"There is insufficient evidence to support routine vaccination of healthy persons of any age."

Now come those great people of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta to tell us that 80% of all seniors should rush out and get the latest "flu" shot. This is the same enterprising branch of the Federal Government that brought us in 1977 The Swine Flu Vaccine.

The "Flu" That Never Was

I wrote two articles on the subject at the time, discussing the hazards of the ridiculous vaccine that has been tossed together on an impromptu basis. The distinguished virologist, Dr. J. Anthony Morris, lost his job at the FDA because he warned his superiors that the vaccine was of no value. Further, as my articles stated, there was not a single case of swine flu in the country. There was no epidemic to control.

Yet some 128 people died promptly after getting the vaccine. What may be more important, 43,000,000 people were deceived into taking the vaccine. You may be sure too, that within most of these millions who are still alive the vaccine still lingers in their bodies, awaiting some metabolic change which might trigger viral activity, contributing to ill health or untimely death.

The latest flu vaccine is being produced by three companies and is of the killed virus type. Many producers of vaccines have dropped out of such activity because they fear the high cost of court judgements against them for side effects of such vaccines, which may bring on severe illness or death.

The whole, messy situation is well outlined in an article in the Wall Street Journal of January 16. Anyone considering the use of a vaccine should first read this article. Though chiefly concerned with a new chicken pox vaccine that may soon be available, offered by Merck and Co., the article dwells upon the life-long hazards that attend the use of a vaccine.

The Trojan Horse

You see, this type of live virus vaccine contains disease viruses which have been artificially weakened so that, hopefully, they are unable to induce symptoms of the disease yet are strong enough to fool the body into producing antibodies able to hold in check more virile disease viruses that may come along. But, once the damaged viruses are in the body, they present a life-time of risk. They may never recover their original strength, or they may mutate to produce some other disease that is as bad or worse than the ailment they were supposed to prevent.

At the present time, no one knows for sure just what can happen, as time goes by, with these weakened but still alive viruses.

"The chicken pox virus lurks in the body, " says The Wall Street Journal, "after the illness passes. For reasons that aren't understood, it sometimes reawakens when the subject is 60 or 70 years old to cause shingles, a nerve inflammation marked by pain and blisters."

Viruses are, as I have long observed, the major foe of all humanity. They are everywhere, they are indefatigable, resourceful, and immortal. They were a part of our very beginnings, and they are never going to leave us.

Once a virus is within one's body, only the person's immune system can protect him. It is then up to his immune system to keep it under control, to prevent its replication within hours to astronomical numbers that can soon defy counting. As stated, vaccines seek to fool the body into arming itself with antibodies in advance of any attack. But these fearless invaders can regain their strength, or change the DNA or RNA of which they are chiefly composed and start to harass or kill us off with some other disease source to which they have mutated.

Hope for the Future

The Journal comments that we may have much superior vaccines in the near future. Genetic engineers will be able to splice together proteins to make just that part of the virus that produces immunity, with none of the parts that produce disease."

As it now stands, children are often being forced to take vaccines that may later induce debilitating or fatal disease, and in many states children can be expelled from school if their parents refuse such dangerous vaccines. Many organizations have been formed to resist these arbitrary rulings by school boards.

What's To Do?

Right now, I am sure, our best hope lies in doing everything we can to keep our immune system hourly, day by day, in the best possible condition to repel the invaders. This involves a life style balanced with moderate exercise, adequate sleep, sunshine, good thoughts, good food, and supplementation of the diet with a wide variety of nutrients known to be required by the immune system.

For me, this must include a daily intake of at least 8 grams of timed released mineral ascorbates