Immunizations; regulations by State Board of Health. (HB1090)

This bill is made to order for increasing pharmaceutical profits. It is not in the best interests of the children of this Commonwealth. Please check with the National Vaccine Information Center before supporting this bill. Find out about the adverse event reports. The healthiest kids I know have never had these immunizations. As a result, they have been allowed to develop strong NATURAL immune systems. Of course, these kids don't eat junk. They have a diet of healthy whole foods. I am very surprised that Del. hope would sponsor this bill.

OK, that's terrifying nonsense. No amount of vegetable consumption will prevent HPV or polio or measles. The "National Vaccine Information Center" is an anti-science organization promoting the long-discredited idea vaccines cause autism. The outfit is largely funded by a vitamin company that claims, self-servingly, that diseases should be treated with vitamins instead of medicine.

Yes, clearly Virginia's immunization policies should be in line with the CDC's recommendations.

This bill is appalling. To mandate Gardisil AND flu vaccine is the height of hubris. If anyone wants to rely on vaccines to support their immune systems rather than commit themselves to a diet that will allow the immune system to thrive naturally, I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with Nanny government requiring that I also do that. My family works hard at it. Avoiding cheap food negates the need for reliance on synthetic immune boosters.

The very same CDC that Waldo touts as the resource we should all bow down to is the organization that was caught colluding with foreign governments to LIE to the Japanese Ministry of Health in order to convince them to incorporate Gardisil vaccine into their schedule. When this resulted in an alarming number of adverse events, INCLUDING SEVERAL DEATHS, Japan banned the vaccine and is now sueing the CDC, along with several other European nations. I watched CDC's vaccine safety summit and they admitted that they do NOT have safety data. NVIC is not remotely anti-science, and in fact houses a significant amount of study data, none of which support one-size-fits-all vaccination. Even NIH study data show that the risk of developing auto-immune disease is dramatically exacerbated by the extent of the vaccine schedule.

No, Virignia's immunization policies should not REQUIRE alignment with CDC's recommended schedule. Mr. Pope, I don't understand why you think this is a good idea, and you're welcome to shoot yourself up - but you are not welcome to insist that I do the same.

No, Japan did not ban Gardisil: they simply withdrew their recommendation that 12–16-year-old girls receive Gardisil vaccinations. As The Washington Post writes in that article, the Japanese government quickly realized that they had made a mistake in withdrawing that recommendation.

Sorry Waldo, As much as I respect you and your work (I find a number of your accomplishments extremely impressive); you don't have all of the information on this one. Do your homework. Check your faith in CDC recommendations against nutritional studies related to strong immune systems. A healthy diet has an enormous impact on immunity and, therefore, susceptibility to pathogens. Also, we are just recently beginning to consider the role of vaccines and their impact on the human microbiome (and vice versa). Medicine has, all too often, dictated from its perspective and "knowledge" (or lack, thereof) at a given time, only to have to recant later. I'm of the age when almost all young children had their tonsils removed. Later, the fashion was tubes in the ears. There is still a lot we don't know. Mandating a one size fits all approach is not only a deprivation of the right of choice. For some of us it can be devastating. I, for one, cannot take most antibiotics, pain killers, or anesthetics safely. I have almost died from some of them...and I am not alone. Hippocrates said it a long time ago, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." That has worked for me and mine.

I have modified Richmond Sunlight to provide warnings on vaccine-related bills, using the same language as Facebook, directing people to the Centers for Disease Control's website about vaccines.

Disinformation campaigns about public health are terribly dangerous, and I am not willing to have Richmond Sunlight used as a vector for their distribution.

If you’ve seen an outbreak of Hepatitis A its not pretty. And arguements against a vaccine that could prevent a loved one from having cervical cancer is criminal. I have no idea who came up with the idea that Gardisil causes a young person to have sex is mentally challenged. I think the COVID outbreak should teach the antivacsers and everyone that the world and germs are constantly changing. Without vaccines we would still have a large portion of the population dying from smallpox.