MikeG
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http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-05-...se-claim-that-vaccines-never-harm-anyone.html
Mike Adams is basically claiming that settlements obtained from a federal program are evidence of the pervasive threat posed by vaccinations. It is a claim debunked by his own faulty assumptions, existing policy, and statistics.
Adams derived his article from a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Monthly Statistics Report on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. (attached) According to Adams:
Second, no one ever claims vaccines are harmless. The influenza vaccine is listed in the report as having one of the highest incidence of petitions. The CDC website offers a series of health warnings for people considering the vaccine.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#flu-shot
I didn’t review every other vaccine, but I think the same protocols exists for them.
Third, adverse reactions to immunizations do rarely occur. How rarely? The same HHS report cited by Adams actually answers that: