Vaccinations and Immune Suppression

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Vaccines and Immune Suppression

Vaccines, all vaccines, are immune suppressing; that is they depress our

immune functions. The chemicals in the vaccines depress our immune system;

the virus present depresses immune function, and the foreign DNA/RNA from

animal tissues depresses immunity. Toraldo, et al found that the chemotaxis

and metabolic function of PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils) was

significantly reduced after vaccinations were given and did not return to

normal for months. Other indicators of immune system depression included

reduced lymphocyte viability, neutrophil hyper-segmentation,

and a reduced white cell count. All vaccines are immune depressing to some

extent and that is the trade-off we are risking. The medical thought is that

we trade a small immune depression for an immunity to one disease. Now let

me repeat, we are trading a total immune system depression (our only defense

against all known disease - including millions of pathogens) for a temporary

immunity against one disease, usually an innocuous childhood disease.

Therefore, the trade is not at all fair. Mullins puts it this way, " Are we

trading mumps and measles for cancer and AIDS. "

The trade-off is not worth the risk. We are risking getting many more

diseases than we are " preventing " from getting. [Later we will see that

there is literally no prevention.] Another good example is the ritual of the

yearly flu shot. There may be only two or three varieties of flu viruses in

each shot, hence the names " Asian-Flu " , " Japanese-Flu " " Indian-Flu " or

" Swine-Flu " . But there are literally thousands, may be millions of

flu-causing viruses. Taking one or two does not make sense and many people

report getting the flu after taking a flu shot. We do not know which variety

of flu will affect us each year and in each locale. Therefore, the best

method to avoid the flu is to strengthen our immune system by eating

properly and getting all the essential vitamins and minerals that our body

needs. Only nutrition can build and support a strong immune system, while

vaccines help to tear our immunity down. Vaccines have been linked to AIDS

and other immuno-deficient disorders as well.

Vaccinations depress our body’s immune functions and that keeps us open to

developing many other diseases. It is very childish to think that we are

going to take one flu vaccine and never get sick from the many varieties of

flu that exist, especially since viruses can mutate so fast when the

conditions arise. Keeping up with these fast mutating viruses can only be

done by priming our immune system with good nutrition and keeping the

conditions/environment for their growth minimal. In other words, pathogenic

viruses will not grow where the conditions will not allow it. It is the

terrain which dictates our health and not the germs/viruses themselves.

Germs are pleiomorphic, meaning that they can change with their environment;

rods become cocci, and vice-versa. Thinking that germs cause disease means

that we are not responsible for our own health and we place that

responsibility in the hands of some one who has the means to kill these

germs with toxic chemicals (drugs), even if those drugs/vaccines harm our

body. Vaccines prevent health!

Vaccinations reduce our immunity in many important ways:

1) Vaccines contain many chemicals and heavy metals, like mercury and

aluminum, which are in-themselves immuno-suppressing. Mercury actually

causes changes in the lymphocyte activity and decreases lymphocyte

viability.

2) Vaccines contain foreign tissues and foreign DNA/RNA which act to

suppress the immune system via graft-vs-host rejection phenomena.

3) Vaccines alter our t-cell helper/suppressor ratios ... just like those

seen with AIDS. This ratio is a key indicator of a proper functioning immune

system.

4) Vaccines alter the metabolic activity of PMNs and reduce their chemotaxic

abilities. PMNs are our body’s defenses against pathogenic bacteria and

viruses.

5) Vaccines suppress our immunity merely buy over-taxing our immune system

with foreign material, heavy metals, pathogens and viruses. The heavy metals

slow down our immune system, while the viruses set up shop to grow and

divide. It is like being chained and handcuffed before swimming.

6) Vaccines clog our lymphatic system and lymph nodes with large protein

molecules which have not been adequately broken down by our digestive

processes, since vaccines by pass digestion with injections. This is why

vaccines are linked to allergies, because they contain large proteins which

as circulating immune complexes (CICs) or " klinkers " which cause our body to

become allergic.

7) Vaccines deplete our body of vital immune-enhancing nutrients, like

vitamin C, A and zinc, which are needed for a strong immune system. It is

nutrients like these that primes our immune system, feeds the white blood

cells and macrophages and allows them to function optimally.

8) Vaccines are neurotoxic and slow the level of nervous transmission, and

communications to the brain and other tissues. Now we know that some

lymphocytes communicate directly with the brain through a complex set of

neurotransmitters. Altering these factors will also depress our immunity.

4) Links of Vaccines to AIDS -

While the medical profession does not lightly discuss AIDS and vaccines in

the same sentence, there is much evidence linking AIDS to vaccines. Buttram

and Hoffman state, " Indirect immunofluorescence evaluation of T-lymphocytes

from blood samples taken ... after vaccination revealed a temporary drop ...

in the helper/suppressor ratio after vaccination. " What that means is that

immediately after vaccines are given our blood " looks " like the blood of and

AIDS patient. AIDS is diagnosed when the T -cell (helper to suppressor)

ratios are depressed and vaccines cause that same occurrence. Now is it any

coincidence that the countries where AIDS is rampant most, are the same

countries which received the most vaccinations? It is no joke when one asks,

" Are we trading mumps and measles for cancer and AIDS? "

When we look into vaccine production we see the links of vaccines to monkey

viruses, like SV-40, which causes immuno-deficiencies (similar to AIDS) in

monkeys. Some scientists feel that SIV and HIV are very similar viruses and

may be one in the same. If it is found in monkeys it is called SIV and if it

is found in people it is then called HIV. Very likely, it is the foreign

nature of SIV which makes it deadly to our immune system and our immune

system goes on the blink. Vaccinations and AIDS are clearly related, and the

medical literature shows us many links to AIDS. The first Hepatitis vaccines

made were notorious for causing AIDS and were made from the blood of the gay

populations, who had high levels of hepatitis and AIDS. Links of AIDS to the

hepatitis vaccines were numerous in the medical literature at the time (the

1970s) of the first hepatitis vaccines and people were afraid to take them

for that reason. Yes, one may fear hepatitis, but we also had a greater fear

of AIDS, which was more deadly and serious a condition, although many more

people experienced hepatitis each year.

Many other views of how vaccines started the AIDS epidemic are available,

but none can be proven with any degree of certainty. Whether HIV is a

disease similar to the SIV found in monkey, remains to be seen. Is SIV and

HIV the same virus? Is SV-40 involved in immuno-suppression and

immunodeficiency? There were reports of the smallpox vaccines delivered to

Haiti, Brazil and Africa containing HIV by the London Times in 1987. Some

persons have taken conspiratorial views of AIDS, but none have surfaced with

any degree of veracity and it misses the point ... all vaccines are

immuno-suppressive and compromise the host’s immunity. Whether they contain

actual HIV viruses may be disputable, they will depress the immune system.

Today more care is taken in vaccine production and there are better methods

of locating and removing contaminant viruses, but vaccines are still

dangerous from their humble beginning and set the stage for many other

diseases to follow suit many years later.

 

5) True Immunity: Where Does it Come From? Nutrition!

Science has glossed over the most valuable point of health, ... nutrition.

What is it that boosts our immune system and gives one a vibrant healthy

life? ... nutrition. What is it that allows one to over -come the most

devastating diseases known to mankind? ... Nutrition. What is the key factor

for the recovery of disease? ... Nutrition. What is needed for the body to

heal itself? ... Nutrition. What key factor prevents disease? ... Nutrition.

What is missing from allopathic medicine today? ... Nutrition! It is

nutrition and only nutrition which boosts our immune system and helps the

body defend itself from foreign pathogens. Herbs, foods, nutrients and

vitamin supplements are the tour-de-force of our immunity and it is

virtually ignored by medical science in favor of drugs (chemicals).

One can speculate many reasons why medical science has chosen to ignore this

most important aspect of our health ... perhaps, because there is no profit

in broccoli and carrots. But regardless of profit there is a side of science

that altruistically searches for truth. Herbalists and naturopaths for

centuries have cured devastating diseases with nature’s remedies and proper

diet. Medicine has shunned diet and nutrition (and herbs) as not having a

place in scientific medicine. But the lowly herb can cure more than an equal

share of allopathic man-made (synthetic) drugs which although originally

came from many herbs are now toxic according to their dose and must be

tightly regulated.

The divergent paths of allopathic medicine and herbal naturopathic remedies

is seen in the philosophy of vaccination. Vaccines are the only way modern

medicine has to " prevent " disease for they don’t believe in or use herbs or

nutrition. Therefore, toxic vaccines are their only tool to " promote

health " . Herbalists and naturopaths, on the other hand, see the person with

a totally different point of view and understanding. The person is taught

how to live with nature, how to eat naturally and how to not create the

environment for pathogens to grow. When the body is periodically cleansed,

disease is not a problem. Allopathy desires to force health by giving the

body more toxins (vaccines) to deal with in a futile and erroneous attempt

at " preventing " disease. Yet, vaccines cause illnesses, many diseases,

numerous disorders and set the stage for cancerous grow while depressing our

body’s ability to fight off pathogens. Allopathy depresses important body

functions, while making the body more toxic. Naturopathy helps the body

eliminate toxins while supporting the body’s immune functions.

Therefore, there are many points in which allopathic medicine and

naturopathic medicine diverge and differ. Yet, the laws of our land only

allow allopathic methods (vaccinations) of disease " prevention " and not

other more effective and less damaging methods of prevention, i.e.,

homeopathy and naturopathy. Many religions refuse vaccines on religious

grounds, because vaccines are contrary to their beliefs and vaccines are

blood products grown on aborted fetuses and human and animal tissues.

Vaccines grown on animal tissues, aborted fetuses, and cancer cells would be

against anyone’s fair judgement and common sense, regardless of religious

beliefs. Therefore, it is common sense which mandates our opinions against

putrid vaccines, as well as religious beliefs.

It is no secret anymore that proper nutrition builds good immunity, when the

medical literature is full of studies on the intimate details of our

immunity as related to nutrients. The fact that nutrition plays a large role

in one’s health (and immune functions) can no longer be suppressed by

prejudice. The over-whelming science today substantiates nutrition as a key

factor in our health. Nutrition boosts our immune system like nothing else

can. Field stated, " it is accepted that nutrition is important in the

development and function of the immune system. " Harbige noted that

" Nutrition and nutritional status can have profound effects on immune

functions, resistance to infection and auto-immunity in man and other

animals. " Scrimshaw and SanGiovanni state that " infections, ... have adverse

effects on nutritional status. ... Conversely, almost any nutrient

deficiency, if sufficiently severe, will impair resistance to infection. "

Chandra (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1997; 66(2):460s-463s) also noted, " Nutrition

is a critical determinant of immune responses and malnutrition is the most

common cause of immunodeficiency worldwide. " Chandra and Chandra (Prog Food

Nutrition Sci, 1986;10(1-2):1-65) stated that " the immune system plays a key

role in the body’s ability to fight infection and reduce the risk of

developing tumors, autoimmune and degenerative disease. "

Yet, although this information is new to us now, it is not new to everyone.

Many people have always maintained that a strong immune system began with

good nutrition. Roger Williams, Linus Pauling, Ewan Cameron, Adelle Davis,

John R Christopher, Jethro Kloss, and many other notable nutritionist have

claimed nutrition was important to our health for many years, but were

ignored. Profit of man-made chemicals came before the health of the patrons,

many asked to suffer needlessly in the name of science when they could have

been cured by a simple herbal remedy or a food. Nutrition has been

down-played in the last 80 years in favor of patent-able drugs (man-made

chemicals). Perhaps, the penicillin era was the greatest cause of the

downfall of nutrition as a part of our health. The search for the magic

bullet began with Paul Erlich’s compound 606, and continues to this day. We

think that cancer must be cured from without by a man-made chemical, while

we ignore the inner terrain and the body’s natural innate abilities (to

heal) within ... governed, of course, by nutrition. Hopefully within the

next decade great strides will be taken in nutrition and health to make up

for lost time. Many physicians are learning nutrition and herbology and

homeopathy on their own time. Their patients will be the better for it. As

more nutritional oriented physicians become available, the people will have

a choice and a place to turn to when in need. Nutrition Produces Health and

Vitality! Vaccines Prevent Health!

 

6) Vaccines and Cancer -

" I never saw cancer in an un-vaccinated person. "

Dr W B Clarke, circa 1909

We don’t usually associate vaccinations with cancer, but there are many

citations in the medial literature where vaccines caused cancers. Sometimes

cancer occurred at the site of injection and sometimes a lymphatic type of

cancer would occur many years later in locations. Vaccines cause cancer.

Yes, not everybody gets cancer after receiving a vaccine, but their body has

been seeded with the ingredients for cancer to grow. Picture cancer as a

window of opportunity. Once that window is opened, cancer can grow. Dr

Vincent’s work with Biologic Terrain Assessment (BTA) found that all

children were pushed into the cancer " window " after vaccines were given. Now

those children who don’t develop cancer were (obviously) able to negate that

cancer " window " with good nutrition. It is the environment which allows

cancer to grow in the first place, and vaccines create that environment.

When the cancer is at the site of the vaccine injection, it is hard to deny

a causal relationship. Miraculously, doctors tell their patients it is

co-incidental or unrelated to the vaccines.

Yet, it was known in the 1800s that vaccines clog our lymphatics and contain

toxic materials which could lead to disease, even cancers. Even Jenner

himself had trouble with his vaccines causing diseases, and death. He was

nearly lynched in one town for his specious concoctions. Our lymphatic

system is designed to carry our lymphocytes throughout our body and maintain

control over our cellular immunity. Therefore, the injection of large

molecular sized proteins (foreign tissues in the vaccines) will clog our

lymph-nodes and create problems for the lymphatic system. Therefore, it is

no mystery that vaccines and lymphatic diseases, like leukemias and

lymphomas, are related.

" Syphilis, phthisis, scrofula, cancer, erysipelas and almost all diseases of

the skin, have been conveyed, occasioned, or intensified by vaccination. " Dr

William Hitchman

" Cancer and other vile diseases are daily inflicted on virtuous families by

vaccination. "

Dr Edward Haughton, BAMD, MRCS

" Experts say 98 million Americans who took polio shots in the 1950s and

1960s may get a deadly brain cancer from the inoculations ... Researchers at

the University of Chicago Medical Center say that a virus contaminated the

polio vaccine and they have now found genetic material from the virus in a

number of brain cancer victims. "

Dr Jacob Rachlin quoted from Weekly World News of Lantana [FL]

Of course, anything which depresses our immunity will eventually lead to

cancer, since it is our immune system which cleanses and eliminates mutated

(cancerous) cells from our body daily. If this is not done, cancers will

grow and develop unchecked by our immune system. Therefore, a healthy immune

system is needed to protect us from cancer and Vaccines Prevent Health.

Vaccines and Auto-Immune Disease - [The injection of foreign animal

DNA/RNA.]

Auto-immune disease is common-place today, but were very rare just a few

years ago. Does anybody wonder why one day we are healthy and the next day

our body no longer recognizes our own cells as self? Could the injection of

foreign animal DNA/RNA have anything to do with our epidemic rise in

auto-immune disease today? Bart Classen, MD has done some remarkable

research on vaccines and auto-immune diseases, especially Diabetes mellitus,

which he sees as a marker disease for all auto-immune conditions. His

research finds that the more that vaccinations are given the more diabetes

(and auto-immune diseases) appears. Dr Classen’s research found that this

held true for many animal models; after receiving vaccines they experienced

increases in diabetes. Then he carried his research to include vaccinated

human populations. He found that in retrospective studies of vaccinations in

five different human populations, this fact held true also. The more

vaccines one received the more was their incidence of diabetes (and

auto-immune diseases).

Now it is interesting that the increases in diabetes included Juvenile-onset

diabetes, which we are told today is a profoundly " genetic " disease. Yet, Dr

Claussen’s studies revealed that vaccinations [any vaccination] can cause

increases in Juvenile-onset diabetes, too. Now one theory said that the

antigenic structure of the measles/mumps virus was similar to the antigenic

structure of the beta cells (which produce insulin) in the pancreas. So when

our body makes antibodies to fight off measles virus, those antibodies

attack the pancreatic beta cells, too. Viola diabetes!

Vaccines create the foundations for auto-immune disease when foreign animal

tissues are injected into our blood streams. It alters our genes ( " jumping "

genes) and creates havoc in our lymphatic system. Auto-immune conditions are

more common today than before massive vaccination programs began in the

1940s. Auto-immune conditions such as ALS, MS, RA, and Diabetes are severe

diseases and not to be taken lightly. They alter people’s lives for ever and

cost more than money when we consider the time involved, the stress

involved, and eventually death ensues. There is even some speculation that

auto-immune conditions may be behind the brain conditions they see in autism

and there is some talk in the medical literature of auto-immunity to brain

cells. If the body can not even recognize its own cells, then it has been

tricked into thinking that those cells are no longer self. Why does this

occur? Could AIDS be an auto-immune condition where the lymphocytes are

reacting against each other? What about the myriad of neurological

disorders, kidney disorders, blood disorders and the many diseases

associated with vaccinations? When we are looking for excellent health, we

need to avoid auto-immune disorders. One must remember that Vaccines Prevent

Health!

[Note: Dr Classen feels that Diabetes is an indicator (marker) disease for

auto-immunity.

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