No Historical Benefit in Vaccines: Polish StudyHeidi Stevenson The evidence continues to mount. That vaccines are doing a great deal of harm is well beyond denying. Worse, though, the evidence that vaccines have had little or no effect on infectious diseases is clear, as documented in new graphs. The precautionary principle, which is enshrined in a UN directive, should have been implemented before vaccines were ever routinely injected. Yesterdays article, Vaccines Do Irreparable Harm: Study from Poland, documents the revealing information brought out by Polish scientists review of the scientific literature on vaccinations adverse effects and immune system effects. Today, the rest of the study covering neurological symptoms following vaccination and a history of vaccines demonstrating little benefit is reviewed. Post-Vaccine Neurological Complications The authors focused primarily on the preservative thimerosals active ingredient, mercury, in their discussion of vaccine-induced neurological damages. They noted that the percentage of people who have allergic reactions to thimerosal has been calculated at a low of 13% in the Netherlands to a high of 21% in Austria. Allergic responses to mercury are often initially triggered by vaccine injections. Its noted for toxicity to the heart, liver, kidneys, and nervous system, along with being a carcinogen. Readers of Gaia Health are probably aware that much current research on vaccine adjuvants indicates that aluminum may be the greatest concern. The reduced mercury load in the United States vaccines did reduce the autism burden for a short time in the US. However, a great number of vaccines was added to the schedule shortly after, and many of them included aluminum as an adjuvant, thus increasing the autism burden. [F]rom the 1990s new vaccines for infants containing thimerosal began to be used in America. In the DTP, Hib and Hep B vaccines, children received a dose of 62.5 ug of mercury, which is 125-fold more than the dose considered safe (0.1ug/kg/day). These reports were the reason that Scandinavian countries already prohibited the use of mercury in 1990 The deaths of 19 infants of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) shortly after vaccination with two hexavalent vaccines were described in a paper. Those authors suggested that, though it hadnt been proven that vaccines had caused their deaths, it is a signal that brings to attention the need to monitor the course of vaccination and its complications. Epidemiological research has shown a direct relationship between increasing doses of thimerosal and the rate of autism in the US from the late 80s through the mid 90s. They found a correlation between the number of measles-containing vaccines and autism prevalence during the 80s. The same researchers also found odds ratios that were statistically significant, indicating that increasing doses of mercury from vaccines with thimerosal correlate to increasing rates of autism. Several of Polands childhood vaccines contain mercury, including Note: Not included in the review is the fact that Polands vaccination schedule is mandatory. Notice that all but one of the vaccines listed above are made in Poland. Its one way to assure profits for the home-grown pharmaceutical industry! The authors discuss particular concern over the action/vaccination-diphtheria-pertussis-tetanusDTwP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, whole cell Pertussis) vaccine. It is known to result in cytomegalovirus, which can result in severe neurological sequelae, including coma, hypotonia, seizures, and necrotizing encephalopathy. They state that replacing DTwP with DTaP (acellular) vaccine, and OPV (oral polio vaccine) with IPV (inactivated polio vaccine), can reduce the risk of fever after the first dose by 99%, the risk of inconsolable crying by 87%, and the risk of hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes by 56%. Other complications found with vaccines on the Polish schedule include; Vaccination History In 1996, Poland introduced a monitoring system to record adverse effects of vaccinations. A study done by Zieliski of adverse effect reports from 1996-2000, stated: [T]hey met astonishing examples of ignorance of the medical staff, including specialists, in their duty to report the AEFI [adverse effects following inoculation]. Unfortunately, there is no laboratory test to confirm a cause and effect association between an adverse effect and vaccination. While that makes it difficult, the authors of this review report: [T]here are also no reports in the literature (except those listed above) of research work in immunology in the context of reactions following vaccination. It should also be noted that in more developed countries, there is little incentive for doing appropriate follow-up and laboratory tests on individuals who suffered serious adverse reactions following vaccinations.. The reason for such oversight is likely due to the fact that historically, vaccines have not been viewed as inherently toxic by the regulatory agencies. So, the upshot is that there is precious little research into the adverse effects of vaccination. As the authors state: The resulting lack of evidence of causality between vaccinations and serious adverse outcomes has thus been filled with an assumption that vaccines are safe. However, even if adverse effects were minor or rare, it is still necessary to demonstrate that vaccinations are beneficial. If they are not, then no amount of risk in vaccination is acceptable. This is where historical records of infectious disease cases and deaths come in handy. Take, for example, these two graphs on the number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) and number of deaths from it: On looking at these graphs, how seriously can we take claims that vaccines have saved lives? We cant see any improvement in either mortality or number of cases before and after vaccinations were initiatedand in the case of diphtheria, it certainly looks like vaccinating aggravated the rate of disease! Conclusion The review refers to a report in the 2002 Lancet that states: [T]he weight of evidence collectively suggests that personal and environmental hygiene reduces the spread of infection Thus results from this review demonstrate that there is a continued, measurable, positive effect of personal and community hygiene on infections. Our review authors state that the same article in the Lancet also showed that mortality from infectious diseases in general had decreased to nearly negligible levels long before introduction of universal vaccination practices. They point out that the vaccine schedule has increased dramatically since the time of these studies, and antigens are being injected again and again. They then state: Doctors and researchers point to the worsening state of health of the child population since the 1960s, which coincided with increasingly introduced vaccinations. Allergic diseases, including asthma, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and many neurological dysfunctions difficulty in learning, ADD (attention deficit disorder), ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), seizures, and autism are chronic conditions, to which attention has been brought. So, for no apparent benefit in reducing infectious diseases, vaccines are being mandated, in spite of the fact that evidence points strongly to the suggestion that vaccines are fueling the astronomically rising rates of chronic autoimmune and neurological disorders. Of course, political realities do exist for these researchers. In spite of their powerful findings, they still dont suggest that vaccines should be eliminated. They do, however, offer several suggestions around the idea of reducing their application. They conclude with: It seems that it would be worthwhile to apply the precautionary principle the ethical principle (from 1988) according to which if there is a probable, although poorly known, risk of adverse effects of new technology, it is better not to implement it rather than risk uncertain but potentially very harmful consequences. So, were back to the precautionary principle, something that should have been applied decades ago. Its difficult to imagine the massive amount of harm thats been brought to generations of children, with each succeeding one suffering worse than the last. Will those in power ever listen to reason, or will they continue to be led around by their greed, leaving our children and future generations to suffer? Do they really believe that society can continue to function when most people are chronically ill? Resources Image: Sad Little Girl, by Espen Faugstad (negative and grayscale) Heidi Stevenson is Allopathys Gadfly. Shes an iatrogenic survivor whose prior career in computer science, research, and writing was lost as a result. She has turned her skills towards exposing the modern medical scam and the politics surrounding it, along with providing information about the effectiveness of much alternative medicine, without which she would not be here today acting as Allopathys Gadfly. Find her work on GaiaHealth.com This article first appeared at GreenMedInfo. 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