What They Don’t Tell You About Vaccination Dangers Can Kill You or Ruin Your Lif

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What They Don't Tell You About Vaccination Dangers Can Kill You or

Ruin Your Life

By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

Advanced Nutritional Concepts, LLC

www.russellblaylockmd.com

 

 

After 30 years of intensive research, much has been learned about

how brain cells work and what goes wrong when disease arises. One of

the great enigmas has been the connection between vaccinations and

certain brain disorders such as:

 

 

Autism

ADD

ADHD

Gulf War Syndrome

More common neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease,

Alzheimer's dementia and ALS)

 

 

As we learned more and more about how brain cells should work, we

discovered that often normal processes, such as metabolism, could

result in the accumulation of powerful chemical byproducts, called

free radicals, that have the capacity to destroy these cells.

 

 

Free radicals, basically, are very reactive particles that bounce

all around the cell damaging everything they touch. Most originate

during the process of metabolism but can also arise from toxin

exposure, irradiation and toxic metals. Because they are so

destructive, cells have a network of defenses designed to neutralize

them. This antioxidant network is composed of numerous components

that include vitamins, minerals and special chemicals called thiols

(glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid).

 

 

What Causes the Free Radicals

 

 

The idea that free radicals play a major role in all of the

conditions listed above is now proven--the big question is why are

so many free radicals being generated? In the case of autism, ADD

and ADHD many came to support the idea that mercury derived from

vaccines was the source of the radicals. And it was known that

mercury could cause free radicals to be generated in large numbers

within the brain. Evidence connecting mercury to the autism spectrum

disorders, neurodegeneration and the Gulf War Syndrome is strong,

but not exclusive.

 

 

Interestingly, all of these diseases also share another common event-

-over activation of a portion of the immune system.

 

 

It is important to appreciate that only a certain part of the immune

system is overactive, because other parts, such as cellular

immunity, are actually diminished. In some instances, as with the

childhood disorders, the problem is congenital and in others it

develops as a result of many factors such as aging, toxin exposure,

poor nutrition and excessive vaccination itself. Mercury can impair

immune function as well.

 

 

How Vaccines are Made

 

 

Basically, vaccines contain either killed viruses or bacteria, germ

components, toxic extracts or live organisms that have been made

less virulent--a process called attenuation. To stimulate an

enhanced immune reaction against these organisms, manufacturers

added powerful immune-stimulating substances such as squalene,

aluminum, lipopolysacchride, etc. These are called immune adjuvants.

 

 

The process of vaccination usually required repeated injections of

the vaccine over a set period of time. The combination of adjuvants

plus the intended organism triggers an immune response by the body,

similar to that occurring with natural infections, except for one

major difference. Almost none of these diseases enter the body by

injection. Most enter by way of the mucous membranes of the nose,

mouth, pulmonary passages or GI tract. For example, polio is known

to enter via the GI tract. The membranes lining these passages

contain a different immune system than activated by direct

injection. This system is called the IgA immune system.

 

 

It is the first line of defense and helps reduce the need for

intense activation of the body's immune system. Often, the IgA

system can completely head off an attack. The point being that

injecting organisms to induce immunity is abnormal.

 

 

Because more and more reports are appearing citing vaccine failure,

their manufacturers' answer is to make the vaccines more potent.

They do this by making the immune adjuvants more powerful or adding

more of them. The problem with this approach is that in the very

young, the nutritionally deficient and the aged, over-stimulating

the immune system can have an opposite effect--it can paralyze the

immune system.

 

 

This is especially prevalent with nutritional deficiency.

 

 

An early attempt to vaccinate Africans met with disaster when it was

discovered that many were dying following vaccination. The problem

was traced to widespread vitamin A deficiency among the tribes. Once

the malnutrition was corrected, death rates fell precipitously.

 

 

Another problem we see with modern vaccines is that the immune

stimulation continues over a prolonged period of time.

 

 

This is because of the immune adjuvants. They remain in the tissues,

constantly stimulating immune-activating cells. With most natural

infections the immune activation occurs rapidly, and once the

infection is under control, it drops precipitously. This, as we

shall see, is to prevent excessive damage to normal cells in the

body.

 

 

What Happens to the Brain With Vaccination?

 

 

It seems the brain is always neglected when pharmacologists consider

side effects of various drugs. The same is true for vaccinations.

For a long time no one considered the effect of repeated

vaccinations on the brain.

 

 

This was based on a mistaken conclusion that the brain was protected

from immune activation by its special protective gateway called the

blood-brain barrier. More recent studies have shown that immune

cells can enter the brain directly, and more importantly, the

brain's own special immune system can be activated by vaccination.

 

 

You see, the brain has a special immune system that operates through

a unique type of cell called a microglia.

 

 

These tiny cells are scattered throughout the brain, lying dormant

waiting to be activated. In fact, they are activated by many stimuli

and are quite easy to activate. For our discussion, activation of

the body's immune system by vaccination is a most important stimuli

for activation of brain microglia.

 

 

Numerous studies have shown that when the body's immune system is

activated, the brain's immune cells are likewise activated. This

occurs by several pathways, not important to this discussion. The

more powerfully the body's immune system is stimulated the more

intense is the brain's reaction. Prolonged activation of the body's

immune system likewise produces prolonged activation of the brain's

immune system.

 

 

Therein lies the danger of our present vaccine policy.

 

 

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of

Family Practice have both endorsed a growing list of vaccines for

children, even newborns, as well as yearly flu shots for both

children and adults. Children are receiving as many as 22

inoculations before attending school.

 

 

What Happens When the Brain's Immune System is Activated?

 

 

The brain's immune system cells, once activated, begin to move about

the nervous system, secreting numerous immune chemicals (called

cytokines and chemokines) and pouring out an enormous amount of free

radicals in an effort to kill invading organisms. The problem is--

there are no invading organisms. It has been tricked by the vaccine

into believing there are.

 

 

Unlike the body's immune system, the microglia also secrete two

other chemicals that are very destructive of brain cells and their

connecting processes. These chemicals, glutamate and quinolinic

acid, are called excitotoxins. They also dramatically increase free

radical generation in the brain. Studies of patients have shown that

levels of these two excitotoxins can rise to very dangerous levels

in the brain following viral and bacterial infections of the brain.

High quinolinic acid levels in the brain are thought to be the cause

of the dementia seen with HIV infection.

 

 

The problem with our present vaccine policy is that so many vaccines

are being given so close together and over such a long period that

the brain's immune system is constantly activated. This has been

shown experimentally in numerous studies. This means that the brain

will be exposed to large amounts of the excitotoxins as well as the

immune cytokines over the same period.

 

 

Studies on all of these disorders, even in autism, have shown high

levels of immune cytokines and excitotoxins in the nervous system.

These destructive chemicals, as well as the free radicals they

generate, are diffused throughout the nervous system doing damage, a

process called bystander injury. It's sort of like throwing a bomb

in a crowd.

 

 

Not only will some be killed directly by the blast but those far out

into the radius of the explosion will be killed by shrapnel.

 

 

Normally, the brain's immune system, like the body's, activates

quickly and then promptly shuts off to minimize the bystander

damage. Vaccination won't let the microglia shut down. In the

developing brain, this can lead to language problems, behavioral

dysfunction and even dementia.

 

 

In the adult, it can lead to the Gulf War Syndrome or one of the

more common neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease,

Alzheimer's dementia or Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS).

 

 

A recent study by the world-renowned immunologist Dr. H. Hugh

Fudenberg found that adults vaccinated yearly for five years in a

row with the flu vaccine had a 10-fold increased risk of developing

Alzheimer's disease. He attributes this to the mercury and aluminum

in the vaccine. Interestingly, both of these metals have been shown

to activate microglia and increase excitotoxicity in the brain.

 

 

Direct Effect of the Cytokines

 

 

Various cytokines have been used to treat cancer patients as well as

other common diseases.

 

 

Studies of the effects of these cytokines on brain function reveal

some very close parallels to the diseases we have been discussing.

For a more in-depth study of these effects I suggest you read my

article appearing in the Journal of the American Nutriceutical

Association (volume 6 [fall], Number 4, 2003, pp 21-35) and in the

summer issue 2004 of the Journal of the American Association of

Physicians and Surgeons.

 

 

One can see:

 

 

Confusion

Language difficulties

Disorientation

Seizures

Memory problems

Somnolence

Low-grade fevers

Irritability

Mood alterations

Combativeness

Difficulty concentrating

A host of other behavioral problems

 

 

In the child, brain immune over-activation has been shown to be

particularly damaging to the amygdala and other limbic structures of

the brain. This can lead to unusual syndromes such as the loss

of " theory of mind " and " Alice in Wonderland syndrome. " It has also

been shown to damage the executive functions of the frontal lobes.

 

 

In essence, what is lost is that which makes us social human beings,

able to function in a complex world of ideas and interactions.

 

 

Several studies have indeed shown elevated levels of cytokines in

autistic children. It is also interesting to note that these

cytokines, especially interleukin-1ß and tumor necrosis factor-alpha

(TNF-a) dramatically increase the damage produced by excitotoxins.

So, what we see is a viscous cycle of immune activation, excitotoxin

and cytokine excretion, and free radical production. The latter

starts the cycle all over again.

 

 

The Role of Autoimmunity and Viral Persistence

 

 

Studies in autistic children have shown that a state of immune

attack on the brain is occurring. Similar findings are seen with

neurodegenerative diseases and the Gulf War Syndrome. It must be

appreciated that this autoimmunity was triggered by the vaccinations

and by organisms contaminating the vaccinations. Once started, the

immune reaction cannot stop, thus triggering all the destructive

reactions I have discussed.

 

 

Dr. Garth Nicolson has shown a direct connection between mycoplasma

contamination of vaccines and the 200 percent increased incidence of

ALS in Gulf War veterans. The disorder is produced by the same

mechanism described above.

 

 

Another, even more common, problem is the use of live viruses in

vaccines. The reason live viruses can be used is that they are

weakened by passing them through a series of cultures--a process

called attenuation. These attenuated, non-disease-causing viruses

are then injected in hopes of stimulating the body to produce an

immune attack.

 

 

The problem with this idea is two-fold.

 

 

First, we now know that in far too many cases these viruses escape

the immune system and take up residence in the body--for a lifetime.

A recent autopsy study of elderly individuals found that 20 percent

of the brains contained live measles viruses and 45 percent of the

other organs contained live measles viruses. Similar findings have

been described in autistic children and the measles virus is

identical genetically to the one used in the vaccine.

 

 

The second problem is that most of these viruses were found to be

highly mutated. In fact, different mutations were found among

viruses in various organs in the same individual.

 

 

This has been a secret kept from the public.

 

 

These attenuated viruses undergo mutation brought on by the presence

of free radicals in the tissues and organs and they can mutate into

virulent, disease-causing organisms. Recent studies have confirmed

this frightening finding. In fact, a large percentage of Alzheimer's

disease patients have live viruses in their brain as compared to

normal individuals.

 

 

Once these live viruses are injected, they cannot be removed.

Because the viruses stay in the body, they will be under constant

free radical exposure, which can increase during times of stress,

illness, exercise and with aging. It is the free radicals that cause

the virus to mutate.

 

 

In essence, the viruses can exist in the brain, or any organ, either

silently and slowly producing destruction of the brain or spinal

cord or producing sudden disease once the virus mutates to a highly

lethal form.

 

 

Conclusions

 

 

We have seen that the policy of giving numerous vaccinations to

individuals, especially infants and small children, is shear idiocy.

 

 

A considerable number of studies have shown conclusively that such a

practice can lead to severe injury to the brain by numerous

mechanisms. Because the child's brain is undergoing a period of

rapid growth from the third trimester of pregnancy until age 2

years, his or her brain is at considerable risk from this insane

policy.

 

 

We have also seen that live-virus vaccines and contaminated vaccines

hold a special risk in that the viruses tend to persist in a

substantial number of individuals and that free radicals can cause

the latent viruses to transform by genetic mutation into disease-

causing organisms later in life.

 

 

It is vital that anyone scheduled for vaccination follow a schedule

that allows no more than one vaccine every six months, allowing the

immune system time to recover.

 

 

Live-virus vaccines should be avoided.

 

 

This was recently illustrated by the switch from the live polio

vaccine to the killed virus. All cases of polio after the

introduction of the vaccine, in the developed world, came from the

vaccine itself. This was known from the beginning.

 

 

Finally, it is vital that anyone undergoing vaccination should start

nutritional supplementation and adhere to a healthy diet before

vaccination occurs. Vaccine complications are far fewer in

individuals with good nutrition.

 

 

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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

This is a highly informative article from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a

board-certified neurosurgeon and author of the highly recommended

Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills. If you know someone with a young

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