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A
New Look at the Vaccine Question
by
Richard H. Pitcairn, D.V.M., Ph.D., Animal Natural Health
Center, Eugene Oregon
http://www.geocities.com/~lyncamp/vaccinequestion.html
What we are going to do, in this presentation, is look at the
question of vaccinations in four aspects. First, I want to tell
you how my clinical experience led me to understand that
vaccination was important, in a causative sense, in many of my
cases. Second, we will look at the homeopathic perspective on
chronic vaccine disease, or vaccinosis. Third, I wish to present
some ideas on how vaccinosis may manifest in the dog and cat.
Fourth, we will consider the question of the efficacy of
vaccinations — do they really do what they are purported to
do?
We are looking at this question, also, from my perspective as
a practitioner of homeopathic medicine, not from the allopathic
model that assumes vaccines to be useful and safe with
occasional aberrations. Most of us are aware that vaccine-caused
diseases — such as immune disorders, bleeding problems, tumor
formation — are recently receiving attention from the
allopathic community. However, the premise that these are
exceptions to a basically safe procedure is not the same
viewpoint as that which I am presenting to you today.
Introduction
My understanding of
the importance of vaccination in animal diseases gradually
developed over several years. I began homeopathic practice
without considering vaccination as a factor of special
importance. So, what I did was to consider the totality of
symptoms in the case and choose the remedy which seemed to be
the similimum based on that picture. This is classical
homeopathic procedure and, ordinarily, one which would be
effective. However, there were a significant number of cases
that would not react curatively. Though there was improvement in
some respects, nonetheless, a cure was not forthcoming.
Eventually, through following the case over a period of time,
the image of the remedy Thuya would emerge — which when
administered would resolve the case which had been so difficult.
What, then, is the significance of Thuya as a remedy? Thuya
is the most important remedy to be used for that state induced
by vaccination. Other remedies noted to have this correspondence
are Sulphur, Mezereum, Malandrinum, Sarsaparilla, Carcinosin,
and Silicea among others. Malandrinum and Carcinosin are
interesting remedies because both are nosodes — the former
from horses with "grease heel" and the latter from a
cancerous discharge from a human being. Thuya, Mezereum, and
Sarsaparilla are vegetable remedies — Thuya from the Arbor
vitae tree, Mezereum is known as Spurge olive, and Sarsaparilla
an herbal medicine. Sulphur, the element and Silicea, which is
silicon dioxide or quartz are mineral remedies. Thus we have
representations from all the major remedy classes. It gradually
dawned on me that the underlying problem in some of my difficult
cases was a state of illness that had been induced by
vaccination. So, rather than simply use a totality of symptoms
to choose my prescription, I found it more effective to
emphasize the rubric "Vaccination, effects of" almost
to the exclusion of other remedies. In this way, I was able to
make progress in some very frustrating clinical situations.
Let me give you a few recent cases that demonstrate the
usefulness of Thuya.
Case 1: Jack: ten month old DSH, male cat. Ill since
first obtained as a stray kitten about 12 weeks old. Symptoms
primarily fever, diarrhea and vomiting. Associated symptoms were
red gums, retained baby teeth, offensive breath, thirst, swollen
cervical lymph nodes, craving for strange foods (cinnamon rolls,
persimmons), blood at end of penis, licking genitals, dragging
bottom on floor, and very strong-smelling urine. When neutered
at age seven months, he developed fever, fear of noise,
trembling, warm head, dilated pupils, pale gums with red line
along the teeth, loss of appetite, craving for plastic,
cardboard boxes and house plants, extraordinary hysterical fear
on being allowed outside, dry stools with constipation,
prolapsed third eyelids, crying in pain before passing a fluid
stool, and vomiting any water drunk. Several homeopathic
remedies were given during this illness with sometimes definite
improvement, almost to normal. However, the condition always
recurred and the previous remedy would then not be effective.
Based on the symptoms of chronic diarrhea of offensive stools,
with lots of gas causing sputtering sounding stool, and crying
in pain before urinating — this cat was given Thuya 30C.
Client reported almost immediate improvement with return to
"97% himself" within a few hours. He has continued to
be free of most of these symptoms since this one treatment with
Thuya.
Case 2: Jerri, 3 and 1/2 year old mixed chow dog.
Afflicted with sarcoptic mange and recurrent ear infections for
2 and 1/2 years. Treated allopathically without resolution of
the problem (Mitaban and Paramine dips, immune system
stimulants, bacterial extracts, etc.). Skin condition
characterized by itching, hair loss, thickened dark skin, red
irritated skin involving primarily the feet, lower legs, around
the eyes, abdomen, top of the head, inside both ears. Patient
has also become timid & cautious with the other dogs.
Condition markedly ameliorated by a dose of Thuya 1M with
regrowth of hair, normalization of appearance of the skin,
reduction of ear inflammation, and return of normal personality
and behavior.
Condition recurred, in milder form, one year later (after use
of homeopathic nosodes for disease protection) and was resolved
by one dose of Thuya 10M.
Case 3: Monster, 7 year old DSH, tiger stripe. Chronic
diarrhea for 1 and 1/2 years with 1- 3 bowel movements a day.
Very offensive diarrhea with a lot of gas being passed. Thuya
200C, one dose, resulted in marked improvement, with a perfectly
formed stool within three weeks.
Case 4: Mei-Ling: six months old, female Sharpei dog
imported to Brazil from Kansas. Never well since first obtained,
now is diagnosed with a seborrhea (biopsy) and skin fungal
infection. The skin is dark, itchy, with red, scaly spots. These
lesions spread rapidly over most of the body. Client says the
puppy was normal until receiving "puppy shots". She
began to lose hair all over, especially from flanks and front
legs and on the back near the tail. Treated with oral
anti-fungal drug and two ointments without improvement. No
effect from treatment with Sulfur 6X; temporary improvement with
Rhus toxicodendron 200; rapid recovery after Thuya 200. Change
for the better was very rapid with hair growing in faster than
ever seen before with this dog. Another dose of Thuya 200 needed
three months later, after exposure to plaster and chemicals used
in refinishing a room. Other remedies were needed, months later,
for some lingering minor symptoms, but Thuya clearly turned this
case around.
You can see from these cases that progress was dependent on
use of Thuya, the anti-vaccine remedy. Though this was not
necessarily the final remedy for these patients, it seemed to be
a necessary prescription. It is as if vaccinations have the
ability to block response to a constitutional remedy, an
obstacle that must be dealt with before cure can be underway.
Homeopathic Discovery
of Vaccinosis
Of course, this
"discovery", which was actually more the re-invention
of the wheel, prompted me to search the homeopathic literature
for information about the relation of vaccination to disease.
The most important source on this phenomenon is the book
Vaccinosis and Its Cure by Thuja with Remarks on
Homeoprophylaxis by J. Compton Burnett, M.D. The first
edition of this book appeared in London in March 1884.
It is here that vaccination is first clearly described as a
chronic disease. The effect of vaccination, besides the physical
effects of stimulating an antibody response, is to establish a
chronic disease — one that is long-lasting, indeed, in some
cases a life-long, condition.
Burnett refers to the chronic disease that results from
vaccination by the name Vaccinosis. So, we will adhere, in this
discussion, to the same convention. Vaccinosis is to be
understood as the disturbance of the vital force by vaccination
that results in mental, emotional, and physical changes that
can, in some cases, be a permanent condition.
Burnett gives several cases that demonstrate this. Several of
them are in infants and children, showing the profound effects
of vaccination on the growing organism. However, I wish to
emphasize the long-standing effects of vaccination so will
mention a couple of example cases to you.
Case 1: A woman, of about age 50, suffered greatly for 20
years from a condition of terrible pain in the eyes. The attacks
of pain were so severe, that she would be confined to bed for
days at a time and for some periods as long as six weeks. In
spite of many examinations and treatments by allopathic doctors,
no relief was forthcoming. The patient was confined to a
darkened room, her head bound, and crying from the pain. These
attacks were always preceded by what seemed to be
"flu" and the frequency of these episodes was such
that she was confined to her room about half of every year.
As this patient had been extensively vaccinated, the use of
Thuya as a remedy was used by Burnett. Thuya, has a type of
cephalgia similar to that described by the patient and, indeed,
use of Thuya 30C successfully resolved the condition in six
weeks. A follow-up in one year showed that the cure held.
Case 2: A young woman, 19 years of age, suffered from
severe headaches for nine years. The attacks were characterized
by a pain in the back of the head as if it were being squeezed
in a vice with throbbing of the head as if it would burst. These
attacks occurred once or twice a week. Associated symptoms were
habitual constipation, poor appetite, a tendency towards styes,
eruption of boils, cold feet, easily made motion-sick, tendency
to faint, skin sensitive to wind which become rough with cracks
forming in the lips. The patient had been vaccinated against
smallpox at three months of age, seven years of age, and again
at fourteen years. In spite of this vaccination, she had
actually come down with smallpox at age 10! She was treated with
Thuya, in low potency, over a period of several months and was
eventually cured of her symptoms. A two year follow-up confirmed
the stability of the cure.
Many other cases are
described in Burnett’s little book. Lest you think that only
head pain is the outcome of vaccinosis, let me hasten to give
brief descriptions of some of the others.
• Wasting away (marasmus)
of an infant being nursed by a recently vaccinated mother.
• Several cases of
skin eruptions, pimples, ringworm.
• Enlarged cervical
lymphatic glands and unhealthy lungs tending towards
tuberculosis.
• Loss of hair, in
patches, on the face of men.
• Unusual
susceptibility to influenza and general ill-health.
• Facial acne and
nasal dermatitis.
• Diseased
finger-nails.
• Chronic vertigo.
• Paralysis and
muscular weakness.
• Very painful
spine, with weakness, inflammation, twitchings, etc.
• Hand cramps and
enlargement of the spleen.
• Insufficient
growth in children with paralysis on one-half of the face.
These cases and others, in subsequent books, began to present
to the homeopathic community the nature of vaccinosis. Indeed,
it was possible, from these cases for Burnett to declare
vaccinosis a variant of the sycosis miasm. As you will already
know, sycosis is characterized by affections of the skin, the
lymphatics, the immune system, susceptibility to fungal
infections, susceptibility to cold, damp weather, arthritis,
affections of the blood, and many other symptoms of this sort.
Most importantly, it is typical of the sycotic miasm, and
therefore of vaccinosis, to develop growths of all types —
cysts, polyps, warts, tumors and cancers.
Some of Burnett’s other books, especially Tumors of the
Breast and their Treatment and Cure by Medicines, Curability of
Tumors by Medicines, and Delicate, Backward, Puny and
Stunted Children especially bring out some of the variety
inherent in vaccinosis and the tremendous damage it can do once
established.
One more thing I will mention before leaving the subject of
Burnett’s work. This is his interesting observation that the
person that is most susceptible to contracting the disease being
vaccinated against is more likely to die when they do come in
contact with it. In other words, rather than protecting some
individuals as planned, it actually makes them more susceptible.
The vaccination having created a chronic disease ahead of time,
can predispose the patient to a more serious natural illness
which combines with the established vaccinosis.
As we shall see later in this presentation, there is evidence
that this is what has happened in vaccinated populations. Does
this extend our understanding of vaccinosis? We can expand our
definition to say that vaccinosis is the establishment of,
instead of the acute natural disease, a chronic condition which
now has the time to develop a multitude of manifestations not
ordinarily seen. Another way of saying this is that the process
of laboratory modification of a viral disease to make a
vaccination strain is the conversion of the disease from acute
to chronic. The virus has been changed so that its natural
tendency to arouse a strong response it gone. Instead it can be
introduced into the body in a form that does not elicit much of
a reaction. The result is the establishment of a chronic disease
that has never been seen before in clinical practice. To
illustrate what I mean by this, I would like to briefly discuss
aspects of three of these vaccine diseases — chronic canine
distemper, chronic rabies, and chronic feline panleukopenia.
Chronic Canine
Distemper
Canine distemper, a very old disease of
dogs, is well known in its clinical manifestation. According to The
Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals,1
the major symptoms are:
•
Watery discharge from eyes and nose.
•
Conjunctivitis, with discharge (eventually purulent).
•
Vomiting and diarrhea, loss of appetite.
•
Watery feces, mixed with mucous, offensive and often bloody
feces; intense malaise, loss of weight, and death.
•
Severe, fetid diarrhea.
•
Spasms, fits, epileptiform seizures.
•
Paralysis.
•
Eruption around the mouth where hair meets the naked skin of the
lips.
•
Swelling of the feet, red footpads.
•
Pneumonia.
•
Eruptions on the skin of pustules, on the abdomen, inside the
thighs, and elsewhere.
•
Emaciation.
What I am suggesting to you is that, because of repeated
vaccination, the acute disease of canine distemper has changed
form to appear as a variety of chronic diseases. In the table
below, the acute form of the disease (on the left) has become
the chronic (or new acute) disease on the right:
| Acute
Form of Canine Distemper |
Chronic/New
Acute |
| Watery
discharge of eyes and nose. |
Tendency
for watery fluid to drip from the nose. |
|
Conjunctivitis. |
Chronic
conjunctivitis, eye discharge.
Entropion. |
|
Vomiting,
diarrhea and loss of appetite. Chronic gastritis,
hepatitis, pancreatitis, appetite disorders.
Watery
feces, mixed with mucous, offensive and often bloody
feces; intense malaise, loss of weight, and death.
Severe,
fetid diarrhea. |
Parvovirus.
Recurrent
diarrhea.
Sensitivity
to foods with resultant diarrhea. |
|
Spasms,
fits, epileptiform seizures.
Paralysis. |
Epilepsy;
rear leg paralysis.
Spondylitis. |
|
Eruption
around the mouth where hair meets the naked skin of the
lips. |
Lip
fold dermatitis.
Allergies. |
|
Swelling
of the feet, red footpads. |
Habit
of licking the feet; eruptions between the toes,
inflammation and swelling of the toes & bottoms of
the feet; interdigital dermatitis.
Allergies. |
|
Pneumonia. |
Kennel
cough.
Chronic
bronchitis. |
|
Eruptions
on the skin of pustules — on the abdomen, inside the
thighs, and elsewhere. |
Chronic
skin eruptions involving abdomen, inside thighs, and
generally lower half of the body.
Allergies. |
| Emaciation. |
Failure
to thrive; abnormally thin condition. |
What I am suggesting here is that the original disease,
Distemper, has been, for the most part, replaced by Distemper Vaccinosis,
a chronic disease of great variety. This chronic disease also
creates a susceptibility to new acute forms of distemper like
parvovirus. Because by its nature, chronic disease is more
developed than an acute disease, the many ramifications of this
condition have been given new names from the mistaken idea that
they are different and distinct diseases.
Chronic Rabies
Let’s now consider Rabies in the same
way. Some of the symptoms of rabies are known to be (similar for
dogs and cats)2,3:
•
Restlessness, uneasiness, apprehensiveness and a developing
viciousness.This is most apt to be manifested toward strangers.
•
Dogs normally affectionate may hide away and shun company.
•
Dogs normally independent may become unusually attentive and
affectionate (an expression of anxiety).
•
Desire to travel away from home for long distances.
•
If restrained, it will chew viciously on metal chains or
anything used to restrain or confine it.
•
The dog may inflict severe bite wounds on itself.
•
Strange cries and hoarse howls (partial paralysis of the vocal
cords).
•
No interest in food.
•
Unable to swallow because of paralysis of muscles of
deglutition.
•
Eyes staring with dilation of the pupils.
•
Unable to close the eyes; cornea becomes dry and dull.
•
Hanging down of the lower jaw.
•
Swallows pieces of wood, stones, its own fecal material and
other foreign bodies.
•
Destruction of blankets, towels, clothing.
•
Convulsive seizures.
•
Muscular incoordination.
•
Agonizing pain and constriction in the throat; spasms of the
throat.
•
Increased sexual desire; satyriasis, nymphomania; attempted
rape.
•
Inflammation of the heart muscle; disturbed heart function,
irregular rhythm, heart rate too slow or too fast; heart
failure.
•
Periods of excitement and jerky breathing; cluster breathing.
Now let’s consider
how this acute disease has, through vaccination, become a
variety of "new" ailments:
| Acute
Form of Rabies |
Chronic/New
Acute |
|
Restlessness,
uneasiness, apprehensiveness and a developing
viciousness. This is most apt to be manifested toward
strangers. |
Restless
nature; suspicious of others, unfriendly to other dogs,
vicious to other animals, desire to kill.
Aggression
and mistrust of strangers, especially people in
uniforms. |
|
Dogs
normally affectionate may hide away and shun company. |
Change
of behavior to aloofness; from affectionate to
unaffectionate. |
|
Dogs
normally independent may become unusually attentive and
affectionate. |
Clingy
behavior, fear to be left alone. Follows owner from room
to room. Wants physical contact. |
|
Desire
to travel away from home for long distances. |
Tendency
to escape confinement and to roam. |
| If
restrained, it will chew viciously on metal chains or
anything that is used to restrain or confine it. |
Attempt
at restraint results in hysterical, violent behavior.
Resistance can be so extreme as to cause self-injury. |
|
The
dog may inflict severe bite wounds on itself. |
Self-mutilation;
tail-chewing, chewing off toes or a foot (seen in severe
allergic or nervous diseases). |
|
Strange
cries and hoarse howls (partial paralysis of the vocal
cords). |
Changed
voice; hoarseness.
Excessive
tendency to bark or be vocal. |
| No
interest in food. |
Chronic
poor appetite; very particular about food; finicky. |
|
Unable
to swallow because of paralysis of muscles of
deglutition. Hanging down of the lower jaw. |
Paralysis
(or partial paralysis) of mouth, tongue or throat;
sloppy eaters or drinkers; tendency to drool or lose
saliva. |
| Eyes
staring with dilation of the pupils. |
Loss
of sight, cataract formation, visual defects. |
|
Unable
to close the eyes; cornea becomes dry and dull. |
Keratitis
sicca, "dry eye". |
|
Swallows
pieces of wood, stones, its own fecal material and other
foreign bodies. |
Habit
of eating wood, stones, sticks, earth.
Excessive
desire to eat stool (their own or other animals). |
| Destruction
of blankets, towels, clothing. |
Destructive
behavior and shredding of blankets or bedding. |
|
Convulsive
seizures.
Muscular
incoordination. |
Seizures,
epilepsy, chorea, twitches, etc.
Ataxia. |
|
Agonizing
pain and constriction in the throat; spasms of the
throat. |
Psychomotor
seizure syndrome. |
|
Increased
sexual desire; satyriasis, nymphomania; attempted rape. |
Increased
sexual desire, even in neutered males; humping; sexual
aggression. |
|
Inflammation
of the heart muscle; disturbed heart function, irregular
rhythm, heart rate too slow or too fast; heart failure. |
Irregular
pulse; heart failure. |
|
Periods
of excitement and jerky breathing; cluster breathing. |
"Reverse"
sneezing attacks. |
| 2
Ibid, pp. 771-772. 3 Colin Kaplan, ed.. 1977. Rabies
— The Facts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.
38-44. |
These symptoms of
rabies vaccinosis are not familiar to us because, until vaccines
were widely employed, we never saw rabies in a chronic form in
our patients. Even now, these effects of rabies’ vaccination
are generally unrecognized even though follow-up of changes in
dog temperaments and physical condition after rabies’
vaccination will readily confirm this.
Chronic Feline Panleukopenia
The third, and final, disease we are to consider is Feline
Panleukopenia. The symptoms of this dread disease are:
•
Lassitude.
•
Inappetance.
•
Fever.
•
Rough, unkempt coat.
•
Indifference to owner or surroundings.
•
Rapid weight loss.
•
Dehydration.
•
Vomiting.
•
Profuse, watery, diarrhea (often blood-tinged).
•
Mucopurulent discharges from the eyes and nose.
The changes to a chronic disease condition are shown in this
table:
| Acute
Form of Feline Panleukopenia |
Chronic/New
Acute |
| Lassitude;
indifference to owner or surroundings. |
Lazy
cats, not active, lie around most of the time. |
| Inappetance. |
Appetite
problems, finicky, not wanting to eat well. |
| Fever. |
Chronic
fever, for weeks, with few symptoms except for cervical
gland enlargements. |
| Rough,
unkempt coat. |
Poor
groomers (or cats that never groom). |
| Dehydration. |
Chronic
dehydration leading to cystitis and bladder calculus
formation; chronic interstitial nephritis. |
| Rapid
weight loss. |
Emaciation;
thin, "skeletal" cats.
Hyperthyroidism. |
| Vomiting;
profuse, watery, diarrhea (often blood-tinged). |
Inflammatory
bowel disease. |
| Mucopurulent
discharges from the eyes and nose. |
Chronic
upper respiratory infections; sinusitis. |
| 4
Ibid, p. 858 |
Feline leukemia, in the primary stage, is characterized by
fever, malaise, anorexia, lymphadenopathy, leukopenia, anemia,
and thrombocytopenia.5
Thus, in many ways, chronic panleukopenia looks like
feline leukemia. It is like the acute syndrome of panleukopenia
stretched out in time to so that it becomes chronic.
Probably, by this point, many of you are wondering what I can
mean about panleukopenia (or any of these diseases) becoming a
chronic disease like feline leukemia. I am speaking from the
homeopathic perspective that understands that every being,
including viruses, have a vital force. This vital force, which
is the life force or chi, is what is the energetic pattern that
develops and maintains the physical form. It is a downstream
flow of information from the energetic to the physical. When
this physical aspect is changed or blocked, as happens when the
chronic vaccine disease is established, then the life force
behind the disease manifests itself in a different way. These new
forms, we give new names.
We haven’t really eliminated anything by vaccination, we
have just changed its shape. I picked these three diseases
for discussion because of their importance to dogs and cats who
have suffered from them for thousands of years. They would seem
to have a susceptibility to these diseases that has never been
satisfied. Now, with the extension of these diseases into a
chronic form with vaccination, the influence of these diseases
on the dog and cat species has never been so great as today.
Are Vaccines
Effective?
The last thing I want
to consider in this discussion is the larger question — are
vaccines really effective? To answer this question is more
difficult than it would seem at first. We don’t really have a
system for tabulating the incidence of the common diseases of
dogs and cats, for example. There are figures for some of the
reportable diseases of livestock, but the rapid turnover of
these animals makes long term studies almost impossible.
However, what we can do is kind of a reverse process of what we
usually find ourselves doing as veterinarians. Instead of using
animals to study human disease, let’s use human disease to
answer our question. There are statistics for the common human
diseases and we can use these to answer our question about the
efficacy of vaccinations.
Smallpox
Let’s start our
evaluation with smallpox which was the disease for which Jenner
developed his method of vaccination in 1796.6
There are two things of interest around this time of
Jenner’s early work. First is that James Phipps, the
eight-year-old boy initially vaccinated by Jenner in 1796, was
re-vaccinated 20 times, and died at the age of twenty. Second,
Jenner’s own son, who was also vaccinated more than once, died
at the age of twenty-one. Both succumbed to tuberculosis, a
condition that some researchers have linked to the smallpox
vaccine. It is apparent that from the beginning, doctors were
confused about the question of vaccine protection. They thought
that because the specific syndrome of smallpox did not appear
that the vaccine was effective. They did not see that the
overall level of health of the boys receiving the vaccine was
equally an indicator of vaccine effectiveness. Another thing of
importance to understand in evaluating the significance of
smallpox vaccination is that smallpox and other communicable
diseases were declining before vaccination programs were
enforced. This may be attributed to the sanitation reforms and
nutritional teachings instituted around the mid-1800’s as much
as to the vaccination programs as these other communicable
diseases, for which there was no vaccination, were also
declining at the same rate. The interesting thing, however, is
that the incidence of smallpox actually increased once
vaccination programs were instituted. In Jenner’s time, there
were only a few hundred cases of smallpox in England. After more
than fifteen years of mandatory vaccinations, in 1870 and 1871
alone more than 23,000 people died from the disease. Later, in
Japan, nearly 29,000 people died in just seven years under a
stringent compulsory vaccination and re-vaccination program.
This increase in smallpox deaths was associated with a
noticeable lack of protection — not the best combination of
events. For example, in Germany, over 124,000 people died of
smallpox during the same epidemic. All had been vaccinated.
Additionally, (unaltered) hospital records consistently show
that about 90 percent of all smallpox cases occurred after the
individual was vaccinated. This lack of efficacy and increase in
disease incidence, while other communicable diseases were
declining, led to the refusal of smallpox vaccination by some
countries. This resulted in a drop of the incidence of the
disease that is quite remarkable. In Australia, when two
children died from their smallpox shots, the government
terminated compulsory vaccinations. As a result, smallpox
virtually disappeared in that country (three cases in fifteen
years). When England began to reject vaccination, then the
incidence of smallpox deaths decreased accordingly.7
Polio
This is another
disease for which people assume that vaccination has made a
great difference in incidence. However, let’s look more
closely at the facts.8 From
1923 to 1953, before the Salk killed-virus vaccine was
introduced, the polio death rate in the United States and
England had already declined on its own by 47% and 55%
respectively. Statistics show a similar decline in other
European countries as well.9 When
the vaccine became available, many European countries questioned
its effectiveness and refused to systematically inoculate their
citizens. Yet, polio epidemics also ended in these countries as
well. Additionally, as with smallpox vaccine, the number of
reported cases of polio following mass inoculations with
the killed-virus vaccine was significantly greater than before
mass inoculations.10 Though
these facts are readily available, the mass vaccination against
polio has continued with the result that most of the cases of
this dread disease are now attributed to the vaccine. In 1976,
Dr. Jonas Salk testified that the live-virus vaccine, used
almost exclusively in the United States since the early
1960’s, was "the principle if not the sole cause" of
all reported polio cases in the United States since 1961.
The Federal Centers for Disease Control recently (Feb. 1992)
admitted that the live-virus vaccine has become the dominant
cause of polio in the United States today. According to CDC
figures, 87% of all cases of polio between 1973 and 1983 were
caused by the vaccine. More recently, from 1980 through 1989, every
case of polio in the U.S. was caused by the vaccine. During
this same time period, three of the five people that caught
polio during foreign travel were previously vaccinated against
the disease.
Measles11
Measles is an
especially interesting disease for us to look at because of its
close similarity to canine distemper. The measles vaccine was
introduced in 1963, yet in the United States and England, from
1915 to 1958, a greater than 95 percent decline in the measles
death rate had already occurred.12
In addition, the death rate from measles in the
mid-1970’s (which was several years post-vaccine) remained
exactly the same as in the early 1960’s (pre-vaccine), e.g.,
.03 deaths per 100,000. Once again, the efficacy of vaccination
in prevention of this disease has not been established.
According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization,
chances are 14 times greater that measles will be contracted by
those vaccinated against the disease than those who are left
alone. According to Dr. Atkinson of the CDC, "measles
transmission has been clearly documented among vaccinated
persons. In some large outbreaks.... over 95 percent of cases
have a history of vaccination..."
In addition, of all reported cases of measles in the U.S. in
1984, more than 58 percent of the school age children were
"adequately" vaccinated.
In 1985, the federal government reported 1,984
non-preventable cases of measles. But 80 percent of these
so-called "non-preventable" cases occurred in people
who had been properly vaccinated. More recent outbreaks continue
to occur throughout the country, sometimes among 100 percent
vaccinated populations.
In spite of the evidence for lack of efficacy of this vaccine
it is still strongly promoted. This continued use of a useless
vaccine, however, is not without its price. It has been
determined that the measles vaccine may cause ataxia, learning
disability, retardation, aseptic meningitis, seizure disorders,
paralysis and death. It has also been investigated as a possible
cause of or cofactor for multiple sclerosis, Reye’s syndrome,
Guillain-Barre syndrome, blood clotting disorders, and
juvenile-onset diabetes. Another additional harmful effect is
that the disease has changed form, and now affects primarily a
different age group. The peak incidence of measles no longer
occurs in children, but in adolescents and young adults. The
risk of complications of pneumonia (3%) and liver abnormality
(20%) have increased as a result.
Also, before the vaccine was introduced, it was extremely
rare for an infant to contract measles. However by 1993
more than 25 percent of all measles cases were occurring in
babies under a year of age. CDC anticipates a worsening of this
situation and attributes it to the growing number of mothers who
were vaccinated during the last 30 years and therefore have no
natural immunity to pass on to their children. The implications
for our having changed the natural disease into this new form
are immense.
Whooping Cough
(Pertussis)14
Just as we have seen
with the other diseases already discussed, the incidence and
severity of whooping cough had begun to decline long before the
pertussis vaccine was introduced in the 1940’s. From 1900 to
1935, in the United States and England, before the
pertussis vaccine was introduced, the death rate from pertussis
had already declined by 79 percent and 82 percent, respectively.15
However, once again, the usefulness of this vaccine is in
doubt. Some studies indicate that the effectiveness of the
pertussis vaccine may be as low as 40-45 percent. Further
evidence indicates that immunity is not sustained. During an
epidemic in 1978, of 85 fully vaccinated children, 46 (54%)
developed whooping cough.
During a ten month period in 1984, the state of Washington
reported 162 cases. Of the cases aged 3 months to 6 years, 49%
had been fully vaccinated against the disease. In the same year,
of the 560 cases reported to CDC in the age bracket of seven
months to six years with known vaccination status, 46 percent
had received vaccine protection.16 (
In 1986, in Kansas, 1300 cases of pertussis were reported. Of
the patients whose vaccination status was known, 90 percent were
"adequately" vaccinated. As with measles vaccine,
there are several known or suspected harmful effects from this
vaccine. These included SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome —
research shows that children die at a rate eight times greater
than normal within three days after getting a DPT shot),
encephalitis (the pertussis vaccine is used in animal
experiments to help produce anaphylactic shock, and to cause an
acute auto immune encephalomyelitis), retardation and learning
disorders, fever as high as 106 degrees — with pain, swelling,
diarrhea, projectile vomiting, excessive sleepiness,
high-pitched screaming, inconsolable crying bouts, seizures,
convulsions, collapse, and shock. In studies, approximately 1 in
200 children who received the full DPT series suffered severe
reactions.
In the 20 months prior to July 31, 1992 — 250 deaths and
7,200 adverse reactions linked to whooping cough vaccinations
had been reported to CDC. In addition, the US Public Health
Service announced that as of Nov. 16, 1992, some 3,200 pertussis
vaccine claims against the US government had been filed.
Conclusion
We have
considered the vaccination question from several aspects. We
have looked at the way in which I think that routine
vaccinations can result in the production of chronic disease in
animals and I have made some specific suggestions of the
symptoms that result.
Also, we have considered the question of vaccine
effectiveness with the surprising evidence that vaccines do not
actually protect populations from disease — though they do
seem to modify the pattern in which the acute disease manifests.
I realize that this topic is a controversial one and that
many will disagree with my conclusions. However, what I have
observed is that if one can look at this question with an open
mind, one will be surprised at the amount of evidence that is
actually there. If you look at the larger perspective of disease
incidence (of any type) in the weeks and months following
vaccination, you will soon see confirmations of what I am
presenting to you today. And once this is seen, the way is open
for you to question the whole edifice.
Notes:
1
William Arthur Hagan, D.V.M., D.Sc.. and Dorsey William Bruner,
B.S., D.V.M., Ph.D. 1961. The Infectious Diseases of Domestic
Animals, fourth edition. Ithaca New York: Comstock Publishing
Associates. pp. 833-834.
2,3
Ibid, pp. 771-772. 3 Colin Kaplan, ed.. 1977. Rabies
— The Facts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 38-44.
4
Ibid, p. 858..
5
Niels C. Pederson, D.V.M. and Bruce R. Madewell, V.M.D. 1980.
Feline Leukemia Virus Disease Complex, Current Veterinary
Therapy XII, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. p. 404.
6
This information on smallpox statistics is taken, with
permission, from Neil Z. Miller.1992.Vaccines: Are They
Really Safe and Effective? Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean
Press.
7
Eleanor McBean. 1974.The Poisoned Needle. Mokelumne Hill,
CA: Health Research. p. 142.
8
Neil Z. Miller. 1992. Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and
Effective? Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean Press.
9
Michael Alderson. 1981. International Mortality
Statistics: Facts on File, , Washington, DC.
10
Hannah Allen. 1985. Don’t Get Stuck: The Case Against
Vaccinations. Oldsmar, FL: Natural Hygiene Press.
11
Neil Z. Miller. 1992. Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and
Effective? Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean Press.
12
Michael Alderson. 1981. International Mortality
Statistics: Facts on File, , Washington, DC.
13
John H. Frank, Jr., MD et al. May 6-9, 1985. Measles
Elimination — Final Impediments. 20th Immunization
Conference Proceedings.
14
Neil Z. Miller. 1992. Vaccines: Are They Really Safe
and Effective? Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean Press.15 Michael
Alderson. 1981. International Mortality Statistics: Facts on
File, , Washington, DC. 16 U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. October 1985. 20th Immunization Conference
Proceedings, Dallas, Texas, May 6-9, 1985.
—
by Richard H. Pitcairn, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Animal
Natural Health Center, Eugene Oregon
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Vaccinations
by Dr. Lorraine Day
http://www.drday.com
Vaccines
are injections of material that contains weakened amounts of the
disease germ that they are meant to protect against. They are
said to work by causing the formation of antibodies, which are
proteins that defend the body from an invasion by harmful germs.
Orthodox medicine contends that we can only be absolved from the
peril of infection by vaccination, which involves injecting into
the system infectious material which is supposed to confer
lifelong immunity, hence the term "immunization."
Vaccinations are now mandatory in order for a
student to enter school. Any child who is not vaccinated is not
allowed into school with the reason given that that child will
put all the other children at risk for disease. However, it is
important to ask this question. If all the other children are
vaccinated and vaccination gives immunity to the disease, how
could an unvaccinated child put any of these other children at
risk? Only the child himself could be at risk for the disease,
and that should be the business of that particular child and his
or her parents. It should be virtually impossible, if
vaccinations actually work, for an unvaccinated child
who may get a particular disease, to give it to other children
who have been vaccinated.
But, in fact, vaccinations don't work! They are not effective!
They do not give immunity! In addition, they are very dangerous!
An alarming observation comes from a London
practitioner of excellent reputation and long experience. Dr.
Hurbert Snow, Senior Surgeon at the Cancer Hospital of London,
voiced his concern, "In recent years many men and women in
the prime of life dropped dead suddenly, often after attending a
feast or a banquet. I am convinced that some 80% of these deaths
are caused by the vaccinations they have undergone. They are
well known to cause grave and permanent disease to the heart.
The coroner always hushes it up as "natural causes."
Another practitioner, Dr. W. B. Clark of Indiana, says that
"Cancer was practically unknown until compulsory
vaccination with cowpox vaccine began to be introduced. I have
had to deal with at least two hundred cases of cancer, and I
never saw a case of cancer in an unvaccinated person."
Yet the government has mandated compulsory vaccinations!
Most people trust vaccines to be safe and effective. The
government is mandating children to be vaccinated at earlier and
earlier ages, when they are very fragile and far more vulnerable
to the introduction of foreign materials into their tiny bodies.
The public and the medical profession have been totally
convinced that it was the introduction of vaccinations that
caused the decrease in the incidence of polio.
Polio is virtually non-existent in the United
States today. However, there is no credible scientific evidence
that the vaccine caused polio to disappear. Before the Salk
polio vaccine was introduced in 1953, the polio death rate in
the United States had already declined by 47% on its own. It had
also declined by 55% in England. Other European countries also
showed a similar decline. When the vaccine did become available,
many European countries questioned its effectiveness and refused
to inoculate their citizens. Yet polio epidemics also ended in
those countries.
The number of reported cases of polio after mass
inoculations with the vaccine was significantly greater than before
mass inoculations. And in many states the incidence of polio
more than doubled after inoculations were
introduced. In Rhode Island there was a 450 % increase, and in
Massachusetts almost a 650 % increase in polio cases after
the introduction of polio vaccinations.
After the vaccine was
introduced, cases of polio were often reported under another
name, aseptic meningitis, rather than as polio, even though they
were counted as "polio" before the vaccine was
introduced.
In 1976 Dr. Jonas Salk, creator of the killed virus vaccine that
was used throughout the 1950s testified that the live virus
vaccine produced by Dr. Sabin, and which was used almost
exclusively in the United States since the early 1960s, was the
"principle if not sole cause" of all reported cases of
polio in the United States since 1961. According to the Centers
for Disease Control figures, 87% of all cases of polio in the
United States between 1973 and 1983 were caused by the vaccine.
It is now admitted that since 1979 virtually every case
of polio in the United States has been CAUSED by the vaccine.
The same situation holds true for nearly all other diseases
including diphtheria, measles, rubella, mumps and whooping
cough. In virtually all of these diseases, the incidence was
dropping dramatically before the introduction of
the vaccine. And since the introduction of the vaccine, close to
100% of all cases of the disease are in individuals who have
been vaccinated for that particular disease, proving clearly,
that vaccinations are not effective and they often cause the
very disease they are supposed to prevent.
It is not a mystery as to why vaccinations are not effective.
First, the natural immunity mechanism in the human body is
designed to work when the disease develops in its natural way.
When the normal route of immune system stimulation is bypassed
by injection of the microorganism (bacteria or virus) through
the skin, then effective immunity against the disease does not
develop. One obvious factor proving that vaccinations are not
effective is that an individual has to keep getting booster
shots. If a person develops polio, measles, mumps, whooping
cough or any other contagious disease, he has virtual lifelong
immunity from one episode of the disease. But when an individual
is vaccinated, he must keep getting "booster" shots at
regular intervals. The "booster" shots are
"necessary" because --- vaccinations DON'T WORK! They
are not effective! And neither are the
"boosters." And the individual often succumbs to the
very disease that he has been vaccinated to prevent, most often
as a direct result of being vaccinated.
Now how about the safety of vaccines. Vaccines are grown in the
laboratory in monkey kidney cells, in human cells which may be
cancerous, in chick embryo and in guinea pig cells. The cells
are nourished with the blood serum from calves, which may be
contaminated with numerous diseases such as bovine leukemia
virus, bovine AIDS virus, or other diseases that the animals may
have. Chemicals such as aluminum, formaldehyde (a human
carcinogen) and M.S.G are used in processing of the vaccines,
and thiomerosal, a derivative of mercury and a deadly poison, is
used as a preservative. These chemicals and potential diseases
are all injected into your child's body or your body as part of
the vaccine.
One of the earliest vaccines introduced for general use in the
United States was the pertussis vaccine for whooping cough,
which was put into general use during the 1940s. Autism, a form
of childhood schizophrenia, characterized by mental retardation,
muteness (an inability to speak) and lack of responsiveness to
human contact, was not known or described until 1943, about the
same time that vaccinations were introduced.
In addition, monitors placed on infants who have been vaccinated
show severe alterations in breathing patterns after the DPT
(Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus) shot. A precise breathing monitor
called Cotwatch was used in a special study of SIDS, Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome, and the children's breathing patterns
were measured before and after DPT vaccination. The data clearly
demonstrate that vaccination caused an extraordinary increase in
episodes where breathing nearly ceased or actually stopped
completely! Doctor Viera Scheibner, the author of the study,
concluded that "Vaccination is the single most prevalent
and most preventable cause of infant deaths."
Developmental disabilities have increased dramatically
since the introduction of vaccinations. And this not a mystery
since post-vaccinal encephalitis, inflammation of the brain,
occurs after vaccinations and can cause serious injury to the
brain and nervous system. Suppression of the immune system,
causing an increased susceptibility to all diseases, is another
effect of vaccination.
In the 1950's another disorder rapidly spread among school
children and became prominent in medical science and health
literature: Hyperactivity/Minimal Brain Dysfunction (ADD,
Attention Deficit Disorder or ADHD, Attention Deficit
Hyperactive Disorder). These children usually exhibit symptoms
of neurological damage, frequently associated with vaccinations
Genetic mutation is also a possibility because, for
example, the polio vaccine contains monkey kidney cells and calf
serum. The combination of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is
prepared in chick embryo. Monkey kidney, calf serum and chick
embryo are all foreign proteins to the human biological matter
composed of animal cells. Because they are injected directly
into the bloodstream they are able to change our genetic
structure.
During the 1950s and 1960s millions of people were injected with
polio vaccines that were contaminated with the SV 40 virus found
in monkey kidney cells and a powerful immunosuppressor and trigger
for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
How about flu shots? Flu vaccine is made from LAST year's
flu virus so it is totally ineffective against THIS year's flu
virus. No one knows what virus will be causing the flu this
year, but it is almost never the same virus as last year. All of
the hazards of the other vaccines are true for flu shots as
well. "In 1976 more than 500 people who received their flu
shots were paralyzed with Guillain Barre Syndrome, a
sudden-onset paralysis that can be fatal. Thirty of these people
died. During the same year, the incidence of Guillain Barre
among flu-vaccinated U.S. Army personnel was 50% greater than
among unvaccinated civilians ." (The
Risk of Immunizations and How to Avoid Them, by Robert
Mendelsohn, Ph.D.) There is also a suspicious correlation
between seasonal outbreaks of Legionnaire's disease and
the inoculation with flu vaccines.
Dr. John Seal of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease says that "Any and all flu vaccines are
capable of causing Guillain Barre." I personally would
NEVER get a flu shot nor would I ever advise anyone else to get
one.
The bottom line is that the best way to develop natural immunity
is to build a healthy immune system by the proper diet and
lifestyle. Eating a diet of fruits, grains, vegetables, seeds
and nuts that are preferably organically grown, preservative
free and in a natural unprocessed state as close to
nature as possible, with 75% of your food eaten raw, is optimum.
Eliminate all refined sugar, all animal products including meat,
poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products (including milk, cheese,
yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.). Fresh air, exercise, plenty of
rest and relief of stress by trust in God as well as all of the
other steps outlined on my video "You Can't Improve On
God" are essential for health. This is the only
effective way to remain free from disease. It is impossible
to get sick if your immune system is functioning properly.
Bacteria and viruses do NOT attack a healthy body, just as
insects and plant diseases do NOT attack healthy plants.
Some of the Resoures Recommended by Dr.
Day:
An
excellent primer on vaccinations is entitled
Vaccines:
Are they Really Safe and Effective? by Neil Z. Miller
New
Atlantean Press
P.O. Box 9638, Santa Fe, NM 87504
(505) 983-1856
www.new-atlantean.com/global
Another
informative book is:
Murder
By Injection, by Eustace Mullens
The
National Council for Medical Research
P.O. Box 1105, Staunton, VA 2440l
The story of the medical conspiracy against America.
A
video documenting the dangers of vaccination entitled:
Dangers
and Ineffectiveness of Vaccinations, Including Scientific
Correlations
to
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, by Viera Scheibner, Ph.D.
New Atlantean Press
P.O. Box 9638-T9, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-983-1856
Though it is somewhat difficult to follow because of the
presenter's heavy accent, this two-hour video contains much
astounding and well-documented information.
Vaccination,
by Viera Scheibner Ph.D. (book)
New Atlantean Press
P.O. Box 9638-T9, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-983-1856
According to Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., medical preventive
measures are not credible. In this book she compiles
scientific studies from throughout the world showing how
vaccines are often ineffective and can damage the immune
system, and she gives numerous examples from 1950 to 1992.
Vaccination
Condemned, book one, by Elben
Better Life Research
P.O. Box 42002, Los Angeles, CA 90042
The
intention of this book is to present enough authentic
incriminating evidence against vaccination to prove that
vaccination has already condemned itself. It we wait for the
medical establishment, or the vaccine labs, or health
departments, schools, press or government to condemn it, the
wait will be fruitless as vaccination has been killing and
disabling people by the thousands for 200 years, and those in
authority have not stopped it yet, and do not intend to.
Editors Note:
For a more complete
listing of resources recommended by Dr. Day, please visit her
website.
— Dr. Lorraine Day
http://www.drday.com
Dr. Day is an
internationally acclaimed orthopedic trauma surgeon and best
selling author.
She was for 15
years on the faculty of the University of California, San
Francisco,
School of
Medicine as Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of
Orthopedics.
She was also
Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital
and is
recognized world-wide as an AIDS expert. |
