A link I posted earlier had contended that the polio epidemic was caused by the small pox vaccine either weakening the immune system, or being contaminated with polio. I am not sure which, but there was a very strong statistical corrolation between the areas that got the vaccine and those that had high rates of polio. Also when they stopped the vaccine, polio seems to have gone away.
Marshall Kevin Nolan wrote: > Back in the 1920's I think, there was a severe Polio epidemic, > affecting mainly children. My father remarked that it was the kids of > the well-to-do that succumbed far more often those of the poorer > neighbourhoods. This was put down to the increased sanitary standards > among the upper class - little contact with germs meant "unexercised" > immune systems incapable of fighting off the polio virus. Similarly > today, westerners holidaying in places like Egypt, India, Mexico etc > are, without the customary "shots", easy prey to diseases that the > locals for the most part are quite immune to. Could it be that > a similar danger exists for long term prophylactic CS usage? Many on > this list seem to do just that. While great for knocking out both > acute and chronic infections, I for one don't like the idea of > developing a dependence that would leave me overly vulnerable to any > passing bug if for whatever reason I was not in a position to > regularly inbibe CS. Is this fear warranted or not? Let's hear it from > the medical types, or perhaps those with personal experience. I think > this is an important issue worthy of a FAQ placing. If the issue has > already been adequately dealt with, please direct us to the relevant > entries. regards, Kevin Nolan [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
