Do Vaccines Disable the Immune System?

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Rogene, God must have been whispering in your ear! This is just so timely. Yesterday I took my 11 year old son to the doctor because of a dog bite on his leg that he got 2 days before. He never told me he had gotten bitten! So I took him to the doctor just in case---it was starting to look red and had a ring around it, so I was concerned. At the least I knew they would probaby offer an antibiotic. Which they did. But I forgot about his age....he turns 12 next month and is due for a tetanus booster...and boy did they let me know it! My son has never gotten the first tetanus shot to begin with. I stopped making my kids get vaccinations shortly after I got sick and found out all about the damage vaccinations can do to the immune system. My son has been healthier than ever regardless...and I do not feel guilty about not giving him the required

vaccinations. It is my decision to make, and I feel that God gave us all the immunity we need. He got a few when he was an infant, but he never got any more after that. Wow, yesterday did they ever hound me about getting that shot! I had to fight them off with spears and knives! (Just kidding.) I prevailed as nicely as I could, but I have to admit, I started to question whether or not he should get it, and I almost gave in. The statistics associated with the tetanus shot in this article just confirmed for me that I shouldn't feel guilty. Vaccinations just have dangers associated with them that I can live without. Thanks, Patty Rogene S <saxony01@...> wrote: http://www.cure-guide.com/Vaccine_Guide/Vaccine_articles/Immune_system_damage_from_vacc/immune_system_damage_from_vacc.html

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My youngest, now 47 and still experiencing some effect, contracted Guillian Barre (sp?) after getting a DPT shot when he was 12. It's caused French Polio . .. He was paralyzed from the mid chest area down and spent weeks in the hospital. Still, they didn't give us the name of the condition, or connect it to his vaccination. I had to do the digging to find out for myself years later. IMHO, if a life threatening disease ever gets loose in the public, we'll all have to get vaccinations . . . but as long as most people are getting vaccinated the others are relatively safe. Rogene

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Patty,

I know a family with a beautiful 11 yr. old who started having

seizures a few months after her baby vacinnes. Ofcourse, she still

is suffering and on mega meds for her symptoms. There's been

several accounts of this...I didn't vaccinate my boys until I was

forced to when they went to public school. I felt coerced and

forced against my own desires for my children. Oh, well...let's

keep fighting the good fight and passing on info, educating,

educating...one on one and public speaking.

Love you all,

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Sunny, you are so right on.

Unfortunately, the same public relations front groups that were

hired to disinform the public about breast implants, do the same

about the dangers of vaccinations as well as amalgams.

They are anti-all alternatives and go after the licences of those

attempting to untangle the complexity of MCS.

They never admit that the chemical/silicone/pharm industries fund

them and do all they can to embed themselves throughout the internet

and other media and bully their disinformation.

American Council for Science & Health (acsh.org), their offshoot

quackwatch.org, and junkscience.com all attempt to control the

information on Usenet, the blogs, and the rest of the internet

backed by the industries mentioned, with money pooled from Exxon,

Monsanto, Dow Chemical, cell phone industries, Vac makers, etc.

They also attempt to shut down the alternative clinics in Mexico ...

right now they are campaigning in the ungodly Abraham Cherrix

situation which I discuss on my blog. They are attempting to force

chemo and radiation against a family's will ... details here:

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/blog.htm

They regularly sue activists (myself included) and physicians (Dr.

Mercola was sued by them twice) to use up our time and energies and

resources while they fill various medium with their point of view.

They ignore the subset of children like Sunny described, calling

them as " anecdotes " (I know several families with similar

experiences) ... as well as the women like you who have been harmed

by breast implants.

Personally, I believe there is a genetic predisposition that makes a

subset of children reactive to the various ingredients (mercury

included) in vaccinations ... as well as women with breast implants.

I'll post my piece on writing on this soon.

May God continue to protect all of us working to raise awareness of

the potential dangers of vaccinations, amalgams and breast implants

etc.

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Beautiful Hummingbird,

Thanks for all the info. You are very informed and it's an honor to

be learning from so many of you ladies. It's refreshing to see

people stand up and care - LOVE IS AN ACTION WORD!!

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My sister had a niece who became a vegetable after getting her baby shots. She had been a normally developing child until a series of shots in her toddler years. She basically became unable to do anything on her own anymore. She lived until she was about 12 or 13, then she died. It was a tragedy that didn't have to happen. I stopped giving my kids vaccinations. I just don't think it's worth the risks, especially in such a tiny creature! Their immune system just can't handle all that crap thrown at it at those times! I think it is much, much safer to wait, and I think there are other countries that delay the giving of vaccinations until the children are older. There are ways to get around the school requirements for vaccinations, at least in this country. In Nevada, they allow a religious exemption, which is what I used. Dr. Mercola's site gives alot more info on the

vaccination issue, and I do trust him! http://www.mercola.com/2002/apr/13/immunization.htm Patty Sunny <wellnessnow@...> wrote: Patty,I know a family with a beautiful 11 yr. old who started having seizures a few months after her baby vacinnes. Ofcourse, she still is suffering and on mega meds for her symptoms. There's been several accounts of this...I didn't vaccinate my boys until I was forced

to when they went to public school. I felt coerced and forced against my own desires for my children. Oh, well...let's keep fighting the good fight and passing on info, educating, educating...one on one and public speaking.Love you all,Sunny > http://www.cure-guide.com/Vaccine_Guide/Vaccine_articles/Immune_system_damage_from_vacc/immune_system_damage_from_vacc.html> > > > > > ---------------------------------> Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.>

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Ilena, This poor boy. It makes me so mad that the government thinks they can tell us what to do with our bodies, with our children! They have no right! Was it the declaration of independence, or the constitution, that guarantees LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness? I pray that this family is able to prevail against our government. It is times like these that our government is not a benevolent protector, but a monstrous tyrant that needs to be stopped. Patty colibrimama <colibrimama@...> wrote: Sunny, you are so right on.Unfortunately, the same public relations front groups that were hired to disinform the public about breast implants, do the same about the dangers of vaccinations as well as amalgams. They are anti-all alternatives and go after the licences of those attempting to untangle the complexity of MCS. They never admit that the chemical/silicone/pharm industries fund them and do all they can to embed themselves throughout the internet and other media and bully their disinformation.American Council for Science & Health (acsh.org), their offshoot quackwatch.org, and junkscience.com all attempt to control the information on Usenet, the blogs, and the rest of the internet backed by the industries mentioned, with money pooled from Exxon, Monsanto, Dow Chemical, cell phone

industries, Vac makers, etc.They also attempt to shut down the alternative clinics in Mexico ... right now they are campaigning in the ungodly Abraham Cherrix situation which I discuss on my blog. They are attempting to force chemo and radiation against a family's will ... details here:www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/blog.htmThey regularly sue activists (myself included) and physicians (Dr. Mercola was sued by them twice) to use up our time and energies and resources while they fill various medium with their point of view.They ignore the subset of children like Sunny described, calling them as "anecdotes" (I know several families with similar experiences) ... as well as the women like you who have been harmed by breast implants.Personally, I believe there is a genetic predisposition that makes a subset of children reactive to the various ingredients (mercury included) in vaccinations

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> Do Vaccines Disable the Immune System?

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> Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc

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> Parents watch with proud satisfaction as their infant, just a few months

> old, begins to reach out into the world—tiny hands grasping at toys and

> gently twirling locks of their mother's hair. Just when they have begun to

> take a lively interest in the world, rolling-over, cooing, and

> smiling, the

> first illnesses strike.

>

> The baby's runny nose develops into a fever, fussiness, and night-waking.

> Her previously placid demeanor suddenly changes to obvious

> discomfort—crying, clinging, refusing to leave her mother's arms. The

> pediatrician sees red eardrums and prescribes antibiotics. That first

> infection starts a seemingly endless battle against viral and bacterial

> illnesses that persists despite repeated treatment with a barrage of

> different antibiotics. Something is dreadfully wrong. Frequent

> visits to the

> pediatrician do nothing to prevent the continuous pattern of

> illness—antibiotic—illness.

>

> Why do these illnesses begin when babies are three or four months

> old? What

> event triggers this frustrating scenario? What happens to babies at two to

> four months that could initiate this relentless course of

> symptoms? Perhaps

> maternal antibodies are beginning to wear out, making babies

> susceptible to

> these environmental microbes. But why don't these babies develop their own

> antibodies in response to the initial viral or bacterial infections? What

> prevents the immune system from mounting a vigorous response? And why does

> this pattern of illness with recurrent ear infections occur now, a pattern

> that seldom occurred prior to thirty years ago? What is weakening

> the immune

> function of today's infants?

>

> The only event that all infants routinely encounter at two months

> of age is

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> with at least five different vaccines

> (Diphtheria--Tetanus-Pertussi-s-Polio-Hemophil-us). They are repeated at

> four months. Could this simple fact explain the

> onset of the recurrent illnesses that plague so many infants? If vaccines

> stimulate antibody production to fight diseases, why would they weaken the

> immune

> system? Is there any evidence that vaccines do cause illness and immune

> system dysfunction?

>

> One answer came in a careful study of illness patterns observed in babies

> before and after vaccination. If vaccines cause a weakened immune system,

> then we

> would expect to see a higher incidence of illness following

> vaccination. In

> that study the incidence of acute illnesses in the 30 day period following

> DTP vaccine was compared to the incidence in the same children for the 30

> day period prior to vaccine. The three-day period immediately following

> vaccine was excluded because children frequently develop fever as a direct

> response to vaccine toxins. A total of 82 healthy infants

> received DTP, and

> their symptoms were reported by parents and observed by a pediatrician at

> weekly intervals. Those babies experienced a dramatic increase in fever,

> diarrhea, and cough in the month following DTP vaccine compared to their

> health before the shot (Jaber et al., 1988).

>

> The incidence of asthma has steadily increased in the modern era.

> During the

> period 1980 through 1989 the prevalence rate of self-reported

> asthma in the

> United States increased 38 percent, and the death rate for asthma

> increased

> 46 percent (Centers for Disease Control, 1992). In the five years

> from 1985

> through 1990, projected estimates for asthma's medical costs increased 53

> percent. The total estimated cost of asthma rose from $4.5 billion to $6.2

> billion, or 1 percent of all US health-care costs (Weiss et al.,

> 1992). This

> dramatic increase has been attributed to increased exposure to

> environmental

> pollutants, and to the toxic effect of asthma medications

> themselves. Could

> vaccines be weakening the immune system of our populations and causing

> asthma and allergies at unprecedented levels? A recent study suggests the

> answer is yes. A team of New Zealand researchers, found a greater rate of

> asthma and allergy episodes among immunized children. Of 1,265

> children born

> in 1977, the 23 who did not receive the diphtheria/pertussi-s/tetanus shot

> had no recorded asthma or allergy problems before age 10. Of the children

> who were vaccinated, 23.1 percent had asthma episodes, and 30 percent had

> consultations for other allergic illnesses (Kemp, et al., 1997).

>

> How do researchers investigate immune system reactions to vaccines? First,

> they can observe the incidence of serious disease onset soon after

> vaccination. They can also study immune functions following vaccines given

> to children and adults. Two research models have been used to discover the

> possible adverse effect of vaccines on the immune system. Laboratory

> researchers observe whether vaccines have any negative effect on

> white blood

> cells, the body's primary immune defense system. Clinical

> researchers study

> illness patterns preceding and following vaccination. All of these

> investigative channels have reached the same conclusions—vaccines can

> trigger immune system suppression.

>

> Vaccines are destroying our immune systems. Amazingly, the medical

> profession ignores the incriminating evidence against vaccines, and

> continues to inflict more unnecessary and harmful vaccines on our nation's

> infants. A recent study from the New England Journal of Medicine

> reported by

> Time magazine and the Associated Press revealed that tetanus vaccine

> disables the immune system in HIV patients. Tetanus vaccination produced a

> drop in T cells in 10 of 13 patients, a classic sign of immune deficiency.

> HIV viral replication increased dramatically in response to

> tetanus vaccine.

> Finally, white blood cells from 7 of 10 uninfected individuals became more

> susceptible to HIV infection following tetanus vaccination. Despite these

> findings, the authors made no comment about the immune depleting effect of

> the vaccine (Stanley et al., 1996).

>

> Why is the public unaware of these findings? Why has the medical

> profession

> kept these reports hidden from the public eye? With typical condescension,

> Dr. , president of the American Academy of

> Pediatrics, explained

> that the inclusion of this type of information in vaccine brochures " would

> confuse many parents and could even needlessly alarm them " (AAP

> News, 1989).

> An uninformed patient is compliant.

>

> The cover-up of immune system failure following vaccination is reminiscent

> of the tobacco industry's continuous denial and disinformation campaign

> about the dangers of cigarettes. In both instances huge profits

> are at stake

> in multibillion--dollar industries. Vaccine manufacturers cannot afford to

> have their product maligned in a public forum.

>

> Doctors have often stated that broadcasting adverse effects of vaccines to

> the public would hinder the vaccine campaign. This attitude emerged in

> congressional hearings more than thirty years ago.

>

> It is hard to convince the public that something is good.

> Consequently, the

> best way to push forward a new program is to decide on what you think the

> best decision is and not question it thereafter, and further, not to raise

> questions before the public or expose the public to open discussion of the

> issues (Intensive Immunization Programs, Hearings, 1962).

>

> The medical profession has been aware of the damaging effects of

> vaccines on

> the immune system since their introduction. For example, the ability of

> pertussis and DTP vaccines to stimulate the onset of paralytic polio was

> first noted in 1909. In every polio epidemic since then DTP

> injections have

> caused the onset of polio disease.

>

> In 1950, two careful studies were conducted in the state of New York to

> evaluate the reports of an association between the onset of

> paralytic polio

> and recent injections. Investigators contacted the families of

> all children

> who contracted polio during that year, a total of 1,300 cases in New York

> City and 2,137 cases in the remainder of New York State. A history of

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> previous two months was obtained on each child and from a group of matched

> controls in the same population. Those studies discovered that

> children with

> polio were twice as likely to have received a DTP vaccination in the two

> months preceding the onset of polio than were the control

> children (Korns et

> al., 1952; Greenberg et al., 1952).

>

> The association of vaccines with the onset of polio continues in

> the modern

> age. During a recent polio epidemic in Oman, DTP vaccination again caused

> the onset of paralytic polio In that epidemic, 70 children 5 to 24 months

> old contracted paralytic polio during the period 1988-1989. When

> compared to

> a control group of children without polio, it was found that a

> significantly

> higher percentage of these children had received a DTP shot within 30 days

> of the onset of polio, 43 percent of polio victims compared to 28

> percent of

> controls (Sutter et al., 1992). The DTP vaccine suppresses the body's

> ability to fight off the polio virus.

>

> The destructive effect of vaccines on the immune system can

> persist over an

> extended period of time. One study documented a long-term

> depressive effect

> on

> interferon production. Interferon is a chemical produced by lymphocytes (a

> type of white blood cell) that renders the host resistant to infection.

> Interferon production is stimulated by infection with a virus to

> protect the

> body from superinfection by some other organism. In this study,

> vaccination

> of one-year-old infants with measles vaccine caused a precipitous drop in

> the level of alpha-interferon produced by lymphocytes. This decline

> persisted for one year following vaccination, at which time the experiment

> was terminated. Thus, this study showed that measles vaccine produced a

> significant long-term immune suppression (Nakayama et al., 1988)

>

> Autoimmune Reactions to Vaccines

>

> An 11 year old girl received a routine tetanus booster dose and three days

> later developed blindness in the right eye and light perception

> only in the

> left eye. Her optic discs were swollen on exam. Two days later she had

> partial paralysis of her legs and loss of bladder control, then more

> widespread sensory loss including a lack of vibrational and positional

> senses. Seven weeks later she still had some vision loss and decreased

> muscle power. Within one year she recovered (Topaloglu et al., 1992).

>

> A 20 year old woman experienced pain and swelling of her right wrist and

> fingers 4 days after a hepatitis vaccination. The pain and swelling

> resolved, but returned again 6 months later with more severe swelling and

> pain, following a second hepatitis vaccination. Nine years later, X-ray of

> the hands showed destruction of the bones throughout her wrist

> joints (Gross

> et al., 1995).

>

> A 4 year old girl developed progressive weakness of the legs, pain in the

> legs and feet, and gradual inability to walk 10 days after Hib

> vaccination.

> On the fifth day she had swallowing difficulties, facial weakness, and a

> monotonous voice. Her symptoms gradually improved, and within 3 weeks she

> could walk with help (Gervaix et al., 1993).

>

> A 42 year old man received tetanus toxoid on three separate

> occasions over a

> period of 13 years. Following each vaccination he developed acute nerve

> symptoms diagnosed as Guillain-Barré syndrome, a disease of the nervous

> system characterized by rapid onset of motor weakness and loss of

> sensation.

> (Pollard & Selby, 1978). A nerve biopsy revealed destruction of the myelin

> nerve sheath. Following his last injection he continued to experience

> multiple recurrences, and continued to show abnormal findings on

> examination

> 15 years later (Pollard, 1993).

>

> What is the effect of long-term immune suppression? Some investigators are

> concerned that vaccines could be disabling our body's ability to react

> normally to disease, and creating the climate for autoimmune

> self-destruction. The many reports of autoimmune phenomena that occur as

> reactions to vaccination provide incontrovertible proof that

> tampering with

> the immune system causes devastating disease.

>

> Federal legislation of 1986 commissioned the Institute of Medicine to

> establish a Vaccine Safety Committee. The purpose of that committee was to

> search the

> medical literature for reports of adverse events associated with the

> vaccines routinely administered to children, and report their findings.

> Computer searches revealed 1,800 relevant articles. However, the

> committee's

> rigid criteria for establishing a causal relationship between vaccine and

> adverse event made it nearly impossible for a disease condition to make

> their short list. Without a case-controlled study proving a relationship,

> the hundreds of case reports of immune system destruction

> following vaccines

> were relegated to coincidence. Case-controlled studies are expensive. They

> must include tens or hundreds of thousands of children.

>

> Even the Vaccine Safety Committee acknowledged the onset of several

> autoimmune diseases as a result of vaccination (Guillain-Barré syndrome

> following tetanus and polio vaccines, that causes muscle weakness and

> paralysis; thrombocytopenia, destruction of blood platelets

> responsible for

> blood clotting, following MMR; and chronic arthritis following rubella).

> These types of symptoms have occurred following every vaccine routinely

> given to children—the suppressed immune system begins to attack the body's

> own cells, usually the nerves and joints. Thousands of autoimmune

> incidents

> following vaccines have been reported in the medical literature

> and adverse

> event reporting systems (Neustaedter, 1996). These autoimmune responses to

> vaccines have resulted in permanent, chronic disease conditions—deforming

> arthritis and muscle wasting and paralysis.

>

> In their attempt to explain the repeated occurrence of autoimmune diseases

> that attack and destroy the myelin sheaths of nerves as a direct result of

> vaccines, the committee members explain:

>

> It is biologically plausible that injection of an inactivated virus,

> bacterium, or live attenuated virus might induce in the

> susceptible host an

> autoimmune response by deregulation of the immune response, by nonspecific

> activation of the T cells directed against myelin proteins, or by

> autoimmuniity triggered by sequence similarities of proteins in

> the vaccine

> to host proteins such as those of myelin (Institute of Medicine, 1994).

>

> Since the committee's report, a large ecological study in New Zealand

> revealed that an epidemic of diabetes followed a massive campaign to

> vaccinate children against hepatitis B. This report, published in the New

> Zealand Medical Journal in 1996 revealed that a 60 percent increase in

> childhood diabetes occurred in the years following the

> 1989-1991vaccinatio-n

> program of chidren aged 6 to 16. The widespread use of the new Haemophilus

> meningitis vaccine has similarly resulted in diabetes epidemics.

> Diabetes is

> an autoimmune disease that has been frequently observed to occur as a

> consequence of mumps vaccine (Fescharek et al., 1990; Helmke et

> al., 1986).

> The dramatic rise in vaccine-induced diabetes has led researchers

> to raise a

> warning flag. " We believe the effects of vaccines on diabetes are of

> tremendous clinical importance and that trials need to be started

> immediately to address the effect of vaccines on diabetes and other

> autoimmune diseases (Classen & Classen, 1996).

>

> Vaccines have become a sacred cow of our culture, unassailable to

> criticism.

> Now that we know their devastating effects on the immune system,

> perhaps we

> need to take a more cautious approach to the vaccine campaigns.

> The zealous

> rush to bring new vaccines to market may be setting the stage for the

> unwitting destruction of our population's immune system integrity.

>

> References

>

> AAP News Vaccine brochures: AAP proposes changes. June 1989, p 2.

>

> Centers for Disease Control. Asthma - United States, 1980-1990. MMWR

> (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) 1992, 41:733-735.

>

> Classen, J.B. Childhood immunisation and diabetes mellitus. New Zealand

> Medical Journal 1996; 109;195.

>

> Classen, J.B. and Classen, D.C. Vaccines modulate IDDM. Diabetologia1996;

> 39:500-501.

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> Fescharek, R., Quast U., Maass, G. et al. Measles-mumps vaccination in the

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>

> Greenberg, M., Abrahamson, H., , H.M., , H.E. The relation

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>

> Gross, K., Combe, C., Krüger, K., Schattenkirchner, M. Arthritis after

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>

> Helmke, K., Otten, A., Willems, W.R. et al. Islet cell antibodies and the

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>

> Institute of Medicine, Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines:

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>

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> and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 2nd Session

> on

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>

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>

> Kemp, Trudi; Pearce, Neil; Fitzharris, Penny; et al. Results of the

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>

> Nakayama, T., Urano, T., Osano, M., et al. Long-term regulation of

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>

> Neustaedter, R. The Vaccine Guide: Making an Informed Choice.

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http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=539 Do Vaccines Disable the Immune System? © Randall Neustaedter O.M.D. Parents watch with proud satisfaction as their infant, just a few months old, begins to reach out into the world--tiny hands grasping at toys and gently twirling locks of their mother's hair. Just when they have begun to take a lively interest in the world, rolling-over, cooing, and smiling, the first illnesses strike. The baby's runny nose develops into a fever, fussiness, and night-waking. Her previously placid demeanor suddenly changes to obvious discomfort--crying, clinging,

refusing to leave her mother's arms. The pediatrician sees red eardrums and prescribes antibiotics. That first infection starts a seemingly endless battle against viral and bacterial illnesses that persists despite repeated treatment with a barrage of different antibiotics. Something is dreadfully wrong. Frequent visits to the pediatrician do nothing to prevent the continuous pattern of illness—antibiotic—illness. Why do these illnesses begin when babies are three or four months old? What event triggers this frustrating scenario? What happens to babies at two to four months that could initiate this relentless course of symptoms? Perhaps maternal antibodies are beginning to wear out, making babies susceptible to these environmental microbes. But why don't these babies develop their own antibodies in response to the initial viral or bacterial infections? What prevents the immune system from mounting a vigorous response? And why does this pattern of illness with

recurrent ear infections occur now, a pattern that seldom occurred prior to thirty years ago? What is weakening the immune function of today's infants? The Cause of Chronic IllnessEar infections have become the most common reason for visits to pediatricians. The incidence of asthma has steadily increased in the modern era. During the period 1980 through 1989 the prevalence rate of self-reported asthma in the United States increased 38 percent, and the death rate for asthma increased 46 percent. In the five years from 1985 through 1990, projected estimates for asthma's medical costs increased 53 percent. The total estimated cost of asthma rose from $4.5 billion to $6.2 billion, or 1 percent of all US health-care costs. This dramatic increase has been attributed to increased exposure to environmental pollutants, and to the toxic effect of asthma medications themselves. Could vaccines be weakening the immune system of our populations and

causing recurrent infections and allergies at unprecedented levels? The only event that all infants routinely encounter at two months of age is vaccination with at least five different vaccines (Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis-Polio-Haemophilus). They are repeated at four months. Could this simple fact explain the onset of the recurrent illnesses that plague so many infants? If vaccines stimulate antibody production to fight diseases, why would they weaken the immune system? Is there any evidence that vaccines do cause illness and immune system dysfunction? One answer came in a careful study of illness patterns observed in babies before and after vaccination, published in Clinical Pediatrics in 1988. If vaccines cause a weakened immune system, then we would expect to see a higher incidence of illness following vaccination. In that study conducted in Israel, the incidence of acute illnesses in the 30 day period following DTP vaccine was compared to the incidence

in the same children for the 30 day period prior to vaccine. The three-day period immediately following vaccine was excluded because children frequently develop fever as a direct response to vaccine toxins. A total of 82 healthy infants received DTP, and their symptoms were reported by parents and observed by a pediatrician at weekly intervals. Those babies experienced a dramatic increase in fever, diarrhea, and cough in the month following DTP vaccine compared to their health before the shot. Copyright © 1996 CONTINUED 1 2 3 4 5 Next

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