# Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness - Hardcover

by **Thomas Cowan** (Author), **Sally Fallon Morell** (Foreword by)

**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?

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** August 14, 2018

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