SCIENCE OF VACCINE DAMAGE
by Catherine O’Driscoll
Submitted by Brigitte Copeland
A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several
studies (endnotes 1 & 2) to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the
immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated
diseases. They obviously conducted this research because concern already
existed. It was sponsored by the Haywood Foundation which itself was looking
for evidence that such changes in the human immune system might also be
vaccine induced. It found the evidence.
The vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studies
developed autoantibo dies to many of their own biochemicals, including
fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen.
This means that the vaccinated dogs – “but not the non-vaccinated dogs”-
were attacking their own fibronectin, which is involved in tissue repair,
cell multiplication and growth, and differentiation between tissues and
organs in a living organism.
The vaccinated Purdue dogs also developed autoantibodies to laminin, which
is involved in many cellular activities including the adhesion, spreading,
differentiation, proliferation and movement of cells. Vaccines thus appear
to be capable of removing the natural intelligence of cells.
Autoantibodies to cardiolipin are frequently found in patients with the
serious disease systemic lupus erythematosus and also in individuals with
other autoimmune diseases. The presence of elevated anti-cardiolipin
antibodies is significantly associated with clots within the heart or blood
vessels, in poor blood clotting, haemorrhage, bleeding into the skin, foetal
loss and neurological conditions.
The Purdue studies also found that vaccinated dogs were developing
autoantibodies to their own collagen. About one quarter of all the protein
in the body is collagen. Collagen provides structure to our bodies,
protecting and supporting the softer tissues and connecting them with the
skeleton. It is no wonder that Canine Health Concern’s (Great Britain) 1997
study of 4,000 dogs showed a high number of dogs developing mobility
problems shortly after they were vaccinated (noted in my 1997 book, What
Vets Don’t Tell You About Vaccines).
Perhaps most worryingly, the Purdue studies found that the vaccinated dogs
had developed autoantibodies to their own DNA. Did the alarm bells sound?
Did the scientific community call a halt to the vaccination program? No.
Instead, they stuck their fingers in the air, saying more research i s needed
to ascertain whether vaccines can cause genetic damage. Meanwhile, the study
dogs were found good homes, but no long-term follow-up has been conducted.
At around the same time, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force initiated several studies to
find out why 160,000 cats each year in the USA develop terminal cancer at
their vaccine injection sites.(3) The fact that cats can get vaccine-induced
cancer has been acknowledged by veterinary bodies around the world, and even
the British Government acknowledged it through its Working Group charged
with the task of looking into canine and feline vaccines(4) following
pressure from Canine Health Concern. What do you imagine was the advice of
the AVMA Task Force, veterinary bodies and governments? “Carry on
vaccinating until we find out why vaccines are killing cats, and which cats
are most likely to die.”
In America, in an att empt to mitigate the problem, they’re vaccinating cats
in the tail or leg so they can amputate when cancer appears. Great advice if
it’s not your cat amongst the hundreds of thousands on the “oops” list.
But other species are okay, right? Wrong. In August 2003, the Journal of
Veterinary Medicine carried an Italian study which showed that dogs also
develop vaccine-induced cancers at their injection sites.(5) We already know
that vaccine-site cancer is a possible sequel to human vaccines, too, since
the Salk polio vaccine was said to carry a monkey retrovirus (from
cultivating the vaccine on monkey organs) that produces inheritable cancer.
The monkey retrovirus SV40 keeps turning up in human cancer sites.
It is also widely acknowledged that vaccines can cause a fast-acting,
usually fatal, disease called autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA). Without
treatment, and frequently with treatment, individuals can die in agony
within a matter of days. Merck, itself a multinational vaccine manufacturer,
states in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy that autoimmune
haemolytic anaemia may be caused by modified live-virus vaccines, as do
Tizard’s Veterinary Immunology (4th edition) and the Journal of Veterinary
Internal Medicine.(6) The British Government’s Working Group, despite being
staffed by vaccine-industry consultants who say they are independent, also
acknowledged this fact. However, no one warns the pet owners before their
animals are subjected to an unnecessary booster, and very few owners are
told why after their pets die of AIHA.
A Wide Range of Vaccine-induced Diseases
We also found some worrying correlations between vaccine events and the
onset of arthritis in our 1997 survey. Our concerns were compounded by
research in the human field.
The New England Journal of Medicine, for example, reported that it is
possible to isolate the rubella virus from affected j oints in children
vaccinated against rubella. It also told of the isolation of viruses from
the peripheral blood of women with prolonged arthritis following
vaccination.(7)
Then, in 2000, CHC’s findings were confirmed by research which showed that
polyarthritis and other diseases like amyloidosis, which affects organs in
dogs, were linked to the combined vaccine given to dogs.(8) There is a huge
body of research, despite the paucity of funding from the vaccine industry,
to confirm that vaccines can cause a wide range of brain and central nervous
system damage. Merck itself states in its Manual that vaccines (i.e., its
own products) can cause encephalitis: brain inflammation/damage. In some
cases, encephalitis involves lesions in the brain and throughout the central
nervous system. Merck states that “examples are the encephalitides following
measles, chickenpox, rubella, smallpox vaccination, vaccinia, and many other
less well defined viral infections”.
When the dog owners who took part in the CHC survey reported that their dogs
developed short attention spans, 73.1% of the dogs did so within three
months of a vaccine event. The same percentage of dogs was diagnosed with
epilepsy within three months of a shot (but usually within days). We also
found that 72.5% of dogs that were considered by their owners to be nervous
and of a worrying disposition, first exhibited these traits within the
three-month post-vaccination period.
I would like to add for the sake of Oliver, my friend who suffered from
paralysed rear legs and death shortly after a vaccine shot, that “paresis”
is listed in Merck’s Manual as a symptom of encephalitis. This is defined as
muscular weakness of a neural (brain) origin which involves partial or
incomplete paralysis, resulting from lesions at any level of the descending
pathway from the brain. Hind limb paralysis is one of the potential
consequences. Encephalitis, incidentally, is a disease that can manifest
across the scale from mild to severe and can also cause sudden death.
Organ failure must also be suspected when it occurs shortly after a vaccine
event. Dr. Larry Glickman, who spearheaded the Purdue research into
post-vaccination biochemical changes in dogs, wrote in a letter to Cavalier
Spaniel breeder Bet Hargreaves:
“Our ongoing studies of dogs show that following routine vaccination, there
is a significant rise in the level of antibodies dogs produce against their
own tissues. Some of these antibodies have been shown to target the thyroid
gland, connective tissue such as that found in the valves of the heart, red
blood cells, DNA, etc. I do believe that the heart conditions in Cavalier
King Charles Spaniels could be the end result of repeated immunisations by
vaccines containing tissue culture contaminants that cause a progressive
immune response directed at connective tissue in the heart valves. The
clinical manifestations would be more pronounced in dogs that have a genetic
predisposition [although] the findings should be generally applicable to all
dogs regardless of their breed.”
I must mention here that Dr. Glickman believes that vaccines are a necessary
evil, but that safer vaccines need to be developed.
Meanwhile, please join the queue to place your dog, cat, horse and child on
the Russian roulette wheel because a scientist says you should.
Vaccines Stimulate an Inflammatory Response
The word “allergy” is synonymous with “sensitivity” and “inflammation.” It
should, by rights, also be synonymous with the word “vaccination.” This is
what vaccines do: they sensitize (render allergic) an individual in the
process of forcing them to develop antibodies to fight a disease threat. In
other words, as is acknowledged and accepted, as part of the vaccine process
the body will respond with inflammation. This may be apparently temporary or
it may be longstanding.
Holistic doctors and veterinarians have known this for at least 100 years.
They talk about a wide range of inflammatory or “-itis” diseases which arise
shortly after a vaccine event. Vaccines, in fact, plunge many individuals
into an allergic state. Again, this is a disorder that ranges from mild all
the way through to the suddenly fatal. Anaphylactic shock is the
culmination: it’s where an individual has a massive allergic reaction to a
vaccine and will die within minutes if adrenaline or its equivalent is not
administered.
There are some individuals who are genetically not well placed to withstand
the vaccine challenge. These are the people (and animals are “people,” too)
who have inherited faulty B and T cell function. B and T cells are
components within the immune system which identify foreign invaders and
destroy them, and hold the invader in memory so that they cannot cause
future harm. However, where inflammatory responses are concerned, the immune
system overreacts and causes unwanted effects such as allergies and other
inflammatory conditions.
Merck warns in its Manual that patients with, or from families with, B
and/or T cell immunodeficiencies should not receive live-virus vaccines due
to the risk of severe or fatal infection. Elsewhere, it lists features of B
and T cell immunodeficiencies as food allergies, inhalant allergies, eczema,
dermatitis, neurological deterioration and heart disease. To translate,
people with these conditions can die if they receive live-virus vaccines.
Their immune systems are simply not competent enough to guarantee a healthy
reaction to the viral assault from modified live-virus vaccines.
Modified live-virus (MLV) vaccines replicate in the patient until an immune
response is provoked. If a defence isn’t stimulated, then the vaccine
con tinues to replicate until it gives the patient the very disease it was
intending to prevent.
Alternatively, a deranged immune response will lead to inflammatory
conditions such as arthritis, pancreatitis, colitis, encephalitis and any
number of autoimmune diseases such as cancer and leukaemia, where the body
attacks its own cells.
A new theory, stumbled upon by Open University student Gary Smith, explains
what holistic practitioners have been saying for a very long time. Here is
what a few of the holistic vets have said in relation to their patients:
Dr. Jean Dodds: “Many veterinarians trace the present problems with allergic
and immunologic diseases to the introduction of MLV vaccines…” (9)
Christina Chambreau, DVM: “Routine vaccinations are probably the worst thing
that we do for our animals. They cause all types of illnesses, but not
directly to where we would relate them definitely to be caused by the
vaccine.” (10)
Martin Goldstein, DVM: “I think that vaccines…are leading killers of dogs
and cats in America today.”
Dr Charles E. Loops, DVM: “Homoeopathic veterinarians and other holistic
practitioners have maintained for some time that vaccinations do more harm
than they provide benefits.” (12)
Mike Kohn, DVM: “In response to this [vaccine] violation, there have been
increased autoimmune diseases (allergies being one component), epilepsy,
neoplasia [tumours], as well as behavioural problems in small animals.” (13)
A Theory on Inflammation
Gary Smith explains what observant healthcare practitioners have been saying
for a very long time, but perhaps they’ve not understood why their
observations led them to say it. His theory, incidentally, is causing a huge
stir within the inner scientific sanctum. Some believe that his theory could
lead to a cure for many diseases including cancer. For me, it explains why
the vaccine process is inherently que stionable.
Gary was learning about inflammation as part of his studies when he struck
upon a theory so extraordinary that it could have implications for the
treatment of almost every inflammatory disease – including Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, rheumatoid arthritis and even HIV and AIDS.
Gary’s theory questions the received wisdom that when a person gets ill, the
inflammation that occurs around the infected area helps it to heal. He
claims that, in reality, inflammation prevents the body from recognising a
foreign substance and therefore serves as a hiding place for invaders. The
inflammation occurs when at-risk cells produce receptors called All (known
as angiotensin II type I receptors). He says that while At1 has a balancing
receptor, At2, which is supposed to switch off the inflammation, in most
diseases this does not happen.
“Cancer has been described as the wound that never heals,” he says. “All
successful cancers are surroun ded by inflammation. Commonly this is thought
to be the body’s reaction to try to fight the cancer, but this is not the
case.
“The inflammation is not the body trying to fight the infection. It is
actually the virus or bacteria deliberately causing inflammation in order to
hide from the immune system.” (14)
If Gary is right, then the inflammatory process so commonly stimulated by
vaccines is not, as hitherto assumed, a necessarily acceptable sign.
Instead, it could be a sign that the viral or bacterial component, or the
adjuvant (which, containing foreign protein, is seen as an invader by the
immune system), in the vaccine is winning by stealth.
If Gary is correct in believing that the inflammatory response is not
protective but a sign that invasion is taking place under cover of darkness,
vaccines are certainly not the friends we thought they were. They are
undercover assassins working on behalf of the enemy, and vets and medic al
doctors are unwittingly acting as collaborators. Worse, we animal guardians
and parents are actually paying doctors and vets to unwittingly betray our
loved ones.
