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How Vaccines Can Damage Your Brain

vaccines, elderly, neurodegenerative disease, alzheimer's, parkinson's, adult vaccination schedule, dangerous vaccines, brain damage, mercury, aluminumVaccines, Depression and Neurodegeneration After Age 50: Another Reason to Avoid the Recommended Vaccines.

By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., CCN

It has been estimated that 14.8 million Americans suffer from major depressive disorder and of this number 6 million are elderly. If we include anxiety disorders, which commonly accompany depression, the number jumps to 40 million adults.

Depression later in life tends to last longer and be more severe than at younger ages. It is also associated with a high rate of suicide. Previously, it was thought that major depression was secondary to a deficiency in certain neurotransmitters in the brain, particularly the monoamines, which include serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine.

While alterations in these important mood-related neurotransmitters is found with major depression, growing evidence indicates that the primary culprit is low-grade, chronic brain inflammation.

This exclusive article will review in detail the functions and impact of various agents on depression and neurodegeneration, including:

  • The impact of MSG on your brain and mood
  • The link between elevated brain glutamate and inflammation
  • The connections between pesticides and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
  • How vaccinations cause brain inflammation
  • The impact of an expanding vaccine schedule for the elderly
  • The shocking truth, linking brain inflammation to neurodegenerative diseases
  • How vaccine additives such as mercury and aluminum impact your brain health
  • The real danger of live virus vaccines

Current recommendations by the CDC for adult vaccinations include a total of 14 separate inoculations with infectious agents and powerful immune adjuvants.

According to CDC recommendations, multiple vaccinations for a single disease are separated by no more than 4 weeks, which is close enough together to trigger a smoldering process of brain inflammation and excitotoxicity that can not only result in depression, anxiety and high suicide rates, but can increase your risk of developing one of the neurodegenerative diseases as well.

We have also seen that in many cases a person will be injected with several vaccines during a single office visit and this means that their body is exposed to a very large dose of immune adjuvant. Compelling studies, using many animal species as well as humans, have shown that this overactivates brain inflammatory mechanisms that can last for years.

I urge you to read Dr. Blaylock’s full-length article, Vaccines, Depression and Neurodegeneration After Age 50: Another Reason to Avoid the Recommended Vaccines, a Mercola.com exclusive, for a fascinating in-depth look at how neurodegenerative diseases are created, and how to protect yourself from what many consider to be simply side effects of the ravages of time -- but are anything but a natural byproduct of aging.


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Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

First, I’d like to thank Dr. Russell Blaylock for his highly informative article on this vital issue. He is one of my main contributing editors, and a valued colleague and friend. As a board-certified neurosurgeon who has written over 30 papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, Dr. Blaylock is an expert in the field of excitotoxicity.  His papers on the connection between excitotoxicity and fluoride neurotoxiocity, and autism and the Gulf War Syndrome have received praise from leading authorities in each of these areas of research.

I realize that the issue of vaccination is quite controversial and is one of the bedrocks of "prevention" in conventional medicine and that anyone who opposes them is viewed as a dangerous quack and threat to the public health. I understand this because this was precisely the view I had when I graduated medical school.

However, after more than two decades of practice, I encountered hundreds of vaccine casualties that spurred me to carefully review the evidence, and I came to a completely different conclusion.

Those at Greatest Risk are Getting the Most Vaccinations

Both infants and the elderly are high-risk groups when it comes to the destructive impact vaccines can have on their health. And yet, these are the two groups targeted with the most recommended vaccines – often being given multiple shots at a time.

I strongly encourage you to review the evidence before you expose yourself or your children to these potentially dangerous injections. I am convinced that their questionable benefits are far outweighed by their dangerous side effects.

As Dr. Blaylock explained in detail above, vaccinations are highly neurotoxic, and are associated with many neurological disorders, such as:

Degenerative Brain Disorders

ADD

Autism

Epilepsy and convulsions

Mental Retardation

Depression and Anxiety

Central Nervous System Disorders

Paralysis

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Nerve Deafness

Blindness

SIDS

For example, autism was virtually unheard of before vaccinations; its emergence precisely parallels mass vaccination programs. ADD and learning disorders in children are also now being traced to childhood vaccinations. Brain damage, at any age, is by far the most common adverse reaction associated with vaccinations, although their actual numbers are not often reported correctly.

Don’t Trade the Flu for Dementia

Vaccines, ALL vaccines, are immune suppressing, meaning they lower your immune functions. The chemicals and adjuvants in the vaccines depress your immune system; the virus present depresses immune function, and the foreign DNA/RNA from animal tissues depresses immunity -- that is the trade-off you are risking.

The medical thought is that it’s okay to trade a small overall immune depression for immunity to one disease. However, this trade is not at all in your favor when you consider the fact that you’re trading a TOTAL immune system depression, which is your main defense against ALL known disease -- including millions of pathogens, for a temporary immunity against just one disease. And that’s optimistic; many vaccines simply do not work and offer no immunity whatsoever.

There are alternate and vastly safer methods of protecting yourself and your children against disease, and it all begins with a truly healthy diet, as outlined in my eating plan.

Of course, drug manufacturers and the governments they have purchased don't want you to believe that the foods you consume, and the lifestyle habits you adopt are the PRIMARY SOLUTIONS to establishing immunity to diseases and living longer.

Avoiding vaccinations of all kinds tends to look like the better choice the more you know about the subject, and doing your research could literally mean the difference between life and death.

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Dr.dani52
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Wery interesting , but what would you do if you are mother of a two months old child? What wuld be the wisest thing to do not to harm your baby ?
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Wisest thing to do is to educate yourself fully on the vaccines.  I have never received the flu shot, nor will my daughter.  The others, unfortunately, I have given my daughter per the long arm of the law.  I do not wish to homeschool my girl, so I face the unfortunate "Texan govt. knows more B.S . "
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Welcome Dr.dani52 to Vital Votes.
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I'm new to the site.  I have an excellent brochure on the flu shot.  I give it to all my patients on why they should NOT get the flu shot.  If anyone wants a copy just email your address and I'll have my front desk mail one out to you.  Roistchiro@aol.com


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Dr. Dani52,

I have an un-vaccinated 1 1/2 year old who gets sick far less than her vaccinated play mates.  It's a tough decision, and I got a LOT of flack from the in-laws, but I believe it will be worth it in the long run. 

The National Vaccine Information Center has a lot of great information on vaccinations, as well as a database of state laws and exemptions.  Their website is http://www.nvic.org

I have no personal vested interest, just found the site very useful. 
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Drdani52

I can only share my experience with you.  Throughout my pregnancy of my first child,  the person I had to fight was my husband.  He had grown up with the allopathic paradigm and thought we HAD to vaccinate our children.  I started by providing him with information and books such as"The immunization decision" and others.  This was back in 1993-1994 when there wasn't as much info and we didn't have the internet.  After he supported my decision, his parents were aghast.

However, we have never regretted it.  We have supplied the private pre- schools and schools with the immunization exemption form annually.  The state of Ohio requires only the paperwork to be on file for each child, not the actual vaccine(s) but  the public schools don't tell you that.  We actually used the "religious" exemption  one year when our children were in  a religious school!

So dr dani, the decision is yours but it should be an informed decision.  Knowledge is power.
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Homeopathic Immunisation is an effective and safe option. The following site provides information on it, the remedy names and potencies, and guidelines on how to give them. Print the pages out and take them to your homeopath but you may need to check first that they provide this service - not all do.

www.dnh.org

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At least wait until the bloodbrain barrier is formed at 18 months. From now until then try to get just a tetanus shot due to them crawling and maybe getting an infection, if it breaks their skin, when they start to walk and try to find a polio vaccine only (not in combination with other vaccines) and try to get it in the form of a drinkable liquid due to that is how you get polio is through the gut and babies are always putting stuff into their mouths. Sounds logical doesn't it?  Unless you are hanging around indigent populations wait until they are at least 18 months to 2 years old.  NO hurry the vaccines will still be there and who knows what research will come out by then.
This recommendation is by a personal friend who is a UK Holistic trained and vascular surgeon physician whose grandfather invented the typhoid vaccine. 
  
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Wow!

Each and every year our children's school requires that we sign a waiver to indicate that we are refusing to vaccinate our children.  If we don't, they can't attend school.

Public Health officials and the CDC need to grow a brain.  It's obvious they can't due to their vaccination protocols, which in reality damage the brain.  Last time I was a my doctor's office, the first thing out of the receptionists mouth was, "Do you want to get your flu vaccine today?"

We will never have our children vaccinated, nor will my wife or I get a vaccine. 

I get so distraught at the f--ing of America, sometimes I just want to leave.
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If you find an island someplace with all the modern conveniences that we have learned to love and feel we need with no political hogwash disrupting lives--better keep it a secret, because we will all be on your tail following you.--LOL

Learning to be happy and satisfied where ever we are at, no matter who is throwing how much dung at us is not easy.

Congratulations on learning from your parent's health problems and working to make sure it doesn't happen to you.
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I will foxtroter, I will.
  
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I had my 5 children at home, and home schooled. For a couple years my two oldest went to public school and I was forced into letting them be vaccinated. I've always had a aversion to these vaccines, figuring our bodies have the capability of handling most viruses own their own. Now to read this article increases my  disgust with "medical authorities" doing things when they really don't know the outcome. Like the "butter or margarine", "artificial sw. vs. sugar" debate! I will never get a flu shot and have already been trying to discourage it among my older friends.Now I will write an article for our local paper.
Thank You!!
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I can see how the nasal flu vaccine would be extremely dangerous.  You're snorting live viruses into your brain!  I think I will pass!
And what about autism, ADHD and learning disabilities?  Considering most babies receive 22 vaccinations in the first  two years now, it's easy to see how the vaccinations could play an important role in learning disabilities!  Their liver isn't fully functioning until they are 4 years old!  And their immune systems aren't mature enough to handle the  flood of live viruses forced into their systems.  I still think the formulators of these vaccines should have to drink the vaccines to prove their safety!
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thanks foxtrotter,
since i can't go back and undo the few vaccines i have had.  how do i correct the damage that might have been done?  i will not have anymore for sure!
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Through your lifestyle changes you are reversing your metabolic aging and reversing damage down by things we all did unknowingly at earlier times in our life.  Smile each time you eat a balanced meal.  Smile each time you wake up refreshed from having gone to bed on time in a darkened room.  Smile each time you finish exercising.  Smile each time you finish meditating.  Smile each time you say no to caffeine, nicotine, sugar, white flour products etc. . ..  Smile each time you swallow your fish oil.

My bet is you have lots to smile at in your life.  Each day we work to do things that allow us to smile at ourselves more and more.

Though each day we genetically age, we can choose to slow down and even reverse metabolic aging.

Being here on this site regularly says a lot.
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Curilox,

Darn - other side of the state from where I'm at, but thanks for the info! 
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New to Natural,
We live in NE.  The ND we go to lives outside of Chancellor about 8 miles.  Chancellor is west of Sioux Falls.
Blessings!
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Curilox,

I live in SD - where's there an ND? 
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Moo,
My son was overdosed on vaccines.  I've mentioned it on this blog before.  We are doing 2 things to reverse the damage done at the mitochondria level in the cell.
1- We have him on 2 products by Nutrapathic NUTRAMUNE and RESTORE.  This was formulated specifically to reverse the cellular damage at the DNA level.  Our friend helps formulate these products and does bloodtesting in the home, teaching us to read our own blood tests.
2- We took our son to an ND in South Dakota.  She has worked with many cases around the country successfully.  He is on a formula called Stem Enhance which  also helps to reverse the damage at the cellular level.  He has a scan done in her office that shows the problems and shows the remedies that will balance him out.
If you are interested in more information, you can e-mail me at
covenantdaughter@huntel.net
Blessings,
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Wow..exhaustive info. Glad to see it is in the forefront. Folks need to wise up. An ENTIRE generation is now brain damaged because 1 in 150 babies develop autism. What is going to happen to our country when those children are adults?? Who will run the country, industry, churches, homes?? Who will care for these brain damaged adults when their parents are gone??
This is the reason why we all needed to be so concerned about what happened to Terri Schindler Sciavo. The autistic children of today may be the court ordered executions of tomorrow. Thankfully there is Dr M leading the charge of TRUTH and information!!
Thanks Dr M
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'Scuse me, I'm one of those 'brain damaged' autistics..!! That statistic reflects everyone on the spectrum, from the more rare extremely low-functioning cases to the high-functioning and far more common Aspergers etc.

Autism doesn't mean you're a vegetable and it doesn't mean you're brain-damaged or retarded. Don't worry, the country will be run just fine...
  
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The answer to the post question is a resounding: YES, along with other caustic and toxin substances, like high insensity sweeteners.
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....and lack of omega 3 in the diet.
  
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First of all do no harm is the first premise of the Hypocratic oath.  It's too bad that our medical community is brainwashed by those who care first about profits, and secondarily about the same.
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Unfortunately the Hippocratic Oath was abandoned in the 1970's by most medical schools. 

 

  
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As someone who has been damaged by the flu vaccine, it is great to read why the damage occured.  Amazing what they forget to tell you as they are giving the flu vaccine. 

I was arguing with a doctor about the flu vaccine at a super bowl party.  I won,  I knew far more than he did about the statistics and studies.
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Not surprising that Autism now plagues 1 in 99 children. 
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i wonder if this pretains to a tetnus shot?  i had one a few years back from a dog bite.   since i was a nurse i also had the hep. B series..i do have generalized anxiety disorder.................
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moo---here is a story for you ---About 15-20 years ago I sliced my hand.  The MD said I should have a booster shot since I had not had one in 15 years. 

I said: "But there has never been a documented case of anyone ever getting tetanus who served in World War II whether they had had booster shots or not".  Now you would think that at least one World War II vet who didn't have a booster shot would have developed tetanus----But not a single case, apparently at that time had ever documented.

The MD responded quickly with "England never does give booster shots"

I asked: "Why do we give booster shots then?" 

MD responded: " National Institute of Health recommends it--you won't get any arguments out of me." 

That is where the conversation ended.  This MD was no specialist--he was just a "Doc in the Box", but even he knew knew just as well as I did that booster shots were unnecessary.  He simply  blindly continued to poison his patients because that was medical protocol. (and profit making?)

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Ah, it's funny, I didn't quite know where Tetanus actually came from...it makes sense that it'd be bacteria entering the wound.  Presumably, we could all fight that off then, no?

My best friend, back in November, accidentally stepped on a thin wooden stick that went into her foot. After removing it and giving her stitches, they also gave her a Tetanus shot and a hefty antibiotic.  A few days later (just before a trip to Europe that we were to take together) she feel extremely ill with the common intestinal bacterial infection that often comes from antibiotic use (forgive me, I'm blanking on the name). I'm sure the combo of the shot and the antibiotics was the reason why she was terribly sick for months.
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Cinnabar

I think it was in another Dr. Mercola article that said about surgically removing the dead skin and treating the wound afterwards, that might be a bit more than soap and water, and probably a bit more painful ;)
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Great comment.  I had been wondering about this shot.  I have about 6 years to do more research, but this is a good start.

Tetanus is from the bacteria that gets into the deep wounds, so does anyone have a recommendation besides washing with soap if not using the booster?
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Update on necessity for frequency of tetanus boosters---This article from Pharmacy Times quoting the New England Journal of Medicine indicates booster shots are only needed every 30 years .  January 2008 article!!

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/issues/articles/2008-01_021.asp
  
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Very Good, but is there any alternative for protection of new born babies from various fatal diseases?
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nitinar

The best protection for your newborn is natural immunity passed on through breastfeeding.  Mom needs to have a healthy diet and when food is introduced to the baby do NOT use commercially prepared baby food.  It is full of sugar and preservatives.  You can make your own baby food by pureeing veggies and other natural foods.  As soon as possible, introduce the textures of the natural foods.  Babies don't miss sugar until you have introduced it to their diet.  I also supplemented with organic babyfood for the convenience when I was on the go.
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nitinar, I agree wholeheartedly with mama bear. Babies are born with strong immune protection from their mothers. Breastfeeding will keep this natural immunity in force for months while the little one is building his own immune system. Right foods, right exercise, right sleep pattens all play a vital part.

My granddaughter is almost 5 and fully unimmunized except for one HepB given in the hospital when she was born, without our consent. Never sick like other children. Stop letting the government scare you.
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To answer your question please read "Raising a vaccine Free Child" by Wendy Lydall.
  
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I think Dec. 21st 2012 is really starting to seem like something monumental will happen :)
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I personally will be ticked if the world ends then lol, i'd rather not go up in flames with just 1 1/2 years of college done with loans to boot, hmm wait if the world ends that means no more loans :P
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Can you make that Dec 26?  I like to open my presents first!
  
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Perhaps someone here can enlighten me on this. .. I am confused as to why Dr. Blaylock states in the 3rd to last paragraph the following; 

"The EPA component of fish oils (omega-3 oils) is also a powerful immune suppressant. ..."

It was my understanding that fish oil was supposed to strengthen the immune system.  What am I missing here?
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I would like to know which reference Dr. Blaylock uses to support his statement  "The EPA component of fish oils (omega-3 oils) is also a powerful immune suppressant. ..."

It is EPA that blocks the enzyme Delta 5-desaturase and prevents Dihomo gamma linolenic (DGLA) from being converted into Arachidonic Acid (AA).

Without EPA blocking the formation of Arachidonic Acid , it is then made easily into the "bad" or pro-inflammatory eicosanoids (hormones within cells).

Note--Stressors to the body such as sugar, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine,  all play a part in causing more AA to be formed. (Aspirin and Vioxx block its formation also).

The more EPA in the diet, the more AA is suppressed allowing more anit-inflammatory or "good" eicosanoids to be formed.

Chronic degenerative diseases are directly related to having "good" and "bad" eicosanoids out of balance.  Too little EPA and and you develop more pro-inflammatory eicosanoids which results in your chronic degenerative diseases. 

There is no known natural way to get DHA into your diet without also getting EPA.  Mother nature balances them in fish and grassfed animals for a reason I suspect.

My source for this comes from Barry Sears
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AZHiker---Fish oil does not really thin the blood.  The best explanation I have seen as to why it prevents heart disease and strokes is that it reduces the inflammation of blood vessel walls and makes red blood cells less "sticky".  Thus, it has the benefits of anti-coagulants without the side-effects of the m .
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Now on this issue I do have a personal account that I want to put forth to the jury.  I am not trying to put fish oil down, but I had a strange experience. 

Although I generally take flax oil regularly, I recently purchased fish oil from Spectrum Naturals thanks to Vital Votes comments.  I had been taking the recommended dose of four capsules per day (2,000 mg) for a few weeks.  I am taking a self-defense course, and I happened to leave my watch on while doing a fancy elbow move into the punching bag.  I got an abrasion on my arm. 

Within a couple days, a large portion of my lower arm (~ 2" x 2") had turned black and blue.  At that time, I also started having nose bleeds.  When I would use a tissue on my nose, the septum had a little blood.  I did some research and found articles talking about the thinning of blood from fish oil.  I stopped taking it about a week ago, and now the bleeding has stopped. I have also not received any more bruises from my class. 

I have thought about any other changes in my lifestyle and diet, but I can't think of any.  Does anyone have any comments on this?
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Now that you mention it, does anyone know if fish oil is a blood thinner?
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yeah i read that too shiva,
how do you get dha without epa?
  
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Barbara Charis
 [ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

I trusted my son's pediatrician - and gave my first son vaccines in the fifties.  Every time he was given shots...his temperature went up to 106 degrees.  He screamed for 16 hours...and I walked with him in my arms praying for his life.  He was very damaged by those shots...I was a very trusting young mother trying to do what I thought, was right.  

For the past 47 years, I have been warning others...not to be so trusting.  My son survived, but I know others who weren't so lucky.  There is a very good book written by Dr. Robert Mendelsohn (who was a pediatrician over 30 years).  It is still available.  "How to Raise A Healthy Child:  In Spite of Your Doctor!"

Dr. Mendelsohn was going to write the foreword for a manuscript that I had written entitled:  "How to Raise an Organic Baby."  However, since I didn't have a doctorate...it wasn't published.  Dr. Mendelsohn was one of the most courageous doctors I have ever met.  He was willing to tell it...like it is.

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IttyBitty
 [ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

We are told to bring our animals in yearly for vaccinations.  Is this doing them damage?

I was told by a person who worked in a pet store that she does not vaccinate her cats and dogs any more.  They have gotten them early on, and that's enough already.

My cats have gotten the first ones, and some more, and I stopped vaccinating them because she said this.

They are indoor cats, so it probably doesn't matter, but does it?

What about the animals?

Thanks

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IttyBitty
 [ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

We are to take our cats and dogs for yearly vaccinations.  Is this problematic, as well?

I was told by a person who worked in a pet store that she no longer gets these vaccinations for her dogs or cats, as she doesn't want them to get cancer.  Is this possible?

I stopped getting my cats vaccinated because of it.  They are indoor cats, so they are quite unlikely to be faced with contamination.

Thanks.

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mel133
 [ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

For you that want to know how to eliminate the heavy Metals and Pathogens from your system, the easy way just go to this website and download the free ebook on MMS

www.my-healthy.info/mms.htm

I have been taking it for 5 months and it sure has helped me a lot, and I am a 11 year cancer survivor at 74 now.

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Amy Philo
 [ Joined on 11/07 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

To the mom of the two month old, the best thing you can do to protect your daughter is NOT VACCINATE HER. Do you think that humans would have survived as a species this long if vaccines were the answer? No. Do you think our health today is BETTER than it was 150 years ago? I know I don't.

As for the depression thing, I am tired of the overhype of this as though it were a disease. Please read some books on this, from the "anti" psychiatry side. Yes, we need to get rid of toxins, but we don't need to add to the hype of this market. Please sign my petition against a bill that will kill many moms and babies - it's at www.thepetitionsite.com/.../stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act

And breastfeed your babies. Don't rely on vaccines to keep them well. Oh yeah, and don't stick them around sick people if you can help it. It's called a contagious disease for a reason.

Mom to two boys, one vaccinated for 12 months out of ignorance, the other, totally shot-free and healthy at 17 months~ YAY for that!

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brownjc0
 [ Joined on 02/08 ] [ Posted on February 26, 2008 ]
       
   
 

I will applaud the person or persons that actually reform the FDA, AMA and ADA.  Since the drug companies took over medicine and medical schools these organizations no longer have the public's welfare in mind.  There have been so many "cures" that have been suppressed, so many medicines that maime or kill released and so much junk put into our food that I'm surprised so many of us have survived. The immune system seems to be a real workhorse that is becomeing over worked.

I am dismayed that because my dentist  father was hoodwinked, I actually circulated petitions to floridate the water - and the messure passed. If we had only been informed.

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mmc88121
 [ Joined on 11/06 ] [ Posted on February 7, 2008 ]
       
   
 
A most interesting article, and very informative.

Mary
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samurai
 [ Joined on 04/07 ] [ Posted on February 7, 2008 ]
       
   
 
Wow!
I personally know some physicians with hoitsy-toitsy titles that whenever I talk to them about things like this, they think I am crazy.  I also look like a dork; after all, from their prospective, I have just a B.B.A. in Finance , and they are highly educated in medicine.  
But I know what I know, and I won't argue with them. 
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shaneperrone
 		[ Joined on 11/07 ] [ Posted on February 8, 2008]
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It is rare that somone will chance their stance after 4 years of brain washing.. oops i mean medical school.
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Cheryl Rounds
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Higher education, whether a medical degree or any other degree simply implants the industry desired thoughts and opinions into the 
recipient.  The degreed person is generally tunelled visioned into one way of thinking.   Thus most doctors today are simply drug pushers and unable to think in  terms other than standard medical practice.  A truly intelligent  person is able to gather information and think for themselves - no matter what the party line is.
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CogSciResearcher
 		[ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on February 11, 2008]
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That is *exactly* why I abandoned my original pre-med major and plan to go to med school and become a brain surgeon, opting instead to become a cog. sci. researcher where I do my own *research* to learn about how the brain functions and I can conclude for myself given my own evidence what I think is going on...I may have a lot to learn, and will never truly understand how it all works, but at least I'll always be open and flexible to new knowledge and information .
  
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adavy203
 [ Joined on 02/08 ] [ Posted on February 12, 2008 ]
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I think medical advice should be given by medical staff only but it's good to be informed. With the low prices, many people choose to purchase drugs online eg. Planet Drugs Direct .
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Matt79
 		[ Joined on 08/06 ] [ Posted on February 15, 2008]
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