Vaccinations
Can We Avoid Doing Harm?
The Concern
Concern over their children's health is forcing parents to become more educated in making decisions over natural remedies and orthodox medicines. This can be extremely difficult especially if the parent themself has not experienced the effectiveness of alternative medicine.
The increased use of antibiotics, vaccines, and other orthodox drugs being prescribed for common ailments, with little regard for their detrimental effects on the body, is a real concern. The benefit of the drug, in orthodox circles, is considered worth the risk of side effects.
Taking orthodox drugs and antibiotics result in a suppression of symptoms and the immune system and does not correct the true cause of the problem. Antibiotics may treat a bacterial infection, but does not address the reason the immune system is suppressed, so the problem will often not only repeat itself, but in a more severe form.
Vaccination programs commenced during and after WW2. In the 1960's vaccinations were made obligatory in most US states. In America, every child is obligated to be vaccinated against whooping cough, German measles, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, mumps, measles, and tetanus. In Western Europe, only tetanus and oral polio are required.
Natural immunity vs. vaccines
Natural diseases use 3-7% of the immune capacity of a child and gives a lifetime of protection. Small amounts of antigen/stimulus are required. Vaccination uses 30-70% of the immune capacity of the child, which causes lymphocyte exhaustion and leaves the child prone to respiration and middle ear infection. A much larger stimulus is needed to induce a reaction.
Childhood diseases have naturally extended periods between them so the child can recover immunity. With immunization, the child gets the whole lot at once (i.e. DPT), which is a huge challenge to the system.
Breastfed babies have their mother’s immunity to get them through the early years. A child at 2 months has NO immune system of its own. Current immunization programs call for repeated multiple vaccinations during infancy when the immune system is immature and underdeveloped.
Well over 90% of the body's natural immunity comes from unapparent infections through the mucosal surfaces of the body (respiratory tract, GIT etc).
The primary defense system of the body involves secreting Immunoglobin A antibodies, which coat the mucosal surfaces of the body. Immunization bypasses this system by injecting the vaccine directly into the bloodstream.
Most harm from vaccine programs is probably indirect i.e. not immediate side effects, but lowering the body's resistance through subtle immune malfunction.
Diseases are needed to build immunity for adulthood. If we don't get them we are more prone to getting the adult version of the disease and are more likely to develop slow viruses.
Children with the greatest risk of disease have more risk of adverse side effects from vaccines (especially if malnourished).
We now have a generation of children with more respiratory disease, allergies, and are less resistant to disease. These are the children whose parents have been vaccinated and exposed to increased levels of antibiotics and drugs.
In the future, vaccines may cripple and impair the thymic immunity systems, known to be one of the major defense mechanisms in the body against cancer, and other auto-immune diseases.
In a letter to the British Medical Journal (Feb. 21,1976), the Secretary of Parents of vaccine damaged children, stated that of children who suffered reactions to the DPT vaccine, a group of 182, all were severely brain damaged, some paralyzed, 5 died within 18 months of the vaccine. 60% of reactions occurred within 24 hours of the vaccination, 80% within 3 days, and all within 12 days. During 1969-1974, 64 deaths resulted from whooping cough vaccine, 56 cases of severe brain damage occurred following the vaccine.
When a vaccine is injected during the incubation period of a disease or during the course of a latent infection, it can bring on an acute attack of the disease. Most studied are typhoid fever and poliomyelitis, also TB and rickettisial infection.
Measles outbreaks can still occur despite high levels of vaccination, similarly rubella.
Following the introduction of Salk polio vaccine in the U.S., states who enforced polio vaccine experienced an increase in polio incidence. The Sabin polio vaccine has been blamed even by medical authorities as the cause of the few cases of polio in the U.S. today.
“Flu” vaccine has been shown to be ineffective and can result in stress reactions in the elderly i.e. heart failure, Guillian-Barre syndrome.
Vaccines contain live or "attenuated" (weakened) viruses and bacteria or parts of them, animal tissue, formaldehyde and/or aluminum phosphate or hydroxide. The toxicity varies widely and unpredictably. A DPT vaccine can contain from 1-26.9 mcg of endotoxin per millilitre. It has been unsuccessfully tried to disclose the toxicity and composition on the ampules accurately.
These are no laws in the U.S. that require doctors to keep records as to the manufacturer's name or the lot or batch number of the vaccines they use. This makes attempts to trace batches that produce severe reactions difficult and can be impossible.
(Chaitow, L., Vaccination and Immunization, p83).
The Consequences...
In major research work, Dr. Harris Coulter PhD and Barbara Loe Fisher have catalogued the typical acute reaction of vaccination.
Most typical are the following: rash, swelling at innoculation site, mild fever, earache, and inconsolable crying. These are usually
self-limiting and considered "normal".
More acute and more severe reactions include high fever; collapse, convulsions and a high pitched screaming (known as encephalitic crying). If a child who has had a severe reaction survives, he/she develops serious chronic problems, i.e. asthma, sleep disturbances, and more serious including mental retardation, epilepsy, hemiplegia, or paraplegia, damage to organ senses (deafness, blindness...) autism etc.
Vaccines are a major stress on the body and require the immune system to fight against the toxins being injected. This results in lowering Vitamin C levels, and thereby lowering immunity rather than stimulating it, predisposing to infection, SIDS, or death. Babies may and do die up to 25 or more days after vaccination as a direct consequence of toxic effects of vaccines.
In 1979, during a vaccination campaign in Tennessee, USA, there were 8 cases of SIDS immediately following a DPT vaccine. This occurance was followed by intervention by the Surgeon General preventing use of this vaccine. Five children died within 1 day of vaccination. Despite this strong link, it was concluded there was no relationship.
In 1983, the Los Angeles County Health Dept. reported a study of 145 SIDS victims. Of these, 53 had received the DPT immunization close to death. 27 had dies within 28d of vaccination. 17 of those died within 1 week and 6 within 24 hours of immunization. The researchers concluded their findings "further substantiate a possible association" between DPT and SIDS.
Dr. William Torch of the University of Nevada School of Medicine at Reno suggests the DPT shot may be responsible for SIDS. In a survey, he found 2/3 of 103 children who died of SIDS had been immunized with the DPT vaccine the 3 weeks before their deaths, many dying within a day of getting the shot. This is not mere coincidence, as suggested by the authorities.
Autoimmune disease
Viruses need to be altered via DNA to be given as a vaccine. This alteration (unknown substances in the body) may be a trigger for autoimmune disease in later life. It may trigger cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, Lupus erythematoses, and Guillian-Barre syndrome.
In the U.S. 15-20% of children are officially classified as having a learning disability. Three million children in the state school system are enrolled in special teaching programs. It is asserted that the cause of this is vaccination (especially pertussis).
Conditions in the U.S. associated with vaccination include:
learning difficulties/permanent brain damage/hyperactivity/ developmental delay/anorexia and bulemia/ allergies/ violence/child abuse/alcohol and drug abuse/autism/epilepsy/ deafness and blindness/hypersexuality/paranoia / headache/head banging/depression/ suicide.
Hyperactivity is the most striking feature of recovered encephalitis patients. 50% of children develop fever within 48 hrs of receiving the DPT immunization; 1 in 1750 has a seizure.
The pertussis vaccine is associated with severe reactions including encephalitis, seizures, brain damage and deaths. The disease itself has these same risks, though the incidence of pertussis is now low in the United States. The vaccine has questionable effectiveness.
Diphtheria is a potentially serious disease but extremely rare in the United States, with an incidence of less than 5 cases per year. The vaccine has questionable effectiveness and long-term effects of the vaccine are unknown.
It is a good idea to consider waiting beyond 2 months of age to begin vaccines if you want them. Delay of pertussis vaccine until 2 years of age in Japan resulted in dramatic declines in the numbers of severe adverse reactions. This may occur because the infant’s immune system and nervous system develop significantly over the first year of life. Tetanus can be given at 2 or 3 years of age.
Think carefully before vaccinating for measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox, since these are all mild diseases of childhood and are necessary to building immunity in children.
A shift in the pattern of these diseases has occurred since the introduction of mass immunization. The age distribution has changed, and so these are becoming increasingly diseases of adolescents and young adults. As such, they cause more complications in older generations, and the vaccines have caused atypical forms of the diseases. Natural occurrences of each of these generally guarantees permanent immunity.
Before vaccinating, investigate individual diseases. For example, polio and tetanus are of concern to parents, but the vaccine side effects should be known. Parents should refer to a good reading source before an informed decision is made i.e. The Immunization Decision by Randall Neustaedter.
Hepatitis B vaccine
The Hep B vaccine has been more and more pushed to be a necessary and supposed 'lifesaving' vaccine.
The New England Journal of Medicine (9/11/1989 p 1333) states the since the first Hep B vaccine was available in the US in 1992, the incidence of acute Hep B in the US has increased.
Dr. S. Hartman (J. Pediatric Child Health 1990,26,65) reports the side effects of the vaccine. These include: puritis, dyspnoea, urticaria and intraorbital oedma. There have been reports of 6 serious illnesses in a series of 20,000 Hep B vaccinations including erythema multiforma, aseptic meningitis, grand mal seizure, 2 cases of Guillian-Barre syndrome, a possible transverse myelitis as well as 56 minor illnesses due to the vaccine. He states it is worth considering giving the vaccine to people at high risk rather than all the population.
Legally avoiding unwanted vaccines:
In the US:
No one has the right or power to immunize you or your children against your will and conviction. If they attempt to do so you can charge them with "assault with a deadly weapon" and be within the law. There are no compulsory vaccination laws; the laws all have exceptions, which can be used.
There are 2 basic reasons for exception in the US schools, which are medical or religious grounds. If medical, the reason can be based on fear of allergic reaction in a sensitive child, and to prevent damage to a weakened immune system. A letter can come from an M.D or D.O. If religious, the only church legally opposed to vaccination is the Christian Science Church. A letter from a church official certifying you are a member or a church that recommends against immunization for its members will waiver. When joining the armed forces, "immunization waivers" occur any you are responsible if you choose to waiver. The grounds are religious or medical as above.
Compensation is available to any child or young person under 18 years who suffers major reaction to vaccines mandated for school entry or continuation in his/her state or residence. The reaction should have been recognized as a possible consequence of the vaccination given and the reaction should have occurred no more than 30 days post-vaccination. This excludes all chronic diseases, latent viruses etc.
The active group against vaccines in the US is the National Vaccine Information Centre, 512 West Maple St., #206, Vienna VA, 22180 U.S.A. You may travel anywhere in the world without vaccination. The worst that can happen is that you may be detained temporarily.
In Ontario:
The Immunization of School Pupils Act is available at the Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay St. Toronto ($2.50).
The original Act was passed in 1982 very quickly i.e. 3 readings in one day. The Act stated that children could only be exempt from vaccines for medical and religious reasons. There was considerable protest from concerned groups for 2 years, who wanted to have the right to be exempt for moral or conscience reasons. The Government amended the Act in 1984; there is now the option of filling out a Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief form, available from the Public Health Nurse, or in Toronto, the Immunization Team of nurses who visit school. The form and option is not advertised, and parents have to ring and request to get a form. In Toronto, the Immunization Team is at 635 Danforth Ave, Toronto, and (416) 392-0927. Ask for an immunization nurse. There is a copy of the form in the rear section of the Act.
There is no law requiring infants to be vaccinated in Ontario. There is no compensation system in Canada for adverse reactions to vaccination. The Health Protection and Promotion Act of 1987 clearly defines adverse reactions to vaccines and states that all adverse reactions to vaccination must be reported by your doctor to the Medical Officer of Health.
Adverse reactions are called "reportable events", and include symptoms such as persistent crying or screaming, anaphylaxic shock occurring within 48 hrs of vaccination; shock, high fever or convulsions occurring within three days after vaccination; arthritis occurring within 48h of vaccination; urticaria, residual seizure disorder, encephalopathy, encephalitis or any other significant occurrence occurring within 15 days after vaccination; death occurring at any time and following and symptom described above. Note, this does not include long-term/chronic disease or latent viruses.
There is no law requiring infants to be vaccinated in Ontario or British Columbia. There is no compensation system in Canada for adverse reactions to vaccination. Parents can fill out a Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief form, available from your Public Health Nurse, or in Toronto, the Immunization Team of nurses who visit schools. The form and option is not advertised and needs to be requested. In Toronto, the Immunization Team is at 635 Danforth Ave, Toronto, and (416) 392-0927. Ask for an immunization nurse.
For more information the active group in Canada against vaccines is V.R.A.N. (Vaccination Risk Awareness Network). VRAN Administrative Office, c/o Edda West, P.O. Box 169, Winlaw B.C. VOG 2JO. (250) 355-2525 (eddawest@netidea.com).
Preventie Vaccinatieschlade/Vaccine Damage Prevention is a Flemish grass-root organization providing critical information on, and supporting victims of, vaccination adverse effects. It is a member of the 'European Forum on Vaccine Vigilance’, which, among other things, conducts an inquiry on vaccination side effects.
The alternatives:
Addressing the immune system is essential when treating illnesses. It is important to consider factors such as diet, stress, emotional factors, environment and the use of natural remedies such as Herbal, Chinese or Homeopathic medicines.
Homeopathic medicines are the only medicines available which are able to counteract the adverse effects of vaccination.
Homeopathic doctors are able to treat viral diseases, and prevent complications of most childhood illnesses. Historically, homeopathic treatment has proved very effective in a wide range of acute illnesses. Homeopathy is a system of natural medicine that has become highly developed and accepted in England, France, Germany South America, India, Australia and Russia.
Homeopathic medicines have no side effects and are non-addictive. They stimulate the overall system and correct imbalances and stimulate immunity so acute illness can resolve more quickly as the body's ability to fight is strengthened.
Your Homeopathic physician may choose to treat you in a variety of ways most beneficial to you. For instance, a 'constitional' remedy may be prescribed. This is a homeopathic remedy prescribed on a totality of a person's qualities or symptoms i.e. mental, emotional and physical. Constitional remedies are deep acting and help to raise the vitality and correct imbalances in the body. Homeopathic alternatives to vaccinations are available and effective. Acute or first-aid remedies may be prescribed. Diet and lifestyle may also be addressed.
It is possible for parents to learn to prescribe for simple acute illnesses in their family. Several books are available to help guide parents in the use of homeopathic treatment at home i.e. the book Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants, by Dana Ullman MPH, provides indications for the correct use of homeopathy in simple illnesses.
Caution is suggested in that although homeopathic medicines are available without prescription, it is advisable to seek care from a qualified Homeopath when a potentially serious acute illness occurs and when more detailed homeopathic advice is needed.
There are times when antibiotics or other medications are needed for infectious diseases, and a homeopathic, naturopathic or conventional medical provider can help make these treatment decisions.
Reading References:
Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, Dana Ullman
The Immunization Decision, R. Neustaedler
A Shot in the Dark, H. Coulter, B. Loe Fisher
Immunization: History, Ethics, Law and Health, Catherine Diodati.
What Every Parent Should Know About Childhood Immunization, Jamie Murphy
Immunization - The Reality Behing the Myth, Walene James
Universal Immunization - Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage, Dr. Raymond Obomsawin
Vaccination, Social Violence, Criminality: The Medical Assault on the American Brain, Dr. Harris L. Coulter
Vaccination - Medical Assault on the Immune System, Vera Schibner PhD
For more information the active group in Canada against vaccines is V.R.A.N. (Vaccination Risk Awareness Network). VRAN Administrative Office, c/o Edda West, P.O. Box 169, Winlaw B.C. VOG 2JO. (250) 355-2525 (eddawest@netidea.com).
