vaccines----FRANK!

May 23, 2004

FRANK I READ YOUR POSTS AND YOU ARE SO IMFORMATIVE on things

so i have a question---it might be stupid but i still wonder

aabout it------i have a 44 year old son dying with 2 rare

diseases----vasculitis is the one that is killing him but he

has cryogloblemia also both rare autoimmune diseases its

really surprising how many doctors all over world dont even know

what they are we had to go 500 miles to VMC in va

after 3 years of local doctors to find this

out-----question----the vaccines that my 5 kids got when they

were from about 6 months to ??what maybe 8--9?? were

live vaccines at that time----all kids got diseases---mumps

different kinds of measles etc----this son NEVER got any of these

diseases and of course we all lived together----and then about

4-5 years ago he started having problems-----and they just kept

escalating into these hideous autoimmune problems----could there

possibly be any link after all those years???? just wondering

maryann

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" Frank " <califpacific

<alternative_medicine_forum >

Saturday, May 22, 2004 9:59 PM

(Repost) Vaccines are Killers!!

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Vaccines are Killers!!

What They Dont 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 (Parkinsons

disease, Alzheimers 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

manufacturersâ?T 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 brainâ?Ts

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 Parkinsonâ'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 hâ?o Alice

in Wonderland syndrome.â? 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-1ÃY 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.

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 child

or newborn, forwarding them this article could help them to make an informed

decision about whether or not to vaccinate.

An essential resource for anyone interested in protecting their health and

the health of their loved ones is Vaccines: What CDC Documents and Science

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Tenpenny. The video is the culmination of Dr. Tenpenny's three-year

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How vaccines can cause illnesses including autoimmune diseases, allergies,

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The very real link between vaccines and developmental learning and

behavioral disorders in children

How vaccines have never been proven safe

The ingredients and contaminants in vaccines and why they're detrimental to

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May 24, 2004

Dear Maryann,

Thank you for the compliment, but I am not particularly well educated about

health or alternative medicine.

I am just a guy like millions of others who have had some terrible experiences

in dealing with the industrial

medical/pharmacuetical/chemical/petroleum/political/government complex. It was a

terrible price to pay for the small amount of education that I received.

I probably more others cannot recall all the facts, figures and whatevers of

all the information but I think that I have learned the basic concepts of real

health but for anything specific I usually have to do some research about

anything concerning alternative health or the damages caused by allopathic

treatments. I think that is what is the most important. To understand the whole

and then just look up the details as I need them.

I am sorry to hear about your son and his health problems. I cannot tell you

even where to look for this type of information that might help.

It would be very very hard to determine exactly what caused his problems. It

would be very hard for a team of world class scientists to ever figure it out.

There are so may things in our lives today that can hurt us that they are

almost too numerous to count.

We encounter thousands of toxic poisons in our foods, water, air, soils, homes,

products, jobs, etc. Most of these are there because we do not have any control

over most of them. The corporate interests dominate and corrupt the political

process to the point that we are pretty much just cannon fodder for their

commercial designs.

Corporate interests dominate the food, water, medicne, land, trade,

merchandising, etc. areas of our lives. We eat what they want us to eat. We

drink things that make them money. We work because we have to even if it is in a

job that is unhealthy. We work all the time and have little time for eating the

best things and no time to really prepare a good meal. We eat junk because that

is what is mainly avalable to us and the way that things are coerces us to do

so.

About 50 years ago, one person in a family worked and supported the other

members. One stayed home and prepared meals, took care of the household and the

minor children. It had been that way for a very long time. We didn't go to the

doctor from one year to the next. Most treatments were administered by doctor

" Mom " . That changed to it being required that two people worked to bring about

the necessary income to maintain that same household. But at the cost of time

and health. Now today, many families require that more are needed to work to buy

the house, feed everyone, cover the expenses, etc. This has not all happened by

accident. Most of it is because of political design, decisions and direction.

That same political direction no longer makes it's decisions on what is good for

the citizens, but what is good for the powerfull money interests of

international corporations and the extremely wealthy people who control them. We

are being shifted by these interests all the time. The powerfull want that most

people earn little, pay high for everything, have no real control over their

lives and stay uninformaed.

When we live that way. We get sick. We then are almost always forced to go to

the politically correct medical sytem to enhance the bottom line of those same

interests that contol most of the other things in our lives. Those interests see

the sick as just another cash cow to be utilized to the fullest. We get

treatments / pharmacueticals, etc. that don't cure, but sure make money on the

corporate scale. They will suck any money out of us that they can and probably

damage us more in the process but that wasn't important to them anyway. It just

makes for more customers for Medicine Inc and more profits. If everyone were

well, they would be very unhappy people.

We like to think that we are making our own choices but we are usually making

our choices from the limited ones we are allowed by the system designed for us.

To try and live outside that system will usually result in severe hardships. It

is very difficult to fight the entrenched, moneyed politically connected

interests. We shop at WalMart. We eat at McDonalds. We work at the company

store. Most people are now sick with one thing or another. We go to Medicine

incorporated to get treated. Try and change any of that and it becomes very

difficult.

We are deluded to think that we live in democracies when we really live in

olegarcies (sp., I plead brain damage). The moneyed interests determine what we

do in life. How we live etc. If you think that they do not dominate our society,

just look at what is important in our society and what it's resources are used

for.

Turn on any television in the USA and all you see are commercials, commercials,

commercials. Go anywhere in the USA and someone or something is there trying to

sell you something. They intrude into our homes by mail, telephone, newspapers,

TV, radio, etc on a constant basis. We are nothing but the serfs to be worked,

kept uneducated from most things real while at the same time filling us with

propaganda, used in anyway possible to make a buck from birth to death and after

death really. We don't have lives anymore, we have financial obligations that

keep us on the treadmill of a designed life. And the powerfull interest will use

anything to keep us there. If we start to waver, they will manipulate us by

bring out the flag, God, or whatever works to keep us in line with what is good

for them.

We are all being poisoned everyday by our societies, our governments, our

medical treatments and our corporations. Which one of those thousands and

thousands of chemicals in our foods, vaccines, air, water, jobs, homes, cities,

farms, soils, rivers, oceans etc. cause what illness in most of us would be

anyones guess. And that is just the way that the powers that be like it.

my hearfelt appologizes for not answering your question and I sympathize for you

and your son.

Frank

Maryann Call <wocall wrote: