There are no conscientious choice exemptions for vaccination allowable currently in
Texas. The Texas Department of Health already requires, by law, 33 doses of vaccines for 9
different illnesses. Mandates are in place for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B,
pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and haemophilus influenzae b vaccines. TDH also recently added
mandates for chicken pox, hepatitis A in some counties, and expanded hepatitis B for teenagers
bringing the total to 36 doses for 11 different viral and bacterial illnesses by the time the
child is 5 years old. To view PROVE's opposition to these additions, see Oppose
New Vaccine Mandates. All mandates do not allow any room for flexibility based on parental
choice.
7 vaccines (polio, hepatitis A, varicella, pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and haemophilus
influenzae b) have NOT been "evaluated or tested for their carcinogenic potential, mutagenic
potential, or for impairment of fertility" or "reproductive capacity" according the
vaccine manufacturers' own product inserts.
3 vaccines (varicella, hepatitis A, and rubella) were cultured in human diploid cells (eg.
human embryonic lung cell cultures and human diploid cell cultures WI-38 and MRC-5). The
Chickenpox vaccine contains "residual components of MRC-5 cells including DNA and
protein."
6 vaccines (polio, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus) contain
formaldehyde - a highly noxious and carcinogenic preservative.
5 vaccines (hepatitis B, pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, and haemophilus influenzae b) contain
thimerosal, a mercury derivative preservative BANNED by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in
over-the-counter (OTC) drug preparations because of questions over safety. (Federal Register:
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5 vaccines (hepatitis B, hepatitis A, pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus) contain aluminum as
an adjuvant. Aluminum accumulates in brain, muscle and bone tissue and can be linked to causing
fibrosarcomas (cancerous tumors) at the injection site.
5 vaccines (measles, mumps, polio, varicella, and diphtheria) are developed from animal
ingredients including cell cultures of chick embryos, monkey kidney cells, fetal bovine serum, and
embryonic guinea pig cell cultures. There has been a moratorium in this country on animal organ
transplants in humans because of concerns of people contracting latent animal viruses. Despite the
history of unscreened animal viruses infecting humans from injectable products like vaccines
[monkey cells and SV40 virus and bovine serum and "Mad Cow Disease" (bovine spongiform
encephalopathy)], this practice continues with vaccines.
5 vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella, polio, and varicella) are LIVE virus vaccines. Live virus
vaccines can sometimes infect the recipient and can even sometimes infect those in close contact
with the recipient. These vaccines are given to young children, and vaccine immunity sometimes
wears off for adults. This can put a pregnant mother or immunocompromised adult at risk by being
around a recently vaccinated child with live virus vaccines.
For ALL 11 vaccines there have been NO long term studies on the cumulative effect on the
child's developing immune system of combining all these vaccines together.
For ALL 11 vaccines the biological mechanism for why some children react to a vaccine is not
understood.
For ALL 11 vaccines there are no genetic or other lab screening tests available to determine
which children will react to a vaccine.
