The Truth Behind the Vaccine Coverup

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The Truth Behind the Vaccine Coverup

 

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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

I find it almost incomprehensible that thimerosal, the well-documented,

toxic mercury-containing preservative, is still in many vaccines, years

after federal agencies have mandated that it be removed from vaccines. Most

people, physicians included, don't understand thimerosal is still used in

most vaccines and is likely one of the major contributing factors to vaccine

toxicity.

 

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin. Injecting it into a child, whose nervous

system is rapidly developing, could have terrible consequences. So, before

you decide to vaccinate your children, do them a favor and look into the

many risks and side effects associated with common childhood vaccines. Doing

so could mean the difference between life and death.

 

When my colleague and regular columnist, Dr. Russell Blaylock, forwarded me

his latest manuscript, I was shocked and dismayed to read his review of a

secret 2000 meeting between CDC officials and scientists about the use of

thimerosal. I believe you will be too, which is why I posted his entire

manuscript and it will be posted over the upcoming issues. So please be sure

and read the entire fascinating story.

 

By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

 

Very Little Knowledge

 

This conference is concerned with the effects of mercury in the form of

thimerosal on infant brain development, yet throughout this conference, our

experts, especially the " vaccinologists " seem to know little about mercury

except that limited literature shows no toxic effects except at very high

levels.

 

None of the well-known experts were invited, such as Dr. Ascher from Bowman

Grey School of Medicine or Dr. Haley Boyd, who has done extensive work on

the toxic effects of low concentrations on the CNS. They were not invited

because they would be harmful to the true objective of this meeting, and

that was to exonerate mercury in vaccines.

 

Several times throughout this conference, Dr. Brent reminded everyone that

the most sensitive period for the developing brain is during the early

stages of pregnancy. In fact, he pinpoints the 8-18th weeks as the period of

neuromaturation.

 

In fact, the most rapid period of brain maturation, synaptic development and

brain pathway development is during the last three months of pregnancy

continuing until two years after birth. This is often referred to as the

" brain growth spurt. " This is also not mentioned once in this conference,

again because if mothers knew that their child's brain was busy developing

for up to two years after birth, they would be less likely to accept this

safety of mercury nonsense these " vaccinologists " proclaim.

 

The brain develops over 100 trillion synaptic connections and tens of

trillions of dendritic connections during this highly sensitive period. Both

dendrites and synapses are very sensitive, even to very low doses of mercury

and other toxins. It has also been shown that subtoxic doses of mercury can

block the glutamate transport proteins that play such a vital role in

protecting the brain against excitotoxicity.

 

Compelling studies indicate that damage to this protective system plays a

major role in most of the neurodegenerative diseases and abnormal brain

development as well.

 

Recent studies have shown that glutamate accumulates in the brains of

autistic children, yet these experts seem to be unconcerned about a

substance (mercury) that is very powerful in triggering brain

excitotoxicity.

 

It is also interesting to see how many times Dr. Brent emphasizes that we do

not know the threshold for mercury toxicity for the developing brain. Again,

that is not true: We do know, and the Journal of Neurotoxicology states,

that anything above 10ug is neurotoxic. The WHO, in fact, states that there

is no safe level of mercury.

 

Concrete Thinking

 

On page 164, Dr. Robert Davis, associate professor of pediatrics and

epidemiology at the University of Washington, makes a very important

observation. He points out, in a population like the United States, you have

individuals with varying levels of mercury from other causes (diet, living

near coal burning facilities, etc.). By vaccinating everyone, you raise

those with the highest levels even higher and bring those with median levels

into a category of higher levels.

 

The " vaccinologists " with their problem of " concrete thinking " cannot seem

to appreciate the fact that not everyone is the same. That is, they fail to

see these " uncertainties. "

 

To further emphasize this point lets take a farming family who lives within

three miles of a coal-burning electrical plant. Since they also live near

the ocean, they eat seafood daily. The fertilizers, pesticides and

herbicides used on their crops contain appreciable levels of mercury.

 

The coal-burning electrical plant emits high levels of mercury in the air

the family breathes daily and the seafood they consume has levels of mercury

higher than EPA safety standards.

 

This means any babies born to these people will have very high mercury

levels.

 

Once born, they are given numerous vaccines containing even more mercury,

thereby adding significantly to their already high mercury burden. Are these

" vaccinologists " trying to convince us these children don't matter and they

are to be sacrificed at the altar of the " vaccine policy? "

 

Recent studies by neurotoxicologists have observed that as our ability to

detect subtle toxic effects improves, especially on behavior and other

neurological functions, we lower the level of acceptable exposure. In fact,

Dr, Sinks brings up that exact point, using lead as an example. He notes

that, as our neurobehavioral testing improved, we lowered the acceptable

dose considerably and continues to do so.

 

Dr. Johnson had the audacity to add, " The smarter we get, the lower the

threshold. " Yet, neither he, nor the other participants seem to be getting

any smarter concerning this issue.

 

Dr. Robert Chen, chief of Vaccine Safety and Development at the National

Immunization Program at the CDC, then reveals why they refuse to act on this

issue. " The issue is that it is impossible, unethical to leave kids

unimmunized, so you will never, ever resolve that issue. So then we have to

refer back from that. " (page 169) In essence, immunization of the kids takes

precedence over safety concerns with the vaccines themselves.

 

Genetic Susceptibility

 

If the problem of vaccine toxicity cannot be solved, he seems to be saying,

then we must accept that some kids will be harmed by the vaccines.

 

Dr. Brent makes the statement that he knows of no known genetic

susceptibility data on mercury and, therefore, assumes there is a fixed

threshold of toxicity. That is, that everyone is susceptible to the same

dose of mercury and there are no genetically hypersensitive groups of

people.

 

In fact, a recent study found just such a genetic susceptibility in mice. In

this study, they found mice susceptible to autoimmunity developed neurotoxic

effects to their hippocampus, including excitotoxicity, not seen in other

strains of mice. They even hypothesize that the same may be true in humans,

since familial autoimmunity increases the likelihood of autism in offspring.

(Hornig M, Chian D, Lipkin WI. Neurotoxic effects of postnatal thimerosal

are mouse strain dependent. Mol Psychiatry 2004; (in press).

 

For the next quotation, you need a little discussion to be able to

appreciate the meaning. They are discussing the fact that, in Dr.

Verstraeten's study, frightening correlations were found between the higher

doses of thimerosal and problems with neurodevelopment, including ADD and

autism.

 

The problem with the study was that there were so few children who had

received no thimerosal-containing vaccines, a true control group could not

be used. Instead, they had to use children getting 12.5ug of mercury as the

control and some even wanted to use the control dose as 37.5ug. So the

controls had mercury levels that could indeed cause neurodevelopmental

problems.

 

Even with this basic flaw, a strong positive correlation was found between

the dose of mercury given and these neurodevelopmental problems.

 

Continued on Page 6

 

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