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The
idea of vaccination has been around for thousands of years, in one form or
another. In ancient Greece a mixture of poisons called Mithridaticum used to be
taken by royalty over time in minute doses and was thought to prevent against
future poisoning by creating and immunity (Tierra). Doctors and nurses have also
been known to expose themselves to various diseases over time to create
immunity. Before modern medical vaccines were created "Measles
parties" used to be common in Britain; if a child got measles, other
parents in the neighborhood would rush their kids over to play with the infected
child, to deliberately contract the disease and develop immunity (Phillips).
Modern manufactured vaccines, however, are a new concept are still in its early
stages of experimentation. Although the vaccine program was originally started
to bring down the rates of epidemic diseases, vaccines have brought with them
new epidemics and have been challenged more and more frequently in recent years.
Advocates
of vaccination state that vaccines have saved millions of people and are
personally responsible for wiping out entire illnesses from the face of the
earth, such as small pox. They further claim that unvaccinated children pose a
medical risk to children who are vaccinated, as they are potential disease
carriers. However, more and more medical establishments, parents and
organizations are questioning the quality and necessity of modern vaccines.
Vaccine reformists state that nature is the ultimate vaccinator and that
smallpox was actually wiped out by nature and not by man. They further state
that vaccines have actually harmed more children than they have helped and that
unvaccinated children are actually healthier that vaccinated children because
they have been allowed to naturally develop their immune systems. In addition,
they are concerned about some of the chemical additives in vaccines, which have
been known to cause fatal allergic reactions in some children. Muslim and Jewish
parents, as well as some Christians are also worried about ingredients such as
pork and/or fetus material that is used in vaccine manufacture (Ostrom).
The
fact that surprises most people is that vaccination has never actually been
clinically proven to be effective in preventing disease. This is because no
researcher has directly exposed test subjects to any disease after being
vaccinated, nor may they ethically do so. Lack of clinical studies is what has
taken many drugs and even herbs off the market. Vast human experience, as in the
case of herbal medicine, is usually discredited in favor of clinical studies
(Greene). However, in the case of vaccines the only “proof” presented by
vaccine manufacturers is “vast human experience”. In the case of small pox,
for instance, the vaccine manufacturers claim that the small pox vaccine wiped
out the disease. However, small pox was wiped out in Europe during the same time
period where the small pox vaccine had never been used (NVIC).
Due
to the fact that vaccines have never been tested, children being vaccinated are
usually the test subjects for the vaccine. Some vaccines are even taken off the
market if enough negative reports are filed against them. Other vaccines remain
on the market while investigation of complaints is pending (Phillips). The
rotavirus vaccine was taken off the market a few months after being introduced
when it caused bowel obstructions in many recipients. Incredibly, the FDA and
CDC knew about this problem prior to licensing the vaccine, but both
organizations still gave their unanimous approval (Phillips).
Although
vaccination is mandatory in most schools now, unvaccinated children actually
have a better health record. In an article entitled "Plagued by
Cures," The Economist acknowledged that trying to prevent infectious
diseases could create resistant strains of bacteria and mutant viruses able to
evade vaccines. The article continued to explain the "hygiene
hypothesis," which states that exposure to infections in can prevent
chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer later in life since
"intervening in infections may have undesirable effects on the pathogens
themselves as well as the ill person (Ostrom)." Numerous studies back up
this information. The National Vaccine Information Center reports that, “In a
study in Guinea-Bissau, researchers found that children who had not had measles
disease were significantly more likely to suffer from allergies including
asthma, eczema and hay-fever. In Italy, researchers found that children who were
exposed to hepatitis A disease were less likely to suffer from allergies.”
One
theory being forwarded to explain why recovery from naturally occurring
childhood diseases is important is that the human immune system has evolved over
tens of thousands of years to respond to and be strengthened by attacks from
viruses and bacteria. Depriving the developing immune system of naturally
occurring infections in childhood may cause the immune system to eventually
attack itself, which is what happens in autoimmune diseases like asthma and
diabetes.
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Autism has been linked to batches of vaccines. |
Lowering
immune function is a small danger of vaccines, however, compared to the danger
of actually acquiring a disease from vaccination. Many vaccines are now under
investigation for their link in causing a number of deaths and childhood
ailments. DPT has been linked to childhood diabetes, the MMR vaccine has been
linked to autism and brain damage has been related to the chicken pox vaccine
(Phillips). In fact, doctors started making reports in medical literature as
early as 1949 that some children injected with pertussis (whooping cough)
vaccine (now part of the DPT or DTaP shot) were having trouble maintaining
normal glucose levels in their blood. Lab research has confirmed that pertussis
vaccine can cause diabetes in mice.
There
are a number of cautions a parent can take before vaccinating their child
however, and a thoughtful vaccination is much more likely to be safe than one
done at the wrong time or in the wrong way. The National Center for Vaccine
Information gives the following list of guidelines:
1.
The child should not have been sick in the past three days.
2.
The child did not have a bad reaction to a vaccine before.
3.
The child does not have a family history of vaccine reactions, convulsions,
severe allergies or immune system disorders.
4.
The parent must know the risks of the vaccine.
5.
The parent must know how to identify a vaccine reaction.
6.
The parent must know how to report a vaccine reaction.
7.
The patent must ask for the vaccine manufacturer’s batch and lot number at the
time of vaccination.
In
addition, homeopathic remedies such as thuja or ledum can be given to children
before and after vaccination to further prevent any harm. In Japan, children are
vaccinated almost a year later than they are in the United States. Some doctors
recommend waiting to vaccinate. However, even those that feel the risk of
vaccine is worth the trade off are still uncomfortable about some of the
ingredients in vaccines. Vaccines contain egg protein, gelatin, mercury,
antibiotics, formaldehyde, thimerosal, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate,
washed sheep red blood cells, glycerol, sodium chloride, and/or thimerosal
medium of porcine (pig) (Greene). In addition, vaccines like MMR contain
aborted human fetal tissue (Tilton). The product insert for the MMR Vaccine
shows that,” the rubella virus vaccine live (contains the Wistar Institute RA
27/3 strain of rubella virus propagated in human diploid [WI-38] cell culture).
These "human diploid cell cultures" are made from the lung and other
tissues of an aborted fetus (Tilton).
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Vaccinations are overabundant in modern hospitals. |
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addition, many vaccines have been found to be contaminated as well as filled
with chemicals are questionable ingredients. Over the last few years, there have
been several scientists who have come forward with evidence that the early polio
vaccines were contaminated with monkey viruses, both SIV and SV40, and that
chronic illness has resulted from that contamination. There was recently a
National Institutes of Health conference held here in the Washington, D.C., area
that brought together a number of researchers who are culturing SV40 from tumors
of adults and children who are suffering from rare forms of bone, brain, and
lung cancer.
One
wonders, then why the government is backing the vaccine program with such
enthusiasm. Barbara Loe Fisher, a cofounder and President of the National
Vaccine Information Center says, "I've been at meetings where public
health officials basically have said, 'Why are you complaining? Yes, your child
was a casualty, but we must all risk for the welfare of the whole.' And I remind
them that the whole is made up of individuals, and when you devalue the life of
the individual, you devalue the whole. And I remind them that the right to
informed consent to any medical procedure which carries the risk of injury or
death is a human right.” The prophet Muhammed (saws) also said, "A
person who has killed one man it is as if he has killed the entire Ummah (Bukhari)."
Note:
This article is not intended to advise people against vaccination. The writer of
this article was forced to vaccinate her own children but did so with awareness
of the risks and followed the safety procedures above. She also delayed
vaccination dates, administered homeopathic remedies and took cautionary
measures after each child was vaccinated. To deal with the haram ingredients in
some of the vaccines a Sheik suggested that reciting "bisimillah arrahman
arrahim" over the vaccines would cleanse them.
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