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both immediate and delayed reactions appear.   This was rather troubling. Although the tics had cleared up, her
         Thus the proportion of vaccine injuries due to  vocalization had not recovered, and she was beginning to develop sleep
         immediate, severe reactions is relatively small,  and digestive abnormalities, two months after her first and only set of
         yet even so the Internet is full of tens of thou-  vaccinations.
         sands of documented reports by individuals and   But which of the vaccines did it? This is part of the problem. The
         parents from around the world describing their  child received three separate shots—one of which contained six different
         or their children’s descent into chronic illness  antigens plus the various chemicals—plus a fourth vaccine administered
         after vaccines. The National Vaccine Injury  orally (in other words, the usual cocktail given to our modern-day infants).
         Compensation Program in the U.S. has paid  I used applied kinesiology testing to narrow things down, and the baby
         out in excess of four billion dollars since its  received a homeopathic remedy made from the meningococcal vaccine.
         inception in 1986—and Harvard University has   A few days later, her mother wrote: “She is sleeping very well, has
         estimated that only about 1 percent of vaccine  regular bowel movements once per day, is happy, making lots of sounds
         injuries ever get reported, never mind settled  and has lots of energy. Her sleep is the biggest change: We spent the last
         through the compensation program.         four weeks only sleeping two to four hours at a time; last night, she slept
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                                                   for nine hours straight!” Over the next six weeks, the child had a couple
         FACIAL TIC, FOLLOWED BY                   more doses of the homeopathic meningococcal-C remedy. Her sleep
         SLEEP AND BOWEL CHANGES                   and bowels remained normal, and she became very talkative, bright and
             In October of 2016, I saw a five-month-old  playful. She lives in my neighborhood and now, at four years old, is a
         baby girl who had developed a facial tic im-  totally normal child.
         mediately after her two-month vaccinations,   This case illustrates that adverse reactions after a vaccination can
         which included the six-in-one Infanrix hexa  include immediate symptoms as well as delayed symptoms. The latter
         vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio,  are often missed in routine pediatric care, especially as vaccine admin-
         Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B)  istration continues every two months in the first six months, as well as
         and the meningococcal-C, pneumococcal-C and  at twelve and eighteen months.
         rotavirus vaccines. The child’s tic would occur
         several times per day and sometimes involved  FAILURE TO THRIVE AND INSOMNIA
         her right shoulder and leg as well. This condition   Earlier in 2016, I saw another baby in a similar situation. She had
         lasted for three weeks and was very alarming to  received two rounds of vaccines instead of one, and she had just been
         the parents, although their doctor told them that  diagnosed with failure to thrive. “She has not gained any weight in the
         “this was a normal developmental phase.” The  last month at all,” her mother told me. “She has not grown in length nor
         baby also became lethargic and extremely quiet.  has her head circumference changed. This started after her second round
             But  there  were  other  concerns.  “More  of vaccines a month ago.”
         recently, her sleep has changed,” her mother   The mother also described the baby’s sleep problems. “She has a
         reported. “She used to be a good sleeper, but  terrible time sleeping, which also changed after her vaccines.” She had
         lately is waking every two hours some nights.  received her first round of vaccines when she was two months old. Im-
         Only one month ago, she slept for nine to ten  mediately afterwards, her sleep deteriorated. “Before the vaccinations, she
         hours at a time.” The mother also described  slept for four to five hours at a time. Then it changed to only one to two
         bowel changes. “Now she also has diarrhea,  hours at a time for the next few weeks. It has gotten even worse since her
         which comes and goes. Her bowels were like  second round of vaccines a month ago. Now she sometimes only sleeps
         clockwork before—one bowel movement in the  for thirty minutes. I am absolutely exhausted.”
         morning and one at night. Now there can be two   There were further problems. “Her bowels are not working properly
         days between movements, or else she goes four  anymore either. The last two weeks she stopped having any bowel move-
         times a day.”                             ments altogether. We have to give her glycerin suppositories, or she will

                                POSSIBLE ACUTE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VACCINE INJURY
          High fever (over 103°F)                            Inconsolable, high-pitched crying
          Shock, collapse, going limp                        Anaphylactic reaction with swelling, trouble breathing
          Changes in behavior or consciousness               Redness, tenderness, nodule formation at injection site
          Convulsions, seizures                              Rolling of eyes, blank staring
          Twitching, trembling, shaking, stiffness of body      Brain inflammation, encephalitis/encephalopathy
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