I, in part, disagree with the parental-rights issues being proposed by the Colorado Republican congress.
The state’s testing debacle has cheated the learning process in the school system, promoted “teach to the test” instead of learning to learn, denied teachers’ rights to teach to learn and fundamentally lowered the standards. Will, or can, students learn to love to learn? Or is the process of taking the test most important? Private schools should remain private and pay for that right, without our tax support and Colorado tax exemptions.
The other issue that concerns me is vaccinations. Merck – the pharmaceutical company that has the government monopoly on vaccine and that claims a high percentage of immunity success – has been taken to court by whistleblower virologists and the U.S. because Merck is accused of doing improper testing and, among other accusations, falsifying test data – consequently questioning the efficacy of its vaccine.
Mumps is the biggest issue in this lawsuit, but faking data then becomes the question as to the vaccines. Measles can be deadly, but data shows those who die from measles are those in poverty conditions, those of income inequity – which is worsening in this country.
Search for “Merck whistleblowers lawsuit.” Merck, of course, denies charges, but judges have denied Merck’s request to dismiss allegations, and the lawsuit goes on.
Why do some parents – not philosophically, but intellectually – fear their children being vaccinated? Can Big Pharma be trusted? Is it integrity or bottom line?
Back in the 1960s when autism was first being recognized, well-known child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim put forth the theory that mothers were responsible for their child’s autism, the mother otherwise labeled the “refrigerator mother.” His theory has since been debunked. But the horror of being labeled for two decades as the cause of one’s autistic child’s behavior was, and is, unconscionable.
The big measles question does not need media hype but thorough investigation by people with integrity and knowledge. Stop blaming parents for their fear of vaccines. Stop trying to increase subscribers through fear tactics. This issue needs to be explored without finger pointing at fearful, thoughtful parents.
Geraldine Duffy
Bayfield
