The role of aluminum
Aluminum is a neurotoxin linked to Alzheimer’s disease2. According to one expert, aluminum particles have been found in people with Alzheimers3. Aluminum has also been linked to chronic fatigue46. In addition to being a potent neurotoxin, aluminum may be part of a process that can cause autoimmune diseases in recipients of vaccines.
Let’s take a quick look into the mechanisms of vaccine production to figure out what’s going on here. Instead of using the actual virus in a vaccine, modern vaccines use “subunits,” which are molecules that come from the virus or bacteria being vaccinated for3. Genetically modified bacteria are used to grow these molecules, which are not the actual virus3. These subunits tend to get significantly smaller immune system reactions than standard viruses, and this is a problem because the purpose of vaccination is to induce an immune system response3.
Vaccine manufacturers found that including aluminum in the vaccine leads to a prolonged immune system response3.
The form of aluminum they used is a nanosized powder (10-13nm)3. At this small size, the properties of aluminum can change, and the particles seem to be extremely sharp3. Normally, toxic substances like this are grabbed in the gut wall by macrophages—white blood cells that grab toxic stuff and break it down—and removed from the body3. With this form of aluminum, dead macrophages full of aluminum have been found, specifically in people with Crohn’s disease3.
This is not a natural process, and it is not surprising that it can cause an unnatural immune system reaction. If the vaccine manufacturers could create a magical, perfect vaccine, our immune systems would only develop antibodies against the virus being targeted. Unfortunately, in this process, antibodies will be made against chemicals, bacteria, viruses, toxins, proteins, enzymes, and other parts of the vaccine3. They could be made against aluminum or antibiotics3. Recipients of the polio vaccines will have antibodies against monkey viruses3. In the words of one expert, “the body is reacting against a mess”3.
This problem is exacerbated by the fact that vaccinations bypass friendly bacteria in the gut and the immune cells in the skin3. The vaccine goes right into the heart, and our bodies are not equipped to deal with this sort of invasion3. It is not beyond the realm of imagination that an unnaturally overstimulated immune system could start to attack some of its own organs.
Squalene
Aluminum is not the only material in vaccines linked to autoimmune disorders. Squalene, an organic compound that generally comes from shark liver oil or vegetable oils, is believed by many to cause auto-immune diseases, especially arthritis, and some research connects squalene in vaccines with Gulf War Syndrome”4, 11, 47.
According to one expert, our immune systems should be able to handle squalene exposure, but when the chemical is injected directly into tissue—bypassing the normal barriers of the digestive system or the skin—this can cause autoimmune diseases3.
There was also a study where one hundred percent of rats injected with squalene developed paralysis in their hindquarters4.
The research is still out on squalene, and herein lies the problem. Though scientific research has been unable to conclusively link squalene in vaccine to autoimmune disorders, it would be difficult to design an experiment that would do so. With squalene’s dubious track record, the precautionary principle seems appropriate.
Type one diabetes and other diseases
Numerous diseases are implicated. First, there is the tragedy of the Gulf War Syndrome, mentioned above. Crohn’s disease was also mentioned.
Out of all of the autoimmune disorders that might be influenced by vaccines, the most alarming research is about type one diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes.
Peer reviewed research found that a particular vaccine caused 54 extra cases of type one diabetes, an autoimmune disorder formerly known as juvenile diabetes, per 100,000 children, a twenty-six percent increase10. A comparison of two studies showed that with children with type two diabetes in the family, diabetes rates may be fully forty times higher after vaccination10.
Peer reviewed research from the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism found that clusters of type one diabetes cases were linked to hemophilus, pertussis, MMR, and BCG vaccines41.
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