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Vaccines - Are They Safe for Your Dog?Written by: Dee Blanco who is a holistic veterinarian practicing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is listed under Altvetmed.The questions surrounding the issue of veterinary vaccinations are many. My intent is to open other doors of thought that might help you make your decisions align with your animals well being, your lifestyle, your left and right brain and most importantly - your heart. ... Because I cannot completely separate from this topic, you will clearly hear my bias, my emotions as well as my perspective from my years practicing allopathy and subsequently homeopathy. I will make recommendations based both on this study of many years and on the way I hope to be of help in the world.
I strongly recommend for you to let this info simmer a bit ... please make sure to do more research. And always listen to your inner voice. You are your own authority, you are your animal's primary health care practitioner, on call, 24 hours a day. You may decide some of this info is useful, and some you will let go by. Please make sure you do not allow fear to run your decisions.
I have spent a good amount of time in the last 12 of my 19 years as a vet, studying the issue of vaccinations. During this time, in my holistic vet practice, I have been able to see the clinical manifestations and harmful effects of the use and abuse of vaccinations. I have also been able to see improvements of many common maladies in our domestic animals using holistic medicines, in particular homeopathy. It is from this clinical standpoint as well as my own study of the available info on vaccinations that I present my info. I am continually compiling more info in my 'database', so if you would like to add anything you might have, please feel free to send me your info.
The History of VaccinationsThe birth of vaccinations came when the English doctor Edward Jenner discovered that the people who worked closely with cows seemed to be less susceptible to smallpox. He injected small amounts of the smallpox crusts into healthy individuals (including his own son) and found these people to also be less susceptible to smallpox. Unfortunately, this process may have fatally weakened his son and his son's friends, because he died at the early age of 21 of tuberculosis.
Then, during the American Civil War, Louis Pasteur, an accomplished microbiologist, was able to change the vaccines he was using enough that some of the harmful effects were diminished. He was famous for his work in cattle where he was able to prove that vaccines could protect against the deadly disease, anthrax. Thus, he started the new field of medicine called immunology. Pasteur also became famous for his concept of the 'germ theory'. This is still the theory modern medicine uses to explain all illness. Thus we have created a 'war on bugs' that we seem to be losing. It's interesting to note that on his deathbed Pasteur recanted his prior work of blaming the microorganism. His last words were "seed is nothing, soil is everything". In Chinese medicine we say "it's not the agent, but the terrain". Both are saying the same thing - the germ is nothing, but the host's resistance is everything. These concepts lay the foundation for all forms of holistic medicine.
How Vaccines WorkThe primary intention of the vaccine is to produce a stimulation to the cellular immune system, via the production of antibodies. Antibodies attach onto the virus and render it inactive and harmless. It is through this stimulation and resultant production of antibodies that the body is now prepared for a possible 'attack' by 'foreign invaders' later down the line. These invaders are typically known as bacteria or viruses. This immunity will later provide protection without having to go through the disease itself. It's a bit like the vigilant minute-men always on guard for a possible attack. There are problems with this way of thinking which we will discuss later.
Why Vaccines Cause ProblemsTypically, the vaccines are injected into the body; subcutaneously (under the skin) or intramuscularly (in the muscle). These vaccines usually have numerous viruses as well as other ingredients in them. Exceptions to this include the rabies, corona, and bordatella vaccines. Herein lies the second and third problem with the vaccination process.
The process of injecting numerous viruses at one time into the body does not mimic in any way what we would see in the natural world. There would never be such an enormous exposure to that many microorganisms at one time. ... These diseases have never, in the real world, occurred at one time, never. The purpose for which mother nature uses and continues to use acute illness is to thin out the population, whereby the fittest survive. Everything in nature has a rhythm, everything. The rhythm of distemper, of polio, of measles, of influenza, of parvo, of rabies are all on a schedule. This schedule, much to the chagrin of the vet profession, is not determined by the vet profession!
Neil Miller, a father of two, in his desire to understand the issues around vaccinations for his children, decided to explore the issue extensively. He studied the rise and fall and the death rate of the childhood diseases of polio, measles, and whooping cough in both the US and the UK. He compared the death rates and the point at which vaccinations were introduced. Much to his surprise, in all three of these diseases, he saw that the death rates starting in the early 1900s were markedly decreasing by the time the vaccines were introduced. In the case of polio there was actually a bit of an increase after the vaccines. The increased numbers of deaths after polio vaccines were covered up by reclassifying them as aseptic meningitis. Therefore the deaths didn't show up in the records, but it is quite clear that vaccinations did not really have a beneficial impact on the already declining health rate. The reason the diseases were declining had more to do with the increased natural resistance and better understanding about prevention through hygiene.
Thirdly, the process of injecting viruses into the body is a very unnatural method of introducing viruses, with the exception of Rabies virus. Most other forms of exposure are through the mucous membranes - the nose, throat/mouth, even the eyes. This creates another huge insult to the immune system. First we gather a whole bunch of viruses and other 'stuff', then we inject them into the body at one time! I have to ask myself if this could be the start of massive confusion and havoc causing the body to attack itself? In other words, could this be why we are seeing so much autoimmune disease?
Fourth, when these viruses are injected into the body, they find their way into the small capillaries, then into the larger vessels and are filtered by the lymph nodes. This sounds fine except that usually these viruses are first introduced into the mouth and nose, where the humoral immune system is stimulated. It produces the powerful immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) which provide the first line of defense.
When this primary defense mechanism of the humoral immune system is bypassed, you are dependent on the cellular immune system only; this is the branch that produces antibodies. Producing antibodies is a fine thing, but when the natural pathways are bypassed it creates an extra load on the system. Having the natural stimulation of both wings of the immune system is a more balanced approach and isn't what happens with injected vaccines.
Last, but certainly not least, are the other substances that are in the vaccine vials that are potentially problematic. This discussion follows.
What Is In A Vaccine?
The two forms of vaccines available are the modified-live (MLV) and the killed vaccine. For obvious reasons, the Rabies vaccine is a killed product ... the MLVs are the viruses that were once alive and now have been chemically attenuated (altered) so that they are still recognized by the body but are, theoretically, not able to cause the full blown clinical disease. Typically, the chemical agent used to alter the virus is formalin or formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. Attenuating the virus so that it cannot attach to a cell wall and infect that cell is a good idea, but not all the virus particles may be altered. Some may escape attenuation and are free to cause disease. This may be part of the reason that we see 'breaks' in vaccinated animals. There has also been much speculation that these MLVs have shed into the environment, exposing other animals, including wild animals, to these diseases.
Additional components of the vaccines are the preservatives that do what preservatives do. These ingredients are also known in current medicine to be carcinogenic agents, including a compound called thymersol, a mercury derivative and aluminum, used to attenuate the viruses. We all know the possible effects of aluminum.
Even the cells these viruses are grown on can produce allergic reactions in the body. Some of the tissue lines used are from ducks, monkeys, pigs, and the like. These could be creating much of the constant itching, inflamed bowel, and eczematous ears that are so prevalent.
There are additional ingredients called adjuvants. These are foreig proteins that are added to give a generic, non-specific immune response. These proteins are proprietary (secret) info and are not given out to anyone. It's much like the ingredients on a bottle of BBQ sauce where they list 'herbs and spices' generically. No one really knows what 'herbs and spices' really means. These preservatives and adjuvants are what are believed to be the major cause of the surging incidence of fibrosarcomas in cats. Studies at Colorado State U. by one of my professors, Dr. Dennis Macy, are showing this strong correlation.
It is felt by the biologics companies that if the body doesn't respond to the numerous viruses that are in each vial of vaccine, than surely the body will respond to other foreign proteins. One rep from a major biologics company, at a meeting on vaccines in 1997 I attended, said quite embarrassed, 'We know how to turn the immune system on, but we don't know how to turn it off". This is the fundamental problem with vaccines: they are generically stimulating to the body, usually creating illness where there once was none.
How Do You Tell If a Vaccine Is Working?The easiest way to determine if a vaccine is working is to take a blood sample and send it to a lab to determine if there are still circulating antibodies against that virus. This is called an antibody titer. This is a simple test, but there has been some controversy as to what titer level will provide protection from the clinical disease, and what level tells you there has been exposure to the disease.
The next way is to believe the biologics companies. This is not my ideal choice since I believed them many years ago when I would vaccinate animals and they would break out with the disease. Perfectly healthy animals coming down with the diseases they were being vaccinated against! It was embarrassing and horrifying that I caused these illnesses. The biologics companies told me their vaccines could never have caused the illness. They justified this by saying that the animals must have been incubating the illness and it coincidentally came out at the time of the vaccine. This never made sense to me but as a young, brain-washed vet, I passed this info on to the clients. I still to this day find it interesting that we are a self-serving profession creating the illnesses that return later through our doors to be treated again. What could be more self-serving? I believe this is one of the reasons the vet profession turns its back on the issue of vaccinations. It would mean we would have to take a good hard look at what we are doing. It would mean we would have to take responsibility. Enough of my soap box, for now.
One way to determine how long a vaccine is capable of lasting in the body is by duration of immunity studies. These are studies that the biologics companies conduct to determine whether vaccinated animals can withstand a challenge from a live virus contact. The problem here is that there are inadequate duration of immunity studies at this time. These are difficult and expensive test and there has not been enough pressure on these companies to do these tests. One of the reasons is because the profession has assumed that vaccines are harmless and giving repeated doses or annual vaccinations is 'good medicine'.
Because of inadequate studies, the biologics companies are not willing at this point in time to change the recommended protocols. Much info available from numerous sources verifies that the MLVs, if given after 14 wks of age (after maternal antibodies have decreased), are effective for a lifetime. Most rabies titers at this time are showing effective protection at 5 to 6 years after vaccination. I believe the rabies duration of immunity studies would help us change the ludicrous yearly vaccination requirements in many states. Many animals I test are showing protection to parvo and distemper after 10 years or more. The real question here is: how did these recommendations for yearly vaccinations start?
Why Are We Vaccinating Yearly?This is a really good question, isn't it? The first massive vaccination program began in the 1940s and the 50s for distemper and adenovirus. These early vaccines showed that one third of the puppies did not maintain protective titers to distempter for one year after the initial vaccination. By the way, we have yet to talk about susceptibility, which these researchers did not take into account. This led to the recommendation in 1959 that dogs should be vaccinated annually, as a safety measure. Distemper was a horrible, life threatening disease and was capable of going through a population of puppies very quickly. Usually it caused gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloody diarrhea (much like Parvo), or respiratory symptoms, and in the most severe state would cause neurological symptoms which were rarely successfully treated.
In 1961, recommendations that a serum analysis of the blood was the best way to determine immunological protection. Since clients would need to pay for that, plus an exam, and possibly the re-vaccination fee, it would be easier and cheaper, based on the local incidence of distempter, the history of the animal, and the potential risk, that annual vaccinations be given. Thus start the annual standard of practice. There was no science here! Unfortunately, there were few people willing to push for the serum analysis, or to really look at the exposure of each animal, or to look at any other factors influencing susceptibility.
Dr. Ron Schultz and the U. of Wisconsin-Madison, a veterinary immunologist, questions the lack of scientific evidence to support our current practices. In his article in the 1992 edition of Current Veterinary Therapy, Dr Schultz and his co-author, Dr. Phillips, discuss the issue. Their words follow: "A practice that was started many years ago and that lacks scientific validity or verification is annual vaccinations. Almost without exception there is no immunologic requirement for annual revaccination. Immunity to viruses persists for years or for the life of the animal. Successful vaccination to most bacterial pathogens produces an immunologic memory that remains for years, allowing an animal to develop a protective anamnestic (secondary) response when exposed to virulent organisms. Only the immune response to toxins requires boosters (e.g. tetanus toxin booster, in humans, is recommended once every 7-10 years) and no toxin vaccines are currently used for dogs and cats. Furthermore, revaccination with most viral vaccines fails to stimulate an anamnestic response as a result of interference by existing antibodies (similar to maternal antibody interference). The practice of annual vaccination in our opinion should be considered of questionable efficacy unless it is used as a mechanism to provide an annual physical exam or is required by law (i.e. certain states require annual revaccination for rabies)."
Whew! The summary of his statement is this: yearly boosters are unnecessary and the current antibody protection in the body will actually interfere with other new vaccines. Therefore, they are not useful and certainly don't provide more protection if given annually. This report also emphasizes that yearly reminders get people into the clinic to give yearly vaccines and put little to no emphasis on a wellness exam. This is a backward approach, isn't it? Shouldn't we remind our clients to come in for a yearly wellness check and if necessary then suggest the vaccinations? Have we become so complacent and dependent on these little vaccine vials and their financial power? Are there not other methods of preventative medicine? If you choose these yearly vaccines will your animals be protected against all the harmful diseases known to animals?
Who Is Susceptible? And To What?There is a questions as to who is susceptible and to what diseases, which really distills down to: at what age are the animals most and least susceptible, and what diseases are species specific or regionally specific? It is odd to me that the topic of age susceptibility is rarely if ever spoken about and yet it seems to be such an important consideration in the decision about the need for vaccinations.
We are not talking about breed susceptibility, we are talking about the ages at which certain illnesses are more likely to manifest. For example, measles and chicken pox are a childhood disease that if allowed to be expressed while young are relatively benign. As the child grows older, the susceptibility to these illnesses decreases. This is the same with many of the animal vaccines. As a clinician it is very, very uncommon to see distemper, parvo, parainfluenza, adenovirus, panleukopenia, calicivirus, herpesvirus, and others in adult animals. These seem to be most dangerous when the animal is young and their immune system is not fully developed. When I see an adult with parvo or distemper, it is frequently a purebred or has other immune dysfunction or is likely poorly cared for. I do see a predominance of parvo and distemper in young animals less than 6-8 months old, and less frequently as they get closer to 1 year old.
My question is this: why are we vaccinating animals that have passed the point of great susceptibility? Would it not be similar to humans being vaccinated every year of our lives with chicken pox, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis, tetanus, etc.?
The other question concerns the vaccination of diseases that are not seen at all in a particular region, or that vaccines are not effective against because the viruses have many different serovariants. For example, leptospirosis. This is a vaccine that does not provide long-lasting protection and will not provide cross-protection for all the different strains of lepto. Then why are we using this? Coronavirus is another vaccine enigma. Corona in dogs produces a mild, transient diarrhea and it is known that the vaccine does not provide protection against an infection with corona. Hardly worth the vaccine, isn't it?
Lepto is not seen in my area, so why are we vaccinating? I have seen this practice with Lyme, Corona, Feline Leukemia, Feline Infectious Peritonitis, and many equine vaccines. This seems to be an issue of convenience since the manufacturers supply all over the country/world. It also seems to fall into the category that the practice of injecting viruses into a healthy body, or an unhealthy one for that matter, is a benign process.
What Are the Adverse Reactions, If Any?Unfortunately, adverse reactions to vaccines have been considered to be the immediate hypersensitivity reactions of anaphylaxis. This severely limits the types of reactions that are ever even considered to be related to vaccines. Other problems surface which make accurate tallying of adverse reactions difficult. At present time there are no easy or effective reporting systems; many vets are reluctant to report even those where an animal dies, and the cause-effect relationship is not always clear. Even to those who believe that many of the illnesses we see, both acute and chronic, are directly related to over-vaccination, it is still at times difficult to show how this works. There are many situations where the perfectly healthy puppy is taken at 6 weeks for his first vaccines. Maybe he has a slight fever or lack of appetite and energy for a day or so. Then he is returned 2 to 3 weeks later for more vaccines. Maybe he will show another fever or maybe a day of diarrhea. Then he is returned in 2 or 3 weeks for more vaccines. Maybe he starts to itch a bit. Often by the time the pup is 6 months old he has several problems going on. He often has loose stools and he itches, but there are no fleas. Thus begins the first stages of chronic illness brought on by the vaccines.
When a perfectly healthy individual is given viruses that cause illness, the animal is going to manifest illness-related symptoms. This healthy individual is asked to maintain a low-level stimulation of a state of distemper, a low level state of parvo, a low level state of rabies, and so on. As long as you are in a low level state of illness you are not in a high level state of health. Therefore, the vaccines provide protection by keeping the body in a diseased state of health. Often the animal will not manifest the illness it is vaccinated for, at least not in its acute form, but it will manifest in other conditions. Usually these conditions are inherited weaknesses.
Chronic symptoms look very much like the acute illnesses but they are often not life-threatening unless allowed to continue for years and years.
For distemper we often see:
Watery fluid dripping from the nose
Conjunctivitis, eye discharge, entropion
Chronic gastritis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, appetite disorders
Recurrent diarrhea
Sensitivity to food with resultant diarrhea
Epilepsy, rear leg paralysis, spondylitis
Lip fold dermatitis
Excessive licking of feet, eruptions between the toes, allergies
Kennel cough, chronic bronchitis
Chronic skin eruptions, especially lower half of body
Failure to thrive, abnormally thin
For rabies we often see:
Restless nature, suspicion of others, aggression to animals and people
Changes in behavior: aloofness, unaffectionate, desire to roam, OR clingy, separation anxiety, 'velcro dog'
Restraining can lead to violent behavior and self-injury
Self-mutilation, tail chewing
Voice changes, hoarseness, excessive barking
Chronic poor appetite, very finicky
Paralysis of throat or tongue, sloppy eaters, drooling
Dry eye, loss of sight, cataract
Eating wood, stones, earth, stool
Destructive behavior, shredding bedding
Seizures, epilepsy, twitching
Increased sexual desire, sexual aggression
Irregular pulse, heart failure
Reverse sneezing
Some of the illnesses you are familiar with include any auto-immune disease such as lupus, red cell aplasia, auto-immune hemolytic anemia cardiomyopathies; neoplasias such as fibrosarcomas, mast cell tumors, thyroid tumors, etc.; inflammatory bowel disease, eczematous ears, any dermatological condition, warts, lipomas, poor hair coats, stomatitis, periodontal disease, thyroid disease, and the list goes on and on.
Now you could be wondering why I am so bold to 'blame' all these and more on vaccines. The reason is simple: I have an empirical, call it experimental lab where I visit daily and watch the animals, year after year. In the short years of my career I have seen the incredible increase in all these illnesses, some we never even learned in vet school. In fact, my vet school is now primarily an oncology treatment center! This was not the case a short 20 years ago. I have also spoken with many vets who have practiced longer than I and their response is the same. They did not see the level of chronic illness, nor the resistant and concretized type of illnesses that we see today.
Because I am able to use homeopathic remedies to help resolve these effects of the vaccines I am able to see first hand the cause-effect relationship. I have also looked at the info of those who have come before me to help in this process. One such person was J. Compton Burnett, a British physician of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Burnett was a proponent of the smallpox vaccine until he started noticing that the vaccines given to young people in the prime of their lives were causing many 'other' health problems. He coined the term 'vaccinosis' to describe the illnesses caused by vaccines, separate from the illnesses they were protecting against. Much of what Burnett saw closely resembles what we see today in our animals. This is interesting how this human model is actually teaching us about what happens with animals.
Burnett further verified his hypothesis by giving the homeopathic remedy, Thuja, to many of these vaccinated individuals, as was described by Hahnneman. He was able to reverse many of these harmful effects. This is still a widely used remedy for the effects of vaccines.
AlternativesRemember, the body has incredible capacity to provide protection against all sorts of invaders. So, if our approach to protection is from the standpoint of supporting the body in doing its job, which it already knows how to do, we are working at a more fundamental level. If we support the energy and physical systems of the body we will support the immune system, not overload it. Clean hygiene, good nutrition, clean water, plenty of exercise, constitutional treatments (preferably homeopathic), good breeding practices, and homeopathic nosodes, where needed. This all sounds very simplistic and, in fact, it is!
Should you decide to use nosodes they must be used under the guidance of a qualified vet, just as with any medication. Nosodes are homeopathic remedies made from the diseased products of whatever disease you are wanting to protect against. For distemper, nasal discharge is used. For parvo, fecal material is used. These are subsequently filtered, and sterilized, diluted and succussed as any homeopathic remedy and are administered orally. I use them starting at 7-9 weeks and continue for the first year of life only. They cannot be used for rabies licensing.
Nosodes provide protection by stimulating a non-specific immunological response. They fill the susceptibility the animal has to the disease without actually producing antibodies. If that susceptibility is filled, much like a cup of coffee to the brim, then nothing else can come in and fill it up. You can't be over-susceptible. In my practice nosodes are very effective with the exception of animals with chronic illness and poor breeding practices. The primary nosodes I use are for the life threatening diseases such as parvo, distemper, and panleukopenia. I will also use bordatella for animals in kennel situations.
If You Do VaccinateIf you choose to vaccinate, please be careful. My recommendations are as follows: wait until 14 weeks for puppies and kittens, until the maternal antibodies are no longer present. If you must use something before 14 weeks, use nosodes; after 14 weeks, give one MLV parvo/distemper combination for dogs; for cats, give one panleukopenia, and one rabies vaccine at least two weeks after the above.
OR:
One distemper at 12 weeks, followed by one parvo at 14 weeks (these are the single vaccines and are the best, but often difficult to find). All other vaccines, except rabies, I cannot recommend, period.
Other IssuesWe have yet to discuss the topic of rights, animal rights, and guardian rights. This is one you can play with on your own.
Additionally, we have yet to talk about the laws that mandate rabies requirements that don't reflect the current science. I hope to see these laws changed as there is more info form the duration of immunity studies. It will be up to the grassroots movement to initiate this as most vet associations will not support a law that will hurt the pocketbooks of the vets.
So, you can see there is quite a bit of info to assimilate, and there is more! With this, I believe there is enough to shed some light on a topic that even confuses most vets.
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Vaccines Damage Your Pet's Health"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"
~ Bronwyn Hancock
The doctor of the future will give no medicine,
But will interest his patients in the care of the human frame,
In diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
~ Thomas Edison
Doctors give drugs of which they know little,
into bodies, of which they know less,
for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
~ Voltaire
Never, no never does Nature say one thing and wisdom another.
~ Johann Christolph Frederick von Schuller
"All drug doctors are quacks."
~ Benjamin FranklinDr. Dee Blanco, D.V.M - "You take healthy animals and often very quickly after you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching of the skin or excessive licking of the paws, sometimes even with no eruptions and licking of the air. We see a lot of epilepsy/seizure, often after a rabies vaccination. Or dogs or cats can become aggressive for several days. Frequently, you'll see urinary tract infections in cats, often within three months after their [annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination."
The Truth is Out There!People who have chosen to feed their pets a raw diet are already open minded. As we become more aware of how the atrocious quality of highly processed commercial pet food negatively affects our pet's health, this often naturally leads us to reconsider the conventional wisdom behind other widely accepted practices involving our pets; case in point being the highly profitable business of vaccination.
In order to begin to understand more clearly the concept of vaccinosis and comprehend the astonishing level of damage being done to many of our pets' health due to the administration of so very many vaccines, we have to be willing to open our minds and look beyond our ingrained beliefs.
Depending on how ready you are to break through the boundaries of conditioning to which we have all been subjected, it's possible that the information on this page may shock, surprise or perhaps even anger you.
But regardless of your response to this information, it’s hoped that what's presented here will compel you to do your own research on this subject, so that you can learn for yourself the real truth about the multi-billion dollar vaccine industry, and the outrageous untold damage that vaccinations are having not only on domestic pets, but upon virtually the entire population of the human race as well.
There is a growing amount of information on this subject available on the internet that is well worth taking the time to explore. If you're interested in learning more, a good place to start is by checking out the links section of this website.
Conditioned ThinkingJust as most of us have grown up and lived in a society which has conditioned us to believe that it’s perfectly acceptable to feed our pets commercial pet food, so do the majority of people in the western world consider vaccination to be a perfectly acceptable, safe, and effective means of preventing the spread of infectious disease. Most all of us have been vaccinated ourselves at some point in our lives, and most all of the pets we have owned have most likely been vaccinated as well. Many people consider that making sure their pets “get their shots” is the absolute right thing to do – or rather - not just that it’s the right thing to do, but that NOT doing it is actually tantamount to negligence!
What is Known About Vaccinosis?There's an umbrella term that has been coined to describe the myriad damage that vaccines have the potential to inflict. This term is vaccinosis. You are encouraged to do an internet search on this term to learn more about it and further explore its ramifications. But please consider that when it comes to the damage that has been, is being, and potentially will be done to both domestic animals and humans alike as a result of the use of vaccines, what is known thus far only amounts to just the tip of the iceberg.
A Healthy Immune System Confers the Ultimate Immunity - Naturally
As was mentioned on the introductory page - and it bears repeating - the most potent, effective and natural mechanism for ensuring good health, longevity and resistance to infections, parasites and disease, exists right within the internal terrain of the body. A well balanced internal terrain makes for a robust, healthy, fully operational immune system.
In other words, effective immunity is created within the body by virtue of the strength of the body’s own properly functioning immune system. Contrary to popular belief, the truth is that although the injection of vaccines may stimulate the production of antibodies, this does not mean that they create immunity. Vaccines, in and of themselves, do not create immunity from disease. Only the immune system can do that. And the way the immune system works naturally to create immunity is the same, whether it be in an animal like a cat or dog, or in a human being.
How a Properly Functioning Immune System WorksPut very simply, the way it works is this: when contagions, whether in the form of germs, bacteria or viruses, enter the body, the way they generally pass from the outside to the inside is via a bodily orifice. The body’s major first lines of defence lie in the form of mucus and the mucous membranes, primarily those of the eyes, nose, mouth, pulmonary passages and GI tract. When the body is exposed to pathogens entering into the body in this way, as long as the immune system is healthy and functioning properly, it will often automatically create an immediate immunity to that potential threat, thereby protecting the body from infection and fending off disease. If by chance for some reason the pathogen does manage to take hold to the point where it’s able to actually cause an acute form of illness, the body will react with certain symptoms, perhaps with such purging responses as fever, sweating or vomiting, inflammation, or an increase in mucus production etc. These sorts of symptoms are the body’s way of naturally ridding itself of the potentially harmful pathogen and restoring itself to good health.
Nature’s means of creating immunity sometimes means that a disease is contracted. This can have a twofold purpose. One purpose, although it may sound harsh, is that those animals that are not strong and healthy enough to either resist or survive such illness may perish, thus ensuring that the weak will not live to reproduce. The other purpose is that if one survives an illness, permanent immunity from that disease is generally conferred, and as a result of fighting off the disease the animal may well end up being stronger for having lived through the ordeal.
Vaccines Bypass the Body's Natural Immune ResponseNow let's explore what happens when Nature’s way is not allowed to unfold on its own because a pathogen, such as a virus, bacteria or heavy metal, is forcibly and unnaturally introduced into the body subcutaneously - directly into the bloodstream or musculature - thereby completely bypassing the body’s natural, innate defence mechanisms. This is the scenario every time a vaccine is injected via hypodermic needle into the body. The result is that the body’s natural immune processes are overridden, and in effect, short circuited. When this occurs, the body’s immune system is deprived of the opportunity to defend against that artificially introduced pathogen the way nature intended for it to.
Because of this short circuiting and the denied opportunity for the body to defend itself naturally, the way it was designed to, the potential outcome in some cases is that these artificially introduced pathogens can end up causing a kind of low grade, chronic form of disease – one against which the body cannot properly defend. In such cases the body is unable to effectively eradicate the bug and cure itself, because its natural ability to defend itself via the immune system’s conventional means has not been stimulated and activated via the proper introductory channels. In other words the body is effectively prevented from ever experiencing a full blown, acute case of the disease with the accompanying purgative symptoms.
Because the immune system’s natural defence mechanisms have been bypassed, short circuited and effectively overridden, in some cases the body becomes unable to properly rid itself of the pathogen and so the illness.
Looking at it from this perspective, it becomes clearer why multiple vaccines can, and often do, have the effect of dramatically impairing the body's natural ability to either maintain good health or heal itself.
An Epidemic of Chronic Degenerative Illness in PetsImagine the many different possible malfunctions that might transpire in the body and immune system of a small animal that receives multiple vaccines at one sitting. Then multiply that by the number of injections that may be given in the form of yearly “boosters’ over the life of that animal, and you may begin to see the scope of potential immune dysfunction that can, and no doubt is, occurring within virtually the entirety of today’s vaccinated domestic pet population. Just as with the toxic commercial pet food industry, there is no doubt whatsoever that there is a massive fortune being made by the mega-pharmaceutical corporations that are marketing vaccines the world over, both for animal as well as human use.
When you consider the chronic malnourishment from which many of these animals are already suffering as a result the utter junk most of them are being fed throughout the course of their lives, compounded with the additional affront of being repeatedly injected with numerous vaccinations, is it any wonder that what we’re seeing today in our pets in terms of chronic degenerative, as well as auto immune diseases, may well be amounting to nothing less than an all out epidemic?
Vaccines - A Toxic BrewIf the unnatural mechanism of introducing various viruses and bacteria into the body via vaccine injections weren’t enough of a deterrent in and of itself, there are yet more reasons to avoid having your pets jabbed.
Besides bacteria and viruses, many of the other sorts of ingredients that are found in vaccines should certainly make people think twice about using them.
Here’s just a very short list of some of the toxic and potentially damaging substances that are commonly used as components in vaccines:
Thimerosal - an organic compound containing the heavy metal mercury, which has been widely used as a preservative in vaccines. Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin. It is one of the most potent poisons known to man and has been shown to impair the function of many internal systems, chief among them being the brain, the central nervous system, the endocrine system, and the kidneys, as well as other organs.
Aluminum - another heavy metal used in vaccines as an adjuvant. Adjuvants are often added to vaccines containing killed viruses in order to enhance, or boost the vaccine’s effectiveness. Aluminum is a known neurotoxin.
Formaldehyde - classified by the EPA as a probable carcinogen, is used as a tissue fixative in some vaccines.
Ethanol - can affect the function of the brain and nervous system, and is commonly used as a preservative in vaccines.
Phenol - a highly poisonous, caustic substance derived from coal tar and used in the production of disinfectants, dyes, pharmaceuticals, plastics, germicides, and preservatives
Animal organ tissue – cells from things like monkey kidneys, cow hearts and rabbit brains, as well as blood from sheep and pigs, are used in vaccines to culture viruses.
Vaccines and VivisectionUp until 1983 when ingredients lists were still declared, this was the accepted method for creating rabies vaccine. There's no information on how it is currently made; it is assumed this is still the practice:
A live rabbit, dog or goat is strapped and its head held.
With no anaesthetic, a cut is made through the skin on top of the head and the skin is separated from the skull.
A circular saw removes some bone.
A piece of the brain of an apparently rabid dog is inserted and the skin sewn up and the animal is put in a cage to die.
Death occurs between 13 and 27 days from inflammation of the brain.
The brain and spinal cord are removed, dried and mashed in a distilled water and salt solution with either carbolic acid or chloroform added.
After straining it is ready for animal or human use.
So efficacy of vaccines aside, cultivating vaccines on living creatures is yet another reason to look for alternatives. Unless of course, such practices are seen as being "for the greater good" and therefore somehow bizarrely more acceptable?So, why are our vets injecting such things into our dogs?? Two reasons:
1) MONEY!! … Some sources purport as much as 60% profit in a Veterinary practice is derived from vaccines not to mention the revenue made by the vaccine manufacturers
2) BIASED EDUCATION - with pharmaceutical companies sponsoring veterinary lectures, misleading information is supplied to vets. Pet owners need to be warned that many veterinarians are not proficient in companion animal vaccination ‘best practice’. For instance, the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Vaccination Guidelines Group has warned that “there is an urgent requirement for education of practicing veterinarians in this area”.(1)
Professor Ronald Schultz, a member of the WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group, says:
“Our new grads don’t know a heck of a lot more about vaccines than our older grads. And I’ve figured out why this is. They know a lot more about basic immunology, but they don’t know about vaccinology and the two are not the same…Also, they’re taught by people generally that know nothing about vaccinology. Now, when do they get their vaccine training? During their fourth year. And who’s giving that? The veterinarians that know how to give vaccines, that still don’t know about vaccinology. So we haven’t gone very far from where we were ten years ago or twenty years ago with regard to training veterinarians about vaccines”.(2)This is hardly comforting news for all those pet owners who are currently placing their trust in the backward ‘knowledge’ of many practicing veterinarians…
It’s way past time that both the veterinary profession and vaccine manufacturers were brought to account for unnecessary, and possibly harmful, vaccination of pets.
Food For ThoughtAside from the shocking list of ingredients used in creating vaccines, here are a few more reasons why we should all very seriously be reconsidering the wisdom of their use:
Vaccines do not necessarily confer immunity! A certain percentage of those who are vaccinated will invariably contract the very disease the vaccine they were given was intended to prevent.
Because the adjuvants contained in vaccines remain in the body indefinitely, they can continually stimulate immune-activating cells. Under normal circumstances, when pathogens are introduced into the body via natural routes, this stimulation happens quickly to overcome the infection, and once the infection is under control, the effect diminishes just as rapidly. But this chronic stimulation caused by the continual presence of vaccine adjuvants can cause the body to release a perpetual supply of free radicals, which are looking to kill a disease that is not present, and those free radicals have the potential to do perpetual damage on a cellular level.
Attenuated viruses, which are the live viruses used in some vaccines that have been weakened to the point where they are not supposed to be able to cause disease, also remain in the body indefinitely. As a result of the presence of free radicals in cells and organs, these viruses can mutate into virulent, disease causing organisms.
Think Twice About VaccinesFind out what, if any vaccines are actually required by law for your pet where you live.
Seriously reconsider vaccinating young animals whose immature immune systems are still forming and not yet fully functional.
Never allow a sick pet to be vaccinated
Never allow pets to be vaccinated right before or after surgery, including spay and neuter procedures.
Avoid having your pet injected with multiple vaccines all at once.
Avoid "boosters" which are potentially very harmful to your pet and are marketed heavily because they're such big money makers for drug companies and vets alike.
The bottom line...
Do your homework.Educate yourself about the harmful cocktail of ingredients used in vaccines.
Become informed about the potential risks and dangers before vaccinating your pets.
Check out the links page which lists many excellent resources where you can learn more.
References:
1. Refer to the WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group page on the WSAVA website for the quote re education of vets:
http://www.wsava.org/VGG1.htm 2. The quote from Ronald Schultz was transcribed from the Safer Pet Vaccination Benefit Seminar DVD which includes footage of the 2009 US NJ Rabies Challenge Fund Benefit Seminar:
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