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(NaturalNews) With all of the hype surrounding the H1N1 swine flu
virus lately, everyone is very concerned with the safety and
effectiveness of vaccines, and rightly so. This is a very important
question that we must all ask ourselves and find out what the truth is.
As the debate rages on an even more important question has rarely been
asked. Do vaccines even protect you from the viruses and illnesses that
they claim to?

If you only get your news and information from
mainstream news and educational sources, then the question about
whether vaccines are effective is never even raised. This lack of
discussion give the perception that they are so effective that only a
crazy or ignorant person would even think otherwise. Of course that is
the perception that they are trying to get across to you, but that is
far from the truth.

In fact if you take a look at some of the
historical facts on the effectiveness of vaccines you will begin to see
that not only did they too often not protect people from the very
diseases that they claimed to but they actually caused outbreaks of
those same diseases they were hyped to prevent.

From vaccinationdebate.com website

Take
a look at some of the historical data below showing various vaccination
programs and the outbreak of that very disease either immediately to
several years later.

In 1871-2, England, with 98% of the
population aged between 2 and 50 vaccinated against smallpox, it
experienced its worst ever smallpox outbreak with 45,000 deaths. During
the same period in Germany, with a vaccination rate of 96%, there were
over 125,000 deaths from smallpox. (The Hadwen Documents)

- In
Germany, compulsory mass vaccination against diphtheria commenced in
1940 and by 1945 diphtheria cases were up from 40,000 to 250,000.
(Don`t Get Stuck, Hannah Allen)

- In the USA in 1960, two
virologists discovered that both polio vaccines were contaminated with
the SV 40 virus which causes cancer in animals as well as changes in
human cell tissue cultures. Millions of children had been injected with
these vaccines. (Med Jnl of Australia 17/3/1973 p555)

- In 1967,
Ghana was declared measles free by the World Health Organisation after
96% of its population was vaccinated. In 1972, Ghana experienced one of
its worst measles outbreaks with its highest ever mortality rate. (Dr H
Albonico, MMR Vaccine Campaign in Switzerland, March 1990)

- In
the UK between 1970 and 1990, over 200,000 cases of whooping cough
occurred in fully vaccinated children. (Community Disease Surveillance
Centre, UK)

- In the 1970`s a tuberculosis vaccine trial in
India involving 260,000 people revealed that more cases of TB occurred
in the vaccinated than the unvaccinated. (The Lancet 12/1/80 p73)

-
In 1977, Dr Jonas Salk, who developed the first polio vaccine,
testified along with other scientists that mass inoculation against
polio was the cause of most polio cases throughout the USA since 1961.
(Science 4/4/77 "Abstracts" )

- In 1978, a survey of 30 States
in the US revealed that more than half of the children who contracted
measles had been adequately vaccinated. (The People`s Doctor, Dr R
Mendelsohn)

- In 1979, Sweden abandoned the whooping cough
vaccine due to its ineffectiveness. Out of 5,140 cases in 1978, it was
found that 84% had been vaccinated three times! (BMJ 283:696-697, 1981)

-The
February 1981 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association
found that 90% of obstetricians and 66% of pediatricians refused to
take the rubella vaccine.

- In the USA, the cost of a single DPT
shot had risen from 11 cents in 1982 to $11.40 in 1987. The
manufacturers of the vaccine were putting aside $8 per shot to cover
legal costs and damages they were paying out to parents of brain
damaged children and children who died after vaccination. (The Vine,
Issue 7, January 1994, Nambour, Qld)

- In Oman between 1988 and
1989, a polio outbreak occurred amongst thousands of fully vaccinated
children. The region with the highest attack rate had the highest
vaccine coverage. The region with the lowest attack rate had the lowest
vaccine coverage. (The Lancet, 21/9/91)

- In 1990, a UK survey
involving 598 doctors revealed that over 50% of them refused to have
the Hepatitis B vaccine despite belonging to the high risk group urged
to be vaccinated. (British Med Jnl, 27/1/1990) - In 1990, the Journal
of the American Medical Association had an article on measles which
stated, "Although more than 95% of school-aged children in the US are
vaccinated against measles, large measles outbreaks continue to occur
in schools and most cases in this setting occur among previously
vaccinated children." (JAMA, 21/11/90)

- In the USA, from July
1990 to November 1993, the US Food and Drug Administration counted a
total of 54,072 adverse reactions following vaccination. The FDA
admitted that this number represented only 10% of the real total,
because most doctors were refusing to report vaccine injuries. In other
words, adverse reactions for this period exceeded half a million!
(National Vaccine Information Centre, March 2, 1994) - In the New
England Journal of Medicine July 1994 issue a study found that over 80%
of children under 5 years of age who had contracted whooping cough had
been fully vaccinated.

- On November 2nd, 2000, the Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) announced that its members
voted at their 57th annual meeting in St Louis to pass a resolution
calling for an end to mandatory childhood vaccines. The resolution
passed without a single "no" vote. (Report by Michael Devitt)

From NaturalNews website

Scientific
evidence links vaccinations to chronic fatigue, autoimmune disorders,
aids, learning disabilities, and other health problems. Viera Scheibner
notes that the annual death rate in Europe prior to 1940 from
diphtheria was "negligible (less than 300 deaths per million)." After
this date, when mass vaccinations against the disease were begun,
"unprecedented" diphtheria epidemics followed in "fully vaccinated
subjects." Mass vaccinations against tetanus and whooping cough also
began in many countries in the 1940s, and were followed by outbreaks of
the "so-called provocation poliomyelitis. - Conscious Health: A
Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means by Ron Garner

Childhood
vaccinations may also be one element that contributes to allergy, in a
way that is similar to the mechanisms of the hygiene hypothesis. The
vaccinations that prevent childhood illnesses may actually be making
children more vulnerable to allergic disorders, by changing the natural
function of their immune systems. Specifically, the vaccinations appear
to make kids` immune systems too Th-2 skewed, with a relative deficit
of Th-1 activity. - Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD,
Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders
by Kenneth Bock

While the dangers of vaccinations are greatly
understated by most health authorities, the advertised benefits are
greatly exaggerated. For instance, incidence of the four leading
childhood killer diseases - diphtheria, pertussis, scarlet fever, and
measles - had already declined 90 to 97 percent before the introduction
of vaccines, due to improved sanitation and hygiene.35 - The Natural
Way to Heal: 65 Ways to Create Superior Health by Walter Last

Homeopathic
remedies may also help reduce the side effects of vaccinations. Dr.
Kotsanis makes the following recommendations regarding vaccinations:
Before vaccinations, give L-glutamine (500 mg), vitamin C (500 mg), and
vitamin B6 (50 mg) daily for six weeks. Give probiotics (two times per
day) and aloe vera juice (2 oz in divided doses, 2-3 times daily) for
three months before and after vaccinations. Make sure the child gets
plenty of pure water daily. - Alternative Medicine the Definitive
Guide, Second Edition by Larry Trivieri, Jr.

Immune systems are
even harmed by vaccinations because even though they may protect the
body from one strain of infectious disease, they weaken the immune
system against future strains. Fortunately, there are many products to
help boost immune system function. But remember: Even with the help of
these products, proper immune system function requires greatly reducing
exposure to synthetic chemicals and non-natural substances, as well as
following the 3 principles of health discussed in the first half of
this chapter. - Natural Health Solutions by Mike Adams

After you
were born, during your preschool years, you got every little cold or
virus that came along, but your immune system was getting some
heavy-duty instruction on things to defend against. Vaccinations, too,
"schooled" your immune system. So as the years passed, illnesses and
immunizations helped your body`s immune system begin to develop
memories of what was body-friendly and what was body-menacing. - The
Vitamin D Cure by James Dowd and Diane Stafford

So what are some
of the true reasons why disease decreased and disappeared in the last
century? From his book `Health and Healing` Dr Andrew Weil said it best
with the following statement;

"Scientific medicine has taken
credit it does not deserve for some advances in health. Most people
believe that victory over the infectious diseases of the last century
came with the invention of immunizations. In fact, cholera, typhoid,
tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, etc, were in decline before
vaccines for them became available - the result of better methods of
sanitation, sewage disposal, and distribution of food and water."

Of
course each person must weight all of the evidence and data and decide
what is best for themselves and their families. This information is
provided to help the reader make an informed and educated decision on
this subject and to come out from under the ideas that we have been led
to believe that vaccination automatically equals 100% immunity to
disease.

Sources; http://www.vaccinationdebate.com/web2.html http://www.naturalnews.com/025595.html Health and Healing, Dr.Andrew Weil

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