We have all been repeatedly told that vaccination is both safe and protective of children against dangerous
                   diseases. Many parents upon learning of adverse effects realize that their trust has been betrayed--that
                   vaccines are not safe at all. However, it is common for them to continue to trust that vaccines are effective
                   and that the diseases they purportedly prevent are dangerous. This creates a terrible dilemma for these
                   parents, who end up feeling that either way they are taking a risk.

                   However, with more investigation increasing numbers of parents are discovering that nature is not so cruel
                   as to force such a difficult dilemma on them. The full reality is that not only do childhood illnesses (provided
                   they are properly managed) have a priming and maturing role in immune system development rather than
                   being dangerous to unvaccinated children[1], but also vaccines have never prevented any diseases. Other
                   factors have clearly been responsible for the declines that have occurred, and the very toxic and invasive
                   nature of vaccines that causes the observed adverse effects also makes them counterproductive for their
                   very purpose of protecting against diseases.

                   Rather than discussing the statistical evidence, false assumptions and misinterpretations relating to the
                   myth of vaccination effectiveness, which are covered by various books and Web sites, what is far less
                   widely known, and what I will cover here, is the actual effect that vaccines have on the immune system,
                   which causes them to be counterproductive. 

                   I must give credit for my awareness of this to Dr. Viera Scheibner, who is arguably unsurpassed in her
                   width of knowledge and depth of understanding of the vaccination issue, having studied over 100,000 pages
                   of medical research on the subject. Having worked closely with her over a number of years, I have read
                   much of the most revealing research that she has uncovered.

                   There are two main causes of the problem: the toxic nature of the ingredients in vaccines and the invasive
                   form of delivery. 

                   Ingredients, the Injection Process and the Result

                   At the bottom of this article is a brochure that summarizes the subject and starts with a list of the
                   ingredients in vaccines. In respect to these, first there are those that are poisonous by their very nature
                   regardless of how they are administered such as formaldehyde, mercury, aluminum compounds, phenol,
                   acetone and antifreeze. It is well established that such poisons, even on their own, are immune system
                   SENSITIZERS. This means they make the immune system more sensitive, or less able to cope
                   appropriately with foreign substances that it encounters. 

                   Then there are other ingredients such as animal organ tissue and blood that our bodies would not have a
                   problem with IF they entered the body orally because our digestive system breaks down foreign proteins,
                   unusable in that form, into their constituent amino acids, which are then absorbable and useable by the
                   body. 

                   However, our immune systems have not been designed to deal with foreign proteins being injected. In fact
                   the injection of any foreign substance is well known to suppress the immune system[2], and vaccination is
                   no exception. 

                   Effects

                   The immune system becomes derailed and confused, and often even when these proteins subsequently are
                   encountered by a natural portal of entry (e.g. through the digestive system or lungs), the immune system
                   reacts. This of course is what is known as an allergic response. One manifestation of this, asthma, kills
                   over 10,000 people annually in the United States. 

                   Other effects include more serious “atypical” forms of the targeted diseases[3] and a reversed ratio of T4
                   and T8 cells[4] that characterizes a host of modern immunodeficiencies including autoimmune diseases,
                   cancer (now in the young), chronic fatigue syndrome and AIDS. All of these conditions were unknown
                   before the vaccination era. (See accompanying brochure for a more complete list of vaccination effects.)

                   Bypassing Vital Defenses

                   Another problem with the injection process in respect to any viruses and bacteria that are being
                   administered is that very important outer levels of defense are bypassed, giving them deep access into the
                   body to cause damage. Hence, for example, the now well known finding of the vaccine strain of the
                   measles virus in the gut of a significant proportion of autistic children. 

                   It has also been found that animal, bacterial and viral DNA, when injected, can be incorporated into the
                   recipient’s DNA[5]. No wonder vaccination has been linked to cancer, particularly considering vaccine
                   ingredients even include animal cancer cells (used for the culturing of viruses because they continue to
                   multiply).

                   Some Babies Just Cannot Cope

                   Some babies lose the battle against the invasive toxic assault of vaccination in hours, days or weeks. If the
                   parents are “lucky” it is diagnosed as cot death, or if an organ fails it is classified simply as failure of that
                   organ (e.g. kidney failure). However, if injuries such as subdural hematomas or retinal hemorrhages are
                   found, the parents (or other care-giver) find themselves falsely accused of murder in the form of “shaken
                   baby” syndrome.

                   Vaccine-Induced Antibodies Do NOT Indicate Immunity

                   What causes confusion to many medical doctors is that part of the sensitization reaction to vaccination is
                   the production of antibodies. This is falsely equated with the opposite, intended effect, which is to bring
                   immunity. The aluminum compounds are even included for this very purpose (as “adjuvants”) to artificially
                   force the production of a significant number of virus-specific IgG antibodies, because the immune system
                   does not naturally produce them (in significant levels) on demand by injections[6].

                   However, the IgG antibodies thus produced only show that there has been exposure to that virus. Their
                   presence does not mean immunity. The secretory IgA antibody, which does NOT get produced by injections
                   because injections bypass the outer level processes of the immune system, has been found to be a far
                   better measure of immunity[7]. 

                   This is why contracting tetanus, the well known way being by a deep puncture wound, which is just like an
                   injection, does not bring immunity. The result is even said to be "sensitization” to tetanus in the future.
                   Immunity can develop, however, if the bacteria enter via the natural portals of entry, often without the
                   person even being ill with it. When it comes in through the natural portals of entry it is also in its aerobic
                   form, which does not produce the neurotoxins that cause the characteristic tetanus symptoms such as
                   locked jaw and tetanic spasms.

                   Variations in Effects Occur, but No One Benefits

                   The fact that some children do not have noticeable adverse effects to vaccination does not mean that for
                   them the procedure is beneficial, it is just that we have great variations in:

                       1) level, type and time of manifestation of susceptibility between individuals, and 

                       2) levels of toxins between vaccine batches--there is a lack of control of toxicity levels 

                   The effects are also accumulative, so a child that reacts very little, if at all, after one dose could be badly
                   affected, even killed, by a subsequent dose.

                   Summary

                   Vaccination does nothing clever. With all of its good intent it just ends up being an injection of a large variety
                   of different kinds of poisons deep into the body. The effect is an increase, not decrease, in susceptibility to
                   the very disease it is trying to prevent; a host of immune system problems and damage to any organ. Even
                   its purpose is unwanted interference--an attempt to prevent diseases that have an important role in immune
                   system development. 

                   For more information on vaccination visit the Vaccination Information Service Web site.

                   Vaccine Information Service General Brochure (PDF)

                   References: 

                       [1] Ronne 1985 Lancet:1-5; West 1966 Cancer:1001-1007; Wrensch et al. 2001 Am J
                       Epidemiology;154:161-165; Alm et al. Lancet 353: 1485-1488; Johnston and Openshaw BMJ 2001
                       322:377-378

                       [2] Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary - see “anaphylaxis” (=sensitization)

                       [3] Ibid – see “atypical measles”

                       [4] Eibl 1984 NEJM: 198-199; Rook and Zumla 1997 Lancet:1831-1833

                       [5] Stroun, M; Anker, P.(Department of Plant Physiology,University of Geneva) World Medicine,
                       September 22, 1971 and (same authors) International Review of Cytology, 1977, Volume 51.

                       [6] Dirty Secrets, New Scientist, 2 Nov 1996, pp 26-29

                       [7] Bellanti, J. Biologic significance of the secretory IgA immunoglobulins (E. Mead Johnson Award
                       Address), Pediatrics, Nov 1971, Vol 48, No. 5, pp 715-729.