Squalene: The Swine Flu Vaccine’s
Dirty Little Secret Exposed
July 17 2009 | 74,094
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By Dr. Mercola
According to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, your children should be the first target for mass swine flu
vaccinations when school starts this fall.[i]
This is a ridiculous assumption for many
reasons, not to mention extremely high risk.
In Australia, where the winter season has
begun, Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon is reassuring parents the swine flu
is no more dangerous than regular seasonal flu. "Most people, including
children, will experience very mild symptoms and recover without any medical
intervention," she said.[ii]
Sydney-based immunization specialist Robert
Booy predicts swine flu might be fatal to about twice
as many children in the coming year as regular influenza. Booy
estimates 10-12 children could die from the H1N1 virus, compared with the five
or six regular flu deaths seen among children in an average year in Australia.[iii]
“Cure the Disease, Kill the Patient”
Less than 100 children in the U.S. die each
year from seasonal flu viruses.[iv] If we use Australia’s math, a very rough
estimate would be another 100 children could potentially die of swine flu in
the United States in the coming year.
If children are the first target group in
the U.S. per Sebelius, that means we’re about to inject around 75 million
children with a fast tracked vaccine containing novel adjuvants,
including dangerous squalene, to prevent perhaps 100
deaths.
I’m not overlooking the tragedy of the loss
of even one child to an illness like the H1N1 flu virus. But there can be no
argument that unnecessary mass injection of millions of children with a vaccine
containing an adjuvant known to cause a host of debilitating autoimmune
diseases is a reckless, dangerous plan.
Why are Vaccinations Dangerous?
The presumed intent of a vaccination is to
help you build immunity to potentially harmful organisms that cause illness and
disease. However, your body’s immune system is already designed to do this in
response to organisms which invade your body naturally.
Most disease-causing organisms enter your
body through the mucous membranes of your nose, mouth, pulmonary system or your
digestive tract – not through an injection.
These mucous membranes have their own
immune system, called the IgA immune system. It is a
different system from the one activated when a vaccine is injected into your
body.
Your IgA immune
system is your body’s first line of defense. Its job is to fight off invading
organisms at their entry points, reducing or even eliminating the need for
activation of your body’s immune system.
When a virus is injected into your body in
a vaccine, and especially when combined with an immune adjuvant like squalene, your IgA immune system
is bypassed and your body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to
the vaccination.
Injecting organisms into your body to
provoke immunity is contrary to nature, and vaccination
carries enormous potential to do serious damage to your health.
And as if Vaccines Weren’t Dangerous Enough on
Their Own …
… imagine them turbocharged.
The main ingredient in a vaccine is either
killed viruses or live ones that have been attenuated (weakened and made less
harmful).
Flu vaccines can also contain a number of
chemical toxins,
including ethylene glycol (antifreeze), formaldehyde, phenol (carbolic acid)
and even antibiotics like Neomycin and streptomycin.
In addition to the viruses and other
additives, many vaccines also contain immune adjuvants
like aluminum and squalene.
The purpose of an immune adjuvant added to
a vaccine is to enhance (turbo charge) your immune response to the vaccination.
Adjuvants cause your immune system to overreact to
the introduction of the organism you’re being vaccinated against.
Adjuvants are supposed to get the
job done faster (but certainly not more safely), which reduces the amount of
vaccine required per dose, and the number of doses given per individual.
Less vaccine required per person means more
individual doses available for mass vaccination campaigns. Coincidentally, this
is exactly the goal of government and the pharmaceutical companies who stand to
make millions from their vaccines.
Will There Be Immune Adjuvants
in Swine Flu Vaccines?
The U.S. government has contracts with
several drug companies to develop and produce swine flu vaccines. At least two
of those companies, Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline,
are using an adjuvant in their H1N1 vaccines.
The adjuvant? Squalene.
According to Meryl Nass,
M.D., an authority on the anthrax vaccine,
“A novel feature of the two H1N1 vaccines
being developed by companies Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline is the addition of squalene-containing adjuvants to
boost immunogenicity and dramatically reduce the amount of viral antigen
needed. This translates to much faster production of desired vaccine
quantities.”[v]
Novartis’s proprietary squalene
adjuvant for their H1N1 vaccine is MF59. Glaxo’s is
ASO3. MF59 has yet to be approved by the FDA for use in any U.S. vaccine,
despite its history of use in other countries.
Per Dr. Nass,
there are only three vaccines in existence using an approved squalene adjuvant. None of the three are approved for use
in the U.S.
What Squalene Does to
Rats
Oil-based vaccination adjuvants
like squalene have been proved to generate
concentrated, unremitting immune responses over long periods of time.[vi]
A 2000 study published in the American
Journal of Pathology demonstrated a single injection of the adjuvant squalene into rats triggered “chronic, immune-mediated
joint-specific inflammation,” also known as rheumatoid arthritis.[vii]
The researchers concluded the study raised
questions about the role of adjuvants in chronic
inflammatory diseases.
What Squalene Does to
Humans
Your immune system recognizes squalene as an oil molecule native to your body. It is
found throughout your nervous system and brain. In fact, you can consume squalene in olive oil and not only will your immune
system recognize it, you will also reap the benefits of its antioxidant
properties.
The difference between “good” and “bad” squalene is the route by which it enters your body.
Injection is an abnormal route of entry which incites your immune system to
attack all the squalene in your body, not just
the vaccine adjuvant.
Your immune system will attempt to destroy
the molecule wherever it finds it, including in places where it occurs
naturally, and where it is vital to the health of your nervous system.[viii]
Gulf War veterans with Gulf War Syndrome
(GWS) received anthrax vaccines which contained squalene.[ix] MF59 (the Novartis squalene
adjuvant) was an unapproved
ingredient in experimental anthrax vaccines and has since been linked to
the devastating autoimmune diseases suffered by countless Gulf War vets.[x]
The Department of Defense made every
attempt to deny that squalene was indeed an added
contaminant in the anthrax vaccine administered to Persian Gulf war military
personnel – deployed and non-deployed – as well as participants in the more
recent Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP).
However, the FDA discovered the presence of
squalene in certain lots of AVIP product. A test was
developed to detect anti-squalene antibodies in GWS
patients, and a clear link was established between the contaminated product and
all the GWS sufferers who had been injected with the vaccine containing squalene.
A study conducted at Tulane Medical School
and published in the February 2000 issue of Experimental Molecular Pathology
included these stunning statistics:
“ … the substantial majority (95%) of
overtly ill deployed GWS patients had antibodies to squalene.
All (100%) GWS patients immunized for service in Desert Shield/Desert Storm who
did not deploy, but had the same signs and symptoms as those who did deploy,
had antibodies to squalene.
In contrast, none (0%) of the deployed
Persian Gulf veterans not showing signs and symptoms of GWS have antibodies to squalene. Neither patients with idiopathic autoimmune
disease nor healthy controls had detectable serum antibodies to squalene. The majority of symptomatic GWS patients had
serum antibodies to squalene.”[xi]
According to Dr. Viera
Scheibner, Ph.D., a retired principle research
scientist for the government of Australia:
“… this adjuvant [squalene]
contributed to the cascade of reactions called "Gulf War Syndrome,"
documented in the soldiers involved in the Gulf War.
The symptoms they developed included
arthritis, fibromyalgia, lymphadenopathy, rashes,
photosensitive rashes, malar rashes, chronic fatigue,
chronic headaches, abnormal body hair loss, non-healing skin lesions, aphthous ulcers, dizziness, weakness, memory loss,
seizures, mood changes, neuropsychiatric problems, anti-thyroid effects, anaemia, elevated ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate),
systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, ALS
(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Raynaud’s
phenomenon, Sjorgren’s syndrome, chronic diarrhoea, night sweats and low-grade fevers.”[xii]
Post Vaccination Follow-Up Might as Well Be
Non-Existent
There is virtually no science to support
the safety of vaccine injections on your long-term health or the health of your
children. Follow-up studies last on average about two weeks, and look only for
glaring injuries and illnesses.
Autoimmune disorders like those seen in
Gulf War Syndrome frequently take years to diagnose due to the vagueness of
early symptoms. Complaints like headaches, fatigue and chronic aches and pains
are symptoms of many different illnesses and diseases.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for vaccine
purveyors and proponents to look seriously at the long-term health consequences
of their vaccination campaigns.
What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your
Family
Visit the National Vaccination Information
Center (NVIC)
site and join in the fight against mandatory swine flu vaccinations.
Educate yourself about influenza strains,
vaccination risks, and the public health laws
in your state that may require you or your children to undergo either
mandatory vaccination or quarantine.
Take care of your health to reduce or
eliminate your risk of contracting the flu. The key is to keep your immune
system strong by following these guidelines:
· Eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet. Sugar consumption has an immediate, debilitating effect on your immune system.
·
Take
a high quality source of animal-based omega 3 fats like Krill Oil.
·
Exercise. Your
immune system needs good circulation in order to perform at its best for you.
·
Optimize
your vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is the likely cause of seasonal
flu viruses. Getting an optimal level of vitamin D will help you fight
infections of all kinds.
·
Get
plenty of good quality sleep.
·
Deal
with stress effectively. If you feel overwhelmed by stress, your body will
not have the reserves it needs to fight infection.
·
Wash
your hands. But not with an antibacterial soap. Use a pure, chemical-free
soap.
[i]
USAToday.com,
Swine flu shots may go to kids first, Sebelius says, June 16, 2009
[ii]
ABC.net.au,
Health minister reassures parents over swine flu, July 2, 2009
[iii]
Google
News, AFP, Australia urges calm after child flu death, July 2, 2009,
[iv]
Meryl
Nass, M.D., July 4, 2009
[v]
Meryl
Nass, M.D., July 3, 2009
[vi]
Rense.com, Vaccines, Autism, and
Gulf War Syndrome, August 15, 2005
[viii]
Vaccination Liberation,
Adjuvant Index Page
[ix]
Autoimmune
Technologies, News Release: SQUALENE FOUND IN ANTHRAX VACCINE,
[xii]
Adverse Effects of Adjuvants in Vaccines, by Viera Scheibner, Ph.D., 2000
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