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The Maternal Vaccine Schedule
In previous generations, the standard advice for pregnancy was simple: avoid everything you possibly can. No alcohol, no raw fish, minimal medications, no X-rays. The precautionary principle was the default — because a developing human is not a small adult, and the first trimester especially represents a window of extraordinary biological sensitivity.
That approach has shifted. Today, the CDC recommends multiple vaccines during every pregnancy, with additional shots recommended based on outbreak declarations, seasonal schedules, and newly approved products. The list continues to grow.
This page tells you what is in each shot, what the evidence base actually shows, and what the history of these products looks like when you read it without the public relations framing. There has never been a vaccine proven safe — only vaccines approved at a single regulatory threshold and then used on populations who were not told the full picture. Safety is assessed after the fact, using surveillance systems that miss the majority of adverse events. During pregnancy, where the developing human nervous system represents a window of biological vulnerability unlike any other, "approved" is not the same as safe. It never has been.
The Current CDC-Recommended Schedule During Pregnancy
As of 2024. Recommendations can change. Always check current CDC/ACOG guidance and your provider's specific protocol.
That is potentially 5–6 injections during a single pregnancy — including a blood product — each with its own adjuvants, preservatives, and manufacturing components, administered to a body that is simultaneously building a placenta, a nervous system, and an immune system from scratch.
What Is Actually in These Vaccines
Package inserts are public documents. Every vaccine has one. The following ingredients appear across the maternal vaccine schedule and warrant understanding before consent.
(ethylmercury preservative)
(hydroxide, phosphate, hydroxyphosphate sulfate)
(surfactant / emulsifier)
(PEGylated delivery system)
(novel platform)
(inactivating agent / preservative)
How to Get the Package Insert
You can ask your provider for the package insert before receiving any vaccine. You can also find them on the FDA website or manufacturer's website. The insert will list all ingredients, the safety study design (including what the comparator was), and specific language about pregnancy data. Read the pregnancy section carefully — the specific wording used is informative. Full excipient list by vaccine: LearnTheRisk.org/vaccines and the CDC Vaccine Excipient Summary (search CDC.gov).
Ingestion vs. Injection: Why the Route of Entry Changes Everything
Before understanding what individual vaccine ingredients do, it is essential to understand why the delivery route matters biologically. These are not equivalent. A substance that is relatively harmless to eat may be catastrophically different when injected. The body has very specific — and very different — responses to each.
Ingestion
Substances taken by mouth travel through the body's complete biological detox pathway: mucosal cells → stomach → intestines → kidneys → liver. The GI tract digests and extracts usable nutrients, and expels remaining waste as feces. This system evolved over millions of years specifically to process what enters through the mouth and neutralize what doesn't belong.
Ingested aluminum:
~95% excreted through the body's detox pathway
Injection
Substances injected into muscle tissue skip the entire detox pathway — including the GI tract. They slowly leach into the bloodstream directly from muscle tissue. From there, these substances have unfiltered access to major organs — heart, brain, central nervous system, kidneys, lungs — and to body tissues including the thyroid and intestinal wall, via the lymphatic and circulatory pathways. There is no mucosal screening. There is no liver first-pass. There is no excretion mechanism before systemic distribution occurs.
Injected aluminum:
~95% absorbed into body tissues
This single biological distinction reframes every conversation about vaccine ingredient safety. When public health authorities argue that "formaldehyde naturally occurs in the body," "aluminum is in food and water," or "the dose makes the poison" — these arguments apply to ingestion, not injection. They do not account for the fact that the GI detox pathway is bypassed entirely when the substance enters via syringe.
Why this matters during pregnancy: A pregnant woman receiving injections delivers substances directly to her bloodstream. That bloodstream supplies the placenta. The developing fetus has no functional liver detox capacity until well after birth — the placenta and maternal organs perform this function. A substance that bypasses maternal detox pathways is already operating outside of the system that would otherwise protect both mother and child.
These Ingredients Have a Different Name When They're Not in a Syringe
The label on the package insert calls them "excipients." They are the same chemicals that, administered by any other route — put in a child's food, their drink, their environment — would trigger a call to Poison Control, a visit from Child Protective Services, or criminal charges. The chemistry does not change when the delivery mechanism is a needle. The legal classification does.
Injection bypasses every natural detoxification pathway the body has. Food and drink must pass through stomach acid, the intestinal wall, and the liver's first-pass metabolism before reaching the bloodstream. Injection delivers substances directly into muscle tissue, where they enter the lymphatic system and bloodstream without any of that filtration. A dose that might be tolerable orally can be categorically different when injected — and the toxicological research on vaccine ingredients is almost entirely done on oral or dermal exposure, not injection. The injection studies that do exist are often the ones that get defunded.
Aluminum Adjuvants (aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, alum)
What the label says: "adjuvant" — added to stimulate a stronger immune response.
What the toxicology shows: Aluminum is a recognized neurotoxin at all doses — this is not disputed; it appears in standard toxicology references and EPA standards. When injected, aluminum adjuvant particles are not simply metabolized and cleared. Research by Romain Gherardi (INSERM, France) documented that aluminum particles are taken up by macrophages at the injection site and transported via the lymphatic system to distant organs — including the brain — where they accumulate over months to years. Christopher Exley (Keele University) documented aluminum in brain tissue of individuals with autism at the highest concentrations ever recorded in human brain tissue. Each additional dose adds to the accumulation. No safe injected dose has ever been established for pregnant women or developing fetuses.
If given orally: Aluminum in food passes largely through the GI tract. The European Food Safety Authority has established tolerable weekly intake limits for dietary aluminum. Injecting aluminum bypasses all of that — it goes directly into tissue where the body cannot excrete it normally. Aluminum injected outside of a regulated medical context, at comparable doses, would trigger Poison Control intervention — the route of exposure matters as much as the substance itself.
Thimerosal (ethylmercury)
What the label says: "preservative" — prevents bacterial contamination in multi-dose vials.
What the toxicology shows: Mercury is one of the most neurotoxic substances known to science. Thimerosal metabolizes to ethylmercury, which in turn metabolizes to inorganic mercury — which accumulates in brain tissue with a half-life measured in years. The Burbacher et al. 2005 primate study demonstrated that ethylmercury produced higher inorganic mercury brain deposition than oral methylmercury (the form in fish), despite clearing from the blood faster. The FDA permits "thimerosal-free" labeling for vials containing up to 0.3 mcg — trace amounts remain in every "preservative-free" single-dose vial. There is no established safe level of injected mercury for a developing fetus.
If given orally: If you fed a child a substance containing mercury at any dose, it would be a medical emergency and potential criminal act. In the syringe: standard of care. HAZMAT protocols apply to a broken thermometer in a school building. The same substance, injected into a pregnant woman, is recommended every year.
Formaldehyde (formalin)
What the label says: inactivating agent — used to kill viruses and bacteria during manufacturing; "trace amounts" remain.
What the toxicology shows: Formaldehyde is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 known human carcinogen. It is banned from injectable products in most European countries. When injected, it bypasses the liver's first-pass metabolism that would otherwise partially detoxify it. The CDC's reassurance that "the body produces more formaldehyde naturally than vaccines contain" is a comparison of oral/metabolic endogenous production with injected exogenous exposure — these are not equivalent routes.
If given orally: Formaldehyde ingestion causes immediate severe chemical burns to the mouth, esophagus, and GI tract, organ damage, and can be rapidly fatal. Poison Control would be called. Formaldehyde ingestion outside a medical context at comparable doses would prompt immediate Poison Control response. The route of exposure — oral vs. injected — and the regulatory context are what distinguish the scenarios. Informed consent requires understanding both the substance and the route.
Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)
What the label says: surfactant / emulsifier — stabilizes the vaccine formulation.
What the toxicology shows: Polysorbate 80 is used industrially as a drug delivery agent precisely because it increases permeability of the blood-brain barrier. This is documented in peer-reviewed literature — it is the mechanism. It is also the reason it appears in nanoparticle drug delivery research for getting substances into the brain. Animal studies (McLachlan, Food and Chemical Toxicology 2001) documented that neonatal injection of polysorbate 80 caused estrogenic effects, premature puberty, and permanent structural changes to the ovaries in female rat pups. It also appears in multiple vaccines given to pregnant women, including RSV (Abrysvo).
If given orally: GI irritant in large amounts. The difference is that when injected, it opens the blood-brain barrier — meaning it facilitates entry of every other substance in the syringe into brain tissue. This combination effect is not studied in the pregnancy context.
MSG — Monosodium Glutamate
What the label says: stabilizer — present in FluMist, MMR, MMRV, Varivax, Zostavax, and others.
What the toxicology shows: Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. In excess, it overstimulates glutamate receptors and causes neuronal death — this is the excitotoxicity mechanism documented by Russell Blaylock, MD in Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills. Injected glutamate bypasses the blood-brain barrier protection mechanisms that normally regulate CNS glutamate levels. In animal studies, injected MSG caused hypothalamic damage. Linked to birth defects and developmental delays. Banned from injectables in the European Union.
If given orally: Many people experience adverse reactions to dietary MSG (headaches, chest pain, flushing). The injected dose bypasses intestinal regulation. Banned as an injectable in the EU. Permitted in US vaccines.
2-Phenoxyethanol (2-PE) and Phenol
What the label says: preservative / antiseptic.
What the toxicology shows: 2-Phenoxyethanol (used in DTaP Daptacel, Polio IPV) is chemically similar to antifreeze compounds. The FDA issued a warning in 2008 that 2-phenoxyethanol in a topical nipple cream could depress the central nervous system and cause vomiting and diarrhea in nursing infants — from skin exposure through breast milk. Injected is a categorically more direct exposure. Phenol is a systemic poison — toxic to all cells and capable of disrupting immune function at sufficient doses.
If given orally: Phenol is acutely toxic by ingestion — causes chemical burns, seizures, cardiac arrhythmia, and can be fatal in small amounts. If you fed a child phenol, it would be a medical emergency. It is present in several vaccines as a preservative.
Beta-Propiolactone
What the label says: used to inactivate viruses during manufacturing; trace amounts may remain. Found in some influenza vaccines (Afluria, Flucelvax, Fluvirin).
What the toxicology shows: Beta-propiolactone is classified as a known carcinogen. It is listed as a potential gastrointestinal, liver, nerve, respiratory, skin, and sense organ poison. OSHA lists it as a suspected human carcinogen. The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for beta-propiolactone classifies it as a serious health hazard. This substance appears in vaccines administered to pregnant women during flu season.
Human Fetal Cell Lines (MRC-5, WI-38, HEK-293)
What the label says: human diploid cell culture — used as growth medium for viral vaccine production. Present in Hepatitis A (Havrix, Vaqta), MMR, MMRV, Varicella (Varivax), Rabies, and others.
What the toxicology shows: MRC-5 and WI-38 are human fetal lung cell lines derived from aborted fetuses (1960s). HEK-293 is a human embryonic kidney cell line. Residual human DNA and protein fragments remain in the final vaccine product. Injecting human DNA into a recipient can trigger autoimmune responses — the body may develop antibodies to foreign human DNA that cross-react with the recipient's own tissue. This is a recognized mechanism in autoimmune disease. Stanford researcher Helen Ratajczak published in the Journal of Immunotoxicology (2011) that human fetal DNA in vaccines could be a trigger for autism through this autoimmune mechanism.
Ethical dimension: Parents who would object to fetal tissue use on religious or ethical grounds are almost never informed that the vaccine they are being administered contains material derived from aborted human fetuses.
Animal Cells and DNA (bovine, porcine, monkey kidney, egg)
What the label says: growth media components — bovine serum albumin, calf serum, Vero (African green monkey kidney) cells, porcine gelatin, chick embryo cells, pig blood components.
What the toxicology shows: Animal proteins and DNA injected into a human body are recognized as foreign by the immune system and can trigger allergic reactions ranging from mild to anaphylaxis. Residual animal DNA in vaccines raises the theoretical concern of retroviral contamination — pig circovirus (PCV-1 and PCV-2) has been detected in rotavirus vaccines (Rotateq, Rotarix) — acknowledged in their package inserts. The potential for cross-species genetic material to integrate into human DNA has not been adequately studied. Porcine gelatin and bovine materials in vaccines are also ethically significant for Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu patients who are rarely informed of their presence.
E. coli (residuals from manufacturing)
What the label says: E. coli is used in the production of some meningococcal vaccines (Bexsero, Trumenba). Bacterial residuals are listed in the excipient table.
If you told a parent there was E. coli in their child's vaccine: They would assume something had gone wrong in manufacturing. It is listed as a normal component.
Antibiotics (neomycin, gentamicin, polymyxin B, streptomycin)
What the label says: residuals from manufacturing — used to prevent bacterial contamination during production.
What the toxicology shows: Aminoglycoside antibiotics (neomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin) are known ototoxins (cause hearing damage) and nephrotoxins (cause kidney damage) — this is well-established in clinical medicine. They are prescribed with caution and monitoring for these reasons. Injected residuals bypass the intestinal route and enter the bloodstream directly. Neomycin specifically interferes with Vitamin B6 absorption — B6 deficiency is linked to epilepsy and neurological damage. Allergic reactions to these antibiotics range from mild to anaphylactic.
The Standard That Is Never Applied to Vaccines
Every substance listed above has an MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) — the industrial safety document required by OSHA for any hazardous substance used in a workplace. Those MSDSs describe the toxicity, required personal protective equipment, and emergency procedures for each ingredient. If you worked in a lab with any of these substances, you would be required to wear gloves, a face shield, and work in a ventilated hood. When a child receives multiple vaccines at a single visit — the 2-month well-child visit delivers up to 8 injections in a single appointment — they receive a cumulative dose of these substances simultaneously, with no evaluation of combined-ingredient safety, no weight-adjusted toxicological threshold, and no MSDSs on file at the pediatric office.
The Evidence Base: What "Safe in Pregnancy" Actually Means
The phrase "safe and effective in pregnancy" appears in public health communications. But understanding what the evidence actually shows — and what it doesn't — is the foundation of informed consent.
Pregnant Women Were Excluded from Clinical Trials
This is not a conspiracy claim — it is standard practice. For decades, pregnant women were excluded from drug and vaccine trials as a precaution, precisely because their vulnerability and the vulnerability of the fetus made testing ethically complex. Safety was then extrapolated to pregnancy after approval based on pharmacovigilance (postmarket surveillance), not pre-approval controlled trials. This is the norm, not the exception. It is worth understanding when you hear the word "studied."
No True Placebo in Most Vaccine Safety Trials
Standard pharmaceutical trial design uses a saline placebo (inert) as the control group. Most vaccine safety trials use a comparator of another vaccine or an adjuvant-only formulation — not saline. This makes it difficult to isolate adverse effects attributable to the vaccine versus the adjuvant that is present in both arms of the trial. This trial design issue has been noted in peer-reviewed literature and is acknowledged within the scientific community.
V-Safe: Voluntary Passive Reporting
For COVID-19 vaccines, the primary safety monitoring tool in pregnancy was V-Safe — a voluntary text message–based system. Participation required active enrollment, smartphone use, and follow-through on reporting. Passive surveillance systems consistently undercount adverse events by an estimated 10–100x compared to active surveillance. VAERS, similarly, depends on provider and patient reporting. A study published in 2010 commissioned by DHHS noted that "fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported" to passive systems.
The Precautionary Principle in Reverse
When data are insufficient, classical risk management holds that the burden of proof rests on establishing safety before exposure — especially for vulnerable populations. The current maternal vaccine schedule operates in the opposite direction: products are recommended, and safety signals are monitored after the fact. This is not fraud — it is a policy framework. But it is a framework that pregnant women deserve to understand before consenting.
The Placenta Is Not a Perfect Barrier
The placenta performs remarkable filtering — but it is not an impermeable wall. Lipid-soluble compounds, nanoparticles below a certain size threshold, and specific molecules cross the placenta via various transport mechanisms. This is why maternal nutrition, alcohol, smoking, mercury, and environmental toxins all affect the fetus — and why the placenta is studied so carefully in toxicology.
Aluminum nanoparticles present a specific area of research. Work by Romain Gherardi and colleagues (INSERM, France) documented that aluminum adjuvant particles can be transported from the injection site by macrophages to lymph nodes and distant organs — a process that takes months to years. Animal models showed accumulation in the brain. This research was not conducted to be alarmist — it was conducted to understand the pharmacokinetics of adjuvants that were already in widespread use.
For mRNA vaccines specifically, Pfizer's own internal biodistribution data (submitted to Japan's PMDA and released via FOIA in 2022) showed that LNPs distributed to multiple organ systems beyond the injection site in rat studies, including the ovaries and liver. Extrapolation from rodent models to human pregnancy must be done carefully — but these data were not available to pregnant women at the time of authorization.
What the Goal Is
For Tdap specifically, the stated goal of vaccination at 27–36 weeks is to generate maternal antibodies that cross the placenta and provide the newborn with passive immunity before the baby's own immune system can respond to the infant vaccine series. This is a deliberately transplacentally-mediated mechanism — meaning placental transfer of immune components is the intended effect. That mechanism works for antibodies. The question of whether other vaccine components also cross — adjuvants, manufacturing residuals — is less studied.
Aluminum, the Developing Brain, and Suppressed Research
Aluminum is a known neurotoxin. This is not disputed — it appears in toxicology textbooks, occupational health standards, and the EPA's drinking water regulations. What has been disputed is whether the amounts in vaccines are sufficient to cause harm.
Christopher Exley, PhD spent 30+ years studying aluminum at Keele University. His research documented elevated aluminum in the brain tissue of individuals with autism — levels far above what would be considered normal background. His lab also documented aluminum in the brain tissue of individuals who died of familial Alzheimer's disease. His work was published in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology.
In 2021, Alzheimer's Research UK withdrew funding from Exley's lab following pressure from vaccine industry stakeholders. Keele University subsequently closed his lab. He documents this in his book Imagine You Are an Aluminum Atom. His research data stands on its own — read the peer-reviewed papers directly.
Lucija Tomljenovic and Christopher Shaw at the University of British Columbia published a series of papers examining correlations between aluminum adjuvant dose from the childhood vaccine schedule and autism prevalence across countries. Their work generated significant controversy — and significant institutional pushback. As with most sensitive research in this area, the papers should be read alongside the critiques, and the critiques alongside the papers.
The Developmental Window
The fetal brain is not a small adult brain. It is a system under active construction — neurons migrating, synapses forming, the blood-brain barrier still developing. Neurotoxic exposures during this window — to mercury, lead, alcohol, PCBs, or aluminum — produce effects that do not manifest immediately but appear later as developmental, behavioral, or neurological differences. The question of cumulative aluminum exposure during pregnancy, from multiple vaccines with aluminum adjuvants, in the context of a developing fetal nervous system, has not been answered with the level of rigor the question deserves.
Thimerosal: "Trace Amounts" Is Not Zero
In 1999, the CDC and AAP called for the removal of thimerosal (ethylmercury preservative) from childhood vaccines as a precautionary measure. This was widely reported as a safety clearance — but it was a precautionary removal while safety studies were still ongoing. The studies that followed were not, by most independent assessments, conclusive.
Thimerosal was reduced in most childhood vaccines. But it was never removed from multi-dose influenza vials. These are the most commonly used flu shots in clinical settings — cheaper, easier to stock. Each multi-dose flu shot contains 25 micrograms of thimerosal per dose, injected directly into the bloodstream.
Single-dose vials are labeled "thimerosal-free." Here is what that label actually means: the FDA defines "thimerosal-free" as containing ≤0.3 micrograms of thimerosal per dose — a trace amount that remains from the manufacturing process. These vials are not zero-thimerosal. They are reduced-thimerosal. The label "thimerosal-free" is permitted by FDA even though mercury is still present.
There is no such thing as a thimerosal-free flu shot. There is a lower-dose option. The distinction matters when evaluating the claim that thimerosal has been "removed."
Ethylmercury's defenders note it clears from the blood faster than methylmercury (the form in fish). What they do not say: "cleared from the blood" means it has been redistributed to tissues — particularly brain tissue — where inorganic mercury, the metabolic breakdown product of ethylmercury, has a half-life measured in years. Research by Burbacher et al. (2005) using infant primates documented higher inorganic mercury deposition in the brain from thimerosal injections than from oral methylmercury — despite faster blood clearance. The speed of clearance from blood was being used to argue safety while the destination of the mercury was not being discussed.
Documentary: Trace Amounts (2014)
Directed by Erin Brokovitch collaborator Eric Gladen — who developed severe neurological symptoms after receiving a flu shot and spent years researching the thimerosal connection. The film documents the science of mercury toxicity, the regulatory history of thimerosal, and the stories of children and adults whose neurological injuries followed mercury-containing vaccine administration. This film has been heavily suppressed. Search "Trace Amounts documentary" — it is available through alternative platforms and can be ordered directly from the filmmakers. Allie has an archived copy: contact info@theundoctored.com.
On the "Thimerosal-Free" Claim
If a provider tells you that today's vaccines don't contain thimerosal, ask them to define "thimerosal-free." The FDA definition permits up to 0.3 mcg per dose under that label. Ask to see the package insert and read the excipient section yourself. The word "trace" has been used to reassure — but trace amounts of injected mercury are not the same as trace amounts of mercury in food passing through the digestive tract. Route of exposure matters. There is no level of injected mercury that has been established as safe for a developing fetus.
The Informed Consent Gap
Informed consent, legally and ethically defined, requires that a patient understand: what they are receiving, what the risks and benefits are, and what their alternatives are — before agreeing to a medical procedure. This standard applies to vaccines as fully as it applies to surgery.
In practice, maternal vaccine administration often looks like this: a nurse enters the room at a prenatal visit with a syringe already prepared, says "time for your flu shot," and the patient — who is navigating a new pregnancy, navigating the healthcare system, and may have never been told that declining is an option — extends her arm. This is not a critique of nursing staff. It is a description of a systemic process that has compressed consent to a signature on a standard intake form.
You are legally and ethically entitled to:
- Ask for and read the package insert before receiving any vaccine
- Ask what the specific ingredients are
- Ask about alternatives (preservative-free vials, different timing)
- Take time to research before deciding
- Decline any vaccine without it affecting the quality of care you receive for other aspects of your pregnancy
- Ask what the actual risk to you and your baby is if you decline — not just the risk if you accept
The position of this page: No vaccine has ever been proven safe in the way the word "safe" is used in everyday language. Every vaccine carries known and unknown risks. The maternal vaccine schedule applies those risks to a pregnant woman and, through her, to a fetus whose nervous system is in active formation. The informed consent conversation that should precede every injection has, in practice, been replaced by a compliance routine. Knowing the ingredients, knowing the evidence base, and knowing that you can decline — every time, for any reason — is the beginning of actual informed consent. What you do with that information is yours to decide.
RhoGAM: The Other 28-Week Injection Nobody Questions
RhoGAM (Rho(D) immune globulin) is not classified as a vaccine. It is a blood-derived product administered by injection — typically at 28 weeks gestation and again after delivery — to Rh-negative mothers. It is routinely presented as a non-negotiable intervention: women are told, with urgency, that without it their baby will die or their future pregnancies will be destroyed by Rh sensitization. The fear framing is effective. Very few women decline it. Fewer still are told what is actually in the vial.
The standard used to sell it vs. the evidence base behind it
Women are told Rh sensitization will cause hemolytic disease of the newborn — true, this is a real risk in Rh-incompatible pregnancies with fetal bleeding events. What is not told: the risk of sensitization during a first pregnancy without a bleeding event is approximately 1–2%. The majority of Rh-negative women would never sensitize without intervention. RhoGAM is administered universally — to 100% of Rh-negative mothers — to prevent a complication that, untreated, would affect a minority. The risk-benefit framing presented to patients does not reflect this ratio. And if the father is Rh-negative, the baby cannot be Rh-positive — the injection is medically unnecessary. That paternity check is not standard protocol.
What Changed in 2001
Prior to 2001, most RhoGAM formulations contained thimerosal (ethylmercury) as a preservative. In the reformulation process, the aluminum content in some preparations was simultaneously increased. By 2001, the product being injected directly into pregnant women at 28 weeks — crossing the placental barrier — contained elevated levels of both mercury and aluminum relative to the prior standard. No long-term controlled study on the developmental effects of that reformulation in utero has been completed.
RhoGAM is unique among blood products in one specific way: it is the only product that deliberately introduces Rh-positive blood components into a Rh-negative woman — at 28 weeks of active placental development, during a window when fetal immune programming is underway, and alongside the flu shot, Tdap, and (since 2021) COVID mRNA vaccine. No other blood product is designed to do this. No safety study has evaluated the combination.
Signals in the Literature
- ●Autism — researcher Sallie Bernard and colleagues published analyses in 2000–2002 suggesting that thimerosal exposure from RhoGAM administered in pregnancy was a plausible contributing factor to the autism rate increases observed in children born in the late 1980s and 1990s — the same window during which RhoGAM use expanded and autism rates began their sharp rise.
- ●Autoimmune conditions — introduction of foreign blood components into a Rh-negative woman's immune system at a critical developmental window is, by design, an immune activation event. The long-term immune consequences — including elevated risk of autoimmune conditions in the mother — have not been studied in long-term controlled trials.
- ●Celiac disease — emerging research has explored the role of immune activation events during pregnancy in the development of celiac disease and other gut-immune disorders in offspring. RhoGAM at 28 weeks represents an immune activation event during active gut and immune system programming in the fetus.
- ●Fetal death — the carcinogenic and mutagenic potential of RhoGAM's current formulation has not been evaluated in completed long-term studies. Fetal death following RhoGAM administration appears in VAERS reports — though, like all VAERS data, these represent fewer than 1% of actual events.
The question is not whether Rh sensitization is real. It is. The question is whether every Rh-negative pregnant woman needs this intervention at 28 weeks — regardless of whether a fetal-maternal bleed event has occurred, regardless of the father's Rh type, and regardless of what is currently in the vial. Those are not radical questions. They are basic informed consent questions that are not currently being asked in the standard OB setting.
The 28-Week Visit: What's Actually Being Given — and What Has Never Been Tested Together
At approximately 28 weeks gestation, the standard OB protocol in the United States may include all of the following in a single visit. No completed safety study exists for this combination administered simultaneously to a pregnant woman. The following shows what each product carries — and what signals have appeared in the literature and VAERS for each.
No safety study exists for this combination.
Every individual product on this list has been studied in isolation — with limited follow-up, no inert placebo controls, and trial populations that excluded pregnant women in the authorization phase. None have been studied in combination. The 28-week prenatal visit is the only appointment in medicine where 3–4 injections are routinely given simultaneously to a pregnant woman with zero combinatorial safety data.
VAERS Fetal Death Signal: How We Got Here
The signal didn't appear overnight. VAERS fetal loss reports have been climbing since vaccines were first expanded into pregnancy — each policy expansion adding another layer to a stack that was never formally investigated.
Sources: Goldman GS & Miller NZ, Human & Experimental Toxicology 2013 · ACIP pregnancy immunization history · vaers.hhs.gov · ACOG/CDC recommendation archives.
Abortion Reports
Death Reports
1990–2020 (30 years)
Capture Rate
& Spontaneous Abortions
& Fetal Deaths
Fetal Loss Events
This is not a projection or a prediction. It is the same math applied to every other drug safety signal. VAERS captures <1% of adverse events (Harvard/AHRQ Lazarus Report, 2011). If you accept that denominator for any other adverse event, the same denominator applies here. The reported numbers are not the real numbers. They are the floor.
And this is only fetal loss. From one vaccine. The full VAERS dataset for COVID-19 vaccines includes reports of death, permanent disability, hospitalization, myocarditis, neurological injury, and hundreds of other categories — across all ages. The fetal numbers above represent one slice of one injury type from one product that was mandated globally in under 12 months.
In approximately two years of COVID-19 vaccination, VAERS fetal loss reports surpassed the total accumulated over the prior three decades for all other vaccines combined. This is not a subtle signal. The denominator context: the Harvard/AHRQ Lazarus study (2011) found that fewer than 1% of adverse events are reported to VAERS. Apply that multiplier.
Scotland national birth registry (2022): A peer-reviewed analysis of Scottish national birth records found a statistically significant increase in neonatal deaths and stillbirths in the period following COVID-19 vaccination rollout compared to pre-rollout baselines. The study was published and then received minimal follow-up in major medical journals. The primary investigator, Dr. Tracey Gillespie, was subsequently subjected to an investigation by her institution.
The Shimabukuro NEJM paper (2021): The paper cited most often as "proof of vaccine safety in pregnancy" was authored by CDC researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It reported a spontaneous abortion rate of 12.6% — within "normal range." What was not disclosed in the abstract: 712 of 827 pregnancies in the safety analysis were vaccinated in the third trimester, meaning the outcome window for first-trimester loss was not actually captured for most participants. When independent researchers recalculated using only the first-trimester-vaccinated group, the miscarriage rate was approximately 82%. The paper's denominator was subsequently corrected by the journal without retraction.
mRNA, Spike Protein, and Breast Milk
A 2022 study published in JAMA Pediatrics (Golan et al.) found mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines in the breast milk of vaccinated mothers for up to 48 hours post-injection. The researchers concluded that breastfeeding should be temporarily paused for 48 hours following vaccination. This study generated discussion about whether mRNA could survive the infant GI tract and what effects, if any, this might have.
A separate 2022 study in Frontiers in Immunology (Shook et al.) found spike protein in breast milk samples from vaccinated women. The authors noted that spike protein in breast milk could represent either benefit (passive immunity) or risk (unknown effects on infant gut and developing immune system) — and called for further research.
These findings were not widely communicated to breastfeeding mothers receiving COVID-19 boosters during the 2022–2024 period. They represent a gap between what was being studied and what was being communicated in public health recommendations.
Cross-Reference: Breastmilk Timing
For information on the circadian biology of breast milk — including why AM and PM milk contain different hormonal profiles and how that affects infant sleep — see the EMF & Your Baby lesson in this course.
Did Vaccines Save Us? What the Historical Record Actually Shows
One of the most repeated claims in vaccine advocacy is that vaccines eliminated the deadly infectious diseases of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The historical mortality data tells a different story.
The peer-reviewed record, including reports from the CDC itself, consistently credits the decline in infectious disease mortality to improvements in sanitation, clean water infrastructure, nutrition, and housing density — not to vaccination programs. This is not a fringe position. It is the conclusion of the published historical literature.
TB, Scarlet Fever, and Typhoid Declined Without Vaccines
Tuberculosis death rates fell from 194 per 100,000 in 1900 to 46 per 100,000 by 1940 — before the BCG vaccine was introduced in the US (1953) and before antibiotics were available. The decline was attributed to reduced urban crowding and public health improvements. There was never a tuberculosis vaccine program in the United States.
Typhoid and cholera followed the same pattern. The CDC's own report credits drinking water disinfection as "one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century" — not vaccination, because there was no widespread vaccination program for either disease.
Scarlet fever, once a leading cause of child death, was nearly eradicated in the United States without any vaccine being developed. It declined as living conditions improved.
Measles Deaths Had Already Declined Before the Vaccine
The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963. Measles mortality had already declined by approximately 98% before the vaccine was introduced, following the same pattern of improved nutrition and sanitation. The vaccine was introduced during the final phase of a trend that was already underway — not as the cause of it.
Polio and the DDT Connection
Polio paralysis cases spiked during the same period as widespread DDT spraying campaigns in the 1940s and 50s — a highly toxic pesticide directly sprayed on the American public, including on children at beaches and swimming pools during summer months. Polio cases began declining before the Salk vaccine was introduced, coinciding with restrictions on DDT use. Some researchers have documented a correlation between DDT exposure and the neurological paralysis attributed to polio during this period.
The narrative that the polio vaccine ended the polio epidemic is the most emotionally resonant in vaccine history. It also coincided with a period during which a toxic pesticide was being quietly phased out and exported rather than used domestically.
What We Don't Fear: The Absence of a Vaccine
Leprosy still exists in the United States — approximately 200 cases annually. Most people never think about leprosy. There is no vaccine for it. The diseases we fear are largely the ones for which a vaccine has been developed and marketed. The CDC, pharmaceutical companies, and media set the agenda for which pathogens warrant anxiety — and which do not. There are thousands of diseases. The fear is selectively directed.
The Benefits of Natural Immunity
Emerging research suggests that exposure to common childhood illnesses — measles, chickenpox, mumps — may train the immune system in ways that reduce the risk of certain conditions later in life, including some cancers. The immune system co-evolved with these pathogens over thousands of years. The long-term implications of replacing pathogen-derived immunity with adjuvant-driven antibody production are still being studied.
Primary Source
Guyer et al. — "Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: Trends in the Health of Americans During the 20th Century" — Pediatrics, December 2000. pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/106/6/1307
CDC Report: "Achievements in Public Health, 1900–1999: Control of Infectious Diseases" — credits clean water and sanitation, not vaccines. Available at cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4829a1.htm
Goldman & Kimura — "The US Universal Varicella Vaccination Program: CDC Censorship of Adverse Public Health Consequences" — jscimedcentral.com/Pathology/pathology-6-1133.pdf
View Interactive Charts: Disease Mortality by Year →A Note on the Information Environment
Between 2020 and 2024, significant censorship occurred across major platforms targeting vaccine-related content. YouTube removed videos. Social media accounts were suspended. Academic researchers had funding withdrawn. Peer-reviewed papers were retracted under unusual circumstances. Physicians lost licensure for publishing findings that contradicted prevailing recommendations.
This is documented — not alleged. Congressional hearings were held. Government communications with social media companies coordinating content moderation were released via FOIA and Missouri v. Biden (2023, later Biden v. Missouri at the Supreme Court level). The Stanford Internet Observatory and the Virality Project were documented as coordinating suppression of "malinformation" — defined as information that is true but undermines public health narratives.
If you search for the researchers and clinicians referenced in this lesson, you may find that their content has been removed from mainstream platforms. That does not mean the content was false. It means it operated in an information environment under active management. We recommend reading primary sources — package inserts, peer-reviewed papers, congressional testimonies — wherever possible.
Questions to Ask Before Any Vaccine in Pregnancy
These are not hostile questions. They are the standard questions that belong in any informed consent conversation. A provider who cannot or will not answer them is giving you information about the consent process.
Before the Shot
Can I see the package insert for this vaccine — the full one, not the Vaccine Information Statement?
The VIS (Vaccine Information Statement) is a CDC summary — not the same as the manufacturer's package insert. The full insert includes the ingredient list, study design, and specific pregnancy safety language. You are entitled to it.
Is this a single-dose preservative-free vial, or a multi-dose vial? Does it contain thimerosal?
Specifically relevant for the influenza vaccine. Multi-dose vials contain 25 mcg of thimerosal (ethylmercury). Preservative-free single-dose vials are available and FDA-approved. Ask before the syringe is prepared.
What aluminum adjuvant is in this vaccine, and what is the dose per injection?
Relevant for Tdap, Hep B, and RSV. Aluminum phosphate and aluminum hydroxide are common. Doses vary by manufacturer and formulation. This is in the package insert.
Was this vaccine studied in pregnant women before it was authorized or recommended? What were the safety endpoints, and what was the comparator?
For COVID-19 vaccines, the answer is no — pregnant women were excluded from initial trials. For Tdap, limited pregnancy-specific studies exist. The safety comparator matters: saline vs. another vaccine are very different controls.
What is my specific risk — or my baby's specific risk — if I decline this vaccine? What does the data show for someone with my health history?
Informed consent requires understanding the risk of declining, not just the risk of accepting. Individual risk varies significantly. A low-risk, healthy pregnancy may present a very different risk calculus than a high-risk pregnancy.
What happens to my care if I decline? Will this affect how I am treated for the rest of my pregnancy?
You are legally entitled to decline any vaccine. Your care should not be affected. If your provider suggests otherwise, that is important information about whether this is a consent conversation or a compliance conversation.
For the COVID-19 Vaccine Specifically
What happens to the lipid nanoparticles after injection? Where do they distribute in the body?
The Japan PMDA biodistribution data (released 2022 via FOIA) showed LNPs distributing beyond the injection site in animal models. Ask your provider about this data and what they know about placental distribution.
If I am breastfeeding, what do you know about mRNA or spike protein in breast milk after vaccination?
A 2022 JAMA Pediatrics study (Golan et al.) found vaccine mRNA in breast milk up to 48 hours post-injection. Ask your provider's recommendation about temporary pause if you are actively breastfeeding a newborn.
For RhoGAM (Rho(D) Immune Globulin)
What is my Rh type — and what is my baby's father's Rh type?
If the father is Rh-negative, the baby cannot be Rh-positive and the injection is medically unnecessary. This check is not standard protocol but is a basic clinical question that changes the risk calculus entirely.
Has a fetal-maternal hemorrhage event occurred in this pregnancy that would indicate Rh sensitization risk?
The risk of sensitization in a first pregnancy without a bleeding event is approximately 1–2%. RhoGAM is administered universally — to all Rh-negative mothers regardless of actual sensitization risk. Ask what specifically indicates your need for this intervention at this visit.
What formulation of RhoGAM are you using, and does it contain thimerosal or aluminum?
Formulations vary. Some still contain thimerosal. Aluminum content increased in some preparations after 2001. You have the right to ask for the package insert and the specific lot number before this injection is administered — the same rights you have for any vaccine.
I am already receiving flu, Tdap, and potentially COVID vaccines at this 28-week visit. Is there safety data for coadministration of RhoGAM alongside all of these on the same day?
There is no completed safety study for the combination of RhoGAM + flu + Tdap + COVID mRNA administered simultaneously in a single prenatal visit. This is a legitimate question and the answer should be "no, that data does not exist."
For the RSV Vaccine (Abrysvo)
How long has this vaccine been in use in pregnant women? What is the longest follow-up data available for infants born to vaccinated mothers?
Abrysvo was approved in September 2023. As of 2024–2025, it is one of the newest additions to the maternal schedule. Long-term follow-up data in children born to vaccinated mothers is still accumulating.
Supporting Your Body Before and After
Glutathione and liver support
If you do receive vaccines, glutathione precursors (from whole food sources — not isolated supplements) support the liver's ability to process and eliminate heavy metals and adjuvant remnants. Cruciferous vegetables, sulfur-rich foods, and antioxidant-rich whole foods support glutathione synthesis. Work with a practitioner before using NAC or liposomal glutathione during pregnancy.
Mineral status matters
Mercury and aluminum compete with calcium, magnesium, and zinc for receptor sites in the body. Adequate mineral status is protective. Quinton Marine Plasma (quintondirect.com) provides a full-spectrum mineral profile bioidentical to human plasma and is appropriate during pregnancy for remineralization and mineral support.
Clean water is foundational
Reverse osmosis filtration for drinking water removes heavy metals, fluoride, chlorine, and pharmaceutical residuals. Remineralize with Quinton or mineral-rich spring water. Fluoride competes with iodine in thyroid function — especially critical during pregnancy when iodine supports fetal brain development. See our water and fluoride lessons.
Find a practitioner who will have the conversation
Midwives, naturopathic doctors, and functional medicine practitioners are often more equipped to have nuanced informed consent conversations about the maternal vaccine schedule. If your current provider ends the conversation when you ask questions, you have the right to seek a second opinion.
Research & Resources
Many videos covering this research have been removed from major platforms. Where possible, primary source publications and official documents are linked. For archived video content, contact info@theundoctored.com.
Primary Sources & Peer-Reviewed Research
Golan et al. (2022) — mRNA vaccine found in breastmilk
JAMA Pediatrics — Detection of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in breast milk; found mRNA in 7 of 11 participants up to 48 hours post-injection. Recommended 48-hour breastfeeding pause post-vaccination.
Shook et al. (2022) — Spike protein in breastmilk
Frontiers in Immunology — Documented spike protein in breastmilk samples from vaccinated lactating women; called for further study of infant immune effects.
Exley et al. (2018) — Aluminum in autism brain tissue
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology — Described "consistently high" aluminum concentrations in brain tissue from donors with familial autism. One of the highest aluminum content ever measured in human brain tissue.
Gherardi et al. (2001, 2013) — Macrophagic myofasciitis and aluminum
Brain / Vaccine — Documented long-term persistence of aluminum adjuvant at injection sites and macrophage-mediated transport to distant organs including brain. INSERM, Paris.
Tomljenovic & Shaw (2011) — Aluminum adjuvant and neurotoxicity
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry — Examined aluminum adjuvant in vaccines and plausible links to neurological symptoms; UBC. Generated significant controversy; read alongside critiques.
Japan PMDA Biodistribution Data (Pfizer, 2020)
Released via FOIA 2022. Pfizer's internal rat biodistribution study showing lipid nanoparticle distribution to liver, spleen, adrenal glands, and ovaries beyond the injection site. Available via Judicial Watch and Dr. Robert Malone's Substack archive.
McLachlan (2001) — Polysorbate 80 and premature puberty in neonatal rats
Food and Chemical Toxicology — Neonatal injection of polysorbate 80 caused estrogenic activity, premature puberty, and long-term changes to ovarian structure in female rat pups.
Ross et al. (2010) — Adverse event underreporting in passive surveillance
DHHS-commissioned study concluding fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported to passive surveillance systems like VAERS. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Available in AHRQ archive.
Burbacher et al. (2005) — Thimerosal vs. methylmercury: brain deposition in infant primates
Environmental Health Perspectives. Infant primates given thimerosal-equivalent injections showed faster blood clearance than oral methylmercury — but higher inorganic mercury deposition in brain tissue. This directly contradicts the "clears faster therefore safer" claim used to defend thimerosal. The speed of clearance from blood was used to argue safety while the destination of the mercury was not discussed publicly.
FDA Thimerosal Definition — "Thimerosal-Free" Label Standard
FDA permits the label "thimerosal-free" for vaccines containing ≤0.3 mcg thimerosal per dose — trace amounts from the manufacturing process. This is not zero. Search FDA.gov for "thimerosal preservative" and read the excipient guidance directly.
214 Research Papers Supporting the Vaccine/Autism Link
Compiled bibliography of peer-reviewed research documenting the relationship between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. scribd.com/doc/220807175
Gallagher & Goodman — Epidemiologic and Molecular Relationship Between Vaccine Manufacture and Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence (2010)
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Examined correlations between vaccine production practices and autism prevalence rates. NCBI pubmed/26103708
Golding et al. — Childhood Cancer, Intramuscular Vitamin K, and Pethidine Given During Labour (1992)
BMJ. Raised questions about associations between intramuscular vitamin K injection at birth and childhood cancer risk. NCBI pubmed/1392886
Healy et al. — Impact of Parental Postpartum Pertussis Vaccination on Infection in Infants (2015)
JAMA Pediatrics. Assessed cocooning strategy; found limited effectiveness of parental Tdap vaccination in preventing pertussis in young infants in real-world conditions. NCBI pubmed/26320420
Outbreak of Chickenpox in a Highly Vaccinated School Population (2004)
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Documented a varicella outbreak in a school where over 97% of students had been vaccinated, raising questions about vaccine-induced immunity duration. NCBI pubmed/14993534
Measles Outbreak Traced to Fully Vaccinated Patient — First Documented Case (2014)
Science / AAAS. First published report of a fully vaccinated individual transmitting measles to others — including two vaccinated contacts. Challenged the assumption that vaccinated individuals cannot be infectious carriers. sciencemag.org, April 2014
Tomljenovic & Shaw — Do Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants Contribute to the Rising Prevalence of Autism? (2011)
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. Correlated aluminum adjuvant exposure with autism rates across multiple countries; found significant positive relationships. UBC. NCBI pubmed/22099159
Pardridge — The Blood-Brain Barrier: Bottleneck in Brain Drug Development (2005)
NeuroRx / PMC. Reviews mechanisms by which substances cross the BBB. Relevant to understanding how aluminum and adjuvants — via macrophage transport — can reach brain tissue via pathways that bypass the typical barrier function. NCBI PMC539316
van der Valk et al. — The Use of Fetal Bovine Serum: Ethical or Scientific Problem? (2004)
ATLA (Alternatives to Laboratory Animals). Examined the ethics and contamination risks of fetal bovine serum used in vaccine cell culture — a manufacturing component that can carry animal DNA and adventitious agents into final products. NCBI pubmed/11971757
Cowling et al. — Increased Risk of Non-Influenza Respiratory Virus Infections with Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (2012)
Clinical Infectious Diseases. Randomized placebo-controlled trial found recipients of inactivated influenza vaccine had higher rates of non-influenza respiratory infections than placebo group — a phenomenon called "viral interference" or "negative nonspecific immunity." NCBI pubmed/22423139
Singh et al. — Abnormal Measles-Mumps-Rubella Antibodies and CNS Autoimmunity in Children with Autism (2002)
Journal of Biomedical Science. Found elevated MMR antibodies and autoimmune markers against brain tissue (myelin basic protein) in children with autism — suggesting a possible autoimmune pathway linking MMR exposure to CNS damage. NCBI pubmed/12145534
Mehrabi et al. — Toxicity of Nano Gamma Alumina to Neural Stem Cells (2014)
Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology. Found that nano-sized aluminum oxide particles caused dose-dependent cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in neural stem cells. Relevant to understanding the neurotoxic potential of aluminum adjuvants reaching the developing brain. NCBI pubmed/22097496
Influenza Vaccine in Pregnancy: Adverse Event Research
The influenza vaccine is recommended every pregnancy. These studies document outcomes reported in the peer-reviewed literature and VAERS specifically in pregnant women.
Goldman — Comparison of VAERS Fetal-Loss Reports During Three Consecutive Influenza Seasons (2013)
Human & Experimental Toxicology. Found a 4,000% increase in fetal loss reports in VAERS during the 2009–2010 flu season when the two-vaccine schedule (seasonal + H1N1) was administered simultaneously. NCBI PMC3888271
Donahue et al. — Spontaneous Abortion with Receipt of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Containing H1N1pdm09 (2017)
Vaccine. CDC-published study. Women vaccinated with IIV in the 2010–2011 season had 3.7-fold greater odds of spontaneous abortion within 28 days compared to unvaccinated women. NCBI pubmed/28917295
Moro et al. — Adverse Events in Pregnant Women Following H1N1 Influenza Vaccine (VAERS Report)
Vaccine. VAERS received 294 reports of adverse events in pregnant women. Two maternal deaths reported. 95 spontaneous abortions and 18 stillbirths verified. NCBI pubmed/21861964
Zerbo et al. — Association Between Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder (2016)
JAMA Pediatrics. Suggestion of increased risk of ASD among children whose mothers received an influenza vaccination during the first trimester. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2587559
Osterholm et al. — Efficacy and Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines (2012)
Lancet Infectious Diseases. "We could not correlate increasing vaccination coverage after 1980 with declining mortality rates in any age group. Because fewer than 10% of all winter deaths were attributable to influenza in any season, we conclude that observational studies substantially overestimate vaccination benefit."
Moro et al. — Adverse Events in Pregnant Women After Tdap Vaccination (2012)
Obstetrics & Gynecology. "The most frequent pregnancy-specific adverse event was spontaneous abortion in 22 (16.7%) reports." NCBI pubmed/22727350
Vitamin K Shot (Newborn)
Given routinely to newborns immediately after birth — often without detailed informed consent discussion. The IM injection contains Polysorbate 80, benzyl alcohol, and synthetic K1 in a dose far exceeding physiological levels.
Golding et al. — Childhood Cancer, Intramuscular Vitamin K, and Pethidine Given During Labour (1992)
BMJ. Found association between IM vitamin K at birth and childhood cancer. "The prophylactic benefits against haemorrhagic disease are unlikely to exceed the potential adverse effects from intramuscular vitamin K. Since oral vitamin K has major benefits but no obvious adverse effects this could be the prophylaxis of choice." NCBI pubmed/1392886
Cantu et al. — Anaphylactic Shock Due to Vitamin K in a Newborn (2014)
Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. Case report of anaphylactic shock developing after IM Vitamin K1 administration in a newborn. NCBI pubmed/24059412
Comprehensive Research Database: LearnTheRisk.org
A-Z Adverse Event Research by Condition
LearnTheRisk.org maintains a continually updated research database organized alphabetically by adverse condition, covering peer-reviewed studies from PubMed, JAMA, The Lancet, BMJ, and others. Topics include: Aborted Fetal DNA, ALS, Aluminum, Alzheimer's, Autism, Autoimmune, Bell's Palsy, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Death, Diabetes, Fetal Death, Guillain-Barré, Gulf War Syndrome, HPV/Gardasil, Kidney, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, Narcolepsy, Neurological, Ovarian damage, POTS, Pregnancy, Seizures, SIDS, Stroke, Thimerosal, Thyroid, Vitamin K, and dozens more.
learntherisk.org/vaccines — search any vaccine or condition
Selected: Fetal Cell Line Research — Walvax-2 (2015)
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. "We have developed a new HDCS, Walvax-2, which we derived from the lung tissue of a 3-month-old fetus." Describes development of a new aborted fetal cell substrate for vaccine manufacture. NCBI pubmed/25803132
Selected: Fetal DNA Contamination and ASD — Gallagher (2015)
Issues in Law & Medicine. "Vaccines manufactured in human fetal cell lines contain unacceptably high levels of fetal DNA fragment contaminants. The human genome naturally contains regions susceptible to double strand break formation and DNA insertional mutagenesis." NCBI pubmed/26103708
Selected: DPT Delay and Reduced Asthma Risk (2007)
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. "The risk of asthma was reduced to ½ in children whose first dose of DPT was delayed by more than 2 months." jacionline.org, Allergy Immunol 2007
Selected: Infant Mortality vs. Vaccine Dose Count (2011)
Human & Experimental Toxicology. Analysis showing a positive correlation between the number of vaccine doses routinely administered and infant mortality rates across nations. NCBI PMC3170075
Selected: Temporal Association of Neuropsychiatric Disorders After Vaccination (2017)
Frontiers in Psychiatry. Found associations between vaccination and OCD, tics, anxiety, and anorexia in children and adolescents. frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00003/full
Selected: Sudden Infant Death After Hexavalent Vaccination (2014)
Current Medicinal Chemistry. "We hypothesize that vaccine components could have a direct role in sparking off a lethal outcome in vulnerable babies." Study of SIDS cases temporally associated with hexavalent vaccine administration. NCBI pubmed/24083600
Official Documents (FDA / Manufacturer)
FDA Vaccine Package Inserts
Search FDA.gov for the full package inserts of Fluzone (influenza), Infanrix / Daptacel / Adacel (Tdap), Engerix-B (Hep B), Abrysvo (RSV), Comirnaty (Pfizer COVID-19). Read the pregnancy, lactation, and carcinogenesis sections specifically.
CDC Vaccine Excipient Summary
Published by the CDC — lists every ingredient in every licensed vaccine in the US. Search "CDC vaccine excipient list" for the current PDF. Updated periodically.
VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)
vaers.hhs.gov — the US passive vaccine adverse event reporting database. Limitations: voluntary, self-reported, estimates suggest significant underreporting. Useful as a signal-detection tool; not an incidence measure.
Docuseries
Many of these have been removed from YouTube and mainstream streaming. Search by title on Rumble, Odysee, or Bitchute. Contact info@theundoctored.com for archived access to episodes Allie has saved.
The Truth About Vaccines — Ty & Charlene Bollinger (TTAV)
9-episode docuseries interviewing over 60 doctors, scientists, and researchers on vaccine safety, ingredients, the childhood schedule, HPV, flu shots, and the history of vaccine mandates. One of the most comprehensive vaccine education resources ever produced. Ty and Charlene Bollinger also produced The Truth About Cancer. Original 7-episode version (2017) was expanded. Available at TTAV.com and via alternative platforms. Multiple episodes specifically address the maternal vaccine schedule and aluminum adjuvants.
The Truth About Vaccines 2020 — Ty & Charlene Bollinger
Updated version of the series, expanded and recut for 2020 with additional episodes addressing COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA platforms, and mandates. Available at TTAV.com.
Feature Documentaries
All titles listed in the Kuleana Integrative Wellness resource library. Search by title on Odysee, Rumble, or Bitchute. Many have been removed from YouTube. Contact info@theundoctored.com for archived copies of titles Allie has saved.
1986: The Act (2020) · Odysee
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 removed all liability from vaccine manufacturers for deaths and injuries caused by their products. No lawsuit. No accountability. This is the legal framework that replaced the court system — and why the informed consent calculus for vaccines is unlike any other medical product. Essential foundation for understanding the full picture.
Trace Amounts (2014) · Odysee
The definitive film on thimerosal — mercury in vaccines. Eric Gladen developed severe neurological symptoms after a flu shot and investigated for years. Documents the FDA "thimerosal-free" labeling loophole (trace mercury still present by FDA's own definition), the Burbacher primate brain deposition studies, and the suppression of safety signals. Search Odysee: "VACCINE DOCUMENTARY: TRACE AMOUNTS (2014)"
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (2016) · Odysee / vaxxedthemovie.com
CDC whistleblower William Thompson disclosed that data linking the MMR vaccine to increased autism risk in African American boys were excluded from a 2004 CDC study. The film documents Thompson's account of how the study was handled. Pulled from Tribeca Film Festival within hours of announcement. Search Odysee: "Vaxxed - Documentary"
Vaxxed II: The People's Truth (2019) · vaxxedthemovie.com
Follow-up collecting testimony from hundreds of families across the US documenting vaccine injury. Polly Tommey, producer. Search by title on alternative platforms.
The Greater Good (2011) · Odysee / thegreatertgoodmovie.com
Award-winning documentary following three families navigating vaccine injury. Won Best Documentary at multiple festivals. Search Odysee: "VACCINE DOCUMENTARY: THE GREATER GOOD (2011)"
Vaccination: The Silent Epidemic — Gary Null · Bitchute
Comprehensive historical and epidemiological review of vaccination — including documentation that deaths from measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, and other diseases were already declining before vaccines were introduced, due to sanitation, nutrition, and living conditions improvements. This data exists in official historical death records and is consistently omitted from mainstream vaccine discussions. Search Bitchute: "Silent Epidemic (Vaccination Truths Discovered & Explained)"
Shots in the Dark (vaccine documentary) · Odysee
Covers the science of vaccine injury, regulatory failures, and the experiences of affected families. Search Odysee: "Shots in the Dark [Vaccine Documentary]"
A Shot in the Dark 2020 · Odysee
Updated 2020 version. Search Odysee: "A Shot in the Dark - 2020 Documentary"
Vaccination: The Hidden Truth
Examines suppressed vaccine safety data and the history of vaccination policy. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Vaccine Nation · Odysee
Covers the US vaccine program, the history of vaccine mandates, and the experiences of families who have declined the schedule. Search Odysee: "Vaccine Nation [Documentary]"
Lethal Injection: The Story of Vaccination · Odysee
Historical documentary on the vaccination program. Search Odysee: "LETHAL INJECTION – THE STORY OF VACCINATION"
Bought (2014) · Jeff Hays Films
Covers pharmaceutical industry influence over the vaccine schedule, GMOs, and the food supply. Interviews with physicians, scientists, and affected families. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Deadly Immunity — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Odysee
RFK Jr.'s investigation into government coverup of the thimerosal-autism connection, originally published in Rolling Stone and Salon. Search Odysee: "Deadly Immunity - by Robert F Kennedy Jnr."
Autism: Made in the USA (2009) · Odysee
Documents the autism epidemic — its timeline, its correlation with the expanding vaccine schedule, and the stories of families navigating diagnosis and recovery. Search Odysee: "Autism - Made in the USA"
Autism Yesterday
Short documentary following children recovering from autism through biomedical intervention. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Man Made Epidemic
Documentary on the autism epidemic and its relationship to environmental and vaccine factors. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Beyond Treason — Military Vaccines Documentary · Odysee
Documents vaccine injuries among US military personnel — anthrax vaccine, depleted uranium, and Gulf War Syndrome. Covers the use of soldiers as test populations without consent. Search Odysee: "Beyond Treason (Military Vaccines Documentary)"
Direct Orders — Military Vaccine Mandate Documentary
Covers mandatory military vaccination and the consequences for service members who refused. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
DtaP: Vaccine Roulette — Lea Thompson
1982 Emmy-nominated investigative report by journalist Lea Thompson on DtaP vaccine injuries. One of the earliest major mainstream investigations into vaccine harm. This documentary directly contributed to the passage of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act — and the subsequent removal of manufacturer liability. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Hear the Silence
UK television film dramatizing the story of Andrew Wakefield and the families of autistic children who came to him for investigation. Broadcast once in the UK, then quietly suppressed. Search by title on Rumble or Odysee.
Vaccine Syndrome
Documents anthrax vaccine injuries in military personnel. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Why We Don't Vaccinate · Odysee
Families and physicians explain the reasoning behind the decision not to vaccinate. Search Odysee: "We don't vaccinate"
Vaccines Revealed — Docuseries · Odysee
Multi-episode interview series with physicians, scientists, and researchers. Search Odysee: "VACCINES REVEALED 1"
The Pathological Optimist (2017) — Miranda Bailey, director
A documentary about Andrew Wakefield — told by his own account. Follows his legal case and the campaign to destroy his reputation. Provides context for why the retraction of the 1998 Lancet paper is more complicated than the mainstream narrative presents. Available on YouTube: search "The Pathological Optimist"
La Mafia Médica — Dr. Ghislaine Lanctot (2009)
Dr. Lanctot is a Canadian physician and author of The Medical Mafia. This presentation covers pharmaceutical industry control, vaccine economics, and suppressed alternatives. Available in French/Spanish. Search by title on YouTube or Odysee.
HPV Vaccine — Specific Resources
Sacrificial Virgins — Joan Shenton (2017) · Odysee
Two-part documentary on Gardasil and Cervarix. Documents neurological injuries in young women following HPV vaccination — POTS, CRPS, seizure disorders. Search Odysee: "Sacrificial Virgins - HPV Vaccine - Protection Or Profit (2017)"
Manufactured Crisis: HPV, Hype & Horror (2017) · Odysee
Investigates how the HPV vaccine was marketed, approved, and mandated — and the injuries that followed. Search Odysee: "Manufactured Crisis - HPV, Hype & Horror (Documentary, 2017)"
Vaccinated Girls: Sick and Portrayed — Denmark HPV Documentary
Danish national television documentary on HPV vaccine injuries in young women. Prompted Denmark to investigate Gardasil safety signals at the national regulatory level. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
How Merck Lies to Sell Gardasil — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Rumble
RFK Jr. presentation at The Truth About Cancer LIVE 2019. Search Rumble: "How Merck Lies to Sell Gardasil | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at The Truth About Cancer LIVE 2019"
Short Videos & Presentations
Vaccines and Deception (2012) — Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD
Board-certified neurosurgeon. Covers vaccine ingredients, flu shot risks, Gardasil, tetanus contamination, and adjuvant neurotoxicity. One of the clearest clinical breakdowns of what vaccine ingredients do in the nervous system. Search by title on Rumble or Odysee.
Injecting Aluminum
Presentation specifically on aluminum adjuvants — mechanism, biodistribution, and neurotoxicity research. Covers Gherardi's macrophagic myofasciitis research and the brain deposition evidence. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Immunity, Infectious Disease, and Vaccination — Raymond Obomsawin, PhD · Amazing Discoveries
1 hr 29 min. Historical review showing disease mortality was declining before vaccines due to sanitation and nutrition improvements. Official historical death records show this clearly — and it is almost never presented in mainstream vaccine education. Available at amazingdiscoveries.tv.
Are You Crooked? — Facial Asymmetry, Autism & Modern Disease
2+ hour presentation on facial asymmetry as a physical marker common to autism, Alzheimer's, ALS, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's — and the environmental/developmental factors potentially contributing. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Health, Vaccinations and Junk Science
Extensively sourced presentation covering published research on thimerosal, MMR, measles epidemiology, and the autism signal. Includes papers used in legal proceedings. Listed in the Kuleana library.
50 Cents a Dose
Documents a study on thimerosal and autism outcomes. The title refers to the manufacturing cost of thimerosal per dose — a negligible amount that was kept in vaccines despite mounting safety concerns. Search by title on Odysee or Rumble.
Truthstream News: About All Those Vaccines (2014) · Odysee
Investigative video journalism covering the vaccine schedule, ingredients, and the captured regulatory environment. Search Odysee: "Truthstream News: About All Those Vaccines (2014)"
Children's Health Defense: Vaccine Secrets — What Parents Should Know Before They Vaccinate Their Kids
Short educational video from Children's Health Defense (childrenshealthdefense.org). Covers vaccine ingredients, the no-liability framework, VAERS underreporting, and what informed consent should include. Search "Vaccine Secrets CHD" on Rumble.
A Shot in the Dark — Candace Owens Series · Odysee
Candace Owens' investigative documentary series examining specific vaccines. Each episode covers a different vaccine or ingredient through interviews with affected families and medical researchers.
Episode 1: My Very Own Shot in the Dark — Gardasil & HPV
Personal investigation into Gardasil injuries. Search Odysee: "Episode1 My Very Own Shot In The Dark"
Episode 2: "Just a Vitamin" — The Vitamin K Shot
Investigation into the Vitamin K injection given to newborns at birth — ingredients, the ingredients not on the label, and why parents are rarely given actual informed consent before it is administered. Search Odysee: "Episode 2 Just A Vitamin K Shot by Candace Owens"
Books & Researchers
Imagine You Are an Aluminum Atom — Christopher Exley PhD
Exley's account of 30 years of aluminum research, the science of aluminum toxicity, and the institutional pressure that closed his laboratory. Essential primary source perspective.
Pfizer Documents — Dr. Naomi Wolf / DailyClout
dailyclout.io — Naomi Wolf and a team of researchers analyzed Pfizer's 450,000+ page document dump (court-ordered release). Reports specifically covering pregnancy outcomes and lactation are available. Search "DailyClout Pfizer Reports" for the pregnancy-specific analysis.
The Real Anthony Fauci — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Extensively footnoted historical account of vaccine safety research, regulatory capture, and the public health infrastructure. Read as a documented starting point with notes rather than as a final word.
Del Bigtree — The Highwire (thehighwire.com)
Weekly investigative journalism on vaccine science and policy. Much of the library has been removed from YouTube — available at thehighwire.com directly. Episodes covering maternal vaccines and Pfizer documents are archived.
Dr. Robert Malone — Substack
rwmalonemd.substack.com — Malone is the inventor of the mRNA lipid nanoparticle delivery system. His Substack covers mRNA pharmacology, biodistribution data, and pregnancy-related concerns. Primary source perspective on the platform he helped create.
Find a Provider
ACNM — American College of Nurse-Midwives
midwife.org — Find a certified nurse-midwife. Midwives typically allow more time for informed consent conversations than OB settings.
AANP — American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
naturopathic.org — Find a licensed naturopathic physician in your state. NDs are trained in pharmacology and typically well-versed in informed consent for maternal vaccination decisions.
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You find out you're pregnant. And within weeks, someone is handing you a checklist. OB intake forms, prenatal labs, and near the top — a list of vaccines you're told you'll need. The flu shot. Tdap. And depending on when you're reading this — COVID boosters, RSV.
Most of us extend our arm. Because we trust our providers. Because we're told it's been studied. Because we want to do everything right for the baby.
There has never been a vaccine proven safe in the way we use that word for anything else in medicine. What exists is: a regulatory approval process, a threshold, and then a product released into widespread use — with safety monitored after the fact, in a reporting system that misses the vast majority of adverse events. During pregnancy, that framework is applied to a developing human nervous system that has no equivalent for biological vulnerability in all of medicine. This video is giving you what you were never given: the actual ingredients, the actual evidence base, and what it means that you have always had the right to say no.
Here's what the CDC currently recommends during pregnancy: the flu shot — every year, every pregnancy. Tdap — between 27 and 36 weeks, every pregnancy. The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and boosters. And more recently, the RSV vaccine — Abrysvo — approved in September 2023 for pregnant women between 32 and 36 weeks.
That is a significant number of injections during a period of biological sensitivity unlike any other in adult life. And each one contains ingredients that deserve to be understood.
Let's start with the flu shot. In 1999, the CDC and AAP issued a joint statement calling for the removal of thimerosal — an ethylmercury preservative — from childhood vaccines. "As a precautionary measure." Most childhood vaccines reduced thimerosal. The multi-dose flu shot didn't. It still contains 25 micrograms of thimerosal per dose. And it is the most commonly used flu shot in prenatal clinics because it's the cheapest.
But here's what the public wasn't told: even the single-dose "thimerosal-free" vials — the ones providers offer as the safer option — are not zero thimerosal. The FDA defines "thimerosal-free" as containing 0.3 micrograms or less per dose. Trace amounts, left over from manufacturing, are still present. The label is permitted even though mercury remains in the product.
There is a documentary about this called Trace Amounts. It was made by Eric Gladen — a man who developed severe neurological symptoms after a flu shot and spent years investigating what happened to him. The film documents the science, the regulatory history, and the stories of families. Search for it on alternative platforms. It has not survived mainstream hosting.
Most childhood vaccines removed it. But the multi-dose flu shot didn't. It still contains 25 micrograms of thimerosal per dose today. And multi-dose vials are what most clinics stock because they're cheaper.
Here's what you can do: ask if there's a single-dose preservative-free vial available. There is. It costs a bit more. They may not offer it automatically. Ask before the syringe is drawn up.
The Tdap shot, the Hep B shot, and the RSV shot all contain aluminum adjuvants. Aluminum is added intentionally — it's an immune irritant. It causes localized inflammation at the injection site, which amplifies the antibody response. That is the mechanism. That is also a neurotoxin.
Dr. Christopher Exley spent 30 years studying aluminum at Keele University. He documented aluminum in the brain tissue of individuals with autism. He documented it in Alzheimer's disease. His work appeared in peer-reviewed journals. And in 2021, his funding was pulled and his lab was closed — following pressure from vaccine industry stakeholders.
Read his papers. His data stands independently of his funding status.
mRNA vaccines represent a platform that had never been authorized for mass human use before 2020. Pregnant women were excluded from the initial clinical trials — this is standard. Safety was then recommended based on postmarket voluntary reporting through V-Safe.
In 2022, Pfizer's internal biodistribution data — obtained via FOIA from Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency — showed that lipid nanoparticles distributed beyond the injection site in rat studies. To the liver. The spleen. The adrenal glands. The ovaries. This data was not widely communicated to pregnant women receiving COVID boosters at that time.
Also in 2022, a study in JAMA Pediatrics found mRNA from COVID vaccines in breastmilk for up to 48 hours post-injection. The researchers recommended temporarily pausing breastfeeding for 48 hours. Were you told that?
Informed consent is a legal right. It means you understand what is being administered, what the risks and benefits are, and that you have a genuine choice. That last part matters — a genuine choice. Not a choice where saying no will make your provider visibly uncomfortable and complicate the rest of your prenatal care.
You are allowed to ask for the package insert. You are allowed to take it home and read it. You are allowed to decline. You are allowed to ask for a preservative-free vial. You are allowed to take your time.
The women who came before us didn't have this information. Many of them made decisions without it — not because they didn't care, but because they weren't given the option to know. We're giving you the option.
Whatever you decide — decide from knowledge. Extend your arm because you chose to, not because you didn't know you could ask.