Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28
FACTS ON VACCINATION

1t is not the object Of this little
article TO stir up strife among the
different methods of healing, but it
is the object to educate the laymen
as to facts regarding vaccination,
and its results. Therefore. in this
little publication l am stating facts
and reports from statistics gathered
by statisticians, and others who are
interested, and those who have been
awakened by the fatalities and NOR
tally caused by vaccination.
And furthermore, what has
prompted me to publish these re-
ports, is the experience l have had
thru conversing with different peo-
pie in our town regarding smallpox
and vaccination.
In talking with two of our sup
posedly well read and intelligent
citizens. they both made the remark
that they never heard of vaccination
being injurious to the human body.
Or heard of any mortality directly,
or even indirectly, caused by vacci-
nation.
And many others with whom l
have talked have supposed that vac
cination must be all right from the
fact that the health board recon-
mend it, and even force it upon the
people.
Now as to why this is done, l am
going TO leave it TO your own good
judgment dear reader, after you
have finished reading these columns
And don't lose sight of the fact that
while you are reading it, there are
serum factories, and vaccine farms.
and these farms and factories must
certainly find a market for their
product. {? p
We all boast about our FREE
country and like to talk about liv-
ing in a FREE country. Yes, l will
agree that it is a mighty fine thing
to live in Free country. But do
you call it free country when a
group of men can be given the power
to tell you what kind of a doctor
you shall employ when you are sick?
Do you call it free country when
a group of men can compel you to
vaccinate your children before they
are admitted to the school, whether
you believe in the theory or not?
If vaccination will make you i'm
mune from smallpox, why compel
those to be vaccinated who do not
wish it? If they contract the dis
I.
ton causes immunity to smallpox,
those unvaccina.ted cannot give the
vaccinated the smallpox.
You probably have noticed that
since vaccination has been started,
the cases of smallpox have increased
several fold.
In talking with a citizen the other
day regarding the compulsory vac
cinatiOn for school children he said,
"Oh. l don't believe in vaccination,
I don't believe it does a bit of good,
but l wanted my girls to go to school
and what else could l do? The
Heabth Board says they cannot go
to school unless they are vaccinat
ed"
Man. Oh Man, where is your back
bone? / say if l don't believe in a
thing, and if l think l am right in
my views, l have to be convinced be-
yond reasonable doubt that I am
in the wrong before / will flop over
to the other side.
II you don't believe in a thing
that is being forced upon you, that
in your estimation is liable to be in
furious to your family, l say fight
it out. and if you are in the wrong,
be convinced that you are before
you give up.
This same good man made the re-
mark that 1.-The reason he did not be-
lieve in vaccination was because he
had bunch of hogs vaccinated, and
he lost twelve out of the bunch
from vaccination" Now it is GER
tainly needless to say that after such
an experience, this man would not
have submitted to having his own
children, his own flesh and blood, in
oculated with this poisonous corrup-
ton, if it had not been forced upon
him to do SO.
The writer's children have not
been vaccinated and WILL NOT be.
The people are given the impression
that it is state law in many places,
where it is not. And the state of
Iowa is one place where it is not,
and even if it was, / would pity the
serum squirtter who would endeavor
to introduce the poisonous corrup-
ton into my children against my
will.
would like for some sane person
to explain to me the consistency of
the method that is being used here
at the present time. The ruling by
the local health board is that all
children attending public school shall
be vaccinated before being admitted
to the school, Those same children
have brothers and sisters at home
who have not been vaccinated, the
parents in the majority of the fam
lilies have not been vaccinated, and
very few children in the country
have been vacinated. The vaccinat-
ed and unvaccinated attend church,
assemble on the streets together, the
children play together out of school
hours, attend the show together, at
tend Sunday school together. But
it seems the only place they are Ii
able to catch smallpox is in school.
One family brought their children
in from the country to be vaccinated
explaining to the doctor that their
neighbor had smallpox and thought
their children better be vaccinated.
The Doctors reply was. "No, don't
think there is any need of vaccinat-
ing them yet, so long as they have
not been exposed"
DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUS-
IONS.
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