European Study Sheds Light on the Neurological Effects of Vaccinations
For some reason I ended up a “member” of an online group of doctors, researchers, nutrition whizzes, heavy-hitter athletic trainers, a chiro or two, along with people from various other walks of life. The leader of this merry band (I’ll call him “Eric”) throws out a study, and whoever wants, comments. The whole thing works like an online message board. I’ll give you an example of something I said about a recent analysis dealing with the side effects and ineffectiveness seen in so many probiotic studies.
Here’s my two cents worth on the probiotic study XXXX,
I think that there is no doubt that probiotics can cause certain types of infections, mostly along the lines of dysbiosis. The reason is when you give someone a probiotic — even a “high quality” probiotic (whatever that really means) with a significant number of strains of bacteria — it falls far short of looking even remotely like one’s microbiome. For instance, how can a probiotic with 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, or even 20 different strains of bacteria come close to approximating the normal ratios of the 300 – 600 strains of bacteria that the average person has? They can’t.
This is why even though probiotics are going to help lots of people, in more individuals than we probably care to admit, they have the potential to foul up the normal ratios of bacteria to each other, and actually cause problems in some individuals. This is why FMT not only makes sense, but in my opinion from looking at an awful lot of peer-review on the subject, remains of the single hottest areas of study in the biomedical field (I am not talking about FMT for C. Diff infections here).
The biggest thing is to have donors who are family members (preferably), healthy, not overweight, not depressed, no allergies / sensitivities, not taking any meds, etc, etc. The numbers of positive studies on FMT is overwhelming. I promise that if I were diagnosed with an autoimmune issue, FMT is the first thing I would be taking a long, hard look at. Russ
Probiotics, GUT HEALTH, and Autoimmunity are certainly interesting topics, but after someone asked a question about rotovirus vaccines in this thread, I responded thusly.
Not that mine will be popular opinion on a board with I’m not sure how many MD’s and researchers, but I feel that as a nation we have gone way overboard with vaccines (HERE) — particularly these newer ones for things like hypertension, high cholesterol, and the like, that work by purposefully inducing autoimmune reactions that have at least thus far proven impossible to control (HERE). And while my brother (KSU / KU Med — a few years later than Eric) would not agree with all my spouting, there are increasing numbers like him questioning the status quo (HERE).
As for rotovirus, if you lived in Ethiopia where two of my children were born, you might (might) consider vaccinating. Here in America; it’s your choice (still, thank God) but with the CDC dishing out comforting advice like this (“Children, even those that are vaccinated, may get sick from rotavirus more than once. That is because neither natural infection with rotavirus nor rotavirus vaccination provides full protection from future infections.”), I’m not sure why one would bother? And if your child gets roto, which he / she likely will, count it as a win according to the HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS.
My opinion is that today’s absurd vaccine schedule is a significant part of why we are trading (mostly) self-limiting childhood diseases for chronic inflammatory degenerative diseases and autoimmunity that essentially last forever. No, I am not an “antivaxxer,” but I am certainly a freedom of choice kind of guy on this and most other healthcare issues.
Because Eric loves a good hearty debate (not to mention he actually agreed with my position), he decided to follow this up by throwing out a study from the journal Progress in Health Sciences called Neurologic Adverse Events Following Vaccination that was authored by four doctors from the Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation at Poland’s Medical University of Białystok (HERE is the study).
After telling him I was going to tackle this study for my blog he replied, “you must really be stupid” as in I must really love heaping punishment and ridicule on myself. What can I say? As as a home-school dad, a chiropractor, and a crazy CREATIONIST to boot, my skin has grown fairly thick.
The first thing I want everyone to understand is that the authors of today’s study are not crazy “ANTIVAXXERS” like I have been labeled. In fact, they begin their study by saying, “postvaccinal complications among children can be observed in sporadic cases and that they are disproportionate to the benefits of vaccination in the elimination of dangerous diseases in childhood.”
After combing through dozens of studies on the topic (the bib contains 74), the authors came to some interesting conclusions that sort of made me wonder how they could defend their statement. But before we get to their conclusions, I’m going to show a few of the reasons these sorts of studies are rarely published in America.
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IS ALL TOO OFTEN A GIANT FARCE:
If you thumb my scores of posts on EBM, one thing begins to become apparent — that when it comes to research and peer-review, little is as it seems. Not only do we have a system where half of all studies are not being published (typically the half that doesn’t show the results that BIG PHARMA is looking / paying for — HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE), but a large chunk of what is published cannot be reproduced / replicated; a foundational premise of science (HERE).
Click the link and you’ll see that cancer research is by far the biggest offender, which is discouraging considering a paper that came out just days ago revealed that one in three biomedical studies now pertains to cancer (BTW, the latest research shows that less than 1 in 10 cancer studies can be reproduced by either the original authors or a third party).
Beyond this, studies are being finagled in every way possible, forcing some of the heaviest hitters in the field to admit that yes, science is for sale to the highest bidder (HERE). And to top it all off, the agencies whose job it is to monitor this whole shindig and keep us safe have been shown to be just as prone to CORRUPTION as our POLITICIANS (HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE).
SIDE EFFECTS (ADVERSE EVENTS) ARE FAR MORE COMMON THAN IS REPORTED, AND RARELY REPORTED TO THE PROPER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES:
For two decades studies have consistently shown that only between 1 in 20 and 1 in 100 (1-5%) of drug reactions are ever reported to the proper agencies (HERE and HERE), with the majority falling on the lower end. And nowhere is this more apparent than with VAERS (the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System — HERE). It’s what led Barbara Loe Fisher of the NVIC to once quip,
“Former FDA Commisioner, David Kessler, estimated in a 1993 article published in JAMA that less than one percent of doctors report injuries and deaths following the administration of prescription drugs. This estimate may be even lower for vaccines. In one study that our organization conducted in New York in 1994, only one doctor in forty had ever reported to VAERS.”
What does under-reporting adverse events do? It dramatically skews the safety profile, making drugs and vaccines much better than they actually are. Without proper reporting there is no way to get an accurate picture of what’s really going on, and with doctors already up to their eyeballs in ignorant paperwork and “administrative duties” (HERE, HERE, and HERE), it makes this aspect of their job that much harder.
For the record, on Friday I saw a 65 year old extremely fit woman for a shoulder problem, who is still fighting horrendous butterfly rash and swelling in her face that developed hours after her first ever FLU SHOT back in December. After being tested and told that she doesn’t have LUPUS, she says she has been blown-off and told there is nothing more that can be done. BTW, some new Flu Vaccines now contain aluminum adjuvant, which you will see in a moment, is a big deal.
AUTHOR A STUDY LIKE THIS AND YOU CAN LIKELY KISS YOUR CAREER AND REPUTATION GOODBYE:
In today’s environment (an environment that has been carefully cultivated by Big Pharma), a researcher being labeled an “antivaxxer” would be the equivalent of you or I being labeled incompetent, homophobic, Klan-loving, racist, sexist, bigoted, misogynistic, intolerant, global warming-denying, gun-loving, hater. If an American team of neutral, third-party researchers published a study like the one we are getting ready to discuss (not that they could ever find funding), they would likely be kissing their careers goodbye, not to mention having their reputations besmirched in unimaginably ugly ways.
Someone in XXXX’s group brought up Dr. Wakefield — the poster-boy for this very thing (you can read about it in the section of Ted Koren’s paper called L’AFFAIR WAKEFIELD or listen to the YouTube interview he did with Dr. Mercola). There are plenty of others, including DR. HUGH FUDENBERG, the immunogeneticist who associated Alzheimer’s Disease with consecutive years of Flu Vaccines — a practice we already know dramatically diminishes what little effectiveness these shots have in the first place (HERE).
Or DR. DEAN BURKE. Or any number of others. Even the grassroots biomedical community realizes this (HERE) but has little collective power to change the system.
Quotes From Studies on Aluminum Adjuvants
The authors talk at length about the fact that newborns have undeveloped immune systems, and even though they do not mention it here, it is critical that you understand that 80% of one’s immune system cells is found in the Gut (HERE) — the reason that so many vaccine reactions are, among other things, associated with poor gut health. The authors go on to say of these infants and babies immune systems….
“Vaccination against certain microorganisms administered shortly after birth does not lead to long-lasting immunity. It should be emphasized that the immune system reaches full immunoregulatory and defensive maturity at about 3 years of age. It is well established that early-life, immune responses are weaker and of shorter duration than elicited in immunologically mature hosts. Consequently, vaccine efficacy in early infancy (particularly in the first 6 months of age) is limited. Thus, in order to provoke and sustain an adequate immune response in a neonate, strong immune adjuvants and repeated closely spaced booster doses are needed.”
Not only are the numerous “repeated” shots problematic, but once you understand how adjuvants work and what they are specifically designed to do, best guess is that you’ll be more than a little pissed when you realize just how much of this stuff has been pumped through your family’s collective systems. Plainly stated, an adjuvant is a helper or facilitator. In the world of vaccines, an adjuvant is defined by our government as,
“a substance that is added to a vaccine to increase the body’s immune response to the vaccine. Vaccines containing adjuvants are tested for safety in clinical trials before they are licensed for use in the United States, and they are continuously monitored by CDC and FDA.”
It’s important to note that phrases like “increasing the body’s immune response,” means, among other things, dramatically increasing the amount of INFLAMMATION present in the body. The problem is, as seen in my 65 year old patient, inflammation can be difficult enough to control in adults, let alone little ones.
What is the number one most common adjuvant present in virtually all vaccines? Can anyone say ALUMINUM? Aluminum is a wonderfully versatile metal as far as industry is concerned, but unfortunately, has proven to be hell on nervous systems — especially developing nervous systems. In the definitions section of this paper, the authors say of aluminum adjuvants….. “Adjuvants: the aim of which is to enhance the immunogenicity of the vaccine — aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate are the most commonly used.”
I am going to leave you some quotes concerning aluminum that I pulled from sources that you may or may not feel are reputable. Note that the first two quotes are from our “trust us” government; the first from the FDA and the second from the CDC. BTW, if this bores you, just skip to the next section (by its very nature, some of it is a bit more technical than I like to put on my blog). They go from most recent to oldest (1911).
“Because the public has expressed concerns that aluminum in vaccines might pose a risk to infants, FDA performed an updated analysis of the safety of aluminum adjuvants. Aluminum is incorporated into some vaccines as an adjuvant. The purpose of formulating vaccines with adjuvants is to increase the immune response to the antigen (the component of the vaccine that stimulates the immune system to make antibodies). Benefits of aluminum-containing vaccines administered during the first year of life outweigh any theoretical concerns about the potential effect of aluminum on infants.
A previous study done by others also concluded that the risk to infants of aluminum in vaccines is not significant. Vaccines containing an aluminum adjuvant have a demonstrated safety profile of over six decades of use and have only uncommonly been associated with severe local reactions.” From the FDA’s website (Study Reports Aluminum in Vaccines Poses Extremely Low Risk to Infants). BTW, local reactions are a far different animal than are systemic neurological reactions. Oh, and I am certainly glad that the results of these other studies are only “theoretical”.
“Treated animals did have significant increases of aluminum in the liver, serum, bile, kidneys, lungs, and spleen. Throughout the 128 day study, the liver of exposed rabbits had over 80% of the total body burden of aluminum. Persistence of aluminum in the various tissues, organs, and fluids varied. Estimated half-times of aluminum were 113, 74, 44, and 42 days in the spleen, liver, lungs, and serum, respectively.
The half-life of aluminum in the brain of rats receiving an intravenous dose of aluminum citrate was approximately 150 days. Following intramuscular administration of aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate vaccine adjuvants in rabbits, increased levels of aluminum were found in the kidney, spleen, liver, heart, lymph nodes, and brain.” Cherry-picked from the CDC’s 357 page treatise on Aluminum called Toxiclogical Profile of Aluminum. There was surprisingly little information one way or another on vaccines (about four pages total)
A collaboration of a dozen researchers in Canada, the UK, and France, published a study in this past January’s issue of Toxicology (Non-Linear Dose-Response of Aluminum Hydroxide Adjuvant Particles: Selective Low Dose Neurotoxicity) showing that when it comes to aluminum and neurological damage, it doesn’t take much of the former. There was a similar study in Medical Hypothesis by some of these same authors published back in 2009 (HERE).
“Aluminium (Al) oxyhydroxide (Alhydrogel®), the main adjuvant licensed for human and animal vaccines. Concerns about its safety emerged following recognition of its unexpectedly long-lasting biopersistence within immune cells in some individuals, and reports of chronic fatigue syndrome, cognitive dysfunction, myalgia, dysautonomia and autoimmune/inflammatory features temporally linked to multiple alminum-containing vaccine administrations. We conclude that Alhydrogel® injected at low dose in mouse muscle may selectively induce long-term aluminum cerebral accumulation and neurotoxic effects.
To explain this unexpected result, an avenue that could be explored in the future relates to the adjuvant size since the injected suspensions corresponding to the lowest dose, but not to the highest doses, exclusively contained small agglomerates in the bacteria-size range known to favour capture and, presumably, transportation by monocyte-lineage cells [immune system cells]. In any event, the view that Alhydrogel® neurotoxicity obeys “the dose makes the poison” rule of classical chemical toxicity appears overly simplistic.”
“Aluminum oxyhydroxide (Alhydrogel(®)) is a nano-crystalline compound forming aggregates that has been introduced in vaccine for its immunologic adjuvant effect in 1926. It is the most commonly used adjuvant in human and veterinary vaccines but mechanisms by which it stimulates immune responses remain ill-defined. Although generally well tolerated on the short term, it has been suspected to occasionally cause delayed neurologic problems in susceptible individuals.
In particular, the long-term persistence of aluminic granuloma also termed macrophagic myofasciitis is associated with chronic arthromyalgias and fatigue and cognitive dysfunction. Safety concerns largely depend on the long biopersistence time inherent to this adjuvant, which may be related to its quick withdrawal from the interstitial fluid by avid cellular uptake; and the capacity of adjuvant particles to migrate and slowly accumulate in lymphoid organs and the brain, a phenomenon documented in animal models and resulting from MCP1/CCL2-dependant translocation of adjuvant-loaded monocyte-lineage cells (Trojan horse phenomenon).
These novel insights strongly suggest that serious re-evaluation of long-term aluminum adjuvant phamacokinetics and safety should be carried out.” From a study published in last June’s (2016) issue of Morphologie (Aluminum Adjuvants of Vaccines Injected Into the Muscle: Normal Fate, Pathology and Associated Disease).
“Currently, ethylmercury and adjuvant-Aluminum are the dominating interventional exposures encountered by fetuses, newborns, and infants due to immunization with Thimerosal-containing vaccines. Immunological and neurobehavioral effects of Thimerosal-ethyl mercury and Aluminum-adjuvants are not extraordinary; rather, these effects are easily detected in high and low income countries…..” From a Brazilian study (Exposure to Mercury and Aluminum in Early Life: Developmental Vulnerability as a Modifying Factor in Neurologic and Immunologic Effects) published in the January 2015 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
“Concerns linked to the use of aluminum particles emerged following recognition of their causative role in the so-called macrophagic myofasciitis lesion detected in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome. We previously showed that poorly biodegradable aluminum-coated particles injected into muscle are promptly phagocytosed in muscle and the draining lymph nodes, and can disseminate within phagocytic cells throughout the body and slowly accumulate in brain.
This strongly suggests that long-term adjuvant biopersistence within phagocytic cells is a prerequisite for slow brain translocation and delayed neurotoxicity.” The findings of five French researchers from the Faculté de Médecine Sciences and Technologie (Biopersistence and Brain Translocation of Aluminum Adjuvants of Vaccines) published in the February 2015 issue of Frontiers in Neurology
“In spite of a common view that aluminum salts are inert and therefore harmless as vaccine adjuvants or in immunotherapy, the reality is quite different. In the following article we briefly review the literature on aluminum neurotoxicity and the use of aluminum salts as vaccine adjuvants and consider not only direct toxic actions on the nervous system, but also the potential impact for triggering autoimmunity. Autoimmune and inflammatory responses affecting the CNS appear to underlie some forms of neurological disease, including developmental disorders.
Aluminum has been demonstrated to impact the CNS at every level, including by changing gene expression. These outcomes should raise concerns about the increasing use of aluminum salts as vaccine adjuvants and for the application as more general immune stimulants.” From a 2014 issue of Immunotherapy (Are There Negative CNS Impacts of Aluminum Adjuvants Used in Vaccines and Immunotherapy?)
Biomed Research International published an Italian study done at Milan’s Università degli Studi in 2014 called Aluminium Involvement in Neurotoxicity. “One of the most commonly toxic metals studied, aluminum, is implicated in many diseases. Aluminum toxicity is caused by disruption of homeostasis of metals such as magnesium, calcium, and iron: in fact, aluminum mimics these metals in their biological functions and triggers many biochemical alterations.
In particular, aluminum both exerts direct genotoxicity in primary human neural cells and induces neurodegeneration, through an increase in iron accumulation and oxygen reactive species (ROS) production.” For those who were not aware, ROS are the same thing as OXIDATIVE DAMAGE & FREE RADICALS.
“Aluminum exposures during neonatal and pediatric parenteral nutrition (PN) can impair bone mineralization and delay neurological development. Adverse effects to vaccines with aluminum adjuvants have occurred; however, recent controlled trials found that the immunologic response to certain vaccines with aluminum adjuvants was no greater, and in some cases less than, that after identical vaccination without aluminum adjuvants.
The scientific literature on the adverse health effects of aluminum is extensive.” From the October 2014 issue of Critical Reviews in Toxicology (Systematic Review of Potential Health Risks Posed by Pharmaceutical, Occupational and Consumer Exposures to Metallic and Nanoscale Aluminum, Aluminum Oxides, Aluminum Hydroxide and its Soluble Salts)
“We have examined the neurotoxicity of aluminum in humans and animals under various conditions. The literature demonstrates clearly negative impacts of aluminum on the nervous system across the age span. In young children, a highly significant correlation exists between the number of pediatric aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines administered and the rate of autism spectrum disorders.
Many of the features of aluminum-induced neurotoxicity may arise, in part, from autoimmune reactions, as part of the ASIA syndrome [Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants]” From the abstract of a 2013 edition of the journal Immunology Research / Etiology Pathogenesis of Autoimmunity (Aluminum in the Central Nervous System (CNS): Toxicity in Humans and Animals, Vaccine Adjuvants, and Autoimmunity)
“Our results provide strong evidence supporting a link between autism and the aluminum in vaccines. A literature review showing toxicity of aluminum in human physiology offers further support. Mentions of autism in VAERS increased steadily at the end of the last century, during a period when mercury was being phased out, while aluminum adjuvant burden was being increased.” From another of Dr. Seneff’s studies at M.I.T. (Review Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure) published in a 2012 issue of MDPI Entropy
“Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant. Despite almost 90 years of widespread use of aluminum adjuvants, medical science’s understanding about their mechanisms of action is still remarkably poor.
Experimental research clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and widespread adverse health consequences.
In our opinion, the possibility that vaccine benefits may have been overrated and the risk of potential adverse effects underestimated….” From a 2011 copy of Current Medicinal Chemistry (Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants: Are They Safe?)
“Possible causes of Gulf War Syndrome include several of the adjuvants in the anthrax vaccine and others. The most likely culprit appears to be aluminum hydroxide. In an initial series of experiments, we examined the potential toxicity of aluminum hydroxide in mice injected subcutaneously in two equivalent-to-human doses. After sacrifice, spinal cord and motor cortex samples were examined by immunohistochemistry.
Aluminum-treated mice showed significantly increased apoptosis of motor neurons and increases in reactive astrocytes and microglial proliferation within the spinal cord and cortex.” From the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (Aluminum Hydroxide Injections Lead to Motor Deficits and Motor Neuron Degeneration). By the way, astrocytes and microglial cells are GLIAL CELLS that are caused by neuroinflammation and strongly associated with chronic pain.
“Associated with some cases of Gulf War Illness are increased incidences of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Whereas many environmental factors have been linked to GWI, the role of the anthrax vaccine has come under increasing scrutiny. Among the vaccine’s potentially toxic components are the adjuvants aluminum hydroxide and squalene.
Significant cognitive deficits were observed in the combined aluminum and squalene group compared with the controls. Aluminum-treated groups also showed significant motor neuron loss (35%) and increased numbers of astrocytes (350%) in the lumbar spinal cord.” From a 2007 study (Aluminum Adjuvant Linked to Gulf War Illness Induces Motor Neuron Death in Mice) in Neuromolecular Medicine
Writing in a 2005 issue of the Internet Journal of Toxicology, Dr. Prasunpriya Nayak, Assistant Professor for the Department of Physiology at NRI Medical College & General Hospital in India stated, “Extensive researches on every aspect of aluminum toxicity for the last 35 years proved that the metal should not be taken as safe. In spite of persistent arguments, it is well accepted that aluminum is a potent neurotoxicant.
The risk is more at the perinatal age, because of more vulnerability of neuronal tissues…and it is well accepted that it is capable of inducing neurobehavioral deficit even without altering the morphology. Elevated aluminum exposure level at this vulnerable age might produce a lifelong toxicological consequence.”
“Some infant formulas may contain relatively high concentrations of aluminum. The reported concentrations of aluminum in soy formulas and premature infant formulas are higher than those in other infant formulas.” From the issue of Pediatrics that came out the month I was married, March 1996 (Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children). I couldn’t help but include this for the folks who think that BABY FORMULA — particularly the stuff with SOY — is OK.
“Injection of aluminum adsorbed vaccines into mice causes a transient rise in brain tissue aluminum levels peaking around the second and third day after injection. This rise is not seen in the control group of animals or with vaccine not containing aluminum. It is likely that aluminum is transported to the brain by the iron-binding protein transferrin….” From the April 1992 issue of Toxicology and Pharmacology (Aluminium-Adjuvanted Vaccines Transiently Increase Aluminium Levels in Murine Brain Tissue)
“These studies have convinced me that the use in food of aluminum or any other aluminum compound is a dangerous practice. That the aluminum ion is very toxic is well known. That aluminized food yields soluble aluminum compounds to gastric juice (and stomach contents) has been demonstrated. That such soluble aluminum is in part absorbed and carried to all parts of the body by the blood can no longer be doubted.
That the organism can ‘tolerate’ such treatment without suffering harmful consequences has not been shown. It is believed that the facts in this paper will give emphasis to my conviction that aluminum should be excluded from food.” From a 1911 issue of JAMA (Some Objections to the Use of Alum Baking Powder). Check that out folks — 1911. Do you realize how long ago that was? It was six years prior to America’s entrance into WWI as well as the year that John Browning introduced the sidearm that is more popular today than it was back then — the “1911” in .45
Back to the Vaccination-Induced Neurological Side Effect Study we are Discussing Today
Before we delve back into the study we are actually dissecting today, I need to know what the FDA says is “safe” concerning the amount of aluminum adjuvant that children (or adults for that matter) can be exposed to? According to the same article from the FDA that I quoted from earlier, “the maximum amount of aluminum an infant could be exposed to over the first year of life would be 4.225 milligrams [4,225 micrograms — mcgs], based on the recommended schedule of vaccines.”
Note that this figure is not “based” on hard evidence, it’s “based” on the government saying this is what we are currently doing and we say it’s safe. In other words, it’s not “based” on much of anything other than guesswork, conjecture, and opinion. The Immunity Education Group (Is YOUR Baby Getting Too Much Aluminum?) makes some interesting statements concerning these numbers, which are echoed via the title of an article (Vaccines Deliver 4,925 mcg of Aluminum by 18 months, Safe Limit is 25 mcg) from Natural Health 365, and explained in more detail by renowned biochemist, Dr. Barry Sears, on his site (HERE).
“What would you say if you found out that almost every baby in America receives up to 1,225 micrograms of aluminum in vaccines at every infant check up? That’s 50 times the FDA safety limit, and it happens three times in just the first six months. Even at birth, all babies get 10 times the FDA safety limit of aluminum in one hepatitis B shot. The strongest argument defending aluminum in vaccines comes from the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where some vaccines are made.
The Center claims there is no cause for concern because we eat and drink far more aluminum than we ever get in vaccines. But CHOP ignores the fact that swallowed aluminum does not enter the bloodstream, whereas all of injected aluminum does.”
Now, back to the study we are actually talking about today, Neurologic Adverse Events Following Vaccination. After talking extensively about various ALLERGIES and ASTHMA that these authors clearly show have been linked to the large uptick in the numbers of immunizations being included in the government-mandated schedule, they say something rather shocking about these aluminum adjuvants in relationship to the immune system.
“Other than not providing an effective stimulus for proper immune system development, recent research has shown that vaccines are actually capable of disrupting it. For example, annual vaccination against influenza has been shown to hamper the development of virus-specific CD8+ T-cell immunity in children.”
In other words, the inflammation being created by aluminum adjuvants isn’t even doing what it’s supposed to do. Also, I’ve shown you what happens when T-cells are not properly “trained” by your immune system (HERE — something that many {but not these authors} would argue is impossible with vaccinations). These authors, however, take things a step further.
When we talk about one’s immune system being fouled up, most laypersons think in terms of an under-active immune system or immune system suppression. In most cases, this is 180 degrees opposite of what really happens. Messed up immune systems are more commonly ramped up because TREGS stop limiting immune system responses, causing they to burn out of control like a wildfire (see previous link), resulting in the body attacking itself — something we refer to as AUTOIMMUNITY — the reason you rarely want to “BOOST” your immune system.
After thumbing through a few of my posts on the subject (HERE), you realize how serious (and common) autoimmune diseases really are. In fact, after talking about various specific autoimmune issues, here is what the authors say about the immune system’s relationship to vaccine adjuvants.
“These reports present a picture of neuroimmune disorders which may be the result of vaccinations carried out on an increasingly wider scale. An infant receives 24-26 doses of xenogenic antigens. Indeed, in adults multiple vaccinations have been associated with a variety of autoimmune phenomena, yet children are regularly exposed to a much higher burden of vaccines than adults under the assumption that such exposures are safe.
How will the not fully mature, still developing immune system of a healthy child and the still forming central nervous system respond to such intense stimulation? Autoimmunity appears to be the inevitable consequence of over-stimulating the host’s immune system by repeated immunization with antigen.“
If this last sentence does not freak you out a bit as a parent or grandparent, I’m not sure what will. Webster’s defines the word inevitable as, “incapable of being avoided or evaded.” When we add all the neurological issues, such as AUTISM, ALZHEIMER’S and the array of others on top of this (that the authors discussed but I don’t have time to get into now), it truly gets scary — something essentially admitted by these authors if one reads between the lines just a little bit.
“Despite the dogma that peripheral immune responses do not affect CNS function, substantial evidence points exactly to the contrary. Thus, it is not reasonable to assume that manipulation of the immune system through an increasing number of vaccinations during critical periods of brain development will not result in adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.”
The term “adverse neurodevelopmental outcome” is never a good thing; particularly if it ‘s being used in relationship to your child.
Before we leave, I want to mention something that I have talked about for a very long time (mostly falling on deaf ears) — yet something discussed at length by these authors — the fact that decades of governmental data clearly shows (this particular study used five easy-to-understand graphs — HERE is one that’s simple to understand and comes straight from our own CDC’s website) that by the time that vaccines were introduced for their various diseases, said diseases were already in serious decline — many to the point of being gone. Why? Better hygiene.
While I am a fan of the HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS, exposure can certainly be carried too far. In other words, if you are living in filth and squalor, open sewers flowing into water sources, doctors never washing hands, instruments or clothes, a complete and total inability for many people to ever really get clean, etc, etc, etc, you are more prone to come down with some really nasty diseases. Listen to what a 2002 issue of the oldest and most prestigious medical journal in the world, Lancet, said concerning this subject (quoted from today’s study).
“The weight of evidence collectively suggest that personal and environmental hygiene reduces the spread of infection… Thus results from this review demonstrate that there is a continued, measurable, positive effect of personal and community hygiene on infectious disease. The same report showed that the crude death rate from infectious diseases decreased to nearly negligible levels long before introduction of universal vaccination practices.”
I could go on and on and on. One study on Aluminum said that much of it concentrated in the liver, where most BIOTRANSFORMATION takes place. With the crazy numbers of people who have genetic (or EPIGENETIC as the case may be) MTHFR issues, not only are we loading kids up with aluminum and OTHER NASTIES, in many cases they can’t clear it from their systems either.
This study ended with the authors saying, “Despite the assurances of the necessity and safety of vaccinations, there are more and more questions and doubts, which both physicians and parents are waiting to be clarified,” and then described, “the problem of reporting adverse reactions following vaccination, by medical personnel and parents.”
In other words, just like I stated earlier, if it isn’t reported, the statistics don’t reflect it, and people who are trying to raise awareness continue to be labeled as quacks and antivaxxers, while Big Pharma continues to lie and do what they do best — make money hand-over-fist — in many cases, at the expense of human health.
One last note to those who are on the fence concerning the rotovirus vaccine —- the specific vaccine that started this whole firestorm; make sure to read the entirety of Dr. James Lyons-Weiler’s paper about Paul “FOR PROFIT” Offit (Paging Dr. Offit! Your Aluminum Neurotoxicity Reading Assignments Are Ready), including comments. Weiler’s credentials and Curriculum Vitae read like a veritable Who’s Who of academia. I might also suggest J.D. Handley’s recent article, Did Chinese Scientists Find Autism’s Missing Puzzle Piece? Comments for this article were good as well.
As always, be sure to remember that I’m just a southern Missouri chiropractor who spends as much time on the CURRENT RIVER as is humanly possible in the summertime. Don’t trust anyone elusively (YOUR DOCTOR INCLUDED). Do your own research because one cares about you and your family more than you. And if you are enjoying our site, be sure to show us some love on FACEBOOK as it’s a great way for you to reach those you love and care about most with information like this.
