By Dr. Mercola
According to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, your children should be the first target for mass swine flu vaccinations
when school starts this fall.[i]
This is a ridiculous assumption for many reasons, not to mention extremely high
risk.
In Australia, where the winter season has begun, Federal Health Minister Nicola
Roxon is reassuring parents the swine flu is no more dangerous than regular seasonal
flu. "Most people, including children, will experience very mild symptoms and recover
without any medical intervention," she said.[ii]
Sydney-based immunization specialist Robert Booy predicts swine flu might be fatal
to about twice as many children in the coming year as regular influenza. Booy estimates
10-12 children could die from the H1N1 virus, compared with the five or six regular
flu deaths seen among children in an average year in Australia.[iii]
“Cure the Disease, Kill the Patient”
Less than 100 children in the U.S. die each year from seasonal flu viruses.[iv] If we use Australia’s math, a very rough estimate would
be another 100 children could potentially die of swine flu in the United States
in the coming year.
If children are the first target group in the U.S. per Sebelius, that means we’re
about to inject around 75 million children with a fast tracked vaccine containing
novel adjuvants, including dangerous squalene, to prevent perhaps 100 deaths.
I’m not overlooking the tragedy of the loss of even one child to an illness like
the H1N1 flu virus. But there can be no argument that unnecessary mass injection
of millions of children with a vaccine containing an adjuvant known to cause a host
of debilitating autoimmune diseases is a reckless, dangerous plan.
Why are Vaccinations Dangerous?
The presumed intent of a vaccination is to help you build immunity to potentially
harmful organisms that cause illness and disease. However, your body’s immune system
is already designed to do this in response to organisms which invade your body naturally.
Most disease-causing organisms enter your body through the mucous membranes of your
nose, mouth, pulmonary system or your digestive tract – not through an injection.
These mucous membranes have their own immune system, called the IgA immune system.
It is a different system from the one activated when a vaccine is injected into
your body.
Your IgA immune system is your body’s first line of defense. Its job is to fight
off invading organisms at their entry points, reducing or even eliminating the need
for activation of your body’s immune system.
When a virus is injected into your body in a vaccine, and especially when combined
with an immune adjuvant like squalene, your IgA immune system is bypassed and your
body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to the vaccination.
Injecting organisms into your body to provoke immunity is contrary to nature, and
vaccination carries
enormous potential to do serious damage to your health.
And as if Vaccines Weren’t Dangerous Enough on
Their Own …
… imagine them turbocharged.
The main ingredient in a vaccine is either killed viruses or live ones that have
been attenuated (weakened and made less harmful).
Flu vaccines can also contain a number of chemical
toxins, including ethylene glycol (antifreeze), formaldehyde, phenol (carbolic
acid) and even antibiotics like Neomycin and streptomycin.
In addition to the viruses and other additives, many vaccines also contain immune
adjuvants like aluminum and squalene.
The purpose of an immune adjuvant added to a vaccine is to enhance (turbo charge)
your immune response to the vaccination. Adjuvants cause your immune system to overreact
to the introduction of the organism you’re being vaccinated against.
Adjuvants are supposed to get the job done faster (but certainly not more safely),
which reduces the amount of vaccine required per dose, and the number of doses given
per individual.
Less vaccine required per person means more individual doses available for mass
vaccination campaigns. Coincidentally, this is exactly the goal of government and
the pharmaceutical companies who stand to make millions from their vaccines.
Will There Be Immune Adjuvants in Swine Flu Vaccines?
The U.S. government has contracts with several drug companies to
develop and produce swine flu vaccines. At least two of those companies,
Novartis and
GlaxoSmithKline, are using an adjuvant in their H1N1 vaccines.
The adjuvant? Squalene.
According to Meryl Nass, M.D., an authority on the anthrax vaccine,
“A novel feature of the two H1N1 vaccines being developed by companies Novartis
and GlaxoSmithKline is the addition of squalene-containing adjuvants to boost immunogenicity
and dramatically reduce the amount of viral antigen needed. This translates to much
faster production of desired vaccine quantities.”[v]
Novartis’s proprietary squalene adjuvant for their H1N1 vaccine is MF59. Glaxo’s
is ASO3. MF59 has yet to be approved by the FDA for use in any U.S. vaccine, despite
its history of use in other countries.
Per Dr. Nass, there are only three vaccines in existence using an approved squalene
adjuvant. None of the three are approved for use in the U.S.
What Squalene Does to Rats
Oil-based vaccination adjuvants like squalene have been proved
to generate concentrated, unremitting immune responses over long periods of time.[vi]
A 2000 study published in the American Journal of Pathology demonstrated
a single injection of the adjuvant squalene into rats triggered “chronic, immune-mediated
joint-specific inflammation,” also known as rheumatoid arthritis.[vii]
The researchers concluded the study raised questions about the role of adjuvants
in chronic inflammatory diseases.
What Squalene Does to Humans
Your immune system recognizes squalene as an oil molecule native to your body. It
is found throughout your nervous system and brain. In fact, you can consume
squalene in olive oil and not only will your immune system recognize it,
you will also reap the benefits of its antioxidant properties.
The difference between “good” and “bad” squalene is the route by which it enters
your body. Injection is an abnormal route of entry which incites your immune system
to attack all the squalene in your body, not just the vaccine adjuvant.
Your immune system will attempt to destroy the molecule wherever it finds it, including
in places where it occurs naturally, and where it is vital to the health of your
nervous system.[viii]
Gulf War veterans with Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) received anthrax vaccines which contained
squalene.[ix] MF59 (the Novartis squalene adjuvant)
was an unapproved ingredient
in experimental anthrax vaccines and has since been linked to the devastating
autoimmune diseases suffered by countless Gulf War vets.[x]
The Department of Defense made every attempt to deny that squalene was indeed an
added contaminant in the anthrax vaccine administered to Persian Gulf war military
personnel – deployed and non-deployed – as well as participants in the more recent
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP).
However, the FDA discovered the presence of squalene in certain lots of AVIP product.
A test was developed to detect anti-squalene antibodies in GWS patients, and a clear
link was established between the contaminated product and all the GWS sufferers
who had been injected with the vaccine containing squalene.
A study conducted at Tulane Medical School and published in the February 2000 issue
of Experimental Molecular Pathology included these stunning statistics:
“ … the substantial majority (95%) of overtly ill deployed GWS patients had antibodies
to squalene. All (100%) GWS patients immunized for service in Desert Shield/Desert
Storm who did not deploy, but had the same signs and symptoms as those who did deploy,
had antibodies to squalene.
In contrast, none (0%) of the deployed Persian Gulf veterans not showing
signs and symptoms of GWS have antibodies to squalene. Neither patients with idiopathic
autoimmune disease nor healthy controls had detectable serum antibodies to squalene.
The majority of symptomatic GWS patients had serum antibodies to squalene.”[xi]
According to Dr. Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., a retired principle research scientist
for the government of Australia:
“… this adjuvant [squalene] contributed to the cascade of reactions called "Gulf
War Syndrome," documented in the soldiers involved in the Gulf War.
The symptoms they developed included arthritis, fibromyalgia, lymphadenopathy, rashes,
photosensitive rashes, malar rashes, chronic fatigue, chronic headaches, abnormal
body hair loss, non-healing skin lesions, aphthous ulcers, dizziness, weakness,
memory loss, seizures, mood changes, neuropsychiatric problems, anti-thyroid effects,
anaemia, elevated ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), systemic lupus erythematosus,
multiple sclerosis, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Raynaud’s phenomenon, Sjorgren’s
syndrome, chronic diarrhoea, night sweats and low-grade fevers.”[xii]
Post Vaccination Follow-Up Might as Well Be Non-Existent
There is virtually no science to support the safety of vaccine
injections on your long-term health or the health of your children. Follow-up studies
last on average about two weeks, and look only for glaring injuries and illnesses.
Autoimmune disorders like those seen in Gulf War Syndrome frequently take years
to diagnose due to the vagueness of early symptoms. Complaints like headaches, fatigue
and chronic aches and pains are symptoms of many different illnesses and diseases.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for vaccine purveyors and proponents to look seriously
at the long-term health consequences of their vaccination campaigns.
What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family
Visit the National Vaccination Information Center (NVIC)
site and join in the fight against mandatory swine flu vaccinations.
Educate yourself about influenza strains, vaccination risks, and the
public health laws in your state that may require you or your children to
undergo either mandatory vaccination or quarantine.
Take care of your health to reduce or eliminate your risk of contracting the flu.
The key is to keep your immune system strong by following these guidelines:
[i]
USAToday.com, Swine flu shots may go to
kids first, Sebelius says, June 16, 2009
[ii]
ABC.net.au, Health minister reassures
parents over swine flu, July 2, 2009
[iii]
Google News, AFP, Australia urges calm
after child flu death, July 2, 2009,
[iv]
Meryl Nass, M.D., July 4, 2009
[v]
Meryl Nass, M.D., July 3, 2009
[vi] Rense.com, Vaccines, Autism, and Gulf
War Syndrome, August 15, 2005
[vii] The American Journal of Pathology, The
Endogenous Adjuvant Squalene Can Induce a Chronic T-Cell-Mediated Arthritis in Rats,
2000
[viii] Vaccination Liberation, Adjuvant Index
Page
[ix]
Autoimmune Technologies, News Release:
SQUALENE FOUND IN ANTHRAX VACCINE,
[x]
Autoimmune Technologies, Gulf War Syndrome:
ANTI-SQUALENE ANTIBODIES LINK GULF WAR SYNDROME TO ANTHRAX VACCINE
[xi]
ScienceDirect.com, Experimental and
Molecular Pathology, Volume 68, Issue 1, February 2000, Pages 55-64
[xii]
Adverse Effects of Adjuvants in Vaccines,
by Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., 2000