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“mad cow disease”—is a transmissible, degenerative and fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. Miller states, “There is very strong evidence that mad cow disease and the newly discovered variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are caused by the same infectious agent.” Miller references 1997 and 1999 studies that “appear to confirm that BSE from cattle causes vCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Re- searchers think that mad cow disease can be passed from cows to humans if they ingest BSE-infected beef, or if they receive vaccines contaminated with BSE” [emphasis in original].1
ONGOING RISKS
Considering all of the well-documented problems associated with
polio vaccines past and present, one might rightfully question the valid- ity of continuing one of the most expensive public health campaigns in history. Children in the U.S. who are vaccinated according to the CDC’s recommended schedule receive four doses of polio vaccine in their first five to six years: at two and four months, six through eighteen months and four through six years of age. In India, which requires administration of two annual “pulse polio” doses of OPV to children ages zero to five in addition to the other doses on the childhood vaccine schedule, young chil- dren commonly receive fifteen doses of polio vaccine.30 Dr. Humphries quotes a Times of India article in which “one family claimed that their five year old child had received pulse polio vaccination 32 times.”31
The million-dollar question is, should we continue administering polio vaccines to the world’s population? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the answer is yes. Stating that polio still exists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, the WHO claims that polio eradica- tion initiatives must continue worldwide not only to eliminate the disease but prevent a comeback. The global health agency states, “As long as a single child remains infected with poliovirus, children in all countries are at risk of contracting the disease.”32
What the WHO does not make public is the fact that polio vaccines contain many dangerous ingredients. In addition to the already men- tioned monkey kidney cells and baby cow blood serum, polio vaccines contain human albumin (blood proteins), glutamate (a component of MSG), formaldehyde, 2-phenoxyethanol (a preservative and germicide) and various antibiotics.33 Nor does the WHO mention the adverse reac- tions to polio vaccines described in manufacturer package inserts and published literature, which include (but are not limited to) injection site reactions, blood and lymphatic system disorders, immune system dis-
orders, musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders, nervous system disorders, skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders and death.34,35
The U.S. MedAlerts search engine (as of August 31, 2018) indicates that, for the oral polio vaccine, there have been almost twenty- five thousand adverse events reported following OPV vaccination, including over a thousand deaths (see Table 1).36 As of the same date, nearly forty-one thousand adverse events associated with the inactivated polio vaccine have been reported, including over eight hundred deaths.37 Approximately 90 percent of the deaths caused by both types of polio vaccine occurred in children age six and under. As if these numbers were not troubling enough on their own, the U.S. government estimates that less than 1 percent of all vaccine reactions are ever reported.38
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Despite what the WHO says (and does not
say), honest appraisals of public health history have concluded that what prevents disease most efficiently is proper sanitation and nutrient- dense traditional diets—not mass vaccination campaigns. For example, Miller describes the work of Dr. Benjamin Sandler, a nutrition expert at a North Carolina Veterans’ Hospital, who “documented a relationship between polio and excessive use of sugars and starches” at the height of the U.S. polio epidemic in 1948.1 Sandler’s research showed that these foods dehydrated the cells and pulled calcium from the body and—connecting the dots—he also showed that serious calcium deficiencies often preceded polio.
In the summer of 1949, Dr. Sandler put his theory to the test by advising North Carolina residents to follow his “anti-polio diet;” when the state’s residents took his advice to heart and
TABLE 1. Adverse events reported in the United States following oral and inactivated polio vaccination
Source: U.S. MedAlerts search engine (from 1990 - August 31, 2018)
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ORAL POLIO VACCINE (OPV)
INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV)
TOTAL ADVERSE EVENTS
24,758
40,864
Deaths
1,031
813