VACCINATIONS: The Not so Good, the Bad, and the Ugly © Paula Rothstein
Albert Einstein once said that there are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies and statistics!
Threading your way through the illogic of childhood vaccinations feels like a dirty web in an old basement. There is something creepy about today's purported health experts standing up to parents of children suffering from neurological disorders, clearly triggered by vaccinations, and telling them there is no reason to be concerned for the safety of their children. Regardless of the disturbing rise in neurological disorders such as autism, brain tumors, ADHD, now believed to be a direct result of the use of thimerosal as a preservative in vaccinations for over 15 years!
I encourage you to seriously consider the idea that drugs are being introduced into society without adequate testing and we are, in fact, the industry's guinea pigs. I do indeed question these so-called experts on the issue of vaccinations and I am deeply troubled by the government's method of forcing immunizations on parents - these same vaccinations that have shown themselves to be unsafe time and again - by making it a necessity for acceptance into schools and daycare centers around the country. Of course, in most states there are religious and even philosophical exemptions in place and we can cling to these exemptions for as long as they persist.
The experts would have you believe that our advancement against infectious disease relates to the use of vaccinations. However, there is much more compelling evidence that our advancement does not come from the introduction of vaccines but instead from improved public health resulting from cleaner water, more effective sewage disposal, and less crowded living conditions. There is also reason to believe that the diseases our children are vaccinated against persist, however, it is by great trickery we are led to believe that it is the unvaccinated who are contracting these diseases when it is often the vaccinated. Statisticates are delicate and often misused. I look for motivation to lie when considering a statistic and if great profit is at the heart of a number and the number flies in the face of logic, I consider it to be a lie. The pharmaceutical drug companies have more motivation to lie than any other industry. Profit - and a lot of it - is at stake here.
Vaccines have their place as an emergency medical treatment when epidemics rage out of control. However, I believe one could argue that epidemics rage today BECAUSE we have weakened our great guardian - the immune system - by frequent innoculations containing a whole slew of toxic chemicals the body was never designed to fight off, especially at the young age at which most vaccinations are being given.
Before I continue, I would like to point out that I am not entirely against immunizations, although I would argue against the use of so many immunizations and given at far too young an age - I am against the pharmaceutical drug companies reckless use of dangerous preservatives and blatant disregard for the hazard these materials may pose to the health of small children. I do not trust these profit-mongering companies and will not fall victim to their careless shortcomings by having my son vaccinated.
Vaccines are not always safe nor effective and I would like to provide you with a few key examples:
- The Lancet reported in 1980 that a vaccine trial in India, involving approximately 260,000 people discovered that more cases of tuberculosis had occurred in people vaccinated against TB than among the unvaccinated.
- The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article on measles in 1990 revealing that although more than 95% of school-aged children in the U.S. are vaccinated against measles, large measles outbreaks continue to occur in schools with the most cases in this setting to occur among previously vaccinated children.
- In a 1994 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine it was reported that at least 80% of children under the age of five who came down with whooping cough had been vaccinated against whooping cough.
- Between the years of 1990 to 1993 the FDA counted 54,072 adverse reactions to vaccinations. The agency also admitted this total represented only about 10% of actual adverse reactions because most physicians were reluctant to report the problems.
Dr. Paula Baille-Hamilton, the British toxins and vaccines expert, had the following to say on the issue of vaccines:
"Few people realize that when they are getting a vaccine, not only are they getting a dose of the named antigen or disease, they're getting vaccinated against, such as diptheria, but also a mixture of known toxic, brain-damaging, and cancer-promoting chemicals thrown in as preservatives and "adjuvants," which help to elict an early, high, and long-lasting immune response.
"Ever since mass vaccinations of infants began in the twentieth century, reports of serious brain, cardiovascular, metabolic, and other injuries started filling pages of medical journals. Reports from several countries show that vaccinated children, in addition to having a lower IQ, also have a higher incidence of behavioral problems, asthma, and diabetes than unvaccinated children."
The former chief vaccine control officer for the FDA, J. Anthony Morris, stated in response to the reports of problems associated with vaccines:
"There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunization of children does more harm than good."
The procedure of inoculation is rarely questioned and should be. When one is introduced to a virus or bacteria, it enters through the nose or mouth, triggering a natural immune response. The process of vaccination bypasses the first line of defense and is instead directly introduced into the bloodstream.
Vaccines injected into babies do not in any way, shape or form resemble an inhaled or swallowed germ because they are changed, attenuated, and injected as multi-antigens into the body. Consequently, because of the by-passing of the Th1 branch of the system there is over-stimulation of the Th2 branch, which teaches the body to be in a chronically reactive mode. People who have allergies, asthma and auto-immune disease have what is known as a Th2-skewed immune system.
Highly toxic substances such as mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, MSG, sulfites, and ethylene glycol (antifreeze) along with various animal and bird products are commonly used in vaccine manufacturing. The use of tissue from other species will always carry the risk of contamination, and this is not theoretical, as even in the 1950s the use of monkey kidney cells in the polio vaccine were found to be contaminated by a cancer-causing monkey virus, SV40. Each one of these additives has been linked to disorders ranging from brain and nerve damage to autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD).
These additives challenge immature immune systems and young metabolisms to process synthetic chemicals, so the toxins are carried off by the liver to accumulate in organs and tissues.
If you are a parent who has done the bidding thus far of western medicine without question, taking your child to his or her wellness visits assuming vaccinations are not only safe but necessary, I would like you to know you have a choice and one that should be informed.
I do strongly advise against the Hepatitis B shot given within the first 48 hours after birth unless, of course, the mother has the disease. The central nervous system of a newborn infant is particularly sensitive to toxic influences. There are cases of autism believed to be triggered by this one shot as well as death. If it were given later in life, as is done in many other countries, it would not be as much of a problem. However, I ask you, why would this vaccine be given to anyone not at risk? Hepatitis B is a rare, mainly blood-transmitted disease. The observed incidence of hepatitis B in the 0 to 1 age group was just 0.001 percent. Known complications arising from this one shot far exceed the number at risk! If you feel you must go along with all shots recommended by your physician I encourage you to at least postpone the time of vaccination and do not allow your newborn to receive this potentially life-threatening shot.
If you would like to learn more, an excellent read on the subject is an article entitled Vaccinations - The Hidden Facts.
For my two year old son, I searched out all natural products for one that would educate his immune system to identify and destroy viruses and bacteria so that he would have a greater chance of leading a healthy life. There is an excellent product called Transfer Factor that could be helpful in this regard and I offer this product at MedicineFreeLiving or you could obtain through the 4Life company web site.
