The intended effect of a vaccination is to help you build immunity to a potentially harmful organism. However, your body’s immune system is already designed to do this in response to organisms that 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. These mucous membranes have their own immune system, called the IgA immune system, which fights off invading organisms at the point of entry, reducing or even eliminating the need for activation of your body’s immune function.

A vaccination, however, delivers either live or attenuated (dead) viruses directly into your tissue and bloodstream through injection, completely bypassing your body’s first line of defense. And when combined with an immune adjuvant and heavy metal preservatives like mercury or aluminum, your body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to the vaccination. If your immune system is too weak or undeveloped to deal with the assault, severe side effects can occur.

Today, children get 12 such injections before their first birthday!. And 35-40 vaccinations by the time they enter the first grade! One doesn’t have to be a brain surgeon to realize the possible damage to a young developing brain and immune system.

In 2004, Drs. G.S. Goldman and F.E. Yazbak performed an MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) study in Denmark. Their findings? – A 470% increased incidence of autism since the introduction of the MMR vaccine. There have also been independent studies in the U.S. that confirm the same thing. How else does one explain the epidemic proportions of symptoms along the autistic spectrum since the inception of the heavy vaccination schedule in the mid to late 1980’s?

Of particular concern is the link between vaccination – especially when multiple vaccinations are given close together – and chronic brain inflammation.

Many recent neuroscience studies have shown a link between vaccination and brain inflammation that can last for years and possibly for decades.

In children, vaccinations trigger a process called immunoexcitotoxicty during the brain’s most critical period of growth and development.

Immunoexcitotoxicity can appear as learning difficulties, behavioral problems, language difficulties, or impulse-controlling difficulties.

In addition, brain inflammation creates inflammation in the gut or small intestine, and vice versa. That is one of the reasons we see so much dysbiosis, or malabsorption of nutrients, in these children.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has determined that vaccines given to Hannah Poling on her 18 month medical check-up significantly aggravated an underlying disorder that caused autistic symptoms.

According to the case, Hannah was healthy and developing normally until her 18 month immunizations, two of which contained thimerosal, a mercury- containing vaccine preservative.

Hannah became ill within hours of receiving the shots, and within three months, she began showing signs of autism.

There are 4,900 such cases such as Hannah's still pending in Federal "vaccine court".

As we know, many parents believe the multiple, wide-ranging vaccines now given to children before they enter kindergarten play a role in: withdrawn behavior, lack of emotion, speech delay or absence, learning difficulties, extreme sensitivity to sound and touch, repetitive movements, impairment in social interaction, and a delay in fine and gross motor skills.

Although thimerosal was taken out of childhood vaccinations in 2002, autism rates continue to rise. One reason for this may be that infants are still exposed to thimerosal in flu shots. And, what most parents don't know is that vaccinations today still contain such toxins as aluminum, formaldehyde, and animal viral antibodies.

According to Donald W. Miller, MD, mercury's negative effects are significantly increased in the presence of aluminum and other neurotoxins. And aluminum, as most people know, has been implicated in other brain and neurological disorders.Therefore, many doctors and scientists agree - the rise in brain abnormalities among children are likely caused by an interplay between genes and these environmental factors.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations
by Stephanie Cave, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. with Deborah Mitchell is:

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