The Science of Vaccine Damage by Catherine O'Driscoll

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The Science of Vaccine Damage

by Catherine O'Driscoll

 

A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several

studies 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 autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, including

fibronectin,

laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen.

 

This means that the vaccinated dogs â€â€but not the non-vaccinated

dogsâ€â€

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 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 is 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 vaccines4 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 attempt 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 okayâ€â€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

ndependent, 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 joints

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 sensitise (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

continues 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 questionable.

 

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 diseaseâ€â€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 surrounded 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 [author's emphasis]. " 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 medical doctors are unwittingly

acting as collaborators. Worse, we animal guardians and parents are actually

paying doctors and vets to unwittingly betray our loved ones. Potentially,

vaccines are the stealth bomb of the medical world. They are used to catapult

invaders inside the castle walls where they can wreak havoc, with none of us

any

the wiser. So rather than experiencing frank viral diseases such as the 'flu,

measles, mumps and rubella (and, in the case of dogs, parvovirus and

distemper), we are allowing the viruses to win anywayâ€â€but with cancer,

leukaemia

and other inflammatory or autoimmune (self-attacking) diseases taking their

place.

 

The Final Insult

 

All 27 veterinary schools in North America have changed their protocols for

vaccinating dogs and cats along the following lines;15 however, vets in

practice are reluctant to listen to these changed protocols and official

veterinary bodies in the UK and other countries are ignoring the following

facts.

Dogs' and cats' immune systems mature fully at six months. If £ modified

live-virus vaccine is giver after six months of age, it produces immunity, which

is

good for the life of the pet. If another MLV vaccine is given a year later,

the antibodies from the first vaccine neutralise the antigens of the second

vaccine and there is little or no effect. The litre is no " boosted " , nor are

more memory cells induced. Not only are annual boosters unnecessary, but they

subject the pet to potential risks such as allergic reactions and

immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia.

 

 

In plain language, veterinary schools in America, plus the American

Veterinary Medical Association, have looked at studies to show how long vaccines

last

and they have concluded and announced that annual vaccination is

unnecessary.-16-19 Further, they have acknowledged that vaccines are not

without harm.

Dr Ron Schultz, head of pathobiology at Wisconsin University and a leading

light in this field, has been saying this politely to his veterinary colleagues

since the 1980s. I've been saying it for the past 12 years. But change is so

long in coming and, in the meantime, hundreds of thousands of animals are

dying every year unnecessarily The good news is that thousands of

animal

lovers (but not enough) have heard what we've been saying. Canine Health

Concern members around the world use real food as Nature's supreme disease

preventative, eschewing processed pet food, and minimise the vaccine risk. Some

of

us, myself included, have chosen not to vaccinate our pets at all. Our reward

is healthy and long-lived dogs. It has taken but one paragraph to tell you the

good and simple news. The gratitude I feel each day, when I embrace my

healthy dogs, stretches from the centre of the Earth to the Universe and beyond

 

About the Author:

 

Catherine O'Driscoll runs Canine Health Concern which campaigns and also

delivers an educational program, the Foundation in Canine Healthcare. She is

author of Shock to the System (2005; see review this issue), the best-selling

book What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines (1997, 1998), and Who Killed the

Darling Buds of May? (1997; reviewed in NEXUS 4/04). She lives in Scotland

with her partner, Rob Ellis, and three Golden Retrievers, named Edward, Daniel

and Gwinnie, and she lectures on canine health around the world.

 

For more information, contact Catherine O'Driscoll at Canine Health Concern,

PO Box 7533, Perth PH2 1AD, Scotland, UK, email HYPERLINK

" catherine%40carsegray.co.uk " catherine (AT) carsegray- (DOT) co.uk ,

website HYPERLINK

" http://www.canine-health-concern.org.uk. " http://www.canine--health-concern.-org\

..uk. Shock to the System is available in the UK from

CHC, and worldwide from Dogwise at HYPERLINK

" http://www.dogwise.com. " http://www.dogwise.-com.

 

Endnotes

1. " Effects of Vaccination on the Endocrine and Immune Systems of Dogs,

Phase II " , Purdue University, November 1,1999, at

HYPERLINK

" http://www.homestead.com/vonhapsburg/haywardstudyonvaccines.html. " http://www.ho\

mestea-d.com/vonhapsbur-g/haywardstudyon-vaccines.-html.

 

2. See www.vet.purdue.-edu/epi/gdhstudy-.htm.

 

 

3. See HYPERLINK

" http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.asp. " http://www.avma.-org/vafstf/-default.as\

p.

 

4. Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) Working Group on Feline and Canine

Vaccination, DEFRA, May 2001.

 

5. JVM Series A 50(6):286-291, August 2003.

 

6. Duval, D. and Giger,U. (1996). " Vaccine-Associated Immune-Mediated

Hemolytic Anemia in the Dog " , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

10:290-295.

 

7. New England Journal of Medicine, vol.313,1985. See also Clin Exp

Rheumatol 20(6):767-71, Nov-Dec 2002.

 

8. Am Coll Vet Intern Med 14:381,2000.

 

9. Dodds, Jean W.,DVM, " Immune System and Disease Resistance " , at HYPERLINK

" http://www.critterchat.net/immune.htm. " http://www.critterc-hat.net/immune.-htm

..

 

10. Wolf Clan magazine, April/May 1995.

 

11. Goldstein, Martin, The Nature of Animal Healing, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf,

Inc., 1999.

 

12. Wolf Clan magazine, op. cit.

 

13. ibid.

 

14. Journal of Inflammation 1:3,2004, at HYPERLINK

" http://www.journal-inflammation.com " http://www.journal--inflammation.-com

content/1/1/-3.

 

15. Klingborg, D.J., Hustead, D.R. and Curry-Galvin, E. et al., " AVMA

Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents' report on cat and dog vaccines " ,

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 221(10):1401--1407,

November

15,2002, HYPERLINK

" http://www.avma.org/policies/vaccination.htm. " http://www.avma.-org/policies/-va\

ccination.-htm.

 

16. ibid.

 

17. Schultz, R.D., " Current and future canine and feline vaccination

programs " , Vet Med 93:233-254,1998.

 

18. Schultz, R.D., Ford, R.B., Olsen, J. and Scott, P., " Titer testing and

vaccination: a new look at traditional practices " , Vet Med 97:1-13, 2002

(insert).

 

19. Twark, L. and Dodds, W.J., " Clinical application of serum parvovirus and

distemper virus antibody liters for determining revaccination strategies in

healthy dogs " , J Am Vet Med Assoc 217:1021-1024,-2000.

 

 

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Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:29 AM

" The Science of Vaccine Damage " by

Catherine O'Driscoll

 

 

I've been a member of AMF for several weeks now and wanted to post a public

thank you to all of you wonderful people here. You have provided me with

much

information and wonderful articles/links to pass along to my Jstsayno2vaccs

( " Just Say No To Vaccines " ) list.

 

Below is an article written by Catherine O'Driscoll (author of " Who Killed

The Darling Buds of May?: What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines " ). I hope

that articles that focus on alternative care for our pets are appropriate to

post

here.

 

In Light,

Dianne Sever

jodevincollies02

 

 

 

 

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