Need top vax studies for Catholic Religious Exemption Consideration

[simplemama]

I am working with officials in the Catholic Church to allow for more of their members to use the religious exemption to vaccinations for school enrollment. They have requested me to collect and submit studies that show that vaccinations can and have indeed cause serious reactions. I know there is a lot of information floating around here and other places. I only want to submit reputable, official, published information. I am also considering contacting some medical professionals like Dr. Sears and the like for more information.

Thanks to all who can recommend the best studies and resources for this!

[ammiga]

You can have them look at VAERS. The numbers and reactions there speak for themselves, especially if you show them the CDC statement that only 1-10% of reactions are reported. So they need to multiply the number of reactions by 10-100 to get the number of injuries that the CDC acknowledges.

[Marnica]

tell them to read the package inserts.....

just curious....I'm pretty sure that one does not need the stamp of approval from the Catholic church to claim a religious exemption to vaccinations. The law written in most states recognizes religion as a personally held belief and the supreme court has ruled that they cannot ask you what religion you belong to. I'm glad they are wanting more info but they cannot allow you or not allow you to claim a religious exemption.

[alegna]

I expect what the OP is working on is NOT having Catholic schools reject exemptions- which they do here.

-Angela

[simplemama]

i will look into the VAERS report. I'd love to just tell them what to look at but it is up to me to provide them with the documented studies and research right now.

In Kansas, the wording is such that it makes it complicated and unless I hired a lawyer (not possible) the Catholic Church here in this particular Diocese can say that it is not against our religious beliefs to vaccinate.

Other Dioceses have said otherwise but that's what it is here. That is why we are trying to get that policy changed.

[ammiga]

I think the VAERS reports are a great place. You can look up any vaccine and any reaction, and get the numbers. There are tons of combinations that you can end up with. Then supply that with the printout from the CDC that such a small number is reported. Since the CDC seems to admit that the reactions reported on VAERS are true and vastly under-reported, I'm not sure what problem they would have with that as a reliable source.

[elus0814]

My kids are homeschooled but if I had to ask for an exemption based on being Catholic I would approach it from the angle of many vaccines containing tissue from aborted fetuses and those that do not having been developed using such tissue. I'm not sure if this applies to all vaccines but maybe it would help.

[alegna]

Originally Posted by elus0814

My kids are homeschooled but if I had to ask for an exemption based on being Catholic I would approach it from the angle of many vaccines containing tissue from aborted fetuses and those that do not having been developed using such tissue. I'm not sure if this applies to all vaccines but maybe it would help.

The problem is that nearly all religious exemptions require that you be against the PRACTICE of vaccination, not the vaccines.

-Angela

[simplemama]

Originally Posted by alegna

The problem is that nearly all religious exemptions require that you be against the PRACTICE of vaccination, not the vaccines.

-Angela

exactly.
And I've talked with an official in the Office of Human Life in Rome and for whatever reason they've deemed this practice of using aborted cells 'permissable' or something like that.

either way, that is not my main reason and it would not include all the vaccines.

[simplemama]

Originally Posted by ammiga

especially if you show them the CDC statement that only 1-10% of reactions are reported. So they need to multiply the number of reactions by 10-100 to get the number of injuries that the CDC acknowledges.

I can't find this on their site, do you know where it is?

wait, no still didn't find it

[Marnica]

Originally Posted by simplemama

I can't find this on their site, do you know where it is?

wait, no still didn't find it

Underreporting. Underreporting is an inherent problem of passive surveillance systems, including VAERS. The degree of underreporting varies according to the adverse event. For example, one study estimated that 68% of cases of vaccine-associated polio are reported to VAERS, but only 4% of MMR-associated thrombocytopenia are reported9. This variability in undereporting can make it hazardous to assume that the relative frequencies of adverse events in VAERS reflects their relative rates of occurrence. In addition, for new products on the market, increased reporting of adverse events may occur; this has been termed the "Weber effect"10.

http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/VAERS.htm

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...4e6a32a49cca12

http://www.cdc.gov/mmWR/PDF/ss/ss5201.pdf