days later another 21 children were injected with the vaccine from the same vile; this time 11 of the 21 children died because of dangerous microbes that found their way into the vile. Thimerosal would have killed anything that would have found it's way into the vile, however, because of it's very horrifying and sometimes deadly side effects, I think it is long past time that we look for another way to protect ourselves from a similar fate.
I think it is important to support our government even when we don't agree with them; at the same time, when the government is wrong the government is wrong. There is nothing wrong with exercising our right to freedom of speech and coming forth to make our views known. I have great hope that in the near future we can take an objective look around us and be real about what is building our community and what is damaging it. When we don't want to do something about the elements that are toxic to us such as the fluoridation of water supply, I have hope that one day we can be honest about why. Until all of this happens, however, there are steps that we can take to protect our own inner space and the environment that exists around our families. I'm taking those steps even today, and I'll contiue to share how on this blog. ;-)
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