The Greater Good

Just another example of how pseudo science is dressed up to look like science. No rational evidence is presented for the claims made in the film, just slickly produced emotional propaganda. Sure the families tear at the heart strings, exactly as intended, but few people with any scientific knowledge will swallow the message. The problem is that the public has forgotten what infectious disease can do to unprotected and vulnerable people. The film is without doubt well made and presented but that in itself cannot make up for the fact that it's message could lead to a further reduction in the rates of vaccination and as a consequence, an increase in death and disability especially among the young. Quote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" Joseph Goebbels

Unfortunately most people who approach this issue are drawn to either of the extremes. Anyone who wishes to try to approach the issue from an unbiased critical position is almost always lumped in with the group that is disagreed with.

This film does as good a job as I have seen to present two different opinions. It should be noted that the film is not anti-vaccine so much as it is anti-enforced vaccine. It does not go into scientific detail regarding the process of immunity, side-effects and that sort of thing.

Unfortunately, because we are dealing with children, emotion is a by-product of the discussion. The film presents two opposing views, one from the scientific pharmaceutical community who sincerely believe what they do is for the "greater good", the other is from the scientific practitioners and parents who sincerely believe the vaccine industry carries with it many inherent risks which are not being addressed. Because of the overwhelming positive scientific evidence that is prevalent in our culture, this film takes more time to look into some special cases in which, at the absolute least, vaccines seem to correlate to a worse state than a better one. Whether or not these are only isolated, non-causal cases, you are to determine based on the evidence.

The key point is that information is a good thing. You should not be watching this to confirm your position. You should watch this as a small part of your research into the vaccine dialogue. Truth will always vindicate itself and can withstand any amount of scrutiny.

Before watching this documentary I was completely pro-vaccine, had no doubts at all. I have a PhD in chemistry and was very confident that there was no need to question vaccines. However, after watching this documentary I've now realized that vaccines are not about science, there is in fact no science backing them up, the studies are avoided and in many cases rigged. Vaccines are spreading disease to drive the pharmaceutical market, they spread autoimmune diseases and allergies leaving us on drugs for life, this is how the pharmaceuticals increase the size of their market.

We all know that the pharmaceuticals are unethical companies, yet for some reason we think it's OK to trust them with vaccines, when the reality is that Pharma have the huge conflict of interest i.e they profit when we are sick. It should be of no surprise that they want to inject us with toxic metals, antifreeze, Formaldehyde, aborted fetus, and cells grown in diseased animals.

I feel like I've had my blinkers on, I checked the date of when my Diabetes Type 1 first appeared, it was just 2 weeks after a flu vaccine. I was perfectly healthy until then.

The pharmaceuticals pay people to come here and rank this documentary down, but please please please ignore them, don't be afraid of information, keep your mind open, the documentary looks into both sides of the story, it allows both sides to argue their point. It's one of the most important documentaries you'll watch in your life.

One of the saddest refuges of those wanting to make a buck off the backs of suffering parents, and the naive is the manipulative pseudo-science "debate" based on false equivalence.

This movie is the epitome of half-assing the science coupled with emotive pulling on the heart strings, coupled with "experts" who have no background or rationale in the area they are talking about. I can only assume they hoped if they showed you enough sad stories of parents and children with difficult medical issues you would forget about expecting some evidence, logic or a rational basis for their claims.

If you needed further evidence... the film-maker, Leslie Manookian Bradshaw, is a registered Homeopath. You know... that ridiculous non-medical treatment that claims the more you dilute something the more powerful it gets.... (I guess Dinosaur urine is the most powerful thing on the planet, then)... which was just classed as not a medical treatment by the FDA.

Don't waste your time.

Since I'm not going to waste my time with a breakdown of the various unfounded claims, if you want a more scientific and section by section refutation of this complete crock of a movie... You can find one at the "Science Based Medicine Blog".

My wife and I are in the middle of our research for vaccinations for our children. I came across this movie, and I purchased the five-day stream from their website, and we watched it tonight. It is high-quality and very engaging. Is this movie biased? Yes, it is. However, I also believe it is fair, especially compared to what is fed to us by politics and rich news channels. In the documentary, they present the opinions and thoughts of many different "camps." Unfortunately, those who simply ask for research are so quickly and unfairly placed into the "anti-vaccination camp." However, the main plea of this documentary is not "Stop the vaccinations!" It's "Give us the science, and give us the choice." It does not cram down your throat anti-vaccination propaganda. Instead, it begs for true science to be done so that all parents can make educated choices. Even three years after this movie was released, it is still popular. If true research and science were done, no matter what the conclusion, this movie would be stopped in its tracks. What makes this movie powerful and dangerous to vaccination companies is the emotionally- driven stories of three families. However, this film also gives a seemingly fair voice to the pro- vaccination people, including the presidents of vaccination companies and developers of vaccinations. Of course, we don't have everything they said when the cameras were rolling. Instead, we just have what the production company wanted us to hear. So, what does this mean? Watch this movie with your brain and not your heart. Understand that it was produced for those of us on the fence and is powerful enough to persuade us. I definitely recommend you watch it if you're researching this topic. Watch this movie in ADDITION to your research not AS your "research."