Let Them Eat Dirt

I knew it!

Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You

In studies of what is called the hygiene hypothesis, researchers are concluding that organisms like the millions of bacteria, viruses and especially worms that enter the body along with “dirt” spur the development of a healthy immune system. Several continuing studies suggest that worms may help to redirect an immune system that has gone awry and resulted in autoimmune disorders, allergies and asthma.

I can't remember if I posted it about it here, but a few months back, I heard about Plumpy Nut, a peanut-based nutritional supplement given to undernourished children as young as 6 months old. One of the doctors administering the supplement said they have never seen an allergic reaction to Plumpy Nut. Then why, in America, do we have so many nut allergies popping up everything? I wondered if it had to do with under-stimulated immune systems. Not only do we overuse antibiotics and douse everything with antibacterial gunk, in my opinion, we over-vaccinate. 6 year-old kids today get 3-4 times as many vaccines as kids did 25 years ago. According to the most recent schedule available, toddlers will have received 25 vaccinations by age 15 months, and up to 32 by age 6. In 1983, toddlers only received 6 vaccinations by age 15 months, and up to 10 by age 6.

I knew I was doing a good thing when I let Bear eat dog toys and play in the mulch :)

Another Baby Dies from a Vaccine Reaction

This is so sad:

1-year old Madyson Williams dies from the MMR vaccine

MMR is one of the few live vaccines, as well as one of the most controversial. Most vaccines contain a "killed", cultivated version of the virus or disease, whereas a few contain a live version.

I don't think parents realize the risks associated with vaccines. I'm not in any way blaming the parents; I rather blame the society we live in. If you are a parent who chooses to go against the grain and delay some vaccines or skip them altogether, you are often grilled by doctors as to your choice and made to sign a paper that states you acknowledge that your child may get sick and even die from a vaccine-related illness. Why don't they have similar forms that parents who choose to vaccinate have to sign? If vaccines are pretty safe, as many claim, and illness or death was not a possible side effect of vaccinating, then Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) would not need to exist.

I'm so sad for the parents.

Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.

The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case.

Read more here.....