Vaccine book gets support from unlikely parents

The book “Autism’s False Prophets” by Dr. Paul Offit has gotten support from parents who have autistic children, which is an unlikely pairing.  (If you have not heard about the controversy between vaccinations and autism you need to read this blog post till the end.  Also, as a disclaimer, this is only my professional opinion.  Please do your research and make an ‘informed’ decision rather than being coerced into making a decision).  Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE51H02O20090218

Autism cases on the rise

Over the past decade or so, we have seen a huge increase in autism cases, which many generalists will claim is due to childhood vaccinations.  As of 1995, 1 in 166 children have an autistic disorder and 1 in 6 have a developmental or behavioral disorder.

Each year we have seen an increase in the number of diagnosed cases of autism.  You have to be asking yourself: why is that?  Currently we are almost reaching 300,000 cases in the US alone.

Vaccine Schedules

Here is the current 2009 vaccine childhood schedule

So we’re looking at the following vaccines from birth to 6 years:

• Hepatitis B
• Rotavirus
• Diptheria
• Tetanus
• Pertusis
• H. influenzae b
• Pneumococcal
• Influenza
• Measles
• Mumps
• Rubella
• Varicella
• Hepatitis A
• Meningococcal

In the 1950’s there were 4 main vaccines:

• Diptheria
• Pertussis
• Tetanus
• Smallpox

And during each visit only 1 shot was given.  Currently, children can receive more than 4 or 5 shots per visit.  (Source: http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75700) These statements were reviewed by Dr. Paul Offit.

Vaccines and their diseases…

Hepatitis B is transmitted by contact with infectious blood, semen, and other body fluids from having sex with an infected person, sharing contaminated needles to inject drugs, or from an infected mother to her newborn.  Causes liver disease which can lead to cancer.

Rotavirus is primarily transmitted through contact with contaminated stool.  Causes vomitting, fever, stomach cramping and mucus in stool.

Most of these vaccines are for diseases that are transmitted through uncommon routes such as sexual contact, blood borne or fecal-oral.  Also, in order for the majority of these diseases to become life-threatening, the host must have a compromised immune system.  Solution: boost the immune system and keep it at optimum through proper diet, lifestyle and supplementation.

Most of the infectious diseases have been eradicated because of proper sanitary measures.  Sterilization and hygiene (like taking a bath and washing your hands) has had the biggest impact upon the decrease in infectious diseases.

Vaccine contents

A vaccine is not just the vaccine, but it also comes with all sorts of stabilizing chemicals.  Some of the more commonly know ones are Thimerosal (mercury), Aluminum and Formaldehyde.  For a complete list done by the CDC click here.  If you haven’t guessed it, some of these ingredients are toxic to the body. If an infant receives all recommended vaccines they are possibly exposed to 240 micrograms of mercury before 18 months of age.

Newborn’s Immune System

The immune system at birth is still relatively immature.  A newborn is essentially dependent upon the mother’s immune system for protection.  The mother’s antibodies are passed on to the baby during pregnancy and also post-partum through breast milk.  This is called passive immunity.  When the immune system encounters a pathogen it will ultimately become immune to that pathogen through the process of active immunity.  This is the theory behind vaccination: present the body with the pathogen so that it can make antibodies toward that pathogen.  But not all vaccinations result in immunization.  This is where the problem occurs.  Viruses and bacteria can mutate, which is commonly seen with the “flu.”  Each year when people get the “flu” shot, they are getting last year’s strain.  But chances are that this year’s strain will be completely different than last year’s strain.

Vaccine Science

You see on the news that you need to get your annual flu shot and you think to yourself, yeah I don’t want to get sick.  What exactly are you getting in the shot?  Well we already know that you’re getting last year’s strain of flu.  Most vaccines contain what’s called attenuated organisms which are supposed to be non-virulent.  The problems arise when those organisms become virulent.  Have you ever heard of people getting the flu shot and then a few days later say “I have the flu?”  That’s just the flu and usually with older people who have more mature immune systems than newborns.  Think about how a newborn’s immune system will react to the barrage of vaccines thrown at it during it’s immature stage.  The problem is that the most effect vaccines are the attenuated ones, but the risk of infection is also greater.

The flip side of the issue…

Not all vaccines are evil.  Vaccines have helped quite a bit of people.

• Polio vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1955. During 1951 to 1954, an average of 16,316 paralytic polio cases and 1,879 deaths from polio were reported each year. As of 1991, polio caused by wild-type viruses had been eliminated from the Western Hemisphere. We have a goal that by the end of the year 2000, polio, like smallpox, will be a disease of the past.
• A physician entering practice today may never see a case of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Before the introduction of effective vaccines, in 1988, approximately one in 200 children, under the age of five, developed invasive Hib disease. Hib was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children under age five– accounting for about 60 percent of all cases. From 15 to 30 percent of affected children became hearing impaired and about 420 children died every year despite antibiotic therapy. In addition, Hib vaccine has prevented the leading cause of acquired mental retardation in the U.S. By 1998, vaccination of pre-school children reduced the number of Hib cases by more than 99 percent.
• In the 1960s, many people witnessed first-hand, the terrible effects of rubella, commonly known as German measles. During an epidemic between 1964 and 1965, about 20,000 infants were born with deafness, blindness, heart disease, mental retardation, and other birth defects because the rubella virus infected their pregnant mothers. Today, thanks to nearly universal use of an effective vaccine, the rubella virus poses virtually no threat to the children of expectant mothers.

Source: http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t990803a.html

Autism’s big culprit

Okay let’s start to tie things together here.  First, many researchers have found a commonality in autistic cases: decreased levels of glutathione.  Glutathione is primarily responsible for detoxification.  Autistic children have genetic mutations that disrupt the coding for glutathione and therefore have impairments to detoxification.

So vaccinations are increasing.  Vaccines contain lots of toxins.  Some children have genetic mutations that hinder them from producing glutathione and are unable to detoxify properly.  Hmm…sounds like logical science to me.  Basic molecular biology and biochemistry here folks.  If the gene for detoxification is impaired and you load up on toxins, the body will not be able to detoxify properly and toxins will be stored in the body primarily in fatty tissues such as the brain.

Dr. Mike’s comments & recommendations:

We’ve been too indoctrinated by the medical establishment to take a drug for every single thing that walks the face of this planet.  We often hold our doctors on a pedestal and go with every single recommendation they make without first consulting other outlets.  My recommendation is to do your research.  You may or may not go along with the doctor’s recommendations, but at least you’ve done your research.  There’s an old saying that the ‘lack of knowledge destroys many people.’

If you are concerned about your child getting infected with these diseases, but are also concerned with the safety issues with vaccination here are my recommendations.

• Hold off on immediately vaccinating your newborn.
• Get some genetic testing done to see if your child has an impaired gene for glutathione (www.23andme.com)
• If your child does have impaired glutathione production, load up on glutathione precursors which are: N-acetyl cysteine and alpha lipoic acid.
• If you plan to vaccinate your child use Dr. Sears’ vaccination schedule
• Contact me if you have any questions…