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Investigative Journalist @FullMeasureNews *Note* RTs not=endorsement; RTs may be interesting, silly, wrong, outrageous. Question authority. Think for yourself.

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    Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12

    Sharyl Attkisson Retweeted FastEddieFelson

    Saying "vaccines save billions of lives" while trying to shut down discussion of adverse events and possible improvements is silly and propagandistic. Medicine "saves billions of lives" but not all medicine is safe for all people. It's just a fact.https://twitter.com/rdeh20/status/1006745155238551552 …

    Sharyl Attkisson added,

    FastEddieFelson @rdeh20
    I have no words. You have people calling HepB an STD. This is the type of bullshit that fuels antivaxers. Vaccines are the greatest gift to healthcare ever, saving billions of lives. I used to respect Sharyl, but no more https://twitter.com/sharylattkisson/status/1006739184801984512 …
    8:51 PM - 12 Jun 2018
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      1. New conversation
      2. Adam Smith‏ @adamo_smith1 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        Billions saved compared to a few (thousad?) adversely affected...gotta go with the billion saved

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @adamo_smith1

        #1 We don't have the numbers of adversely affected. #2 It doesn't make sense to group all vaccines together; each has a different risk/benefit profile.

        1 reply 2 retweets 20 likes
      4. Adam Smith‏ @adamo_smith1 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        I hear ya... but tough to be a parent and decide which one to give...?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @adamo_smith1

        Very tough. I blame the govt./Pharma for covering up/controversializing rather than addressing the issue to build public confidence and make vaccines as safe as possible. As a result, some people simply don't vaccinate. that's govt's fault.

        1 reply 2 retweets 25 likes
      6. Adam Smith‏ @adamo_smith1 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        I think non vaccination crowd has different reasons and mbut the G/pharma complex knows the % is on their side if anything goes wrong

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Eddie Edderkoppen‏ @Edderkopp2 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        The problem is that reporters are awful at providing context. They'll focus on the handful that might have issues while ignoring or downplaying the billions who have been helped.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @Edderkopp2

        No don't worry about that; the pharma/govt complex has successfully eliminated discussion of vaccine adverse events on the news. Except to the extent it's propaganda to say there's no problem.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Eddie Edderkoppen‏ @Edderkopp2 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        Oh comeon . The anti-vaxxers are all over the place. The press has done an abysmal job on this issue.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @Edderkopp2

        Nope. If you find me a half dozen articles in the past 5 years in so-called mainstream national press that give credence to the side effects, I will pay you a dollar. Heck, find one. We *were* covering the topic until we were effectively stopped when media/pharma partnered (cont)

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. David W.  🇨🇳 🇨🇦‏ @Vermouth1991 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        David W.  🇨🇳 🇨🇦 Retweeted Julie

        And you're refuting that person's concerns how? Even the folks who are supporting you list ways to get Hep B that doesn't involve sex.https://twitter.com/ihavenolid/status/1006742823113117696?s=21 …

        David W.  🇨🇳 🇨🇦 added,

        Julie @IHaveNoLid
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson
        Giving healthy, innocent newborns a vaccine for a STD when they are NOT at risk is insane. Babies are not shooting up, getting tattoos, or having sex. I tried to deny it with my youngest son and they threatened to take him away from me.
        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @Vermouth1991

        Scientists believe the risk of HepB vaccine side effects in newborns is greater than benefit to them. Very rarely, in an individual case, the HepB might make sense at birth based on easily identifiable risk factors. But not for most, according to the medical scientists I trust.

        2 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
      4. David W.  🇨🇳 🇨🇦‏ @Vermouth1991 Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        I know I'm sounding like a tunnel-visioned nut here. Babies could get Hep B frm their mothers during her pregnancy, as I recall, but by then they'd need a cure not a vaccine; Needles could still pose a threat tho. I just don't want your perfectly valid concerns to fall apart…(1)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @Vermouth1991

        No you're correct. As long as the newborn isn't isn't having sex or otherwise exchanging body fluids with an infected person, he isn't at risk of HepB, according to scientists. Most babies are not having sex or exposed to body fluids of infected.

        3 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      6. Amy Sweeney‏ @AmySweeney89 Jun 13
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @Vermouth1991

        I received the vaccine as a precaution as a healthcare worker drawing and testing blood decades ago. No one asked me if my titer was positive due to vax, so gave my newborn the vaccine without asking or telling me. They still don't ask about risk factors, just give it routinely.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. hedy‏ @HedddyLamarrr Jun 13
        Replying to @AmySweeney89 @SharylAttkisson @Vermouth1991

        We've so much educating to do. Posts like yours help. I rec'd HepB as adult preparing to travel abroad which set off 20 yrs of health issues. Not ONE f'g med professionl asked if I'd been vacc. MDs are NOT taught abt vacc injury-what to look for-MOST don't use VAERS to report.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Amy Sweeney‏ @AmySweeney89 Jun 13
        Replying to @HedddyLamarrr @SharylAttkisson @Vermouth1991

        That vaccine set off decades of chronic health issues for me. Pretty much immediately following injections.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. hedy‏ @HedddyLamarrr Jun 13
        Replying to @AmySweeney89 @SharylAttkisson @Vermouth1991

        I'm sorry. Some of my sx showed up immediately and some slowly emerged over time, which made it even more impossible to determine cause. I am nowhere near as injured as many people, though. Most have no idea and con't to vaccinate.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      10. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Drayson‏ @Rjinswand Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson

        Except that no medicine can ever be 100% safe. In fact nothing can be, yet we still have to go about our day and take the most practical and safe options we can. When the choice is between vaccination and the possibility of serious disease, vaccination wins every time.

        7 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Congress Is Useless‏ @FelineAdvoCat Jun 12
        Replying to @Rjinswand @SharylAttkisson

        My RN Mom got Hep B vax per Hosp, she accidentally stuck herself w/patient needle got Hep B, it destroyed her Liver, she died. Great vax huh

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 12
        Replying to @FelineAdvoCat @Rjinswand

        so sorry

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Congress Is Useless‏ @FelineAdvoCat Jun 12
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @Rjinswand

        Thank you 🙏🏻 The hardest part was I wasn't accepted as a Liver donor & I was the best match, she died waiting on the transplant list.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. End of conversation

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