The Danger of Excessive Vaccination During Brain Development

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The Danger of Excessive Vaccination During Brain Development

The Case for a Link to Autism Spectrum Disorders

By L. Blaylock, M.D.

In 1976, children received 10 vaccines before

attending school. Today they will receive over 36

injections. The American Academy of Pediatrics

and the Center for Disease Control assured

parents that it was safe to not only give these

vaccines, but that they could be given at one time with complete safety.

Is this true? Or are we being lied to on a grand scale?

The medical establishment has created a set of

terms, which they use constantly to boost their

egos and firm up their authority as the unique

holders of medical wisdom–the mantra is

“evidence-based medicine”, as if everything

outside their anointing touch is bogus and

suspect. A careful examination of many of the

accepted treatments reveals that most have little

or no scientific “evidence-based” data to support it.

One often repeated study found that almost 80

percent of medical practice had no scientific backing.

This is not to say that medical practice should

be purely based on pure and applied science, as

understood in the fields of physics and

chemistry. Medicine, as pointed out by many of

the great men of medicine, is an art. For a

discussion on the proper role of medicine I refer

the reader to my paper titled –Regimentation in

Medicine and the Death of Creativity – on my

website (<http://www.russellblaylockmd.com>www.russellblaylockmd.com).

The Scientific Double Standards of Vaccine Safety

Most men of medicine recognize that some things

are obvious without a placebo controlled,

double-blind, randomized study. For example,

there has never been such a study to see if

smashing your finger with a hammer will be

painful, but we accept it without such pristine

evidence. The same is true with removing brain

tumors or sewing up severe lacerations.

I find it interesting that there exist an

incredible double standard when it comes to our evidence versus theirs.

The proponents of vaccination safety can just say

they are safe, without any supporting evidence

what-so-ever, and it is to be accepted without

question. They can announce that mercury is not

only safe, but that it seems to actually increase

the IQ, and we are to accept it. They can

proclaim thimerosal safe to use in vaccines

without their having ever been a single study on

its safety in over 60 years of use, and we are to accept it.

Yet, let me, or anyone else, suggest that

excessive vaccination can increase the risk of

not only autism, but also schizophrenia and

neurodegenerative diseases, and they will scream

like banshees –Where is the evidence? Where is the evidence?

When we produce study after study, they always

proclaim them to be insufficient evidence or

unacceptable studies. More often than not, they

just completely ignore the evidence. This is

despite the fact that we produce dozens or even

hundreds of studies that not only demonstrate the

link clinically and scientifically, but also

clearly show the mechanism by which the damage is

being done –even on a molecular level. These

include cell culture studies, mixed cell

cultures, organotypic tissue studies, in vivo

animal studies using multiple species and even human studies.

To the defenders of vaccine safety-our evidence

is never sufficient and, if we face reality – never will be.

Scientific Nitpicking Costs Lives

When I was in medical school, there was no proof

that cigarette smoking cause lung cancer. The

connection was as obvious as the layman’s

observation that smashing your finger with a

hammer would cause pain and even the town drunk

knew it was true, but to the medical elite –there was no proof.

No one had ever produced lung cancer in animals

by exposing them to cigarette smoke. In fact, my

pathology professor, Dr. Jack Strong, had trained

monkeys to chain smoke, and after years of

smoking none developed lung cancer. Yet, he was

convinced that smoking caused lung cancer.

Dr. Alton Oschner, founder of the famed Oschner

Clinic in New Orleans, led the charge in

proclaiming the link between cigarette smoking

and lung cancer. It took almost another decade

before the medical elite was willing to admit

that smoking caused most cases of lung cancer.

Almost 30 years passed from the time some

iconoclastic men of medicine tried to convince

the medical establishment that smoking caused

most cases of lung cancer until it was generally accepted.

The question that needs to be asked is – How many

people died of lung cancer, the most prevalent

cause of cancer death in the United States, during this time?

Data from the National Cancer Institute estimated

that in the year 2004, 157,000 people died of

lung cancer. If 80 percent were secondary to

smoking that would be 125,000 dead. Over a

ten-year period that would be over one million

dead and over 30 years almost 4 million people

who died from a preventable cause of death that

at the time was still being hotly debated by the

medical purist. Lung cancer death rates were

actually higher during that time period.

So we see that questions of medical importance

that are nitpicked to death on points of

scientific purity can cost a lot of lives –millions of lives.

The Compelling Link Between Autism and the Vaccination Program

There are over one million children and even

adults with autism and the numbers continue to

grow. This is a medial disaster of monumental proportions.

The link to the vaccine program is scientifically

and logically compelling but these same medical

elitists refuse to listen. Like smoking and lung

cancer, we have enough proof today to call a halt

to the present excessive vaccine program and ban

any level of mercury in vaccines.

In 1983, before the autism epidemic began,

children received 10 vaccinations before

attending school and the autism incidence was 1

in 10,000. Today they are receiving 24 vaccines

before 1 year and 36 by the time they attend

school and the autism rate is now 1 in 150 births.

Medical “experts” have provided no other

explanation for this dramatic and sudden rise in

autism cases, despite a draconian effort to find one.

They attempted to say it was genetic, but

geneticists were quick to respond that genetic

disorders do not suddenly increase in such

astronomical proportions. They then said it was

because of better diagnosis, despite the fact

that the diagnosis is obvious in virtually every

case and that the criteria officially accepted

for diagnosis has become more restrictive not less.

When trapped by a lack of evidence, defenders of

a nefarious position resort to their old standby –the epidemiological study.

Statisticians will tell you that the least

reliable type of study is an epidemiological

study because it is easy to manipulate the data

so that the study tells you anything you wish it to.

Every defense offered by vaccine defenders is

based on such studies and never the actual

science. Then they announce that the issue is

settled and no further studies need be done.

After the media has been informed that the issue

has been settled, those who continue to present

the evidence are considered kooks and the great unwashed ignorant.

The Autism Disaster: Is It Man Made?

Today, specialists speak of the autism spectrum

disorders (ASD), which include a number of

related neurodevelopmental disorders such as

classical autism, Rett’s syndrome, Asperger’s

syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD)

and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).

I have noticed over the years that when

specialists know very little about a disorder,

they spend an inordinate amount of time naming

and sub-classifying it –periodically.

In addition they go to great lengths to define

characteristics and symptoms of the disorder that

must be present to meet the criteria of

classification. Those who fail to meet these

criteria are dispensed with into another

dimension, that is, they are ignored.

In the early 1980s, the incidence of autism was 1

in 10,000 births. By 2005, the incidence had

leaped to 1 in 250 births and today it is 1 in 150 births and still climbing.

One of the strongest links to this terrible set

of disorders was a drastic change in the vaccine

programs of the United States and many other

countries, which included a dramatic increase in

the number of vaccines being given at a very early age.

No other explanation has been forthcoming from the medical elite.

In this paper I shall present evidence, some of

which has not been adequately discussed, that

provides strong evidence for a connection between

excessive vaccination and neurodevelopmental disorders.

In a paper I wrote in 2003, I stated that

removing the mercury from vaccines would help

relieve the problem, but it would not eliminate

it. This was based on a number of studies in the

neuroscience literature that indicated that

excessive and especially repeated immune

stimulation could result in severe disruption of

brain development and even neurodegeneration.

In this paper and a follow-up paper, I attributed

the central mechanism to excessive and prolonged

microglial activation with an interaction between

inflammatory cytokines and glutamate receptor

subtypes. The Vargas et al study, published two

years later in 2005, strongly supported this

hypothesis, with the finding of elevated

inflammatory cytokines as well as the presence of

extensive, widespread activated microglia and

astrocytes in examined autistic brains from age 5 years to 44 years of age.

This indicated that the brain’s immune activation persisted for decades.

Recent research indicates that this phenomenon is

not that uncommon and can be reproduced in the

laboratory using a variety of immune stimulating

agents and neurotoxins, including mercury and aluminum.

Autoimmunity and Vaccinations

A number of studies have suggested a link between

autoimmune disorders and autism risk.

Support comes from studies showing an increased

risk of ASD in children of mothers with

autoimmune disorders.1-3 Yet, not all studies

agree, since at least one carefully done study found no strong link.4

Other more carefully done studies provided

evidence suggesting some link. For example, in

one study serum from a mother with an autistic

child was found to bind immunologically with

specific brain cells (Purkinje cells).5 When this

serum was injected into pregnant mice, their

babies demonstrated neurological changes

suggestive of autistic behavior, indicating a

transfer of the autoantibodies into the developing baby mouse.

A number of studies have found autoantibodies in

a significantly higher number of autistic

children to various brain structures, such as

serotonin receptors, myelin basic protein, neuron

axon filament protein, nerve growth factor and cerebellar neurofilaments.6-10

It should be understood that these autoantibodies

are not found in all cases and that they may

develop as a result of the damage caused by the

disease itself, rather than causing the disease.

For example, we know that after a stroke or head

injury a substantial number of people will

develop autoantibodies to brain proteins.

Nevertheless, the autoantibodies can worsen the

damage and prolong the damaging pathology.

It has also been demonstrated that methylmercury

(from fish) and ethylmercury (in thimerosal) are

both powerful immunosuppressants and are

associated with a high incidence of

autoimmunity.11 In this study, researchers found

that unlike methylmercury, thimerosal

(ethylmercury) initially caused immune

suppression and then strong TH2-induced

autoimmunity. They attributed this to the higher

conversion of ethylmercury to ionic mercury (Hg+)

than seen with methylmercury.

In fact, one study found that strains of mice

highly susceptible to developing autoimmune

diseases were sensitive to the ASD-like

behavioral effects upon mercury exposure, whereas

mouse strains genetically not susceptible to

autoimmunity do not develop ASD behaviors.12

It is obvious from the extremely high incidence

of ASD that these autoimmune-related genes are

very common, but they remain silent until

triggered by vaccines or other environmental toxins.

Immunologists have now concluded that autoimmune

disorders are not the result of excessive

activation of a normal immune system, but rather

activation of a dysfunctional immune system.

The question remains -- what is causing such

widespread immune dysfunction among our population?

Immune Dysfunction – The Result of “Bystander Damage”

Studies have shown that the number of autoimmune

diseases has increased over the past 30 years,

with asthma, type 1 diabetes and eczema rates

increasing over two-fold. There is also

compelling evidence to indicate that certain

vaccinations are associated with these autoimmune-related conditions.13,14

A compelling number of studies have shown an

increased incidence of autoimmune reactions in

children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD),

especially involving measles antigens, milk

antigens and antibodies to gliadin and

gluten.15-17 Some of these have been shown to

cross-react with brain-derived proteins as well,

especially those in the cerebellum, a major

structure affected in these disorders.18

Recently, neuroscientists have shown that much of

the damage done in cases of autoimmunity is not

due to direct immune reactions with brain

structures, but rather results from the release

of storms of free radicals and lipid peroxidation

products during the immune reaction, something I

call a “hand grenade in a shopping mall effect”.

If you use a hand grenade to target a single

person in a crowd you will not only kill and

injure the intended target, but all of the bystanders as well.

Neuroscientists P.L. McGeer and E.G. McGeer have

named this effect bystander damage.19

The immune attack caused by the autoimmune

reaction in the autistic person’s brain damages a

number of surrounding structures, especially

brain connections called dendrites and

synapses. Subsequent studies have confirmed that

bystander damage is the most destructive reaction of autoimmunity.

Some studies, as referred to above, have shown

that autism is much more common in families with

a hereditary tendency for autoimmune diseases,

which makes sense because they will have dysfunctional immune systems.

There is also compelling evidence that vaccines

themselves can damage the immune system of

immature animals, leading to a higher incidence

of autoimmunity and abnormal brain

development.20-24 Mercury, even in small

concentrations, is also known to induce

autoimmunity in a high percentage of those exposed.11

Ironically, things that suppress a portion of the

immune system, usually cellular type immunity,

increase the likelihood of autoimmunity.

Immunologists speak about a Th1 to Th2 shift and

vice versa. This can occur with exposure to

mercury as well as in response to vaccination.25

A great number of autoimmune diseases are associated with a Th2 shift.

How Immune Reactions to Vaccines Differ Depending on Age

The immune system is a very complex system, which

at birth is incompletely formed. This means, and

has been confirmed in animal and human studies,

that immune reactions to vaccinations differ at

different ages, so that small babies have a

different reaction than adults. This has been

shown with the hepatitis B vaccine now given to newborns.

The rate of maturation of the immune system also

differs considerably among babies and children,

meaning we cannot say what effect will occur in

all children. There are a great many variables, including diet.

The immune system’s reaction to infection and

immunization can be quite different. Normally the

immune system relies on a shifting of

T-lymphocyte function to determine which is

better for the particular situation.26

The T-helper lymphocytes (Th) can exist as either

Th1, Th0, or Th2 forms. When no infection is

occurring, the system is in the Th0 mode (an

uncommitted phase). If a virus invades, it

quickly switches to the Th1 phase, which allows

immune cells to secrete a group of cytokines that

kill viruses. It also activates immune

lymphocytes that kill viruses and bacteria.

At other times, the immune system needs a whole

different set of immune signals and cells, which

are supplied by the Th2 phase. The Th2 phase

favors the production of antibodies, mainly

supplied by B-cells, but in general they reduce immune reactions.

Infants are stuck in the Th2 mode during

intrauterine life, so as to prevent being

immunologically rejected by the mother during

pregnancy (much like transplant rejection), since

the baby is seen as a foreign body to the mother’s immune system.

Upon birth, the baby remains in a Th2 mode, but

has a limited ability to switch to the Th1

defensive mode if the need arises, say from an

infection. Months later the baby switches to the adult Th1 mode.

If the baby’s immune system remains in a Th2

mode, it has a high risk of developing an

autoimmune disorder, such as eczema, asthma or other allergies.

Presently, vaccine authorities recommend every

baby be vaccinated with the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth. But, is this safe?

A recent study looked at the immune reaction in

newborn infants up to the age of one year who had

received the HepB vaccine to see if their immune

reaction differed from adults getting the same

vaccine.27 What they found was that the infant,

even after age one year, did react differently.

Their antibody levels were substantially higher

than adults (3-fold higher) and it remained higher throughout the study.

In essence, they found that the babies responded

to the vaccine by having an intense Th2 response

that persisted long after it should have

disappeared, a completely abnormal response.

Autistic Children More Prone to Develop Autoimmune Diseases and Infections

Autistic children have been described as having a

Th2 predominance, which would explain their

propensity to developing autoimmune diseases and

being more susceptible to infections early in life.20,28-30

Elevated proinflammatory cytokines, particularly

TNF-alpha, have been described in studies of the

cytokine profile in autistic children. As we

shall see later, an excess production of B-cell

cytokines and suppression of T-lymphocyte TH1

activity, as seen in autism, is associated with a

high incidence of neurological damage by excitotoxins.

Several things about these immune responses are

important to all parents, including effects of

such immune over-stimulation during pregnancy.

For example, it has been shown that excess immune

stimulation, as occurs with vaccination, can

significantly increase the risk of a pregnant

woman having a child with autism or schizophrenia

later in life, depending on when the vaccine is given.31.32

In addition, persistent Th2 responses caused by

the HepB vaccine puts your child at a great risk

of developing an autoimmune disorder and

impairing your baby’s ability to fight off

infections. This means that immediately after

birth this vaccine has put your child at a

greater risk of all childhood related infections,

including H. Influenza meningitis, meningiococcal

meningitis, rotavirus, measles, chickenpox, etc.

Not only that, but numerous studies have shown

that such immune suppression greatly increases

the number of severe complications associated

with these infections, which means that should

your child be exposed to measles or chickenpox

they are more likely to suffer neurological

damage, seizures or other systemic disorders.12,33,34

When this occurs, rather than admit that the

science indicates that the vaccine program is the

cause of the complications and deaths, the

vaccine proponents scream that it demonstrates

again the need for greater efforts to vaccinate our children.

Immune Suppression by Live Virus Containing Vaccines

It is also known that certain viruses powerfully

suppress immunity, such as the measles virus.35

The MMR vaccine contains live measles viruses and

recent studies have shown that immune suppression

after vaccination with this virus suppresses

immunity in a profound way that last as long as

six months.36-41 In fact, the CDC recommends

separating this vaccine from other live virus

vaccines to prevent viral overgrowth (Yet, they

combine it with two other live viruses-rubella and mumps viruses).

Yet, they never address the obvious question –

wouldn’t this vaccine also make the child more

susceptible to other naturally occurring

infections such as hemophilus B influenza

meningitis, meningococcal meningitis, persistent

measles infection, influenza infection and even

chickenpox? This has been strongly suggested by a number of studies.42

Not only would they be more susceptible, but

severe complications and even death would be more common as well.

When death and severe complications occur due to

these infections, pediatricians, the CDC and the

American Academy of Pediatrics use this as a

justification for more vaccines, never admitting

that the increase incidence of these infections

and complications was caused by their previous vaccine recommendations.

This risk is especially high in families with a

number of other children in the household or in

children in day care centers. With a prolonged

suppressed immune system, exposure to other sick

children would put this child at a high risk of

contracting the infection and of having

complications or dying from the infection as stated.

Studies have also shown that vaccines that cover

only a few strains of a virus or bacteria that

naturally have a great number of strains (some

have over a hundred strains), can cause a shift

in strain dominance so that the strain not

included in the vaccine then becomes the dominant

disease causing strain. We see this with the

meningiococcal and pneumococcal vaccines.43-45

This is discussed in the scientific literature

but the public is never informed. Most

pediatricians are completely unaware of this.

When combined with mercury, which is also an

immune suppressing substance, the effect is

compounded. Fluoroaluminum, formed in fluoridated

drinking water, also interferes with immune

function, as do many insecticides and herbicides used around the home.46

Often forgotten, is the substantial evidence that

omega-6 oils powerfully induce inflammation and

immune suppression when consumed in large

amounts. Those eating a Western diet are

consuming 50-fold higher amounts of this type of

oil (called linoleic acid) than needed for

health. These oils include corn, safflower,

sunflower, canola, peanut and soybean oils. So,

we see that the average child is exposed to a

number of substances in their food and

environment that can also alter immunity, making

them not only more susceptible to natural

infection, but also to vaccine complications.

In essence, by over-vaccinating our children,

public health officials are weakening their

immune system, making them more susceptible to a

number of infections and less able to combat the

infections. This gives them an endless source of

“horror stories” to justify even more vaccines.

Remember also that mercury is an immune

suppressant, both from vaccines and seafood contamination.

One can see that a pregnant mother having dental

amalgam fillings, who eats a diet high in

methylmercury-containing seafood, and living in

an area with high atmospheric mercury, such as

West Texas, would be at a greater risk of having

an autistic child than one not exposed to these other sources of mercury.

These differences in environmental mercury

exposure are never considered by those insisting

all children have the same vaccines, including

mercury-containing vaccines such as the flu vaccine.

The Autistic Prone Child

What is becoming obvious is that certain children

are at a higher risk of developing autism than

others, for a variety of reasons.

It is also obvious that these newborns and small

children develop infections at a higher rate than

less vulnerable children. This may be because of

a developmental immune deficiency, which can

affect only a portion of the immune system and so

be easily missed by their pediatrician. Indeed,

it has been noted that a great number of cases of

childhood immune deficiencies are missed by

practicing pediatricians, especially the more

subtle cases, which may make up the majority of ASD-prone children.

For example, many physicians treating autistic

children have noted a high incidence of ear

infections. These are treated with broad-spectrum

antibiotics, which often lead to a high incidence

of Candida overgrowth in the child’s body.

Both infections will prime the microglia in the

child’s brain – which is the brain’s specific

resident immune cell. This priming effect shifts

these normally resting microglia immune cells

into overdrive.47 If stimulated again within

weeks or even months, they generate extremely

high levels of free radicals, lipid peroxidation

products, inflammatory cytokines and two

excitotoxins glutamate and quinolinic acid.48

Studies have shown that this is the major

mechanism for both viral and vaccine-related brain injury.

The high incidence of infection in these children

indicates the possibility of preexisting immune

system dysfunction. As stated, this also

increases the risk of an autoimmune reaction.

The stage is then set for the autism cascade to

develop and this can be triggered by early

vaccination or a recurrent infection. Remember,

the microglia have been primed, either by a

natural infection or an earlier vaccination (such

as the hepatitis B vaccine given soon after birth).

The vaccine is different from a natural infection

in that the vaccine produces brain immune

stimulation for very prolonged periods.

It has been proven, in both animal studies and

human studies, that systemic infections or immune

activation by vaccines, rapidly activate the

brain’s microglial system and can, in the case of

vaccines, do so for prolonged periods.49-53 Once

the primed microglia are reactivated by the

subsequent vaccination or infection, the

microglia activate fully and pour out their

destructive elements as discussed above.

With a natural infection, the immune system

quickly clears the infection and then shuts off

the immune activation, thus allowing repair of

what damage was done. This shutting down of the

microglia is very important. There is evidence

that with repeated and excessive

vaccine-triggered immune stimulation, the microglia do not shut down.47

This is what was found in the Vargas et al study,

in which they examined the brains of 11

autistics from age 5 years to 44 years of age

dying without active infectious diseases as

compared to age matched controls.54 That is, they

found widespread activation of inflammatory cells

(microglia and astrocytes) in the brains of the

autistic patients. This explains the widespread

brain damage seen in all autism cases.

This study was one of the most carefully

conducted, extensive examinations of the immune

reactions in the autistic brain ever done and

involved immunocytochemistry, cytokine protein

assays and enzyme-linked immunoascorbant assays

of the brain tissue. They also performed similar

assays of spinal fluid from an additional six

living autistic patients, which confirmed the

intense immune activation and inflammation.

The average child receiving all of the

recommended vaccines will have some 24

inoculations by age one year and 36 by the time they enter school.

Most of these will be spaced within one month of

each other, which means the priming and

activation cycle of the microglia will be

continuous. In addition, the dose of immune

stimulants is excessive. At birth they receive 1

vaccine, at two months of age they receive 6

additional vaccines, at four months of age 5

vaccines, at age six months 7 vaccines and at age one year, 5 vaccines.

In addition, should they follow the new CDC

recommendation, they will receive the flu vaccine

every year starting at age 6 month through age 18

years. These vaccines contain a full dose of thimerosal mercury.

In addition, we must consider the effect of the

measles and rubella portions of the MMR vaccine,

which begins at age 1 year. The profound immune

suppression, which last up to 6 months after it

is given, will not only increase the risk of

developing other infections, but will increase

the risk of an autoimmune reaction and measles

virus persistence in the brain.

Cytomegalovirus is also a powerful immune

suppressing virus that commonly infects newborns

and small children, especially if they are immune suppressed.

So, we see that giving a live, immunosuppressant

vaccine early in life can dramatically increase

the risk of autoimmune disorders, increase

microglial brain injury as well as increase the

risk of infection by other immune-suppressing

viruses and pathogenic organisms. And, it

dramatically increases the risk of your child

developing one of the autism spectrum disorders.

It should also be appreciated that the Candida

infections in these children trigger a prolonged

systemic immune reaction, which means a prolonged

brain immune response as well and a worsening of

any autoimmune disorder it may have produced.

Seizures and Autism

It is estimated that 30 percent to as high as 82

percent of autistic children develop seizures,

depending on the sensitivity of the examination.55-56

Growing evidence indicates that there is a close

correlation between brain inflammation (by

microglial released inflammatory cytokines and

glutamate) and seizures, just as we see with

excessive brain immune stimulation with vaccines.

Using lipopolysacchride as a vaccine-based immune

stimulant, scientists have induced seizures in

experimental animals of various species.57,58

A considerable amount of evidence links excitotoxicity and seizures.

In addition, a number of the newer anti-seizure

medications work by blocking glutamate receptors

or preventing glutamate release. One of the

central mechanisms linking excessive immune

stimulation with seizures, as with vaccines, is

the induced release of the excitotoxin glutamate

and quinolinic acid from immune stimulated microglia and astrocytes.59-61

In many cases these seizures are clinically

silent or manifest as behavioral problems, often

not recognized by pediatricians as seizures. Yet,

they can alter brain function and eventually

result in abnormal brain development.

Even the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics

recognizes that infants and children with a

history of seizure should not be vaccinated.

It is also known that autistic children who

regress, that is begin to show a sudden worsening

of mental development, have a significantly

higher incidence of seizures, both clinical and

subclinical, than those who do not regress.

Interestingly, studies have shown that during

early brain development after birth the number of

glutamate receptors (that trigger the seizures)

increase steadily until the age of two when it

peaks.62 Thereafter they decline in number. This

means that the immature brain is significantly

more susceptible to seizures than the more mature

brain and this is when your child is being given

24 vaccine inoculations, many of which are

associated with a high incidence of seizure.

Let just use the case of the 1 year-old child who

is taken by his mother for his vaccines and the

pediatrician convinces the mother to allow

him/her to give all five vaccines recommended for

that age group at that one office visit. After

all, both the CDC and the American Academy of

Pediatrics assures mothers and fathers that it is

completely safe to give them all at once. This

not only means that the child’s immune system

will be assaulted by 7 different antigens

(viruses, three of which are alive) but by five

full doses of immune adjuvant – a powerful mix of

immune stimulating chemicals.

This intense immune stimulation not only results

in a red, swollen and painful site where the

shots were given, but a hyperintense activation of the brain’s immune system.

Mothers and fathers are familiar with the

high-pitched crying their babies have after such

a series of vaccines. Often, this high pitched

crying, lethargy and poor feeding last weeks to

months. This is not due to the pain of the

injection, as the pediatrician will assure you,

rather it is secondary to brain inflammation –

what we call an encephalitic cry.63

Combination Vaccines Cause More Seizures

Recently, information was released that the

combination vaccine by Merck, ProQuid resulted in

twice as many seizures as giving the vaccines separately.

This vaccine contains the MMR antigens as well as

chickenpox viral antigen (in a dose 5x that of

the single vaccine). The study was conducted by

comparing 43,000 kids getting the ProQuid vaccine

versus those getting the shots separately. While

they attributed the increased seizures to fever

caused by the vaccine, this is only part of the story.

I have seen a number of febrile seizures during

my neurosurgical practice and my research

indicates that the reason some kids are

susceptible to febrile seizures and not others is

that the susceptible ones are deficient in

neuroprotective nutrients and are often exposed

to neurotoxic substances, such as mercury and

aluminum, that increase sensitivity to seizures.

Consistently found in the studies of febrile

seizures is the presence of low blood sodium levels (called hyponatremia).64

It is known in neurology that very low sodium

blood levels can trigger seizures, even in normal

people. It can also result in rapid coma and death, especially in a child.

In the presence of brain inflammation, the

incidence of hyponatremic seizures is much

higher. One of the major causes of hyponatremia

in infants and small children is the doctor

giving IV fluids that contain little or no sodium

chloride (salt). During my practice I constantly

tried to convince pediatricians to stop using D5W

(5% dextrose and water) as an IV solution in sick

children, because it induced seizures. I am

convinced that a significant number of children

who died following a meningitis infection

actually died of hyponatremia induced by a

combination of the infection and the pediatrician

giving hypotonic IV fluids (D5W) during treatment.

I will always remember the case of a little girl

who developed H. Influenza meningitis and was in

a deep coma. The pediatricians consulted me,

suspecting a brain abscess. This was quickly

ruled out. I noted the child was getting D5W as

an IV solution. A simple blood test demonstrated

she had severe hyponatremia. Because she was

comatose, the pediatricians wanted me to let her

die. I refused. They even went so far as to

approach my partners to have them take me off the

case. Fortunately, they refused to intervene. I

corrected her sodium deficiency and she made a

good recovery and had no further seizures.

Studies have also shown that glutamate, as MSG,

given to small animals with immature nervous

systems, also increase the likelihood of seizures

from other causes, such as fever.65,66 Excess

vaccination, increases brain levels of glutamate.

Keep in mind that the child by age one will

already have had 24 vaccine inoculations, each

spaced no more than one or two months apart. This

means the brain microglia are maintained in a

constant primed state. Each vaccine increases

dramatically the damage done by the previous

vaccine series. One is not surprised that so many

vaccinated children develop seizures, often

repetitive seizures, or that we have such a high

incidence of autism. And I can assure the elite

of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC

that over one million autistic children far

exceeds the danger measles, mumps, diphtheria,

chickenpox, tetanus, rotavirus, HiB meningitis

and hepatitis pose to our youth.

Also, keep in mind that for every fully autistic

child there are ten times that many with lesser degrees of impairment.

Compelling evidence indicates that the death

rates from the childhood vaccines fell

dramatically in developed countries prior to the

mass vaccination programs, as documented in Neil

Z. ’s book, Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?.67

Objective studies attribute the fall in death

rates to better nutrition and improved public

sanitation. So, when you hear health authorities

warn that stopping the present vaccine program

will mean a return of millions of children dead

from childhood diseases, they are lying and know they are lying.

Human Brain Development is Different

The human being has an unusual brain development

in that there is a prolonged period of maturation

and neuroanatomical pathway development occurring

years after birth. The most rapid brain

development occurs during the last trimester of

intrauterine life and two years after birth –

what is referred to as the brain growth spurt. It

is the areas regulating higher brain functions,

such as emotions, emotional control, thinking,

complex memory and language function that is last to develop.

Recent studies using functional MRI scans (fMRI)

and PET scanning have shown that brain

development continues until about age 26 or 27.

Using such brain mapping techniques as volumetric

parcellations that give a 3-D view of the brain,

researchers examined the brains of 13 children

followed for 10 years with scans being done every

2 years.68 What they found is that there was an

overdevelopment of synaptic connections after

birth that was slowly removed (called pruning) in

developmental cycles during early childhood and even adolescence.

For example, around age 4 to 8 years there was a

thinning of the cortex in the language areas of

the brain (parietal lobes) that spread to the

temporal lobes and finally to the frontal lobes.

This thinning moved the brain into a more

functional state of development, that is, it got

rid of unnecessary pathways and connections-sort of a final correction.

Further, they found that the language areas of

the brain matured around age 11 to 13 years and

the brain areas controlling higher brain

function, the prefrontal cortex, matured in the mid twenties.69,70

What this means is that during the first two

years of life, the child’s brain is undergoing

rapid and very critical development and that the

more advanced cognitive portions of the brain

continued their development even later – much later.

There is compelling evidence that the pruning of

these excess synapses is essential. Otherwise the

brain would be inundated with an enormous array

of competing signals – that is a lot of static

and misinterpreted messages. This pruning

process, as well as the growth, maturation and

migration of neurons, is carried out by a

combination of signals, which include carefully

controlled fluctuating glutamate brain levels and

appearance of specific microglia-released

cytokines in a timed sequence.63,71-75

This is all very exacting and easily disturbed by

a number of toxins, such as mercury and aluminum.

It is also critically dependent on the presence of thyroid hormone.

Anything that alters these fluctuating glutamate

and cytokine levels can affect, sometimes in

drastic ways, the development of the brain, which

as we have seen continues far into young adulthood.76-79

Pathological studies of autistic brains

demonstrate three areas that are especially

affected –the cerebellum, the limbic brain and the prefrontal area.80-83

There exist intimate connections between the

cerebellum and the prefrontal cortex and between

the prefrontal cortex and the limbic system – in

particular the amygdalar nuclei. These are also

areas frequently affected by inflammatory

cytokines during immune stimulation, such as with

vaccinations.84 In the Vargas et al study, the

most intense microglial activation was in the cerebellum.54

In low concentrations, both the cytokines and

glutamate act to protect developing brain cells

and promote brain development (neurotrophic

function), but in higher concentrations they can

be very destructive, especially in combination.

Of particular importance are the inflammatory

cytokines interleukin 1a and 1ß (IL-1a and IL-ß),

IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha).85-89

Evidence that alteration in these cytokines can

cause developmental brain problems comes in part

from studies of schizophrenia, a disorder that

can be produced by stimulating inflammatory

cytokine surges during pregnancy.90-92

Avoid the Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy

It is known, for example, that women who are

infected with the flu during pregnancy are

significantly more likely to give birth to an

autistic child or a child with schizophrenia,

depending on when the infection occurs.

At first, they assumed this was due to the virus

being passed to the fetus, but subsequent studies

found that it was not the virus, but the mother’s

immune reaction that cause the problem – that is,

it was the immune cytokines (IL-1, IL-2, Il-8,

IL-6 and TNF-alpha) that was causing the injury

to the baby’s developing brain.

The insane policy of having every pregnant woman

vaccinated with the flu vaccine flies in the face

of what we know concerning the neurotoxic effect

of excessive immune stimulation during pregnancy.

Even if the vaccine prevented the flu (studies

show it reduces it only in a select few), instead

of a small percentage of pregnant women being at

risk, they would make sure every woman was at risk.

Keep in mind these pregnant women will have been

receiving the flu shot (containing mercury) every

year since age 6 months (according to present CDC

recommendations), meaning they will have

accumulated a significant amount of mercury and

will, as a result, have a hyperintense cytokine

response to the flu vaccine during their

pregnancy. In addition, they will have

accumulated a significant amount of neurotoxic mercury.

It is also important to keep in mind that immune

activation with vaccination differs from natural

immunity, in that it persist much longer – even

for years following a vaccination. This does not

allow the brain time to repair itself either in

the mother or in the unborn child. In addition,

the way the immune system reacts differs with

vaccination, especially in the very young, as we have seen.

A new study from the Weizmann Institute in Israel

by Hadas Schori and co-workers found that with a

normally functioning immune system, the

T-lymphocytes actually protected neurons from

glutamate excitotoxicity, but if the immune

system was dysfunctional, as seen in most of the

ASD children, the opposite happened.93 That is,

stimulating the immune system was significantly

destructive of the brain’s cells. Their study

found that under conditions of immune

dysfunction, B-cells predominated in invading the

brain and this dramatically increased the

destructive effect of excess glutamate.

Another study also found that mercury toxicity

was greatest in mice prone to develop autoimmune

diseases, thus confirming the above study.12

Further, the Schori study indicates that even in

animals without an autoimmune-prone genetic

makeup, suppression of T-lymphocyte function increased excitotoxic damage.

Both the measles and cytomegalovirus inhibit

T-cell function, as does mercury and the hepatitis B vaccine.11,27,35,41,

The Vargas et al study also demonstrated that

T-lymphocytes failed to infiltrate the autistic

brains examined, meaning that protective

T-lymphocyte protection was not in evidence.54

Under these conditions, systemic immune

activation, as seen with multiple and sequential

vaccinations, would increase the excitotoxic

damage caused by the microglial and astrocytic activation.

When all the evidence is taken together, these

studies provide powerful evidence that

sequential, multiple vaccinations in newborns and

small children maximizes the inflammation of the

brain and as a consequence dramatically enhances

the excitotoxic pathology, and does so for prolonged periods (decades).

The more vaccines that are added to the vaccine

schedule, the more frequently this devastating

effect will be seen and in worse forms.

What About the Adjuvants Used in Vaccines?

While mercury has gotten all the attention,

aluminum (found in most vaccines) is also a major

culprit in this shocking saga.

Added to most vaccine are a number of substances

either used during manufacturing or designed as

an immune booster (adjuvant). These include

albumin, aluminum (either as aluminum hydroxide,

aluminum phosphate or alum also known as aluminum

potassium sulfate), various amino acids, DNA

residues, egg protein, gelatin, monosodium

glutamate (MSG), MRC-5 cellular protein and various antibiotics.

Not listed on official lists are bacterial and

viral contaminants, which can include their

particulate, fragmented matter.94-99

The purpose of the aluminum compounds is to

dramatically boost the immune reaction to the

vaccine and make it prolonged, since some of the

aluminum remains in the site of injection for years.

Aluminum was first added to vaccines in 1926.

Many of the other components added to the

vaccines also boost immunity, especially that of

undesirable components of the immune system, such as the B-cells.

Because these vaccine adjuvants are designed to

produce a prolonged immune stimulation, they pose

a particular hazard to the developing nervous

system. Studies have shown that immune activation

can last as long as two years after vaccination.

This means that the brain’s microglial cells are

also primed for the same length of time, and possibly longer.

A new emerging syndrome called macrophagic

myofasciitis has been attributed to the aluminum

adjuvant in vaccines and is especially associated

with the hepatitis B vaccine and the tetanus

vaccine.100 Victims of this syndrome suffer

severe muscle and joint pains and severe

weakness. Subsequent studies, since the syndrome

was first described in France, indicate

widespread, severe brain injury as well, as

confirmed by MRI scanning.101,102 This brain

syndrome has been described in American children as well.

It is known that aluminum accumulates in the

brain and results in neurodegeneration. The

evidence for a link between aluminum

neurotoxicity and Alzheimer’s disease continues

to grow stronger. Aluminum, like mercury,

activates microglia leading to chronic brain

inflammation, which is a major event in both

Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.103-110

Flarend and co-workers studied the fate of

vaccine injected aluminum in the dose approved by

the FDA (0.85 mg per dose) using radiolabeled

aluminum adjuvant –either aluminum hydroxide or

aluminum phosphate, the two approved forms of adjuvants used in vaccines.111

They found that the aluminum was rapidly absorbed

into the blood from both forms of aluminum, but

that the aluminum phosphate was absorbed faster

and produced tissue levels 2.9x higher than

aluminum hydroxide. Blood levels of aluminum

remained elevated for 28 days with both

adjuvants. Elevated aluminum levels were found in

the kidney, spleen, liver, heart, lymph nodes and brain.

This indicates that aluminum from vaccines is

redistributed to numerous organs including brain,

where it accumulates. Each vaccine adds to this

tissue level of aluminum. If we calculate the

aluminum dose from 36 vaccines, we see that the

total dose is 30.6 mg and not the 0.85 mg

considered safe by the FDA. Of course not all

this aluminum ends up in the tissues, but they

will accumulate substantial amounts, especially

when added to the amount from foods and drinking

water. When a number of aluminum-containing

vaccines are given during a single office visit,

aluminum blood levels rise rapidly and to much

higher levels and this elevation persist for over

a month, all the time infiltrating the tissues,

including the brain with aluminum.

It is also known that aluminum enhances the

toxicity of mercury and that aluminum, even from

other sources, increases inflammation in the body.106

The question no one seems to be asking is -- does

the aluminum act as a constant source of brain

inflammation? Research, especially that showing

aluminum-triggered microglial activation, seems to indicate it does.112

Dr. , Strunecka, a professor of physiology,

found that aluminum readily binds with fluoride

to form fluoroaluminum and that this compound can

active G-protein receptors, which controls a

number of neurotransmitters, including glutamate receptors.46

Giving multiple aluminum-containing vaccines at

once would raise blood and tissue levels much

higher than when give separately, thus increasing

brain levels as well. Fluoride in drinking water,

foods and dental treatments would react with the

brain aluminum, creating the neurotoxic

fluoroaluminum combination. Studies have shown

that fluoride also accumulates in the brain.

The Role of Mercury in Developmental Brain Damage

Mercury also activates microglia and does so in

concentrations below 0.5 microgram (3 to 5

nanograms).113 This is well below the

concentration seen with giving mercury-containing vaccines to children.

Ethylmercury, like its cousin methylmercury,

enters the brain very easily but once within the

brain it is de-ethylated, forming ionic mercury (Hg+).114

There is evidence that ionic mercury is

significantly more neurotoxic than organic

mercury. Once it is converted, the mercury is

difficult, if not impossible, to remove. Studies

using monkeys demonstrated that ionic mercury is

redistributed in the brain.115

This same series of studies also demonstrated

that there was extensive microglial activation in

the monkey’s brain and it persisted over 6 months

after the mercury dosing was stopped, indicating

that even when the plasma mercury disappears the brain mercury remains.116

This is important to remember when you hear from

the vaccine safety promoters that new studies

have shown that ethylmercury (in thimerosal)

disappears from the blood within several days.

Actually, the mercury leaves the plasma and

enters the brain, where it is de-ethylated and remains for a lifetime.

What they fail to mention is that recent studies

have shown that only 7 percent of methylmercury

is converted to ionic mercury, whereas 34 percent

of ethylmercury is converted within a short

time.117 This means that more of the most

destructive form of mercury is retained in the

brain following mercury-containing vaccine

exposure than exposure to mercury from fish.

They also fail to mention that the vaccine-based

mercury that was removed from the blood enters

the stool in high concentrations, where it

recirculates repetitively, meaning that with each

cycle the mercury has access to the brain.

Mercury has another link to this

immune/excitotoxic reaction. A number of studies

have shown that mercury, in submicromolar

concentrations, interferes with the removal of

glutamate from the extracellular space, where it

causes excitotoxicity.118-120

This removal system is very important, not only

in protecting the brain but also in preventing

abnormal alterations in brain formation.121 As

you will recall, it is the carefully programmed

rise and fall in glutamate levels in the brain

that allow the brain’s pathways to develop and

for proper development of its connections (called synaptogenesis).

Another way mercury damages the brain is by

interfering with its energy production.

The mitochondria of the neuron (the energy

factory) accumulate more mercury than any other

part of the cell. It is known that when you

interfere with the neuron’s ability to produce

energy, you greatly magnify its sensitivity to

excitotoxicity, so much so that even

physiological concentrations of glutamate can become excitotoxic.122-125

One of the destructive reactions of both

excitotoxicity and mercury toxicity is the

generation of storms of free radicals and lipid

peroxidation products. Essential to the

protection of brain cells is the antioxidant

enzymes (catalase, glutathione peroxidase and

SOD). Mercury poisons these protective enzymes.

One of the most important protective systems is

the glutathione molecule, which is present in

every cell in the body. Mercury dramatically

lowers glutathione levels by a number of

mechanisms. (See Dr. Boyd Haley’s work for more

information).126 So, we see that mercury can

greatly aggravate this entire destructive mechanism.

It is important to appreciate that as important

as mercury is, it is not the lone essential

element in this process. Rather, essential to

this process is a combination of pre-existing or

vaccine-induced immune dysfunction and excess

immune stimulation by a crowded vaccine schedule.

This is why autism will not go away, even when

mercury is completely removed from all vaccines.

It also important to appreciate that mercury can

never be removed from the picture because of the

numerous sources of mercury in our environment,

such as contaminated seafood, atmospheric mercury and dental amalgam.

Why Males Are Affected More Often

One of the enigmas of autism is why it occurs in

males more often than females.

Actually there are a number of toxins that have

this gender selectivity. Studies have shown, for

example, that both mercury and monosodium

glutamate (MSG) have greater neurotoxicity in males than females.127

The reason appears to be the enhancing effect of

testosterone on both substances’ toxicity.128,129

Glutamate is the most abundant neurotransmitter

in the brain and operates through a very complex

series of receptors (3 major inotropic receptors-

NMDA, AMPA and kainate receptors, and 8

metabotropic receptors). As stated, the presence

of glutamate outside brain neurons, even in very

small concentrations, is brain cell toxic.

Because of this, the brain is equipped with a

very elaborate series of mechanisms to remove

glutamate quickly, primarily by utilizing

glutamate uptake proteins (EAAT1-5).

Mercury, aluminum, free radicals, lipid

peroxidation products and inflammatory cytokines

can easily damage these. 130,131

One of the important ways glutamate regulates

neuron function is by allowing calcium to enter

the cell and by the release of calcium within

cell storage depots. When calcium (glutamate

operated) channels are opened, the calcium flows

in as a wave of concentrated calcium. These are

referred to a calcium waves or oscillations. They

regulate a number of neuron functions, one of

which plays a vital role in brain development.

During brain development, the future neurons are

lined up along membranes within the core of the

undeveloped brain. These cells must migrate

outwardly to reach their final destination and

they do so by guided chemical signals mainly

released by microglia and astrocytes. These

trillions of connections also develop during a

process called synaptogeneis, and use many of the same signals.

Studies have shown that the calcium waves cause

developing brain cells to migrate, which is

essential for development of the brain (it forms

the architectonic structures and functional columns of the brain).132

Interestingly, testosterone also affects

embryonic brain cell migration by regulating

calcium waves, and mercury, probably by

stimulating glutamate release, does the same

thing.133 Estrogen reduces calcium oscillations

and stops the migration. Other chemical signals

in the brain also play a role (reelin).

If calcium oscillations are not properly

regulated, that is -- there are too many calcium

oscillations, the brain develops abnormally.

Testosterone and glutamate have an additive

effect on these calcium waves. In this way,

testosterone enhances the damaging effect of excessive glutamate and mercury.

Studies have shown that higher doses of MSG

during brain formation can cause abnormalities of

brain development that closely resemble mercury

poisoning and the toxic effects of high levels of

inflammatory cytokines.76 Interestingly,

vaccination has been shown to significantly

increase the toxicity of several other

neurotoxins, so much so that they can trigger

brain cell destruction or synaptic loss even when

subtoxic concentrations of the toxicants are

used. Testosterone aggravates this toxicity as well.

Studies of autistic children show an elevated

level of androgens in most, even in female

autistic children.134 In general, androgens, such

as testosterone, enhance neurological injury and

estrogens tend to be protective of the brain.135

The Role of the Leaky Gut Phenomenon and Food Intolerances

Wakefield and his co-workers demonstrated a

connection between the MMR vaccines and abnormal

gut function in a landmark article appearing in

the journal Lancet in 1998.136

In this carefully conducted study they biopsied

the lining of the intestines of autistic children

having GI symptoms and demonstrated lymphocytic

infiltration as well as elevated levels of

inflammatory antibodies and cytokines. TNF-alpha

release was particularly high from these

gut-based immune cells. The entire GI tract, from

the stomach to the colon, was infiltrated by these immune cells.

Subsequent studies have shown a high incidence of

abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and

constipation in children with ASD.138,139 A

number of other studies have shown problems with

digestive enzymes, defective detoxification, and

an overgrowth of a number of pathogenic bacteria

and fungi in the colon and intestine of ASD children.140,141

Not surprisingly, a few studies have shown

significant improvement in behavior when ASD

children are placed on diets devoid of identified

food allergens.142-144 Antibodies to food

components, such as casein, gliadin and gluten

have also been described as well as

cross-reactions between food antigens and brain components.145

One disease that closely resembles the case of

ASD in terms of brain injury associated with food

allergins is celiac disease, in which there is an

immune sensitivity to the food components gliadin

and gluten. Approximately 6 percent of such

patients will demonstrate neurological damage,

most frequently cerebellar ataxia.146 Other

studies have also found seizures, cranial nerve

damage, dementia and impaired frontal lobe function.147-151

Autopsy studies indicate that the most commonly

found neurological damage occurs in the

cerebellum, as we see in autism. Other studies

have shown an immunologic cross-reactivity

between gluten antibiodies and Purkinje cells in the cerebellum.144

Like the celiac cases, in autism the most intense

microglia activation and neuronal loss occurred

in the cerebellum. In many of the cases of

autistic brains examined, virtually all of the Purkinje cells were lost.54

Studies looking for the incidence of GI symptoms

in autistic children indicate that from 20

percent to 84 percent will have complaints. It is

interesting to note that in the studies on

celiac-related neurological problems, only 13

percent complained of GI symptoms, so ASD

children can have gut-related brain effects without obvious GI symptoms.151

Some feel that the gliadin, casein and gluten can

be converted to opioid-like substances, such as

gliadomorphin and casomorphin that can produce a

morphine response in the brain, leading to

abnormal behavior.152,153 These opioids also

suppress immunity and increase excitotoxicity.154

While the opioid effect exists, I feel it is the

recurrent immune stimulation of primed microglia

that is causing most of the damage seen in autism.155

Studies have also found frequent dysbiosis in

autistic children, that is, an overgrowth of

pathogenic bacteria and fungi and a loss of

beneficial probiotics organisms.138

It has been demonstrated that Candida organisms

can penetrate the gut wall and enter the blood

stream, were they can be distributed to all

tissues and organs, including the brain.156 The

same is true for pathogenic bacteria and

bacterial toxins. These brain implanted organisms

act as continuous sources of immune stimulation,

which is especially damaging to the brain because

of vaccine-triggered microglia priming and/or

activation occurring before the gut problem

presents itself, with repeated vaccination aggravating the injury.

With each subsequent vaccination, the microglia

response is enhanced because of the recurrent

immune activation by food antigens and

microbiological antigens. It is interesting to

note that trials of antibiotic vancomycin, which

is not absorbed from the gut, objectively

improved the cognitive function of a number of

autistic children.157 We also know that with

children having celiac disease even a very small

amount of the offending food can have devastating neurological effects.

CONCLUSION

I have presented a considerable amount of

evidence for a connection between the present

vaccine schedule and the development of autism

spectrum disorders, yet even this paper is only a

brief review of what we know.

A more in-depth discussion of the

immune/excitotoxic will appear in my paper--

Interaction of activated microglia,

excitotoxicity, reactive oxygen and nitrogen

species, lipid peroxidation products and elevated

androgens in autism spectrum disorders.

Strunecka and I are also working on another paper

discussing this vaccine-triggered mechanism,

which will appear in an upcoming special autism

issue of the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

Much of this information is being totally ignored

by the medical elite and especially the media.

The Simsonwood conference proceedings, in which

over 50 scientists, vaccine pharmaceutical

company representatives and representatives from

the World Health Organization met secretly in

Norcross, Georgia, disclosed that the safety of

your children is not their primary interest –

their only interest is selling vaccines to the public.

A friend of mine, while speaking to an audience

of scientists and public health officials in

Italy, was rudely told by a public health

official that (paraphrased) – We all know that

vaccines can cause neurological damage, but we

must keep this from the public because it might endanger the vaccine program.

It is also important to understand that most

practicing pediatricians have never heard what I

have disclosed to you. Most have very little

understanding of immune function and have no idea

of the pathological effect on the brain of giving

multiple vaccines on a large scale. These effects

are widely discussed in the neuroscience

literature, but few practicing physicians,

especially pediatricians, ever read such articles.

Immunology, like nutrition, gets only scant

attention in medical school and even less in

residency training of physicians. Older doctors

have no concept of the newer discoveries in

immunology, especially neuroimmunology.

The human immune system is one of the most

complex systems in physiology and our studies

indicate an even greater complexity is to be

found. Despite a renewed interest in the immune

system’s function in neonates and small children,

much remains unknown concerning the immune

effects of exposing infants and small children to

such a barrage of vaccine early in life. Yet,

what we do know is that they react quite

differently than adults and it can have

devastating consequences on brain development and function.

Vaccinating millions of children with the

hepatitis B vaccine at birth can only be described as dangerous idiocy.

The vast majority of infants, children and

adolescents are in no danger from this infection

-- even the medical authorities agree on that. It

is also known that the effectiveness of the

vaccine in children last no more than two years

and has little or no effectiveness in the immune suppressed child.

The nefarious plan by these vaccine geniuses is

to force vaccines all babies, since they would

have difficulty convincing adults, that is, the

one at any danger, to get the vaccine.

The problem with this “plan” is that the vaccine

is ineffective by the time the child reaches the

age of risk. Now that they have discovered this,

they are recommending that all children have a

booster vaccine every two years.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC,

the forces behind this vaccine mania, assure

parents that giving all of the required vaccines

at once is perfectly safe. As we have seen, the

scientific “evidence” does not support this

policy. To do so exposes the child to a high

concentration of immune-stimulating adjuvants

that will intensely activate the brain’s immune

system (microglia) during the brain’s most active

growth period, that is, during the first 2 to 6 years of life.

The maturation and development of the brain

continues to a large degree throughout

adolescence. As we have seen, excessive

vaccination can result in brain inflammation and

brain swelling that can be prolonged, even

lasting years, if not decades (as we have seen in

the Vargas et al study). This can result in

seizures, high pitched crying, severe lethargy,

weakness and behavioral problems, such as

agitation, depression, anger and other autistic behaviors.

In addition, giving the vaccines all at once

exposes the brain to higher levels of neurotoxic

aluminum as proven by the radiolabeled aluminum study quoted above.

If a person were to follow recommended vaccine

guidelines they would receive over 100 vaccines in a lifetime.

Because of the way the vaccines are given, this

would not allow the brain’s microglial cells to

shut down, which is essential.

One of the effects of chronic microglial

activation, other than brain inflammation, is an

elevation in brain glutamate levels. Studies have

shown this can lead to chronic neurodegeneration

and is suspected as a common mechanism associated

with neuropathic viruses, such as the measles and

borna viruses.158-160 In fact, blocking certain

of the glutamate receptors can prevent brain

damage by the measles virus, as well as other viruses.158

We also know that the prognosis of spinal

meningitis can be determined by the spinal fluid

glutamate levels, with high levels having the

worst prognosis.161 Studies of autistic children

have also shown elevated glutamate levels in their blood and spinal fluid.

Foods and Supplements For the Autistic Child

Because excitotoxicity plays such an important

role in autism, parents of autistic children

should avoid feeding their children foods

containing excitotoxic additives, such as MSG,

hydrolyzed protein, vegetable protein extracts,

soy protein or soy protein isolate, natural flavoring, yeast enzymes, etc.

There are many disguised names for high glutamate

food additives. A recent study has also shown

that there is an interaction between certain food

dyes and glutamate and aspartame that enhances neurotoxicity significantly.

They should also avoid immune suppressing oils,

such as the omega-6 oils (corn, soybean, peanut,

safflower, sunflower and peanut oils). As stated,

people in this country eat 50-times the amount of

this immune suppressing oil than they need for health.

While omega-3 oils are healthy, the EPA component

is significantly immune suppressing and as a

result, high intakes should be avoided. Studies

have shown suppressed lymphocyte function (NK

cells) with high intake of EPA.162 It is the DHA

component that has most of the beneficial

effects, especially as regards brain repair and

inflammation reduction.163 DHA also inhibits

excitotoxicity. Because the autistic child has

intense brain inflammation, a combination of EPA

and DHA is preferable, with a lower content of EPA (no more than 250 mg).

Milk and milk products should be avoided and

foods containing gliadin and gluten should also be avoided.

Soy foods are also responsible for a significant

number of food allergies as well as being very

high in glutamate, fluoride and manganese.

Fluoride should be avoided, especially in

drinking water. Water is also a significant

source of aluminum in the diet (it is added as a

clarifying agent) and in fluoridated water the

fluoride complexes with aluminum to form the

highly neurotoxic fluoroaluminum compound.

The greatest dietary source of aluminum is

biscuits, pancakes, black tea and baked goods

made with aluminum-containing baking powder.

Low magnesium intake, which is common in the

United States, is associated with higher degrees

of inflammation in the body and lower glutathione

levels. It also enhances excitotoxicity, since

magnesium is a natural modulator of the NMDA

glutamate receptor. Low intakes of magnesium

greatly enhance glutamate receptor sensitivity,

worsening excitotoxicity. Low magnesium also

lowers brain glutathione levels, which increases

brain sensitivity to mercury toxicity.

Increasing magnesium levels, reduces

inflammation, raises glutathione levels and reduces excitotoxic sensitivity.

A number of flavonoids are neuroprotective,

especially against inflammation and

excitotoxicity. These include curcumin,

quercetin, ellagic acid, natural vitamin E (mixed

trocopherol), epigallocatechin gallate (from

white tea), theanine, DHEA and hesperidin. All

are available as supplements and most have a high safety profile.

Other Live Vaccine Dangers

The live virus vaccines, such as chickenpox,

measles, mumps and rubella, pose a special danger

in the immunosuppressed child, because some of

these viruses can take up permanent residence in

the body, including the brain.

In one study, which examined the tissues of

elderly dying of non-infectious causes,

researchers found live measles virus in 45

percent of the bodies examined and 20 percent of

their brains.164,165 These measles viruses were

highly mutated, meaning they could result in a

number of diseases not normally suspected with measles infection.

I have omitted discussions about vaccine

contamination, which is a major problem. Several

studies found a high incidence of microorganism

contamination in vaccines made by a number of

major pharmaceutical companies, with figures as

high a 60 percent of the vaccines being contaminated.94-99

Bacterial and viral fragments have also been found in a number of vaccines.

While vaccine promoters were quick to assure us

that these viral fragments should cause no

problem, research says otherwise. In fact, a

non-viable viral fragment implanted in microglia

and astrocytes in the brain causes the

devastating dementia associated with the HIV virus.167,168

The virus does not infect the brain neurons

themselves. The mechanism proposed is an

immunological/excitotoxic-induced toxicity, just

as we see with repeated vaccination. The same

mechanism is seen with a number of viruses,

including measles viruses, borna virus and the herpes virus.168-172

When brain glial cells or neurons are chronically

infected with these viruses (called a persistent

viral infection) the smoldering

immune/excitotoxic reaction slowly destroys the

brain cell connections because the immune system

is attempting to destroy the infectious

microorganism. Since it can never kill the

organism, the destruction (and intense microglial

activation) continues for decades, as we saw in the autistic brain.54

The same effect can occur with viral fragments,

the Lyme disease organism, aluminum and mercury

that accumulates in the brain from either

contaminated vaccines or from vaccine additives.

And because excessive vaccination, especially

with immune-suppressive viruses, can depress

proper immune function, the child is at a greater

risk of developing such a persistent viral infection.

Likewise, they are at a greater risk of

developing deadly invasive bacterial infections,

such as H. Influenza meningitis, pneumococcal and meningiococcal meningitis.

When it occurs, the vaccine promoters scream that

we need more vaccines to protect the children,

never admitting that it was the vaccine program

itself that destroyed the lives of these children.

“Universal Health Care” May Increase Vaccine Danger

While a number of people and even physicians,

think they desire a universal health care system

(a euphemism for socialized medicine), here is

something to consider. The government will use

access to health care as a way to mandate

vaccinations for all Americans. Those who refuse

any of the mandated vaccines will be denied

access to health care, meaning you will not be

able to see a doctor or enter a hospital or clinic.

All federal programs will have completion of

vaccine mandates as a requirement. This could be

linked to social security, food stamps, housing

subsidy programs and other such federal programs.

Remember, they use such tactics now for access to

schools and daycare centers. One may even have to

prove that they have had all their required

vaccinations before they can use public

transportation, such as busses, trains and airplanes.

Another thing to consider is that the communist

Chinese are gradually taking over vaccine

manufacturing. In fact, communist China is now

the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world.

They have over 400 biopharmaceutical companies

busy making vaccines and poor quality drugs for the world.

The FDA admits that it inspects only 1.8 percent

of the 714 drug firms in China and that,

according to a GAO study, FDA inspections may be

done 13 years apart (it is spaced 2 years apart in the United States).

Even more frightening is that the inspectors must

depend on Chinese translators and US companies

purchasing these vaccines and pharmaceuticals

must, by agreement, have a Chinese communist

official serve as its legal representative.

According to the Phyllis Schafly Report, one CEO

was quoted as saying “every piece of information

you get (from the Chinese) is suspect.”

With thousands of people dying and getting sick,

not only in China, but in hundreds of nations

receiving their tainted pharmaceutical products,

this means future vaccines will be an even greater danger.

The risk of millions of Americans and others

living in the West receiving contaminated

vaccines is extremely high. It could even be done

on purpose, since the Chinese communist have

declared their intention to defeat the United States.

Infecting over a hundred million Americans with

contaminated vaccines would be an easy way to

defeat us. The irony would be that our public

officials would have aided them in our destruction.

Parents must appreciate that those in positions

of authority are lying to them.

Most pediatricians think they are doing what is

right, because they too are victims of years of

propaganda by elite members in the CDC and

American Academy of Pediatrics. Most truly

believe what they are telling parents. They

should wake up and joint the fight to bring some sense to this insane policy.

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