Vaccines and Natural Healing

Vaccines don't really fit in with natural healing. They provide an unnatural provocation to the immune system that can be quite a shock, and the broader effects on general health have not been studied medically to a sufficient level. They contain a range of toxic substances that have effects, both known and unknown, when administered in this way. And they are intended to target germs, which from a conceptual point of view is missing the point. Germs probably exploit disease rather than creating it. There are several conceptual problems in vaccine theory, especially regarding the actual role of antibodies in immunity.

Furthermore, natural healing is about strengthening the body's own defences, and trying to understand why some people are more susceptible to disease than others. Using poisonous substances runs counter to that idea.

All of this would be irrelevant if vaccines:
a) were completely safe: they are not;
b) were effective at preventing or reversing disease: the balance of evidence, both historical and scientific, does not clearly support this. In fact the reverse may be true;
c) had no long term consequences: there is much evidence that vaccines can cause long-term damage to general health;
d) were necessary: many of the diseases against which people are vaccinated have died out naturally, are not serious, or are easily prevented or mitigated by good nutrition and basic health measures;
e) were the only way to acquire immunity.
f) or if standards of informed consent were adequate: common practice probably falls short of even basic legal standards.

For further information see Dr Jayne Donegan's website http://www.jayne-donegan.co.uk/

As a medical doctor and an expert witness on the subject of vaccination, Dr Donegan has studied the pool of scientific evidence as closely as anybody, and has testified that it is not in a child's best interest to be vaccinated. Her testimony was challenged by the General Medical Council, who in the end conceeded that it was sound.

'The best solution to disease is health'

The greatest advances in public health have not been through drugs and vaccines, but through clean water, clean air, sanitation, transport for fresh food, and dealing with urban overcrowding.

In both prevention and treatment of disease, it is all too easy to overlook the basic things the body needs in order to be healthy. Yet these things should be central to the task. Hence most osteopaths prefer a drug-free approach; instead placing the emphasis onto the body's in-built healing mechanisms, and the basic necessities of life.