Just A Little Prick by Peter & Hilary Butler (Vaccination book)

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"Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Welcome to Just a Little Prick 11
Peter 12
Hilary 14
1 Will “Justice” Be Done? 23
2 What Does Any Parent Want? 26
3 The Wake-up Call 34
4 The Key 47
5 Obstacles and Impossibilities 49
6 The Quest for Information 55
7 Invalidating the Warranty 61
8 What Causes Sickness? 65
9 The Big Disadvantages! 82
10 Whooping Cough: A “Disease Time-Bomb”? 84
11 House Bus #1 89
12 Vaccinated Kids Don’t Get Whooping Cough? 91
13 How Parents can Whop the Whoop 106
14 Pearls of Wisdom 115
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15 A Vaccine-Free Interlude 124
16 1986 – A Whole New World 127
17 The Truth Isn’t Always the Truth 130
18 Meningitis, then . . . 134
19 And Meningitis Now . . . 146
20 Does the Talk Match the Walk? 155
21 Tuberculosis – a Foundation of Shifting Sands 157
22 1987: the Issue Gains Traction 166
23 Reaction, Side-Effect, or Direct Action? 168
24 1987 – “Us” and “Them” 173
25 Choosing the Right Frame 175
26 Hepatitis B Publicitiy, a Runaway Train 177
27 Keeping Focused 193
28 1988 – Sinbinned 196
29 Other Sinbinned Voices in the Wilderness 202
30 There’s a Price to Pay 205
31 Fighting Hogwash – Dr J. Anthony Morris 208
32 Of Vaccine Contaminants – Monkey Business 218
33 Talking of Vaccines and Treatments of No Worth 225
34 One Thing Leads to Another 229
35 On Flu Epidemics 233
36 Flinging off the Bed Covers 241
37 So, Does the Flu Vaccine Work? 243
38 Owls and Roosters 256
39 The Fever-Pitch Bandwagon 259
40 1989 – The Battles Begin 263
41 1989 – More of the Same 267
42 1989 – Silenced 270
43 Getting it Right 275
44 When is a Reaction a Reaction? 278
45 Why do Vaccine Reactions Happen? 280
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46 Ready-Made for the Family 292
47 Hepatitis B – Alaska 295
48 Hepatitis B Reactions – a Saga of Lies? 300
49 An Encouragement for Those Who Get Lost 311
50 “No One is Listening”: A Mother’s Story 314
51 Benefi ts from Chicken Pox 320
52 Dr Archie Kalokerinos 322
53 House Bus #2 330
54 Measles 1985–1998 333
55 Today 347
56 Which Groups are Most at Risk of Measles? 351
57 Just Another Call 360
58 On the Matter of the 1991 Deaths 361
59 Collateral Damage 363
60 The Secret 370
61 Pita James Highland 372
62 The Day the Nurse Jabbed Herself 380
63 Diphtheria? Check-Mated 383
64 Auckland – Near or Far 390
65 The Making of a Pariah 392
66 Behind the Scenes 410
67 In Front of the Scenes, Facing the Media 414
68 The Tip of an Iceberg 419
69 A Mother’s Diary 426
70 How do you Defi ne “Responsible”? 428
71 Sebastian’s Story 432
72 There are Some Things in Life that You Never Forget 435
73 The Point That Isn’t Mentioned 437
74 Vaccines: How Safe? How Toxic? 441
75 A Challenge 456
76 Informed Choice – the Key Concept 460
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77 Chuckles or Chortles 468
78 Reducing the Problem to Size 471
79 A Different Perspective 474
80 Nice, Pat Answers? 479
81 As Far as I Can Go 491
Postscript . . . or the Last Straw! 494"