Today's children should look like pincushions from the dozens of
vaccines they get from birth to the age of 18. "According to the
Centers for Disease Control, the onslaught begins within 12
hours of birth when many babies get a Hepatitis B vaccine," says
holistic doctor Dr. David Brownstein. "At two months, eight more
vaccines follow, including polio, tetanus, diphtheria, and
pertussis, and throughout the next few months, they are
subjected to boosters of the vaccines they've already have plus
additional vaccines.
"The CDC recommends that children get 49 doses of 14 vaccines
before they reach the age of 6, and the total reaches 69 doses
by the age of 18," Dr. Brownstein tells Newsmax Health. In fact,
today's average child is subjected to three times as many
vaccinations as were recommended in 1953. In addition,
children's small bodies are subjected to numerous vaccinations
simultaneously.
In 1983, the CDC guidelines stated that doctors shouldn't give
more than four vaccines at the same time. By 2013, CDC
guidelines changed to approve giving children up to eight
vaccines at once.
What's the result? According to the National Vaccine Information
Center, chronic disease and disability in children has
drastically increased in the past 50 years. For instance, in the
1990s, one child in 555 had autism, but by 2013, the figure had
risen to one child in 50.
What good do vaccines accomplish? It's a mixed bag, says Dr.
Brownstein. "The powers that be claim that vaccines markedly
lowered the death rate of common childhood illnesses such as
measles and whooping cough. However, the mortality rates of
these illnesses were rapidly falling before the mass vaccination
campaign began.
"I am not saying that all vaccines don’t work," he says. "I know
some of them do. "For instance, the chicken pox vaccine has
clearly lowered the incidence of chicken pox," Dr. Brownstein
says. "However, is that a good thing? I am not sure it's so
good, since shingles cases have skyrocketed since the mass
vaccination of chicken pox was started. And it was known from
the start of the chickenpox vaccine that chickenpox vaccinations
resulted in an increased rate of shingles.
"In addition, vaccinations may not be good for a child's immune
system, because perhaps it needs to be stimulated with these
childhood infections to become strong.
"Last month, I was recognized by a reader in an airport. She
asked me a question: 'Why are so many kids having all these
allergies? We never saw peanut, milk and gluten allergies when
we were kids — where is it all coming from?'
"I answered her question by stating, 'I believe that there are
multiple reasons for this, but the main reason is that the
younger generation’s immune system is becoming weaker and
weaker.'
"I feel that today’s children, when compared to previous
generations, suffer from more chronic illnesses because they are
exposed to more toxins, and they are receiving too many vaccines
at too young of an age. The vaccines contain toxic elements such
as mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde. It is ludicrous to inject
these toxic agents into our youth and expect good outcomes.
"In addition, human tissue is currently used in 23 vaccines. One
prominent former scientist at a pharmaceutical firm, Dr. Helen
Ratajczak, feels that the increased spike in autism may be
related to the introduction of human DNA into the MMR and
chicken pox vaccines. She goes on to state that the foreign DNA
from vaccines can be incorporated into the host DNA which causes
the immune system to fight against the foreign cells.
"This could start an inflammatory process that never ends, and
leads to chronic illnesses like autoimmune disease and
allergies. Maybe this is why we are seeing so many children with
severe, life-threatening allergies to common foods like
peanuts," he says.
"Both of my older sisters had measles," says Dr. Brownstein.
"Back then, it was a benign illness that everybody got, just
like chicken pox. That generation did just fine with measles.
They did not suffer the plethora of autoimmune, allergic and
chronic illness that the younger generations suffer from.
"Perhaps we need to do research comparing vaccinated with
non-vaccinated populations. Unbelievably, this work still has
not been done. There has not been a single randomized,
controlled study of a vaccinated versus a non-vaccinated
population. Yet, we subject the most vulnerable of us, our
children and the future of our country, to dozens of vaccines
whose worth is often questionable," says Dr. Brownstein. "This
is insane.
"I am not against all vaccines," he says. "However, just
proclaiming that vaccination is safe does not make it so. There
are inherent dangers of vaccinating as there are dangers of not
vaccinating. Parents need to educate themselves about vaccines
so that they can make appropriate decisions on whether to
vaccinate."