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and emotional conditions. In other words, you would be embarking on a
lifestyle of responsibility. I have seen enough problems associated with
vaccination to make me personally very wary and thus generally to avoid
their use within my immediate family. I have had many children in my
clinic suffering from lung complaints, digestive problems, bowel
infestations, brain diseases, fungal and parasitic infestations, brain and
speech breakdowns, and more. These conditions have been traced back
particularly to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination. It
would seem that such a huge immunal assault on the very young often
proves too much, and the body reacts adversely in a variety of ways.
Vaccination works because of the immune system’s ability to recognize
and respond, but it can tie up the body’s B and T cell memory capacity to
such an extent that the body’s immune function ceases to be free to deal
with any new challenges. Natural coding, whereby immunity is achieved
through overcoming normal infections one by one in childhood, is more
subtle: between 3 and 7 percent of memory capacity is tied up through
natural coding, contrasting with 70 percent when a vaccine is used. (This
gap was revealed in data collected by the Humanitarian Society in 1983.)
Never allowing our immune system to self-educate, to recognize and
remember for itself, is dangerous. Yet this is what may happen if
antibiotics or vaccinations have been overused. Triple vaccines have been
banned in some countries because of the increased danger of
overstimulating a child’s immune system. In Britain, however, it is still
considered safe and acceptable. Although one brand of triple vaccine was
withdrawn recently because of apparent links with meningitis, Britain still
continues to use other types.
Instantaneous allergic reactions to vaccinations can be caused by
excessive immune responses. This happens through the combining of
antibodies with antigens to form allergies, which in turn stimulate cells to
produce histamine. Excessive histamine can cause breathing diffi culties
and, indeed, bronchial spasm, which to a baby can be highly dangerous.
Yet these immediate and worrying problems are minimal in comparison
to the longer-term effects of vaccination and its overall strength.
If you decide to immunize your baby with the live polio vaccine, make
sure you wash your hands carefully in essential oils after all diaper
changes for three months afterward. Also, keep your baby out of contact
with the following people because they are at high risk of contracting
vaccine- induced polio: those receiving radiotherapy; those taking
cytostatic drugs, systemic glucocorticoids like cortisone, potent
corticosteroids for the skin, and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH),
or other immunosuppressive drugs; those with congenital immune-
system defi ciencies; and those with a history of paralytic disease.
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