Shifting the Paradigm, Together with Everyday HP

As the head wanderer and wonderer at the HP parent support site  Everyday HP, I am everyday hphonored to be a guest blog writer for HP The Solution. Coupled with my family’s own experience and my subsequent reading of The Solution and a few long nights of research and writing, Everyday HP  came to be. In writing today, I am reminded of one of my all time favorite quotes from anthropologist Margaret Mead:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

As a concerned parent, caregiver or practitioner and all around holistic health enthusiast participating, researching or thinking about homeoprophylaxis, you are doing just that. At Everyday HP, we aim to support you on your HP journey through providing community and conversation about the every day reality of educating our children’s immune systems safely, effectively and naturally.

Reflecting on your own journey, you may have once wondered: “Why would my newborn, at not even 48 hours old, need a Hepatitis B vaccine?” Perhaps you have heard that internal guidance system shouting “No!” as you watched the nurse line up 4-5 doses of mysterious fluid, ready to inject your 6-month old? Perhaps you felt it all along – that the current conventional paradigm of by-passing our peripheral immune system by injecting multiple foreign and toxic entities into young and still developing systems is dangerous.

The paths and stories vary. The questions are the same. Parents and caregivers alike are asking: Is the current vaccine paradigm really the best thing?

HP families are growing in number, and quickly. Everyday HP seeks to serve those families. Born in April of 2013, Everyday HP is an online community of parents and caregivers with children who participate in HP.  On the website you will find information about homeopathy and HP, parent forums and a blog. We gather to share our experiences, to share information and above all, support each other on our HP journeys. We’re here for you.

You are not alone in your questions. You are not alone in your concerns. You are not alone in your HP journey.

Cheers to your health and well-being!

-The Everyday HP Team

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What Would be a Green Vaccine?

Green means a product or service which is environmentally sustainable, and non-toxic. Green means to reduce impact on the environment and natural resourcescaless. Green also means to focus on a system of economic activity that benefits the health of individuals and the planet.

When it comes to a disease prevention program, in order to be green this disease prevention program should pass the following requirements:

  1. Non-toxic
  2. Environmentally sustainable
  3. Economically sustainable
  4. Benefit the health of individuals and the planet

How does the model of Vaccination compare to that of Homeoprophylaxis? Truth is, there is nothing green about a vaccine. While the intention is to benefit the health of individuals and the planet, the reality of the application of this disease prevention program is far from it. Below let’s examine how vaccines fare with regards to being green:

  1. It is not just the disease agent in the vaccine, the growth mediums, and adjuvants we are talking about, but rather all of the other ingredients like formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, glutaraldehyde, 2-phenoxethanol, thimerosal, beta-propiolactone, phenol, neomycin, and streptomycin, to name a few. These ingredients are toxic in themselves let alone in combination with the disease agent and immune system modulators found in vaccines: Fail.
  2. The vaccine industry relies on a continuous supply of host tissue cell cultures such as human aborted fetal cells, monkey kidney or pig intestine cells. Human fetal cells come from abortions, 100,000’s of monkeys have donated their kidneys to the science of vaccines and I am not sure where they get the pigs’ intestines from. Could it be a by-product of the meat production industry where the pigs are stuffed full of antibiotics and growth hormones before they are slaughtered? Fail.
  3. The economic outlook on the public health care campaign of vaccines is grim if you take the whole picture into account. On the one side, the global vaccine industry was valued at $24 billion in 2009 and is expected to reach $52 billion in 2016 at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 11.5%.[1] On the other side, the annual cost of autism has more than tripled to $126 billion in the US. The cost of providing care for each person with autism through his or her lifespan is $2.3 million:[2] Is this an economically sustainable health care model? Fail.
  4. While one could argue that infectious disease incidence has dropped with the use of vaccines, we are seeing an alarming rate of other conditions arising in our children. In the United States an estimated 1 in 50 children are diagnosed with autism.[3] In 2005, 8.9% of children in the United States had asthma.[4]Now an average of one out of every 10 school-aged children has asthma.[5], [6] In 2007, 29% of children who had a food allergy also had asthma.[7] Vaccines have failed to contribute beneficially to the long-term health of our children or the environment. Fail.

Now, let us examine Homeoprophylaxis. Homeoprophylaxis (HP) is the use of potentized substances given by oral ingestion, prior to exposure to disease, with the aim to prevent that disease. Nosodes are used in this process of prophylaxis. Nosodes, as defined by the Food and Drug Administration’s Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, are homeopathic ‘attenuations’ of pathological organs and/or tissues, causative agents, or disease products from infected individuals, such as discharges, excretions, and secretions. With the creation of nosodes, through the attenuation process of potentization, the energetic frequency of an infectious agent has been captured while removing its virulence and toxic effect.[1] Nosodes are prepared without any preservatives, adjuvants, or toxins.

According to the green scale let us see how Homeoprophylaxis fares:

  1. Non-toxic: As homeopathic remedies are prepared by dilution in pure alcohol there is no longer any source material present. The final solution is applied onto sugar pellets and the alcohol evaporates. There are no preservatives, host tissue cells, or immune-modulators present: Pass.
  2. As the source solution can be prepared once and then forever diluted, one can prepare an infinite amount of doses from a single source, resulting in a near zero environmental impact: Pass.
  3. The cost of Homeoprophylaxis with Free and Healthy Children International is a minimal initial outlay of money: $300-500 for a family of 4 for the 44 month program. HP provides a safe and effective form of educating the immune system with no long-term health consequences, thus reducing medical bills in the future. The model of HP is economically sustainable. Pass.
  4. Children who undergo HP programs are found to be healthier than children who have not received any protection as well as children who have been vaccinated, according to Dr. Isaac Golden’s 15 years of research into HP.[8] HP benefits the health of the individual, who in turn contributes to a healthy society. Pass.

What do you think? Would you agree that HP is a green vaccine?

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[1] Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy, University of Pennsylvania. “Global Vaccines Revenues Projected to More than Double by 2016.” January 2010. <http://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/global-vaccines-revenues-projected-to-more-than-double-by-2016/&gt;.

[2] “New Research Finds Annual Cost of Autism Has More Than Tripled to $126 Billion in the U.S. and Reached £34 Billion in the U.K.” Autism Speaks.org. http://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/annual-cost-of-autism-triples. (2013)

[3] Centers for Disease Control. “National Health Statistics Reports.” 65. March 20, 2013. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr065.pdf. (Aug 2013)

[4] Centers for Disease Control. “Surveillance for Asthma” – United States, 1960-1995.” MMWR, (1998); 47 (SS-1).

[5] Ibid.

[6] American Lung Association. Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Research and Program Services. “Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality.” November 2007.

[7] Branum, Amy and Susan Lukacs. “Food allergy among U.S. children: Trends in prevalence and hospitalizations.” NCHS Data Brief. 10. (2008) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.pdf. (Aug 2013)

[8] Golden, Isaac, PhD, DHom, ND. “Homoeoprophylaxis – A Fifteen Year Clinical Study A Statistical Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Long-Term Homoeoprophylaxis.” Aurum Pty Ltd. Melborne. 2004.

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What if California Medical Providers Approved Homeoprophylaxis (HP)?

With the recent passage of CA SB277, parents, lawmakers, medical providers, and do no harmschools are going to have to figure out how to overturn this ruling, or to work within its framework. With medical professionals being the gatekeepers for deciding who is eligible for medical exemption from vaccines, they are the individuals we need to turn to and align with in regards to the health choices parents make for their children.

Currently, we doubt that any law maker has heard of homeoprophylaxis. This law would not be under protest if vaccines were safe. We know those parents who are looking for a safer option to vaccination may have found HP. It is these parents searching for options who will be leading the way to The Solution, and will be the ones who will have the opportunity to discuss their children’s health with medical professionals.

Medical professionals have the professional, moral obligation to practice in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath, in addition to their conscience, and Do No Harm.

As the vaccination method of disease prevention has known risks and associated side effects, and the vaccine companies are legally absolved from any liability for harm done, the next in line for culpability are medical professionals. Not only legal culpability, but also the psychological burden of responsibility is upon their shoulders, to the patients who come to them for healthcare.

Talk to your medical providers about HP. Tell them how HP shares the same philosophy as vaccination, but the method is safer, non-toxic, and provides a gentle way of educating your child’s immune system towards infectious disease.

We know no method of disease prevention is 100% guaranteed. Vaccine proponents admit this too. The public wants another option to reach the same end goal. HP provides that other option.

We have HP Supervisors in California available to answer your questions and to help you navigate your way to the medical providers who would support your right to choose the option of HP as a public health care model of disease prevention.

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Is HP Recognized by the State?

Hello! As the champions of #Homeoprophylaxis (HP) and promotion of #Vaccine Choice options, FHCi feels that every individual  StartingOverAfterDivorcehas the power to create the life they want to live.

When parents ask: Does HP count for vaccination in the eyes of the State? We ask the bigger question: What kind of life are you willing to give your children? Are we willing to accept the State laws that tell us what we have to do at the risk of damaging our children’s immune systems? Or, do we want to live our lives in accordance with our own conscience and work towards making sure the laws we live under, in a democracy, reflect this belief.

Years ago there were no laws that allowed alternative healthcare practitioners to practice. Now we have Health Freedom laws in several states around the country. This is because people kept working toward the world they want to live in. Now it seems illogical looking back to the time that healers could not practice and you would not have access to them.

There was a time healers were burned at the stake! My how far we have come!

The time is now to create the world we want to live in. The more parents who opt for HP, the more clout we have. The more who say no to vaccines, the healthier our children will be. The more people that opt for HP, the more recognition parents get for being responsible to society and taking care of their kids in a way that seems right to them.

Society changes, based upon the impetus of the individual and the degree to which the individual is limited by the pressures of society. Epidemic disease is based on the unadaptability of the population to modify its trajectory.

We currently have an epidemic of children with asthma, allergies, behavioral disturbances, developmental delays and autism. We are the ones who are in charge. The more power we give to others, the more of a victim we will be. We are the only ones who can change this trajectory, and we have to change it if we want to ensure our survival. Our passivity is what limits us.

Carl Jung said: ‘Rather than being sufferers of our time, we are the creators of our epoch.’ The question is: what kind of a future do you want for your children? And how many people, laws, or vaccines are you going to let deny them of that future? Start there, and then we can see about getting States to recognize HP as a viable option for educating your child’s immune system towards infectious disease.

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Does HP make antibodies? And are antibodies synonymous with immunity?

T-lyphocyte099This is the question of the year! However, before we can answer this question we must review the misconceptions of the vaccine paradigm. The basis of the vaccine paradigm is the quest to make antibodies. Research shows that some vaccines, when given repeatedly, will force the body to make antibodies in most people. The standard of the vaccine industry assumes that if antibodies are produced, then there is immunity. But is this really true? And is this standard held to? i.e., It is assumed that if you have been

cytocinesvaccinated you have antibodies. The litmus test in this paradigm is for the un-vaccinated to prove antibodies to avoid vaccines. Truth is however, many who have been vaccinated do not make antibodies. But, in the eyes of the officials, if they had the vaccine that is enough proof for them. There are also those that make excessive antibodies from vaccines, like an allergic reaction, the result of which is a system in a heightened allergic state causing a myriad of other inflammatory symptoms.

In attempts to make vaccines ‘safer,’ in 2000, the amount of antigen in a single vaccine had been reduced. To ensure that the immune system makes a sufficient response, high amounts of aluminum or aluminum salts have been added to force an allergic reaction to the antigen. We know that one dose of vaccine does not always produce an antibody response and so more doses have been added to the vaccine schedule to make up for this inadequacy. The more doses added to the schedule, the more allergic conditions that arise as a result of this repetitive immunological stimulation.

The antibodies generated from a vaccine are short-lived, allergic responses to disease, not full immunity. This means you can still contract the disease because you have only developed a one-sided antibody response to the antigen, not a full response to the disease process that would involve the general immune system.

Natural disease is the only way to produce life-long immunity and life-long antibodies. Natural immunity is developed through full engagement of both the general and specific branches of the immune system. General immune system function is initiated with contact on the mucous membranes by an antigen. As the antigen bypasses the mucous membranes, specific immune function is stimulated, so that antibodies are made to disable and discharge the antigen. A balanced immunological response is a state of both an adequate febrile response and localization – which are the actions of the general immune system to fight infections; plus having an adequate tolerance to ward off excessive inflammation, allergic responses and autoimmune conditions.

It is the capability of the body to resist harmful microorganisms or viruses from entering it that is the best form of immunity. Can vaccines accomplish this if they are injected, therfore bypassing the peripheral immunological markers which need to be engaged before a systemic antibody response is generated?

If the surface membranes are sufficiently stimulated towards an infectious agent, it is possible to garner general immunity to a disease without antibodies being produced. This is what homeoprophylaxis (HP) does.

HP doses are taken orally, touching upon the mucous membranes, calling upon the body to produce a general immune system reaction to the disease entity. This general immune system response is like a mini-rehearsal of the disease elimination process. If this response is sufficient it will engender immunity without the need for antibodies to develop.

HP is the use of homeopathically prepared disease entities, (a.k.a Nosodes). The original disease source, either a cultured pathogen, sputum, or discharge from an infected individual, is potentized through a series of dilutions and succussions to arrive at an alcohol solution holding the energetic memory of the disease entity and therfore information about the normal immunological response to that entity (in the case of nosodes sourced from human discharges). The solution is then applied to sugar pellets, the alcohol evaporates and only the information about the disease entity remains. When given orally this energetic information activates a general immune system response to the antigen. As there is no antigen present (due to the dilution process) no antigen enters the blood, thus negating the need for the development of antibodies to disable and eliminate the antigen. Therefore, HP stimulates immunity without the need for antibodies. This is not to say however that in some instances HP can’t produce antibodies, or even if antibodies are the true test of immunity. For more information on the efficacy of HP please look to these links: [i], [ii]

The unfortunate meaning of this is that if we are trying to satisfy the illogical rationale of the vaccine paradigms’ need for antibodies, we may not be able to do so with HP. But, certainly we can prevent disease. With the use of HP, immune systems become stronger and more able to navigate through an infectious disease process as they have been sufficiently educated to do so.

[i]. Golden, Isaac, Homeoprophylaxis – A Proven Alternative To Vaccination. Life Health Choices, http://www.lifehealthchoices.com/the-center/health-options/homeoprophylaxis

[ii]. Compilation of authors. Evidence of Homeoprophylaxis http://freeandhealthychildren.com/certification/hpdocuments/hp-supervisors-resourses/

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What You Know

gut feelingWe believe you are looking to HP for the health of your children. We believe you made this choice because as parents, you are educated on the effects of vaccines. We believe that you understand at a gut level what is good for your children and that HP fits within that understanding.

We thank you for seeking us out for the benefit of society towards infectious disease, and for participating in the program for the health of your children.

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Infectious disease: A moment of truth

This world. The inner and outer. The strength of the immune system in relation to an phoenixinfectious agent. Is disease something to be feared, or rather, stepped into, so as to reconcile our inner disparages?

What is true in the vaccine paradigm? Like a digestive process we must sort out what is real and what is false. What should be absorbed and what eliminated. It is not from the outside that we are to be forced into an understanding, but rather from the inside we must forge towards an understanding that sits within our own understanding of survival. Resolution comes from our own intelligence about the world we live in.

In the healthy body, when we meet with an infectious principle, when we meet with an outside idea, when the human immune system works within the wisdom that was bestowed upon it via our birth, we mount an immune system reaction that is designed to differentiate self from non-self. During the prodrome of this process we begin to sort and localize what we are up against. We mount an inflammatory response which is designed to initiate a purgative process. Macrophages, like scavengers in the dark, corral the infectious principle, engulf it and process it for elimination.

The ability for the body to mount this fever and discharge is in direct relation to our ability to find truth in who we are. This febrile process engages our survival mechanism: who are we and what are we made of?  Can we exist on this planet in the face of the potential threats from the outside? How much help do we need? This is the mechanism of survival of the fittest. Those that cannot mount the appropriate inflammatory response will fall. The truth about who you are will be known. The truth about the virility of the infectious agent will be verified. That which no longer serves the health of our body will be eliminated.

We discharge through vomiting, diarrhea, pus and sweat. Contrivances of wishful thinking and pollution in our body degrade our existence on the planet. They must be eliminated and transformed. Like the phoenix that rises out of the ashes of the fire, with fevers and sweats we are reborn.

What happens when our immune system cannot discern what is foreign? When our intellect cannot tell truth from lies? Or when what it thinks is foreign is actually a part of itself? What happens when the immune system is polluted with misinformation about how to effectively respond to foreign agents? What we see is a society of false ideas, bodies stuck in auto-immune processes. We start fighting against each other. We do not have the perspective to differentiate.

When collectively we are exposed to an infectious agent, true herd immunity arises. However it is up to us individually to reconcile our relationship with it. As a society we are in the collective process of reconciling the truth and myths about vaccines, measles, the process of developing immunity and the sovereignty of our individual right to determine truth for ourselves. The rest must be discharged through the appropriate vents and forgotten.

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When I was Young I had Measles

Like many people, I first heard of the measles outbreak in California from Brian Williams on NBC News. He said that officials were “scrambling” to find people who might have been exposed to the measles which had “sickened” 55 people (at that time). Soon, other networks started ticking off increasing numbers of cases, but  I haven’t heard of anyone going to the hospital, much less dying.
measlesI had the measles when I was a child and so did my sisters. Back then, I think parents breathed a sigh of relief after the three major childhood illnesses (measles, mumps and chickenpox) had passed.  No one likes to see their child get sick and I’m not advocating that, but after that they are immune for life – no booster shots required.
Homeoprophylaxis is a better choice, in my opinion, than having parties to purposely expose children to others who are sick, because the dose is more controlled. Homeopathic remedies, called nosodes, are given in a systematic fashion to educate the immune system so that the body can respond to the disease appropriately. There is recent evidence of the effectiveness of homeoprophylaxis in Brazil (1) and Cuba (2) for their epidemics.
Measles is one of the targeted diseases in the HP Program and the program is flexible enough to adjust for possible exposure to specific diseases.  In other words, if you are concerned about measles or even if there is known exposure, you can contact your HP Supervisor to revise the schedule to take the measles nosode, morbillinum.
Why was this outbreak headline news in the first place?
According for Dr. Eric G. Handler (3), health officer for Orange County, CA he says it was because the majority of measles cases are in “under-immunized” children, meaning children who had not had the present day ‘full’ series of vaccines. To me the obvious reason for the headlines is to get more children vaccinated. But if most cases were in under-vaccinated children, you can infer that many who became ill were fully immunized, but they are allowed to continue going to school, arguably being put at risk of contracting measles. Not to mention that the MMR vaccine is a live virus vaccine which can cause those vaccinated with it to shed the measles virus.
Does this make sense to you?
I hope this measles outbreak doesn’t spread to real epidemic proportions.  But don’t let the sound-bite headlines distract from facts presented and obscure solutions such as HP as an way to educate the immune system about the process of disease.
Ruth Pearson Smith, C.HP.
Vis-a-Vis Wellness Homeopathy
(1)” Homeopathic Prevention for Meningococcal Disease,” http://homeopathyplus.com.au/homeopathic-immunisation-for-meningococcal-disease/, website 2/22/2015.
(2)” Large-scale application of highly-diluted bacteria for Leptospirosis epidemic control,” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20674839 , website 2/22/2015.
(3)”Measles Cases Linked to Disneyland Rise, and Debate Over Vaccinations Intensifies,”  website 2/22/2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/measles-cases-linked-to-disneyland-rise-and-debate-over-vaccinations-intensifies.html?_r=0
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What to do for Measles

For the last 200 years homeopathy has been used with a great degree of success for many infectious diseases, measles baby 2including measles. For most individuals, measles is a relatively mild disease and can serve as a beneficial process for the development of the child.  However, for some individuals the disease can be quite severe resulting in permanent brain damage or death. When considering any prevention methodology one has to know the baseline level of health of their child and what other support options one has.  Vaccination has its own level of risk depending on the age of the child. The older the child, the less of an impact the vaccine will have, as the immune system will be more developed and more readily able to make the appropriate response. Homeoprophylaxis offers another choice.

Homeopathic remedies can be used as prevention for measles or in active cases. In active cases, remedies are selected based on symptom presentation. Accordingly, even though several people may contract measles, each of them may need a different remedy as their symptom presentation may be different. Most children can pass through measles quite well, and actually have developmental leaps due to the disease process. Life-long immunity is garnered through the disease process. Some may need homeopathic support.

Signs and symptoms:

  • The first stage is marked by fatigue, runny nose, cough, and slight fever.
  • There can be aching pain in the neck and back and the eyes may become reddened and sensitive to light.
  • Each day the fever rises. By the third or fourth day the temperature may reach 103-104 where upon Koplik’s spots (small white dots) develop in the mouth and on the gums.
  • Then, a fine rash begins to appear in the hairline and behind the ears gradually spreading down, covering the body in the next 36 hours. The fine spots enlarge and may run together, and also may become itchy.
  • The fever usually subsides with the spreading of the rash. After a few days the rash dries and flakes.
  • Risk in the disease comes with the height of the fever, or if the rash fails to appear, where upon the disease settles into the brain and can cause brain damage (see indicated remedies below).

Various approaches for Prevention and Treatment

  • Use of the Measles nosode, Morbilinum, in ascending potencies. Doses are to be given over a period of a few months, starting with a single dose of 200C, repeating a triple dose of the 200C the following week. The following month, a triple dose of 10M is given, which is followed one month later with a second round of the 10M, again in triple dose. (Triple dose = 3 doses within 24 hours.)
  • Use of either Pulsatilla or Euphrasia, whether for prevention or in cases when the disease has been contracted. Both these homeopathic remedies correspond to the common symptom manifestations of measles. They can be used if there is known exposure or at the first signs of the disease and cover the both the fluctuating temperatures, or runny nose and watery eyes, respectively. These remedies can be alternated if you are unsure which is best indicated, repeating the remedy that offers the most relief.
  • Various other remedies can be given in active disease. When in doubt consult a homeopath.
  • Depending upon the health of the individual and their vitality, they may contract the disease but the eruptions might fail to appear. In these cases there can be more damage from the disease. The following remedies may be indicated based on the symptom presentation and will move the disease to resolution, mitigating the potential damage: Apis, Bryonia, Cuprum, Helleborus, Stramonium, Veratrum album or Zincum, according to symptom presentation. The condition of suppressed eruptions, or eruptions that fail to appear, can cause a serious level of brain damage which looks much like the conditions that arise from the MMR vaccine.  Accordingly, these remedies can also be of assistance in the clearing of vaccine damage from MMR, and may also be used as a preventative to the damage from the vaccine if used before vaccination.
*The content of this website is not to be misconstrued as medical advice nor does it replace the consult of a physician or practitioner. Reader assumes the responsibility of investigating for themselves disease prevention and treatment methodologies that concur with their beliefs and understanding. The suggested protocol is for informational purposes and the reader assumes the risks and benefits of undertaking the protocol unless overseen by a qualified practitioner.
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Is the Flu Vaccine Causing More Illness?

Recent influenza has been unbelievably rampant. While we know that 80% of what looks like the flu is actually diagnosed as ILI (influenza-like illness) we have also had many confirmed cases of influenza A circulating. So we are seeing both – influenza A and ILI’s.

The CDC has informed us that the chosen flu strain for the vaccine was incorrect this year, so it’s important for you to understand what is occurring……

The study cited below shows us that when a flu vaccine is given, specific immunity to that particular strain is enhanced.  In other words you have an approximate 40-60% chance of having increased protection against that particular flu strain in the vaccine.  Nothing else.

The important word is “specific.” Specific immunity is not general immunity. In fact, the study shows us that general immunity is actually compromised as a result of this increased specific immunity. What this means is that people become more susceptible to influenza-like illnesses, pink eye, strep, and other viruses not in the flu vaccine! (1) This is a perfect example of skewed immunity.

We also know that molecules from the flu vaccine are shed after receiving the vaccine. These molecules recombine in the atmosphere and can be shared with anyone who comes in contact with them. (2)

So while marketing would have you think you need flu vaccines to keep you healthy, quite the opposite is true! General immunity is compromised and you are also more susceptible to new and improved circulating viruses!

1. Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012;54(12):1778–83

“Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine”

 

2. Baron S, Fons M, Albrecht T. Viral Pathogenesis.

Medical Microbiology, 4th Edition.

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 1996.

 

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