The Most Dangerous Greeting Your Child May Ever ReceiveChristina England As we are aware, the governments and pharmaceutical companies are always searching for new ways to push vaccinations onto unsuspecting parents. The earlier they can target a childs parents, the better they like it. One of the vaccination initiatives being used by twenty-seven states across the US is to send every new parent a congratulations on the birth of your baby card. According to reports, governors from twenty-seven states across the US have teamed up with Hallmark Greeting Cards to send every new parent a card following the birth of their baby. The card includes a personal message from the governor of their state, a detachable growth chart and an up-to-date immunization schedule. This vaccination initiative attempts to make parents fully aware which vaccinations their newborn baby should receive. The Healthy Home Economist, reporting on the story, stated, Having the cards actually come from state governors themselves is the new twist which gives the programs friendly pressure to vaccinate a more personal and authoritative touch. [1] With Love, From Your State Government When it began, the immunization rates for children up to age 2 in Missouri and Kansas were roughly 45 percent and 52 percent, respectively. Immunization rates for the youngest citizens in those states now hover around 76 percent, according to the programs website. [2] Beth Kaplan, a spokesperson with the state of Wisconsins Division of Public Health, whose state vaccination compliance rates have reached as high as 84 percent since the implementation of this program, believes that this initiative is just one way to create awareness about the importance of vaccinations for children. She says, the program is one of many things we do to encourage the vaccination of children. Your Tax Dollars At Work For Big Pharma I am sure that one question on many peoples lips is, Who exactly is paying for these cards? Sadly, you are. According to reports, the taxpayers are footing the bill for the implementation of Hallmarks For Americas Babiesproject and it does not come cheap. Although Hallmark Greeting Cards is supplying the cards and paying for the printing costs, an initiative which they proudly boast on their website, the state of Florida alone has budgeted $10,000 for the distribution of these cards, which has been hailed as an excellent program. [3] The cards are very attractive, in pastel colors, with added bunnies and flowers for effect. I am sure that most new parents would be very moved by this gesture. The Mid America Immunization Coalition has been so impressed by Hallmarks wonderful work that in 2010 they awarded Hallmark the Sending the Very Best Message Award. In presenting the award, coalition director Deb Bumgardner said, Hallmark is definitely one of the behind-the-scenes, unsung heroes in the fight to raise immunization rates in the United States. [4] Heroes is Not A Term I Would Use Behind-the-scenes are definitely the real key words, and thats where we are going to take a look in order to tell you the whole story of these unsung heroes. In 2006, Hallmark Cards joined forces with UNICEF to form a partnership. Today Hallmark Cards is the exclusive creator, manufacturer and distributor for all UNICEF greeting cards and gifts sold in the United States, giving UNICEF more than $10 million in royalty payments from the sale of their cards and gifts. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF receives 15 percent of every net wholesale shipment of UNICEF Hallmark products. According to Hallmark Cards, UNICEF works in more than 150 countries to keep children alive and safe. The organization focuses on providing children with clean water, food, medicine, vaccines, and education. [5] Remember, UNICEF is also responsible for testing vaccines on children in the developing world. This year I found them linked to forty children paralyzed in a small village in Africa after they received the test vaccine MenAfrivac. [6] UNICEF also was involved in the testing of the pentavalent vaccine Quinvaxem, which caused the deaths of 26 children across the developing world. [7] In 2012, Hallmark, in partnership with UNICEF, won the Fastest Growing Family Business Award, sponsored by Barclays, at the Family Business Awards. [8] According to the Family Business Awards website, Hallmark made a record year turnover amounting to a massive 4.4million, an increase of 83% since 2009. Hallmark also commissioned Nottinghams Together Agency to design the UNICEF UK New Range catalog, which echoes Leo Burnetts UNICEF international theme and promoted the charitys new line of products in 2012. [9] Look Who Else is Holding Hands with Hallmark As well as their links to UNICEF, Hallmark Cards has interesting links to other organizations which need to be exposed. The chairman of Hallmark Cards is Donald J. Hall, and the current president and CEO of Hallmark Cards is David E. Hall. Both men are trustees to a company called MRIGlobal. [10, page 14] MRIGlobal offers world-class expertise and experience in bioanalytical model development, testing, and validationa complete array of services for the development and licensing of new vaccines. They also supply government and industrial clients with high-purity, reference grade chemicals. Their website states: MRIGlobals work in the development and testing of human and veterinary vaccine candidates encompasses safety, toxicity, potency, efficacy, and vaccine formulation stability. [11] This indicates that this company is in the business of testing vaccines on both humans and animals. Interestingly, MRIGlobal also has been linked to PATH and the FDA. One of MRIGlobals recent projects was in partnership with PATH. [12] The project involved providing support to biotechnology companies that are developing influenza vaccines that can be accessible and affordable for low-resource countries. Despite MRIGlobals noteworthy claim that their work encompasses safety, toxicity, potency, efficacy, and vaccine formulation stability, children who have received vaccines from their partner organizations, like PATH and UNICEF, are still suffering many adverse reactions from these vaccinations. PATH, an organization which claims to help communities worldwide break longstanding cycles of poor health, was involved recently with the testing of tens of thousands of tribal girls in India, leaving them without appropriate follow-up care, as well as the vaccination trials in Chad, Africa, in which many children were paralyzed following vaccination. [13] Selling Out to Survive MRIGlobal is also involved in licensing medication and vaccinations for the FDA and the CDC, claiming to maintain all necessary licenses and certifications to conduct safe, defensible studies on a host of diverse materials, from pharmaceuticals to chemical agents. MRIGlobal operates laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense. The company has been granted numerous licenses by the US government as well as internationally. [14] This leaves me asking two questions: The only answer I can come up with is money, and lots of it. The leaders of Hallmark, one of the largest privately owned companies in the US, may have found a unique way to survive in a troubling economic times, using their skills and knowledge to tap into the lucrative vaccine business, as their greeting card endeavors have suffered stagnant sales and declining profits for years. [16] Conclusion What appeared at first glance to be an act of charity on behalf of Hallmark Cards now appears to be something far more sinister. Hallmark Cards is doing more than making a tax-deductible donation to the government. In addition to recommending that parents keep up to date with their childrens vaccine schedules (because the corporate leaders will profit from increased vaccination rates), they are also heavily linked to the testing of vaccines on innocent animals and humans. Once highly regarded as an organization of love and caring, Hallmark Cards now has tarnished its trademark crown with what can only be described as deep connections to several of the largest pharmaceutical organizations known to man. So, are Hallmarks intentions as charitable as they would like us to believe? It is clear that Hallmark Cards is affiliated with MRIGlobal, the US government and Canadian government, UNICEF, PATH, FDA and the CDC. The common denominator linking all of these groups together is vaccination. Far from being the kindly souls they first appear to be and making sure that children stay strong and healthy, I believe that the leaders of Hallmark Greeting Cards are laughing all the way to the bank. Are you going to let them trick you into vaccinating your child, without doing any research, just because they sent you a card? References: Christina was born and educated in London, U.K. She left school to work in a childrens library, specializing in story telling and book buying. In 1978 Christina changed her career path to dedicate her time to caring for the elderly and was awarded the title of Care Giver of the Year for her work with the elderly in 1980. In1990 she adopted the first of two disabled boys, both with challenging behavior, complex disabilities and medical needs. In 1999 she was accused of Munchausen by Proxy after many failed attempts to get the boys complex needs met. Finally, she was cleared of all accusations after the independent psychologist Lisa Blakemore-Brown gave both boys the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD as part of what she described to be a complex tapestry of disorders. During the assessments Ms Blakemore-Brown discovered through the foster care diaries that the eldest boy had reacted adversely to the MMR vaccine. After taking an A Level in Psychology and a BTEC in Learning Disabilities Ms. England spent many years researching vaccines and adverse reactions. She went on to gain a Higher National Diploma in journalism and media and currently writes for the American Chronicle, the Weekly Blitz, VacTruth and Namaste Publishing UK on immunization safety and efficacy whilst continuing to study for a BA Honors degree in English Literature and Humanities.Englands main areas of expertise are researching false allegations of child abuse and adverse reactions to vaccines. Her work is read internationally and has been translated into many languages. Ms England has been a guest on many radio shows and has spoken at seminars worldwide. She is the co author to the book Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine Induced Encephalitis Are Parents Being Falsely Accused? with Dr Harold Buttram. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 