Vaccines have been touted as one
of the great advances of modern science.
But even amid government efforts
to get more people immunized against flu and many other
diseases, there is mounting evidence that vaccines may not be
the medical miracle they have been touted to be:
- The flu vaccine has been found to be largely ineffective this season.
- There has been a measles outbreak tied to Disneyland in California in which many vaccinated people have nonetheless contracted the illness. Health authorities had previously declared measles eradicated from the U.S.
- There was a fast-moving outbreak of mumps cases among pro hockey players, many of whom had been vaccinated.
Not only are vaccines proving
less effective than promised, but many people are avoiding them
because they are worried about possible side effects, say
experts.
“It’s not that vaccines don’t
work at all,” says Gabe Mirkin, M.D., an Orlando-based
physician. “It’s that we were led to believe they offer lifelong
immunity when they don’t.
“How on earth do 20-year-old men
on the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team all come down with the
mumps if they were vaccinated as kids?”
In fact, there ‘s a pending
lawsuit regarding the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine
which claims the U.S. government purchased an estimated four
million doses of mislabeled and misbranded vaccine for at least
a decade.
Whistleblowers claim vaccine
tests were fudged to achieve favorable results by adding animal
antibodies to blood samples.
“The only way to have full
immunity is to get the disease itself,” says retired
neurosurgeon and vaccine expert Russell Blaylock, M.D., author
of
The Blaylock Wellness Report,
a monthly health newsletter.
“If a child is breastfed, well
nourished, and healthy, the side effects of common childhood
diseases should be minimal and he or she WILL have lifelong
immunity,” Dr. Blaylock tells Newsmax Health.
“There have been millions of
reports about the negative consequences of vaccines, but nobody
is talking about that. I have seen devastating neurological
diseases develop as a direct cause of vaccines.”
Another issue of concern is
potentially dangerous ingredients added to the vaccines.
According to the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): “Chemicals used in the
production of vaccines include a suspending fluid, preservatives
and stabilizers, and adjuvants or enhancers that help improve
the vaccine’s effectiveness.”
And right on the CDC’s own Web
page, is a list of common additives, many of which are toxic:
- Aluminum gels or salts of aluminum to help improve vaccine response.
- Antibiotics to prevent bacterial growth during production and storage of the vaccine.
- Egg protein founds in flu and yellow fever vaccines which may trigger an allergic reaction in some people.
- Formaldehyde.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) and 2-phenoxy-ethanol, which are stabilizers and can cause allergic reaction.
- Thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative to prevent contamination and growth of harmful bacteria.
“And they don’t mention LPS, or
lipopolysaccharides, which are also added to some vaccines and
have been linked to many neurological disorders, including
multiple sclerosis,” says Dr. Blaylock.
The American Society of
Microbiology acknowledges the use of LPS in vaccines, but says
its use “is restricted because of unacceptable toxicity.”
The bottom line is that
vaccination is not a foolproof way to avoid disease.
American children are the most
highly vaccinated in the world —receiving some 49 doses in 14
vaccines before the age of 6. But that hasn’t stopped them from
being among the most chronically ill childhood populations among
Western nations, say experts.
Dr. Blaylock says that benefits
and risks need to be weighed on a case-by-case basis. He points
out that vaccine manufacturing is the number-one money maker for
big pharmaceutical companies, which use their lobbyists and
influence to sway the government to make shots mandatory.
And he also points out that the
flu vaccine hasn’t cut deaths and hospitalizations from the flu,
despite all the government campaigns and pressure to have
everyone vaccinated.
“If you do choose to vaccinate,
make sure that your child has adequate amount of zinc, and
vitamins B, and C,” he advises. “And never give a child a
vaccine when he or she is ill.”