PureInsight | August 22, 2005
In the supposed interest of society as a whole, we are becoming more and more regulated.
Consider our immune systems, which governments down to the local school system seem to want to govern. Vaccinations are required from daycare through college. Although the government has paid $1.5 billion to parents of children damaged or killed by vaccines through its Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, it is still not funding long-term, randomized controlled studies comparing groups of vaccinated children with unvaccinated ones. The good news is that mercury in children's vaccines has quietly been disappearing. The following FDA sites list the mercury content in vaccines:
http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t1
http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t3
It is difficult in these times to make intelligent decisions about one's life and those of our dependents. Interest groups, the government and trusted authorities (physicians) would have us do "A," whereas our principles of following nature plus experience or our own research would set us on course "B." Donald W. Miller, M.D. has set forth a middle-of-the-road solution:
1. No vaccinations until the child is two years old. Antibodies from the mother are transferred during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Breast-feeding should be a minimum of one year. Omega-3 fatty acids should be added to formulas, especially DHA for those not breast-fed.
2. No vaccines should contain mercury or thimerosal. (Thimerosal is 49 percent mercury by weight). Mercury toxicity is known to cause neurologic distress. Autistic children have higher levels of mercury than other vaccinated children. They regress, losing ability to speak and socially relate to others.
3. No live viruses should be given. Measles, mumps, chickenpox, rubella and the Sabin polio vaccines all contain live viruses. Up to the late '60s most of us caught most of these, giving us lifelong immunity. Having these as children develops the adaptive immune system harmoniously. This system targets viruses, bacteria and cancer cells specifically. Two of its regulatory components are Th1 (Th = helper T cells), which promote defense against cells carrying foreign agents, and Th2, which promote antibody responses. Vaccinations may over stimulate Th2 cells thus predisposing the child to autoimmune diseases.
4. These vaccines may be given one at a time every 6 months beginning at age two:
a. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
b. Diphtheria
c. Tetanus
d. Polio (Salk vaccine cultured in human cells)
While it is true that the overall incidence of childhood diseases has decreased enormously since the introduction of vaccination against them, it should be remembered, as Dr. Miller points out, that "mortality rates dropped more than 90 percent in the early 20th century before vaccines for these diseases were introduced. This was due to better nutrition (with rapid delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables to cities and refrigeration), cleaner water and improved sanitation (removing trash from the streets and better sewage systems), not to vaccines.
"The World Health Organization promotes mass vaccination, but knowing these facts states, 'The best vaccine against common infectious diseases is an adequate diet,' fortified, one might add, with vitamin A."
Reference:
"User Friendly Schedule for Vaccinations" http://www.mercola.com/2005/jan/5/vaccination_schedule.htm
