There is a story on Reuters on the hepatitis B vaccine:

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSL0173467120080201

In the mid-90s, two-thirds of all French were vaccinated with the hepatitis B vaccine, this including all newborn babies. This is also the case with newborns here: they are vaccinated before they leave the hospital.

The judge opened an investigation of manslaughter against the vaccine producers, this for failing to disclose side effects of the vaccine.

The vaccine is made with the virus that causes hepatitis B. The U.S. vaccine is made by injecting the virus into baker's yeast. It is allowed to grow, then harvested and purified and injected into people. Usually a series of three shots are administered.

Hepatitis B can be transmitted via contact with bodily fluids such as blood or open wounds, but the most common avenue of infection is sexual contact and the risk factors are similar to those of AIDS or any other STD, i.e., the risks increase with the variety of partners. Inoculating newborns seems like a strange precaution since no cases of transmission via breast milk are known.

The argument for the vaccine is that many who are exposed to the virus are unable to eliminate it from the system, however, if we recall the recent pdf on Baikal skullcap <http://www.sacredmedicinesanctuary.com/pdf/baikal_skullcap.pdf> , we will see persuasive research that this herb works for this condition.

You can google for side effects of this vaccine. I found a number of credible links, ones that tended to cite increased risk of MS and countless other conditions, usually the same ones associated with thimerosal, as potential side effects. In the French investigation, the plaintiffs attribute the deaths of family members to the vaccine.

Blessings,

Ingrid