Vaccinations – To Jab or Not to Jab

By Raga Manjari Devi

Parents have an enormous responsibility to protect their children, both physically and spiritually, until they are able to make their own informed decisions.

This article is to educate parents about the vaccination issue, so that they may weigh the facts rather than be influenced by the fears. The need for parents to make their own decision was highlighted by the statement from an American doctor who refused to vaccinate his own child against measles, while continuing to vaccinate his infant patients: "As a parent I have the luxury of making a choice for my child. As a physician, legally and professionally, I have to accept the recommendation of the profession."

A growing number of health care professionals are questioning the efficacy and danger of vaccination. The evidence that supports this attitude against vaccinations is mounting.

Possible adverse effects of vaccinations

Long – term effects: Then raised risk of immune system damage later in life.

Dr. R. Moskowits states: "Even if the measles vaccine could be shown to reduce the risk of deaths or serious complications from the disease, it still could not justify the high probability of anti-immune diseases, cancer and whatever else may result from the propagation of latent measles virus in human tissue culture."

Studies exist that link vaccines with the also inexplicable increase in chronic diseases such as arthritis, eczema, multiple sclerosis, allergies, heart disease, Reyes Syndrome, cancer, and many others.

Short –term effects: Triple antigen immunizations (the standard immunization against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) have been linked with the cot death syndrome or SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Out of 145 SIDS deaths in Los Angeles County in California in 1979-1980, 53 died within twenty – eight days, six within 24 hours and 17 within a week of triple antigen immunizations.

There is evidence that people can get other infectious diseases after vaccination-so-called provocation diseases. In 1949, during a polio out break in Victoria, Australia, 29 out of 375 polio cases were found to have had diphtheria and / or pertussis vaccine between five and thirty two and 25 days before the onset of the disease. Paralysis was most commonly found in the injected limb.

A study conducted in Melbourne, Australia, showed the following reactions after 8, 000 triple antigen of diphtheria vaccinations:

- 10% had persistent crying

- One in 13 persistent screaming

- 3 in 1000 convulsions

- one in 4 suffered irritability or vomiting.

American osteopath Daniel Landor stated: "Immunizing children at two to six months is the largest cause of upper respiratory tract infections, allergies and ear infections."

A group formed in England called "Parents of Vaccine Damaged Children" has 182 children on record as having suffered severe brain damage that occurred within twelve days of vaccination.

I have personally treated patients who developed epilepsy within 2 days of triple antigen vaccination, and others who suffered chronic warts.

How do vaccines cause damage?

There are three aspects that make synthesized vaccinations dangerous to humans:

1)      Mode of administration: Vaccinations are injected directly into the blood and therefore by pass the normal path ways of infection. The immune system has normal ways of copying with infections entering along the natural pathway. By injecting the live viruses into the blood stream, the virus can directly attack organs that would otherwise be defended by mucosal and intestinal immune mechanisms.

2)      Quality of vaccine: (a) Because the virus is weakened before injection, the complete immune response is not brought into action to culminate the virus from the body, resulting in toxic build up; and (b) the vaccination is often combined with dangerous chemical adjuncts, such as aluminum hydroxide, to keep the virus active in the body for a longer duration.

3)      Quantity of vaccination injected: A relatively massive amount, compared with the quantity taken in during natural exposure, is injected into the body. This also leads to a buildup of toxins that cause side effects.

Natural health practitioners agree that not only do vaccines harm the gross physical body, they also disturb the subtle spirit like energy from which all vitality originates.

It is clear that the method of synthesizing viruses from animal serum and injecting them into the human blood stream is far from the process of natural immunity. Vaccination perverts rather than duplicates the process of nature.

It isn't surprising, therefore, that many people are looking for alternative measures to protect their children's welfare.

Natural outlook on immunity

The theory of natural immunity is based on the work of Bechamp, a contemporary of Pateur. It states that we have kinds of bacteria-bearing disease within and around us, and that we get sick only when the body's resistance is low due to poor diet, poor hygiene, overcrowding, lack of exercise or seep, exposure to pollutants such as smoke and alcohol, or emotional upsets.

This viewpoint emphasizes that the primary cause of disease is not bacteria, otherwise all unvaccinated people exposed to the infection in a similar way would become ill. This does not happen.

The disease occurs initially because of the individual's inability to cope with the invading bacteria due to a weak natural immunity. Each childhood disease is considered an immunity building block, gradually strengthening the individual's resistance to disease.

Vaccination only confers temporary immunity from a disease, leaving the individual vulnerable to contracting it as an adult when the symptoms and complication are often more severe. Experiencing measles or chickenpox as a child provides lifelong immunity.

Natural Alternatives

The decision not to vaccinate your child should be accompanied by a positive decision to take other action. There are two main methods to build your child's natural immunity:

1)      Diet and lifestyle measures:

• Ensure a continuing balanced diet for yourself and for your child.
• Protect children from smoking, alcohol and chemical pollutions.
• Breastfeed yopur child for at least nine months where possible.
• Provide an emotional stable home environment.
• Ensure proper hygiene, and try to isolate children from infected people.

2)      Homeopathic and herbal preparations:

The founder of homeopathy, Dr Samuel Hahnemann, was vaccinating patients with homeopathic remedies in the early 1800s and the same remedies give excellent results today. These vaccinations defend the body against the gamut of children diseases without the side effects.

The following program of medicines can be given as a basic alternative prevention against childhood disease.

There is a basic program for immunization from birth and supplementary program for use during an outbreak. The remedies should be obtained only from a homeopathic doctor and used according to their guidelines.

Basic Program for Protection from Birth:

"Not only does homeopathic medicine offer an improved means of curing a disease, it stimulates the body's immunological defense system both specifically and generally, and thus provides prophylactic protection comparable to that of vaccination, yet without the side effects."

If the disease has already developed, seek treatment from a homeopath and discontinue previous course outlined. Other herbal and nutritional supplements to confer strong immunity may be given by themselves or in conjunction with the homeopathic.

These include:

Echinacea fluid extract, 10 ml daily Ascorbic Acid, 50 mg daily

Hypericum Perfoliatum, 1 cup tea daily.

I urge all parents to research the pros and cons of vaccination before making their decision. The choice is yours; be sure it is in your child's best interest.

I hope this article has stimulated your interest in the subject in order for all parents to make and educated, sober decision.

Raga Manjari is a qualified homeopathic and naturopathic doctor. She serves in the Mayapur Bhaktivednata Ayurvedic Clinic and in private clinic in Australia.