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RADIO CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
Broadcasting
The WORLD TOMORROW
Publishers of
The PLAIN TRUTH
August 17, 1962
Mr. Mason Reardon, Chairman
Sabin Oral Polio Vaccination Committee
P. O, Box 254
Gilmer, Texas
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to your letter of August 10, I would like to state briefly
our position regarding the Administering of oral or other vaccines.
As you may know, we do believe thoroughly in the Bible doctrine of
Divine Healing. We are not, however, a Church that unduly
emphasizes healing, nor do we make it a primary part of our message
to the world in our world-wide evangelistic effort.
Privately, however, and as a Church, we encourage members to trust
in God for their protection and their healing should sickness or
disease occur. If a member is weak in faith, there is no arbitrary
decision made for him, nor is there coercion by any member of the
Church upon any other member as to whether he seeks the aid of
organized medicine.
We have in our possession, gathered by our world-wide news bureau,
with wire services directly into Ambassador College campus, thick
sheafs of statistical evidence which completely render as false
some of the claims connected with the sabin oral vaccine. What is
considered "satisfactory results" with this vaccine?
For example, in the Dallas Morning News, for July 13, this year,
an article appeared which stated out of nine polio cases, six had
received Salk shots, in some cases all three of them.
Meanwhile, in New York, where sabin vaccines were being
administered, more polio victims were being counted. A clipping
from the New York DailY News said, "Three of those stricken had
received Sabin oral vaccine during a mass immunization program."
Headlines in the Oregon Journal said recently, "5 in state get
polio despite vaccine use." The article reported ALL of the cases
followed administration of the second dose of Sabin oral polio
vaccine. One of the stricken had also taken the Salk shot.
In the Springfield Daily News, on November 16, 1961, families
were seriously warned that polio serum can infect unvaccinated