MYTH #1: "Vaccines are completely safe..."
TRUTH #1: "Vaccination causes significant death and disability at an astounding personal and financial cost to families and taxpayers."
MYTH #2: "Vaccines are very effective..."
TRUTH #2: "Evidence suggests that vaccination is an unreliable means of preventing disease."
MYTH #3: "Vaccines are the main reason for low disease rates in the world today..."
TRUTH #3: "It is unclear what impact vaccines had on the infectious disease declines that occurred throughout this century."
MYTH #4: "Vaccination is based on sound immunization theory and practice..."
TRUTH #4: "Many of the assumptions upon which immunization theory and practice are based have been proven false in their application."
MYTH #5: "Childhood diseases are extremely dangerous..."
TRUTH #5: "Dangers of childhood diseases are greatly exaggerated in order to scare parents into compliance with a questionable but profitable procedure."
MYTH #6: "Polio was one of the clearly great vaccination success stories..."
TRUTH #6: "Vaccines caused substantial increases in polio after years of steady declines, and they are the sole cause of polio in the world today."
MYTH #7: "My child had no short-term reaction to vaccination, so there is nothing to worry about..."
TRUTH #7: "The long term adverse effects of vaccinations have been virtually ignored, in spite of direct correlations with many chronic conditions."
MYTH #8: "Vaccines are the only disease prevention option available..."
TRUTH #8: "Documented safe and effective alternatives to vaccination have been available for decades but suppressed by the medical establishment."
MYTH #9: "Vaccinations are legally mandated, and thus unavoidable..."
TRUTH #9: "Legal exemptions from vaccinations are obtainable for most - but not all."
MYTH #10: "Public health officials always place health above all other concerns..."
TRUTH #10: Ha ha ha ha!!!
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