Spring/Summer 2005 ewsletter Vaccination Risk Awareness Network Inc. WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT INSIDE THIS ISSUE VACCINATION DANGERS CAN KILL page YOU OR RUIN YOUR LIFE 1 - What They Don’t Tell You By Russel L. Blaylock, M.D. 1 - Safety Tests 2 - VRAN News After 30 years of intensive research, What Causes the Free Radicals 10 - A Dragon By The Tail much has been learned about how The idea that free radicals play a brain cells work and what goes wrong 13 - Eleven in Prison major role in all of the conditions when disease arises. One of the great 21 - Letters listed above is now proven--the big enigmas has been the connection question is why are so many free 24 - A Case Study between vaccinations and certain brain radicals being generated? In the case disorders such as: 23 - and of autism, ADD and ADHD many ✦ Autism came to support the idea that mercury 25 - Autism, Mercury & Politics ✦ ADD derived from was the source ✦ ADHD 26 - The Hits Just Keep Coming of the radicals. And it was known that Gulf War Syndrome mercury could cause free radicals to 27 - Newsclips *More common neurodegenerative dis- be generated in large numbers within eases (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s 30 - Pandemic Fears Gearing Up the brain. Evidence connecting mer- dementia and ALS) cury to the disorders, As we learned more and more about neurodegeneration and the Gulf War how brain cells should work, we dis- Syndrome is strong, but not exclusive. Vaccine Safety covered that often normal processes, Interestingly, all of these diseases such as metabolism, could result in the Tests: What are They? also share another common event--over accumulation of powerful chemical Why Do We Need Them? activation of a portion of the immune byproducts, called free radicals, that system. Why Are They Not Being have the capacity to destroy these cells. It is important to appreciate that Free radicals, basically, are very Done? only a certain part of the immune sys- reactive particles that bounce all tem is overactive, because other parts, By Harold E Buttram, M.D. around the cell damaging everything such as cellular immunity, are actually FAAEM & Alan R. Yurko they touch. Most originate during the diminished. In some instances, as with process of metabolism but can also the childhood disorders, the problem is arise from toxin exposure, irradiation congenital and in others it develops as Introduction and toxic metals. Because they are so a result of many factors such as aging, destructive, cells have a network of At the present time Americans toxin exposure, poor nutrition and defenses designed to neutralize them. and their children are in the midst of excessive vaccination itself. Mercury This antioxidant network is com- an epidemic of chronic disease and can impair immune function as well. posed of numerous components that disability. The Centers for Disease include vitamins, minerals and special Control admits that 1 American chemicals called thiols (glutathione and child in 166 has been diagnosed with alpha-lipoic acid). autism spectrum disorder. (1) In 1970, What They Don’t Tell You cont.on page 4 Vaccine Safety Tests cont. on page 7

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page  VRAN NEWSLETTER The contents of this publication reflect the opinion of the authors only, and Vaccination Risk Awareness Network Inc. are not to be construed or intended as medical information. This publication P.O. Box 169, Winlaw, B.C. V0G 2J0 is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical Coordinator and newsletter editor: Edda West advice. The particulars of any person’s concerns and circumstances should be [email protected] 250-355-2525 discussed with a qualified health practitioner prior to making any decision which VRAN Board of Directors: may affect the health and welfare of that individual or anyone under his or her Mary James - President care. Rita Hoffman - Vice-President DISCLAIMER Edda West - Secretary/Treasurer Dr. Jason Whittaker - Director VRAN Speakers Bureau Elections were held. Jason Whittaker Leona Rew - Board Member VRAN NEWS nominated Mary James to continue Gloria Dignazio - Board Member Susan Fletcher - VRAN Researcher in her position as VRAN President, VRAN Fundraising With thanks to Lisa Farr for the newsletter layout. Rita Hoffman to continue as Vice A sincere and heartfelt THANK President, and Edda West to continue Statement of Purpose •VRAN was formed in October of 1992 in response to YOU goes to everyone who responded as Secretary/Treasurer. All voted in growing parental concern regarding the safety of current to our fundraising appeal and donated favour of the Directors continuing in vaccination programs in use in . •VRAN continues the work of the Committee Against so generously to VRAN.. And THANK their positions for this year, 2005. Compulsory Vaccination, who in 1982, challenged Ontario’s YOU to all members who renewed compulsory “Immunization of School Pupils Act”, which Edda reported that Jan Oswold of resulted in amendment of the Act, and guarantees an their membership pledges for another Slocan City, BC is our new bookkeeper. exemption of conscience from any ‘required’ vaccine. •VRAN forwards the belief that all people have the right to year. All of your help has been instru- Jan has completed our accounting for draw on a broad information base when deciding on drugs mental in enabling us to meet our 2004, and the new financial statement offered themselves and/or their children and in particular drugs associated with potentially serious health risks, injury operating budget for this year. Your is included in this issue of the Spring/ and death. VACCINES ARE SUCH DRUGS. continued support is THE critical ele- Summer 2005 VRAN Newsletter. •VRAN is committed to gathering and distributing informa- tion and resources that contribute to the ment that allows us to continue our Rita Hoffman has explored various creation of health and well being in our families and com- work of empowering parents to make internet lists to enable us to send email munities. truly informed vaccine decisions for bulletins with ease to our members. VRAN’s Mandate is: their children. Currently news items sent to the sev- •To empower parents to make an informed deci- sion when considering vaccines for their children. eral hundred people on our list is very •To educate and inform parents about the risks, Annual General Meeting time consuming and can only be done adverse reactions, and contraindications of in increments of 10 people per email vaccinations. The VRAN Annual General Meeting to prevent them from being rejected •To respect parental choice in deciding whether or was held by telephone conference on not to vaccinate their child. as spam. Having a web based list will •To provide support to parents whose children have April 24, 2005. Present at the meeting mean ease of transmission of news bul- suffered adverse reactions and health injuries as a were Mary James, Dr. Jason Whittaker, result of childhood vaccinations. letins to VRAN members. Please send Rita Hoffman and Edda West. •To promote a multi-disciplinary approach to child us your current email address so we and family health utilizing the following modalities: Jason Whittaker is director of can update our file – send to: herbalist, chiropractor, naturopath, homeopath, VRAN's speaker's bureau and is look- reflexologist, allopath (regular doctor), etc. Prior to the AGM, Susan Fletcher ing forward to doing much more vac- •To empower women to reclaim their position as put forward a fundraising idea and primary healers in the family. cine risk awareness outreach when he submitted a letter for members to •To maintain links with consumer groups similar and his family relocate to Winnipeg to ours around the world through an exchange of consider. Susan proposes that we ask later this year. Because of the gag order information, research and analysis, thereby enabling VRAN members to help us find suit- parents to reclaim health care choices for their placed on Ontario Chiropractors pro- able advertisers for our website so that families. hibiting them from discussing vaccine •To support people in their fight for health freedom we can develop new and steady addi- concerns with patients, outreach has and to maintain and further the individual's freedom tional sources of revenue. The letter is from enforced medication. been curtailed. But despite the gag included below. VRAN publishes a newsletter 3 to 4 times a year order, Dr. Whittaker was still able to Another fundraising suggestion was as a means of distributing information to members speak to professional and educational and the community. Suggested annual member- that we create a recommended book bodies in alternative health care to ship fees, including quarterly newsletter and your list that encompasses not only vaccine on-going whom he presented his excellent power awareness books, but ones on alterna- support to the Vaccination Risk Awareness Network: point lecture on vaccine risks. Jason $35.00—Individual $75.00—Professional tive health modalities and a selection Whittaker has also donated to VRAN We would like to share the personal stories of our of healing autism books which could membership. If you would like to submit your a case of his audio CD - Vaccination: be linked to Amazon Books, with the story, please contact Edda West by phone or e- Science or Dogma, which will be used mail,as indicated above. aim of getting a percentage of any sales as a much appreciated fundraiser. that are made from purchases through VRAN website: www.vran.org Thank you Jason! VRAN News cont. on page 3

Page ‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter VRAN News cont. from page 2 website is prominently displayed. We Canada) says, "The real issue is: Who the VRAN website. encourage you to order more postcards decides, the individual or the state? As well, Edda will contact the own- to have on hand to share with others This is the central question in almost ers of Parent Books in Toronto who in your community. Cost (includ- every political issue. In free societ- carry a broad selection of these titles ing postage) when ordering through ies, individuals decide what medical and ask whether there is a way we VRAN is: treatments or health supplements are could benefit from the sale of books appropriate for them.” 25 cards……….$10.00 when we recommend people buy from 50 “ ……….. 17.50 their store. Over the years, we've In free societies, the consumer 75 “ ……….. 25.00 directed hundreds of people to their decides the marketplace by his/her 100 “ ……….. 30.00 store for purchase of vaccine related choices. In dictatorships, this is turned books. upside-down, in that the marketplace CODEX Ratified – Kiss Your Bringing in new membership is a is dictated by the Siamese-twins of Vitamin Supplements Goodbye vital source of revenue, especially Government-Corporate collusion via July 4, 2005 professional memberships. Edda "regulation", and the parameters of reported that we have approximately The adoption of the final form of consumer choice become non-exis- 75 Chiropractors who are members the Codex Alimentarius Guidelines tent. CODEX is the final step in this and there are undoubtedly many, many for Vitamin and Mineral Food 100 year-old battle to remove "citizen more practitioners in Canada who Supplements is a huge victory for Big independence" in the area of health would join in support of our work. Pharma and paves the way for the and medicine. The first Medical Acts We just need to do the outreach. Jason pharmaceutical industry to take over around 1910 already contained the Whittaker offered to write a support- the world vitamin supplement industry. statement that it is illegal for citizens ive letter to Chiropractors encourag- Consumer access to health supplements "to diagnose, cure or PREVENT a dis- ing membership in VRAN. The letter will be severely restricted and costs ease". along with a sample VRAN newsletter would go out to various Chiropractors through their networks across Canada, including the Awareness ..CODEX is the final step in this 100 year Council in Ontario. old battle to remove “citizen independence And thanks to Mary James for reminding us again that we have some in the area of health and medicine. very rich material in articles that have been published in the VRAN newslet- ter over the years. Mary suggests we will skyrocket as is already the case in To understand the true nature of the take the best articles and compile them many European countries. “Vitamins beast we’re facing, watch the 28 min- into a booklet and use this as a fund- and minerals, for over-the-counter sale ute clip that was just released by film raiser. will be phased out, almost completely, producer Kevin Miller. The clip is part in every country on Planet Earth”, is of his full length documentary that will “Love Them - Protect Them - the theme of news releases from con- soon be available titled “We Become Never Inject Them” sumer health advocacy groups Silent: The Last Days of Health As reported in the winter 2005 Freedom.” To view this clip go to: This is the title of an eye catch- VRAN Newsletter, the implementation ing full colour postcard developed by http://www.helthliesexposed.com/ of the international Codex Guidelines our friends at Vaccination Liberation pages/codex_news.shtml will have disastrous consequences for and is included with this issue of the http://www.iahf.com/ everyone who depends on nutritional VRAN Newsletter. The postcard is http://www.friendsoffreedominterna- supplements to maintain health, espe- designed to alert people to the fact that tional.org cially those families who need supple- there are no safe vaccines (despite the http://www.bolenreport.com/ mental micro-nutrients to heal their phasing out of thimerosal in children’s vaccine damaged children. vaccines), and to encourage people Dr. Ron Paul, a USA Congressman, to investigate before they vaccinate. in discussing the impact of CODEX The VaccineTruth.com website serves and the harmonizing regulations of the as a directory and link to vaccine WTO and complicit FDA (and Health risk awareness sites where the VRAN VRAN News cont. on page 4

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page  VRAN News cont. from page 3 How will we survive? What They Don’t Tell You cont. from page 1 A Poem by Susan Fletcher Dear VRAN members How Vaccines are Made Re: Fundraising proposal Basically, vaccines contain either G. E'd, fluoridated, killed viruses or bacteria, germ compo- In order to ensure the future Chemtrailed, irradiated, nents, toxic extracts or live organisms continuation of the services Tracked down and vaccinated - that have been made less virulent--a VRAN provides we need to find How will we survive? dependable new sources of rev- process called attenuation. To stimulate an enhanced immune reaction against enue. VRAN’s directors have Vioxxed, Celebrixed, these organisms, manufacturers added decided that website advertising Filled with drugs powerful immune-stimulating sub- is probably the most achievable And medically "fixed" - stances such as squalene, aluminum, source and are asking you to help How will we survive? find suitable advertisers. If you lipopolysacchride, etc. These are called immune adjuvants. know of any businesses (espe- Crystal meth'd, The process of vaccination usually cially ones that provide products Methadoned, required repeated injections of the vac- and/or services appropriate for On the edge, cine over a set period of time. The com- young families) that might be Thoroughly stoned - bination of adjuvants plus the intended interested in advertising on our How will we survive? website, please contact us with organism triggers an immune response by the body, similar to that occurring details. Globe is warming, with natural infections, except for one VRAN’s is the premier web- Weather's storming, major difference. Almost none of these site of its kind in Canada. It has Garbage stews diseases enter the body by injection. received 94,306 visits in the last And methane's forming - Most enter by way of the mucous mem- 12 months (that’s an average of How will we survive? 7,856 per month). We can now branes of the nose, mouth, pulmonary passages or gastrointestinal (GI) tract. show prospective advertisers how It's up to us For example, polio is known to enter popular our site has become. But, To care enough via the GI tract. The membranes lin- being in the spotlight means that To dare enough ing these passages contain a different now, more than ever before, we To change our world. immune system than activated by direct need to uphold the high qual- Without the love injection. This system is called the IgA ity of our web material. And, of The earth needs now immune system. course, maintaining high quality How will we survive? will attract and keep advertisers. It is the first line of defense and helps For too long VRAN has relied reduce the need for intense activation solely on the generosity of its of the body’s immune system. Often, donors to balance its budget. the IgA system can completely head off We have developed to the point an attack. The point being that inject- where we must find a steady ing organisms to induce immunity is additional outside source of abnormal. income that can be relied upon Because more and more reports are year in and year out to help fund appearing citing vaccine failure, their all our needs. manufacturers’ answer is to make the We thank you for your contin- vaccines more potent. They do this by ued membership and look for- making the immune adjuvants more ward with much anticipation to powerful or adding more of them. The your response to this request for problem with this approach is that in help. If at any time you have any the very young, the nutritionally defi- other ideas re fundraising, those cient and the aged, over-stimulating the suggestions would also be most immune system can have an opposite welcome. effect--it can paralyze the immune sys- tem. This is especially prevalent with nutritional deficiency.

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Page ‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter What They Don’t Tell You cont. from page 4 activated, the brain’s immune cells are ing viral and bacterial infections of the An early attempt to vaccinate likewise activated. This occurs by sev- brain. High quinolinic acid levels in Africans met with disaster when it eral pathways, not important to this the brain are thought to be the cause was discovered that many were dying discussion. The more powerfully the of the dementia seen with HIV infec- following vaccination. The problem body’s immune system is stimulated tion. was traced to widespread vitamin A the more intense is the brain’s reaction. The problem with our present vac- deficiency among the tribes. Once the Prolonged activation of the body’s cine policy is that so many vaccines malnutrition was corrected, death rates immune system likewise produces are being given so close together and fell precipitously. prolonged activation of the brain’s over such a long period that the brain’s Another problem we see with immune system. immune system is constantly activated. modern vaccines is that the immune Therein lies the danger of our pres- This has been shown experimentally stimulation continues over a prolonged ent vaccine policy. in numerous studies. This means that period of time. This is because of the The American Academy of Pediatrics the brain will be exposed to large immune adjuvants. They remain in the and the American Academy of Family amounts of the excitotoxins as well as tissues, constantly stimulating immune- Practice have both endorsed a growing the immune cytokines over the same activating cells. With most natural list of vaccines for children, even new- period. infections the immune activation borns, as well as yearly flu shots for Studies on all of these disorders, occurs rapidly, and once the infection both children and adults. Children are even in autism, have shown high levels is under control, it drops precipitously. receiving as many as 22 inoculations of immune cytokines and excitotoxins This, as we shall see, is to prevent before attending school. in the nervous system. These destruc- excessive damage to normal cells in the tive chemicals, as well as the free body. What Happens When the radicals they generate, are diffused Brain’s Immune System is throughout the nervous system doing What Happens to the Brain Activated? damage, a process called bystander With Vaccination? injury. It’s sort of like throwing a The brain’s immune system cells, bomb in a crowd. Not only will some It seems the brain is always neglect- once activated, begin to move about be killed directly by the blast but those ed when pharmacologists consider side the nervous system, secreting numerous far out into the radius of the explosion effects of various drugs. The same is immune chemicals (called cytokines will be killed by shrapnel. true for vaccinations. For a long time and chemokines) and pouring out an Normally, the brain’s immune no one considered the effect of repeat- enormous amount of free radicals in system, like the body’s, activates ed vaccinations on the brain. an effort to kill invading organisms. quickly and then promptly shuts off This was based on a mistaken con- The problem is--there are no invading to minimize the bystander damage. clusion that the brain was protected organisms. It has been tricked by the Vaccination won’t let the microglia from immune activation by its special vaccine into believing there are. shut down. In the developing brain, protective gateway called the blood- Unlike the body’s immune system, this can lead to language problems, brain barrier. More recent studies have the microglia also secrete two other shown that immune cells can enter the brain directly, and more importantly, the brain’s own special immune system ...the brain will be exposed to large can be activated by vaccination. You see, the brain has a special amounts of the excitototxins as well as immune system that operates through a unique type of cell called a microglia. the immune cytokines... These tiny cells are scattered through- behavioral dysfunction and even out the brain, lying dormant waiting to chemicals that are very destructive of dementia. be activated. In fact, they are activated brain cells and their connecting pro- In the adult, it can lead to the by many stimuli and are quite easy to cesses. These chemicals, glutamate and Gulf War Syndrome or one of the activate. For our discussion, activation quinolinic acid, are called excitotoxins. more common neurodegenerative of the body’s immune system by vacci- They also dramatically increase free diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, nation is a most important stimuli for radical generation in the brain. Studies Alzheimer’s dementia or Lou Gehrig’s activation of brain microglia. of patients have shown that levels of disease (ALS). Numerous studies have shown that these two excitotoxins can rise to very when the body’s immune system is dangerous levels in the brain follow- What They Don’t Tell You cont. on page 6

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page  What They Don’t Tell You cont. from page 5 the executive functions of the frontal immune system and take up residence A recent study by the world- lobes. In essence, what is lost is that in the body--for a lifetime. A recent renowned immunologist Dr. H. Hugh which makes us social human beings, autopsy study of elderly individuals Fudenberg found that adults vaccinat- able to function in a complex world of found that 20 percent of the brains ed yearly for five years in a row with ideas and interactions. contained live viruses and 45 the flu vaccine had a 10-fold increased Several studies have indeed shown percent of the other organs contained risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. elevated levels of cytokines in autistic live measles viruses. Similar findings He attributes this to the mercury and children. It is also interesting to note have been described in autistic children aluminum in the vaccine. Interestingly, that these cytokines, especially inter- and the measles virus is identical genet- both of these metals have been shown leukin-1ß and tumor necrosis factor- ically to the one used in the vaccine. to activate microglia and increase exci- alpha (TNF-a) dramatically increase The second problem is that most of totoxicity in the brain. the damage produced by excitotoxins. these viruses were found to be highly So, what we see is a vicious cycle of mutated. In fact, different mutations Direct Effect of the Cytokines immune activation, excitotoxin and were found among viruses in various cytokine excretion, and free radical organs in the same individual. This Various cytokines have been used production. The latter starts the cycle has been a secret kept from the public! to treat cancer patients as well as all over again. These attenuated viruses undergo other common diseases. Studies of mutation brought on by the pres- the effects of these cytokines on brain ence of free radicals in the tissues and function reveal some very close par- The Role of Autoimmunity organs and they can mutate into viru- allels to the diseases we have been and Viral Persistence lent, disease-causing organisms. Recent discussing. For a more in-depth study Studies in autistic children have studies have confirmed this frightening of these effects I suggest you read my shown that a state of immune attack finding. In fact, a large percentage of article appearing in the Journal of the on the brain is occurring. Similar find- Alzheimer’s disease patients have live American Nutriceutical Association ings are seen with neurodegenerative viruses in their brain as compared to (volume 6 [fall], Number 4, 2003, diseases and the Gulf War Syndrome. normal individuals. pp 21-35) and in the summer issue It must be appreciated that this auto- Once these live viruses are injected, 2004 of the Journal of the American immunity was triggered by the vaccina- they cannot be removed. Because the Association of Physicians and tions and by organisms contaminating viruses stay in the body, they will be Surgeons. the vaccinations. Once started, the under constant free radical exposure, One can see: immune reaction cannot stop, thus which can increase during times of triggering all the destructive reactions I ✦ Confusion stress, illness, exercise and with aging. have discussed. ✦ Language difficulties It is the free radicals that cause the Dr. Garth Nicolson has shown a ✦ Disorientation virus to mutate. direct connection between mycoplasma ✦ Seizures In essence, the viruses can exist in contamination of vaccines and the 200 ✦ Memory problems the brain, or any organ, either silently percent increased incidence of ALS ✦ Somnolence and slowly producing destruction of in Gulf War veterans. The disorder ✦ Low-grade fevers the brain or spinal cord or producing is produced by the same mechanism ✦ Irritability sudden disease once the virus mutates described above. ✦ Mood alterations to a highly lethal form. Another, even more common, prob- ✦ Combativeness lem is the use of live viruses in vac- ✦ Difficulty concentrating Conclusions cines. The reason live viruses can be ✦ A host of other behavioral prob- used is that they are weakened by pass- We have seen that the policy of giv- lems ing them through a series of cultures- ing numerous vaccinations to individu- In the child, brain immune over-acti- -a process called attenuation. These als, especially infants and small chil- vation has been shown to be particu- attenuated, non-disease-causing viruses dren, is shear idiocy. larly damaging to the amygdala and are then injected in hopes of stimulat- A considerable number of studies other limbic structures of the brain. ing the body to produce an immune have shown conclusively that such a This can lead to unusual syndromes attack. The problem with this idea is practice can lead to severe injury to such as the loss of "theory of mind" two-fold. the brain by numerous mechanisms. and " Alice in Wonderland syndrome." First, we now know that in far too Because the child’s brain is undergo- It has also been shown to damage many cases these viruses escape the ing a period of rapid growth from the What They Don’t Tell You cont. on page 7

Page ‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter What They Don’t Tell You cont. from page 6 Vaccine Safety Tests cont. from page 1 immunologic, and hematological sys- third trimester of pregnancy until age autism affected 4 in 10,000 children. (2) tems of the body. Finally, both surveil- 2 years, his or her brain is at consider- By 1991, 5,000 autistic children were lance and before-and-after categories able risk from this insane policy. in the public school system; by 2001, would need to be performed in several We have also seen that live-virus that number had grown to 94,000. (3) separate medical centers to assure vaccines and contaminated vaccines Today, the CDC reports that 9 reproducibility. Any pharmaceutical hold a special risk in that the viruses million American children under 18 agent, having passed all of these safety tend to persist in a substantial number have been diagnosed with , requirements, could then be considered of individuals and that free radicals (4) whereas in 1979 asthma affected reasonably safe by current standards of can cause the latent viruses to trans- approximately 2 million children under scientific proof. form by genetic mutation into disease- age 14. (5) Based on many years of observa- causing organisms later in life. Today, nearly 3 million children in tion, there have never been any studies It is vital that anyone scheduled for public schools are classified as learn- meeting these safety criteria for any vaccination follow a schedule that ing-disabled, compared with 796,000 vaccine in use today. As one example, allows no more than one vaccine every in 1976. (6) Comparable increases have pre-licensing surveillance periods have six months, allowing the immune sys- been taking place in the attention defi- been limited to short periods only: tem time to recover. cit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) with several days to several weeks. There 4 million children between ages 3 and are no long-term (months or years) Live-virus vaccines should be 17 now diagnosed with this condition. safety studies on any childhood vac- avoided (7-8) cine in use today. Consequently there In spite of the work of medical pio- are legitimate grounds for suspecting This was recently illustrated by the neers such as Andrew Wakefield (9) that many vaccine reactions are tak- switch from the live polio vaccine to and Vijendra K Singh (10), the Institute ing place unrecognized as to their true the killed virus. All cases of polio after of Medicine (IOM) and Centers for nature. All we have are epidemiologic the introduction of the vaccine, in Disease Control (CDC) continue to studies, which are indicators but not the developed world, came from the deny a causal relationship between proof in and of themselves, and a few vaccine itself. This was known from the current epidemics of childhood limited before-and-after studies, most the beginning. Finally, it is vital that diseases and immunizations, stating of which have never been repeated. anyone undergoing vaccination should that such a relationship has never been start nutritional supplementation and proven. It is the purpose of this paper Before-and-After Tests: The adhere to a healthy diet before vac- to demonstrate that their positions on Missing Link in Vaccine Safety cination occurs. Vaccine complications this issue are untenable. are far fewer in individuals with good The relatively few examples of nutrition. before-and-after testing of vaccines What Constitutes Scientific that have been garnered through the Advanced Nutritional Concepts, LLC Proof? years are too small and limited to ✦ www.russellblaylockmd.com Since the issue before us is that of approach proof one way or the other, ✦ Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., scientific proof, what would constitute but these few are far from reassuring ”Chronic Microglial Activation about the safety of current vaccine and Excitotoxicity Secondary to proof of safety for vaccines? Generally programs. A few examples are pro- Excessive Immune Stimulation: speaking, as established by customary vided below: Possible Factors in GulfWar practices in licensing of pharmaceutical ✦ From Germany: Eibl et al (1984) Syndrome and Autism” medications, there would need to be sufficient numbers of test subjects (in reported a study which involved the ✦ AAPS Journal – Summer 2004: testing of T-lymphocyte subpopula- http://www.jpands.org/jpands0902. this case children receiving immuniza- tions (white blood cells which help htm tions) compared with sufficient num- bers of non-immunized children serv- govern the immune system) in 11 ✦ http://mercola.com/2004/may/12/vac healthy adults before-and-after rou- cination_dangers.htm ing as controls, with surveillance peri- ods continued for sufficient periods of tine tetanus booster immunizations. time (months or years) to be meaning- (11) The results showed a significant ful. In addition there would need to be though temporary drop in T-helper a separate category of before-and-after lymphocytes. Special concern rests in tests specifically designed to screen the fact that in 4 of the subjects the for adverse effects to the neurological, T-helper lymphocytes dropped to Vaccine Safety Tests cont. on page 8

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page  Vaccine Safety Tests cont. from page 7 attenuated measles mumps rubella ent forms and schedules could be con- levels found in active AIDS patients. (MMR) vaccine, in which they dem- tributing to this adverse health trend. ✦ From Japan: S Nouno et al (1990) onstrated that infection of a human Given a record of inadequate safety did before-and-after testing of 61 IgM B cell line with MMR resulted testing, their positions on this issue are children with epilepsy or a history of in an increase in the expression of indefensible. febrile seizures which showed signifi- ( inducing) IgE. (14) In our opinion there is no issue of cant increases in “epileptic spikes” greater urgency to our society than ✦ From the United Kingdom (15), on electroencephalograms following finding and reversing the causes of this Texas (16), and Australia, (17-18) DTP, DT, or BCG vaccines. (12) adverse childhood health trend. If, as preterm infants in hospital settings many are coming to suspect, the cause ✦ As reported from Russia in were administered DPT (Diptheria/ will in large measure be traced to cur- Mediators Inflammation (2003), a Pertussis/Tetanus) and/or Hib rent child vaccine programs, then with study was undertaken to analyze the (Hemophilus influenzae) vaccines the greatest possible dispatch, safer immune responses of live attenuated and monitored for episodes of apnea methods of immunization should be Rubella vaccine in eighteen school and bardycardia. In each study the sought. girls ages 11 to 13 years by col- results were compared with unim- In this regard, until more is known lecting blood before immunization munized infants serving as controls. about vaccine safety issues, at a recent and again at 7 and 30 days after Each study showed significant conference sponsored by the Autism immunization to test whether or not increases in apnea and bradycardia Research Institute, (headquarters in there would be immune suppression. following immunizations in preterm San Diego, California), one of the (13) Subclasses of lymphocytes were infants as compared with controls. speakers offered the following safety tested before and after vaccine. Also In some instances oxygen desatura- guidelines for childhood immuniza- plasma samples were tested for cyto- tion required supplemental oxygen, tions: kines (cellular messengers) including leading to the conclusion that vac- interleukins (IL) 4 and 10, tumor cine-related cardio-respiratory events ✦ “DO NOT GIVE VACCINES TO necrosis factor, and gamma-inter- are relatively common following ILL CHILDREN,” (Even if just a feron (all pro-inflammatory mes- immunizations in preterm babies. common cold) sengers). It was found that certain Similar studies from Switzerland ✦“SEPARATE VACCINES IN lymphocyte subsets were decreased using the acellular DPaT vaccine, TIME” and that IL 10 and tumor necrosis Hib, inactivated polio virus (IPV), factor were markedly increased fol- and Hepatitis B vaccine in preterm ✦“USE THIMEROSAL FREE lowing Rubella vaccine. The study infants showed comparable inci- VACCINES” (Thimerosal consists of concluded: “Our data indicate that dences of apnea and bradycardia as approximately 50% ethyl mercury, the vaccination with live attenuated with the whole-cell pertussis vac- an organic form of mercury) cine. (19). A report from the united rubella vaccine results in moderate ✦“SEPARATE M,M, AND R but sustained immune disturbance. Kingdom in 1999 cited four infants (Measles-Mumps-Rubella) WHEN The signs of immuno-suppression, with apnea severe enough to warrant AVAILABLE” including defective lymphocyte full resuscitation measures following response to mitogens and cytokine DPT and Hib vaccines. (20) ✦“GIVE VITAMIN C AND production, may persist for at least a VITAMIN A BEFORE VACCINES.” month following vaccination.” Vaccine Safety Tests: Why () Do We Need Them? ✦ From Johns Hopkins University, (Comment: Undoubtedly other safety F Imani and KE Kehoe (2001) dem- As reviewed in the introduction, we measures can and should be added to onstrated that infection of human B are witnessing a very rapid increase this list, but these are the ones that cells with rhinovirus or measles virus in patterns of childhood illnesses and have been publicly offered to date). could lead to the initial steps of IgE disabilities, and the end is not yet in class switching. Since many viral sight. The IOM and CDC acknowl- Examples of Deficiencies in vaccines are live viruses, the authors edge that we have a major epidemic of Vaccine Safety Testing speculated that live virus vaccines childhood autism and other forms of As one example of deficiencies, A may also induce (genetic) IgE class disabilities. They do not claim to know Peter Fletcher, MB, BS, PhD, former switching in human B cells. To the causes, and yet for all intents and member of the United Kingdom health examine this possibility, the authors purposes they deny the possibility that agency responsible for licensing new selected the commonly used live childhood immunizations in their pres- Vaccine Safety Tests cont. on page 

Page ‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Vaccine Safety Tests cont. from page 8 References 207. 14. Imani F, Kehoe KE, Infection of drugs, wrote the following concerning 1. American Academy of Pediatrics, the short prelicensing testings of the Autism A.L.A.R.M., January, 2004. human B lymphocytes with MMR MMR (Measles-Mumps-Rubella) vac- 2. California Department of vaccine induces IgE class switching, cine: Developmental Services, 2003 DDS Clinical Immunology, Sept., 2001; 100(3):355-361. “Being extremely generous, evidence report. 15. Sen S, Togawa K, Yamatogi Y et on safety was very thin; being realistic 3. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education al, Adverse events following vac- there were too few patients being fol- cination in premature infants, Acta lowed-up for insufficient time. Three Statistics: Digest of Education Statistics (2002). Paediatr, 2001; 90:916-920. weeks is not enough…neither is 4 4. B.Bloom et al, Summary Health 16. Sanchez PJ, Laptook AR, Fisher weeks… Caution should have been Statistics for U.S. Children: L et al, Apnea after immunization demanded and strong encouragement National Health Interview survey, of preterm infants, J Pediatr, 1997; should have been given to conduct 2001,” National Center for Health 130(5):746-751. a 12-month observational study on Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics 17. Botham SJ, Isaacs D, Henderson- 10-15,000 patients and a prospective Series 10, No. 216 (November Smart DJ, Incidence of apnoea monitoring programme set up with a 2003). and bradycardia in preterm infants computerized primary care database. 5. DM Mannino et al, Surveillance for following DTP immunization: a prospective study, J Paediatr Child The granting of a Product License was asthma: United States, 1960-1995, Health, 1997; 33(5):418-421. premature.” (22) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality 18. Botham SJ, Isaacs, C, Incidence With regard to the critically impor- of apnoea and bradycardia in pre- tant before-and-after safety tests, we Weekly Report, April, 1998, 47 (no. SS-1). term infants following triple antigen will make just one comment. Among 6. See note 3 immunization, J Paediatr Child the 10 references listed above for 7. See note 4 Health, 1994; 33(5):418-421. before-and-after tests, 8 were from for- 8. The above references and related 19. Schulzke S, Fahnenstich H, Apnea eign medical centers and laboratories, information came from an article by and bradycardia in preterm infants only 2 from the U.S.A. Should it no be Barbara Loe Fisher, “In the Wake following routine immunization the other way around? of Vaccines,” Mothering Magazine, including acellular Pertussis-contain- September-October, 2004. ing vaccines, and (both 2004). Vaccine Safety Tests: Why 9. Bradstreet JJ, El Dahr J, Anthony A, 20. Slack MH, Schapira D, severe Are They Not Being Done? Wakefield AJ, Detection of measles apnoeas following immunization in virus genomic RNA in cerebrospinal premature infants, Arch Diseases If more people would ask this ques- fluid of three children with regres- child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 1999; tion, then we couldsee a genuine begin- sive autism: a report of three cases, 81(1): F67-F68. ning of accomplishments in this field. J Assoc Amer Physic Surg, Summer, 21. “Vaccine Safety Issues,” Stephanie 2004, 9(1):38-47. F Cave, MD, presented during Summary and Conclusions 10.Singh VK, Rivas WH, Prevalence of the “Spring DAN Conference, serum antibodies to caudate nucleus Washington DC, sponsored by 4182 In our opinion, the missing link in in autistic children, Neuroscience Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA today’s childhood vaccine programs is Letters, 2004; 355:53-56. 92116. that of credible, systematic safety test- 11. Eibl M et al, Abnormal T-lym- 22. Referee 1, Measles, mumps, ing designed to disclose as yet unrec- phocyte subpopulations in healthy rubella vaccine: through a glass ognized adverse vaccine reactions, subjects after tetanus booster darkly by AJ Wakefield and Scott and in finding these adverse effects, to immunization (letter) NEJM, 1984; M Montgomery, Adverse Drug React Toxicol Rev, 2000; 19(3) 1- seek safer methods of immunizations. 310(3):198-199. 2, Oxford University Press (Article Failures to do this in all probability 12. Nouno S et al, Adverse effect on EEG and clinical condition after contains reports from 4 referees have contributed to today’s increasing commenting on article by Wakefield pattern of childhood illnesses and dis- immunizing children with convulsive disorder, Acta Paediatr Japan, Aug., and Montgomery, one referee being abilities. 1990; 32(4):357-360. A Peter Fletcher). 13. Pukalsky AL et al, Cytokine profile Taken from: http://www.redflagsweek- after rubella vaccine inoculation: ly.com/conferences/shaken_baby/2004_ evidence of immunosuppressive dec10.html effect of vaccination, Mediators of inflamm., August, 2003; 12(4):203-

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VRAN Newsletter‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page  its official reports on the issue. est between federal policy makers and A Dragon By Judge T.John Ward also ordered the the vaccine industry that Senate Bill 3 The Tail vaccine manufacturers to produce all will defy the US Constitution's provi- communications with "members of the sions for state and civil rights in order The Corrupt World of World Health Organization, the Center to shield vaccine manufacturers from Global Vaccine Politics for Disease Control, the Food and liability? Drug Administration, the Institute of And finally, how will a world vac- By Lisa Reagan Medicine, the Brighton Collaboration, cine policy influenced by allegedly and the Global Alliance for Vaccines "predetermined" safety reports imple- Lisa Regan’s illuminating report shows and Immunization (GAVI) relating mented through a global alliance of us how the most powerful medical to the issue whether the thimerosal international governments and vaccine research bodies in the United States contained in pediatric vaccines causes manufacturers with a fund of billions compromise their vaccine safety autism or other neurological disor- headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, research for vested interests, the impact ders." support or protect the health and on global vaccine policies, and the When the defendant's legal coun- human rights of targeted Third-World introduction of a Bill to protect it all. sel balked at the amount of expense country peoples? involved in producing such extensive On January 24, 2005 -- the same documentation for the court; however, History of the IOM's day the Global Alliance for Vaccines Judge Ward reassured the defense that Immunization and Safety and Immunization (GAVI) announced the process could be useful for the Review Committee the receipt of $750 million for its more than 300 pending lawsuits wait- historic world vaccination campaign Insight to these questions may lie ing to be tried in the US. -- seven US Senators introduced Senate in the pivotal year of 1999, a year Bill 3. The bill is an unprecedented preceded by a decade of declining The same IOM reports denying a link act giving comprehensive liability vaccine sales, major breakups within between vaccines and the country's protections to vaccine manufacturers the manufacturing industry, increased autism epidemic have been used: , restricting Freedom of Information requirements for routine childhood Acts on drug/vaccine safety, and pre- ✦to endorse standardized case defini- vaccines, a growing autism epidemic, empting states' rights to ban mercury tions for Adverse Events Following and researchers and media reports from children's vaccines, all under the Immunizations for "global dissemina- questioning the safety of vaccines and bill's official title: ''Protecting America tion" their possible link to autism. in the War on Terror Act of 2005''. ✦as justification for Senate Bill 3's In 1999, as a US Congressional Meanwhile in Texas, after receiving sweeping provisions and protections; Government Reform Committee initi- an internal transcript that allegedly ✦as a cause for no further federal ated an investigation into the rampant proves the Institutes of Medicine's monies to be spent on research of the conflicts of interest between federal (IOM) report denying a link between potential vaccine/autism link vaccine policy makers and manufactur- childhood last ✦as a reason to silence media inquiries ers, a global rescue effort of the sink- year was "predetermined", a US into vaccine safety issues ing vaccine industry began with the District Court judge ordered the ✦and as a defense for dismissing over formation of GAVI (Global Alliance worlds' "big five" vaccine manufactur- 4,500 petitions for vaccine injuries for Vaccines & Immunization). ers to "produce any and all documents in a federal court Originally funded by Microsoft relating to payments made to, or stock billionaire Bill Gates through his Is it possible that a closed meeting ownership" by the seventeen members Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates transcript alleged as proof of a ploy of the IOM's Immunization and Safety Foundation, GAVI's partnership of to ignore vaccine risks, a near billion Review Committee. international governments and vaccine dollar grant for a global vaccination A court document submitting the manufacturers salvaged lagging sales campaign, emerging lawsuits for vac- IOM's leaked transcript as an exhibit through an overhauled world vaccina- cine injuries and a sweeping federal bill in the first civil juried lawsuit against tion campaign that placed GAVI, head- to protect vaccine manufacturers are the vaccine manufacturers states the quartered in Geneva, Switzerland, at unrelated? transcript proves the IOM committee, the center of the reorganized alliance. Is it possible that in spite of US "predetermined the necessity of not Also formed in 1999 were the Congressional hearings and reports finding causality between vaccines and international Brighton Collaboration citing widespread conflicts of inter- autism and/or neurological injury" in and the World Health Organization’s A Dragon By The Tail cont. on page 11

Page 10‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter A Dragon By The Tail cont. from page 10 examine multiple "vaccine safety chal- of Science building on January 12, (WHO) Global Advisory Committee lenges". 2001, committee members repeatedly on Vaccine Safety. In its public report, the CDC specifi- expressed their "need for reassurance" The Brighton Collaboration’s sole cally sited a 1998 British Lancet study and concern over their charge, evi- purpose was to create standardized recommending more research into a dence, methodology, and public com- case definitions for Adverse Events potential link between the Measles, munication goals, especially to parents. Following Immunizations for "global Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine and Walter Orenstein, MD, the Director dissemination". Brighton's steering autism, negative press, public informa- of the National Immunization Program committee members currently hail tion vaccine conferences, the Rotavirus at the CDC, charged the IOM commit- from the US FDA, CDC, and Aventis vaccine recall and seven congressional tee to specifically address: "the causal Pasteur(Sanofi Pasteur), a vaccine hearings questioning vaccine safety, as relationship between the vaccine and manufacturer and federal lawsuit impetus to employ the IOM. adverse effect; the biologic mechanisms defendant. However, the CDC's ability to that could account for the adverse Brighton's website does not include objectively and fairly evaluate vaccine effect; and the significance of the safety autism among its listed adverse events. risks has been denounced by a three concern in the context of society at The WHO Global Advisory year long US congressional investiga- large." It is this meeting's transcript Committee on Vaccine Safety has " tion: "To date, studies conducted or that has been submitted as a court concluded that there is currently no funded by the CDC that purportedly exhibit by Waters and Kraus, a Dallas, evidence of mercury toxicity in infants, dispute any correlation between autism Texas law firm. children, or adults exposed to thi- and vaccine injury have been of poor However, according to Gordon merosal in vaccines" and "that cur- design, under-powered, and fatally Douglas, MD, Director of Strategic rent WHO immunization policy with flawed. The CDC's rush to support Planning for the Vaccine Research respect to thimerosal containing vac- and promote such research is reflective Center at the National Institutes of cines should not be changed." of a philosophical conflict in looking Health (NIH), the IOM committee The Brighton Collaboration has been fairly at emerging theories and clinical was hired by the CDC to "rule out the cited as being "fraught with pitfalls data related to adverse reactions from proposed links". The NIH serves as and merges regulators and the regulat- vaccinations. America's medical research agency. ed into an indistinguishable group." "The CDC in general and the Douglas stated in a Princeton "I am very concerned about National Immunization Program in University lecture summary that, "Four the development of the Brighton particular are conflicted in their duties current studies are taking place at the Collaboration," stated US to monitor the safety of vaccines, while CDC in collaboration with the NIH Congressional Representative Dave also charged with the responsibility of to rule out the proposed links between Weldon, MD, (R-FL) at an Autism purchasing vaccines for resale as well immunizations and autism, immuni- One Conference in May 2004. as promoting increased immunization zations and possible developmental "Particularly troubling is the fact that rates," states the congressional report. regression, inflammatory bowel disease serving on the panels defining what (View the report at http://www.nomer- and the MMR vaccine, and thimero- constitutes an adverse reaction to a cury.org/science/documents/GRC_6-15- sal and the risk of autism. In order to vaccine, are vaccine manufacturers. 00.pdf) undo the harmful effects of research What is even worse is the fact that "They serve as their own watchdog claiming to link the MMR vaccine to some of these committees are chaired -- neither common nor desirable when an elevated risk of autism, we need to by vaccine manufacturers. It is totally seeking unbiased research," Weldon conduct and publicize additional stud- inappropriate for a manufacturer of has stated in describing the CDC. ies, strengthen the program to assure vaccines to be put in the position of "An association between vaccines and parents of MMR's safety, and further determining what is and is not an autism would force CDC officials to educate pediatricians and primary care adverse reaction to their product. Do admit that their policies irreparably physicians." we allow GM, Ford and Chrysler to damaged thousands of children. Who Formerly Douglas served as the pres- define the safety of their automo- among us would easily accept such a ident of vaccine manufacturer and fed- biles?" conclusion about ourselves? Yet, this is eral lawsuit defendant Merck Vaccines In 1999, with GAVI's international what the CDC is asked to do," Weldon from 1991 to 1999. According to partnership and Bill Gates' billions said. an LA Times story on February 8, on the way to rescue the industry, the From the beginning of the IOM 2005, while serving as president of CDC hired the IOM's Immunizations committee's meeting behind the closed Merck, Douglas received a memo from and Safety Review Committee to doors of the National Academies A Dragon By The Tail cont. on page 12

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 11 A Dragon By The Tail cont. from page 11 the schedule. We could say it is time IOM was well aware that studies like Maurice R. Hilleman, MD, an interna- to revisit this but we will never recom- these were due for release, but chose to tionally renowned vaccinologist, who mend that level. Even recommend- ignore them. The findings in this study told Douglas that six-month-old babies ing research is recommendations for make clear that the IOM was more who received their vaccines on sched- policy. We wouldn't say compensate, interested in regurgitating CDC spin ule would receive a mercury dose 87 we wouldn't say pull the vaccine, we than incorporating hard science like times higher than the Environmental wouldn't say stop the program." Dr. Hornig's report. Such information Protection Agency deemed safe. The Similarly, Dr. McCormick, in dis- would force the government to face the NIH announced a "sweeping ethics cussing whether autism could be asso- reality of the mercury threat and take reform" on February 1, 2005. To view ciated with vaccines, stated that "we definitive action to protect countless the Merck memo: http://www.nomer- are not ever going to come down that children from potential neurological cury.org/science/documents/LATimes_ it is a true side effect," despite the fact damage." Merck_Memo_2-8-05.pdf that the committee had not yet consid- US Congressional Representative "We've got a dragon by the tail ered any evidence on this issue. Dave Weldon, MD called the IOM here," states a committee member in Dr. Stratton indicated that, despite reports “heavily biased and unrep- the transcript. "At the end of the line, not having heard any of the evidence, resentative of all the available scien- what we know is - and I agree - that the probable conclusion was going to tific and medical research.” Weldon the more negative that presentation be that the evidence was "inadequate said the reports discounted the bio- [the report] is, the less likely people are to accept or reject a causal relation." logical evidence presented by US to use vaccination, immunization, and "Chances are, when all is said and Congressional investigative reports we know what the results of that will done, we are still going to be in this and university studies. It also dis- be. We are kind of caught in a trap. category. It is just a general feeling that counted thousands of parent activists How we work our way out of the trap, we probably still are not going to be who pointed to the parallel increase in I think, is the charge." able to make a statement." vaccination requirements and the rise Stratton joined the IOM in 1990 in autism rates starting in the early Instead of focusing on scientific data and was later awarded the IOM's Cecil 1990s. which could possibly tarnish the cur- Research Award for her contributions An internationally renowned bio- rent routine childhood vaccine policy, to vaccine safety. McCormick is the ethicist who has previously spoken on "The transcript sets forth in significant Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor vaccine policy issues at the National detail stated biases, preferences and/or of Maternal and Child Health at the Vaccine Information Center confer- predetermination of various committee Harvard School of Public Health. ence, told Byronchild magazine that members in January, 2001, i.e. before Congressmen, researchers and par- people should not be surprised by any medical or scientific evidence had ents petitioned the IOM Committee the contents of the IOM transcript or been presented to the committee” to delay their final meeting and report Senate Bill 3. ‘Old paradigms do not states the court document. (emphasis last year until an animal study demon- die easily,' he said. ‘This is just the added) strating a link between mercury and nature of the beast.' Specifically cited are statements by autism by Mady Hornig, MD, an asso- the IOM's study director Kathleen ciate professor at Columbia University, World Economic Forum Stratton, PhD, and committee chair could be completed. Questions GAVI's Global Marie McCormick, MD. These state- The IOM refused to delay their final Vaccine Campaign ments, the law firm says, strongly meeting and issued their "no link" suggest Stratton and McCormick delib- According to GAVI figures, 4 mil- report in May 2004. The Columbia erately railroaded their committee into lion children have been vaccinated for University study confirming the link specific outcomes diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping between mercury and autism was com- Dr. McCormick, for example, in cough; 42 million more children have pleted and presented to the public in speaking of the CDC, noted that the been vaccinated with hepatitis B; and June 2004. agency "wants us to declare, well, 991 million single-use disposable syringes "This is a perfect example of the sci- these things are pretty safe on a popu- have been produced for the program. entific findings that the IOM ignored lation basis." “GAVI relies on technical and scien- when creating their recent report on Dr. Stratton: "We said this before tific information and advice from the the potential of the vaccine-autism you got here, and I think we said WHO’s Global Advisory Committee link," stated Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN, this yesterday, the point of no return, on Vaccine Safety. Based on the com- NP, president of Safeminds, an inde- the line we will not cross in public mittee's findings, GAVI and its partners pendent nonprofit organization. "The policy is to pull the vaccine, change A Dragon By The Tail cont. on page 12

Page 12‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter A Dragon By The Tail cont. from page 12 eleven thrown in prison for will continue to support the use of vac- cines that contain thimerosal,” responded refusing vaccination Gates Foundation spokesperson Jenny Sorensen to byronchild's inquiry. which the World Health Organization If the accusation that the IOM CNN May 11, 2005 (WHO), other international vaccina- “predetermined” the outcome of their tion groups, and local governments are Eleven men in Mali were jailed after reports is true, what does this bode willing to go to suppress the opposi- refusing to let their children receive the for a worldwide vaccine policy that is tion. polio vaccine. The men were charged now being routinely employed through Beyond the machinations of this with "resistance, disobedience and GAVI's partners and the governments report, the incident throws a spotlight rebellion against public authorities" of undeveloped countries who rely on on the indifference these organiza- and sentenced to between six months the IOM's vaccine safety information tions have towards basic human rights and three years in prison. to be accurate? and personal liberties, and the ease The men, members of a Muslim sect, Is the solution for creating a healthy at which they obliterate these rights refused vaccination of their daugh- world a global vaccine campaign? in the name of "health" and "protec- ters during a public health campaign During the World Economic Forum's tion." because they believed it would make 2003 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, GAVI's global vaccine campaign was intensely debated by The long term health ramifications of this panelists. WEF panelists were not con- vinced that GAVI's goals are realistic action will remain unknown as these chil- as a panacea for the complex needs of dren will not be followed to document any underdeveloped countries. "There is a strong tendency to see vaccine injuries or complications. vaccines as a cure-all that can work in isolation," said Geoffrey Foster, Founder and Consultant, International their children sterile. Child Welfare and Health, Family Review of Polio Polio, a viral disease that can cause AIDS Caring Trust, FACT, Zimbabwe, paralysis, has reappeared in 13 African Since early 2004, armies of vaccina- and Social Entrepreneur. “Instead, vac- countries in the last two years. It is tors have marched along dusty, wind- cines must be set firmly within a real- thought that polio resurged in nearby ing streets from India to Nigeria, deter- istic and holistic context. In the past, Nigeria after a northern state banned mined to inoculate every child under in Europe, death and disease dropped vaccines in mid-2003 because Muslim the age of five. Although appearing because of nutrition and education. elders said they were part of a plot to virtuous in the eyes of the world, the Vaccines must accompany poverty alle- spread HIV and infertility. The vac- relentless vaccination program has viation or children will be stunted both cinations resumed after 10 months. At resulted in some menacing consequenc- physically and intellectually.” least five rounds of national campaigns es: children in some regions of India ‘A Dragon by the Tail’ is excerpted to vaccinate young children against were forced to swallow up to 20 doses from Byronchild Magazine world polio are scheduled this year in eight of the vaccine, since there is no way to exclusive report, March 7, 2005. For African countries that have been hard- verify who had been vaccinated in ear- the full report, go to http://www. est hit by the disease. lier rounds. (1) byronchild.com/vacc.htm Believing eradication of the polio Commentary on the Resistance virus is paramount to the health of the By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, D.O. African continent and hence the world, the WHO, in an Alice in Wonderland- The Mali incident reported by like twist of logic and sensibility, is Reuters earlier this month is further planning to repeat the 2004 program evidence of the resistance mounting in 23 African countries, vaccinating to repeated mass oral polio vaccina- more than 80 million children under tion (OPV) in developing countries. age five -- again. And more than five Reading between the lines, the som- (5) campaigns are being planned. ber report confirms the lengths to Eleven In Prison cont. on page 14

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 13 Eleven in Prison cont. from page 13 be eliminated. However, in 1999, (9) The long term health ramifications although there were only nine cases of this action will remain unknown of AFP due to poliovirus, 276 cases of Fighting the Resistance as these children will not be followed paralysis were classified as non-polio. It is highly possible that the large- to document any vaccine injuries scale vaccination program pushed or complications. In addition to the The Creation of More Non-Polio through Africa in 2003 by the WHO health travesties that will no doubt Viruses and More Paralysis may be responsible for doubling the occur, serious penalties, including hefty The WHO claims that repeated number of African children who suf- prison sentences, will be enforced for vaccination is harmless. However, it fered from paralysis in 2004. It is also refusing the vaccine, as evidenced by is known that polio viruses have the possible the vaccine polioviruses and the events in Mali. ability to spontaneously combine with their potential recombinants made other viruses, leading to the creation their way into the water supply and Eradication of Polio or Paralysis: of new polio strains. The repeated spread to five other countries (Burkina What is the Goal? administration of the OPV creates a Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, But while Mali may be the first "favorable condition" for combining Ivory Coast and Sudan) that had pre- country to actually respond to pro- with other polio-like viruses that may viously been certified as "polio-free." testers with incarceration, heavy- be living in the intestinal tract of the (10) handed sentiments and tactics are vaccine recipient.(6) The more doses But as distressing as the public apparently crossing borders. Last of vaccine that is given, the greater health issues may be, it would be year, Botswana's High Court issued the likelihood that new viruses will wrong to end this analysis without an order giving police the authority form, if for no other reason that more addressing the moral considerations of to "access any house, vehicle, school and more polioviruses are available to the Mali arrests and imprisonments. or property where it is suspected any "meet up" with non-polio viruses. Note that the "criminals" from Mali children within the specified age group The oral polio vaccine is known to were living "shut away in a sort of are hidden for purposes of evad- cause paralysis. In fact, the overall rate monastery" and were exercising their ing or frustrating the National Polio of VAPP -- vaccine-associated paralytic right to refuse vaccination for religious Immunization Campaign."(2) More polio -- caused by the OPV in develop- reasons. recently, in April of this year, prison ing countries ranges between 1 case These were parents -- no different sentences for refusing the vaccine were per 1.5 million doses administered (in than you -- who simply tried to protect threatened in the Katsina State in Latin America) to 1 case per 4.6 mil- their children from a procedure they Northern Nigeria. (3) lion doses administered (in India).(7) did not want because they felt that it An important distinction must be The National Institutes of Infectious was unsafe. And the government did pointed out. If the purpose of eliminat- Disease admits that "paralysis associ- not allow them to refuse. Although ing the polio virus is to end childhood ated with OPV or caused by infection this occurred outside the U.S., it serves paralysis, then mass vaccination pro- with circulating vaccine-derived polio- as a chilling example of how a govern- grams will go on indefinitely because viruses is unavoidable so long as the ment can force mandatory vaccination, this goal is simply unattainable. An oral polio vaccine is used. (8) without exception and without exemp- astonishing number of viruses can The WHO continues to extend its tion, on its people, and impose stiff cause acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) projected date for polio eradication penalties for trying to refuse. including Coxsackie viruses, Japanese because the method deployed for A foreboding message from Rep. encephalitis viruses, echoviruses, or its elimination -- mass vaccination Ron Paul (R-TX), a physician, should enteroviruses.(4) Clearly, mass polio- through campaigns to widespread use give us pause: "When we give govern- virus vaccination programs will not of National Immunization Days -- is ment the power to make medical deci- eliminate paralysis. ineffective. The antibodies that are sions for us, we, in essence, accept that Given that information, it's fair to induced by the vaccine-strain polio the state owns our bodies." conclude that the WHO is engaging viruses are very specific to those par- Editor’s note: The $3 billion already in double-speak when insisting that ticular viruses. They would provide no spent globally for eradication of the "polio epidemics must be eradicated to protection for the new "combo-virus- polio virus could have been better prevent paralysis." For example, the es." Hence, polio outbreaks -- caused spent on food, education and potable WHO recently declared Egypt to be by both vaccine-strain poliovirus and water in poor countries where the "on the threshold of eradicating polio- new combo-strains poliovirus -- are average wage can be merely $1US per virus"(5), implying the occurrence of continuing to occur around the world polio -- and hence, paralysis -- would most likely due to these campaigns. Eleven in Prison cont. on page 15

Page 14‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Eleven in Prison cont. from page 14 researchers have catalogued experi- day. ment after experiment demonstrating Dr.Tenpenny’s two hour video, The Virus and the Vaccine the link between SV40 and cancer. Vaccines: What CDC Documents and Excerpt From a Review by The Vast Vaccine Cover Up Science Reveal , brings you all of the Dr. Sherry Tenpenny Beyond the historical saga of the crucial information you need to protect The newly released book, The Virus polio vaccine and SV40, this book has you and your loved ones from the dan- and the Vaccine, by Debbie Bookchin a much larger and foreboding mes- gers of vaccines. It is the culmination and Jim Schumacher, reads like a sus- sage. The book connects the incestuous of her intensive four and a half-year pense novel. It chronicles the story interrelationships between the federal investigation into the real story behind of the discovery and production of government, the major governmen- vaccines. the polio vaccine. Early on, research- tal health agencies such as [the Food Dr. Tenpenny’s webpage: http:// ers knew that a contaminant, later and Drug Administration (FDA), the www.nmaseminars.com/ identified as simian virus 40 (SV40), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Reprinted from Mercola website: was present in the polio vaccine. They the Centers for Disease Control www.mercola.com/2005/jun/2/vac- knew it came from monkey kidney (CDC), the National Cancer Institute cine_refusal.htm tissue cultures used to grow the polio (NCI)] and the pharmaceutical indus- viruses and they knew it had cancer- try. If there were ever any misgivings as References causing abilities. The government and to how deeply enmeshed these groups 1. "Drives in 6 nations aim to the pharmaceutical industry also knew are, this book removes all doubt. treat every child under age 5,” it and they chose to do nothing about The impeccable research exposes the Ken Moritsugu. Knight Ridder it. extensive use of power, coercion and Newspapers. Oct. 19, 2004. "SV40 can do all the things required cover up used to maintain the public's 2. Botsxana: Religious sects refuse to make a human cell malignant. It confidence in vaccines. polio vaccination. IRINnews.org. can block the Rbs and p53 [cell pro- The Virus and the Vaccine is a June11, 2004 tectors]. It can activate several onco- "must read" for everyone wanting to 3. Nigerian state to jail parents who genes [cancer causing genes] that can fully understand the cover-up template resist polio vaccines. Mail&Gardian. lead to unlimited cell growth. And it the government has established to pro- online. can induce telemerase activity [mak- tect the vaccine industry. It goes some- 4. Cheng-Yu Chen, et. al. Acute ing the cells immortal.] It is one of thing like this: Flaccid Paralysis in Infants and the most potent carcinogens that we ✦ A researcher documents a seri- Young Children with Enterovirus know." ous problem with a vaccine. Then the 71 Infection: MR Imaging Findings and Clinical Correlates. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., Jan 2001; 22: 200- 205. A shift is occurring in the medical paradigm 5. Hassan, Abdalla. February 22, 2001. Egypt appears close to wiping out regarding mandatory vaccination as more polio scourge. Reuters News Service. and more people are questioning the safe- 6. Virology. Vol 196, p. 199. 7. These are the only two developing ty, efficacy and value of vaccines. countries who have published data on this topic. Michele Carbone, MD (from The government publishes "the definitive 8. Tetsuo Yoneyama. Surveillance of Virus and the Vaccine (Page 209) study" to "set the record straight." A Poliovirus-Isolates in Japan, 2001. flurry of media campaigns and medical Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 55, 57-58, 2002 The last half of the book tells journal articles are launched to con- 9. Ibid. Tetsuo paper. the story of the modern day SV40 vince and reassure the medical estab- 10. Polio spreading in Africa despite researchers, and in particular, the work lishment that the conclusions of the immunizations. NYTIMES News of Dr. Michele Carbone. A presti- "definitive study" are the final truth. Service, New York. Monday, Jan 17, gious virologist, Carbone proved the There is no reason to look any further. 2005,Page 6. connection between SV40 and meso- ✦ Upon critical examination, the thelioma, a rare cancer of the lung "definitive study" is found to have pleura thought mainly to be caused by serious flaws. The rebuttals are asbestos. For more than 40 years, The Virus and The Vaccine cont. on page 16

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 15 The Virus and The Vaccine cont. from page 15 from. They have learned that it is announced at government hearings, LETTERS your immune system that protects you in journal publications, over radio from disease. These diseases will never broadcasts and throughout the Internet be eradicated until everyone in the -- but are barely acknowledged. The Editor’s note: Predictably, the recent world has a healthy immune system "definitive study" has quickly become rubella outbreak in Ontario grabbed because they will always survive in the "established medical fact," flaws and media headlines for weeks. Mindelle unhealthy. all. Jacobs’ insulting article, ‘Anti-vacci- What should we call it when a child ✦ Well-meaning physicians who do nation Crowd Needs a Pill’ published who develops seizures or autism or not want to change their devotion- in the Edmonton Sun on May 10, dies after a vaccination - an act of like belief in the value of vaccines will 2005 brought a deluge of letters from God? It should be called a criminal propagate the misinformation. And the outraged parents. http://www.canoe. offence. When an injury is caused by a patients who receive their advice and ca/NewsStand?Columnists/Edmonton/ direct act of a person, it should be an the vaccines will continue to suffer the Mindelle_Jacobs/2005/05/10/1032737 indictable offence and not an accept- consequences indefinitely. To: Edmonton Sun & Mindelle Jacobs able risk. When we have an employee Vaccination is a part of routine injured or killed on the job it is not an healthcare for people of all ages and Reading the article written by Ms. acceptable risk, it is an offence. Right therefore, The Virus and the Vaccine Jacobs was very disturbing to me. In now there is a world wide move to is a "must read" for everyone. A shift this day of anti bullying, non discrimi- protect vaccine manufacturers from is occurring in the medical paradigm nation and freedom of rights it is very law suits launched by those who regarding mandatory vaccination as disturbing that she would imply that have been damaged by their vaccines. more and more people are questioning the bullying tactic of caning should be Might this be called Selfish. Deluded. the safety, efficacy and value of vac- used to force people in a free country Dangerous. Ignorant. Irresponsible. cines. to conform to another persons beliefs. Are the people trying to pass these The information substantiated It is also disturbing to have her call laws morons? by this thoroughly researched book people that have made an informed And what should we call a news should cause everyone -- parent and decision Morons, Selfish, Deluded, outlet that chooses to only voice one healthcare providers alike -- to reevalu- Dangerous or Ignorant. side of a story. Biased? The media is ate their trust in vaccines, and their If the vaccine is so great the only quick to report the number of cases blind confidence in the governmental people that have to worry about of a disease but how often do they tell agencies that control them. catching these diseases are those that us the damages done by a vaccination. Science has clearly been sacrificed choose not to be vaccinated and that According to Dr. Supriya Sharma a for profit and for the personal reputa- is their choice. These people are not Health Canada spokesperson, only 1% tions of those in charge. Nothing will “Morons, Selfish. Deluded, Dangerous, to 10 % of drug adverse reactions are be allowed to threaten "one of the Ignorant”. They are informed people reported. nation's most important public health who have chosen to look beyond Now if we take these %'s and multi- programs," mass vaccination. what the government and most news ply the adverse reactions to just the flu media agencies present. They have vaccine reported in the CCDR Volume Note: To order the Virus and the found out by searching or having their 28- 23 1 December 2002 we get some Vaccine at Amazon link through the children damaged that vaccines may revealing numbers: Mercola site: http://www.mercola. be more dangerous than the diseases com/2004/oct/6/virus_vaccine.htm that they are supposed to protect you (arrhythmia bradycardia, cardiac Dr. Sherri Tenpenny’s website: http:// Reactions to flu vaccine reported at 10% at 1 % www.nmaseminars.com/ Arthralgia/arthritis 59 590 5,900 Guillain-Barré syndrome 3 30 300 Convulsions/seizures 5 500 500 Meningitis/encephalitis 5 5 500 Abnormal vision 113 1,130 11,300 400 Paralysis 4 40 27,000 Rigors 270 2,700 900 Anaphylaxis 9 90 3,900 Cardiovascular symptoms: 39 390 Letters cont. on page 17

Page 16‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Letters cont. from page 16 shot. I am almost positive that when What's incomprehensible is that arrest, cardiac failure, atrial fibrilla- she opened her eyes in emergency two those who have had the great mis- tion, hypotension, mitral insufficiency, days later after being resuscitated she fortune to experience problems with paplitation, weak pulse, tachycardia, never imagined her life would be so immunization first hand, can only syncope, hypertension, hypertension damned different. Tragically for her seem to find the important clues to aggravated) “lump these together, and for us her parents, who did not their child's suffering by becoming we wouldn’t want to know the acual take the time to research vaccine risks researchers in their own right, as their deaths would we?” http://www.phac- and believed that we were doing the child regresses into some horrible neu- aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-retc/02vol28/ right thing by putting our faith in pub- rological disorder like autism, while dr2823ea.html lic health system. the "perfectly safe" mantra suddenly This is only 507 of the 1800 report- Talk about broken promises to be fades away and they're left with no ed adverse events to the 2001-2002 disease free with just a few shots - just answers to the questions that follow. flu vaccine. Only 30% of Canadians a few pokes for a life worth of uncon- What's incomprehensible is that time are vaccinated each year so if everyone trollable seizures and AUTISM! - the and time again, people are all dropped was vaccinated these numbers would inability to communicate with anyone, into the so-called "conspiracy theorist" more than triple. We only have 500 to be caged like an animal in my own bucket simply because they witnessed to 1500 flu/pneumonia related deaths mind as I watch the world pass me by. the ugly politics and saw what some per year mostly in elderly. What is How sad that you believe in your people in high places are actually more dangerous to the average person? narrow mind that vaccines work for capable of. What's incomprehensible Would you rather take the risk of vac- all and can’t possibly believe that for is how quickly you drag out this ste- cine related damages for life or the risk some it does not work!! It makes me reotype, when in fact most Canadians of the flu for a few days? sick and angry as hell and I offer you and Americans are no longer naive These reactions are only from the flu this challenge. I invite you to come enough to discount the notion that the vaccine. What is the real picture when spend a day in our home. pharmaceutical industry wields a tre- we add in all the other vaccines that How nice for you to have your crap mendous amount of power and influ- are recommended and what will it be published and then move on to some- ence over Western health care policy like in a few years as we accumulate thing else tomorrow - another story. (according to the Harvard School the toxins contained in these vaccines For us anti-vaccine ‘wierdos’, it does of Public Health, this same industry year after year? You may think I am a not end with another story. That vac- spends $18 billion annually in the US moron and you may be right because cine reaction goes on forever. Do you - roughly the equivalent of Canada's I think I am "more on" than Mindelle have any idea what its like to watch gross GDP investment in 2004 - on Jacobs. The people have a right to your child who was born NORMAL marketing efforts alone - including know both sides of the story and and develop NORMALLY struggle, direct-to-consumer ads ($3 billion) as the news media has an obligation to suffer, hurt, cry and watch our families well as $15 billion on "sampling" and divulge it. be torn day after day with new chal- "detailing" aimed directly at physi- lenges. How nice for you to be able to cians). Keith Loder move on to your next story. Again, I What's incomprehensible is that Blyth, Ontario invite you to spend a day in my home this same industry, with it's 12-figure * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * and witness for yourself what happens annual revenues, constantly lobbies when the vaccine does not work...... their political allies for full immunity To: Mindy Jacobs & Edmonton Sun from product liability, citing potential re: ‘Anti-vaccination Crowd Needs a Anna McCullough bankruptcy as their rationale, when the Pill’ Outraged Mother of vaccine injured truth is that vaccine-damaged families child I am disgusted by your article - not presently seem to have little real legal to mention outraged!! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * recourse in Canada, while in the U.S Are you a mother? if so, than I Ms. Jacobs; Edmonton Sun nearly $2 billion has been paid out to thank God you are one of the lucky vaccine injury victims since 1986. ones to have played Russian roulette You write that "It is almost incom- What's incomprehensible is the use with your child’s life & been fortunate prehensible that in the West, where of statistical manipulation (CDC) to enough to miss that bullet. vaccination programs have long been water down actual adverse outcomes I beg you to spend a few days in my routine, that there are still a few from their original studies, using suc- home with my 17 year old daughter morons who refuse to immunize their cessive iterations and data dilution who reacted 20 minutes after her DPT kids." Letters cont. on page 18

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 17 Letters cont. from page 17 Like any (invasive) medical pro- of ironic, isn't it? Hardly moronic, (Verstraeten). What's incomprehen- cedure, immunization must always or incomprehensible, by any stretch. sible is the continued refusal (CDC) be questioned. The questions should Actually, pretty much heroic, when to allow independent researchers to always be answered honestly and you think about it. access this same data. openly, regardless of how disturb- Randy Toni What's incomprehensible is that ing the answers might be. Not with father of a child who developed these companies can aggressively mar- deception and lies. Not with political autism following vaccination ket their poisons (Vioxx - ultimately and statistical trickery. Not under the Ontario, Canada. contributing to almost 140,000 deaths thumb of one of the most powerful last year alone, according to Dr. David corporate interests in the world. Not * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Graham, FDA whistelblower) with with the express intent of support- Re: Edmonton Sun – Re: full prior knowledge of the potential ing an existing agenda or avoiding Anti-vaccination crowd needs a pill dangers (Merck), yet language still accountability. And certainly not with seems to keep showing up in otherwise examples of insulting rhetoric such as Mindy? Have you taken your chill seemingly innocuous legislation, par- yours. pill? Have you seen or lived with a ticularly in the US (several times in the There are a growing number of med- child who is the result of a vaccine last 3 years), aimed at shielding them ical professionals, and tens of thou- injury or witnessed a child die of sud- from product liability. sands of well-educated, well-informed den infant death following vaccina- What's incomprehensible is that the parents (many are medical profession- tion? And do you know that now 1 in same health authorities that warn you als themselves) across Canada and the 6 children have developmental defects, about eating a can of mercury contam- US, and around the world who increas- and 1 in 166 have autism, probably inated tuna appear to have no problem ingly question the safety of vaccines, and most assuredly from vaccines (test with the injection of one of the most and who do so with good reason and them and observe their measles mumps highly toxic substances on earth into with noble intent. They do so because riddled guts in endoscopy or the cere- the bloodstream of newborn babies of a substantial and growing body brospinal fluid). and pregnant moms. of scientific evidence, and because of I call that an epidemic! Did you What's incomprehensible is the what they are witnessing taking place know that autoimmune mice given staunch defense for this insanity in in a generation of our children. vaccine ingredients start to act autistic? the West, even though this same poi- They do so because those agencies Did you know many of our kids have son was banned in the former Soviet that should be mounting an all-out aberrant immune systems from the get Union and elsewhere as far back as clinical assault on the epidemic of go, and should be tested for that? Did two decades ago, and even though the neurological disorders on behalf of you know that lyme disease in children licensing and use of thimerosal is based our children, would rather focus their can suppress their immune system at on one single and apparently question- efforts on damage control. And yet you time of vaccinations, and then vaccina- able study, done on a small group of imply a preference for simply legislat- tions do the cement block on the feet terminally ill subjects in the 1930's. ing things to the point where no-one is thrown into the ocean scenario? What is incomprehensible is that even allowed to question the "greater On top of that, we may be weaken- even though science is identifying cer- good" or make an informed choice. ing our children at birth by these "so tain subgroups of children who may Remember that it was a handful called " compassionate policy shapers. be particularly susceptible to vaccine of "hysterical" parents (Barbara Loe In fact, by the time the child makes it damage via genetic predisposition to Fisher, Lyn Redwood), who, along through birth and a couple of months heavy metal toxicity (indicating that with a few other "conspiracy theo- of degradation, a vaccine is only a the safety of blanket immunization rists", shook the foundation of the flick of the finger on these kids - it is policies remains unproven), we still almighty Western immunization agen- in fact, the last straw. To discount our read in articles like yours that anyone da, and began to expose some of the stories, and our truths, is moronic on who questions the safety of vaccines flaws in that system. They each suffer your part. is a "moron" who deserves to be through the tragedy of a vaccine injury and "caned". to their own child, and yet, in the face Perhaps what is most incomprehen- of it all, they selflessly sacrifice their I would have GLADLY accepted a sible of all is that all this takes place in time, their , and pretty much week worth of illness - measles, rubel- the middle of the same autism epidem- their own personal lives in support la, whatever, rather than a lifetime of ic which many of the "experts" refuse of safer immunizations (did you read autism in my children. I would have to even acknowledge as fact. the VRAN mission statement?). Kind Letters cont. on page 19

Page 18‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Letters cont. from page 18 - may it bust your machine. Normally, GLADLY supported their immune sys- I wouldn't waste my breathe. T'would Before a vaccine was available for tems by natural means. I would have be interesting to find out who pays rubella, it was considered only a mild gladly held my child through a fever, your paychecks and your "subdivi- disease. There was no public panic rather than giving anti-fever drugs sions"- big pharma? during an outbreak and the majority of which increase the risk of autism. the population was naturally immune Kathy Blanco to rubella through past exposure. With http:www.rollingdigital.com/autism/ An observant parent’s evidence may be the advent of rubella vaccination, the index.html and http://www.whale.to/a/ disproved but should never be ignored cycle changed. The majority of the fever1.html — Lancet 1:688, 1951, Anonymous population is no longer exposed to Until you become one of us, you are * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * natural rubella, and the vaccine immu- not with us. Nor do you understand nity is not life-long. In fact, vaccine us. You have not experienced a child To: Mindelle Jacobs, Edmonton Sun immunity is not 100 per cent effective having a severe seizure to the point of It is difficult to know where to begin at any time. death with a DPT vaccine (and then to address the vicious attack mounted Rubella is a disease that is very mild, thereafter). Nor, have you entertained by Mindelle Jacobs. It makes me won- often showing limited or no symp- the idea, or explored with researchers der if she's been watching too many toms in children. Rubella is a disease to discover what we are saying is true! Grade B horror movies lately. Is she that is of no risk to men. There really Truth is a double edged sword, think afraid that, somehow, foetal A-bomb is no reason to vaccinate children of our motivation! We don't want to rubella viruses, are going to take off or men. The only potential risk of uphold industry - we want to hold our from Ontario and plunder her home rubella is when a woman contracts it children up to the light, where there town? during the early weeks of pregnancy. are no stocks or profit margins to be The statement Dr Anna Banerji Unfortunately, that is precisely when concerned with. made to the effect that "people in the the rubella vaccination (given at child- My son almost died 11 days after West don't see the devastation that hood) begins to wear off, when a his DPT shot. I have no recourse! Yet, rubella, polio, whooping cough and woman reaches child-bearing age. This I have incontrovertible proof he was other diseases cause in poor coun- really begs the question, why? Why are injured by his vaccines. He also had tries" points to the fact that, despite we mass vaccinating an entire popula- congenital lyme disease, unbeknownst decades of mass vaccinations in those tion of children and men for a disease to me, and this was the final straw. countries, the impoverished condi- that is of no consequence to them? After that event, my brainiac pediatri- tions in which people there live have The answer is this. The rubella vac- cian thought it was just the pertussis robbed them of good health. And cine is known to cause adverse reac- in DPT that injured my child, and I they get all kinds of diseases, not just tions, such as causing arthritis. These continued to TRUST. That TRUST so-called "vaccine-preventable" ones. reactions are particularly high in gave me autism in my daughter with If Ms Jacobs and her family lived a women of child-bearing age. So in fact, the MMR vaccine. My children were third-world lifestyle then, despite their the very age group that this vaccine developing normally UNTIL this point up-to-the-minute vaccinations and pos- is targeted for has the highest rate of of injury. sibly also due to them, they too would risk from the vaccine. Pregnant women Birth defects can be manmade too. suffer serious consequences from infec- cannot use the vaccine because the Wake up and smell the coffee, and tious disease. vaccine itself is capable of causing the take your pills, and when you do, It's bad enough that parents are disease, since it is a live vaccine. make sure your best friend is told how hectored by health officials who have Essentially we are vaccinating an you feel about things - they too may a vested interest in promoting vaccina- entire population that is not at risk have a child with autism due to vac- tion. To be bullied by an uneducated, from the disease, to hopefully provide cinations. While you’re at it, don't fear-ridden reporter is loathsome. some type of protection for a group have any compassion for them either, that is at risk of disease. The potential for you have none here. This is not Susan Fletcher for adverse vaccine reactions may be moronic - this is true life, and I live Sechelt, BC slightly lower in children, but there is it every day of my life!! You are truly still a very real risk of negative conse- a despicable and bogus tweeked out quences from the vaccine. reporter, and should be thrown in the Educate before you vaccinate To make matters worse, there is wastebasket. I hope you will enjoy the The Woodstock Sentinel-Review no single rubella vaccine available barrage of emails on your machine May 16, 2005 Letters cont. on page 20

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 19 Letters cont. from page 19 accountability for these children? I I also read a few months ago in in Ontario so during this outbreak, can tell you from experience...no one your paper that there are an esti- we are giving children-women-men a is. mated 40,000 anaphylactic children triple vaccine called MMR (Measles in Ontario. Hmmmmmm....an epi- Educate before you vaccinate. mumps rubella) This significantly pen costs about $100. My child has increases the risk, now injecting three Christine Colebeck RPN 5 in various places...... hmmmmm- live vaccines. Why do we need to vac- Kitchener, Ontario mm...... that combined with some of cinate people for measles and mumps Mother of five healthy children and these kids using other pharmaceuticals during a rubella outbreak? one infant daughter who died after advertised in your section on aller- The measles vaccine carries the risk adverse vaccine reaction. gies...... you are talking big $$$. of causing SSPE (encephalopathy) and * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I am also still waiting for a response can cause vaccine strain of measles. Do as to why my now 11 year old ana- we really want to risk getting measles To: Toronto Star phylactic child's vaccines have almost (or brain injury) while trying to pre- Re: Vaccine myths and why they are 1,000 recorded adverse events includ- vent rubella? dangerous ing death and seizures and the vaccines None of these vaccines are appro- Dear Editor, in question were never pulled from the priately tested for safety or for their Vaccine myths and why they are market. Three levels of government potential to cause cancer. Yet we are dangerous. Hmmmmmmm...... The questioned. Nothing! expected to inject them into our chil- Hamilton Spectator had an article Parents who have been burned by dren, for a disease that is not even dated May 13 entitled "Baby deaths the public health one size fits all shots dangerous to them. Why not just let under review." Why wasn't this story are fed up with these "Vaccine myth" our children catch natural rubella, so picked up by The Star? You'd think stories...... we want some answers that they gain life-long immunity to that a region's head coroner launch- for the questions we have been asking. prevent them from catching rubella ing an investigation into the deaths of Thanks for listening, during their child-bearing years? 3 babies would be front page news! Rita Hoffman I just question how we can be told And the investigation of whether Stirling, Ontario “the benefits outweigh the risks’’ for vaccines are involved in the deaths? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a disease with zero risk and a vaccine Doesn't this rate inclusion in your with very real risks. I also question if it paper?? Are you serving your readers RE: Meningococcal C Vaccine is ethical, that we be asked to sacrifice by NOT picking up this important Campaign in Ontario Schools our healthy children, for the potential story? Would health officials threaten April 2005 well being of others. I am appalled you if you were to print such a story? To VRAN, that people are suggesting forced vac- Why haven't ANY other media outlets cination. I don’t think they seriously picked up this story? Why does the I am so furious I can barely speak, understand the magnitude of that sug- Star have "Vaccine myths and why let alone type this so excuse the typos. gestion. The Canadian charter was they are dangerous" instead of "Baby This is what is happening here in not built on ignorance, it is there for a deaths under review"? my neck of the woods - Grey-Bruce reason so maybe think twice before we I have been trying to get answers for Counties in Ontario. I have three throw it away. years to very simple questions regard- teen-age children. Two are enrolled in We can be told that statistics may ing vaccine safety, and especially the public system, one is in the Catholic show Congenital Rubella Syndrome connection to the increasing numbers system. has decreased since the advent of vac- of vaccines given to the epidemic of There was a mass meningitis cam- cination, but has it really or did we anaphylaxis. No one can answer them. paign recently for all teenagers in just broaden the diagnoses from CRS, And I can see by your special sec- Ontario. All three children came home to developmental delay? Another tion on May 5 that the "experts" still adamant that they receive the vaccina- important hidden factor in the decline don't know why kids can be killed by tion because the "classroom with the of CRS is the frequent use of thera- normally harmless foods and stings. most students that get the vaccination peutic abortions by women who have It doesn't take a rocket scientist to will have a pizza party!" and that they been exposed to rubella in early preg- figure this out! Ask the "experts" how are under pressure from friends to "get nancy. they make anaphylactic animal mod- the shot". What about all those children els for their scientific research! They At first, I thought this was just a injured by vaccines, or born with CRS VACCINATE the animals, and they particular school thing when I heard caused by vaccines? Who is taking become anaphylactic! Letters cont. on page 21

Page 20‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Letters cont. from page 20 ping this morning, out of fear (that cal organism mutates very rapidly and about it from my son, but then the maybe I'm doing the wrong thing by is pushed to change sero-groups by others came home, remember they're exempting my kids), and fury that my mass vaccination programs, something in a different school board, with the kids are subjected to this kind pressure. health officials aren't telling people. same info....pizza party! I therefore can If our Health Unit spent as much time We do outline the stress and lifestyle assume then this is being sponsored by educating kids to eat properly, apply- factors amongst teens that would put the Health Unit. ing pressure on schools to serve healthy them at risk. Educating one’s children My eldest also states that his entire foods in the cafeterias instead of the about basic risk factors and how to school is plastered with posters, bro- junk served now, as they do pressuring avoid these risks would go a long way chures, etc. re the benefits of menin- kids to get vaccinated, I bet we'd see a in prevention of the disease. gitis vaccine. Most troubling is one difference. For decades, cases of meningococ- that depicts "how your friends and Anyway, I've since calmed down and cal disease have remained a constant your parents will feel if you die from many thanks to you. in Canada – approximately 300 cases a disease that can be prevented." He's I will join VRAN. I'll do it tomor- a year. Of these, the teen population, scared and feeling a lot of pressure. row. Just have to mail the envelope. ages 15 to 19 have accounted for14% Despite how much I tell him that he of reported cases. And according Lynn Ayres cannot be suspended he tells me he to Health Canada, the case fatality can...... that the principal told him as rate in this age group has fluctuated well as his friends. Reply from VRAN re Meningitis C between 9% to 12% in the 15 year The coercion and fear mongering Vaccine in Ontario Schools period 1985-2000. Whether this mass vaccination program will suppress the disease and The coercion and fear mongering that prevent deaths is an unknown factor. The children being vaccinated are the goes on... it’s incredible. experimental population. We know that in England when they launched that goes on...it's incredible. They are Dear Lynn, this vaccine, there were many reports saying the death rate from the disease of severe reactions to the vaccine. The is 40%. So, I'm on my way to the Thank you for contacting VRAN biggest risk in launching this vaccine, school to set them straight and to the with your concerns re the coercive as we've already seen in Alberta in the Health Unit to deliver those blasted meningitis C vaccine campaign being Edmonton region is, as I said above exemption forms...And that's another waged in Ontario at this time. We (and can’t stress this enough), the thing...... no where on those forms is appreciate you sharing your personal vaccine puts pressure on the organism there a place to name the vaccination. I experience detailing the kind of pro- to mutate which can then emerge as already handed one in for another vac- paganda your own children are being an altered strain, and merrily goes on cination earlier this year. And appar- subjected to. Sounds like the pro-vac- doing its damage to vulnerable people. ently I have to submit another one for cine forces are using every trick in their Read ‘vulnerable’ as those with run the meningitis. However, how do they arsenal to both intimidate and bribe down immune systems, poor nutrition- know which form is an exemption for children into getting the vaccine. al status, stress factors like not enough which vaccination? They don't. It's Of course they are playing on the sleep, too much partying, sharing ciga- just to make harder for us. The health fear this disease strikes in the heart of rettes/joints etc. and living in crowded unit will not accept a blanket form - an every parent. Yes, it is a scary disease dormitory situations - you'll find this exemption form plus a letter from me and yes the death rate is quite high - information in articles posted on our stating exemption from all vaccina- haven't heard the 40% figure though. website. tions. No, they require that I fill out a Please read Dr. Jayne Donegan's article In terms of you having to run form each time and have it notarized. on meningococcal disease on our web- around and submit another exemp- A waste of my time. site who writes, "15 to 24 year olds in tion form – this is not necessary. One whom the death rate is higher (15% of form per child covers all the "des- Lynn Ayres those with the DISEASE compared to ignated" diseases mandated by the Markdale, Ontario 5% in infants less than one year)." ministry of health. They're out to There are other articles as well that punish you because you're a dissent- P.S. Many, many thanks for your offer additional information on the ing parent. Read the particulars of the prompt reply. Admittedly, I was flip- disease - the fact that the meningococ- Letters cont. on page 22

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 21 Letters cont. from page 21 Immunization of School Pupil's Act for a case study: clarification on this, and call the minis- read it and then tell me there’s no connection try of health for clarification. By Lisa Blakemore We advise you to confront your local health unit and make them show sarian section. you in writing where it says in the ✦ 25th September 1997 - Found to Immunization of School Pupils Act that Editors note: Vaccines can trigger have a skin/subcutaneous tissue dis- meningococcal C vaccine is now added atopic disorders, the tendency to aller- ease/infantile eczema all over his face. to the "designated" vaccines list, and gies, eczema, asthma. Children born This indicated that he is an atopic where it shows in writing in the Act into families with these disorders child. that you are required to fill in another are medically vulnerable to the det- form for this vaccine. ✦ 16th October 1997 - Despite being rimental effects of vaccines. British One really gets a sense of how vul- an atopic child, he was given his 1st Psychologist Lisa Blakemore is a nerable children are to the propaganda Hib and DTP vaccine. His eczema specialist in Autism and related spec- tactics used in public education, wheth- worsened and on 29th October his GP trum disorders. Her post to the British er it is this, or other issues. We advise noted that it was now all over his face Medical Journal (Sept. 6, 2004) offers all parents concerned about the vaccine and his trunk. insight into the impact of vaccines on issue to educate their children. Read these vulnerable children. ✦ 27th November 1997 - Despite the the articles to them and with them, and worsening of his eczema, Baby One teach them that they are responsible During the nineties I became aware was given his 2nd Hib DTP vaccina- for maintaining a healthy and strong of an increasing number of cases of tion. immune system, which above all means children with regressive autism and avoiding junk foods, fast foods, pop, related spectrum disorders. The stories ✦ 10th December 1997 - Returned denatured foods, and sugar(chocolate of children worsening after vaccines to surgery with much worsened facial bars etc.) One teaspoon of sugar were becoming more frequent and I eczema `infected. began to notice that it was the medi- (see article in our meningitis sec- ✦ 12th January 1998 - Returned again tion) depresses immune function by cally vulnerable and allergic children to surgery `Patient's condition wors- 50% and takes the body 5-6 hours to who seemed to fall into the category of ened/ face'. recover normal white blood cell count. reacting after MMR. Years on, I am of Many teens are on a precarious roller the view that many of the children who ✦ 15th January 1998 - Given 3rd Hib coaster when it comes to nutrition as are allergic, became so after early vac- and DTP and Polio vaccination. is the state of their immune systems cines, or, if they came from an atopic ✦ 19th January 1998 - Seen in surgery which is the reason they are at risk for family, became worse after vaccines. this disease. If we want to genuinely understand ✦ Infected eczema continued - candi- Let us know how you fare with sort- what has been going on, we must look dal nappy rash noted in October 1998, ing through the coercion and propa- at the individual children. The total but no bowel problems and no appar- ganda. refusal to consider such evidence, and ent regression in language or cognitive indeed the vilification of those of us function. Baby One was advanced, Best wishes, who DO look at the individuals and with video evidence to prove it. Edda West apply logic to what we see, inevitably VRAN - Vaccination Risk Awareness ✦ 19th November 1998 – Injected arouses suspicions. Network Inc. with MMR vaccine. Reacted with Below is a recent example of a child very high temperature, next day pro- who became medically more and more jectile vomiting and diarrhoea. GP's vulnerable over time, worsening with notes refer to 'abnormal stool mucus' each vaccination, until he eventually (green). Ongoing vomiting and diar- lost all his cognitive and language skills rhoea, hospitalized. This continued as well. (over years). Baby One ✦ 21st December 1998 - Anaphylactic collapse - proven peanut allergy. This little boy, assessed by myself Allergy Consultant `not interested in 2 weeks ago, was born at full term serious bowel and vomiting problems'. August 14, 1997 and delivered by cae- A Case Study cont. on page 23

Page 22‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter A Case Study cont. from page 22 ✦ Severe allergy and eczema contin- allergies: ued. Upper Respiratory Tract problems nothing to sneeze at... with homeopathic medicines from 1998. By Dana Ullman, MPH ✦ Whilst passing all developmental course is to take action to strengthen milestones his parents began to notice the body's own immune and defense a gradual loss of some language skills. system. Natural therapies which do ✦ 7th June 2000 - Due for Meningitis this help empty the loaded gun or sim- C vaccination. Dad made Nurse tell ply make it shoot blanks. him she was certain his son would not suffer from the vaccination, as he was It is getting close to allergy season Homeopathy and Allergies becoming very suspicious that his son's again, and to most allergy sufferers In the near future when homeopath- problems had all followed various pre- freedom from this dread condition is ic medicines are widely accepted by vious vaccinations. He was reassured literally nothing to sneeze at. This free- the majority of orthodox physicians, there was `no connection'. dom, however, is a distant dream for doctors will pretend that they have many allergy sufferers. ✦ Baby One reacted severely to the always been supporters of homeopathy Allergies can be imprisoning. They vaccination. He hallucinated for three and homeopathic principles. They will can make it impossible to go for a days and could not tolerate light. He point to conventional allergy treatment walk in the country, and even make rapidly lost his ability to answer ques- as an example of this. it difficult to go outside. Some allergy tions, then could not request. He then While it is partially true that conven- sufferers can't visit their friends who lost all language. He is now totally non tional medical treatment of allergy uses have pets, and many others can't eat verbal and hyperactive. Within months small doses of a substance to which their favorite foods. he was being assessed for autism. He the person is actually allergic and even Even the pleasures and benefits of has proven so difficult to teach that though this principle is the basis of exercise are difficult because some he is to be transferred to a very small homeopathy, homeopaths use consider- allergy sufferers' noses run more than class of non-verbal severely autistic ably smaller doses than conventional they do. A runny or stuffy nose leads children and requires one to one sup- allergy shots. Also, homeopaths find to mouth breathing, then a dry mouth, port because of `his behavioural prob- that using the same substance to which then less efficient breathing, and then lems`. the person is allergic may relieve a per- less efficient overall functioning. A son's symptoms, but it will not truly or The system has written him off domino effect is set up, and the allergy deeply cure the person's allergy. - they deny any connection with vac- sufferer is knocked down. Homeopaths instead prescribe a cines and deny that anything can be Conventional medical treatment for "constitutional medicine," a remedy done for him. allergies usually consists of antihista- that is individually chosen to the totality mines, steroids, and desensitization of symptoms that the person is experienc- I think differently. shots. In obstinate cases, laser surgery ing, not just the allergy symptoms. Finding may be utilized to vaporize mucus- a person's constitutional medicine requires http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/elet- forming nasal tissue. People with aller- the care of professional homeopath. ters/329/7463/411 gies know that these treatments don't People can, however, use homeo- work; at best, they provide temporary pathic medicines to treat the acute relief of symptoms, and at worst, they phase of their allergy. Although these create side effects which can be worse natural medicines will not "cure" one's than the allergies themselves. allergy, they will often provide effective Perhaps the greatest misunderstand- relief and will do so without side effects. ing about allergies is the assumption Solid research have proven the effec- that the allergen (the cat dander, the tiveness of homeopathic medicines pollen, the housedust mite, or what- in hayfever. Dr. David Taylor-Reilly, ever) is the problem. Actually, the a professor and homeopath at the allergen is simply the trigger, while the University of Glasgow in Scotland, pub- allergic person's body is the loaded lished an important study in the Lancet gun. Rather than just treating symp- (October 18, 1986) which showed that toms or avoiding the allergen, the best Allergies and Homeopathy cont. on page 24

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 23 Allergies and Homeopathy cont. from page 23 tears. The eye symptoms are worse in to consider, including Histaminium, homeopathically prepared doses of 12 the open air. The profuse bland nasal Kali bic, Natrum mur, Sabadilla, common flowers were very effective in discharge is worse at night, while lying Solidago, and Wyethia. To learn when reducing hayfever symptoms when com- down, and in windy weather. and how to use these remedies as well pared with patients given a placebo. Burning tears and nasal discharge as more detailed information about the This same researcher published in which are often worse on the right side previously described medicines, con- the Lancet (12-10-94) another high characterize the symptoms related to sult a homeopathic guidebook, such caliber study on the homeopathic Arsenicum album (arsenic, the min- as either of my books Everybody's treatment of asthma. This double- eral). These people's symptoms are Guide to Homeopathic Medicines or blind, placebo-controlled randomized worse at and after midnight. They Homeopathic Medicine for Children trial performed conventional allergy toss and turn in bed and become very and Infants or Dr. M. Panos and Jane testing to determine what substance anxious, frightened, and restless dur- Heimlich's Homeopathic Medicine at asthma sufferers were most allergic. ing breathing difficulties. They are very Home. Then, half of the subjects were given chilly and feel better in general in a If these individual remedies are not a homeopathic preparation of this warm room. They usually have a great available or if you cannot find the best substance, while the other half were thirst but only take sips at a time. one to fit your symptoms, there are given a placebo. Those people given These people are sensitive to light, now numerous "homeopathic formula the homeopathic medicine experienced have violent sneezing, and may develop products" readily available in health a very significant improvement in their asthmatic breathing. food stores. These natural remedies are symptoms of asthma. When an allergy sufferer is par- extremely easy to us and work won- ticularly irritable and chilly and has a derfully well. Specific Remedies fluent nasal discharge during the day So, what would you rather do: and congestion at night, Nux vomica invest in box after box of Kleenex, or One of the common homeopathic (poison nut, a seed from a tree) should try some simple and safe homeopathic medicines for respiratory allergies is be their remedy. Their symptoms tend medicine to treat your allergies. You Allium cepa (the common onion). to be worse indoors and better in the may never want to go through another Because onions are known to cause open air. They are sensitive to the cold allergy season without homeopathic tearing of the eyes and running of and to being uncovered. Frequent medicines. the nose, it is wonderfully effective in sneezing may be experienced. Their treating such symptoms when given in Editor’s note: Homeopathic medi- symptoms sometimes begin after being homeopathic microdoses. Specifically, cine is a highly effective and safe tool irritated, vexed, or fatigued. people who will benefit from Allium for treating a wide range of illnesses A common remedy of both women cepa experience a profuse, fluent, in children, including the damaging and children is Pulsatilla (windflower, burning nasal discharge which is worse effects of vaccination. an herb). These people have a nasal in a warm room and better in the open http://www.tinussmits.com/english/ discharge during the day and conges- air. They have a profuse, bland (non- http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo. tion at night (just like people who burning) tearing from the eyes with htm need Nux vomica). People who need reddened eyes, and will desire to rub http://www.renresearch.com/autism/ Pulsatilla are quite different from their eyes frequently. They experience a html people who need Nux vomica: they are raw feeling in the nose with a tingling usually gentle, mild, yielding, impres- DANA ULLMAN, MPH, is one of sensation and violent sneezing. A fron- sionaable, and emotional people who America's leading advocates for home- tal congestive headache may be con- seek attention and sympathy, rather opathy. He has authored six books, current with their allergy symptoms. than the argument and conflict in including Homeopathy A-Z, The These symptoms tend to exacerbate which Nux vomica people indulge. Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy, after damp winds. People who need Pulsatilla have con- Homeopathic Medicines for Children People who need Euphrasia (eye- gestion that is worse in a warm room, and Infants, Discovering Homeopathy, bright, an herb) have the opposite hot weather, or while lying down, and and (the best-selling) Everybody's symptoms as those who need Allium is relieved in cool rooms, open air, or Guide to Homeopathic Medicines cepa: they have profuse burning tears with cool applications. They tend to (with Stephen Cummings, MD). Dana from the eyes and a bland nasal dis- have itching at the roof of their mouth serves on advisory boards of alterna- charge. Their eyes water so much at night. They tend to be without tive medicine institutes at Harvard and the person looks awash in tears. The thirst. Columbia schools of medicine. whites of the eye and the cheeks become reddened from the burning http://www.homeopathic.com/articles/ There are numerous other remedies Page 24‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter autism, mercu- Additionally, one in six children is now linking Thimerosal to a wide range of diagnosed with a related neurological neurological disorders and joined the ry, and politics disorder. pharmaceutical industry to gin up a In 2000, the CDC met with phar- series of flawed European studies to By Robert Kennedy Jr. maceutical companies and the FDA exonerate Thimerosal. Those stud- in secret to review its findings linking ies examined children exposed to a Thimerosal with the dramatic rise in tiny fraction of the Thimerosal given Boston Globe, July 1, 2005 neurological illnesses. According to to American kids and took advan- MOUNTING EVIDENCE suggests transcripts, participants were alarmed tage of the autism spike that resulted that Thimerosal, a mercury-based pre- about the undeniable links between the from deceptive data-gathering in servative in children's vaccines, may be Thimerosal and widespread brain dam- Scandinavia to argue that autism rates responsible for the exponential growth age in children. Dr. Bill Weil told the are unrelated to Thimerosal use. of autism, attention deficit disorder, group, ''You can play with [the results] Drug makers wary of liability speech delays, and other childhood all you want. They are statistically sig- reduced Thimerosal in most children's neurological disorders now epidemic in nificant." Dr. Richard Johnston admit- vaccines in recent years, but the pre- the United States. ted he feared his grandchild getting a servative remains in flu shots, tetanus Prior to 1989, American infants Thimerosal-containing vaccine. But boosters, and over-the-counter drugs. generally received three vaccinations the group was most concerned with Mercury-laced vaccine stocks were given (polio, measles-mumps-rubella, and keeping the findings secret. ''Consider to American children until the end of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis). In the this embargoed information," said 2003. early 1990s, public health officials Dr. Roger Bernier, a senior director at Government officials who continue dramatically increased the number the National Immunization Program, to champion Thimerosal should rec- of Thimerosal-containing vaccinations at the meeting's close. The CDC now ognize that this is not just a theoreti- without considering the cumulative says it has ''lost" the data that sup- cal exercise in bureaucratic face-sav- impact of the mercury load on develop- ported the crucial study and has per- ing. Their wrong-headed defense of ing brains. sistently defied congressional requests Thimerosal safety in the face of over- In a 1991 memo, Dr. Maurice and federal law requiring it to open up whelming science is discouraging test- Hilleman, one of the fathers of the federal Vaccine Safety Database to ing of promising treatments which may Merck's vaccination programs, warned scientists and the public. be effective. They are depriving vulner- his bosses that 6-month-old children Numerous animal, DNA, epide- able populations from being identified administered the shots on schedule miological, and other studies point to to avoid Thimerosal. They also cannot would suffer mercury exposures 87 Thimerosal as a culprit in America's escape responsibility for their failure times the government safety standards. epidemic of neurological disorders. to warn international health agencies He recommended that Thimerosal be Autistic children have been shown to and governments who, based upon discontinued and complained that the have higher mercury loads than non- American assurances, are now injecting US Food and Drug Administration, autistics, and there have been reports the developing world's children with which has a notoriously close relation- of significant improvements in some this brain-killing chemical. ship with the pharmaceutical industry, brain-injured children by removing Editor’s note: In Canada, mercury was could not be counted on to take appro- mercury from their brains. Most of phased out of infant vaccines in 1997 priate action as its European counter- the symptoms of autism are similar although it is speculated that trace parts had. Merck ignored Hilleman's to the symptoms of mercury poi- amounts of thimerosal used in the warning, and for eight years govern- soning. Scientists have been able to manufacturing process are still pres- ment officials added seven more shots for induce autism-like symptoms in mice ent in the final product. Additionally children containing Thimerosal. by exposing them to Thimerosal. A influenza and some hepatitis B vac- Mercury is a known brain poison, recent study by an FDA scientist, Dr. cines still contain thimerosal. and autism rates began rising dramati- Jill James, found that many autistic Robert Kennedy Jr. is senior attorney for cally in children who were adminis- children are genetically deficient in the Natural Resources Defense Council. tered the new vaccine regimens. A their capacity to produce glutathione, For an indepth report on the U.S. gov- decade ago the American Academy an antioxidant generated in the brain ernment’s cover-up of the mercury/autism of Pediatrics estimated the autism that helps remove mercury from the scandal, read Kennedy’s blockbuster article, Deadly Immunity, recently published in rate among American children to be body. Government health agencies who Rolling Stone magazine – http://www.roll- 1 in 2,500. Today, the CDC places green-lighted Thimerosal have turned ingstone.com/polictics/story/_/id/7395411 the rate at 1 in 166, or 1 in 80 boys. a blind eye to the hundreds of studies

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 25 Many of the biological mechanisms the hits just keep on coming for the damage caused by Thimerosal have been identified. Thanks to numer- By Alan Clark, M.D., June 20, 2005 ous studies published within the last "When a man who is honestly mistaken, hears the truth, few years, we have a better under- standing of why some children are he will either cease being mistaken or cease being honest." Anon more susceptible than others. Thanks to several studies published in the last We've taken some hits from the ed to remove the heavy metal from his two years we can better understand usual detractors with the fallout system, did he begin to recover. why and how these new treatment from Salon.com's and Rolling Stone's As a "mainstream" physician all protocols help many of these children publication of Robert Kennedy Jr's these years, this seemed to go against achieve dramatic improvements, for article "Deadly Immunity" which all my "conventional" training and example the use of methylcobalamin investigates the government cover-up was outside the realm of my previous injections (also known as methyl B12). of the mercury/autism scandal. Below standard of practice. I sought addi- This is no longer a scientific debate… is my response to some rather critical tional training with heavy emphasis just check Pub Med. The studies are words from a surgeon who mans Orac on environmental medicine and spent there much to the dismay of public Knows blog. many hours speaking with researchers health officials and vaccine manufac- I suspect many physicians, like and clinicians familiar with mercury turers. They continue to hope that you and I, might be in denial at the toxicity and its biomedical symptoms. denial will make this public relations thought of inadvertently poisoning I shared this knowledge and research nightmare go away. an entire generation of children. It’s with my son's health care team (pedia- Until October 2003, I, too, was not our fault. We were misled and we trician and endocrinologist) and we “blissfully ignorant” of the acute tox- did what we thought was best for our implemented these new modalities into icity of Thimerosal much like most patients. his treatment protocol. As I stated pre- other physicians. We were never told As a physician and a physician edu- viously, only then did my son begin to our son’s vaccines contained mercury, cator for 30 years, please allow me to improve. a known neurotoxin, in levels that tell my story. If it was not mercury causing his exceeded EPA safety guidelines. It never occurred to us to ask. Because of my medical background, I thought Only when we identified mercury as the physicians could trust the CDC, the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry. culprit and started to remove the heavy I must hope that no one else should reach this epiphany at so high a price. metal from his system, did he start to Please take a few minutes and care- fully review the full text scientific get better. publications available at http://www. NoMercury.org/science.htm. Alan Clark, M.D.

Our son was 7 1/2 years old when problems then what would explain Notes: he reached his “toxic tipping point” his dramatic improvement when we Dr. Clark’s article is reprinted from with mercury after he received two addressed the mercury issue. Do not the No Mercury website http://www. doses of Thimerosal-containing influ- make the mistake of thinking there nomercury.org/blog.htm enza vaccine in November 2002 and is “no credible scientific evidence” of Deadly Immunity by Robert F, December 2002 (approximately 30 how and why this is true. There is a Kennedy Jr. – June 20, 2005 days apart per the ACIP/CDC guide- plethora of peer-reviewed scientific lines). Within a matter of weeks he studies published over the last 50 experienced dramatic changes...he years that mercury and specifically, suffered severe neurodevelopmental Thimerosal (49.6% ethyl mercury by changes, neurobehavioral symptoms, weight) is genotoxic (damages DNA), exacerbated allergies, asthma, eczema, nephrotoxic (damages kidneys), immu- etc. notoxic (damages the immune system), Within 10 months, he was diagnosed cytotoxic (causes cell death), cardio- with Asperger's Syndrome, an autism toxic (damages the heart), thyrotoxic spectrum disorder. Only when we iden- (damages the thyroid) and neurotoxic tified mercury as the culprit and start- (damages the neurological system).

Page 26‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter ment and evaluation at U of T, internal cials need to ensure that current high newsclips medicine physician at Toronto General levels of vaccination coverage are Hospital, University Health Network, maintained. Concerns about the safety and lead author of the research. "Some and benefit of vaccination amongst Babies fine despite parents have strongly held beliefs naturopathic providers have the poten- rubella concern about the safety and benefits of vac- tial to erode parents’ confidence in June 24, 2005: The London Free cines and any attempts to try to change vaccines. Finding effective mechanisms Press reported that “Two Norwich their minds may only strengthen their to communicate the benefits of vac- area women who were exposed to anti-vaccine sentiments." cination to naturopathic providers dur- rubella during a local outbreak have Wilson and his colleagues from U ing their training is an important first given birth to healthy babies.” of T and McMaster University sought step to prevent this from occurring.” Oxford County's director of public to test the attitudes of people known In other words, the goal is to brain- health, Mike Bragg declined to provide to have views not supportive of vac- wash the students further information this week about cination. They randomly divided 97 just like they do the MD’s!! the women or the births. "What we've participants into two study groups. Wilson says the survey “cannot been doing is providing information One group received an evidence-based establish whether individuals who are to the physicians and providing a con- lecture on the benefits of polio vaccine anti-vaccination are drawn towards nection in London with specialists if while the other received a talk by a naturopathic medicine or whether need be," Bragg said. He said there polio survivor. Before and after surveys training in naturopathic medicine are about five other pregnant women were completed. contributes to the development of in the county who have been exposed Analysis of the "after" surveys anti-vaccination attitudes……Our to the virus. The disease can cause revealed surprising results – some survey, and the chiropractic student serious birth defects or miscarriage, respondents reported being even more survey, also suggest that public health especially in the first 11 weeks of preg- opposed to vaccination. After seeing officials need to identify mechanisms nancy. the presentations, 25 per cent reported to counteract the apparent progres- The rubella outbreak started in April being less likely to recommend the sive decrease in trust of conventional when health officials confirmed an polio vaccine and 38 per cent were sources of vaccination information as 11-year-old girl at Rehoboth Christian less likely to think polio was a serious students progress through these pro- School in Norwich had the virus. Since problem. grammes.” "For some parents, concerns about then, the number of rubella cases in * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Oxford has grown to 274, with anoth- vaccines are deeply held and physi- er 27 cases confirmed throughout the cians need to be aware of these find- Thimerosal in Vaccines Traps province. "The numbers have slowed ings when confronting parents who Twice as Much Mercury in to a trickle," Bragg said, adding, "We are strongly opposed to vaccination," Brain know we still have people coming warns Wilson. "Prolonged discussions April 21, 2005: down with the disease out there." may be counterproductive and could SafeMinds Press Release in fact damage the physician-patient Excerpt from article by Jon Willing, relationship." Some health officials have sug- London Free Press 2005-06-24 The study appeared in the April, gested that the mercury in thimero- 2005 issue of Vaccine. Public release sal is less toxic than other forms of * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * date: 18-May-2005 mercury such as methylmercury, the Trumpeting vaccination may highly toxic environmental form of only entrench opposition Editor’s note: Kumanan Wilson mercury. A groundbreaking study, seems to be making a career of iden- titled 'Comparison of Blood and Brain Extolling the safety and benefits of tifying and flushing out those who Mercury Levels in Infant Monkeys childhood vaccinations may only serve oppose mass vaccination programs. Exposed to Methylmercury or Vaccines to strengthen and entrench the posi- The thrust of his surveys will enable Containing Thimerosal,' is the first tions of those philosophically opposed some serious arm twisting by the vac- of its kind to show that thimerosal's to them, says new research led by cine establishment. mercury may actually be more harmful University of Toronto scientists. Says Wilson in another survey of than methylmercury. "Changing attitudes about pediatric attitudes towards paediatric vaccina- The reason is the type of mercury vaccination can be challenging," says tions amongst Canadian naturopathic in thimerosal - ethylmercury - quickly Dr. Kumanan Wilson, professor of students (2004), “Public health offi- medicine and health policy, manage- Newsclips cont. on page 28

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 27 Newsclips cont. from page 27 Unexplained Cases of Sudden ological findings.” crosses the blood-brain barrier where Infant Death Shortly after “Prior to the release of hexavalent it converts to a form that is unable Hexavalent Vaccination (6 sera (in the years1994–2000), we to leave the brain. Dr. Burbacher's vaccines in one shot) observed only one child out of 198 study shows that twice as much mer- cases with sudden unexplained infant Zinka B, Rauch E, Buettner A, Rueff F, cury remains trapped in the brain death who died shortly after vaccina- Penning R. from doses of ethylmercury in thi- tion (DTP). However, between 2001 Published in Vaccine. May 18, 2005 merosal compared to equal doses of and 2004 five of such cases were iden- methylmercury...'These new findings Editor’s note: The next generation of tified in our institution among 74 chil- undermine the position of vaccine early infancy (DPT) vaccines com- dren with SID. This would indicate a makers, who have long denied harm bines 6 vaccines in 1. Since October 13-fold increase.” (emphasis ours) from exposing a generation of chil- 2000, European babies have been the ”We reported these six cases to dren to excessive levels of mercury as test market for the new Diphtheria, direct attention to a possibly serious a needless additive in vaccines,' said Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Hib & vaccination side effect. So far, there Sallie Bernard, co-founder of Safe Hepatitis B vaccine administered at is no way to prove that these infant Minds. 'This study is yet another step 2, 4, 6 and 12-14 months of age. A deaths are caused by vaccination. in the complete reversal of scientific hexavalent vaccine has also been tri- Therefore, the relation between the assumptions about the effects of thi- aled in Canadian Infants. Until April vaccinations and the death of the merosal.’ 2003, approximately 3 million children children must remain uncertain. The Institute of Medicine issued a have been vaccinated in this way and Nevertheless, we feel that it is impor- report in 2004 that stated that there about 9 million doses were sold in tant to inform vaccinating physicians was no causal link between thimerosal the European Union during this time. and pediatricians as well as parents and neurological disorders like autism. Researchers report six cases of sudden about such possibly fatal complica- Inorganic mercury, which is what thi- infant death occurred within 48 hours tions after application of hexavalent merosal leaves behind in the brain, after hexavalent vaccination. vaccines. Especially, physicians and contributes to microgliosis, a recently pediatricians should be also informed “At post-mortal examination, those reported finding in the brains of those about the possibility of using pentava- cases showed unusual findings, espe- with autism. In light of these new find- lent vaccines, which seem to be associ- cially in the brain and in laboratory ings Safe Minds recommends a com- ated with lesser complications. Finally, tests. Crude calculations of local epide- plete reevaluation of this issue by the if broad use of hexavalent vaccines miology are compatible with an asso- Institute of Medicine. continues, extensive studies are most ciation between hexavalent vaccination "This study contradicts the assump- likely required to assess or exclude a and unusual cases of sudden infant tion that mercury from thimerosal relation between vaccination and death death. If confirmed in systematic stud- (ethylmercury) is safer than environ- in infants." ies, our findings would have potential- mental mercury (methylmercury) from ly serious clinical implications.” Institut fur Rechtsmedizin der eating fish and emissions from coal- “Six cases of sudden infant death Universitat Munchen, Institute of Legal fired power plants," said Mark Blaxill, after hexavalent vaccination were Medicine, Frauenlobstrasse 7a, D- a board member of Safe Minds and autopsied and examined at the Munich 80337 Munchen, Germany. an expert cited in the Burbacher study. Institute of Legal Medicine from 2001 PMID: 15908063 [PubMed - as sup- "This study should compel government to 2004. These children underwent plied by publisher] agencies to retract their flawed and a forensic post-mortem examination. premature conclusions regarding thi- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * They were assumed to be typical cases merosal and stick to the facts." of SID(sudden infant death) because Shingles Vaccine http://releases.usnewswire.com/ there was no history of a serious ill- Now a Reality GetRelease.asp?id=46182 ness and since all children died sud- June 2, 2005 denly and unexpectedly. In addition to Excerpt from San Francisco Chronicle neuropathologic and histologic abnor- Zostavax, The experimental vaccine malities, all of these children showed made by New Jersey drugmaker Merck an extraordinary brain edema, which & Co. was tested in a five-year clinical made them exceptional to other SID trial. The experimental shingles shot is cases. After the third of such extraor- 17 times as potent as Merck's Varivax, dinary cases had been identified, we decided to further investigate the path- Newsclips cont. on page 27

Page 28‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Newsclips cont. from page 28 have high levels of protection against doesn't it? But it works in the major- which was approved as a pediatric vac- shingles. Periodic exposure to chick- ity of cases, as recently reconfirmed by cine in 1995 enpox has immune stimulating ben- Thomas E. Levy, M.D., J.D. (1) The Shingles Prevention Study efits which acts like a booster vaccine Sometimes it's necessary to take vita- Group enrolled 38,546 adults age 60 against shingles. Researchers like Dr. min C intravenously (IV) for massive years or older, with half receiving the Gary Goldman conclude that the wide- shingles outbreaks. (2) Much higher experimental shot and the other half spread use of chickenpox vaccine, as concentrations of vitamin C in the receiving a placebo. After up to five it suppresses chickenpox, will increase blood can be achieved intravenously years of follow-up, the researchers the incidence of shingles in the adult than when taken orally. As early as logged 315 cases of shingles among population. 1950, the medical literature reported those who received the vaccine, and that one physician had confirmed * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 642 cases among those who received intravenous vitamin C curing shingles the placebo. Shingles Treatment in 327 patients within 72 hours. (3) Shingles is caused by a reactivation That Works Ask your doctor if he or she offers of the varicella-zoster virus -- the virus From: News vitamin C IV and, if not, ask friends or that causes chickenpox. It can afflict Service, June 15, 2005 search the Internet to find a doctor or people at almost any age, but of the Editor’s note: Now that a shingles facility that does offer this treatment. 1 million cases that occur each year vaccine is about to hit the market, the Vitamin C blood serum levels of in the United States, more than half public, particularly seniors can expect individuals fall during periods of high strike those older than 60, and the to be targets of aggressive market- stress and they develop sub-clinical elderly appear to suffer the most severe ing and need to know that alternative scurvy (depleted vitamin C levels). outbreaks. Viral particles travel down treatments for shingles are available This situation can set the stage for a the nerves and then surface in a pain- and effective. shingles attack. ful, blistering rash on an arm or leg, Remember, a vitamin can act as or on one side of the belly, chest or Shingles can be cleared up by using a drug, but a drug can never act as face. Some shingles patients can suffer a safe, convenient, inexpensive, non- a vitamin. With vitamin therapy, at pain for more than a year and are pre- prescription treatment of vitamin C. any given quantity, frequently divided scribed narcotics to treat it. Vitamin C is anti-viral and anti-toxin doses are more effective than one large News of the vaccine's promise and inactivates the virus that causes single dose.The reason one nutrient could provide a badly needed boost shingles. If you have shingles and want can cure so many different illnesses is to Merck, which has been battered relief, you can try this: because a deficiency of one nutrient by investors since Sept. 30, when it Buy a large bottle of 1000 mg vita- can cause many different illnesses. abruptly pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx min C tablets. The cost should be less What is Orthomolecular Medicine? from the market after a major study than $15. showed it increased the risk of heart Begin when you wake in the morn- Linus Pauling defined orthomolecu- attack and stroke. ing by taking 3000 mg of vitamin C lar medicine as "the treatment of dis- Merck estimates that 85 percent of every 30 minutes and continue until ease by the provision of the optimum children under 12 are vaccinated. It you have a single episode of loose stool molecular environment, especially the remains uncertain whether children (not quite diarrhea). If you haven't had optimum concentrations of substances vaccinated against chickenpox will loose stool after 15 hours on this dos- normally present in the human body." suffer from shingles as they get older. age, increase the vitamin C to 4000 mg Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, "That's a story that has yet to be writ- every 30 minutes. effective nutritional therapy to fight ill- ten,'' said Dr. Mark Holodniy, an asso- After you have a loose bowel move- ness. For more information: ciate professor at Stanford University, ment, reduce the dosage to 2000 mg of The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular "They don't have the natural infection. vitamin C taken every hour. You will Medicine News Service is a non-profit We don't know whether their protec- quickly find the dosage that is right and non-commercial informational tion wanes with time.'' for you. Adjust the dosage of vitamin resource. C downward to stay below the dosage Editor’s note: Adults who had chick- that will cause loose stool and adjust it enpox as children have long-term upward to relieve shingles symptoms. immunity from the disease. British Continue the oral vitamin C therapy References: and American research shows that until the shingles disappear. - Levy TE. Vitamin C, Infectious adults living with children have more It sounds too simple to be true, Diseases, and Toxins. 2002: Xlibris. exposure to the chickenpox virus and Newsclips cont. on page 30

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 29 Newsclips cont. from page 29 Dr. Formenty stated that: "It is the 1st pandemic p 80-85. time we have, geographically speak- -Klenner FR. Observations on the dose ing, so large an outbreak of Marburg fears gearing and administration of ascorbic acid fever. We have cases not just in Uige up when employed beyond the range city itself but in different cities around of a vitamin in human pathology. Uige, up to 20 to 40 kilometres away. Journal of The outbreak probably started last For several years now, dire warnings Applied Nutrition, 1971. Vol. 23, No. October [2004]. Many people got of an impending flu pandemic have 3 & 4 infected in hospitals." Dr. Formenty been broadcast in the media. Millions -Zureick M. [Therapy of herpes and thinks sloppy injection practices will succumb we are told, and many herpes zoster with intravenous vita- explain why most victims are below millions will die. At issue is the lin- min C.] age 5. Doctors often give medicine to gering outbreak of the H5N1 avian -J Prat Rev Gen Clin Ther. 1950 Nov young children by injection rather than flu strain that has decimated poultry 30;64(48):586. PMID: 14908970. by mouth. stocks in wide swathes of Southeast Dr. Christa Kitz, a co-ordinator * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Asia infecting people in close contact for Medicins sans Frontieres(Doctors with chickens. The virus has already Did Vaccinations Give Without Borders) stated that “We jumped the species barrier to humans Fatal Marburg Virus are hearing from Uige province that and so far has infected108 people in To Angolan Kids? health-care workers are fleeing hos- Asia, killing 54, who suffered severe Excerpt from National Public Radio pitals, that they are not returning to respiratory complications. Broadcast - April 1, 2005 work, and also that the population is The fear is that once the bird virus trying to run away from the area. The World Health Organization infects people and melds with human (WHO) says Marburg virus has sick- strains of influenza, it will then mutate Update: New Vaccine for Ebola & ened 140 people in Angola and killed and spawn a super bug capable of Marburg viruses 132, most of them young children. spreading person to person, igniting June 7, 2005. A Toronto Star edito- International health organizations a world wide epidemic of the disease. rial reported that researchers at the are rushing personnel and equipment Influenza ‘experts’ insist sporadic pan- National Microbiology Laboratory to the war-ravaged country to stem demics are biological certainties, trig- – in concert with the U.S. army have the epidemic. WHO experts expect gered when a strain to which humans developed a vaccine to protect against the Marburg toll to get much larger. have no immunity arises from nature the Marburg and Ebola viruses which Most cases are in the northern prov- to sweep the globe they say is 100 percent effective in ince of Uige, but there are reports of Now, Chinese scientists reporting monkeys. “This is an exciting boost cases across Angola's border with the in the journals Nature and Science, for made-in-Canada expertise, making Democratic Republic of Congo. have discovered bird flu in migratory the high-security centre in Winnipeg Marburg hemorrhagic fever isn't as geese capable of covering hundreds of - where nasty substances such as much feared as its cousin Ebola hem- miles a week which could signal that anthrax are stored and studied - truly orrhagic fever. but in fact, they're hard the virus has found a vehicle to spread "world-class”. The facility is one of to tell apart. Clinically they are associ- far and wide - and swiftly. It marks only three highly secure Level 4 labs in ated with similar disease symptoms, the first time that the virus, which has the world. Marburg has killed more but the 2 viruses do not cross-react proved deadly mainly to poultry, has than 300 in Angola since last year. A antigenically and are easily distinguish- killed big flocks of migratory birds, human vaccine - expected within five able by serology and RT-PCR assay. with at least 6,000 dying so far. to six years - may be available within Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic The virus extracted from the dead two years for "compassionate use" to fevers generate widespread fear and birds belongs to the same family as the treat outbreaks.” It would be offered panic with death rates often approach- form of H5N1 that has killed humans to hospital workers and family caregiv- ing 100 per cent. In both cases, vic- in Southeast Asia, but is not a twin. ers who often contract illness through tims bleed to death, often from every Yi Guan, an author of the Nature close contact. orifice and every organ. Few infections report and bird flu specialist at the are as deadly. University of Hong Kong says, "In Dr. Pierre Formenty, the WHO's India or Bangladesh, these birds have top Marburg expert, is struck by how the opportunity to meet birds from widely the virus has already spread. Pandemic Fears cont. on page 31

Page 30‑€ Spring/Summer 2005 €‑VRAN Newsletter Pandemic Fears cont. from page 30 avian flu would be unlikely to morph vaccine for the U.S. government. Europe. If this virus circulates among into a strain that is both virulent and “Lethal flu requires the sort of con- them, who knows? Next year, maybe highly transmissible among humans”, ditions found in the animal markets of the birds come back to Europe with says the article. “As Ewald has point- Guangdong or the trenches of World this virus. This is the nightmare for the ed out, the 1918 flu pandemic may War 1. Knowledge – understanding world." have developed its unique virulence how flu viruses work so they can be If the pandemic were to hit today, and its unique focus on young adults, stopped early in their journey is likely said Dr. Michael Osterholm, director precisely because of the terrible condi- to be the best protection we have of the Center for Infectious Disease tions in wartime Europe. The disease against another epidemic. “ Research and Policy at the University first appeared as a relatively mild out- Human error and lack of security at of Minnesota, "I don't know what we break in the United States in the spring microbiology facilities, however could could do about it except say, 'We're of 1918. A far deadlier form incu- be the lethal pandemic trigger. Last fall, screwed.'" He speculates that a pan- bated among soldiers on the Western 3,700 samples of the H2N2 flu virus, demic would trigger the collapse of Front. It stalked the trenches, the hos- estimated to have killed up to 4 million essential services like food distribution pitals stacked with wounded from one people worldwide in 1957 and 1958, when workers are too sick to process crowded hospital to another, the trains were accidentally sent out to labs in or deliver food and when people will on which the immobilized sick lay the United States, Canada and 16 other be too fearful of disease to engage in face-to-face with the helpless wounded, countries. The National Microbiology daily work routines. and the boats that returned ill soldiers Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba on receiving the sample identified the virus and sounded the alarm. Robert G. ...understanding how flu viruses work so Webster, a flu expert called the incident "a terrible, terrible mistake - I have they can be stopped early in their jour- been telling WHO for a number of ney is likely to be the best protection we years that this is a dangerous virus that have against another epidemic. is still out there in more labs than they know," he said. "This may alert WHO and Homeland Security and whoever Other specialists however, have a to the U.S.” wants to know that each and every different view. “As deadly to humans “Only comparable conditions, Ewald H2N2 sample from 1957 needs to be as it is, H5N1 is also very difficult to says, would allow the development rounded up and locked down." contract” says Richard Webby, a virol- of a highly virulent and transmissible ogist at St. Jude Children’s Research human flu. As the conditions that Hospital in Memphis. “It is particu- created the 1918 flu abated, so did larly poor at infecting humans and virulence of the disease and its speci- worse still at transmitting from human ficity for healthy people in the prime to human” says Webby in an interview of life. But it did not disappear. For for an article in Discover Magazine decades after 1918, the H1N1 strain of (February 2005). influenza wandered around the planet, In the same Discover article, biolo- a commonplace flu, no more virulent gist Paul Ewald, who studies the than any ordinary strain, a killer of the evolution of infectious diseases at the very old and the very young.” University of Louisville in Kentucky A May 9 article in the Vancouver points out that when flu strains Sun reported that the “US, Canada, become too lethal among migratory France, Germany, Japan and other birds, the birds die out before they can countries are making H5N1 vaccines spread the infection to a new area. A and stockpiling millions of doses mild virus becomes lethal when wild of anti-viral drugs. The US has an animals enter markets like Guangdong experimental H5N1 vaccine that is to (China) which serve as factories for start clinical testing this month.” The disease. University of Rochester, is one of three “There are reasons to believe that centres testing an experimental H5N1

VRAN Newsletter‑€‑Spring/Summer 2005 €‑Page 31 Biological Manipulation of Human Immunization Populations DID YOU KNOW ? Information on http://www.trufax.org/menu/bio.html Center For Complex Infectious Diseases— There is no law that can force you the Internet info re. stealth viruses & Dr. John Martin’s to vaccinate your children. The only research laws relating to vaccination govern Compiled by: VRAN (web site hosted http://www.ccid.org school pupils, not infants, and these by Freedom of Choice in Health Care: Tetrahedron — AIDS, Ebola, vaccines, Gulf can be waived through available ) War Syndrome exemptions. If your child has exhibited Eagle Foundation http://tetrahedron.org/ any of the following adverse reactions http://www.eaglefoundation.org International Advocates for Health Freedom or conditions, you may wish to defer Canadian organization in support of — John Hammell from continuing the course of vaccina- http://www.iahf.com/index1.html vaccine injured families. tions. WHALE Vaccination Resource Networking between health freedom activ- ists • If your child is ill or running a fever. http://www.whaleto.freeserve.co.uk/vac- • If the child collapses or goes into a cines.html Health World Online- Discussion Forums Excellent site. on Vaccines shock-like state following a vaccine. • If the child has high pitched scream- New Atlantean Immunisation Resources http://www.healthy.net/ http://www.new-atlantean.com/ Vaccination Information & Awareness— ing for several hours; and cannot be global/vaccine.html Links to many sites comforted A good list of resources; global pro-choice http://www.access1.net/via • If the child has a temperature of 38° vaccine groups books, tapes and videos. Vaccine Safety Website—Dr. B. Classen C or higher after vaccination. Vaccination Information Paradigm http://vaccines.net/risks.htm • If the child develops pain, redness, http://www.cco.net/~trufax/vaccine/ Australian Vaccination Network swelling, lump at the needle site vacindex.html http://www.avn.org.au/ • If the child develops severe diarrhea Very good information, updated regularly. This group is forging ahead with legal and/or vomiting Sebastiana’s Medical Journal listings of actions challenging government violation of • If the child has one or more convul- vaccine risks informed consent laws. sions or has a family history of con- http://www.omen.net.au/~pienaar/index.html vulsive disorders (eg. epilepsy); if the National Vaccine Information Center Medical Information & child has an evolving neurological http://www.909shot.com Pro-Vaccine Links: Excellent site run by the largest N.A. group. condition. WHO & Communicable Diseases • If there is a family history of severe Attachment Parenting & Natural Nurturing Surveillance & Vaccine Links http://www.who.int/emc/ allergies and/or history of vaccine www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2460 reactions. Vaccine News Updates— Immunization Excellent site offering concepts that cre- Briefs • If the child has signs of brain injury ate health in the family and access to www.infoinc.com/imnews2 such as a bulge in the soft spots of Vaccination OneList network. Vaccine Weekly Magazine—For the medical the head or a severe change of con- Natural Immunity Network world sciousness. http://www.i-wayco.com/niin/index.html http://www.holonet.net/homepage/1v.htm • If the child is receiving treatments Concerned Parents for Vaccine Safety Covers new vaccines. that suppress the immune system http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/Gyrene/ Infectious Diseases in Children • If the child has a widespread allergic Home.htm http://www.slackinc.com/child/idc/199805/ Excellent site—links to many others. reaction, rashes, hives, wheezing, vaccine.htm#speclink trouble breathing. Informed Parents Home Page Immunization Action Coalition— http://www.unc.edu/~aphillip/www/ • If the child develops swollen joints/ Pro-Vaccine site vaccine/informed.htm arthritis like symptoms http://www.immunize.org/ Excellent site—well researched. • If the child has an irregular heartbeat Achoo & MD Immunisation Awareness Society within several hours after vaccina- http://www.achoo.com http://www.ias.org.nz tion. Consultation source for travel vaccines Excellent site—offers international research. • If the child is excessively sleepy fol- Medscape—Online medical info FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment) lowing vaccination. http://www.medscape.com √ http://www.feat.org • If the child has an episode of sleep Dr. Harris Coulter’s Website apnoea (stops breathing during http://home.earthlink.net/~emptherapies/ sleep) Leading edge Research Group: The

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1. Vaccinations are forced. For example, there are compulsory vaccination laws in every state. If something is good it doesn’t have to be forced*. 2. Vaccinations are toxins by definition. 3. Vaccinations are indigenous to only one model of healthcare—the allopathic medical model—and its practitioner’s particular understanding of disease phenomena. 4. Vaccinations are promoted by fear, guilt, and ‘creative’ statistics. 5. Vaccinations are represented as safe and effective when evidence suggests they are neither. 6. Vaccinations are aggressively pushed by public health departments and other government agencies as though they were a public health issue when they are not. This is done to insure a high rate of compliance.

*Vaccination is not mandatory anywhere in Canada.

TEN REASONS TO JUST SAY ‘NO’ TO VACCINATIONS By Walene James

1. Vaccinations are toxins by definition. 2. Vaccinations are aggressively promoted by those who have a financial stake in their consumption. 3. Vaccinations are promoted using fear, intimidation, and coercion. 4. Vaccinations are big business. 5. Vaccine manufacturers are nearly liability proof for their products. 6. Vaccinations are not only forced upon us, but those who deny us the exercise of our free will refuse to take responsibility for the consequences of their actions. 7. Evidence suggests that vaccinations damage the immune system, the nervous system and the spirit-mind-body connection. 8. Compulsory vaccinations ignore biochemical and psychospiritual individuality. 9. Vaccinations are misrepresented by government agencies as a public health issue which they are not. 10. Vaccinations are heavily subsidized, heavily propagandized and can be seen as a wake-up call for us to see how we allow ourselves to be programmed by huge vested interests.

Philosophical questions:

“Perhaps more important than anything else is for our group to consider the larger picture: What lessons do we need to learn trying to stem the tide of coercion from an out-of-control medical-pharmaceutical industry and the Mass Mind that allows this? How does understanding and working with the vaccination issue contribute to our maturation as spiritually aware and fully alive human beings?”

~Walene James

Walene James has authored an exceptional book that is a must read for everyone involved in educating themselves, their families and communities about vaccine risks and health creating alternatives to vaccination. She helps us take a quatum leap out of the fear-based vaccine paradigm. Walene’s insightful analysis of the history of vaccines and infec- tious disease is complemented by a thorough investigation of the factors that create health in human populations, and what we all need to do to create health in our families. For more information, contact Ingri Cassel at Vaccination Liberation in Idaho: 208-267-8037

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