Source: https://www.nvic.org/nvic-vaccine-news/november-2016/forced-vaccination-the-tragic-legacy.aspx
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:14:34+00:00

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There is a lot of talk these days about the beliefs of judges who will be appointed by a new President to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is an important conversation because what those judges believe will be reflected in the legal decisions they make, decisions that could have consequences for centuries.
In states where vaccine exemptions are under attack, advocates for “no exceptions” mandatory vaccination laws argue that you and your children can be forced to get vaccinated because eight men sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court said so in 1905. Public health officials and industry and medical trade lobbyists often invoke the Victorian era ruling in Jacobson v. Massachusetts1 to deny Americans the freedom to make voluntary decisions about vaccination.
The tragic legacy of Jacobson v. Massachusetts not only haunts public health law making in the U.S., it has come to define it. If you wonder why this summer CDC officials boldly announced they want more police power to yank you off a plane and put you into involuntary quarantine because they believe you might get measles, you can thank the Supreme Court.6 If your healthy unvaccinated child has been kicked out of school while sick vaccinated children are allowed to stay7 - or if you have been fired from your job because you said “no” to getting a flu shot8 - look no further than Jacobson v. Massachusetts.
In a nutshell, the judges sitting on the Supreme Court more than a century ago used bad logic, relied on old science and made the ridiculous assumption that doctors are infallible to give government the green light to force healthy Americans to risk their lives with a pharmaceutical product based on “common belief” rather than fact. Piously waving the “greater good” flag, they threw individuals under the bus by throwing civil liberties out the door.
Here is how the Supreme Court created the legal club being used today to take away your right to exercise freedom of thought, conscience and religious belief when making vaccine decisions for yourself or your children.
In 1904, a Lutheran minister, Swedish immigrant Henning Jacobson, objected to a Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Health law requiring all adults to get a second smallpox vaccination or pay a $5 dollar fine. Pastor Jacobson and his son had suffered severe reactions to previous smallpox vaccinations and he logically argued that genetic predisposition placed him at higher risk for dying or being injured if he was revaccinated.
But the attorneys representing medical doctors persuaded judges in the state court that Jacobson did not know what he was talking about and ruled against him. Instead of simply paying a $5 fine, Jacobson appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was a mistake that led to one of the most unethical and dangerous legal decisions in American jurisprudence.
I wonder how many legislators know that the 1905 Supreme Court ruling being used to eliminate exemptions from vaccine laws was based on the idea that “common belief” – not hard evidence - can rule the day?
And there it is again. The Supreme Court told state governments they can make vaccine laws based on “deep and universal” beliefs about vaccination, especially beliefs held by medical doctors, but can ignore the deeply held beliefs of individuals with good reason to conclude they will be harmed by vaccination.
What were the beliefs of doctors in the early 20th century? Well, many influential doctors in academia and those leading social reform movements believed in a political philosophy called utilitarianism, which has its roots in hedonism.21 Utilitarianism is a theory of morality based on a mathematical equation: the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.22 23 Legislators like it because law making becomes a simple matter of adding and subtracting numbers, like generals do on a battlefield when counting how many casualties it took to win a battle.
How we can we trust public health officials who think that some children are expendable for the rest? Jacobson v. Massachusetts is a Supreme Court decision that allows government to commit human rights abuses.
Educate your legislators about the importance of protecting human rights in vaccine laws. Browse NVIC.org for more information and create a free account at NVICAdvocacy.org today to learn more about what you can do and how to get involved.
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This is likely to be the most influential and well researched article I've ever read from NVIC and the Vaccine Reaction news publication. Just donated 75 tonight and am looking forward to watching the vaxxed vid for the first time. Personally, I do consider shots an assault on my body. We do not vaccinate out of an abundance of caution. I don't claim to be a scientist, but for me it's an ethical decision as a free market consumer. Until there is general consensus based on fact, we will opt out of this for profit vaccination program. There are too many inconsistencies from one supposed accredited scientist to another. How can we make informed consumer decisions? There seems to be sufficient scientific research worldwide which proves some research is faulty or contrived. How can whole countries of scientists disagree in this manner if they are truly utilizing an unbiased scientific research method? Scientific measurement is not relative, it is empirical.
This is an outstanding presentation of the need for 21st century exemptions from State vaccination laws. Prior to any knowledge about genetic danger, I allowed my younger son to be vaccinated for attendance in public school. By the time fourth grade was overwhelming for him, his pædiatrician asked me to have his fourth grade teachers answer her written questions. She determined that he was indeed a special needs child. I investigated his situation and discovered that his neonatal specialist determined that he was missing two aminoacids in his urine and that the first vaccinations given to the 1-month-old contained the preservative, methylphenidate. The problem is that certain genetically deficient children cause oxidation of methylphenidate to phenol, a neuron toxin, to build up in their cells. These killed neurons affect a child's mental development, but my sons inability to cope with attention-deficit disorder wasn't detected until his pædiatrician got the input from his teachers. I am posting this notice so other parents will know to not fight against vaccination, but against the decision to extend the shelflife of any product whose preservative can alter the biochemistry of their newborn.

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