Spring 2013

Vaccination Risk Awarenessewsletter Network Inc.

The Autism and Overlap INSIDE THIS ISSUE By Heather Fraser, MA, BA, BEd., CBP 02: VRANews ASD and food allergy rates have risen dramatically—and they often 06: Autoimmune Disorders Caused by go hand in hand… 07: Tetanus >New Disease Th e food allergy and autism commu- greater pressure to bear on addressing 08: Pediatricians Call for Thimerosal nities generally seen as separate groups causes and forcing change. 09: Vaccination Agenda have more in common than they may re- 12: A New Attitude Toward Fevers alize. One has only to look at the meteoric The “A” words 14: Autism Rates Explode rise of both epidemics in the last 20 years 15: Can We Trust CDC Claim? to wonder if they are connected. In fact, I Like the word “autism”, aller- 17: Fewer ER visits for Unvaccinated contend that they are the same story with gy and anaphylaxis were coined early 20: Attention Canadian Parents the same causes and overlapping symp- in the 20th century. Th ese last two were 21: U.K Outbreak toms but with diff erent outcomes. It is as created to describe reactions to sera ad- 22: Measles Outbreak in Wales though one overwhelmed child turned ministered for the fi rst time in history 23: Letters left while the other turned right. 25: Newsclips Children with life threatening food Doctors today tend to view allergy 28: VRAN Membership / Order Form oft en have a “mixed bag” of as an immune system dysfunction. health concerns that can include ADHD, In contrast, Margie Profet proposed environmental sensitivities and gut in- in 1991 that allergy has an evolved Why Parents Are fl ammation. Typically, parents of these function designed to defend the body Turning Away From children pay such close attention to the against acute toxicity. While her view Pediatricians food anaphylaxis that these “lesser” is- appears unique, it is actually similar By Edda West sues are oft en dismissed or medicated to that proposed by Charles Richet away. And yet, if we view this mixed bag in 1913. In his acceptance speech VRAN receives a steady stream of in- as a collection of meaningful symptoms, for the Nobel Prize Richet wrote: “… quiries from anxious parents looking for a very diff erent picture emerges. Th is pic- anaphylaxis is an universal defense a “supportive” pediatrician who won’t be- ture mirrors that of many children on the mechanism against the penetration little or bully them for refusing some or spectrum. of heterogenous substances in the all vaccines for their baby. Th e inquiries In “Th e Function of Allergy: an immu- blood....” oft en go like this, nological defense against toxins” (1991), “I had a discussion with my son’s pe- Margie Profet confi rms that any mammal diatrician during his 12 month visit and overwhelmed and unable to detoxify will using the hypodermic syringe. When expressed my concerns but he was very defend itself with allergy. Th is evolved children began to fall violently ill fol- rude and not supportive of our decision to defense is designed to expel the toxin(s) lowing the use of this new technology, opt out of the 12 and 15 month vaccina- as fast as possible by sneezing, vomiting, doctors scrambled to understand why. tions. I want to change pediatricians and itching or to prevent it from circulating Pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in am having trouble fi nding one that is in by a drop in blood pressure. 1906 saw the symptoms as an “altered re- support of our decision to opt out from the Toxic exposures—any combination activity” or allergy. Anaphylaxis“against vaccines. Can you help?” from air, food, water, drugs, pathogens, protection” was coined by Charles Richet While many parents still cling to the or vaccines—that precipitate the allergies around 1913 to describe the condition he belief that pediatric care and “well baby can also result in a host of other health is- created in animals during immunization checkups” are essential to insure develop- sues. Th e so-called “neuro-typical” (NT) experiments. ment is proceeding normally, they worry kids with severe food allergies are not NT Autism was coined by a Swiss psychia- that vaccines are linked to the increase of at all if we ask additional questions about trist in 1912 and Asperger’s aft er the work chronic health problems in children. Pe- fi ne or gross motor skills, unusual “gift s”, of Hans Asperger in the 1930s. Leo Kan- diatricians’ hostility towards anyone who attention defi cit, rage, sensory processing ner in the 1940s provided a foundation questions vaccines is turning families issues, hyperactivity and more. for understanding the environmental away in droves who no longer believe the By illuminating the ground shared by causes of autism. mantra that anything bad that happens the food allergy kids and children on the Food allergies and autism in children aft er vaccination is a “coincidence”. spectrum, a broader collective awareness may emerge. Th is awareness will bring Autism and Allergy Overlap cont. on page 3 Tyranny of Forced Vaccination cont. on page 17 VRAN NEWSLETTER James. In this book, the author tran- Vaccination Risk Awareness Network Inc. VRANEWS scends the ‘debate’ pro and con P.O. Box 169, Winlaw, B.C. V0G 2J0 Dear VRAN Members, vaccination. 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Th e opiate eff ect of dairy and Gender and age of onset increased slowly until about 1990 at wheat proteins on some children is well which time their prevalence abruptly ac- documented. Unrecognized allergies In 1944, Hans Asperger believed that celerated. to chemicals, molds and more can also girls were unaff ected by the syndrome he cause behavioral changes. described although he later revised his The fi rst wave of affected children It is not known how many children conclusion. Th e gender gap is as high as on the spectrum have severe allergy, but 10:1 for Asperger’s, and 4:1 for autism. It seemed to happen almost overnight most avoid certain foods that make oth- In 1964, Bernard Rimland observed that about 20 years ago. Something changed er symptoms worse. Th e worst of these boys tended to be more vulnerable to “or- suddenly at the same time in many West- according to Kenneth Bock, MD in Heal- ganic damage” than girls. ern countries to make scores of children ing the New Childhood Epidemics (2007) Studies on peanut allergic children terribly unwell: are dairy, chocolate, yeast-growing foods, reveal that twice as many boys have the • Food anaphylaxis: severe food allergy gluten and casein. Allergies and Au- condition than do girls. increased abruptly in children, but just tism (2010) by Michael Dochniak tells the Many parents see the 18 month mark in certain Western countries including story of a boy with multiple allergies who or before the age of two as a point of Australia (ACT), the US, Canada, and regressed aft er an anaphylactic reaction change or regression for children on the the UK. School teachers provided eye to latex. Th e role of allergy in autism can . witness accounts of the sudden surge be profound and individual. Th e general age of onset for life threat- of severely allergic children who ar- ening peanut allergy (the fi rst reaction) rived for kindergarten in the early 90s. Defensiveness has been declining: from 24 months of Th e timing is confi rmed by hospital age for kids born between 1995 and 1997; ER records. UK cohort studies indicat- Allergy and anaphylaxis function to 21 months for those born before 2000; ed that peanut allergy in preschoolers defend the body against acute toxicity. and for those aft er 2000, it is now about had doubled in just four years through Th e body may risk death to defend itself 14 months of age. the early 1990s, from about 1% to over against perceived certain death. 3%. Children on the spectrum can ex- GI tract damage—gut-brain axis • Autism: in the early 1990s, increas- hibit defensiveness. Cari Neal in “Tactile ing reports of autism alerted the US Defensiveness and Patterns of Social Since Charles Richet’s 1913 Nobel Prize Centers for Disease Control and Pre- Behavior in Autism” (1997)[iv] explains winning research, allergists have defaulted vention (CDC). One startling report that social withdrawal functions to limit to the idea that food allergy is caused by di- of a “cluster” of autism in Brick Town- tactile stimulation. Temple Grandin, gestive failure, or a “leaky” gut. Or it was, ship, New Jersey drew the attention of quoted by Neal, confi rms that for her, until the explosion of food anaphylaxis in the CDC in 1997.[i] Children born in withdrawal is a defense from a “tidal children starting around 1990. It seemed the late 1980s and early 90s were most wave of stimulation.” impossible that gut failure could occur on aff ected. A steep increase in autism Autism and Allergy Overlap cont. on page 4 was noted at this time also in the UK, Canada, and Australia.

Continued rise

Th is was the beginning of what are now epidemics of life threatening food allergies and autism. In the US, one in 13 children (8%) have food allergies with one in 40 (2.5%, 1.8 million) being life threatening. Childhood peanut/tree nut allergies tripled between 1997 and 2008 from .6% to 2.1%.[i] Th ere has been a 265% rise in food allergy hospitalization among children (CDC). Autism has spiked 1,500% in the last 20 years. One in 88 children is on the spectrum: 825,000 in the US; 89,000 in Canada; 131,000 in the UK.

Food/substance triggers

Many severely food allergic children have atopy—allergies causing eczema, and behavior issues. Food al- The Peanut Allergy Epidemic —(NY, Skyhorse, 2011) p. 27. Based on data lergies are the main causes of ADHD from S.H. Sicherer, et al, “US prevalence of self-reported peanut, tree nut, and according to a 2001 study in the Lan- sesame allergy: 11-year follow up,” JACI (June 2010). VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 3 Autism and Allergy Overlap cont. from page 3 Clarifying the matter is historical fact. all infants. Vaccination became a require- such a scale and so suddenly. Th e abrupt rise of allergy and autism ment before entry into many preschools Th e gut is integral to the immune sys- around 1990 coincided with reforms to and daycare centers. By 1997-98, child- tem and the brain. Also called the “second the pediatric vaccination schedules of hood vaccination rates reached record brain” because it is connected by millions many Western countries. highs. Canada, the UK, and AU followed of neurons to the central nervous system, In 1986, the US National Childhood the American example. the gut will react immediately when chal- Vaccine Injury Act in essence de-reg- In 1983, US children received 22 dos- lenged by toxin or trauma: ulated vaccination: no one could sue a es of vaccines (combined or single) for In cases of extreme stress … the higher vaccine maker without government ap- seven diseases (two months to age six). brain seems to protect the gut by sending proval. Largely relieved then of liability, Today in the US, children receive up to signals to immunological mast cells in the manufacturers moved to meet govern- 48 doses of vaccines for 14 diseases start- plexus. The mast cells secrete histamine, ment demand addressing new “diseases ing at birth to age six. prostaglandin and other agents that help of priority” established by the US Insti- produce infl ammation. This is protective. tute of Medicine. Unsustainable practices: Hib By infl aming the gut, the brain is priming Increases to the vaccine schedule the [it] for surveillance.[v] in many Western countries began in Th e Hib, within an intense schedule Th e bystander eff ect occurs when 1987 with the Haemophilus infl uenza that includes fi ve-vaccines-at-once, has compounds in the body/gut at the time type B (Hib) vaccine. By 1991, doctors been the last straw in my opinion, tipping or moment of the extreme stress become did not hesitate to give this new conju- scores of children into peanut allergy. targets for allergic sensitization. gate vaccine to two-month-old children Where the DPT-IPV with Hib is used And it goes without explanation that simultaneously with vaccines for diph- en masse, peanut allergy follows: fi rst in children on the spectrum struggle greatly theria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio. Th is Western countries including the UK, the with gut infl ammation. What could have move was unprecedented. In that year, US, Canada, and ACT Australia, then the power to provoke this so early in the more than 17 million doses of Hib vac- aft er 2001 following its use with high lives of hundreds of thousands of children? cine were sold in the US alone. In 1992, coverage rates in Tasmania, Hong Kong, additional doses of combination vac- Singapore and most recently India.[vii] Causes cines were included in the schedule. Hib Hib plays a role in autism according to was a revenue-generating “blockbuster Brian Richmand in “Hypothesis, Conju- Many following allergy and autism product” according to a 1998 WHO gate vaccines may predispose children to debates believe that both epidemics are publication. autism spectrum disorders”. Richmand man-made. And the medical commu- nity appears ready at last to consider this within the “hygiene hypothesis”: The leading theory is about hygiene— with less infection thanks to city living, smaller families, vaccines, sanitation, antibiotics, etc., the immune system is less ‘busy’ with germs and may become more prone to attack harmless food pro- teins. ~ Dr. Scott Sicherer, pediatrics profes- sor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (Sept. 12, 2012)[vi] Th e hygiene hypothesis suggests that vaccination, antibiotics and bug-killing products have unhinged the immune systems of children. Humans have co- evolved with microbes and gut parasites/ worms, and without them are vulnerable to infl ammatory disorders. Our bug-free, vaccine obsessed, pesticide loving West- ern existence appears to have doomed us to allergy and autism. Yes, the hygiene hypothesis has entered the discussion on causes of autism. A 2007 Medical Hypotheses article by K. Becker suggests that immune pathways aff ected by western hygienic practices may impact At the same time, coverage rates for suggests that the fi ve-in-one with Hib has brain structure or function contributing to vaccination soared. Between 1993 and interfered with nerve myelin in the brain: autism. Becker mentions “immunization” 1995, the Clinton administration’s Child- This period of hypo-responsiveness to in this light but in confessing its “contro- hood Immunization Initiative provided versial” nature does not pursue it. federal funds aimed at 90% coverage of Autism and Allergy Overlap cont. on page 5 Page 4 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Autism and Allergy Overlap cont. from page 4 Top 10 Overlaps carbohydrate antigens coincides with the intense myelination process in infants and • The “A” words: Autism, allergy • Gender split: In both groups young children, and conjugate vaccines and anaphylaxis were coined at the more boys than girls are af- may have disrupted evolutionary forces start of the 20th century. fected; 10:1 (Asperger’s), 4:1 that favored early brain development over (autism) 2:1 (peanut allergy). the need to protect infants and young chil- • Sudden and simultaneous rise: dren from capsular bacteria. [viii] Epidemic autism and allergy in • Age of onset: Both conditions Richmand further suggests that girls children accelerated suddenly are often first observed in chil- who received this vaccine carry antibod- around the same time in1990. dren before the age of two. ies that have the potential to damage nerve myelin and result in autism in their • Continued Rise: Approximately in • The GI tract: This is a major fo- children. 88 children are on the spectrum; cus in food allergy and autism. One in 13 have food allergy (8%); GI inflammation and the inabil- Undeniable disaster… leads to One in 40 have life threatening ity to “handle” certain foods is disaster capitalism food allergies (2.5%) widespread.

In “Save the children (and make • Food triggers and avoidance: • Causes: The hygiene hypothesi money)” published in Th e Wall Street Foods often trigger sensory implicates pharmaceuticals and Journal (2009), writer James Altucher problems, behavior changes, neu- the story of HIb. noted the massive rise in the last two de- rological issues and more. cades in peanut allergy, asthma and more • Undeniable disaster: Autism among children. Th e kids are sick and • Defensiveness: Tactile defensive- and allergy epidemics both getting sicker, Altucher observed. So, he ness caused by overwhelming lead to disaster capitalism. thought an “Autoimmune Index” would conditions is common in chil- be a good idea: dren on the spectrum. Allergy Such an index would consist of the is an evolved defense. best mix of stocks that have good lower multiples that will supply the arms in gy are a mirror that, as dark as it is, brings attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (INCA our ongoing war against autoimmune with it millions of families equally wor- study): a randomized controlled trial,” The Lan- diseases.[ix] ried about the health of their children. cet, Vol. 377, (Feb. 2011): 494-503. http://www. Altucher lists the drugs created for thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140- these conditions, their manufacturers, With a growing awareness of the 6736(10)62227-1/abstract the status of their stocks and their billion ground these communities share, my [iv] Cari Neal “Tactile Defensiveness and Patterns of Social Behavior in Autism,” (Illinois Wesleyan dollar profi ts. And then without slowing hope is that they will connect meaning- University, 1997). http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/ he off ers possible causes for the pediatric fully to force change leading to prevention psych_honproj/66/ epidemics: of these serious—and altogether avoid- [v] R.M. King, professor, Northern Virginia Com- The increase in autoimmune illnesses able—health issues. munity College, Virginia http://www.psyking.net/ and allergies in children may be due to Heather Fraser is the author of The id36.htm [vi] http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/12/ high exposure to antibiotics and vaccines Peanut Allergy Epidemic: what’s caus- at an early age… peanut-allergies-seen-on-rise/#ixzz28eyzSyF7 ing it and how to stop it (NY, Skyhorse, [vii] H. Fraser, The Peanut Allergy Epidemic (NY, Are the products causing the epidem- 2011). She is a Toronto-based writer ics made by the same companies now Skyhorse, 2011) pp. 124-126. and holistic health practitioner. Her [viii] B. Richmand, “Hypothesis, Conjugate vac- making the remedies? It seems investors son, now 18, was diagnosed with cines may predispose children to autism spectrum can make money at both ends of the epi- peanut allergy in 1995. Find out more disorders,”Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 77, No. 6 demics. at heatherfraser.org and peanutaller- (Dec., 2011): 940-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Th is is disaster capitalism. gyepidemic.com. pubmed/21993250 [ix] James Altucher, “Save the children (and Moving forward Reprinted with permission of The make money)” The Wall Street Journal (Mon. Autism File Magazine http://www. Aug. 10, 2009) http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB124992390387319939.html Th e century old pattern of increas- autismfi le.com ing drug and vaccine consumption in Retrieved from Autism File—publica- Western countries has meant profi t for tion date?: http://www.autismfi le.com/ some but devastation for many more. Th e References: science-research/the-autism-and-aller- autism community is aware of the con- [i] M. Blaxill and D. Olmsted, Age of Autism (NY, gy-overlap √ fl icted interests that underpin this pattern Thomas Dunne, 2010). and the autism epidemic. And parents of [ii] Sicherer, et al., “US prevalence of self-reported anaphylactic children are listening. Th e peanut, tree nut and sesame allergy: 11-year stories of autism and life threatening food follow-up,” JACI, Vol. 125, No. 6 (June, 2010): allergy are the same, with shared causes 1322-1326. [iii] L. Pelsser, et al., “Effects of a restricted and overlapping symptoms. Th e “mixed elimination diet on the behaviour of children with bag” kids with life threatening food aller- VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 5 nized Criticality Th eory of Autoimmunity”, the annual fl u vaccines! Just imagine, if Autoimmune Disorders found that overstimulation of a particular parents go along with the CDC’s recom- Caused by Vaccines: A type of T-cell results in the development of mendation, their child will receive 6 fl u Smoking Gun autoantibodies. Th ese are antibodies that vaccines—each with at least three dif- attack the self, not invaders. Th e immune ferent antigens—before their seventh Autoimmune disorders—chronic system is turned inward. birthday! diseases—have become a way Th e authors concluded: of life for children and young Systemic autoimmunity appears to The Question be the inevitable consequence of over- adults, yet the cause is not being stimulating the host’s immune ‘system’ Th is study is a smoking gun tying vaccines addressed. Here is clear and strong by repeated immunization with antigen, to the massive upsurge in life-destroying evidence that the cause is the to the levels that surpass system’s self- chronic autoimmune diseases. Th at leaves massive number of vaccinations. organized criticality. only one question, with some corollaries: Th e authors set out to determine • Why do our public health agencies in- by Heidi Stevenson—December 23, 2012 whether the integrity of the immune sist on pressing all these vaccinations? A PLoS study has documented that, system is compromised by repeated injec- • Why are there no studies to determine given enough vaccine injections, everyone tions of antigens, foreign substances that the eff ects of the full schedule of vac- will develop an autoimmune disorder. Th e induce an immune response—in particu- cinations? study was performed on mice developed lar, the development of antibodies. • Why are there no stud- for their ability to withstand such chronic Strong stimulation by an antigen, ies to determine the eff ects of disease. It found that the immune systems which is the goal of every vaccination, multiple antigens in single vaccines? of all these autoimmune disease-resistant initially results in the incapacitation of Why are we even losing our right to mice become deranged by the time they’re T-cells. However, the T-cells recover, di- refuse? given an eighth injection of antigens vide (reproduce themselves), and create It’s obvious that public health agencies alone. Th at is, injection of adjuvants was antibodies. But they also start creating have something other than our health not required to cause autoimmunity. An- interleukin-2 (IL-2), which are associated at the forefront of their deliberations. tigen injection alone was enough to cause with autoimmune disorders. It’s equally obvious, with the revolving autoimmune diseases. By the eighth injection of antigens, ev- door between agency employees and Big Combine that information with the ery autoimmune disease-resistant mouse Pharma/Agribusiness, that far too many massive increase in autoimmune disorders developed: employees in the most responsible po- in humans over the last couple of decades • Autoantibodies sitions are beholden to the companies and we have a smoking gun pointing • Immunoglobulin G and Immuno- they’re supposed to regulate. Agencies directly at the massive number of vaccina- globulin M (IgG and IgM) rheumatoid like the FDA, CDC, NIH, EPA, and USDA tions routinely given to children. factor (RF) do not exist to protect the public. Th ey What more is needed to demonstrate • Anti-smooth muscle (Sm) antibodies exist as little more than marketing fronts that routinely injecting people is not an • RF reactive against galactose-defi cient IgG for Big Pharma and Agribusiness. acceptable way to engender disease im- Th e last item, RF reactive against ga- A more in-depth examination of this study munity? Such immunity has long been lactose-defi cient IgG, is typically found can be found in Vaccinations Inevitably Cause known to be far from the same quality in human autoimmunity, and all are as- Autoimmune Diseases: PLoS Study: http:// as naturally-obtained protection. Unlike sociated with autoimmune disorders. gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2012-07-26/ natural immunity, it’s far less eff ective, One point to be noted is that the re- vaccinations-inevitably-cause-autoim- resulting in many who have been vac- search utilized the same antigen over and mune-diseases-plos-study/ cinated to succumb to chronic disease. over. Th at could very well be related to the Article reprinted with the kind per- What immunity that is provided doesn’t current proclivity to give the same vaccines mission of the author from the Gaia last a lifetime, as does occur with most over and over because of their inadequa- Health website: http://gaia-health.com/ childhood diseases. cy in producing adequate antibodies to gaia-blog/2012-12-23/autoimmune- For this limited protection, we can prevent disease transmission. Th e DTaP disorders-caused-by-vaccines/ now see that there’s a virtually 100% sure- (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccine is ty that nearly everyone will suff er from scheduled to be given fi ve times by age six! chronic diseases, such as diabetes, mul- Th at’s three diff erent antigens given 5 times Sources: tiple sclerosis, lupus, infl ammatory bowel over. Th at alone could easily explain the • Self-Organized Criticality Theory of Autoimmu- disease (IBD), allergies, autism, and now massive increase in autoimmune diseases. nity, by Ken Tsumiyama, Yumi Miyazaki, Shu- even new diseases, such as macrophagic But then you must add in the Haemophi- nichi Shiozawa: http://www.plosone.org/article/ myofasciitis (MMF). lus infl uenza, pneumococcal, and poliovirus info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008382 Where’s the sense in that? Even if vac- vaccines, each given 4 times; rotavirus and • The role of interleukin 2 in autoimmunity: cines were completely eff ective, how can hepatitis B given 3 times; and meningo- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2679638 • Recommended Immunization Schedule birth inducing autoimmune disease in most coccal, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), thru 6 years (U.S.) http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ people be justifi ed? varicella, and hepatitis A given twice, and all schedules/easy-to-read/child.html of these given by age 6! Th at’s a tremendous • Canada: Recommended Immunization Sched- The Science burden on a developing immune system. ule: http://vran.org/about-vaccines/specific-vac- And all that doesn’t even take into cines/canadian-infant-vaccination-schedule-2/ Th e study in question, called “Self-Orga- account the harm done by adjuvants or canadian-infant-vaccination-schedule/ √ Page 6 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Tetanus Vaccine Causes New Disease: New Vaccines Worse? by Heidi Stevenson—Jan 29, 2013

The vaccine junta is not only uncon- erythematosus, which is another vaccine- of course, being promoted as the safest cerned with vaccine-induced diseases, induced condition. ever developed. Th at safety claim is based it’s massively gearing up this vaccine on the fact that they’re so much like the arms race against the human race. APS and Vaccines body already. Th is is the same claim that’s It’s known that tetanus vaccine causes been used to promote squalene, which, as a new disease, antiphospholipid syn- One study calls Hughes syndrome the we’ve recently seen with the tragic cases drome. New adjuvants are composed of “classical antiphospholipid syndrome”[1]. of narcolepsy in children aft er the squa- phospholipids, a potential disaster. Th at study refers to similarities between lene-laced fl u vaccine, Pandemrix, was Th e tetanus vaccine causes a new dis- plasma protein beta-2-glycoprotein-I unleashed in Europe, can devastate lives. ease known both as Hughes syndrome (β2GPI), which is attacked in APS, and Gaia Health explained the issue in How and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). the tetanus vaccine. Th at is, the tetanus the Flu Vaccine Causes Narcolepsy. It’s an autoimmune condition that can at- antigen has parts that are virtually iden- Squalene is a lipid. Th at’s what makes tack any part of the body, though is best tical to β2GPI, which is found virtually it so dangerous. OMVs are even more noted for heart attacks and killing fetus- everywhere in the body. precisely analogous to human tissue, es. It’s likely that APS will become more Another study documents how APS because they are not only lipids, they common with the new generation of vac- can be induced in laboratory animals with are phospholipids—which are precisely cine adjuvants now being produced. tetanus vaccination[2]. Many large number what the body attacks in APS. Th erefore, Th e suff erers of (APS) are mostly of other studies document and investigate we can anticipate that there will be ever- women, and its diagnosis is oft en made the connection between vaccines and an- more cases of APS as we see the approval as a result of multiple pregnancy losses. tiphospholipid syndrome[3,4,5,6,7,8]. of ever-more OMV-based vaccines, As is typical of new diseases, research Th ese studies leave little doubt that APS which are in the pipeline now. is focused on fi nding a genetic cause, in is caused by vaccines. Th at should come Have no doubt: these vaccines will be spite of the fact that the connection with as little surprise, since it was fi rst identi- approved. Th e fi rst one, Cervarix, is al- vaccines is well known and documented. fi ed as a disease during the 1980s. If this ready out there—and it’s been deemed As the name implies, APS is a condition disease existed prior to vaccines, it was so safe, in spite of evidence to the contrary. in which phospholipids, natural and nec- rare that it was unknown. Now, it can take People with APS are suff ering from phos- essary substances required by every part its place among a growing list of vaccine- pholipid antibodies that are erroneously of the body, is seen as an infectious agent induced conditions, including rheumatoid destroying parts of the eye, cardiovascular by the immune system. So, this substance arthritis, macrophagic myofasciitis, mul- system, brain, nerves, skin, reproductive sys- that exists in every cell becomes subject to tiple sclerosis, autism, and siliconosis. Th e tem—in short, any part of the body. Th is attack. Symptoms include: list keeps growing and many believe that all self-destruction is induced by vaccine tech- • Blindness these conditions should be included under nologies. Th ese technologies are presumed • Cardiovascular: a single name, autoimmune/infl ammatory safe without adequate, if any, testing. Just • Deep vein thrombosis (clots in syndrome induced by adjuvants, or ASIA. how many people must suff er before this veins) travesty is ended? When will the clearly mad • Phlebitis Why New Generation Vaccines purveyors of these technologies step back • Th rombocytopenia (defi ciency of Are Especially Worrisome and question what they’re doing? blood platelets, causing bleeding & Th e fact is that there are not just one, bruising) Phospholipids are a primary part of your but several generations of people who don’t • Atherosclerosis body, forming part of the membrane of ev- even know what good health is. Worse, • Pulmonary embolus (clots in the ery cell, among other functions. Th ey’re each successive generation is growing sick- lungs) under attack in APS. As can be seen with er than the previous one. And worst of all, • Heart valve abnormatilies regard to tetanus vaccine, APS can be the vaccine junta is not only unconcerned, • Stroke induced by the antigen when the epitope— it’s massively gearing up this vaccine arms • Headaches & migraines the part of the antigen forming the pattern race against the human race. • Miscarriages that autobodies are designed to attack—is • Neurological disorders: similar to a particular part of the body. Vaccines cause autoimmune disorders! • Epilepsy What’s frightening is that phospholip- • Chorea (sudden uncontrollable jit- ids are becoming a primary ingredient of Article Addendum tery movements) vaccines in the form of a new generation In a rather humorous exchange, the • Transverse myelitis (infl ammation of adjuvants made via recombinant DNA head of the APS Foundation of America of the spinal cord) by diddling with a part of pathogenic objected to the use of their website as a • Multiple sclerosis bacteria called outer membrane vesicles reference—though it was, as it was heavi- • Cognitive dysfunction (OMVs). You can read more about them ly referenced for the effects of APS, though • Skin disorders, including mottling, at the Gaia Health website in “New Gener- not for its focus on anything but vaccines ulcers, and necrosis ation of Vaccine Adjuvants: Worst Ever?” as the cause. I removed the reference, as APS can also be diagnosed—more OMVs allow for designer vaccine anti- accurately, misdiagnosed—as lupus gens and adjuvants. OMV adjuvants are, Tetanus Vaccine cont. on page 8 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 7 Tetanus Vaccine cont. from page 7 demanded, but a new one to the site is now Pediatricians Call to Keep Thimerosal in Vaccines going up. It’s number 9 in Sources. She A December 17 Medpage Today article around them, should get the fl u vaccine, offered it as proof that APS goes back to reported that the American Academy of anyway. Hmm…Th e cost of damaging 1906, so therefore could not be caused by Pediatrics has endorsed the World Health millions of lives through the injection vaccines. So what does the article state? Organization’s stance that thimerosal—a of toxic mercury is somehow less of a In discussing the history of APS, the article mercury-based preservative—should cost than changing manufacturing prac- states that in 1906 Wasserman and cowork- not be considered a hazardous source of tices to protect the brains and immune ers “developed serological reactions for the mercury, should be left in vaccines and systems of people worldwide, unless, of diagnosis of syphilis utilizing phospholipid- should not be subject to a ban proposed course, you are in the business of com- rich tissues as antigens “. In other words, they in a draft treaty from the United Nations mitting genocide. Craft y. Very craft y. developed symptoms as a result of the injec- Environment Program (UNEP). Th e Pe- tion of phospholipids in 1906. It now stands diatrics Infectious Diseases Society and The delivery of something like as the earliest proof of the likely causal link the International Pediatric Association mercury into the body through between vaccines and APS. also endorse this position (1) injection has much greater potential A tip of the hat to the head of the APS “Th e omission of thimerosal-containing for damage to the body than if it were Foundation of America, unintentional vaccines from the ban disappointed ad- ingested. though the offer of documentation is! vocates who believe the preservative plays We are grateful to the author for al- a role in sickening some children…” Fif- Th e delivery of something like mer- lowing us to reprint her article from teen years of research ‘has failed to yield cury into the body through injection has the Gaia Health website: http://gaia- any evidence of signifi cant harm’, includ- much greater potential for damage to the health.com/gaia-blog/2013-01-29/ ing disorders such as autism-from using body than if it were ingested. Th ere are tetanus-vaccine-causes-new-disease- thimerosal in vaccines.(2) “The continued several issues to consider. new-vaccines-worse/ benefi ts of thimerosal use in vaccine 1. When ‘experts’ start saying that chil- manufacturing clearly outweigh any dren’s exposure to what is injected into Sources: perceived risks”, wrote Walter Orenstein the body through vaccines is in such 1. When APS (Hughes syndrome) met the auto- MD in the AAP journal Pediatrics.(3) minuscule amounts as compared to immune/inflammatory syndrome induced by what children are exposed to via inges- adjuvants (ASIA)”, Lupus, M Blank, E Israeli, ...no proper scientifi c study would tion or inhalation, they are deceiving Y Shoenfeld, doi: 10.1177/0961203312438115. ever give results that corroborate you. Th ey are luring you into believ- 2. Vaccine model of antiphospholipid syn- this statement, unless, of course, the ing that exposure to lower quantities in drome induced by tetanus vaccine, Lupus, people making this statement were the vaccines, as compared to exposure L Dimitrijević, I Živković, M Stojanović, V Petrušić, S Živančević-Simonović, doi: the ones who had a vested interest in through inhalation or ingestion, equals 10.1177/0961203311429816. the outcome of the study. lower toxicity. Not so fast. What is of 3. β2 glycoprotein 1 (β2GPI), the major target greater importance to focus on is route in anti phospholipid syndrome (APS), is a Dr Larry Palevsky MD: On the of entry of the material, and whether special human complement regulator, Blood, continued use of mercury in diff erent routes of exposure pose dif- Katharina Gropp, Nadia Weber, Michael vaccines: (4) ferent levels of potential toxicity to the Reuter, Sven Micklisch, Isabell Kopka, Teresia body, whether quantity of exposure is Hallström and Christine Skerka, doi:10.1182/ Th ey must be making this up because equal or not. Th e ‘experts’ have no data blood-2011-02-339564. no proper scientifi c study would ever give to prove that a small amount of an in- 4. Anti-β2 glycoprotein I (β2GPI) autoantibod- ies recognize an epitope on the first domain of results that corroborate this statement, jection of a toxin like mercury is less β2GPI, PNAS, G. Michael Iverson, Edward J. unless, of course, the people making this dangerous, more dangerous, or equally Victoria, and David M. Marquis. statement were the ones who had a vest- dangerous, as compared to the inges- 5. Anti-phospholipid antibodies following vaccina- ed interest in the outcome of the study. tion of that same amount of mercury. tion with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, Clini- Somehow, it’s relatively safe to inject eth- cal and Experimental Immunology, J Martinuč ylmercury, but it’s relatively unsafe for 100% of that minuscule amount of Porobič, T Avčin, B Božič, M Kuhar, S Čučnik, pregnant women to consume methyl- mercury or aluminum injected into M Zupančič, K Prosenc, T Kveder, and B Roz- mercury through fi sh because of the risk the body through vaccines, gets into man, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2005.02923.x of mercury exposure to their unborn fe- the cells, the tissues, and the organs. 6. Immunomodulatory and physical effects of phos- pholipid composition in vaccine adjuvant emulsions. tuses. Yet, somehow, it’s relatively safe for 7. ‘ASIA’—autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome an unborn fetus to be exposed to the eth- induced by adjuvants. ylmercury via the fl u vaccine since, they No studies have been done to compare 8. Infections and vaccines in the etiology of say, the threat and potential damage to the immune and nervous system responses antiphospholipid syndrome pregnant mom and unborn fetus from the to injected vs. ingested materials of the 9. Hughes Syndrome Foundation fl u illness far outweighs the threat of any same quantities. Yet, you are told not to 10. Antiphospholipid syndrome exposure to ethylmercury, a neurological worry about it because it’s such a small 11. Learning About Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) toxin. Oh, but most fl u illnesses in preg- amount. Th at small amount, however, 12. The antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes’ nant women are due to viruses other than is much more potentially toxic when syndrome) the infl uenza viruses that we would vac- it is injected, than the larger quanti- 13. APS Foundation of America √ cinate them against with the fl u vaccine. But, pregnant women, and those living Pediatricians Keep Thimerosol cont. on page 11 Page 8 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter toimmunity in pediatric populations,” es to the innumerable pathogens already Vaccination points out that as many as 125 antigenic blanketing their environment. Agenda: An Implicit compounds, along with high amounts Adequate breastfeeding, in fact, is the Transhumanism / of aluminum (AI) adjuvants are given most successful strategy in the prevention Dehumanism to children by the time they are 4 and 6 of morbidity and mortality associated By Sayer Ji years old, in some “developed” countries. with infectious challenges, and is so Th e authors also state: “Immune distinctively mammalian (i.e. obtaining Let’s face it: the only real justifi cation challenges during early development, in- nourishment and immunity through for using vaccines to “immunize” our- cluding those vaccine-induced, can lead to the mammary glands), that without ad- selves against disease is derived from permanent detrimental alterations of the equate levels (only 11.3% of infants in the the natural fact that when challenged brain and immune function. Experimen- US were exclusively breastfed through our immune systems launch a successful tal evidence also shows that simultaneous the fi rst six months of life (Source: CDC, response. Were it not for the elegance, pro- administration of as little as two to three 2004)) infants become much more read- fi ciency, and mostly asymptomatic success immune adjuvants can overcome genetic ily susceptible to illness. of our recombinatorial (antibody-based) resistance to autoimmunity.” Not only have humans strayed from immune systems in dealing so well with Vaccine adjuvants are agents that their mammalian roots, by creating and infectious challenges, vaccination would accelerate, enhance or prolong the anti- promoting infant formula over breast have no cause, no scientifi c explanation, gen-specifi c immune responses vaccines milk, and then promoting synthetic im- no justifi cation whatsoever.* intend to elicit. In essence, they enhance munity via vaccines over the natural In fact, ever since the adaptive, anti- vaccine “effi cacy,” which is defi ned by immunity conferred through breastfeed- gen-specifi c immune system evolved in the ability to raise antibody titers. A vac- ing and sunlight exposure, for instance, early vertebrates 500 million years ago, cine’s “eff ectiveness,” on the other hand but implicit within the dominant medical our bodies have been doing a pretty good —and which is the real-world measure model to replace natural immunity with job of keeping us alive on this planet with- of whether a vaccine works or not—is a synthetic one, is a philosophy of trans- out need for synthetic, vaccine-mediated not ascertainable through the number of humanism, a movement which intends to immunity. Indeed, infectious challenges antibodies produced. Whether or not a improve upon and transcend our human- are necessary for the development of a vaccine or vaccine adjuvant boosts anti- ity, and has close affi liation with some healthy immune system and in order to bodies that have actual affi nity with the aspects of eugenics.*** prevent autoimmune conditions from intended pathogen is what counts in the Th e CDC’s immunization schedule emerging as a result of TH2 dominance. real world, i.e. antibody-antigen affi nity, refl ects a callous lack of regard for the 3 In other words, take away these natu- (and not the sheer volume of antibodies billion years of evolution that brought us ral infectious challenges, and the immune produced) determines whether a vaccine to our present, intact form, without elab- system can and will turn upon itself; will be eff ective or not. orate technologies like vaccination — and take way these infectious challenges and Th e semantic confusion between “vac- likely only because we never had them at lasting immunity against tens, if not hun- cine effi cacy” and “vaccine eff ectiveness” our disposal to infl ict potentially cata- dreds of thousands of pathogens we are ensures that vaccines which disrupt/ strophic harm to ourselves. exposed to throughout our lives, would harm/hypersensitize the immune system Th e CDC is largely responsible for not be possible. by stimulating unnaturally elevated an- generating the mass public perception Can vaccines really co-opt, improve tibody titers may obtain FDA approval, that there is greater harm in not “prophy- upon, and replace natural immunity with despite the fact that they have never been lactically” injecting well over 100 distinct synthetic immunity? shown to confer real-world protection. disease-promoting and immune-disrup- How many will this require? *** Some vaccine researchers have even tive substances into the bodies of healthy Are we not already at the critical suggested that breastfeeding, which may children. Th ey have been successful in threshold of vaccine overload? reduce vaccine-induced elevations in an- instilling the concept into the masses By “improving” on our humanness in tibody titers in infants, i.e. its iatrogenic that Nature failed in her design, and that this way, are we not also at the same mo- disease-promoting eff ects, should tempo- medical and genetic technologies and ment departing dramatically from it? rarily be delayed in order not to interfere interventions can be used to create a su- Presently, compliance with the CDC’s with the vaccine’s so-called “effi cacy.” perior human being. immunization schedule for children Common adjuvants include: alumi- In this culture of vaccination, the from birth through 6 years of age re- num, mineral oil, detergent stabilized non-vaccinated child is “inferior,” “dirty,” quires 60+ vaccines* be administered, squalene-in-water, pertactin, formalde- perhaps even “sub-human” to those who purportedly to make them healthier than hyde, viral DNA, phosphate, all of which look upon vaccination as the answer to non-vaccinated or naturally immunized are inherently toxic, no matter what the what perfects the human immune sys- ones.** Sixty vaccines, while a disturb- route of exposure. tem. Transhumanism participates in a ingly high amount (for those who retain Many parents today do not consid- dialectic which requires a simultane- the complementary human faculties of er how dangerous injecting adjuvants ous and systematic dehumanization of reason and intuition), does not, however, directly into the muscle can be (and those who do not share the same way of correctly convey just how many antigenic sometimes blood, due to incorrect and/ thinking and behaving. Th e eugenic un- challenges these children face in total... or non-existent aspiration techniques), dertones of mass vaccination and the cult A new paper published in the jour- especially in non-infected, healthy off - of synthetic immunity are now only thin- nal Lupus entitled, “Mechanisms of spring whose immune systems are only aluminum adjuvant toxicity and au- just learning to launch eff ective respons- Vaccination Agenda cont. on page 10 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 9 Vaccination Agenda cont. from page 9 by “health experts,” and the manufactur- vaccine is valuable or not. One might ly veiled, as we move closer to the point ers who produce them that their risk (like view the basic criteria used by vaccine where a psuedo-scientifi c medical dicta- nuclear power) is underwritten by world researchers, namely, that generating el- torship lays claim to our very bodies, and governments. Th e importance of this fact evated antibody titers proves the value of the bodies of our children. cannot be overestimated or understated. the vaccine, oppositely: proving the vac- Th e point of no return (if not already Introducing foreign pathogenic DNA, cine is causing harm to the developing traversed) is only around the corner: the chemicals, metals, preservatives, etc., infant by generating unnecessarily ele- mass introduction of DNA and Recombi- into the body through a syringe will gen- vated antibodies by any means necessary, nant Vector Vaccine technology. Vaccines erate a response not unlike kicking a bee i.e. throwing the chemical and biological moved through the following stages (a hive. Th e harder you kick that beehive, kitchen sink at the immune system, e.g. tortured history of failures and massive the greater will be the “effi cacy” (i.e. el- aluminum, phenol, diploid (aborted fe- “collateral damage”): Live Vaccines > At- evated antibodies), but the actual affi nity tal) cells, peanut oil, pertactin, etc. tenuated Vaccines > Subunit Vaccines > that these antibodies will have for the an- *Believe it or not, even the anti- Toxid Vaccines > Conjugate Vaccines, tigen (i.e. pathogen) of concern, cannot body-based theory behind long-term only now reaching towards converting be guaranteed; nor must the vaccine re- vaccine-mediated immunity has recently our living tissue into “vaccine-making searchers prove antibody-antigen affi nity been called into question, indicting the factories” through the use of DNA and to receive FDA approval. credibility of one of the most basic tenets Recombinant Vector Vaccines, which Also, valuable immune resources are of vaccinology itself. ***** are designed to directly alter cells within wasted by generating “false fl ag” responses More info on Recombinant Vec- the vaccinated person’s body so that they to threats which may not readily exist in the tor Vaccines: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ create the antigens normally provided by environment, e.g. there are over 200 forms topics/vaccines/understanding/pages/ vaccines themselves.***** of infl uenza A, B & C which can cause the typesvaccines.aspx#dna While not yet in use, clinical trials are symptoms associated with annual infl u- This article was retrieved and reprinted now underway to obtain FDA approval. enza A, so the seasonal trivalent fl u vaccine with the kind permission of the au- If we do not educate ourselves now and only takes care of little more than 1% of thor from the GreenMedInfo website: act accordingly, their mass implementa- the possible vectors of infection—and of- http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/ tion is inevitable, and our very genomes ten at the price of distracting resources vaccination-agenda-implicit-transhu- will become the next target of the vacci- away from real threats, as well as exhaust- manismdehumanism nation/transhumanism agenda. ing and/or damaging the entire immune *counting the number of vaccine anti- apparatus. Truth be told, there is actually a Sayer Ji, is the founder and chair of gens, in total, e.g. trivalent infl uenza = 3 shocking lack of evidence to support fl u GreenMedInfo.com. His critically ac- vaccine antigens. vaccines, in any age or population. claimed essays have been published in the **Natural immunization occurs What’s worse, the vaccine response Wellbeing Journal, the Journal of Gluten to those who gain immunological can “blow back” causing loss of self-toler- Sensitivity, and have been featured on competence by being infected (oft en as- ance and, via the resultant Th 2 dominant numerous websites, including Mercola. ymptomatically) by a wild-type pathogen, immune system, the body can attack it- com, NaturalNews.com, Infowars.com, launching a normal immune response, self (auto-immunity). In the meantime, Care2.com. √ overcoming the infectious challenge, and the fi rst line of defense against infection as a consequence obtaining lasting im- (Th 1) is com- munity. promised and ***Transhumanism is an international this “front movement that believes in the trans- door” can formation of the human condition by be left wide using technologies to enhance human open to unmet intellectual, physical and psychological infectious chal- capacities. lenges. ****Th e term “effi cacy,” when used It is clear that in the context of a vaccine’s antibody- one can create elevating eff ects, does not equate to a synthetic im- eff ectiveness, i.e. whether or not a vac- mune response cine actually works in real life to protect through vac- against the infectious agent of concern. cination, but It is this semantic trick (confl ating and it is not likely confusing “effi cacy” with “eff ectiveness”) to result in which convinces most of the “developed” enhanced im- world that vaccine research is “evidence- munity, insofar based” and focused on creating enhanced as real-world immunity, when in fact it is primarily a effectiveness highly successful business enterprise de- is concerned, pendent on defrauding its “customers” of which is the both their money and health. Th e dangers only true judge of common vaccines are so well known of whether a Page 10 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Pediatricians Keep Thimerosol cont. from page 8 tightly adhere to the polysorbate 80, Dr. Verstraetten was hired by Merck, and ties that children might be exposed to making it easy for them to pass into later published the data from the Vac- through air, food and water. What the the brains of our vaccinated children. cine Safety Datalink showing there were ‘experts’ don’t tell you is that 100% of Th ese are neurologically toxic mate- no signifi cant increases in neuro-devel- that minuscule amount of mercury rials. Th ey don’t belong in the brain. opmental disabilities in children who or aluminum injected into the body Nor do they belong inside the cells received thimerosal containing vaccines. through vaccines, gets into the cells, of the body, where they potentially Yes, the lies continue.” (11) the tissues, and the organs. Th at is not disrupt the mitochondria, cell func- Dr. Larry Palevsky is a board certi- likely to be the case if the same amount tion, and proper DNA synthesis. Yet, fi ed pediatrician who utilizes a holistic of aluminum or mercury were ingest- there is a sure bet that these materials approach in his work with children and ed. Ingested materials at least have the are entering the brains of our vacci- families in his practice in New York ability to be trapped and removed by nated children because of the presence city. His Holistic Child Newsletter is intestinal bacteria, mucus, immune of polysorbate 80. 1 in 6 children is a rich source of information on chil- cells, lymph nodes, and the liver before already living with some neuro-de- dren’s health and regular commentary the materials can enter into the blood- velopmental disorder in this country. on the risks associated with vaccines. stream. Injected toxins don’t have the 1 in 88 with autism. If a vaccine that He is a sought after lecturer on the luxury of being partially removed be- doesn’t contain polysorbate 80, such vaccine issue in which he addresses the fore they enter the bloodstream. as MMR, polio, & varicella, is given pressing questions on vaccine safety 2. What they also don’t tell you is that alongside any of these other vaccines facing so many parents today. the way in which the immune system that do contain polysorbate 80, their recognizes and handles toxins that contents may also bind to the polysor- are injected into the body is very dif- bate 80, and potentially pass into the Notes: ferent from how the immune system brains of our children, as well. 1. Pediatricians: Keep Thimerosal in Vac- recognizes and handles toxins that are If the blood brain barriers in children cines: Dec. 17, 2012, Medpagetoday. ingested. It is the very method of injec- are intact the mercury in tuna fi sh that com http://www.medpagetoday.com/ tion of vaccine materials that impairs, gets into the bloodstream is usually not InfectiousDisease/Vaccines/36480?utm_ and potentially destroys the impor- capable of passing into the brain across content&utm_medium=email&utm_ tant pieces of the immune system, the blood brain barrier. Th e mercury campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_ source=WC&xid=NL_DHE_2012-1217&eun=g4 leading to the development of such from the tuna fi sh is much less likely to 40906d0r&userid=440906&email=holisticpedsdo (5) illnesses as asthma and allergies. cross into the brain across the blood c%40aol.com&mu_id=5537761 also here: Pedia- Th is impairment is much less likely to brain barrier, because of the mechanisms tricians Call to Keep Thimerosal in Vaccines: happen if the materials are ingested, in place to even prevent its absorption http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/us-pe- simply because of the immune mech- into the bloodstream and, because mer- diatricians-vaccines-idUSBRE8BG0QM20121217 anisms in place to prevent it from cury in tuna fi sh is usually not bound to 2. Treaty on Mercury Would Not Affect Vaccines happening. Scientists have already polysorbate 80. If the blood brain barri- with Thimerosal: http://www.washingtontimes. published articles explaining the dam- ers of children eating tuna fi sh containing com/news/2013/jan/19/treaty-on-mercury- aging eff ects on the immune systems mercury are not intact, then the mercury would-not-affect-vaccines-with-t/ 3. Walter Orenstein—American Academy of Pediat- of infants and children merely through is more likely to pass into their brains. rics; Global Vaccinatioin Recommendations and the injection of vaccine materials. And, there’s enough science to show that Thimerosal: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/ Th ey have already begun the research vaccines, along with EMF exposure, in- content/131/1/149.full to explore other ways of delivering fl ammation, head trauma, high blood 4. Dr. Larry Palevsky MD commentary—excerpted vaccine materials, other than through pressure, diabetes, and infection, are from Holistic Child Newsletter, January & Febru- injection, so as to avoid such immune known to impair the blood brain barriers ary 2013 system damage.(6) Despite this knowl- of our children. (8 & 9) 5. Delay in diphtheria, pertussis & tetanus vaccines is edge, however, it has not changed the associated with a reduced risk of asthmna: http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18207561 policy of injecting vaccine materials And the Lies Continue… 6. Vaccine strategies in the 21st century: http://www. into our children. nature.com/icb/focus/vaccine_web_focus/index. 3. Lastly, because of what the mercury, I believe Dr. Orenstein was present html and other heavy metals are attached at the June 2000 Simpsonwood Confer- 7. Colloidal carriers and blood-brain barrier (BBB) to in the vaccines, their potential for ence in Norcross, Georgia, where Dr. translocation: a way to deliver drugs to the brain?: entry into the brains of our children Th omas Verstraetten reported on data http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15896933 is almost guaranteed. Polysorbate 80 from the show- 8. Specific role of polysorbate 80 coating on the is a vaccine chemical that easily passes ing a statistically signifi cant increase in targeting of nanoparticles to the brain: http:// into the brains of our children, as well the appearance of neuro-development www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ as into any of the cells of the body, disabilities in children who received S014296120300855X 9. The Blood Brain Barrier: http://faculty.washing- and it is found in multiple vaccines, thimerosal-containing vaccines in the ton.edu/chudler/bbb.html including all DTaPs, TdaPs, infl uenza, 1990’s vs. children who failed to receive 10. Simpsonwood transcript: http://www.scribd.com/ rotavirus, Prevnar, Hepatitis A, Gardi- thimerosal containing vaccines. Th e ex- doc/2887572/Simpsonwood-Transcript20Search- sil, and all combination DTaPs. (7 & 8) perts who were present at the conference able Heavy metals like mercury and alumi- all agreed that these data needed to be 11. Safety of Thimerosal Containing Vaccines: num, along with foreign food proteins kept secret from the public.(10) Aft er the http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/con- and foreign DNA particles in vaccines, Simpsonwood Conference had ended, tent/112/5/1039.abstract √ VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 11 A New Attitude Toward In any case, it’s very important to under- nourishing the germs. Fevers stand that it’s our own immune system that Th e crucial fact is that the symptoms creates our fevers and that fevers are our of the illness are also the healing of the By Dr. Philip Incao MD main defense against our body’s toxicity illness. Th at is because the symptoms are and the germs which feed on that toxicity. caused by infl ammation, and infl amma- Dr. Incao’s discussion of fevers from Parents are over-anxious to lower a fever, tion is what our immune system does in the Anthroposophic medical perspective and assume that when it goes down the order to detoxify and heal us. Th ere is tre- with Dr. John Lee was fi rst published in child is healthy, which is oft en not the case. mendous confusion in modern thinking, the John Lee Medical Letter (JLML) a few by both doctors and consumers, on the years ago, then revised and republished In any case, it’s very important to healing function of acute infl ammation, online by the Virginia Hopkins Health- understand that it’s our own immune as opposed to chronic infl ammation. watch in 2010. Dr. Lee was a progressive system that creates our fevers and that When we diminish symptoms with and holistic medical doctor and author. fevers are our main defense against Tylenol, ibuprofen, decongestants or an- He has since passed away and Virginia our body’s toxicity and the germs tibiotics, at the same time we diminish Hopkins and David Zava have carried on which feed on that toxicity. the healing, cleansing, expulsive power of his work. JLML: Dr. Incao, can you give us We have a mindset that says it’s bad ...we all live in balance with trillions a thumbnail sketch of what Anthropo- to have an illness, and that health is the of germs in our bodies from soon sophic medicine is? absence of illness. Th is isn’t always true. after birth throughout life, including PI: Certainly. Anthroposophic medi- Fever is the healing fl ame, the great some nasty bugs, and we only get cine is an extension of Western medicine cleanser of the body, and a critical part ill when other factors and stressors based on the teachings of the visionary of developing a child’s immune system. disturb this balance. Austrian scientist Rudolf Steiner. It takes An immune system that is vigorously into account not just the physical body, exercised through fevers in childhood our innate immune system. It follows that but also the spirit, the soul, and the life is a much stronger and more able adult repeated use of such drugs cools down force or “chi” of the human being. All of immune system than one that has been the acute, hot infl ammatory response of these aspects of the human being work suppressed since birth with vaccinations, our innate immune system, thus increas- together in human physiology and pa- antibiotics and fever-reducing medica- ing our tendency to allergies, asthma and thology, and we need to consider all of tions. Th e “use it or lose it” adage applies other cool, chronic infl ammations. them in healing. Th rough working with well here. JLML: So do germs cause us to be- these principles in my practice since JLML: Why do you think it is that come ill? 1971, I’ve gradually come to learn the children have more fevers, and higher fe- PI:Well, we all live in balance with deeper levels of human illness and heal- vers, than adults? trillions of germs in our bodies from ing. PI: Children oft en get fevers when soon aft er birth throughout life, includ- JLML: One of the hallmarks of your they are stressed. Also, childhood is the ing some nasty bugs, and we only get ill treatment approach is that fevers are ben- time of most rapid growth and dramatic when other factors and stressors disturb efi cial, and that by suppressing a fever change, and a child will remodel and re- this balance. Germs usually act more like with Tylenol or antibiotics, we’re oft en new his body many times as he grows. scavengers than predators. At a deeper doing a child more harm than good. Every remodeling job requires some de- level germs don’t really cause illness, but molition, a breaking down of old cells they certainly feed on them, and they in- In any case, it’s very important to and tissues which results in toxic waste tensify them by triggering our immune understand that it’s our own immune and debris, which the body normally system to create infl ammation, i.e., fever, system that creates our fevers and that cleans up as it rebuilds new cells and pain, redness and swelling. fevers are our main defense against tissues. Th is demolition, cleansing and Every infl ammation, in children or our body’s toxicity and the germs rebuilding is silently going on in us all adults, every cold, sore throat, earache, which feed on that toxicity. the time through our immune system, fever and rash is a “healing crisis.” A but more so in growing children. Every healing crisis is an intense action of the PI: Th at’s very true. We have a tyranny so oft en this ongoing inner remodeling immune system to cleanse and detoxify of fear in the U.S. about fevers and infec- process of the immune system shift s into the body. It is a strong eff ort by the hu- tions, which is understandable, but which high gear, either because we are unknow- man spirit to remodel the body so it can is a terrible obstacle to healing what ails ingly taking a bigger developmental step be a more suitable dwelling. us as individuals and as a society. At the than usual, or because we’ve become tox- JLML: Wow, that’s a diff erent and turn of the 19th to the 20th century many ic from too much stress. beautiful way to look at a process that children died of pneumonia, scarlet fever Th is shift ing into high gear inwardly every parent goes through many times or diphtheria. Today U.S. children very of our immune system has an unwelcome during childhood. rarely die from any of the acute infec- outer result—it makes us sick with PI: Yes, and this process continues tious/infl ammatory feverish illnesses that infl ammation, fever and discharge of mu- throughout our adult life. It’s a process of oft en claimed their lives before 1900. Th at cus. Th us, we come down with a cold, fl u, development and growth on all levels of has more to do with modern progress in vomiting, diarrhea, strep throat, etc. In our humanness. It’s amazing what a dif- plumbing, sanitation, hygiene and even this way the immune system expels from ferent parental attitude toward a fever can literacy, than with medical interventions the body mucus, pus, germs and other such as vaccinations and antibiotics. toxic waste and debris that have been A New Attitude cont. on page 13 Page 12 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter A New Attitude cont. from page 12 their fevers, I seldom took their tempera- accurate, because 95 percent of kids have do for a child’s healing process. Children ture. A thermometer cannot tell whether a high fever and don’t get a seizure, and seem to intuitively know this is some- a fever is benign or serious, you tell that kids who do get a febrile seizure oft en thing they need. Children usually don’t by observing the child. don’t have that high a temperature. A have severe aches and pains with their fe- A typical parent will give a child a seizure is caused when the fever rises vers that adults suff er, because children’s fever-reducing medicine if the tempera- very rapidly, oft en before the parent even bodies are less dense and hardened than ture is one degree above normal. What knows it’s there. adult bodies, and off er less resistance that does is to cause whatever toxic mat- Some children will get a febrile seizure to the fever surge of warmth fl owing ter was trying to come out of the body because the body doesn’t go with the fl ow through them. A fi ve-year old boy I knew to settle back into the body more deeply. of the fever warmth surging through it. said to his worried mom during his fever, Nothing has really gone away, and when Th is oft en happens when the body, arms, “Don’t worry mom, I’m just growing.” the Tylenol or ibuprofen wears off the hands, legs and feet are too cold and the JLML: But that doesn’t mean they child will be sicker than before. warmth surge has diffi culty penetrating should be running around outside, right? Children will get repeated earaches the whole body. When a fever is rising PI:Oh no, defi nitely not. Th is is a time or strep throats when the fi rst earache the patient feels chilled and shivers and when the child should rest, and it’s ex- should be warmly covered. Th e other tremely important for them to stay warm. Drugs suppress symptoms by misconception is that febrile seizures My general rule of thumb is to dress them suppressing the work of the immune cause permanent brain damage—they warmly enough so that their cheeks are system that produces the symptoms. don’t. Generally, if a convulsion has not rosy, and their hands and feet are warm, Antibiotics, though suppressive, occurred in the fi rst 24 hours of the fever, but there is no sweat or perspiration. Th e are sometimes necessary, but then it is less likely to occur at all. body needs to be hot to burn out the ill- anti-infl ammatory drugs like Th e best way to avoid a fever convul- ness. If the body is harboring toxicity, acetaminophen (Tylenol) and sion is to keep the child warm and give then a discharging fever with a runny ibuprofen are unhelpful for fever... plenty of fl uids, so that the warmth of the nose, vomiting, or diarrhea for example, fever can circulate throughout the body. could be just the housecleaning that the If the child is throwing off the blankets, body needs. Th e discharge is a sign that or strep throat is not really healed but at least keep the belly, legs and feet warm. the fever and infl ammation produced by is only suppressed by an antibiotic. Al- In many healing traditions around the the immune system are “digesting” toxic though they can be lifesaving when really world, children are wrapped in blankets waste and debris and releasing them needed, when given unnecessarily, anti- when they have a fever. from the body. Most people are actually biotics weaken the immune system. As JLML: How can our readers learn healthier aft er they’ve had a fever. for anti-infl ammatory drugs like Tyle- more? JLML: So much for the germ theory! nol and ibuprofen, it is false advertising PI: Th ey can go to philipincao.crest- PI:In its time, the germ theory was to say that they “relieve” symptoms. A onecolorado.com and print out articles a great revelation. Th e discovery that true symptom-relieving medicine would I’ve written on children’s health, the im- bacteria could infl uence the course of ill- actually facilitate, or share in the work mune system and vaccinations. Also on ness helped us create a whole new level that the symptoms are doing in cleansing the site are my home remedy kit direc- of public and private hygiene, which has the body, thus allowing the symptoms to tions which go into the details of caring given our immune systems much less work less intensely. Th is is what a healing at home for fevers, infections and infl am- work to do in some respects. But the herbal or homeopathic medicine can do, mations in children and adults. Following germ theory is very limited. Th ere was an and what detoxifi cation does, but drugs these guidelines enabled me to bring up article in Scientifi c American way back are unable to do. my 3 children, who are now healthy, non- in 1955, titled, “Second Th oughts on the Drugs suppress symptoms by sup- allergic, non-asthmatic adults, without Germ Th eory,” about the observation that pressing the work of the immune system ever having to give them Tylenol, ibupro- everyone harbors disease germs, but not that produces the symptoms. Antibiotics, fen or an antibiotic. everyone is sick. Th e conclusion was that though suppressive, are sometimes nec- Phillip Incao received his M.D. in 1966 whether or not we get sick depends on essary, but anti-infl ammatory drugs like from Albert Einstein College of Medicine the condition of the host—your body— acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen in New York City, and then studied An- more than it does on the germs. are unhelpful for fever, do not prevent throposophic Medicine in England and JLML:We’ve been so conditioned to convulsions at all, and are best avoided Switzerland. He practiced family medi- think of fevers as dangerous, how does a except for severe pain that is not relieved cine in Harlemville, NY for 23 years, parent know when it’s serious? by detoxifi cation, homeopathic medi- then in Denver for 10 years and is now PI: When a mother observes her sick cines or other healing measures. semiretired in Crestone, Colorado. child objectively, unclouded by emotions, JLML: What about febrile seizures? Th e Reprinted with the kind permission of her assessment is usually accurate. It’s great fear of every parent is that their child Dr. Incao. Article retrieved from: http:// normal for a feverish child to be lethargic, will run a high fever and have a seizure. philipincao.crestonecolorado.com/in- fl ushed, hot to the touch and uninterested PI: Th is is another example where dex_htm_fi les/Experts%20in%20the%20 in eating or drinking. But if the feverish parents have been unnecessarily scared Field-A%20New%20Attitude%20To- child is becoming weaker and weaker, out of their wits. Th e fi rst misconception ward%20Fevers-2011-12-16.pdf √ losing eye contact or growing cool or is that a febrile (fever-caused) seizure, pale, then the doctor or emergency room also called a fever convulsion, is directly should be called. When my children had caused by a high fever. Th is isn’t totally VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 13 Autism Rates Explode—Now estimated at 1/50 Children By Susan Fletcher “April 2013—A US National Health Statistics Report estimates that, as of June 2012, one out of fi ft y (that’s 1/50!) schoolchildren had been diagnosed with ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder]. It states: “The magnitude of the increase was greatest for boys and for adolescents aged 14-17…Children who were fi rst diagnosed in or after 2008 accounted for much of the observed prevalence increase among school-aged children (those aged 6-17).”

Th e report suggests that part of the in- susceptibility to ASD has only “moder- color additives has been shown to lead to crease was due to better diagnosis. It notes ate genetic heritability”; the results showed zinc defi ciency. Dietary zinc is essential that, “School-aged children diagnosed in or that, “A large proportion of the variance in for maintaining the metabolic processes aft er 2008 were more likely to have milder liability can be explained by shared environ- required for mercury elimination.” Ob- ASD and less likely to have severe ASD mental factors.” And, according to mercola. viously, this multitude of chronic than those diagnosed in or before 2007 … com, “Th e majority of autism cases appear non-vaccine possibilities for children’s much of the prevalence increase from 2007 to result from environmental factors that ac- exposure to mercury would tend to to 2011-2012 for school-aged children was tivate the expression of a number of diff erent diminish the relative contribution of the result of diagnosis of children with genes, along with multiple epigenetic factors vaccine thimerosal to mercury’s total previously unrecognized ASD.” Th e report that produce the traits of autism.” effect on rates of autism—even though reasons that subtle ASD symptoms are Dr Mercola refers to a 2011 review in injections in the fi rst 2-3 yrs of life risk more likely to be noticed in schoolchildren the Journal of Immunotoxicology. It covers its speedy access to the brain. than in younger children, and parents are peer-reviewed studies published as far back Ratajczak emphasizes the possibility more likely to seek a medical diagnosis if as 1943 when autism was fi rst described. that MMR plays a role in the autism in- their children would benefi t from govern- In a summary of results which correlate crease. She writes: “The new version of ment-funded support services. the timing of changes in incidence with the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (ie, But, whether or not more percep- environmental changes, it documents MMR II) that did not contain Thimero- tive diagnosis or other suggestions such the causes of autism: genetic mutations sal was introduced in 1979. By 1983, only as better general awareness of autism and/or deletions, viral infections, and the new version was available. Autism in and increased access to diagnostic ser- encephalitis following vaccination, ie ge- the United States spiked dramatically be- vices were major factors in the result, netic defects and/or brain infl ammation. tween 1983 and 1990 from 4-5/10,000 to ASD is now much more prevalent than Th e author, Helen Ratajczak PhD, con- 1/500. In 1988, two doses of MMR II were health authorities have admitted in the tends that, “Due to the extensive parallels recommended to immunize those indi- past. Th e report acknowledges that, “The between autism and mercury poisoning, viduals who did not respond to the fi rst increases in ASD prevalence reported the likelihood of a causal relationship is injection. A spike of incidence of autism here extend an ongoing trend observed great. More evidence linking autism with accompanied the addition”. She remarks in the United States and other devel- mercury poisoning is the timing of in- that dramatic increases in autism also oc- oped countries over the past several clusion of Thimerosal in vaccines in the curred in the UK, Canada, Denmark and decades.” Unless they receive effective 1930s closely preceding the discovery Japan after the introduction of MMR therapy, the younger children who have of autism in 1943 (Kanner, 1943).” And II and that, “It is important to note that mild symptoms now could develop she notes that, although a 2008 study by unlike the former MMR, the rubella com- more severe ASD as they grow older Schechter and Grether “did not show ponent of MMR II was propagated in a and, unless we address the root causes any decrease in autism in California, human cell line derived from embryonic of the explosion, we can expect the despite the exclusion of more than trace lung tissue (Merck and Co, Inc, 2010). overall increase to continue unabated. levels of Thimerosal from nearly all The MMR II is contaminated with hu- Autism was reported as a new condition childhood vaccines by 2002…in 2004, man DNA from the cell line. This human in American children born in the 1930s. For inactivated infl uenza vaccine frequently DNA could be the cause of the spikes in many years reported U.S. autism rates were containing Thimerosal was newly rec- incidence. An additional increased spike low, not much higher than 1 in 10,000. Start- ommended for all children 6-23-months in incidence of autism occurred in 1995 ing with children born around 1990, autism old in the United States. In addition, in- when the chickenpox vaccine was grown rates began exploding. Some authorities fl uenza vaccination during all trimesters in human fetal tissue (Merck and Co, Inc, attribute this increase to the inclusion of of pregnancy is now universally recom- 2001; Breuer, 2003).” Asperger’s syndrome in offi cial diagnos- mended (Ayoub and Yazbak 2006).” Dr Mercola mentions other fac- tic criteria, but Asperger’s syndrome only Also, Ratajczak notes that, “mercury tors that could be contributing to the makes up a modest portion of total autism exposure results from mercury as a pol- increased autism rate. One is the electro- cases and cannot explain such sudden and lutant in air, soil, dust, water, consumer magnetic radiation which is expanding large increases”, observed Mark Blaxill. products, dental amalgam and lighting exponentially as more wireless technologies “And what are the root causes of the ex- fi xtures, foodstuff s, fi sh, and seafood. are developed. Numerous studies show that plosion? Considering that children’s autism Concerning air, for every 1,000 pounds such commonly used devices as wireless rates have skyrocketed in the last fi ft een of mercury (all forms), there was a 61% laptop computers, baby monitors (which years to 1/50, inheritance can be ruled out. increase in the rate of autism [Dufault were fi rst developed to monitor possible re- In fact, a 2011 study of twins published in et al, 2009]. Mercury is found in many actions from DTP vaccine) and cellphones the Archives of General Psychiatry conclud- foods, including high-fructose corn syr- ed that, regardless of increased incidence, up … the consumption of some artifi cial Autism Rates cont. on page 15 Page 14 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Autism Rates cont. from page 14 Can We Trust CDC Claim of No Link Between are most likely aff ecting our brains, espe- cially those of foetuses, infants, children, ? adolescents and teenagers. As with vac- By Brian S. Hooker, Ph.D., P.E. cines, the more chronic the exposure, the Th e recent CDC study “Increasing schedule. Th e theory that they were trying to greater would be the risk of ASD. And in Exposure to Antibody-Stimulating Pro- refute essentially was “children exposed to a addition to mercury, research implicates teins and Polysaccharides in Vaccines Is greater total number of antigens had a great- phthalates as a possible cause of ASD. Not Associated with Risk of Autism” by er risk of autism.” Given this train wreck of Helen Ratajczak informs, “When the DeStefano et al. was released in the Jour- a study, it is very diffi cult to know where concentration of phthalates in the urine of nal of Pediatrics on March 6, 2013. (1) to start my critique. However, the follow- autistic subjects was calculated, there was Th is study purports that “increasing ing statement stood out from the rest as the a signifi cant relationship between the con- exposure to antibody-stimulating pro- study authors described the control group: centration and the degree of autism …(Kim teins and polysaccharides in vaccines Of the remaining 752 controls in- et al, 2009). Dr Mercola mentions 2009 re- during the fi rst 2 years of life was not cluded in the analysis, 186 had an SCQ search which discovered that infants living related to the risk of developing an ASD (Social Communication Questionaire) in homes with vinyl fl oors were twice as (Autism Spectrum Disorder).” Of all of score <16 but had indications of speech likely to have autism fi ve years later than the papers I have reviewed over my 26- delay or language delay, learning disabili- infants living in homes with wood or lino- year career as a research scientist, this ty, attention defi cit hyperactivity disorder leum fl oors. Pthalates enter our bodies via is perhaps the most fl awed and disin- or attention defi cit disorder, or tics, or inhalation of their vapours, ingestion, and genuous study I have encountered. Th e had an individual education plan. skin contact. Th ey are ubiquitous chemi- DeStefano et al. 2013 study is to science Th is clearly shows that the 186 afore- cals used as plastic soft eners; as well as in what the movie Ishtar was to cinema. mentioned controls (25% of the control vinyl fl oors, they are found in hairsprays, group) were not controls at all but instead perfumes, cosmetics, toys, shower curtains, No New Data had some underlying developmental defi cit wood fi nishes, lubricants, and even some (all of which are features of autism or au- medical devices. Th e basis for the study is essentially a re- tism spectrum disorder). Unlike the study Dr Mercola points to the important hash of the data that was used to generate design described (i.e., where autism cases discovery by neurologist, Natasha Camp- the fraudulent Price et al. 2010 Pediat- were matched to neurotypical controls), bell-McBride—parent of a now-recovered rics study (Price et al. 2010 “Prenatal and autism cases were matched with “cases” of autistic boy—that nearly all mothers of Infant Exposure to Th imerosal From Vac- other, similar neurodevelopmental mala- autistic children had abnormal gut fl ora cines and Immunoglobulins and Risk of dies. Th us, you would expect to see no when those children were born. She uses Autism” Pediatrics 126:656) that was sup- diff erence between the two groups. the term, Gut and Psychology Syndrome posed to be the CDC’s “fi nal word” stating (GAPS) to describe brain toxicity arising that thimerosal, the mercury-containing Antigen Correlation is Meaningless from gut toxicity. Babies who inherit their preservative in some vaccines, was in no mothers’ toxic fl ora while in the womb way causally linked to autism. Next, the basis of the study was to confi rm are at a major disadvantage; their im- Not only was this original study fatal- or deny a correlation between the “num- mune systems are compromised and ly fl awed due to a statistical error called ber of antigens received” and the incidence thus, they are at greater risk for vaccine “overmatching” (which I’ll discuss fur- of autism. Th e possible number of antigens reactions. For parents who are concerned ther below) but also the study authors hid per given vaccine was reported in Table 1 that their babies may develop GAPS, tests data regarding the only valid part of the of the study. However, the term “number of are available. Mercola also emphasizes the study (i.e., prenatal thimerosal exposure) antigens” is a complete white-wash of what importance of Vitamin D during preg- which showed that children exposed to is actually in these vaccines, their concentra- nancy, referring to the research of Dr John just 16 microgram mercury in thimerosal tions and their relative strengths in terms of Cannell which links Vitamin D defi ciency in utero were up to 8 times more likely infl ammatory response, and is not an accu- and autism. to receive a diagnosis of regressive autism rate predictor of how the body will respond We have to ask, what will the next an- (Price C, et al. Th imerosal and Autism. to specifi c antigens. nouncement be: one in twenty, one in ten, Technical report. Vol I. Bethesda, MD: For example, “antigens” for the fi ve anti- one in two with autism? How long will it Abt Associates Inc; 2009). gen DTaP vaccines (e.g., Infanrix) include take until society can no longer bear the Th e study authors instead falsely re- diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, pertus- enormous burden ASD entails? How long ported no risk of autism associated with sis toxoid, fi lamentous hemagglutinin and will it be until health authorities consider it prenatal thimerosal exposure. pertactin. Th e number “5” assigned in this serious enough to put aside their dogmas category is merely the number of diff erent and start really doing something about it? No True Controls in the Study antigens and doesn’t account for each anti- Notes: gen’s amount or relative strength. Within the DeStefano study released Neither does this account for the fact To explore the sources quoted in this article, please last week, with the help of multimillionaire that Infanrix also contains aluminum (an go to the VRAN website where hyperlinks embedded vaccine industrialist Dr. Paul Offi t, CDC adjuvant—designed to elicit a non-specif- in this article can be accessed: http://vran.org/in-the- researchers merely added up the number ic immune response), formaldehyde and news/autism-rate-150/ Press release Mark Blaxil, Canary Party: http://www. of vaccine antigens that the case (autism) polysorbate 80, all which could also elicit prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9309360.htm √ and control (neurotypical) children were exposed to through the infant vaccination Can we Trust CDC? cont. on page 16 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 15 Can we Trust CDC? cont. from page 15 between gamma radiation and cancer children received the same vaccines within some form of infl ammatory reaction. incidence. Of course, since cases and con- the ACIP recommended schedule, they Th us, the main “independent” vari- trols got the same dosage, no eff ect would reacted diff erently. Th e scientists at the able of “number of antigens” within the be seen. However, this is an unfair study. CDC are trained in managing infectious DeStefano et al. 2013 study is essentially To see the true eff ect, cases would need diseases with progressions that may be pre- completely meaningless. to be matched with controls with variable dicted with reasonable certainty. However, levels of gamma radiation exposure and these neurological sequelae to vaccines are High Participant Refusal Rate perhaps a “no exposure” group would be chronic, multifactorial conditions that can- included as a baseline comparison to can- not be put into the same tiny box as the Creates Selection Bias cer rates within higher exposure groups. common cold, infl uenza or chicken pox. Th e high participant refusal rate in this In the same way, the CDC has used study is also problematic. Out of 668 cases these overmatched data to obfuscate any The CDC Has Confl icts in and 2444 controls originally selected for true eff ect between vaccine antigen expo- Interest Regarding Vaccines the study, only 321 cases (48.1%) and 774 sure and autism incidence. controls (31.7%) chose to participate in the It also needs to be pointed out the research. In other words, 65% of the indi- Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated CDC is responsible for vaccine uptake in viduals contacted as potential participants Children Not Studied the United States. By their own standards, fl at-out refused to participate in the study. they believe that vaccine compliance Who could blame them?! Th e CDC has Th is points back to the study that the should be at 90% for “” to been producing junk science regarding vac- CDC refuses to do: Health outcomes prevent infectious disease outbreaks. cines and autism since 2002 and the public between vaccinated and unvaccinated Without going into the fl awed logic knows it. Th is indeed could produce selec- populations. What is the CDC’s point? behind this assertion, my point is that the tion bias in that the 35% of individuals that Ethics—i.e., we don’t believe that is CDC (and the DHHS as a whole) should did participate were less likely to believe ethical NOT to vaccination children?… not be conducting ANY type of vaccine that vaccines were responsible for neurode- Nonsense—there are portions of the United safety study, based on their primary man- velopmental sequelae including autism. States’ population that choose not to vacci- date of maximizing vaccine uptake. Th eir nate regardless of what CDC believes; Lack role is confl icted at best. Overmatching Statistical Error of “blinding” within the study design?… Th is has led to a long list of studies on again, Nonsense—all current vaccine safety vaccines and neurological disorders in chil- Also, the analysis is plagued with a sta- studies are retrospective anyway without dren that are at a minimum fatally fl awed tistical error called “overmatching.” For a any type of blinding to the subjects. but more oft en complete misrepresenta- comprehensive analysis of the previous Th e CDC is simply afraid of what they tions of the truth. Starting in 1999, when CDC study completed on the same data already know—vaccines cause chronic dis- the CDC buried strong associations be- set (Price et al. 2010 Pediatrics), regarding ease and an unvaccinated population will tween thimerosal exposure early in life (0 thimerosal exposure rather than the num- be much healthier, period (as evidenced in to 1 month), where infants exposed to the ber of vaccine antigens, please see Chapter the Glanz et al. 2013 study within the Jour- highest levels of thimerosal possible were at 6, “Vaccine Safety Study as an Interesting nal of the American Medical Association least 7.6 times more likely to receive an au- Case of ‘Over-Matching’” by M. Catherine which stated that unvaccinated children tism diagnosis through this current study, DeSoto and Robert Hitlan. (2) were seen at a lower rate of frequency in there has been developed a full body of “to- Th e point made by Dr. DeSoto and Dr. emergency room and outpatient visits). (3) bacco science” designed to hide the truth of Hitlan is that the cases and the controls in what has been found behind closed doors. this study are too closely matched to each Autism Variances from It is time for the CDC to come clean. other. Cases were matched with controls of Neurotypical Children Not Th eir own data show that vaccines cause the same age, sex, within the same HMO Studied neurodevelopmental disorders in chil- and essentially the same vaccination sched- dren including autism. ule using the same vaccine manufacturers. Finally, this type of study misses the Brian S. Hooker, PhD, PE, is an As- Th is may be seen in Figures 1 and 2 of the point entirely that children with autism sociate Professor of Biology at Simpson DeStefano et al. 2013 paper which indi- are physiologically diff erent than neuro- University in Redding California where cated that there are almost no diff erences typical children. Numerous studies have he specializes in chemistry and biol- between the exposure to antigens between shown genetic (e.g., James et al. 2006), ogy. Th e breadth of Hooker’s 50 science the case (autism) and control groups in ev- morphological (e.g., Herbert et al. 2005) and engineering papers have been pub- ery exposure group tested. Th is holds for and biochemical diff erences (e.g., Waly et lished in internationally recognized, peer cumulative antigen levels as well as single al. 2004) between these two populations. reviewed journals. He has a 15-year old day antigen exposure levels. To perform a case-control study such as son with autism and has been active in Th is type of error of course precludes that presented in the DeStefano et al. 2013 the autism community since 2004. “fi nding a diff erence” between cases and paper assumes a genetically, morphologi- Th is article was fi rst published on Health controls because all diff erences were cally and physiologically homogeneous Impact News. With appreciation to Dr. matched out case-by-case. population, which is simply not the case. Hooker for permission to reprint his ar- Th is would be akin to analyzing radia- No one is claiming that children with ticle. http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/ tion workers that got the same dosage of autism or ASD got higher doses of vaccine can-we-trust-the-cdc-claim-that-there-is- gamma radiation within cases and con- antigens, thimerosal, MMR or whatever. no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/ √ trol groups to determine the relationship What we know instead is that when our Page 16 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Editorial cont. from page 1 if they were to grasp the fact that doctors Unvaccinated children can make healthy children sick, and that have fewer ER visits Increasingly parents are reporting the current crisis in children’s health can By Health Impact News the same experience. … their child re- be laid squarely at the feet of the pediatric acts within hours and days aft er getting profession? What if parents were empow- JAMA Pediatrics published a new study anywhere from 5-9 vaccines at the same ered to understand that they themselves on March 1, 2013 looking at vaccination time. When high fevers, inconsolable are the best judge of their child’s health rates.(1) The results of that study have made crying, seizures, chronic diarrhea, head and that we do have the intelligence and headlines throughout the “mainstream” banging, stimming, loss of eye contact, wisdom to raise healthy children outside media outlets, but none of them have head- loss of language and other already devel- the control of allopathic medicine? lines like ours. Yet, ours is probably the oped skills occur aft er vaccination and is We have blindly trusted pediatricians most factual headline representing the true followed by a diagnosis of autism, com- to protect our children from childhood ill- facts of what this study found. mon sense would call it a vaccine injury. nesses, never imagining that their vaccine The title of the study is: A Population- When tens of thousands of parents report brand of “protection” would spawn a hy- Based Cohort Study of Undervaccination the same experience, the chances of it be- dra headed monster of devastating acute in 8 Managed Care Organizations Across ing a “coincidence” is absurd. and chronic diseases now suff ered by so the United States. Rather than rely upon Most people know someone in their many children. We have naively sacri- the press releases of the study which for circle of friends or family with a child fi ced our children on the alter of corporate the most part were bemoaning the fact that who is neurodevelopmentally challenged medicine. As one mother put it, “Th e truth children were not following the national and is on the autism spectrum which in- as I see it is that greed has poisoned our vaccine schedule and therefore represent- cludes ADHD, learning disabilities, has children, plain and simple. My son is a vic- ing a threat to the existence of the human language delay or is severely aff ected with tim of greed, the motivating force behind a race, I decided to spend the $30.00 and life threatening food allergies and other pharmaceutical industry that profi ts from download the article to read for myself. immune system and gut disorders. An making people sick so it can sell more meds The objective of the study as stated in unprecedented health disaster is ravaging that make us sicker.” (2) the abstract: the most vulnerable members of our so- Nancy Hokkanen regular contributor To examine patterns and trends of un- ciety and pediatricians and mainstream to Age of Autism off ered some power- dervaccination in children aged 2 to 24 medicine cannot tell us what is causing it ful insight when she wrote, “What public months and to compare health care utili- or how to prevent it, preferring to stay in health has institutionalized is a circular zation rates between undervaccinated and their comfort zone of denial. perpetuity of health damage. First, the age-appropriately vaccinated children. Anne Dachel, media editor at Age of body is injected with substances that So why study “patterns and trends of Autism writes, “Most of all I stress the disrupt one’s natural immune system, undervaccination” in children? The in- scary truth that autism is an epidemic. It making one more vulnerable to diseases. troduction to the study gives us a clue: strikes one in every 50 children and one in Th en when public morbidity and mortal- every 31 boys, and there’s nothing a main- ity increase,call for more vaccines. However, an increasing number stream doctor can tell a new mom so that Th e vicious cycle of government of parents have expressed her baby who was born healthy and is de- mandated vaccine-induced immune dys- concerns about immunizations, and ... veloping normally doesn’t also end up on function is like a mob shakedown—fi rst often request alternative vaccination the autism spectrum by age two.” you take a pounding from one group of schedules that either increase the A recent South Korean study found white-coated wise guys, then their union time between vaccinations or that 1 in 38 children is autistic in that goons insist that you need protection. reduce the number of vaccinations in country. Many observers believe that this You pay… dearly. a single well-child visit. number more accurately refl ects the true Published studies of health disorders incidence of autism in countries with ag- linked to vaccines include thimerosal- gressive vaccine schedules. induced infl ammation and apoptosis, Immunization is one of the most sig- In Canada, vaccine policy makers rec- calcium channel disruption, mitochon- nifi cant public health achievements of ommend 41 doses of 14 vaccines by the drial dysfunction, autoimmune disorders, the past 100 years. However, an increas- time a child is 18 months old. No wonder developmental disabilities aft er the hepa- ing number of parents have expressed parents are questioning the necessity and titis B vaccine, oxidative stress, neuronal concerns about immunizations, and sur- safety of submitting their children to the insult, and more.”(3) vey data1-5 have shown that more than full load of vaccines pediatricians insist Th e medical time bomb predicted by 10% of parents report delaying or refus- they get. Babies receive more vaccines in Robert Mendelsohn MD three decades ing certain vaccinations for their children. the fi rst 6 months of life than most adults ago when he sounded the alarm on vac- These concerned parents often request al- have received in a lifetime. Nearly half of cines, has imploded in this generation ternative vaccination schedules that either U.S. children have a disability or chronic of children, altering the expectation of a increase the time between vaccinations illness.(1) Autism alone is now about 50 joyful childhood to one of chronic sick- or reduce the number of vaccinations in a times more common than polio which in ness and disability. single well-child visit. Despite their con- the epidemic years was 1 in 2700. “Among doctors as a group, I believe the cerns, however, the safety of alternative What if parents were to walk away from pediatrician is the most dangerous because vaccination schedules is not known. the current brand of “preventive” medi- he appears to be the most benign” were cine and see it for what it actually is—a Unvaccinated Children cont. on page 27 form of toxic biochemical assault? What Editorial cont. on page 18 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 17 Editorial cont. from page 17 the infant, wherein the immune system is The multi-pronged attack on founded. Breastfeeding establishes healthy the prescient words of Dr. Robert Men- children’s health delsohn in 1984 aft er having practiced intestinal ecology that protects the infant and taught pediatrics for 30 years. “Th e gut and provides the essential immuno- Fuelling growing parental mistrust of pediatrician serves as the recruiter for the logical bridge needed for normal immune the pediatric profession is its endorse- medical profession. He indoctrinates your system and neurological development. Ar- ment of the continued use of mercury in child from birth into a lifelong dependence tifi cial feeding damages the gut wall and vaccines, the second most toxic substance on medical intervention. It begins with a allows undigested cow’s milk protein to leak next to plutonium. Bowing to pressure succession of needless “well baby checkups” directly into the bloodstream which in turn from the vaccine industry, the CDC, FDA, and immunizations , then moves on to triggers allergic mechanisms. Breastfed ba- World Health Organization(WHO), and routine annual physical examinations and bies have the benefi t of stem cells available the American Academy of Pediatrics, endless treatment of minor ailments that in their mother’s milk to help repair inter- the new UN Mercury Treat will NOT would cure themselves if left alone.”(4) nal injuries arising from illness and micro ban the use of thimerosal in vaccines. Mendelsohn also noted that the growth bleeds in the gut and brain. “So while overall mercury pollution will of the pediatric specialty in North Amer- Breastfeeding and the immense health lessen dramatically, hundreds of millions ica “can be attributed in large measure to benefi ts to babies was largely dismissed of childbearing women, newborns and the fi nancial support of the manufacturers by allopathic doctors and driven to the small children will be increasingly poi- of infant formula, who have long used pe- fringes of irrelevance. And with it, the soned by thimerosal containing vaccine” diatricians as unpaid salesmen.” crucial lifeline the mother’s body pro- write health activists, Gary Null & Rich- Th is practice has continued unabated. vides her infant through her milk. By the ard Gale.(7) Many of the popular brands of infant for- mid 1950s, only 5% of mothers initiated Kenneth Stoller MD has accused the mula are subsidiaries of multinational drug breastfeeding. AAP and the CDC of obfuscating the companies that produce and market vac- A 2004 study by the Centers of Dis- magnitude of the health disaster that cines. Th e pediatric trade unions who advise ease Control and Prevention, “found that has been caused by thimerosal contain- and inform pediatricians—the American only 11.3% of infants in the U.S. were ing vaccines. “Now we have a generation Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Canadian exclusively breastfed through the fi rst of pediatricians, who face perhaps the Paediatric Society (CPS), list these corpo- six months of life; in other words, 88.7% greatest iatrogenic accident in the his- rations as supporters/donors who provide of infants were exposed to the eff ects tory of pediatrics, who actually need to them with large sums of money. (5) of synthetic formula during their most be deprogrammed to understand what critical developmental period”, writes the true nature of all the neuro-behvioral Formula feeding damages GreenMedInfo health reporter Sayer Ji problems are that they confront without children’s health in his article, Infant Formula for Disaster. any understanding of etiology or potential He points to a growing body of research interventions.” (8) Th e formula feeding era was ushered which indicates that formula fed infants Th e pediatric profession is deeply con- in early in the 20th century when wom- have a signifi cantly increased risk for fl icted by its fi nancial ties to Big Pharma en were knocked out by powerful drugs over 50 debilitating and/or life threaten- and the vaccine industrial complex whose during childbirth. Unconscious mothers ing conditions. (6) sole interest is to expand markets for their gave birth to drugged babies with im- Formula feeding prevents babies from products and increase profi ts. Babies and paired sucking refl exes, unable to initiate developing a robust gut ecology and by young children are the target market breastfeeding. Enter the fl edgling pediat- extension, weakens the immune founda- for infant formula, vaccines, antibiotics, ric profession who seized the opportunity tion which has resulted in the plague of steroid based drugs, fever suppressants to take over the management of infant chronic immune disorders so common in and psychiatric drugs. Th e trajectory feeding with crude cows milk substi- children now. Allergies, eczema, asthma, of Big Pharma’s predatory marketing tutes and devised charts to manage infant ear infections and recurring respira- has invaded the growing population of growth patterns. tory infections were the fi rst signal that children and teens whose learning and Setting themselves up as medical ex- something bad was happening to chil- behavioural disabilities are undoubtedly perts with superior ‘scientifi c’ knowledge, dren’s health. In the coming years these linked to neurotoxic exposures that in- pediatricians displaced the empirical disorders would intensify as the increas- jured them earlier in childhood and who knowledge of the mothers and grand- ing load of vaccines further undermined are now on antidepressants, mood stabi- mothers who, since the beginning of normal immune system development. lizers and antipsychotic drugs. time, had been the primary healers in the Pediatric support of formula feeding Today, 1 in 5 high school age boys family—the experts on baby care, breast- over breastfeeding, and dogmatic enforce- is diagnosed with hyperactivity in the feeding and child health. Without any ment of vaccines is largely to blame for the U.S.. Approximately 6.4 million children basic science to support their claim, pe- downward spiral of children’s health over between the ages of 4 and 17 have re- diatricians insisted that formula feeding the past 5-6 decades. Th ey seized a posi- ceived an ADHD diagnosis, which is a 16 was just as good as breastfeeding. Bet- tion of authority over children’s health and percent increase from the amount of chil- ter even, because you could control the succeeded in breaking it! Th e combined dren diagnosed with ADHD in 2007, as amount of milk the baby was getting, and impact of artifi cial infant feeding and vac- well as 53 percent increase over the past mothers were liberated from being tied cines has insured that increasing numbers 10 years.(9) down to their babies. of children will suff er chronic ill health, be- In his hard hitting article, “Drug com- Th e deprivation of breast milk irre- come dependent on repeat doses of various vocably alters the normal gut ecology of drugs, and a potentially shortened life span. Editorial cont. on page 19 Page 18 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Editorial cont. from page 18 glutathione stores critically important for If this delicate balance is disrupted during panies drive the psychiatric drugging of detoxifi cation, heaping more injury onto critical times of life in utero and during children”, Peter Breggin MD, well known already damaged immune systems. the postpartum period, “it may cause critic of the drug industry’s predatory Th e pediatric profession, having de- permanent defi cits resulting in an imbal- practices off ers this. “With increasing tached itself from the foundational ance and hyper-responsiveness manifested millions of children being placed on drugs medical ethic of “fi rst do no harm”, is re- as immune dysregulation accompanied that can harm normal development of the sponsible for having derailed children’s by neuroinfl ammation throughout life. child’s brain and mind, and substitute for health. Every combination of every vac- Chronic infection or severe illness may proper teaching and parenting, it’s time to cine injected into a child has the potential disrupt the balance of normal neural–im- change emphasis. As a society, we need to to harm that child in a myriad of ways. mune cross-talk resulting in permanent resist the quick fi x that does more harm Th eir list of excuses does not exoner- structural changes in the brain during than good, and to stand up against the ate them: Th at they were unaware of the development, and/or contributing to pa- massive drugging of children.” (9) complexity of the infant immune system? thology later in life.” With a sense of alarm Breggin notes, Th at they didn’t know formula fed babies Th e authors admit that little is known “Last year, the American Academy of Pe- have a hugely increased risk of infec- about the complex interaction between diatrics overrode FDA drug guidelines and tions and allergies? Th at they didn’t know the immune system and central nervous advised that children as young as 4 could breastfeeding is the baby’s immunologi- system.… “the sheer number of immune be diagnosed with ADHD and treated cal lifeline in the fi rst two years of life? molecules that could be important for ner- with stimulants. Th is will surely increase Th at they didn’t know mercury in vac- vous system development and function is the numbers of younger children psychi- cines can cause devastating neurological staggering. Although much progress has atrically diagnosed and medicated with damage, seizures, brain injuries and au- been made in the past 10 years in our ap- other drugs as well”. (9) tism? Th at they didn’t know aluminum preciation that immune molecules play “Th ere is no greater bonanza for Big in vaccines is a potent neurotoxin? And critical roles in the healthy brain, the large Pharma than creating millions of brain still they won’t admit the damage they’ve majority of immune molecules have not damaged children by pushing on them tox- done and continue to do! yet been studied for their presence and ic vaccines and then pretending to manage We can choose to walk away from this function in the brain. For the immune their diseases with toxic psychotropic toxic brand of “health care” and take charge molecules that we know are important, drugs”, said one angry mother recently on of our children’s health. We can learn to almost nothing is understood about their the Age of Autism blog. (10) create health in our families by embracing mechanisms of action.” (12) How could they not have known? wholistic principles that are in alignment In other words, immune system mol- By the mid 1980’s the vaccine sched- with nature’s blueprint for health. ecules play a critical role in normal brain ule had doubled and in the early 1990’s, development and function. If these are a new crop of immune impaired children The immune system in intimate disrupted by infl ammatory processes emerged. Children with severe peanut al- relationship with the central during critical times of brain growth ear- lergies and life threatening anaphylaxis nervous system ly in life, permanent damage can result. suddenly appeared following the intro- Vaccine technology is predicated on the duction of PENTA, a new experimental 5 During the steady erosion of children’s stimulation of infl ammatory processes in 1 vaccine that combined the DTP, Polio health these past 5 decades, perhaps the which the infant’s immature immune sys- and Hib, the new “conjugate” vaccine. (11) most egregious transgression of the pe- tem is programmed to avoid at all costs. Needless to say, Canadian parents diatric profession has been to ignore the In this context, the inappropriate immune were not informed that their babies were emerging science which reveals the syn- cell stimulation with multiple vaccines the test population for this new and un- chronicity between the immune system early in life creates the very infl amma- licensed product. Hib is a genetically and the central nervous system. What tory processes that trigger neuroimmune engineered vaccine designed to trick aff ects one, aff ects the other. Damage to damage. Every vaccine injected into the the infant immune system into produc- the immune system can and does result child triggers chronic infl ammation and ing antibodies. Previous versions of Hib in damage to the central nervous system. jeopardizes the delicate sequence of nor- failed to stimulate antibody response in A 2010 literature review of neuroim- mal brain development. children under age 18 months. Th e in- mune science found that, “Th e relationship Basically, vaccines sabotage the detailed tensifi cation of the vaccine schedule in between the immune and nervous sys- network of “balanced cascades” between the last 20 years along with the addition tems is much more complicated than once the immune system and the brain. Th e of genetically engineered vaccines has thought….[and]…current research suggests function of vaccines is to create infl am- caused incalculable harm to millions there is extensive communication between mation—the enemy of normal brain of children whose autoimmune and the nervous and immunes systems in both development. Th e evolutionary blueprint neurdevelomental disorders are a grim health and disease.” In the past 10 years for the human infant is to remain in a reminder of the malfeasance of corpo- it’s been shown that immune molecules non-infl ammatory state for a period of rate dominated medicine. are expressed in the central nervous sys- time aft er birth because infl ammation de- Th e pediatric fi x for all of this was tens tem and are essential for healthy brain rails normal brain development. Russell of millions of needless antibiotic pre- development and that a range of these Blaylock writes, “A great deal of the brain is scriptions further damaging gut ecology molecules are found on neurons and glia formed in humans during the fi rst two years and the immune system, steroid based in the healthy brain. (12) aft er birth and continues until age 25-27. drugs, acetaminophen based fever sup- Th e immune system is composed of a pressants like Tylenol which deplete detailed network of “balanced cascades”. Editorial cont. on page 20 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 19 Editorial cont. from page 19 nize and act on intuitive signals alerting us anaphylactic-children%E2%80%94canaries-in- to approaching danger. We become more the-public-health-mine-shaft/ Excess vaccination disrupts this critical pro- 12. Paula Garay, Kimberley McAlister; Novel cess and can result in a malformed brain, discerning in the choices we make and we learn to rely on our own intelligence rather Roles for Immune Molecules in Neural Devel- which manifests as either subtle impair- opment; Implications for Neurodevelopmental ment in thinking, concentration, attention, than on groups of “experts” who claim su- Disorders; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ behavior or language, or serious problems perior knowledge. Our goal as mothers, articles/PMC3059681/ with these processes”. (13) fathers and grandparents is to identify and 13. Russell Blaylock MD—Forward to Vaccine Although the science had not evolved overcome the many forces that threaten Safety Manual by Neil Miller to the point where these processes could our children’s health and survival—an im- 14. Jeanne Ohm, DC; The Connecting Intel- be articulated 30 years ago, nevertheless mensely challenging task. ligence; Pathways to Family Wellness, Spring, 2013 astute physicians like Robert Mendelsohn We can take courage from Rachel Car- 15. Jonathan Rose; What we can learn from understood this intrinsically when he son’s Silent Spring, written 50 years ago in Silent Spring; The Autism File; http://www. predicted the “medical time bomb”. He which she warned the world of environ- autismfile.com/science-research/what-we-can- understood that the pediatric profession mental and human dangers of pesticides learn-from-silent-spring √ had come unhinged by medical hubris in and toxic chemicals. (15) We are in a paral- its arrogant assumption that infants had lel position facing the powerful vaccine ATTENTION CANADIAN an unlimited capacity to tolerate the injec- industrial complex which enjoys extraor- PARENTS whose tion of complex biochemical substances. dinary immunity from public scrutiny children were born and believes it can force its toxic products between 1993 and 1997 Reclaiming our children’s health on every man woman and child. It is now up to the parents and grand- From January 1994 through 1997 an As the mother of three grown chil- parents to protect our children from this unlicensed combination shot of fi ve (5) dren ages 50, 47 and 37, each of whom biochemical tyranny and reach for a new vaccines and marketed as PENTA was has been hurt by vaccines. I have learned paradigm of health. Our children’s lives and administered to Canadian infants. Was profound lessons from what happened to the future of our species depends on it! your child one of them? my children and the long healing journey Hundreds of adverse events were report- we’ve all been on. As the grandmother of References: ed to Health Canada following vaccination two completely unvaccinated children 1. Heidi Stevenson; Study Finds the Average Child with PENTA: severe allergic reactions, fu- who were also breastfed for over two is now Chronically Sick; http://gaia-health.com/ rious blinking, severe pain, inconsolable years, I can attest to the astounding dif- gaia-blog/2013-01-08/study-finds-that-the- prolonged screaming, lethargy, neurological ference in the quality of health between average-child-is-now-chronically-sick/ damage and the deaths of at least two chil- the two sets of children. I am grateful that 2. The Thinking Moms’ Revolution—A book dren. If your child was born in Canada my daughter was willing to learn from review by Anne Dachel; http://www.ageofau- between 1993 and 1997 he or she was al- tism.com/2013/04/book-review-the-thinking- my mistakes and not repeat them with moms-revolution.html#more most certainly injected with this product. her own children. 3. Nancy Hokannen; Marie McCormick & Public We believe: Th ere are many families now, both in Health’s “Protection” Racket; http://www. • the reported injuries from PENTA North America and Europe, who aft er ageofautism.com/2013/03/marie-mccormick- represent a fraction of the actual dam- witnessing the health damage infl icted on public-healths-protection-racket.html#more age, short and long-term their older children have decided to fore- 4. Robert Mendelsohn MD; How to Raise a • years later health authorities admitted go vaccines for their younger children. Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor—chpt. that it was an ineff ective product that Th ese parents attest to the remarkable 3—How Doctors Can Make Healthy Kids Sick. caused signifi cant side eff ects diff erence in the quality of health they see 5. Canadian Pediatric Society list of corporate • there was no follow up on any of the donors:http://www.cps.ca/publications/Annu- in their unvaccinated children compared alReport-2010-2011-en.pdf PENTA children to the children who received the full load 6. Sayer Ji; Infant Formula for Disaster; Green- • the long term injuries include life of vaccines starting in infancy. More and MedInfo; http://www.greenmedinfo.com/ threatening allergy, neurological in- more families are choosing to either vac- page/infant-formula-disaster jury and autism cinate selectively when children are older, 7. Gary Null & Richard Gale; Null & Gale; News • the fact that a pharmaceutical company or decide to reject vaccines all together. on UN Treaty;http://vran.org/in-the-news/un- was allowed access to our children with Th e mother is the primary healer in treaty-will-exempt-vaccine-mercury/ such a toxic and deadly product is a symp- the family and the time has come for us 8. Dr. Kenneth Stoller’s a letter to AAP: http:// tom of a larger medical consumer failure to reclaim that position. We begin by fi rst adventuresinautism.blogspot.ca/2008/06/ken- We want to hear from you. What was stollers-letter-to-pediatrics-on.html learning to trust our own innate intelli- 9. Dr. Peter Breggin; Drug Companies Drive the your PENTA experience? gence as our most reliable guide. Jeanne Psychiatric Drugging of Children; Huffington Post Th e PENTA Project is a medical con- Ohm, editor of Pathways to Family Well- July 24, 2012; http://www.cchrint.org/2012/07/24/ sumer protest by Canadian parents over ness describes innate intelligence as the the-huffington-post-drug-companies-drive-the- the use of this unlicensed vaccine. Help inborn intelligence in all living matter as psychiatric-drugging-of-children/ us complete the story. Tell us your sto- a “connecting, collaborating, coordinating 10. Anne Dachel; Age of Autism post—April 2, 2013; ry. Anonymously, privately. force that intelligently unifi es all function, http://www.ageofautism.com/2013/04/autism- Complete the Survey: http://pen- activity and life.”(14) When we reclaim our speaks-geraldine-dawson-investment.html#more taproject.net For more information contact position as primary healer in the family, 11. Rita Hoffman; Anaphylactic Children—Canaries Heather Fraser & Rita Hoff man: info@pen- in the Public Health Mineshaft; http://vran.org/ we learn to question everything that could health-risks/anaphylaxis-allergies-and-asthma/ taproject.net √ impact our children’s health—we recog- Page 20 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter corded in England and Wales. Th is is ods: some electric fi res and most electric U.K Measles Outbreak well above the corresponding fi gures of toasters allow an open pan of water to Ramps up Fear Factor the last two years-namely, about 9,000 in rest on top; an electric kettle blows off too —It Wasn’t Always This 1958 and 28,000 in 1957, though it is be- much steam to be kept on for more than Way low the highest levels reached in the last short periods. Parents, conscious of the Magda Taylor, editor of the Informed nine years. To give some idea of the main need to darken the room and to forbid Parent newsletter in England reports on features of the disease as it appears to-day reading, may carry this to an unnecessary the current measles outbreak in Wales. “We and of how it is best treated, we invited extreme, starting even before the rash ap- are now experiencing yet another outbreak some general practitioners to write short pears. To save a mother some demands, of measles and MMR propaganda via the reports on the cases they have seen in the wireless is a boon to children in dark- media, resulting in a lot of parents becom- their practices recently. ened rooms. Th ey are allowed up when ing fearful and worried as to whether they Th ese appear at p.380 (extracts from the rash fades from the abdomen - usu- should allow their children to receive the this page follow this article). It is interest- ally the fourth or fi ft h day - and may go MMR vaccine. In all the years I have been ing to note, fi rst, that the distribution of outside on the next fi ne day. Apart from looking into the subject I have observed so the disease is rather patchy at present. It fruit to eat, solid food is avoided on the many of these measles scares—they seem has not yet reached the areas where two day the rash is appearing; fruit drinks or to be more regular than the measles out- of these doctors practise (in South Scot- soups are all they appear to want. breaks themselves.” land and Cornwall), and other areas are Complications: So far few complica- Predictably, when measles breaks out in known to be free of the disease so far. On tions have arisen. Four cases of otitis a highly vaccinated population, health of- the other hand, in Kent it is reported to media occurred in the fi rst 25 chil- fi cials whip up a frenzy of fear and a media have arrived in time to put the children to dren, but only one had pain. No case of circus erupts. Th e minister of health admit- bed over Christmas. These writers agree pneumonia has occurred, but one child ted in Parliament that “MMR vaccination that measles is nowadays normally a had grossly abnormal signs in the chest uptake is currently at historically high lev- mild infection, and they rarely have for a few days aft er the fever subsided, els” (1). Despite this, the media marginalizes occasion to give prophylactic gamma uninfl uenced by oral penicillin. One girl anyone who attempts to introduce a more globulin. As to the treatment of the dis- had a tear-duct infection and another an balanced and historically accurate perspec- ease and its complications, the emphasis undue blepharitis. Of three adult males tive of the disease. Magda was invited to naturally varies from one practice to with the disease, two have been more se- participate in a BBC discussion with medi- another. Amount of bed-rest, when to verely aff ected than any of the children. cal ‘experts’ in which she was pushed out of administer a sulphonamide or antibi- Dr. R. E. Hope Stimpson (Cirences- the conversation. She writes, “Th e doctor otic, the use of analgesics and linctuses ter, Glos) writes: We make no attempt to and bacteriologist were given the opportu- - all these may still be debatable prob- prevent the spread of measles, and would nity to respond to the various callers on the lems in the treatment of what is said to only use gamma globulin to mitigate the programme whilst I was left on the line not be the commonest disease in the world. severity of the disease in the case of the ex- being able to give an alternative comment. But there is probably much in the opin- posure of a susceptible adult or child who Finally, right at the end of the slot I was sud- ion which one of the writers expresses: “It is already severely debilitated. Bed rest, denly invited to speak again. Knowing that is the frequent visiting by the interested for seven davs for moderate and severe I was going to be cut off at any time I at- clinician and not the therapy which pro- cases and of fi ve to six days in mild tempted to try and make as many points as duces the good results.” cases, seems to cut down the incidence I could, which is not ideal as there was not of such complications as secondary enough time to give proper explanation.” Measles Reports from General bacterial otitis media and broncho- Th is is typical of mainstream media’s treat- Practitioners pneumonia. We have not been impressed ment of anyone who strives to introduce by the prophylactic or therapeutic use balance to the one sided vaccine rhetoric. BMJ February 7 1959, Page 380 of antibiotics and sulphonamides in the “Measles is being described in such a scary Extracts: fi rst week of the disease. As soon as the way at the moment it is no wonder parents We are much indebted to the general patient is out of bed we allow him out of are running scared.” practitioners whose names appear below doors almost regardless of the weather. Measles was not always the frightening for the following notes on the present Otitis Media and Bronchopneumonia: disease it’s made out to be today. Th e fol- outbreak of measles. Th ese conditions oft en appear so early, lowing is an example of how measles was Dr G. R. Watson (Peaslake, Sur- sometimes even before the rash, that in described in the British Medical Journal rey) writes: Measles was introduced such cases one can only conclude that the (BMJ) in 1959 by a few doctors who de- just before Christmas by a child from responsible agent is the virus itself. De- scribe their experience of measles at that Petworth…….Treatment of Attack: No spite their initial alarming severity, time. Th is paints a very, very diff erent drugs are given for either the fever or the they tend to resolve spontaneously, picture of the disease compared to what cough; if pressed, I dispense mist, salin, and treatment apart from fi rst prin- the public is told today. B.N.F. as a placebo. Glutethimide 125 ciples seems useless. When, on the other mg. may be given in the aft ernoon if the hand, otitis media or bronchopneumonia Measles Epidemic child is restless when the rash develops; comes on aft er the subsidence of the ini- 250 mg. in single or divided doses at bed- tial symptoms of measles, it is probably Taken from: BMJ, Feb 7 1959, page 354 time ensures a good night’s sleep in spite due to a secondary bacterial invader, and In the fi rst three weeks of this year of coughing. I encourage a warm humid about 41,000 cases of measles were re- atmosphere in the room by various meth- U.K Measles Outbreak cont. on page 22 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 21 U.K Measles Outbreak cont. from page 21 Measles Outbreak in depriving parents a choice between MMR we fi nd antibiotics or sulphonamides or the single vaccine. Single measles vac- useful….. Wales & Government cines are no longer available in Canada or Mild Ailment: Dr. John Malfeasance the U.S. Fry (Beckenham,Kent) writes: Th e Dr. Wakefi eld has accused the Brit- When he asked Dr Elizabeth Miller expected biennial epidemic of measles ap- ish government of blocking legitimate of the Health Protection Agency why peared in this region in early December, debate about the safety of MMR vaccine they would do this, if their principal con- 1958, just in time to put many youngsters and the origin of the current measles epi- cern was to protect children from serious to bed over Christmas. To date there have demic in Wales. infectious disease—why would they re- been close on 150 cases in the practice, Once again, he is being blamed by the move an option from parents who are and the numbers are now steadily de- British health offi cials for the outbreak. legitimately concerned about the safety creasing. Like previous epidemics, the Wakefi eld’s concern about the safety of of MMR? Her reply was, “If we allow par- primary cases have been chiefl y in the 5- MMR vaccine arose from his research on ents the option of single vaccines it would and 6-year-olds, with secondary cases in a new bowel disease suff ered by a small destroy our MMR programme.” In other their younger siblings. group of children who became autistic af- words her primary concern was to pro- No special features have been noted ter receiving the MMR vaccine. He and his tect MMR programme—NOT protection in this relatively mild epidemic: It has co-authors published their fi ndings in the of children. been mild because complications have Lancet which created a fi restorm of con- Wakefi eld asserts that the government occurred in only four children. One little troversy and led to trumped up charges itself is to blame for the measles outbreak girl aged 2 suff ered from a lobular pneu- against him for undermining the vaccine because it chose to withdraw the option monia, and three others developed acute program. Th e drama was played in the of single vaccine from parents who were otitis media following their measles. In kangaroo court of the British General legitimately concerned about MMR safety. the majority of children the whole epi- Medical Council and culminated in the Reviewing the history of the MMR vac- sode has been well and truly over in a loss of his medical license. cine fi asco that has been suppressed by week, from the prodromal phase to the the British government, Wakefi eld said, disappearance of the rash, and many Such was my concern about the “When the MMR was introduced in the mothers have remarked ” how much safety of that vaccine that I went UK in the late 1980s there were three good the attack has done their chil- back and reviewed every safety brands that were introduced. Two of dren,” as they seem so much better study, every pre-licensing study of those three brands had to be withdrawn after the measles. the MMR vaccine and other measles hurriedly four years later because they A family doctor’s approach to the containing vaccines before they were causing meningitis in children at management of measles is essentially a were put into children and after. And an unacceptable rate. In other words two personal and individual matter, based on I was appalled with the quality of that thirds of the licensed vaccines in the UK the personal experiences of the doctor science. had to be removed from circulation be- and the individual character and back- cause they were dangerous”, including ground of the child and the family. In Between 1996 & 1997 Wakefi eld the one that was brought in from Canada this practice measles is considered as became aware of children developing re- which had been discontinued in this coun- a relatively mild and inevitable child- gressive autism, following exposure in try because it caused meningitis far in hood ailment that is best encountered many cases to the measles mumps rubella excess of what had previously been seen. any time from 3 to 7 years of age. Over vaccine. “Such was my concern about the “So the next question is beyond the the past 10 years there have been few safety of that vaccine that I went back and fact that MMR vaccine is not safe and serious complications at any age, and reviewed every safety study, every pre- has not been adequately tested; not just all children have made complete re- licensing study of the MMR vaccine and my opinion but the opinion of many; coveries. As a result of this reasoning other measles containing vaccines before does MMR vaccine cause autism?.... this no special attempts have been made they were put into children and aft er. And question has been answered not by me at prevention even in young infants in I was appalled with the quality of that sci- but by the courts, by the vaccine courts whom the disease has not been found ence. It really was totally below par and in Italy and in the United States of Amer- to be especially serious. that has been reiterated by other authori- ica where it appears that many children With appreciation to Magda Taylor tative sources since.” over the last 30 years have been awarded at the Informed Parent for retrieving Dr. Wakefi eld compiled his review of millions of dollars for the fact that they these historical insights: http://www. the data into a 200 page report which he have been brain-damaged by MMR informedparent.co.uk/mmr/measles- plans to release online once cleared by his vaccine and other vaccines and that hits-the-headlines-again lawyers. Th e essence of the report is that brain-damage has led to autism. Th at is Note: the MMR was inadequately tested for safe- a fact.” It is the governments’ own experts ty compared to single vaccines. Based on who have conceded that the MMR vac- Health: Measles Question Asked his research, he recommended that parents cine caused the autism, or caused brain by Lord Taylor of Warwick—Han- have the option of single measles vaccine, damage in this case that led to be autism. sard, 26 Feb. 2013: http://www. rather than being forced to accept MMR While the British government publications.parliament.uk/pa/ containing three live viruses. Shortly aft er concedes that MMR uptake is at “histori- ld201213/ldhansrd/text/130226w0001. he made this recommendation, the British cally high levels”, Wakefi eld speculates htm#13022685000532 √ government withdrew the importation li- cense for the single measles vaccine, thus Measles Outbreak cont. on page 23 Page 22 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Measles Outbreak cont. from page 22 LETTERS clined. I also refused to sign the refusal the cause of the current outbreak. What form. I was subjected to intense intimida- he believes is happening is “vaccine fail- Re: Mature Minor Consent tion over the phone, by the Public Health Nurse. She was verbally aggressive, used ure”—primary and secondary vaccine Dear VRAN, failure, i.e. not enough children respond a condescending and intimidating tone, by developing immunity to the vaccine I worked as a Registered Nurse at the and suggested that I was an irresponsible in the fi rst place and secondary vaccine Penticton Hospital for 12 years, a portion parent, defi ant for no good reason, and failure where immunity disappears very of that in the Emergency room. I remem- stated that I really didn’t know the facts. quickly. ber a young baby that was brought in by its I wonder if she did? I fi nally just hung up He believes that, “this is one of parents in the middle of the night, scream- on her. Th at was 2 or 3 years ago. the long-term problems of using live vi- ing in pain, with all four limbs extended Most recently I received a letter from ral vaccines over time - taking seed stock straight out as though they were not able the Public Health offi ce in Penticton re- virus and repeatedly using it and using to bend. Th e child was completely incon- garding the upcoming DPT vaccine for it over time that it seems for some reason solable. Th e baby had a small band-aid on Grade 9 students (my son is in Grade 9 to lose its potency. And what we’re see- the front of each of his thighs, and one on this year). ing now is what I believe is unintended, each arm. He had received vaccinations Th e letter I received states, near the unexpected consequence of long-term that day. 4 needles. One in each limb. Th e bottom… use of these live viral vaccines; and that is parents were beside themselves, naturally. Mature Minor Consent vaccine failure.” Th ey asked, “did we ‘have’ to do this?” No. “It is recommended that parents/ “Th is is not theoretical… and is some- Th ey did not. But no one told them their guardians or representatives and their thing that is really concerning”, says rights, and no one informed them what children discuss consent for immuni- Wakefi eld. “It has been seen unequivo- their options were, and no one let them zations. Eff orts are fi rst made to seek cally with the mumps vaccine. And I feel it was okay to NOT vaccinate, before parental/guardian or representative con- believe we are now seeing it with measles. they injected 4 needles into that baby. I sent prior to immunization. However, If that is the case then 1) blaming me for couldn’t ever get that baby, or those par- children under the age of 19, who are able the outbreak of this measles outbreak in ents, out of my mind. I don’t know what to understand the benefi ts and possible South Wales, is totally inappropriate. It bothers me more, the pain that this baby reactions for each vaccine and the risk of does not address the core issue of what was in, or the fact that the parents felt like not getting immunized, can legally con- you do about live viral vaccine failure, be- they had no choice but to give this baby sent to or refuse immunization.” cause if the virus is then infecting people vaccinations. In other words, even if a parent does at an older age than the outcome may be Sadly, I did immunize my son when not consent to the vaccine, the Public more serious and there are no therapeutic he was little, also. As a young, new moth- Health nurses can still approach our chil- interventions for protecting those people er, also on my own with my son, I was dren at the school and try to coerce them from measles.” vulnerable to the propaganda and the into receiving the shot. Editor’s note: pressures we face when making the deci- I just fi nd this to be unbelievable! sion about vaccinations. Being a nurse at My son will not be attending school I’m old enough to remember how nor- the time, there’s also the pressure of do- on designated vaccination days. Hav- mal measles was in my own childhood as ing what we are taught in nursing school. ing experienced the strong intimidation well as when my children were young in And unfortunately, I simply went along and coercive tactics by the Public Health the early 60’s. Every parent wanted their with many things pushed on us, includ- nurses themselves, it concerns me that if children to get measles because they un- ing vaccination, without fi rst doing any approached by a Public Health nurse, a derstood that the lifelong immunity they research myself. child will be subjected to even more im- acquired would protect them from the I stopped accepting vaccinations for mense pressure. “All the kids are getting disease in adulthood when it is much risk- my son a few years later, and vowed to it!”, “Th is won’t hurt you”, “Th e benefi ts ier. Young vaccinated adults today have no not participate him in herd vaccination outweigh the risks”. Teenagers are so natural immunity and cannot depend on programs again. Suddenly “I” was a prob- vulnerable. How can any minor under artifi cial vaccine immunity to protect them. lem, as both a mother and as a nurse. I the age of 19 possible know and under- Babies born to vaccinated mothers are now also refused the fl u shot every year. And stand all the facts about immunizations? deprived of the cross placental immunity although I nursed for nearly 30 years,I A grade 9 student is 14 or 15 years old. that would have protected them in the fi rst quit for these and other reasons. I don’t Unless they’ve done extensive research year of life if their mothers had had mea- have anything against nurses or doctors themselves (or with their parents, as in sles in childhood. Measles vaccines have themselves. However, what we do, such our case) and are prepared with an ar- dismantled the natural, benefi cial epide- as vaccinations, just does not line up with senal of information to ensue a question miology of the disease that protected both my values and beliefs. So, I had to choose. period with a Public Health nurse, they vulnerable infants and adults, leaving both Do it for the money? Or don’t do it be- don’t stand a chance of being able to re- young and old at imminent risk when out- cause it’s not what I believe in. I chose the fuse. breaks inevitably occur. latter. It’s disturbing to think that I have to Article is excerpted from Dr. Wake- Aft er making the decision to no longer keep my child out of school to avoid be- fi eld’ response to accusers here: http:// participate in vaccinations for my child, I ing cornered, questioned, challenged www.ageofautism.com/2013/04/ received a phone call from the Penticton and/or convinced to accept the vaccine. transcript-statement-from-andrew- Public Health unit. Th ey wanted to give wakefi eld.html#more √ my son the Hepatitis B injections. I de- Letters cont. from page 23 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 23 Letters cont. from page 23 promised by commercial interests and/ cine-damaged Canadian citizens who I just don’t get it. or a desire to maintain professional alle- dangle on the fringes with no compensa- Erika F—British Columbia giance oft en fi nds a positive correlation. tion plan as their livelihood and lives are ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Th e body of evidence may be smaller due being damaged beyond repair. My sister to lack of funding by mainstream sourc- stepped right up to take the jab when she Re: No More Flu Shots es, but quality is superior. became caregiver to our mother who had to reside in a care home. For the good Dear VRAN, To describe ASD as “natural” is ab- surd as any parent who’s witnessed severe of the elderly patients, she was told. My Please send me 50 of your Vaccine developmental regression in their child sister is now a vaccine-damaged invalid Fact Sheets. I’m enclosing $20 to cover knows. It involves deviations which can desperately trying to make sense of the the cost and postage. greatly compromise the ability to func- health care system that is well aware of I thank you for your continuing work tion. Typical symptoms are screaming the thousands of citizens damaged by the to save our children—and us adults. fi ts, unresponsiveness, resistance to neuro-toxins in vaccines. Only Quebec My husband got the fl u shots for years, change, self-destructive behavior and hy- has a vaccine damage compensation plan then would spend all January on the persensitivity to sensory stimuli. which is a lame duck leaving hundreds of couch too ill to oft en leave the house. I Along with these challenges, families claimants without compensation. read in your magazine about the three and society must cope with medical and A few days ago a young school girl in month delay! Th an you—no more fl u educational issues; it’s estimated that in- Toronto who had taken the fl u shot, was shots and no more being ill all January. tensive behavioral therapies alone cost immediately paralyzed and just left a To- Also, I believe you saved one of our $40-60 thousand per year for one child. ronto hospital in a wheelchair. To their grandchildren. He had allergies and While ASD doesn’t warrant discrimina- horror, the damaged victims eventually health issues so I strongly suggested to tion any more than any other disability, fi nd Canada’s Vaccine Risk Awareness not get, or delay the shots. Th ank God! its costs both fi nancial and emotional are Network (vran.org) website. Now we When he was older (a few years old) his tremendous. It’s outrageous that a busi- have the new HPV vaccine program for parents had him checked out by a doctor. ness and politicians would attempt to our female teens...the Ontario District He was totally healthy, but they went and gloss them over using feel-good festivals School Board voted to NOTdistribute the allowed him to get a shot! My grandson and photo ops! With ASD fast approach- pamphlet advising parents of the risks of went into convulsions!! I can imagine ing a new childhood norm, sober this vaccine. the outcome if that had been done at two consideration is overdue. Neither my sister, nor my 13 year old months. Sincerely, granddaughter were given a pamphlet Thanks again, Susan Fletcher, Sechelt, BC explaining the risks of fl u shot and HPV Mavis Brown—Fort Nelson, BC ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ vaccine. Television and Radio ads urging ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ citizens to get the fl u shot do not men- Re: The Real Picture of a tion the very real health risks. And if Re: Misrepresentation of Autism Vaccinated Family you do suff er irreversible auto-immune, central nervous system damage, good To the mayor and councilors of the “I almost hate that we are hearing 1 in luck with that because, as I was told on Town of Gibson 50, with 1 in 31 representing boys. THIS January 18th by “John”, from the Ontario Your announcement of April 2 as Au- DOES NOT represent all the damage. Ombudsman’s Offi ce, “taking the fl u shot tism Awareness Day in alignment with It may represent autism but it is not the is an option and if a person is damaged “the International Naturally Autistic Peo- ENTIRE picture. I have one child on the by the vaccine their recourse would be ple Awards Convention and Festival on ASD spectrum, one right now fi ghting an through the legal system”! the Sunshine Coast” states: “Th e number asthma life threatening episode, one with Can your fi ne reporters at the Globe of people on the autism spectrum aver- crohn’s disease, throw in some speech de- and Mail please fi nd out just whom can be age one in every 110 births.” When it was lays and Kawasaki and that’s the REAL sued? Th e voices of the vaccine-damaged fi rst discovered in 1943, autism was ex- picture of a vaccinated family. citizens of Canada need to be heard. No tremely rare. By 2000, the CDC reported Oh and let me not forget the strep car- advertising promoting vaccines should 1/500 children with ASD (Autism Spec- riers, two of them in the mix, with ONE be on TV or radio or in newspapers or trum Disorder); for the last decade, US who lives among the illnesses, age fi ve in the school system or the hospital new- ASD stats (Canada has none) have been and is not vaccinated, who hates that born wards, or on a Rick Mercer rant, estimated from records of symptoms plans are so oft en switched because of without the fi ne print detailing the very from birth to 8 years. Th e most recent what we call “man down”.” real health risks. It is clear to us now that are from 2008: 1/88 children (1/54 boys). Barbara J—March 23, 2013 my sister has become some kind of “ac- Th e quickest rate increase began in the ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ceptable collateral damage”. What will 1980s, a time when widespread use of you do when a member of your family is triple-live-virus MMR vaccine began, Re Editorial in Globe & Mail “Get paralyzed or forever damaged by doing many children’s vaccines were still being the Flu Shot”—Jan. 22, 2013 what your editorial says “a responsible preserved with mercury, and use of cell Dear Editor, citizen” should do? What is our responsi- phones and related wireless equipment ble government going to do to look aft er was gaining momentum. When advising the general public to the vaccine damaged citizens of Canada? While public health authorities dispute take the fl u shot considerable thought any causal relationship, research uncom- should be given to the thousands of vac- Letters cont. on page 25 Page 24 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Letters cont. from page 24 NEWSCLIPS Lancet study exonerated A wave of “no vaccine thank you” is on its way. Without a fair and realistic compen- VZV vaccine short-lived, risky According to Dr E Yazbak, it’s time sation plan in place this wave will become for the Lancet to reinstate the much ma- a tsunami of vaccine rejections. TV ads for Zostavax, Merck’s shingles ligned 1998 study which resulted in three Catherine Elcombe, Ontario vaccine, have portrayed the painful dis- years of hearings by the British General ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ease it’s supposed to prevent as fl ashes Medical Council followed by a July 2010 lighting up across the chest and shoulder. decision to revoke the medical licenses Re: Psychiatric Drugs & Autism CBC news questioned Dr Shelly McNeil of two of its authors, Professor Walker- of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Smith and Dr. Andrew Wakefi eld. In “Suicide is not just a psychiatric out- Halifax about Merk’s claim that their vac- Feb 2012, all the charges against Walker- come but oft en refl ects a biomedical cine can prevent shingles in people 50 Smith were dismissed but those against crisis for the body and mind triggered by yrs and older. She replied, “We know that Wakefi eld remained. Nevertheless, since environmental factors we need to start it lasts out to about 5 years for sure [the the judgment ruled out any scientifi c acknowledging.” 2013 Zostavax monograph states 4 yrs], fraud in the study, if Wakefi eld’s lawsuit Th is is what I have said the past 20+ but my main risk will be when I’m 70, 80, in the US had been allowed, it follows years in working with those on antide- 90.” Nevertheless, she thinks Zostavax that he should have been reinstated also. pressants and the families of those on works well enough for taxpayers to fund Th e key to Walker-smith’s reinstatement antidepressants who have committed it. Drug policy researcher, Alan Cassels appears to have been the fact he was of suicide on these drugs. It is the damage would disagree. He pegs the annual cost retirement age as opposed to Wakefi ed done to both the body and the brain that of vaccine to prevent shingles at about who would still have had many years produces this outcome. Since Chrohn’s $30,000 per person, and remarks, “It’s not to further research the vaccine-autism and IBS (infl ammatory bowel syndrome) that the vaccine doesn’t work; it’s that it connection. are so oft en the result of taking an anti- hardly works.” Furthermore, a March 2013 PLOS depressant who knows?! I had a case of a Not only is it very costly, it’s also very study corroborates the fi ndings of the mother on Prozac for 7 years. risky. Researchers at Space Life Scienc- Lancet paper. It states that children with I helped her through the only safe es, NASA have found shingles vaccine ASD and symptoms of gastrointestinal withdrawal method we have found—EX- varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the distress, “have a gastrointestinal mucosal TREMELY SLOW! And she had another saliva of study participants up to 4 weeks molecular profi le that overlaps signifi - baby 18 months aft er being completely post vaccination. Th ey state: “Our fi nding cantly with known infl ammatory bowel off . At age 3 weeks the baby was passing of VZV vaccine virus in saliva supports disease (IBD), yet has distinctive fea- more blood than stool. Both the fam- the notion that a superinfecting VZV tures that further supports the presence ily physician and the pediatrician agreed spreads systemically.” of an ASD-associated IBD variant”. that it was the Prozac residue in the http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ http://www.vaccinationnews. mother’s milk that was eating away the story/2013/02/28/shingles-vaccine- com/4013-4-22-restore-lancet-paper- baby’s intestinal lining. Th at was quickly seniors.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih. YazbakFE confi rmed when we added clean (totally gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096786/ http:// http://www.plosone.org/article/ drug free) mother’s milk by half and half commonground.ca/2012/08/shingles- info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal. and the bleeding stopped. vaccine-stats-misleading/ pone.0058058 Th ese antidepressant drugs are deadly combos of chemicals that produce Autism Wakefi eld still blamed Fluoride found out just as vaccines do. Studies now show 3—4 times greater rate in the children of moms Harking back to his pummeled study A 2012 Harvard meta-analysis found who take these meds—something I have published a full fi ft een years ago, Brit- that fl uoride may be a developmental LONG warned would be the end result of ish media reports continue to blame Dr neurotoxicant that aff ects brain devel- mothers taking these meds because even Wakefi eld for recent measles outbreaks opment at exposures much below those adult patients who take them develop Au- in the UK. Dr E Yazbak informs, “I had that can cause toxicity in adults. In 1943, tistic symptoms. Th ey are extremely toxic commented on such frivolous allegations the Journal of the American Medical drugs which produce both asthma and al- as early as Dec 2003, when I conclusively Association stated that fl uorides are gen- lergies as well. AND they are now talking demonstrated, using UK Offi cial Health eral protoplasmic poisons that change about adding them to vaccines!! Sounds to Documents, that starting in 1995, three the permeability of the cell membrane. me that Hitler is alive and well and fl our- years before Th e Lancet paper, MMR In 1944, the Journal of the American ishing in America today!! vaccination rates in the UK had started Dental Association unequivocally stated: Ann Blake Tracy, Executive Direc- to drop at a faster rate than other vacci- “Drinking water containing as little as 1.2 tor,—letter to Age of Autism, March nation rates. I also documented the fact ppm fl uoride will cause developmental 23, 2013 that in recent years, measles outbreaks disturbances.” International Coalition for Drug occurred in the UK when they also oc- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr- Awareness curred in Europe and elsewhere in the mercola/fl uoride_b_2479833.html; www.drugawareness.org & http://ss- world, oft en in well vaccinated popula- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar- ristories.drugawareness.org √ tions.” ticles/PMC3491930/ http://www.vaccinationnews.com/2013- 4-15-stop-blaming-wakefi eld-YazbakFE Newsclips cont. on page 26 VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 25 Newsclips cont. from page 25 resented in Gardasil, and it’s prohibitively http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ Painkillers cause kidney damage expensive for developing countries which story/2013/04/19/pei-hpv-gardasil-vac- are the very ones with the highest rates cine-boys-584.html A study in the 2013 Journal of Pe- of cervical cancer. Th e Montreal Gazette http://www.newswire.ca/en/ diatrics examining hospital records of doesn’t mention that, no matter what type story/1148641/pei-fi rst-province-to-of- childen admitted due to acute kidney of HPV infection is present, there’s no fer-gardasil-to-boys-in-school injury shows that non-steroidal anti-in- proof that Gardasil can prevent cervical http://www.capebretonpost.com/ fl ammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause cancer or any other cancer, or that HPV Living/2013-04-22/article-3225272/Are- life-threatening kidney damage in about is defi nitely the cause of cancers. However, Canadian-kids-undervaccinated%3F/2 3% of children. Th e vast majority of the if the trial is successful, Franco maintains children had taken an NSAID for less that, “we would have something that costs UN treaty will exempt vaccine pennies a bottle that inhibits the virus…It than a week. Th ose up to age fi ve suff ered mercury the worst reactions which may require would be a cheap solution.” dialysis. None had died, but 30% had http://www.montrealgazette.com/ A recent VRAN website news article long-lasting kidney damage which could health/McGill+launches+study+seaweed+ by Richard Gale and Gary Null informs worsen as they grew older. based+that+prevents/7792028/story.html about the two-faced attitude applied to http://www.wddty.com/ the dangers of mercury: “Aft er almost painkillers-cause-life-threatening-kid- PEI taxpayers fi rst in Canada to four years of demanding negotiations, the ney-damage-in-children.html fund Gardasil for boys United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) announced that 140 nations US taxpayers compensate CBC news has reported that public af- reached agreement to begin ratifying Gardasil victims fairs representative, Nancy Bickford of the the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Society of Obstetricians and Gynecolo- Th e Convention will be an international Judicial Watch, has found that the US gists of Canada (SOGC), was pleased by binding treaty to reduce and eventually National Vaccine Injury Compensation recent news that Merck’s Gardasil HPV eliminate mercury compounds altogeth- Program has awarded $5,877,710 dollars vaccine will be added to vaccine schedules er from polluting industries, such as gold to 49 victims in claims against HPV vac- for schoolboys in PEI. Th e SOGC had re- mining and fossil fuel plants, and many cines. To date 200 claims have been fi led ceived a gift of $1.5 million from Merck common household products. with barely half adjudicated. Documents when they’d recommended taxpayer fund- In many developing countries, from the FDA’s ing of Gardasil for schoolgirls in 2007. We mercury pollution is destroying the en- Reporting System covering the period, wonder if Bickford’s pleasure had anything vironment and causing rampant human Sept 1, 2010 to Sept 15, 2011, reveal 26 to do with another possibly-related hand- illness. However fervent applause should HPV-vaccine-associated deaths as well as out from Merck’s this time around. Dr. be withheld. One powerful alliance that seizures, paralysis, blindness, pancreatitis, Mauricio Ede, Medical Director, Medical portends to champion itself as the pro- speech problems, short term memory loss Aff airs at Merck Canada claims, “PEI’s tector of human health—the vaccine and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. According decision to include boys is an important industrial complex—is resolved to assure to Wall Street analysts, Merck’s Gardasil milestone in protecting both males and that mercurial exposure continue through HPV vaccine is expected to reach $1 bil- females against the diseases that can re- aggressive vaccination programs. To the lion in sales next year, and could reach sult from HPV infection such as genital delight of all those corralled in the amphi- more than $4 billion in sales in fi ve years. warts and anal-genital cancers.” He hasn’t theater of vaccine magic and wonder—the But taxpayers, not Merck are footing the mentioned that the human papillomavi- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), compensation bill. http://communities. ruses represented in Gardasil constitute the US CDC and FDA, the World Health washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ but a tiny fraction of all such viruses and Organization (WHO)—the treaty will stress-and-health-dr-lind/2013/apr/10/ that most HPV infections are not espe- exempt thimerosal (ethylmercury) con- us-court-pays-6-million-gardasil-victims/ cially problematic. PEI Deputy Chief taining vaccines (TCVs). So while sources Public Health Offi cer, Dr. Lamont Sweet, of mercury pollution will lessen dramati- HPV + seaweed – “a cheap solution” maintains that the new program won’t cally, hundreds of millions of child-bearing cost more than the schoolgirls’program women, newborns and small children will McGill University has announced the because the price of the vaccine is now be increasingly poisoned by TCVs.” start of a clinical trial to determine if an half what it used to be. Th at’s an interest- Th e organization, Canadian Associa- extract of the seaweed carageenan could ing point considering that Bickford has tion of Physicians for the Environment, be used in a topical gel to prevent trans- stated that the SOGC “will be contacting makes the same distinction as the pro- mission of human papillomaviruses. Th e other provincial and territorial ministers posed UN treaty. It has advocated for trial will include 465 women who will be of health to follow P.E.I.’s lead.” Has Merck elimination of sources of mercury con- continually monitored for aquisition of the sweetened the deal for Canada’s smallest tamination including coal burning plants infection; those women already infected at province in order to encourage the others and mercury thermometers but is mute the start will be monitored to determine to follow suit? We note that Dr Monika about vaccines, the very source about if the gel prevents the virus from spread- Naus of the BC Centre for Disease Control which physicians should be most aware. ing and if it prevents acquisition of a new has told the Cape Breton Post that several http://vran.org/in-the-news/un-trea- variety of HPV. Eduardo Franco, director provinces are interested in cutting costs by ty-will-exempt-vaccine-mercury/ of McGill’s cancer epidemiology division funding only two doses of Gardasil instead http://www.cape.ca/children.html √ notes that only four types of HPV are rep- of the recommended three. Page 26 ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ VRAN Newsletter Unvaccinated Children cont. from page 17 Undervaccination appears to be an with autism where the court has verifi ed Hmm… Any chance of bias in this increasing trend. Undervaccinated chil- that they were harmed by vaccines. study? Is “Immunization is one of the dren appear to have different health care One other important fact to note about most signifi cant public health achieve- utilization patterns compared with age- this study: It was done among patients in ments of the past 100 years” a scientifi c appropriately vaccinated children. “eight managed care organizations.” In statement that can be proven by facts and The main press release, which was picked other words, this study looked at parents fi gures? Is there a chance that this study up by Reuter’s and repeated in almost every and children who were insured, and: was conducted because the medical in- major news outlet reads: “Close to half of For inclusion, each child had to be stitutions represented by the authors of kids late receiving vaccines: study” continuously enrolled in their MCO this study do not like the fact that parents Here are some other gems from the of- from at least ages 2 to 12 months. Chil- are not bringing in their children to be fi cial press release spin on this (that too dren were followed up for a maximum vaccinated enough according to the gov- many kids not vaccinating according to of 36 months, and follow-up stopped if ernment vaccine schedule? the vaccine schedule is a public epidemic): a child’s enrollment in his or her MCO The authors also included this dis- Researchers said that trend is cause for was discontinued…To help ensure that claimer which may give us a further clue: concern because if enough kids skip their children were receiving primary care ser- Disclaimer: Although the CDC played vaccines, whole schools or communities vices within their MCO, they also had to a role in the design and conduct of the may be at higher risk for preventable infec- have at least 1 outpatient visit by age 12 study, collection, management, analysis, tions such as whooping cough and measles. months. and interpretation of the data, as well as So these were parents who believed preparation, review, and approval of the ...one of the biggest vaccine in using the medical system, participat- manuscript, the fi ndings and conclusions stories in 2012 was how whooping ed in it, believed in vaccines to at least in this report are those of the authors and cough outbreaks were among some degree, and made regular visits to do not necessarily represent the offi cial those vaccinated for whooping cough, approved medical professionals. Does position of the CDC. and how the vaccine was largely that sound like parents who “more of- And then here are the “author affi lia- ineffective. ten turn to alternative or complementary tions” – many from large for profi t MCOs medicine when it’s an option”? Parents (Managed Care Organizations) Refer to I don’t know who these “researchers” who do not believe in vaccines at all, do Healthy Impact News website at the end are, but they are NOT the authors of the not participate in well-child pediatric of the article for more details. study and what was reported in the actual visits, were refused healthcare by their So I think it is safe to assume that study. In fact, one of the biggest vaccine pediatricians for not following the vac- this study was not conducted on behalf stories in 2012 was how whooping cough cine schedule, etc. – WERE NOT EVEN of concerned parents who think the vac- outbreaks were among those vaccinated PART OF THE STUDY AT ALL! cine schedule is too much, too fast. On for whooping cough, and how the vac- The media needs to wake up and do the contrary, it appears that the study cine was largely ineffective. some real investigative journalism in- was hoping to prove that the children of So how did they handle the fact that stead of just regurgitating the spin from parents who do not follow the vaccine those parents who chose to not vaccinate press releases. Just preceding the release schedule are less healthy than those who according to the vaccine schedule had of this study, the Institute of Medicine do follow the schedule. fewer hospital and doctor visits? Here’s released a repor that the vaccination the spin on that: schedule was “safe,” but they offered no Children who were undervaccinated Undervaccinated kids also tended to new research what-so-ever. because of parental choice had have fewer doctors’ appointments and There’s a huge story to report here, signifi cantly lower utilization rates of emergency room visits than those who but dogma and belief in vaccinations is the ED (emergency department visits) got their shots on time, according to trumping facts and science. The vaccine and outpatient settings—both overall fi ndings published Monday in JAMA damaged epidemic affects so many peo- and for specifi c acute illnesses—than Pediatrics. That could be because their ple and so many families now, however, children who were vaccinated on time. parents more often turn to alternative or that this story is NOT going away any- complementary medicine when it’s an time soon. But the study didn’t prove that, it proved option, Omer said. Recent studies have This article was excerpted with appre- the opposite: Children who were under- shown many parents are asking to de- ciation from: http://healthimpactnews. vaccinated because of parental choice lay or skip certain vaccines, often citing com/2013/jama-study-kids-with-fewer- had signifi cantly lower utilization rates safety concerns such as a link between vaccines-have-fewer-doctor-and-emer- of the ED (emergency department visits) vaccines and autism – a theory which gency-room-visits/ and outpatient settings—both overall and scientists now agree holds no water. for specifi c acute illnesses—than children So just by stating “scientists agree” Reference: who were vaccinated on time. that there are no safety concerns or links So the author’s conclusions and those between vaccines and autism, they com- Jama Pediatr. March 1, 2013; A they hired to write the press release on pletely ignore all the scientists who DO population-based cohort study of un- the study reported this, right? Wrong. believe there are safety concerns and links dervaccination in 8 managed care Here is what the abstract states as the to autism, and they also ignore the fact organizations across the United conclusion of the study: that the U.S. federal Vaccine Injury Com- States; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pensation Program has already awarded pubmed/23338829 √ Conclusions millions of dollars to families of children VRAN Newsletter ¤ Spring 2013 ¤ Page 27 VRAN Membership and Order Form Suggested Annual Membership—$35 or $75 professional Includes 28 page Newsletter 2X a year & ongoing support of vaccination risk education P.O. Box 169, Winlaw, BC, V0G 2J0—phone: 250-355-2525, E-mail: [email protected] VRAN website: www.vran.org

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