VACCINATIONS 27th Edition Total Health Newsletter - by Brenda Eastwood I have always advised against vaccinations and flu shots. None of my family had shots before we went backpacking through Asia for one year, I do not allow my daughter to get vaccinations at school and I would never even consider getting a flu shot. My choices haven't been based on scientific evidence; it is simply an opinion I have developed over my 23 years of experience in the health industry. But today, with the aid of World Wide Web, I was able to research this topic quite thoroughly. I could have kept reading and reading, but even if I had the spare time, I don't have the stomach for it because what I found sickened me. There is plenty of literature on the pros of vaccinations and it doesn't surprise me to see it originating from the very people that will profit from it. The information is drilled into government health care providers who then drill that information into us. On the flip side of the coin are the anti-vaccines advocates. Yes, many of these people are biased as well because of personal family tragedy, but none of them profit from disseminating information enlightening us about the dangers of vaccinations. Here is some information that I found on the web; read it and tell me what you think. Do the risks of vaccines out weigh the benefits? Can we protect ourselves from disease without vaccinations? Let's start with some of the ingredients used to make vaccines. a.. Ethylene glycol (antifreeze) b.. Phenol, also known as carbolic acid (this is used as a disinfectant, dye) c.. Formaldehyde, a known cancer-causing agent d.. Aluminum, which is associated with Alzheimer's disease and seizures and also cancer producing in laboratory mice (it is used as an additive to promote antibody response) e.. Thimerosal (a mercury disinfectant/preservative) can result in brain injury and autoimmune disease f.. Neomycin and Streptomycin (used as antibiotics) have caused allergic reaction in some people. And what about the hidden facts? Did you know that a 1992 study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology shows that children die at a rate 8 times greater than normal within three days after getting a DPT vaccination? Did you know that a preliminary study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found children who received the HiB vaccine ... were found to be 5 times more likely to contract the disease than children who had not received the vaccine. Yet, medical websites recommend the HiB vaccine because it is supposed to "protect your child from the Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria, which can cause severe swelling in the throat that makes it hard to breathe, a serious form of pneumonia, and a disease called bacterial meningitis." Did you know that the 1994 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reported a study that found over 80% of children under 5 years of age who had contracted whooping cough had been fully vaccinated? Did you know that in 1977 Dr. Jonas Salk (inventor of the Salk polio vaccine) testified with other scientists that 87% of the polio cases which occurred in the US since 1970 were the by-product of the polio vaccine. Did you know that the Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV) is the only known cause of polio in the US today? Did you know that the February 1981 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 90% of obstetricians and 66% of pediatricians refused to take the rubella vaccine? Did you know that vaccines are immune depressing and may cause cancers, leukemias and even have been linked to AIDS, brain damage, lowered IQ, ADD, learning disabilities, and autism? Neurological disorders are among the most listed and studied vaccine complications in the medical literature. Did you know that vaccines are grown and strained through animal or human tissue like monkey kidney tissue, chicken embryo, embryonic guinea pig cells, calf serum, and human diploid cells (the dissected organs of aborted human fetuses as in the case of rubella, hepatitis A, and chickenpox vaccines). How are vaccines made? Since pathogenic (disease-causing) viruses will not grow on healthy "soil" (the medium) the manufacturers have to get the virus from somewhere unhealthy. The first hepatitis vaccines (of the 70s) were grown from the blood of the gay community, since they had high levels of hepatitis. But medicine has come a long way since the 70's. Now manufacturers just gather up bodily excrements such as urine, blood, feces, and pus from persons with hepatitis and culture the virus. Once the virus is gathered, it is grown on a toxic medium such as baby hamster kidneys, monkey kidneys, aborted fetal tissues (used in the rubella vaccine called RA 27/3) and HeLa cells (cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks. In 1951, George Gey appeared on national television with a vial of Henrietta's cells. He called them HeLa cells, and said, "It is possible that, from a fundamental study such as this, we will be able to learn a way by which cancer can be completely wiped out.") **Imagine, those HeLa cancer cells are so strong that they are still alive, multiplying and being used in medicine 53 years later. They are now used for making vaccines but have not assisted us in finding the cancer "cure." Once the virus has been grown, it is inactivated with formaldehyde (a potent carcinogen) or other agent. Other substances (adjuvants) may be added to the vaccines, like mercury (thiomersol), phenol, aluminum, antibiotics, and other ingredients, which promote the vaccine's effectiveness. I don't know about you, but unnatural, synthetic, and carcinogenic substances being injected into my body does not seem like an intelligent way of supporting my immune system. Doesn't it make sense for us to make our bodies healthy so they can resist disease? If disease-causing viruses will not grow on healthy tissue, then lets make our tissue healthy. Did you know that mice bred to get cancer don't get cancer unless they are fed a nutrient deficient diet? If we study those mice to learn about treating cancer, why can't we study those mice to learn the lessons about preventing cancer? (My educated guess is it is all about MONEY!!! Definitely a topic for one of my next newsletters). Horowitz states, "Most parents who feed their children properly would not let them eat a food which contained any of the many ingredients of immunizations." Koren noted, "Some of the ingredients in childhood vaccines are: thimerosal (mercury disinfectant/preservative), aluminum (additive to promote antibody response), formaldehyde (disinfectant), ethylene glycol (antifreeze) phenol (disinfectant, dye) benzethonium chloride (antiseptic) and methylparaben (antifungal, preservative)." But most of us have allowed our children to be immunized without knowing both sides of the coin. Some parents have paid a hefty price for that ignorance. Excerpts from true stories: Eight-year-old Anna cannot sit without support or cannot walk without braces and a walker. Most of the time she sits in her wheelchair. Anna was left paralyzed after she was injected with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine at 15 months of age. Today Anna attends third grade in a wheelchair. As she grows and becomes taller and heavier, it is hard for her to keep the trunk of her body upright. Anna loves to swim underwater because she says it makes her feel free. In 1993, the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. officially acknowledged that Anna suffered post vaccination encephalopathy following her MMR vaccination as a toddler. Richie was a thriving two-month-old baby boy, the second son born to a family in upstate New York when he got his first DPT shot in the winter of 1983. That evening while Richie's Mom was giving him a bottle, suddenly he stopped sucking. Within minutes, Richie died in his mother's arms as his father and six year old brother watched. It had been 33 hours since a doctor had injected him with his first DPT shot. Richie's family filed a claim with the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and in 1989, received official acknowledgment from the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. that the DPT vaccine caused Richie's death. A more complete profile describing what happened to Richie and his family can be found in the book A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter and Barbara Loe Fisher. Nicholas was no different than any other baby until he was given a hepatitis B shot at his regular check up at the pediatrician's office on the 13th day of his life. Nicholas cried on and off for most of the night. When his mother got up and went to work the next day, he was still crying on and off. He continued during most of the day and into the evening. The next morning, his mother found him dead in his crib. The pathologist stated, "I do not believe this was a sudden infant death syndrome death. Sudden infant death syndrome is the most abused diagnosis in pediatric pathology. In this particular case, the infant was two weeks old. Sudden infant death at two weeks old is so rare as to be virtually unheard of." The pathologist went on to say that Nicholas was at high risk for congestive heart failure because his mother had gestational diabetes, but that he would definitely have survived were it not for the stress induced by the hepatitis B vaccination. The picture depicted Terry at age seven being kept alive with the help of a huge respirator and 24-hour nursing care. He could move his eyes and mouth but he couldn't move his head. Terry was left paralyzed by vaccine strain polio after swallowing live oral polio vaccine at nine weeks of age. In 1996, the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. officially acknowledged that Terry's paralysis was caused by the live polio vaccine he received as a baby. Sadly, Terry passed away on January 8, 1999. Today, the only cases of polio in the U.S. are caused by the live oral polio vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control reports that there are eight to ten cases of vaccine associated polio in the U.S. every year but there is a question about how many cases like Terry remain undiagnosed. All of this information holds true for flu shots as well. And that toxic flu shot may not even be effective for the current flu strain. "Federal officials were prevented from replacing the A/Panama strain with the Fujian strain emerging out of Asia and being detected in Europe and the U.S. last spring because scientists in labs around the world were unable to isolate and grow the virus in a way that would allow vaccine production. Transcripts from the February 20 and March 18, 2003 meetings of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) reveal that health officials around the world knew the genetically mutated Fujian strain was associated with significantmorbidity and mortality and that last year's vaccine showed little protection against it. What should you do? Get educated about vaccines and get healthy!! For nutrition information go to www.BrendaEastwood.com and for more vaccine related information check out The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) http://www.909shot.com Check Dr. Classen's site for this story! http://www.vaccines.net/ Vaccines have been proven to cause insulin dependent diabetes and many are seeking compensation from the US government for this vaccine induced injury. The best site for Anthrax Vaccine Information with other stories: http://www.anthraxvaccine.org The Acambis smallpox vaccine is unlikely to ever be used, barring a smallpox epidemic, since it employs the same virus strain that caused a number of cardiac problems and several deaths in the 38,000 civilian health care workers vaccinated. (It did the same in military troops, who are still receiving it, but those deaths have been covered up) Sandy Mintz is an Anchorage mom and longtime vaccine safety/rights advocate. Her site is dedicated to vaccination news/information and related topics. http://www.vaccinationnews.com "Children injured permanently by routine immunizations should receive automatic compensation from the Federal Government instead of having to sue". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter was written by Brenda Eastwood, RNC. The knowledge that she shares with you has been compiled over a 23-year period. She draws from her experience as a Registered Nutritional Consultant, radio and television appearances, and from presenting hundreds of seminars. Brenda's solutions have helped thousand of people to better health. |
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