Tim O’Shea – informed vaccine skeptic

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Text: Iver Mysterud

The American chiropractor Tim O’Shea has studied the vaccine issue for nearly 17 years. He is highly critical of vaccination as a medical strategy!

Regarding the difference between vaccination and immunization, O’Shea refers to his book, Vaccination Is Not Immunization. There, he rejects that vaccination and immunization are synonyms, although many are led to believe that is the case. Immunization means that the body is immune to anything, and this happens when you have a disease or at least have been exposed to it. In contrast, O’Shea emphasizes that vaccination only means sticking a needle into a person’s arm and injecting a man-made substance called vaccine.

MH: Generally we hear from medical authorities that vaccines are safe, effective and necessary. How do you assess this statement?

TO: No vaccine has ever been shown to be safe or effective in studies that test risks against benefits. Clinical trials are carried out by producers who sell vaccines, and vaccines are then approved by the American Medical Products Agency (FDA), whose members are representatives of the pharmaceutical industry.

MH: Are vaccines important for our continued health and safety, or do they weaken and poison our children?

TO: I cannot give an exhaustive answer to such a question in a short interview, so here it is necessary to read my book. Each reader must answer the question for themselves, not because of some interview she has read, but only after thorough investigation. And this is the purpose of my book, Vaccination Is Not Immunization.

MH: Which vaccines are the most problematic, and what is the least problematic in terms of adverse effects?

TO: This is like asking what poison kills you the slowest. The worst is undoubtedly the triple vaccine, which is responsible for over 75 percent of the two billion U.S. dollars paid out in compensation for vaccine injuries in the U.S. since 1991. Triple vaccination is given against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.

Civilization’s Future

MH: Can you explain the meaning of your claim “that the blood flow to our children are the future of our civilization”?

TO: This is a classic idea that dates back to the time doctors Claude Bernard and Antoine Béchamp lived. The statement refers to the old debate about the microbes from the outside or the state of the body’s internal environment is the cause of the disease. The standpoint we have in this debate will say something about how the disease can best be treated. The only solution is to stop the entry of allergy-causing substances and detoxify the body to substances that are already there. Remember that the blood represents the internal environment of any body cell bathed in every second. Blood condition determines whether the body’s cells are able to perform their two life functions: to transport oxygen and nutrients in and waste out. This is what really determines your health, not some temporary reactions to man-made molecules, which in reality is all vaccines offer.

MH: Are there any circumstances in which vaccines can be perceived as a health promotion strategy?

TO: Only for those who live by selling vaccines, directly or indirectly.

MH: In Norway we usually hear from medical authorities that there may be side effects of vaccines, but the benefits are far greater than the problems. How do you assess such a statement?

TO: These are just words. The statement is typical of any who have not studied the issue. The only training physicians get on drugs program about vaccines comes from the pharmaceutical industry. Everyone knows this. The American pediatrician Robert Mendelsohn was the first to point this out in the mid-1980s in his book, Confessions of a Medical Heretic. How could it have been different? Vaccination brings a child into a lifelong dependency relationship with organized medicine. To admit that one is aware of the toxicity of vaccines is career suicide for doctors, which many doctors themselves have pointed out. Vaccines are the sacred cow in the medical dogma.

Additives in Vaccines

MH: Many vaccines contain formaldehyde, mercury and other additives. What are the main problems with these ingredients?

TO: Mercury can cause permanent nerve damage and autoimmune disorders. Formaldehyde is a carcinogenic embalming fluid. Aluminum is highly toxic to the brain and can provide far more neurological problems than Alzheimer’s disease. It is strange that not many are scared of these additives. I cannot understand that it can be claimed so persistently that vaccines are safe, as long as there is no scientific evidence that this is the case.

MH: Is it possible to counteract the effects of these additives by taking the antidote vitamin C along with vaccines?

TO: It is interesting you use the word antidote, which is a term for a remedy that can abolish poisonous effects. Vaccines fit completely within the definition. So my counter question to you, since you brought this up is: Why in the world would you like to give a newborn child a toxic injection in the first place?

Advice for Parents

MH: If parents decide to let their children follow the official vaccination program, what kind of advice would you give them to minimize risks?

TO: None. They arrived at the decision without independent study and followed the path of least resistance, like most Americans. After that, Charles Darwin takes over, and I am out of the picture. I will not encourage reckless and irresponsible behavior in any way. But for people who have discovered too late that they have made a misjudgment by vaccination, the picture is different. They may have much to gain from following a detoxification program. My focus is not to allow people to fool themselves in the first place. It is a typically American tendency to apologize because they are too lazy to get information to make an informed decision before the incident.

MH: If parents decide not to follow the official vaccination program, what kind of advice can you give them to minimize the risk of getting sick?

TO: No advice is necessary. Unvaccinated children are much healthier than vaccinated children. They are rarely sick. Refer to the chapter “Parents of Unvaccinated Children” on the website (thedoctorwithin.com).

MH: When it comes to vaccination, is there one procedure that is suitable for every child, and if not, what criteria would you use to individualize disease prevention?

TO: There is no one procedure for all. The question assumes that the Germ Theory of Disease is a documented and properly scientific model, it is not.

Impact of Vaccines

MH: What short- and long-term effects of vaccinating children are found?

On this question O’Shea refers to the comprehensive review of his book (Vaccination Is Not Immunization), which there is no space to elaborate here. But he takes up the debate about autism, both the argument that this suffering can be caused by the meslingvirus MMR vaccine and mercury in other vaccines. He is highly critical of the way leading medical researchers and health authorities handle this matter.

TO: The main point of why vaccines are so harmful to the newborn is toxic effects on their vulnerable nerve tissue of additives in vaccines. Newborns are not born with a protective blood-brain barrier. It is not fully developed until they are at least five or six years old. A newborn’s brain releases ingredients such as mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde directly into the brain. This can have two possible consequences: The chemicals can kill existing brain cells, and they can prevent the formation of the protective layer around nerves (myelin) and relationships between the various brain parts. The effects of such impacts may not come until later in life.

An Emotional Issue

MH: Why are vaccines such a violently emotional theme?

TO: Vaccination takes place in the part of a person’s life when reliance on one-dimensional pharmaceutical medicine is impressed. Without vaccines, billions of U.S. dollars would be allocated away from organized medicine, and this can happen if people start to reflect on the forbidden idea that they can take greater responsibility for their own health. With the exception of trauma medicine, today’s a very bad history of most health themes. For this reason, the vaccine sacred cow cannot be attacked. Vaccines are the foundation for the entire pharmaceutical industry.

MH: How does one proceed to make a responsible decision in the child’s best interest?

TO: Offer parents responsible, underpinned, scientific, well-founded information on problems with vaccines from sources that do not make their living from selling them. Only then can parents make a truly informed choice.

Vaccines for Adults

MH: Are you as critical of the vaccinations for adults as you are vaccines for children?

TO: In the U.S., only two years ago, a recommended Vaccine Program for adults was launched. This is just marketing. Old people were originally excluded from vaccine recommendations, whereas now they are one of the primary targets. Has their physiology changed? Of course not! All that has changed are the marketing techniques. I will again point out the lack of studies on risk in relation to the utility. We see how even the original, controlled studies today have been replaced by their “poor” cousins, namely, population studies. These can be designed so that they provide any desired outcome from the same figures. As such, they are a good tool for marketing and political whim. Scientific relationship comes in a poor third in such a game.

Influenza Vaccine

MH: Is it a good idea for elderly people to take a flu vaccine every autumn to reduce the risk of the seasonal flu?

TO: Empirically, it seems that it is just those who take the flu vaccine who get the flu. Have you ever noticed that? There are a number of reasons it’s scientifically impossible that influenza vaccine can work, not least because the virus has a rapid mutation rate through the influenza season. Refer to my book (Vaccination Is Not Immunization) for further information. Flu vaccine contains mercury, formaldehyde and ethylene glycol, and formerly contained aluminum. With such a potentially toxic content, I do not think it is strange that no flu vaccine prevents influenza. In addition, the vaccine prevents the body from building up a natural immunity against influenza. An article from the leading medical journal, British Medical Journal, in a systematic review of literature shows that inactivated vaccines have little or no effect on influenza. Most studies are of poor methodological quality and results are affected by a number of factors not taken into account in the analysis. The article shows that there are few comparative studies about the safety of these vaccines.

Testing the Vaccines

MH: When vaccines are tested for efficacy and safety, how long are they studied? How long of test periods mean you have enough?

TO: Your first question assumes facts that do not exist. Are you a lawyer? It is not the time period that makes studies invalid. It’s who performed them. A really good study would be conducted only by independent researchers who do not have any financial ties to the outcome. In today’s world such a setup in practice is impossible, for who would afford to pay for such sophisticated test trials? Do you see the dilemma?

HPV Vaccination

MH: HPV vaccine against cervical cancer (Gardasil) has received much media attention in Norway. Should Norwegian school girls be vaccinated?

TO: Refer to the chapter “Human Papilloma Virus: The First Cancer Vaccine” on the website (thedoctorwithin.com), which is highly critical of HPV vaccine. The plan is to give the 12 year old girls the vaccine, although cervical cancer occurs most frequently in the age group about 50 years. The duration of the vaccine is five years. I believe therefore that such a vaccine logically should be given to women in a completely other age group, to women in late of 40-years. I believe, however, it is uncertain as to whether the vaccine is safe and its effect. There are a number of potential side effects, some of which are severe as paralysis and even death. It is also not considered whether the vaccine itself can cause cancer or impair fertility. I would definitely not give such a vaccine to my daughter … mh