What is the Immune System?
The immune system is the name given to the whole system of defences an organism has against disease, including the skin, membranes of the nose and throat, nasal hairs, eyes and ears, saliva, intestines, glands and even the brain.
- The skin acts as a barrier to prevent bacteria entering the body. It also filters out toxins through fever, which is the purpose of a fever when your child is ill.
- The nasal hairs prevent foreign particles from travelling up the nose, and the mucous membranes excrete a substance which is anti-bacterial.
- Tonsils help prevent respiratory diseases and illnesses such as Polio, and saliva contains substances which destroy and neutralise microbes.
- The spleen and intestines, among other organs, deposit fats and vitamins around the body and protect against viral and bacterial invasion.
- The thymus gland produces thymus cells, known as ‘T’ cells, which are antibodies to infection.
- There are various glands (nodes) in the body that drain it of toxins and useless material. For instance, the cervical nodes drain the head, neck and chest.
- The pituitary gland in the brain directs all of the systems above, so if the brain goes wrong, so does the immune system. It sends electrical impulses to all areas of the body, stimulating cell re-generation and muscle growth. These electrical impulses also stimulate the thymus gland – the centre of immune function. The immune system is a series of defences to keep out diseases. The production of antibodies, which many people understand as the immune system is only one such defence.
Limitations of Vaccination
Vaccination by injection focuses on antibody production but the many chemicals contained in vaccines other than the pathogen have a toxic effect on the body. Also, the vaccine is injected directly into the bloodstream, while most infections occur through ingestion through the mouth or nasal cavity.
Normally, an infection occurs gradually, allowing time for the immune system to build up white blood cells and generate antibodies. But in the case of vaccination this doesn’t happen. Furthermore, vaccines contain multiple pathogens and chemicals, which the body has to fight all at once. Children don’t normally have to fight off multiple infections simultaneously.
Effect of Vaccination on the Immune System
Vaccination by injection focuses on antibody production but the many chemicals contained in vaccines other than the pathogen have a toxic effect on the body. Also, the vaccine is injected directly into the bloodstream, while most infections occur through ingestion through the mouth or nasal cavity.
Normally, an infection occurs gradually, allowing time for the immune system to build up white blood cells and generate antibodies. But in the case of vaccination this doesn’t happen. Furthermore, vaccines contain multiple pathogens and chemicals, which the body has to fight all at once. Children don’t normally have to fight off multiple infections simultaneously.
As a result, the body goes into overdrive in the production of antibodies to fight multiple fast-acting pathogens. This puts pressure on the immune system to create lots of antibodies, using up precious nutrients in the body. This can lead to vitamin deprivation, hypersensitivity (responsible for an increase in allergies and autoimmune diseases) and a lack of body self-regulation associated with conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma and bronchitis.
What problems can this cause?
Because the body has no extra antibodies waiting to counter the vaccine, it can go into overdrive in an attempt to deal with the situation, taking much needed vitamins away from bones and other organs, to use for the production of more antibodies. This means that the other vital systems go short on vitamins, in extreme cases leading to bone fractures caused by the immune response leaching vitamins to cope with the vaccine. This lack of vitamins can also cause bruising and retinal bleeding and haemorrhaging, which is why some vaccine damaged babies have been falsely labelled as ‘shaken baby syndrome’ cases. These type of vaccine injuries are similar to those caused by trauma.