Researchers Advise: Delay Breastfeeding & Modify Gut Biota to Increase Vaccine ResponseIf breastfeeding and improved immunity stand in the way of vaccine profits, then the solution is simple: Delay breastfeeding and undo the immunity.by Heidi Stevenson10 September 2011
Children in poor countries do not develop as many antibodies as those in wealthy nations. Rather than ask whether it may be an indication that their bodies are refusing for a good reason, medical researchers assume that it's bad. Therefore, they're making a couple of the most inane suggestions imaginable. Their suggestions include:
When conventional medicine makes inane suggestions, you know that it's in trouble. That's exactly what's happening in the zeal to promote vaccinations in developing nations. The ProblemBig Pharma sees Big Profits in vaccines, and the number of people in the nonindustrialized nations is enormous, well over half the world's population. Getting them vaccinated could mean enormous amounts of money—car, train, boat, and plane loads of it. They have an artificial way of determining whether vaccines are effective—and they're locked into that system. They measure antibodies to their vaccine, and if they reach a certain arbitrary level, they say that the vaccination is successful. It's rather clever, because it nicely evades having to demonstrate that people are actually immune from the diseases. GreenMedInfo describes the issue beautifully: First, it must be made clear that the term "efficacy" when used in the context of a vaccine's antibody elevating effects does not equate to effectiveness, i.e. whether a vaccine actually works in real life to protect against the intended infection. The problem is that children in developing nations are not producing antibodies at the prescribed levels. And if they don't, then the arbitrary definition of success hasn't been met. Therefore, something needs to be done. To that end, two possible solutions have been offered—and neither one makes one iota of sense. Delay BreastfeedingIn Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, an article on the ineffectiveness of live oral rotavirus vaccines in poor developing countries found that the culprit is breast feeding.(2) The best source of disease immunity in babies is their mothers' milk. It is well recognized that babies fed on their mothers' breast milk are healthier. But that, of course, isn't the real goal. The goal is profits. Therefore, if breast milk interferes with Big Pharma's profit machine, then something needs to be done about it. The primary antibody in the intestinal tract is IgA (immunoglobulin A). It's a significant factor in gut health. The authors of the rotavirus vaccine study surmise that the higher amounts of IgA in mothers' milk neutralizes or prevents antibodies from forming. Therefore, the researchers suggest that breast feeding be delayed so that the obvious benefits to the baby cannot interfere with the dubious one of developing rotavirus vaccine antibodies. Are they concerned about a loss of protection during that time? Apparently not. All they care about is that their dog and pony antibody show look good, so they can push the rotavirus vaccine on more and more babies. Modify Gut BiotaThe journal Biology published an article about the difficulty in achieving efficacy of vaccines in undeveloped countries. The author, Myron M. Levine, is concerned that vaccine efficacy—as defined by GreenMedInfo above—is diminished in these places. Here is his explanation: Giardia infections are highly prevalent among children in developing countries but are increasingly recognized not to be associated with either diarrhea or adverse nutritional consequences. Nevertheless, Giardia may have an impact on mucosal integrity and function that may diminish responses to oral vaccines. Thus, I would advocate a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in which half the participants receive metronidazole to eradicate Giardia before oral vaccination.(3) He is saying that giardia, which is a devastating infection in developed nations, is harmless to most children in undeveloped areas because their intestinal mucosa prevents the parasite from harming them. So, Levine hopes to undo this advance in their immunology! He wants to give them the antibiotic metronidazole. Metronidazole's adverse effects include encephalopathy, neuropathy (including the optic nerve), pancreatitis, seizures, skin necrolysis, leukopenia, and other unpleasant effects, including, of course, candidiasis, the ever-common fungal result of antibiotics, and the now recognized life-long increased risk of cancer. To sum it up, Levine wants to give healthy children a dose of metronidazole, a highly dangerous antibiotic, to all the children of undeveloped nations because their immune systems are able to prevent harm from at least one disease. He wants to strip their improved health away, and at the same time, permanently harm and even kill many of them. Nonetheless, Big Pharma's imperative, to increase profits, must be satisfied. Therefore, these children's advantage must be taken from them by giving them a drug that will certainly kill some of them, maim others, and increase their chances of developing cancer. Then, they can be given vaccines that will likely further harm their immune systems. Back to the Bottom LineOf course, the most important problem is resolved. Big Pharma's profits are protected. Does it matter that it comes at the cost of lives around the world? That it costs the health of children? That it causes suffering? That it undoes improvements in immune systems? No, it doesn't. There is only one ethic in Big Pharma. It's spelled: ***************************************************************************** *****************************************************************************
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