VACCINES, AUTOIMMUNITY, AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS

The shocking thing I gathered from reading Dr. Cowan's book is that the US may wipe out most of its population with the same diseases (Measles and Smallpox) that killed off millions of Native Americans -- all thanks to the vaccination policy currently being followed which puts trust in the notion of herd immunity via mandatory vaccination even though vaccination does not last a lifetime. This book is the sorry tale of bad and corrupt science told by a deeply insightful man who bravely challenges accepted wisdom and takes a second look at both faulty basic science and the medical practices it engenders. It is a short book but covers all the basics you need to know to see the mess we have gotten ourselves into: in the interests of saving our children minor suffering with acute illnesses we have condemned our whole population to a looming epidemic of lethal proportions -- by using vaccination. The book examines the how and why we got into this state but adroitly avoids making political or accusatory statements - the doctor leaves us to draw our own conclusions. If there were a giant meteor looming in our skies governments would act to do something about it - with climate change we manage to drag our feet, do some recycling, say it may not be real and wait for government to sort it out - now we have a more personal challenge: to inform ourselves of what is true and then take action as individuals to begin to set things right. Anyone who has children or grandchildren or youngsters they care about needs to join in this debate but it's not just children who are at risk. The book's title makes it seem to be about concerns for child welfare but it's we adults who will suffer if we lose our immunity to the diseases and it won't be an itchy rash or a snotty nose we will get, it'll be something deadly. We have been on this dangerous path for about a century now and like the road to hell it is paved with good intentions (or marketing speak of good intentions). The good news is that we just need to stop vaccinating and revise our views on childhood diseases and their treatment. Dr. Cowan shows us what to do and now it's up to us to take action. This is a brilliant straightforward book, easy to read and understand but getting people to believe the truth of it will be the difficult part. The second path covered in this book is the slower disaster but perhaps the more inexorable one - that of the destruction of our autoimmune systems by vaccines. Although Dr Cowan has a solution to the destruction, I believe it is not one most people will choose to take: giving up starches and sugars for at least six months, maybe for years and then following his treatment regime. It is known that many diabetics will not give up sugar even under threat of losing limbs and eyesight to the disease so how will people told to rebalance their gut microbiome by the same treatment respond? Without removing toxins injected as part of vaccination and then repairing the microbiome, recovery from autoimmune disease is impossible. So many things come under the automimmune label: rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, MS, various thyroid afflictions, allergies, tiredness with loss of the joy in life, and quite possibly autism and cancer. What will a disease riddled society be like to live in? How will we afford to support and treat all those sick people? Perhaps there will be some miracle breakthrough to make vaccines work without adjuvants, some true understanding of the two immune system responses that will enable us to trigger lifelong immunity at a cell-mediated level not just with temporary antibodies, some nanotech fix for ongoing breakdowns. But how much simpler it would be to follow Dr Cowan's analysis and advice: go back to letting children get childhood diseases and live long healthy protected lives. I want that world but I think it would take a revolution to achieve it. Reading this book is a good start.

I just finished reading Dr. Cowan's masterpiece on how VACCINES CAUSE AUTOIMMUNITY and I absolutely recommend this quick overview book for every parent and activist concerned about vaccination and our children's health. Dr. Cowan has been a doctor for over 30 years and shares that his vaccine free patients are usually vibrantly healthy while the vaccinated ones have any number of health problems (and fortunately, he is able to help them). He is anti-vaccine and goes into great detail as to why natural immunity and a cell-mediated immune response (first line of defense through natural exposure) is far superior to only a humoral immune response (clean up/second line of defense - antibody production) that is artificially and dangerously triggered during vaccination. He discusses autoimmunity and autism, among other autoimmune diseases, and at the end of the book explains how to heal autoimmune conditions using LDN and other therapies, including the GAPS diet. He has a very high success rate of completely reversing autoimmune conditions. He goes into great detail about how the gut plays a role in autoimmunity, why vaccines destroy the gut and why it is so important to heal the gut to heal the body. He talks about a few vaccines and how they have utterly failed to "protect" us, and in fact, have only made things worse. He also dissects a couple "scientific" papers that supposedly explain why vaccines do not cause autism, and he shreds those "scientific papers" to pieces and explains why they are outright lies. Dr. Cowan writes eloquently and from the heart yet he is not verbose, thankfully. This is an easy read and any parent can read this treatise and easily conclude that going 100% vaccine free is the safest and best possible course for their child. I highly recommend this book to everyone - it truly is a MUST READ.

I have heard Dr. Cowan make some of these arguments about vaccines and autoimmunity before in his other books and in interviews, so I have been looking forward to his book on the subject, and it does not disappoint. For all of his sound reasoning, decades of experience and extensive research on this topic, what I appreciate most in Dr. Cowan's writing is the clear, simple, and personal way he delivers the information so that I can understand it and relate to it. I do not have a child with autism but I myself have an auto immune disease which I have been successful at controlling through natural means, and figuring all of that out on my own lead me down a path to try and better understand how to support the health of my two boys. Dr. Cowan's previous book "Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care" gave me tools to support my kids through illnesses in ways that no one else offered me, and the methods he suggests actually work! I find his arguments about vaccines and the origins of auto immune disorders and autism to be fascinating and utterly convincing. He strikes me as a truly brilliant physician who is in a position to share what he has learned over the course of a lifetime of practice, and we would all benefit by listening to his reasoning. I truly appreciate the backlash he may have to endure when addressing this topic from his point of view, and I'm thankful he is brave enough, and qualified enough, to deliver the argument so authoritatively and beautifully, despite the danger of bucking conventional thought on the matter. It never sat well with me that a parent could observe radical setbacks in their child's health following a vaccination, report that to their doctor, and then be told, by the doctor and the community at large, "oh, sorry, I know it seems like you observed a vaccine injury, but you know what? You're wrong, bye," and, further, that they would also be ostracized for their conclusions, rather than supported through what can be an endlessly difficult ordeal. One hundred years from now, if we are still on this planet, I believe we will look back on this period in health care--and especially our vaccination program--with horror. Thanks so much for the book, Dr. Cowan!

Dr. Cowan draws a careful nexus between vaccines and greater misery by other causes. The connection of vaccines and auto immune conditions is sobering. I had not heard of the work in Africa that showed vaccinated children had less of the thing they were vaccinated for but higher overall death rates from all causes. I was aware of the shoddy 'research' done to prove vaccines are "safe" (comparing a complete vaccine against a substance that has all the questionable additives of vaccines only and finding, shockingly, "no difference"). Dr. Cowan lays this out in a way that even 1-star reviewers should be able to grasp the implications. It was fascinating to learn that mothers who've had the childhood diseases pass on a weak immunity that tends to last the first year of the child's life - a most vulnerable age, and before vaccines (to the extent they "work") are helpful. He makes more sense than anyone else I've heard on either side of this issue.

Incredible book. I reread it periodically just because. If give it more than five stars if I could.

Why are doctors so blind to the connection between vaccines and autoimmune disease? As a veterinarian, I see this on a daily basis. Much in parallel to the human side, there is also a growing epidemic of autoimmune disease in our pets. Yet, doctors and veterinarians alike continue to vaccinate because it is very lucrative to them. It sickens me. I found Dr. Cowan’ book to be enlightening about this issue. This is an easy read. While I may not agree with the use of chronic drug therapy with naltrexone, this book has a lot of information about what is actually in vaccines. I highly doubt that most physicians and most veterinarians have any idea of the substances and chemicals in vaccines. A must read for anyone who vaccinates, has ever received a vaccine, or is deciding whether to receive a vaccine..

Bought this book because it looked interesting. I am not a reader by any means but bought this book to read during my flight. Wow just wow! I was blown away from the beginning even before I got into the chapters. The foreward and introduction was amazing to start. I was highlighting every sentence and circling words in every page. Dr Cowan lays out everything, not just about vaxxines, and helps you understand THE BODY. I was pleasantly surprised that this wasn’t just a book about vaxxines. It teaches a whole lot about the human body and the immune systems in layman’s terms. I absolutely love this book and it made me look more into Dr Cowan. I am so thankful for doctors like him who SPEAK THE TRUTH. I highly highly highly recommend this book!!!

There is a health crisis in this country from the upswing of rampant chronic autoimmune diseases caused by vaccines. Measles and other childhood diseases are a necessary and benign rite of passage to increased health in adulthood. Measles and chickenpox vaccines offer temporary immunity--at best, and are implicated in SIDS and autism. These vaccines create the opportunity for these diseases to show up either much earlier or much later in life than is safe. Infants are now getting life-threatening infections of measles and chicken pox because women no longer have natural immunity from childhood infections. Vaccinated mothers cannot pass on these antibodies to their babies any longer as they were never allowed to naturally develop antibodies. Because the immunity from vaccines is only temporary, adults are now coming down with shingles and serious infections from these viruses. Childhood vaccination has not only caused a new health crisis from decreased immunity, but the multiple vaccinations needed to potentially keep measles and chickenpox at bay introduce a huge body burden of heavy metals and toxic chemicals to every vaccinated individual. Dr. Cowan offers a way to detox the body from the chronic diseases developed after vaccines. His methods and research are impeccable as is his history of patient care and understanding of the long term damage caused by vaccines. I highly recommend this book.

Além disso preocupação com a real história das doenças da infância e lança a ideia desafiadora de que as crianças precisam passar pelos desafios das doenças para amadurecerem e desenvolverem-se plenamente. Recomendo, seu pediatra jamais vai te contar alguns dados assustadores que este livro relata. E nem a SBP vai permitir que algumas “verdades” sejam questionadas.

Great book. Very informative with lots of references and research to back up the claims. I wish I had read this book before vaccinating my little one.

A must read for anyone who cares about their child’s immunity and needs to understand vaccines and what’s in them.

Very insightful. The science is dissected and explained in a way anyone can understand.

So much has been hidden from us when it comes to pharmaceutical smoke and mirrors and this very important book shines a light on some dark facts that may explain the huge wave of autoimmunity that the world is dealing with and arms the reader with very important info would highly recommend