{"id":2024,"date":"2018-11-20T08:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texansforvaccinechoice.com\/online\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2018-11-20T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:50:33","slug":"we-would-like-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texansforvaccinechoice.com\/we-would-like-to-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"We Would Like to Apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tears roll down my face as I read yet another story on Facebook about a once healthy child clinging to life because of a vaccine injury. My heart is broken! Yet, after I solemnly pray for that dear child, I scroll down to another post and see this:<\/p>\n

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My friend’s post read: \u201cNot vaccinating your kids leave them vulnerable. Are you prepared to say \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 when they get a vaccine preventable disease?\u201d<\/p>\n

My heart sank.\u00a0Don\u2019t they know: WE DID vaccinate our children?! And, they have paid a HORRIBLE price as a result of our choice to do so.<\/p>\n

So, yes, I HAVE said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d A thousand times, I have apologized to my son for ruining his health at age sixteen because I trusted the medical community about the “complete safety” of vaccines. I know many other parents with similar stories. Some have even buried their children.<\/p>\n

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In July of \u00a02011, my healthy 16 year old received the Varicella, MCV4, and the TDaP vaccines. Two days later he began showing \u00a0the troubling & life-threatening symptoms of Guillian-Barre Syndrome. He was diagnosed with heavy metal toxicity & adrenal failure among other things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The comments on the Facebook post I mentioned above were ruthless, cold, and profoundly arrogant, all while dismissing the comments of grieving parents whose children\u2019s lives were devastated by vaccine injury.<\/p>\n

Who could be so heartless with disregard and void of basic human compassion?\u00a0As a pastor\u2019s wife, I have a few things to say: As a society, we have failed. More importantly, those of us who are Christians have failed.<\/p>\n

First, we have failed at acknowledging some of the ethical concerns behind vaccines. There are many, many issues I could explore here, but I will bring up just one for now: no less than 80 abortions were performed for the Rubella vaccine alone<\/a>\u00a0(see pp. 447-448 of linked source).\u00a0Where are our morals?! Have we, as believers, been so blinded by \u201cscience\u201d that our moral compass has been compromised?<\/p>\n

Secondly, we have failed as human beings. Where is our basic compassion?\u00a0These families did their due diligence of adhering to the most bloated childhood vaccination schedule among the world’s developed countries,\u00a0<\/a>yet these children are simply considered collateral damage? Where are all the congratulatory \u201catta boys\u201d?<\/p>\n

I mean, we “took one for the team,\u201d right? Where are our \u201cthank you\u201d or “I’m sorry” notes?<\/p>\n

There are none. Instead, we are met with ridicule, skepticism, and yes, even death threats solely because we choose to no longer vaccinate.<\/p>\n

Where is the justice in this? Where is the compassion? Is this the way we treat families who have been through grueling circumstances? Is this how we honor the individuals who have literally given their lives up in the name of “herd immunity?”<\/p>\n

Since we’re on the topic of apologies, Texans For Vaccine Choice would personally like to apologize:<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sorry your children have been injured.
\nWe\u2019re sorry you had to bury your child.
\nWe\u2019re sorry you are now shamed & abused when you decide to forgo all vaccines because you deem them unsafe.
\nWe\u2019re sorry your families are now falling apart.
\nWe\u2019re sorry you now face financial devastation because of vaccine injury.
\nWe\u2019re sorry for all the single parents now raising your disabled child\/children on your own because your marriage could not withstand the emotional toll vaccine injury takes.
\nWe\u2019re sorry you are belittled and demoralized because you speak out about the dangers of vaccines that you have witnessed firsthand.
\nWe\u2019re sorry for the uncertainty of what tomorrow, next year, next decade hold for your child and the lack of resources to care for them now and in the future.<\/p>\n

Society may have failed you, but we here at TFVC give you this promise:
\nWe will work harder than anyone.\u00a0We will go anywhere and do whatever it takes to protect and advance informed consent, medical privacy, and vaccine choice. Our children are worth it!!<\/em><\/p>\n

To my fellow pastors, pastor\u2019s wives, and fellow Believers: let\u2019s be the leaders God has called us to be, seeking truth and compassion above all. (John 8:32, 1 Cor. 13:13)<\/em><\/p>\n

In Truth,<\/p>\n

Star Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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