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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger
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Did you know that we now give 36 vaccines to children before the age of two, which I didn't even realize until I listened to this video?
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Immunization works by tricking the body into believing it is experiencing a full-scale invasion by an infectious agent so that the immune system can fortify its defenses. During vaccination, a harmless version of a germ is introduced to the body and the immune system responds by producing antibodies to attack the intruder. Thereafter, a memory of this “invasion” remains so that the immune system can quickly recognize and neutralize disease-causing agents when they appear.
UNICEF - Immunization - How does immunization work?
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Specifically, do you think that there is a limit to how many different types of antigen-specific T- and B-lymphocytes we can produce in a given amount of time? If so, why? Be certain to provide appropriate references.
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No, it's not about how many antigen-specific T- and B-lymphocytes we can produce in a given amount of time. It's about the safety of putting so many toxins into the body at once, or in a short time frame.
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Also, be certain to account for the fact that a normal child will encounter many more than 36 novel antigens during the first 2 years of life, and yet will have no trouble producing B- and T-lymphocytes specific to those antigens. So why does exposing them to a few more matter?
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Because this vaccine schedule has never been tested for combination risk, for one. Secondly, the exposure time is artificial and we don't know how the immune system can handle this onslaught. I, as a parent, would want the choice which vaccines I feel are necessary and which I don't, and I would be the one to decide how far apart a vaccine is given. Finally, there are adjuvants in vaccines that are known carcinogens.
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/elsner_b.html |
So, in other words, no, you
don't understand how vaccines work. And you
certainly don't understand how the immune system works.
Figured as much.