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Deadly Vaccines
by author Candace Cooper

My story began six months ago. I was the first holistic nutrition counselor for the Aboriginal Head Start program under Xyolhemeylh Health and Family services, in Mission and Chilliwack, BC. My purpose was to educate the Sto:Lo First Nations people.

The goal of this program is to help parents in a positive way, empowering them to become the first teachers to their children. However, the shocking truth is that the Xyolhemeylh Health and Family Services program is doing the opposite, to the point where it’s actually engaging in genocide through the administration of highly dangerous vaccines, along with a calculated withholding of information necessary for families to be able to make their own choices on whether or not to vaccinate their children.

I don’t make this accusation lightly. I was blessed with the opportunity to work with families who have taught me so much. Yet it saddened me to see what little they knew about good nutrition, herbs, vitamins, minerals and other alternative medicines.

It was apparent from the very beginning that something was not right with the Xyolhemeylh Health and Family Services definition of what constitutes good health. This program’s "health" means drugs, vaccines, pesticides and an environment which selectively withholds information necessary to properly educate and empower themselves with improved health. They simply are not taught about prevention and how to keep their immune systems strong. I define good health as using organic, whole foods and natural medicines as well as learning about the connection between body, mind and spirit and allowing the body to heal itself.

I observed too much secrecy in the program, especially regarding vaccines.

Vaccines seem to be mandatory. No information was ever provided to the Sto:lo families, allowing them to make a choice, despite the reported dangers. The nurses are told to make the parents feel bad if they do not vaccinate their children. The truth regarding the dangers of vaccines was intentionally suppressed, along with basic information about health and prevention.

I provided a few families with some information. The chemicals used in the preparation and preserving of the vaccine solution include mercury, formaldehyde, aluminum and a variety of other known toxic materials. It was noted by Dr William Torch of the University of Nevada School of Medicine that the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) shot may be responsible for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). He noted in one survey that two-thirds of 103 children who died of SIDS had been immunized with the DPT vaccine within three weeks of each death.

Because of my distribution of this information, I was threatened with losing my job. My response was that at least I would know in my heart I had done the right thing, but what upset me even more was when I was told not to discuss vaccines with Ida John of the Sto:Lo First Nation, a very respected member of the community.

I realized that there was intentional deception. The secrecy and unwillingness by the Health and Family Services staff to allow me to communicate with Ida John clearly indicated that they had something to hide. My supervisor told me that these people really could not make clear decisions on their own. I was told to focus on nutrition.

A meeting was held with three nurses, two supervisors, Ida and myself. Ida was the only Sto:Lo person present. She felt outnumbered as she spoke on behalf of her people. We all agreed that families deserved a choice. I suggested we needed to educate the staff and that we should all go to hear a few doctors speak on the dangers and side effects of all vaccines. After distributing vaccine literature, I was told by my supervisor not to make this public. It was not mandatory for the nurses and was only propaganda.

I was ordered to stop communicating with the Sto:Lo families and also with Ida John until the supervisors came back the following week. Then they would decide what to do with me.

Considering that I had observed a high incidence of deaths within the Sto:Lo communities linked to suicides, diabetes, cancer and heart disease, it saddened me that so much valuable information was being deliberately withheld from them.

I knew that their accusations of distributing propaganda were false and it was wrong of them to attempt to prohibit me from communicating with the families and Ida John. It was really their way of trying to fire me. I chose to resign and go public with my story in order to get the truth out.

Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I have the right to Freedom of Speech and Expression. They have no legal right to suppress these rights, or the rights of the Sto:Lo people to learn the truth.

I want the Sto:Lo people to start questioning and demanding the truth. In doing so, they will empower themselves to be as healthy as they once were before the white man corrupted them into using toxic substances like white sugar, white flour and alcohol and started killing them with pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines while suppressing their traditional use of herbal remedies.

I strongly recommend to the Sto:Lo people that they sue Health Canada and Xyolhemeylh Health and Family Services as well as demand a complete investigation by their members of parliament in order to stop these genocidal actions immediately.

For more in-depth information about vaccines, read Natural Alternatives to Vaccination by Dr Zoltan Rona, number seven in the alive Natural Health Guide series. Available at your health food store or through alive books. (800-661 0303).

Candace Cooper (Brown Bear Woman) is a Cree First Nations woman who teaches about traditional whole foods and the connection of body, mind and spirit.

Source: alive #219, January 2001