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persons. That is, that the vaccinated person becomes a carrier of
the live virus, and that members of his own family can and actually
HAVE contracted the disease simply from being in close contact with
a vaccinated person.
In a clipping from Atlanta, September 15, last year, it was noted
that eleven persons had been stricken who had just recently taken
Sabin vaccine. In a world affairs conference in Colorado, a noted
biologist said plainly (reported in the Rocky Mountain News) that
the Salk vaccine may ultimately "kill millions of Americans." He
said it particularly may "destroy the human kidney" and that it
would be "ten years from the first use of the vaccine before anyone
knows." Let me quote him further. His is not the stand of
religion, but of his own profession. "The Salk vaccine is frankly
a mess. We rushed into the program without any real reason to
believe it was effective, and without taking precautions." Richard
L. Meier, research associate in behavioral science at Michigan
University, said those who decided to use the Salk vaccine knew not
only the theoretical risks, but also the demonstrated risks.
This is only the beginning of the mass of evidence, some of it
starkly frightening, all of it decidedly revealing. One frankly
frightening article appeared in the Chicago American recently. It
said, in part, "Children with four, five, and six shots have been
known to develop polio. While such cases are few, their increasing
number in the last few years---national figures show that 23
percent of paralytic polio is now occurring in persons who have
three or more doses of vaccine---is of grave concern to health
officials."
Just last year, Massachusetts' children, after 150,000 of them
had been inoculated, had ten times the amount of polio than EVER
BEFORE!
The statistics are endless, it seems---and they are absolutely
frightening in their implications. Health officials argue there is
only a small risk. But the fact remains---there IS A RISK! The
final paragraph on the mimeographed form you enclosed should in
itself be an acknowledgement of this fact, that "there is no
responsibility on the part of the administering officials for any
reactions."
I take the time to thoroughly explain our position on this
particular point, Mr. Reardon, so you will understand. We are not
"faith-healing fanatics." We thoroughly believe in "proving all
things," however, and have seen clear proof from the medical
profession itself that the risk involved in taking live virus from
infected monkey kidneys into the human system can result in
unpredictable ways. We, therefore, candidly lay these facts before
Church members, and let them know of the dangers and risks
involved.
I believe one more factor is important. The doctors have plainly
said that vaccinated persons pose far more threat to UNvaccinated
persons so far as possible carriers of the disease is concerned.
Therefore, the people of Big Sandy will have nothing to fear
whatsoever from our un-vaccinated Church members. We cannot