Taken from my first group and posted in 2002 but Catherine O'Driscol wrote this article much earlier. In two parts now
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Vaccines

Fact Or Fiction

Pet Vaccine Myths

"Dog owners are not mushrooms!
We don't need to be kept in the dark and thrown manure from time to time!"
By Catharine O'Driscol.

Myth No.1
Vaccines protect our dogs against disease, helping to ensure they live long,
healthy, happy lives

Wrong!
Vaccines only sometimes protect our dogs against disease (if at all).
Scientific studies into human vaccines have shown that just as many
vaccinated people, and sometimes more vaccinated people contract diseases,
as do unvaccinated people. A study conducted by Canine Heath Concern during
1997, involving 2.700 dogs, showed that 68.2%of dogs in the survey with
parvovirus contracted it within three months of being vaccinated. Similarly
55.6% of dogs with distemper contracted it within three months of
vaccination; 63.6%contracted hepatitis within three months of vaccination;
50%contracter Para influenza within three months of vaccination; and every
single dog with leptospirosis contracted it within that three month
timeframe. So vaccines represent -at best only a 50/50 chance of protection.
But if you doubt the validity of the CHC survey ask around. It won't take
long to find people whose dogs have contracted these diseases shortly after
being vaccinated. In a parvo vaccine trial conducted by Dr Ronald D Shultz,
head of pathobiology at Wisconsin University, three out of six parvo
vaccines brands totally failed to give protection, two gave only partial
protection; and only one was shown to be effective

Myth No.2
Vaccines have eradicated epidemics

Wrong!
Vaccine manufacturers like to claim this. But research shows that vaccines
are generally introduced after the disease has died out: diseases die out
after 67% of a population has been exposed to it. The smallpox vaccine is
often quoted as having eradicated smallpox. In fact, scientists stopped
using it when they finally admitted that it was causing to many side
effects. Only then did the disease die out. There are strong arguments to
suggest that vaccines keep diseases in the eco-system . For example, the
only cause of polio in the USA today is the vaccine itself. (You can get
polio if you change the nappy of a baby who has recently been vaccinated
against polio.) Vaccines also shed into the environment, so a vaccinated or
unvaccinated dog or cat can contract a disease from the urine and faeces of
a vaccinated dog or cat.

Myth No.3
Vaccines are extremely safe

Wrong!
No one can legitimately claim that vaccines are safe-because no one has
conducted the necessary research to make that claim. There are no long-term
studies to show the long-term effects of vaccines on humans, let alone dogs.

Myth No.4
Only a tiny minority of genetically susceptible dogs will suffer adverse
reactions to vaccines

Wrong!
Whilst some dogs have genetic weaknesses that make vaccines more dangerous
to them, there are many other factors, which can put your dog at risk.
Vaccine manufacturers warn in the data sheets that the following factors can
render vaccines harmful, (they use the phrase "immunocompetence may be
compromised").
If the dog is genetically defective
If there is something wrong with the dogs diet
If the dog was unhealthy when vaccinated
If the dog is stressed at the time of injection
If the dog's immune system is incompetent
If the dog is exposed to a virus shortly after vaccination
If the dog is taking immune suppressant drugs such as steroids
If the vet stores and handles the vaccine inappropriately
If the dog is incubating disease at the time of vaccination
And if no one is recording the adverse effects of vaccines effectively, then
how can anyone say only a "tiny minority" have adverse reactions? In the UK
vets are asked (not compelled) to report adverse reactions if they suspect
an adverse vaccine reaction. If a dog falls down having an epileptic fit
within half an hour, ten days, or a month of vaccination, the vet very often
fails to suspect a link- even though vaccines are known to cause epilepsy,
and the human Vaccine Damage Compensation Unit has paid up to £30.000 to
parents whose children were made epileptic by vaccines. Even if the vet
does suspect a link, there is no law to make him report the suspected
reaction. Many vets are too busy to complete the necessary paperwork. The
same applies to other diseases which many scientists contend are vaccine
related, such as skin disease, arthritis, cancer, encephalitis, etc

Part 2

Myth No.5
"I am a vet and I have only seen one vaccine reaction in 20 years of
practice"

Wrong!
You only think you have seen one vaccination reaction in twenty years of
practice! Vets have been trained to look for an immediate reaction-where the
dog is allergic to the vaccine (this allergy is the basis for the genetic
link claim) . In the event of an allergic reaction-sometimes called
anaphylaxis or a hypersensitivity reaction- the vet is advised to inject
adrenalin into the animal to save its life. Because vaccine components can
remain in the system for long periods of time and because most of these
diseases take time to show themselves, casual link is rarely established.
useless, that is, scientists take the time (despite fears that their funding
might be withdrawn by the pharmaceutical industry) to study the facts.
Research papers published by eminent scientists show that the following
diseases can be caused by vaccines:
Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia. A dreadful disease that usually kills a dog
within days. Progress of the disease closely resembles AIDS.
Cancer- Dr Denis W Macey was reported in an American veterinary paper as
saying that up to 22.000 cats develop cancer at the site of vaccination
every year in the USA.
The Salk Polio Vaccine- Admistered to thousands of people in the 1950s and
60s was contaminated with a Simian
(Monkey) retrovirus (called SV40) that has been found at human cancer
sites. An avian (bird) retrovirus has also been found at human cancer
sites, suspected to have come from the MMR vaccine. Monkey kidneys, chick
embryos, dog brains and kidney, and cat brains and kidneys are all commonly
used as vaccine culture media. If the animal used as a culture medium for
vaccines carries a retrovirus and this is undetected and left in the
vaccine, the vaccine can permanently alter the genes of the animal or human,
receiving the vaccine.
Genetic Defects- the significance of vaccines gene altering potential is
alarming. For example, SV40 has been found at cancer sites belonging to the
children of people who received the SV40 contaminated Salk Polio vaccine.
SV40 switches off part of the DNA that protects from cancer, and this defect
can be inherited
Although the British Government was informed that the polio vaccine was
contaminated at the time, they took the decision to use it anyway. Records
have now been destroyed ( to protect the guilty ). Once it was decided it
was too risky to continue using the contaminated vaccine on the UK
population, it was sold to unsuspecting" foreigners"
Thyroid Disease is inheritable, and this can be caused by vaccines. Once a
dog has underlying thyroid disease, he or she only needs a trigger-from a
vaccine, an environmental pollutant, from stress or from dietary
inadequacies-to develop full blown autoimmune diseases. Thyroid disease can
often be undetected. For example behavioral problems, hormonal imbalances,
nymphomania and coat loss can be symptoms of thyroid disease, but are often
treated at face value without establishing the underlying cause
Leukemia- Dr Jean Dodds, one of the worlds foremost experts in canine
vaccine reactions, says " Recent vaccinations with single or combination
modified live virus (MLV) vaccines are increasingly recognized contributors
to immune-mediated blood diseases, bone marrow failure and organic
dysfunction
Dr Dodds lists Leukaemia, thyroid disease, Addison's disease, diabetes and
lymphomas as diseases that can be triggered by vaccines
Parvovirus- yes parvovirus was created by vaccines. This disease did not
exist prior to the 1970s. In fact scientists tell us it was created by
vaccine manufacturers who cultured the distemper vaccine on cat kidneys that
were infected with feline enteritis. This cat enteritis infected diseased
distemper vaccine was then injected into dogs around the world, and
parvovirus reared its ugly head around the world at the same time.
Similarly human Aids is thought by some scientists to be a vaccine-induced
plague HIV (humans) FIV (cats) and SIV (monkeys) are closely related
viruses. Two separate scientific papers link the emergence of HIV in humans
with the use of SIV infected polio vaccines (cultured on monkey kidneys) on
male homosexuals in New York, and innocent citizens of the Belgian Congo.
Arthritis. If there is a history of arthritis, epilepsy or allergies in a
human family doctors will often refrain from vaccinating a child. Arthritis
is an inflammatory (hypersensitivity/ allergy) disease. Vaccines contain
various components including serum (often bovine serum posing a BSE type
threat. formaldehyde, aluminium and mercury. Is it any wonder that an
animal might become hypersensitive or inflamed after having these poisons
injected into him? According to one vaccine manufacturer Vaccines that are
cultured on animal tissue can contain "extraneous proteins" that can cause
autoimmune diseases.
Arthritis is an autoimmune disease, and it was found in the CHC survey to
manifest in clusters nine months after vaccination. Animals with a genetic
predisposition to allergies (ie, people from families with a history of
irritable bowel syndrome, crohnes disease, enteritis, asthma, hey fever,
eczema, and so on" can become more allergic or become highly sensitized when
you inject foreign proteins (serums and organ tissue) into them. Veterinary
manuals talk openly about serum reactions.
Allergies, there are many research papers showing a link between allergies
and vaccines. In 1983 for example, Frick and Brooks published a paper to
show that inhalant allergies (such as atopec dermatitis) have developed in
dogs when vaccinated with distemper, hepatitis and leptospirosis vaccines
just prior to but not after exposure to pollen extracts"atopic"means an
inherited pre-disposition to produce excess amounts of LGE antibodies in
response to antigens (the thing the animal is allergic to such as flea
bites, dust mites, etc). As a result the allergic individuals suffer
chronically irritating skin inflammations. Other organs may exhibit signs
of hypersensitivity, causing for example conjunctivitis or rhinitis.
Homoeopathic vets treat a large proportion of skin problems as "vaccinosis"
(a morbid reaction to vaccines).
Epilepsy. As stated earlier it is scientifically recognized that vaccines
can cause epilepsy in humans. Dr Hans Selye published a famous paper in
Nature in 1936, which explained how an organism would react to a massive
challenge (such as vaccine). Every system of the body springs into action
and a hormone called DOC can be released. This hormone can cause brain
lesions and destruction of large parts of the brain. Epilepsy is a
neurological (brain) condition; in addition this brain damage can lead to
behavioural problems. Harris L Coulter has published a very convincing
argument to suggest that unprovoked aggression in humans has its base in
encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) caused by vaccines

Myth No.6
Vaccine manufacturers have to undergo stringent procedures and tests to
ensure safety.

Wrong!
OK Partly true! Vaccine manufacturers have to go through safety procedures
and tests but to claim that these tests are stringent is highly subjective.
How then did SV40 get through? How did the avian virus get into the MMR
vaccine? How did parvovirus slip through the net, and how did AIDS suddenly
arrive from nowhere? In actual fact no one is permitted (in the UK at
least) to test the viral content component of a veterinary vaccine except a
vaccine manufacturer. They are the only ones with a license to do it. This
means that if you suspect that a vaccine killed your puppy you have to take
the vaccine company's word for it if they say it didn't

Myth No.7
Its better to risk a vaccine reaction than subject my dog to these deadly
killer diseases

Wrong!
Firstly very few of the classic canine diseases are deadly. Parvovirus is
only generally deadly to puppies and as maternal antibodies can be present
for as many as 22 weeks, and as maternal antibodies cancel out the
vaccine-vaccinated puppies are unlikely to be protected from parvovirus.
Adult dogs rarely die from parvovirus. Distemper kills only half of
affected dogs. Indeed dogs most susceptible to disease are those who are fed
poor quality foods (and don't imagine that price equals quality). A dog fed
a natural diet containing" real" food is most able to combat any viral
challenges. Also please be aware that there is an alternative to a highly
risky vaccine, this is discussed later. Clinical signs of hepatitis and
parainfluenza range from the mild and invisible to death (the flu rarely
kills, hepatitis can be caused by a range of factors including poor diet,
and the vaccine doesn't protect against all of the other dangers). Secondly
no one knows how common these diseases are as no one records their
existence.
Leptospirosis for example is extremely rare (apart from which leptospirosis
is a range of over a hundred bacterins; the chance of the strain in the
needle matching the strain in the field are remote, and the vaccine only
confers protection for between three and six months, leaving dogs
unprotected for up to nine months anyway) Vaccines have also been known to
cause the disease they were designed to prevent. This happens when a
vaccine is injected into an animal with a suppressed immune system (caused
by genetic factors, poor diet, stress, existing illness etc), or when the
vaccine manufacturer fails to render the viral component of the vaccine
harmless in the lab. In the latter the vaccine is withdrawn after it has
killed more dogs than normally expected( in the words of one vaccine
manufacturer as it withdrew its vaccine.
Canine Health Concern's vaccine survey indicated that at least one in every
hundred dogs are damaged by vaccines. As no one has any statistics to
suggest otherwise it should be up to vets and vaccine manufacturers to prove
vaccines are safe and not the other way round. We whose dogs have died or
suffered chronic debilitating diseases shouldn't have to take their word for
it when the vaccine manufacturers deny responsibility. Our concern's should
be taken seriously and not be denied in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Myth No.8
The homoeopathic vaccine alternative is unproven.

Wrong!
Existing research and experience shows that the homoeopathic nosode is not
only as protective, but probably more protective than vaccines. Whereas the
medical and veterinary professions receive huge sums of money from
international multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical conglomerates, please note
that homoeopaths do not. Rather vets who trust the less expensive
homoeopathic alternative suffer serious financial loss by refusing to sell
highly lucrative annual boosters. A growing number of dog lovers are
beginning to choose the homoeopathic alternative to vaccines. Some have
been using the nosode for up to twenty years and claim that they have never
had a problem

Myth No.9
You should vaccinate your dog every year

Wrong!
If you hear nothing else, if you accept nothing else, please know that
annual vaccination is not necessary. Please do not subject your dogs to the
vaccine risk year after year until they drop. Once immunity to a virus
exists it persists for the lifetime of the host. In the case of
leptospirosis (a bacterial disease). I have already explained that the
vaccine is virtually useless and therefore not worth the risk. One American
veterinary vaccine manufacturer has made a public announcement saying that
it no longer recommends annual vaccination. Several American veterinary
colleges have announced the same in reaction to consumer pressure and fears
over adverse reactions. One veterinary college said that annual vaccination
has no scientific basis, and we might as well have chosen "every full moon"
to stick the needle in. And please be aware that a vaccine administered to
a puppy when his immune system is immature is probably the most harmful jab
of all capable of wreaking havoc, havoc that you might not be able to
detect immediately.

Myth No.10
My doctor/vet knows best

Wrong!
Doctors and vets are trained in a very specific healing discipline. They
know a little about pharmaceuticals and some of them know about surgery.
But they rely upon the pharmaceutical industry to tell them which drug to
use in which circumstances. When a conventionally trained scientist tells
you that homoeopathy doesn't work you may as well ask your butcher wether
electricity works, the fact is conventional vets rarely have any knowledge
of homoeopathy to base their opinions on. Homoeopaths do not claim to be
able to reverse all vaccine damage and conventional vets, not even
recognizing vaccine damage have little success

Once you have administered the needle you can never change your mind
Please study the facts, don't live to regret it

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