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Flu Vaccines – Why would you risk it?

All vaccines are immune suppressing; that is they lower our immune functions. The chemicals in the vaccines and the viruses themselves depress our immune system. The medical thought is that we trade a small total immune lowering for a temporary immunity to ONE disease. That is their trade-off! Look at that closely; we are trading a depression of our total immune system (our only defense against all known disease – including millions of pathogens) for a temporary immunity against ONE disease.

A good example of the trade-off not being worth the risk is the ritual of the yearly flu shot. There may be only two or three varieties of the flu viruses in each shot, but there are literally thousands, possibly millions of flu causing viruses. Taking one or two flu strains to create a vaccine does not make sense and many people report getting the flu or flu-like symptoms after receiving the flu shot. [1] The most common side effects include “cough, runny nose/nasal congestion, irritability, headaches, chills muscle aches and fever >100° F.” [2] These symptoms are nearly identical to those the flu vaccine is designed to prevent! [3]

We do not know which variety of flu will affect us from year to year nor do we know the location in which a particular flu strain will appear. Therefore, the best method to avoid the flu is to strengthen our immune system by eating properly, getting all of the essential vitamins and minerals are body needs, eleminating harmful habits and regular chiropractic adjustments to keep our central nervous system free from interference so our immune system may stay strong to work properly.

It is irresponsible to think that we are going to take one flu vaccine and never get sick from the many varieties of flu strains that exist, especially since viruses can mutate so fast when the conditions arise. In other words, the viruses and bacteria we call germs are everywhere and they can change with their environment. However, they can only result in disease when our bodies provide a hospitable environment for them to reproduce. Keeping up with these fast-mutating viruses can only be done when our immune system is operating at peak performance.

Thinking that germs cause disease means that we are not responsible for our own health and we place that responsibility in the hands of some one who has the means to kill these germs with toxic chemicals (drugs), even if those drugs/vaccines harm our body. Vaccines are the only way modern medicine has to "prevent" disease. Therefore, toxic vaccines are their only tool to "promote health". Conventional medicine desires to force health by giving the body more toxins (vaccines) to deal with in an ineffective and flawed attempt at "preventing" disease. [4]

An acute disease, such as influenza, is a necessary pathophysiological process created by the body itself, designed to eliminate the excess body wastes by way of the mucous membranes. The body’s innate intelligence decides which area is the most appropriate and best avenue to rid itself of certain waste products. When these wastes are so overwhelming that the ordinary avenues of elimination such as the kidneys can't handle them all, they are then pushed out through other channels such as the skin and mucous membranes. When cared for hygienically, influenza never becomes a deadly disease. The point is that the body is self-protecting and self-healing. If we all gave up the idea of "cures" and lived correctly, there would be no need for medications to suppress our symptoms or vaccines to give us a false idea that we are "protected." [5]

There is now outrage again as the government urges babies to be immunized against the flu. The vast majority of flu vaccine supplies contains a mercury based perservative, called thimerosal. Health officials say the use of thimerosal has enabled the production of large quantities of multidose vials of vaccines that are easier and less expensive to use. Doctors currently can immunize up to 10 children with a single vial, thus potentially increasing the risk of cross-contamination. Switching to thimerosal-free, single dose vials is a lengthy and costly process. It is puzzling to think about the government’s decision to recommend the thimerosal-containing flu vaccine for babies after asking vaccine makers to remove thimerosal from other childhood vaccines. In 1999 the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics asked drug makers, as a precautionary measure, to remove thimerosal from childhood vaccines. This came after the Food and Drug Administration concluded that infants up to 6 months were getting amounts of mercury exceeding standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Steve Cochi, acting director of the CDC’s National Immunization Program states that of the 100 million flu vaccine doses being readied for this flu season only 4 to 5 million will be free of thimerosal. [6] Are the odds that your flu vaccine will be thimerosal free worth the risk?

Concerned over data documenting that almost 65% of the people surveyed in 2003 did not receive the flu shot the CDC has devised a hard-sell plan to ensure the economic success of this season’s flu vaccine. It is a 51 slide presentation called “Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis,” prepared by Glen Nowak, Ph.D., the Associate Director for Communications at the National Immunization Program.

The most important part of the program, “The Seven-Step Recipe for Generating Interest in, and Demand for, Flu (or any other) Vaccination,” is designed to manipulate the general public. The presentation reveals the government and their drug company “partners” using major news media (TV, radio, fliers, etc.) to send fear-based messages to convince the public that not only is the flu shot necessary, but motivate them to demanded it. This will amount to millions of dollars of free advertising for flu vaccine manufacturers. A synopsis of the CDC’s plan and some of the language taken directly from Nowak’s presentation:

• The media will begin the push by making pronouncements that the “new” influenza strains anticipated this year “will be associated with severe illness and serious outcomes.”
• The build up will continue as local and national “medical experts and public health authorities publicly state concern and alarm – and urge flu vaccination.”
• Language to be used from the reports of medical experts will “frame the flu season in terms [that will] motivate behavior. [Such as] ‘very severe,’ ‘more severe than last or past years,’ ‘deadly.’”
• Continue to release reports from health officials through the media that influenza is causing severe illness and/or affecting lots of people “helping to foster the perception that many people are susceptible to a bad case of influenza.”
• Give visible and tangible examples of the seriousness of influenza by showing pictures of ill children and affected families willing to come forward with their stories. “Show pictures of people being vaccinated, the first to motivate, the latter to reinforce.”
• List references to, and have discussions regarding, the influenza pandemic. “Make continued references to the importance of vaccination.”

Health officials are expecting record numbers will seek vaccination this year through the publicity generated by last year’s flu hype, coupled with the carefully planned and implemented new hard-sell strategy for this year. This should leave little doubt that the government intends to use the media to create hysteria that will increase the demand for the vaccine. [7] It is difficult to see all this clearly, because for 24 hours a day we are under the constant barrage of medical propaganda and coercion.

The ill-fated individual does not know about the healing powers of the living organism instead they become lost in the hazy woods of the mysticism of medicine. Neither healthy nor sick persons need to be vaccinated. The healthy person should continue on with a healthful lifestyle, and the sick individual should find out what in his or her lifestyle is causing the sickness, eliminate it; and then work towards a more healthful lifestyle. If you desire to keep well it certainly helps to know what can make you sick and avoid it.

Medical treatments of all kinds can predispose you to influenza. In short, anything that lessens, or saps energy, can exacerbate any tendencies we may have toward disease. All things that rob you of nerve energy and weaken you physically and mentally will predispose you to an acute disease. Some of the greatest immune compromisers are all drugs, medications, and poison habits such as indulging in coffee, tea, alcohol, and smoking. All bad health habits are compromising, but the greatest of these are pharmaceuticals, including vaccines. [8]

REFERENCES
1. Mercola, D.O., Joseph. Vaccines and Immune Suppression. http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/immune_suppression.htm.
2. FluMist package Insert.
3. Vesikari T., et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the safety, transmissibility and phenotypic stability of a live, attenuated, cold-adapted influenza virus vaccine (CAIV-T) in children attending day care. Presented at the 41st Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, (Chicago, Il.) 2001.
4. Mercola, D.O., Joseph. Vaccines and Immune Suppression. http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/immune_suppression.htm.
5. Vetrano, D.C. hM.D., M.D., PH.D., Vivian Virginia. Influenza Shots? No Thank You! VacLib Editors note: the above referenced article: http://www.livingnutrition.com for information on Raw Food and other Hygenic methods.
6. Griffith, Dorsey. Flu Vaccine Still Contains Mercury U.S. call for flu vaccine rekindles fears for parents of autistic kids. Sacramento Bee. July 19, 2004.
7. Tenpenny, D.O., Sherri. The Flu Season Campaign Begins. August 29, 2004 VacLib Editors note: the above referenced article: Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis by Glen Nowak, Ph.D., Associate Director for Communications National Immunization Program, may be found at: www.ama-assn.org/ama1/ pub/upload/mm/36/2004_flu_nowak.pdf A more complete version of this article, with footnotes, can be found at: http://www.redflagsweekly.com/conferences/vaccines/2004_aug30.html.
8 . Vetrano, D.C. hM.D., M.D., PH.D., Vivian Virginia. Influenza Shots? No Thank You! VacLib Editors note: the above referenced article: http://www.livingnutrition.com for information on Raw Food and other Hygenic methods.

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Should You Get A Flu Shot? (Take This Quiz And Find Out)

Please answer each of the following questions, then check your answers.

1. What is the desired effect of a Flu shot?

2. How does a Flu shot supposedly work?

3. What system controls your immune system (and every other system in your body)?

4. If your immune system is functioning properly, should your body be able to resist a Flu virus?

5. Knowing that your nerve system controls your immune system, what could make your immune system weak?

6. What causes the subluxation process (i.e., nerve interference)?

7. What are the 3 categories of stress?

8. Are there chemicals in a Flu shot other than a Flu virus?

9. Are some or all of these “extra” chemicals harmful to your body if injected into your blood stream?

10. Might the chemical stress from a Flu shot be difficult for your body to adapt to?

11. Might it cause nerve interference (i.e., might it initiate the subluxation process)?

12. What would the effect of nerve interference be on your immune response?

13. What removes nerve interference?

14. Knowing that a chiropractic adjustment will remove nerve interference and allow the free flow of Life Energy through your nerve system, how does an adjustment affect your immune response?

15.Do flies cause garbage?

16.What can you do you keep your immune response high?

17.Should you get a Flu shot?

Please check your answers on the answer sheet.
ANSWERS:

1. Q: What is the desired effect of a Flu shot?
A: Prevent the Flu.

2. Q: How does a Flu shot supposedly work?
A: By “boosting” your immune system.

3. Q: What system controls your immune system (and every other system in your body)?
A: Your Nerve System.

4. Q: If your immune system is functioning properly, should your body be able to resist a Flu virus?
A: YES!

5. Q: Knowing that your nerve system controls your immune system, what could make your
immune system weak?
A: Interference in your nerve system (i.e., the subluxation process).

6. Q: What causes the subluxation process (i.e., nerve interference)?
A: Stress beyond your body’s internal resistance (i.e., beyond your ability to adapt).

7. Q: What are the 3 categories of stress?
A: Physical stress, chemical stress and mental stress.

8. Q: Are there chemicals in a Flu shot other than a Flu virus?
A: YES.

9. Q: Are some or all of these “extra” chemicals harmful to your body if injected into your blood
stream?
A: YES.

10. Q: Might the chemical stress from a Flu shot be difficult for your body to adapt to?
A: YES.

11. Q: Might it cause nerve interference (i.e., might it initiate the subluxation process)?
A: YES.

12. Q: What would the effect of nerve interference be on your immune response?
A: Your immune response would be decreased.

13. Q: What removes nerve interference?
A: A Chiropractic Adjustment.

14.Q: Knowing that a chiropractic adjustment will remove nerve interference and allow the free flow of Life Energy through your nerve system, how does an adjustment affect your
immune response?
A: An adjustment increases your immune response. **A study published in 1994
showed that specific upper cervical adjustments increased the CD4 (white blood
cell) counts in HIV positive patients by 48% over the six-month duration of the
study.

15.Q: Do flies cause garbage?
A: NO! Flies are attracted to and can only live where the environment is favorable for
them to do so. Similarly, if you have an infection, a process has occurred over time
that has allowed your body to break from its normally healthy and resistant condition into a state that allows bacteria and viruses to live and grow.

16.Q: What can you do you keep your immune response high?
A: Keep your nerve system clear from interference through regular visits to your
Chiropractor and live a lifestyle that stops recreating that interference and instead builds health!

17.Q: should you get a Flu shot?
A: I will not answer this last question for you, only you can do that. Instead, I will give you a quote from Dr. B. J. Palmer, the developer of chiropractic.

The Truth

We chiropractors work with the subtle substance of the soul. We release the prisoned impulse, the tiny rivulet of force, that emanates from the mind and flows over the nerves to the cells, and stirs them into life. We deal with the magic power that transforms common food into living, loving, thinking clay; that robes the Earth with beauty, and hues the scents of the flowers with the glory of the air.

In the dim, distant long ago, when the sun first bowed to the morning star, this power spoke and there was life; it quickened the slime of the seas and the dust of the Earth and drove the cell into union with its fellows in countless living forms.

Through eons of time it finned the fish and winged the bird and fanged the beast. Endlessly it worked, evolving its form until it produced the crowning glory of them all. With tireless energy it blows the bubble of each individual life and then silently, relentlessly it dissolves the form, and absorbs the spirit back into itself again.

And yet you ask, “Can chiropractic cure appendicitis or the flu?” Have you more faith in a knife or spoonful of medicine than the power that animates the living world?

B. J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.

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