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that not only did the cases of polio increase substantially after Medical historian, researcher and author Harris Coulter, Ph.D. mandatory vaccinations (50% increase from 1957-58, 80% explained that his extensive research revealed childhood immuni- increase from 1958-59), but the statistics were manipulated by the sation to be "...causing a low-grade encephalitis in infants on a Public Health Service to give the opposite impression.” much wider scale than public health authorities were willing to According to researcher/author Dr Viera Scheibner, 90% of admit: about 15-20% of all children." He points out that the polio cases were eliminated from statistics by health authorities’ sequelae [conditions known to result from a disease] of encephali- redefinition of the disease when the vaccine was introduced, while tis [inflammation of the brain, a known side-effect of vaccina- in reality the Salk vaccine was continuing to cause paralytic polio tion]—autism, learning disabilities, minimal and not-so-minimal in several countries at a time when there were no epidemics being brain damage, seizures, epilepsy, sleeping and eating disorders, caused by the wild virus. sexual disorders, asthma, crib death, diabetes, obesity, and impul- For example, in the US, thousands of cases of viral and aseptic sive violence—are precisely the disorders which afflict contempo- meningitis are reported each year. These were routinely diag- rary society. nosed as polio before the Salk vaccine was introduced. The num- Many of these conditions were formerly relatively rare, but they ber of cases needed for an epidemic to be declared was raised have become more common as childhood vaccination programs from 20 to 35, and the requirement for inclusion in paral sta- have expanded. Coulter also points out that "...pertussis toxoid is tistics was changed from symptoms for 24 hours to symptoms for used to create encephalitis in lab animals." over 60 days. It is no wonder that polio decreased radically after A German study found correlations between vaccinations and the introduction of vaccines—at least on paper. 22 neurological conditions including attention deficit disorder and In 1985 the CDC reported that 87% epilepsy. The dilemma is that viral ele- of polio cases in the US between 1973 ments in vaccines may persist and mutate and 1983 were caused by the vaccine, in the human body for years, with and later declared that all but a few Recent epidemiological studies unknown consequences. imported cases since were caused by Millions of children are partaking in an the vaccine—and most of the imported show homoeopathic remedies enormous, crude experiment; and no sin- cases cecurred in fully immunised indi- as equalling or surpassing cere, organised effort is being nade by viduals. F 4 4 e medical community to track the nega- Jonas Salk, inventor of the IPV, tes- standard vaccinations In tive side-effects or determine the long- tified before a Senate subcommittee preventing disease term consequences. VACCINATION TRUTH #7: "The long-term adverse effects of vaccina - vaccine. At a workshop on polio vac- tions have been virtually ignored in cines, sponsored by the Institute of spite of direct correlations with Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr many chronic conditions." Samuel Katz of Duke University cited the estimated eight to 10 annual US cases of vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) in VACCINATION MYTH #8: "Vaccines are the only disease people who have taken the oral polio vaccine, and the (four-year) prevention option available." that nearly all polio outbreaks since 1961 were caused by the oral polio absence of wild polio from the western hemisphere. .or are they? Jessica Scheer of the National Rehabilitation Hospital Research Most parents feel compelled to take some disease-preventing Center in Washington, DC, pointed out that most parents are action for their children. While there is no 100% guarantee any- unaware that polio vaccination in this country entails "a small where, there are viable alternatives. number of human sacrifices each year". Compounding this con- Historically, homoeopathy has been more effective than 'main- tradiction are low adverse-event reporting and the NVIC's experi- stream' allopathic medicine in treating and preventing disease. In ences with confirming and correcting misdiagnoses of vaccine a US cholera outbreak in 1849, allopathic medicine saw a 48-60% reactions, suggesting that the actual number of VAPP "sacrifices" death rate, while homoeopathic hospitals had a documented death may be many times higher than the number cited by the CDC. rate of only 3%. Roughly similar statistics still hold true for VACCINATION TRUTH #6: "Vaccines caused substantial cholera today."' increases in polio after years of steady declines, and they Recent epidemiological studies show homoeopathic remedies are the sole cause of polio in the US today." as equalling or surpassing standard v: inations in preventing dis- A as equalling or surpassing standard vaccinations in VACCINATION MYTH #8: "Vaccines are the only disease prevention option available." .or are they? Most parents feel compelled to take some disease-preventing action for their children. While there is no 100% guarantee any- where, there are viable alternatives. Historically, homoeopathy has been more effective than 'main- stream' allopathic medicine in treating and preventing disease. In a US cholera outbreak in 1849, allopathic medicine saw a 48-60% death rate, while homoeopathic hospitals had a documented death rate of only 3%. Roughly similar statistics still hold true for cholera today."' Recent epidemiological studies show homoeopathic remedies as equalling or surpassing standard vaccinations in preventing dis- ease. There are reports in which populations who were treated homoeopathically after exposure had a 100% success rate: none of those treated caught the disease.” Homoeopathic remedies have proved to be highly effective when taken during times of increased risk (outbreaks, travelling, etc.), and since they have no toxic components they have no side- effects. In addition, homoeopathy has been effective in reversing some of the disability caused by vaccine reactions, as well as many other chronic conditions with which allopathic medicine has had little success." Homoeopathic kits for disease prevention are also available. VACCINATION TRUTH #8: "Documented safe and effec - tive alternatives to vaccination have been available for decades but suppressed by the medical establishment." VACCINATION MYTH #7: "My child had no short-term reaction to vaccination, so there's nothing to worry about." ..Or is there? The documented long-term adverse effects of vaccines include chronic immunological and neurological disorders such as autism, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, allergies, can- cer and other conditions, many of which were quite rare before mass vaccination programs began. Vaccine components include known carcinogens such as thimersol, aluminium phosphate and formaldehyde. (The Poisons Information Centre in Australia claims there is no acceptable, safe amount of formaldehyde which can be injected into a living human body.) NEXUS 25 preventing disease. OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1997