One doctor's surprising answer to the epidemic of chronic disease and
essential reading for everyone concerned with the health of the next
generation
"Dr. Cowan intelligently educates us on the complicated and beautiful
workings of our immune system [and] charts the clear, concise path to
healing, offering a better, healthier life for us, our children, and the
planet."--Lindy Woodard, MD, Pediatric Alternatives
Over the past fifty years, rates of autoimmunity and chronic disease
have exploded. Currently:
- 1 in 2.5 American children has an allergy
- 1 in 11 has asthma
- 1 in 13 has severe food allergies
- 1 in 36 has autism.
While some attribute this rise to increased awareness and diagnosis,
Thomas Cowan, MD, argues for a direct causal relationship to a
corresponding increase in the number of vaccines American children
typically receive--approximately 70 vaccine doses by age eighteen. The
goal of these vaccines is precisely what we're now seeing in such
abundance among our chronically ill children: the provocation of immune
response.
Dr. Cowan looks at emerging evidence that certain childhood illnesses
are actually protective of disease later in life; examines the role of
fever, the gut, and cellular fluid in immune health; argues that
vaccination is an ineffective (and harmful) attempt to shortcut a
complex immune response; and asserts that the medical establishment has
engaged in an authoritarian argument that robs parents of informed
consent. His ultimate question, from the point of view of a doctor who
has decades of experience treating countless children is: What are we
really doing to children when we vaccinate them?
