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The major cause of encephalitis in developed countries is vaccination.
-Harris Coulter

I cried when I read Harris Coulter’s book on immunization, DPT: A Shot in the Dark, in 1991. I had attributed our daughter’s horrific symptoms to the effects of fetal alcohol. Now, confused and angry, I was not so sure.

When we adopted Catherine, our part-aboriginal daughter, 18 years ago, we were told that her birth mother had used drugs and alcohol during pregnancy. We knew we were in for a challenge. The reality of that challenge was a shock.

In 1982, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE) had not been well publicized. Consequently, the only terms I knew to describe Catherine’s behaviour were "extreme hyperactivity."

For the first six-and-a-half months of her life there was nothing very unusual about Catherine’s temperament. She was a restless baby and didn’t sleep well, but my mother commented on what a "good" baby she was. That was probably the last time I was to hear her described in such positive terms.

At six-and-a-half-months of age, she was given a dose of an oral polio vaccine as well as a diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus (DPT) immunization in her right thigh. Catherine developed a fever and was miserable, but the condition of her leg was of the greatest concern. It became inflamed from her hip to her knee, swelling three times larger than normal. A hard golf-ball sized lump developed directly under the injection site and an angry looking abscess appeared. If this immunization was causing such destruction where it was introduced into this tiny body, what, I wondered, was it doing in the rest of her?

Catherine became more and more unmanageable and I became exhausted from her rages, screaming and an activity level that defied belief. Food allergies and sensitivities intensified these conditions. Diet became an increasingly difficult proposition. Everything in our family life changed to accommodate this incredibly unfortunate child.

The typical acute reactions to a DPT vaccination are high fever, excessive sleepiness, ear infections, diarrhea, vomiting, cough, high-pitched screaming and persistent crying, collapse, shock, seizures, convulsions, infantile spasms, loss of muscle control, headaches, breathing difficulties and allergies.

These are the symptoms of encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, which can be caused by vaccines as well as injuries and infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, chicken pox and whooping cough. Even mild cases of encephalitis can result in brain damage. Because the brain is the control centre for the entire body, damage to any area of the brain will cause disturbances in related areas.

Brain Inflammation
Post-encephalitic syndrome includes developmental delays on all levels, seizure disorders, muscle spasms or flaccidity, cerebral palsy and hyperactivity, which indicate damage to the central nervous system. Weakness of the eyes, ears, voice and respiratory system and poor memory compound the problem. The poor victims are unable to reason, integrate perceptions or interpret their experiences in a normal way. A lack of impulse control combined with confusion and misinterpretation of circumstances results in fear, paranoia, depression, tantrums, rage and violence. Post-encephalitic children are described as destructive and impulsive.

The symptoms of fetal alcohol effects, including learning disorders, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity and speech and language disorders, are difficult to diagnose, but a diagnosis of fetal alcohol effects is considered if the mother drank alcohol during pregnancy.

The inability of children with FAE to process information or to relate behaviour with consequences, combined with poor memory and poor impulse control, constantly places them in impossible situations, resulting in confusion, frustration, rage and violence.

If we compare the symptoms of fetal alcohol effects to those of post-encephalitic syndrome, it’s very difficult to distinguish any difference. Both are the result of brain damage.

Misdiagnosis Abounds
In his book Vaccination, Social Violence and Criminality (1990), Harris Coulter concludes that the major cause of encephalitis in developed countries is vaccination. If a child whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy develops encephalitis after an immunization at two months of age, what will the diagnosis be? In all probability it will be fetal alcohol effects.

How many cases of fetal alcohol effects are in reality vaccine-induced encephalitis? We’ll probably never know because in their obsession to mass immunize, governments are not undertaking such studies. In fact, few of the resulting cases of immunization damage are even reported.

Was it fetal alcohol effects or encephalitis after her immunization that caused such suffering for little Catherine? I suspect both. Somehow her brain was damaged. Now she pays dearly, as do we her family, and ultimately, society.

I will always regret that immunization!

There has been an alarming increase in the number of aboriginal children diagnosed with fetal alcohol effects. I wonder if this increase was valid or because a rigorous immunization program started an increase in the instances of vaccine-induced encephalitis?

In his book Universal Immunization: Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage (1998), Dr Raymond Obomsawin, PhD, reveals horrifying facts. Having served with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and being the founding chairman of the National Commission Inquiry on Indian Health, his observations are disturbing:

“The Aboriginal Peoples of North  America [are] not only the most thoroughly immunized and medically drugged, but also the sickest group on the continent,” he states.

Diane Fuller is a practising homeopath in Prince George, BC.

Source: alive #222, April 2001