The vast majority of flu vaccines are preserved with a mercury compound called thimerosal. Many vaccines contain other toxic additives, such as the carcinogen formaldehyde.
During obstetrics training in medical school, we were taught to minimize the exposure of a pregnant mother and fetus to alcohol, drugs, and other potentially harmful substances.
In fact, we were taught that if a medicine was not necessary, it was best to err on the side of caution and not prescribe it. Such advice is consistent with doctors’ Hippocratic Oath: “Above all, do no harm.” Thimerosal is a toxic substance — 50 percent mercury by weight — that has no place in any immunization or, for that matter, in any consumer product. Yet it is used as a preservative…
