Vaccines are created to stop pathogens from assuming control of our bodies and making us ill. When your body gets infected by a pathogen (disease-causing agent) for the first time, its natural response involves our defense system — the immune system. Our immune system produces antibodies that will work to recognize and then defend against the pathogen, also upon future exposures, as the memory of the pathogen remains. The response is faster and better the next time. This produces immunity to the pathogen and stops the disease it causes. 

At times, the immune systems may not be strong or fast enough to recognize these disease-causing pathogen on time and remove it from the body or from causing damage to the body.

Vaccination helps treat infectious diseases by stimulating the production of antibodies in the body before exposure to the infectious agent, providing some or complete immunity against a disease. Vaccines are made from weakened or inactive antigens of the causative agent of a disease, its products, or protein information carriers that prompt the body to make specific antigens without inducing the disease.

Vaccines aim to provide controlled exposure to an antigen to prepare our immune system so it can battle the specific disease and won’t cause us harm in the future. 

But what goes into vaccines, and what are their effects on the body?

Ingredients Used in Some Vaccines

There are many vaccines available. Current immunization programs help protect against the following [1]:

  1. Diphtheria
  2. Tetanus
  3. Pertussis
  4. Poliomyelitis
  5. Measles
  6. Mumps
  7. Rubella
  8. Pneumococcal pneumonia
  9. Smallpox
  10. Sepsis
  11. Meningitis
  12. Hepatitis B
  13. Varicella-zoster
  14. Tuberculosis
  15. Cholera
  16. Diarrhea caused by rotavirus
  17. Salmonellosis
  18. Dengue

Different vaccines will contain other ingredients. The following are ingredients commonly found in some vaccines:

Common Side Effects of Vaccines

Following administration, most vaccines carry a small risk of symptoms, including [9]:

Anaphylaxis is an extremely rare complication following vaccine administration and may occur in response to one of the ingredients in the vaccine. Sensitivity or anaphylaxis may occur to one of these ingredients, including aluminum, thiomersal, gelatin, sorbitol, emulsifiers, antibiotics, yeast proteins, egg proteins, latex, formaldehyde, acidity regulators, bovine products, and GMOs.

Another rare complication of vaccination is Guillain-Barre Syndrome. This severe autoimmune condition causes a person’s immune system to affect the body’s nervous system by harming the nerves’ protective covering (myelin sheath). The nerve damage prevents the transmission of signals to the brain, causing weakness, numbness, or paralysis. Initially, there are feelings of tingling in the hands and feet, rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, and double vision or eye troubles. The tingling sensations can then spread throughout the body, eventually causing paralysis. Most people recover completely, yet some cases can, extremely unfortunately, be fatal. Guillain-Barre syndrome requires immediate hospitalization to increase the chances of a better outcome. Recovery from this syndrome may take several months to years. Walking again usually is possible after six months. Some people have lasting effects, including weakness, numbness, and fatigue. If the syndrome occurs within six weeks of receiving of a vaccine, there is a contraindication to vaccinating. COVID-19 vaccinations or a viral infection may trigger Guillain-Barre syndrome. 

Other autoimmune conditions triggered by vaccines (although rarely) include rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, myopericarditis, ovarian failure, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). [10]

People genetically inclined (with a family history of autoimmunity or with known autoantibodies) to develop the autoimmune disease may consider avoiding vaccination.

Reversible leukopenia and thrombocytopenia have been reported in some patients after the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine [11]. 

The heavy metals platinum and rubidium are used in manufacturing but do not appear in the end product (the vaccine). [12]

To conclude

Although vaccination has been very successful in reducing or removing many childhood diseases that used to kill many young children before they reached the age of five, it is still wise to understand the potential harm of these vaccines and avoid them when they are unnecessary. You can do this by opting for single-dose vaccines with fewer preservatives and less formaldehyde. Most early childhood vaccines do not have aluminum or egg proteins; the boosters do have them and, therefore, should be taken separately.

Maintaining a low-toxin lifestyle, as mentioned throughout this book, to prevent the accumulation of substances in the body at toxic levels that can negatively affect your health will help prevent most damaging effects of regular vaccines.

Regarding the new mRNA vaccines, the technology is new, with little regulatory guidance available regarding product characterization and quality control. Therefore, before sound testing strategies to identify, measure, and control the safety and efficacy of these vaccines exist, each person should make their own decision about whether or not to get vaccinated or risk becoming infected by the pathogen when you are strong, allowing the body to form antigens on its own and heal itself. Do this only when your immunity is strong, your dietary habits are good and you supplement with key immune-enhancing supplements.

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