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 | What's 70 Years? In the big scheme of things, seventy years of human existence is nothing. |
Except if it has been the last seventy years.
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The end of the Second World War saw the beginning of the Baby Boomer years (1946 - 1964). Everyone was having babies, and the vast majority of children in North America were doing very well.
They certainly had better health than what is seen in children today. Things like childhood cancer, asthma, adult onset diabetes in children, obesity, life-threatening food allergies, autism and that whole spectrum of disorders were rarely seen. It's astonishing how things have changed in just 70 years.
They certainly had better health than what is seen in children today. Things like childhood cancer, asthma, adult onset diabetes in children, obesity, life-threatening food allergies, autism and that whole spectrum of disorders were rarely seen. It's astonishing how things have changed in just 70 years.
we are in the midst of an epidemic of childhood illness
It's almost impossible to believe, in our modern world with every convenience and plenty of food, that the health of our children is in extreme peril.
The reality is that there is a crisis in children's health as never before seen. Researchers predict that in 15 years, half of all children in N. America will have autism (80% of boys).
I saw the movie Vaxxed for the second time the other day. That's not so unusual, but what is different is where I saw it this time. It was screened in the community theatre at a local school here on Vancouver Island, and that has done more than raise a few eyebrows.
In the community of Sooke, just outside of Victoria, Awareness Film Night's announcement of plans to show Vaxxed in a local school's community theatre, caused a bit of a stir. AFN's mandate for the past 22 years has been to invite our community's film-goers to question what they see, hear and read via the mainstream media. They have done a fantastic job of showing many excellent, controversial films. Vaxxed could be considered the most controversial of them all. Unfortunately though, several school trustees have now voiced their concern that by showing the film on school premises, the reputation of the School Board has been tarnished.
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Linda Morken, WAPFTM Volunteer Chapter Leader in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
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