Measles and Cancer: Measles can be good for you?

The CDC recently announced that exemptions from “routine childhood vaccinations” have hit an all-time high. In response to that announcement, many of us who have been through the media attacks in the past are anticipating the next big “outbreak.” If you recall the Disneyland Measles Outbreak of 2015, or the New York Measles Outbreak of 2019, you probably also recall the attacks on parents who refuse vaccination for their children. If you are not “one of those people,” you might find yourself asking, "Why wouldn't any parent want to have their child vaccinated to protect against measles?”

That's a good question, and there may be more than one answer. Many of us are “ex-vaxxers” who used to vaccinate our children and stopped after a significant adverse reaction. A growing number of us are people who are doing their own research on vaccinations before having children, and as a result of that research, their children are never vaccinated.

One of the things that helps parents become more comfortable with not vaccinating is learning more about the childhood infections vaccines are supposed to prevent. As we learn that whooping cough is treatable with high dose vitamin C, and measles complications are almost always the result of malnutrition and deficiencies in vitamins A and C, we can feel calmer about our decision not to vaccinate. As we learn more, we begin to understand that these childhood infections are not as monstrous as we have been led to believe, and they may actually serve a purpose in training and protecting the immune system. We also learn that despite the mainstream medicine and media mantra that vaccines have “eliminated” measles from the U.S., that claim is untrue, as measles infections continue to occur each year, and due to the mild nature of the infection, the vast majority of those cases go unreported. While the mainstream mantra claims the vaccine “eliminated” deaths from measles, we learn that the death rate from measles in the United States actually declined by 98% before the vaccine was ever developed, and the true cause of this reduction in mortality was not a vaccine, but improvements in nutrition and sanitation.

In this article, I will focus on the benefits of measles infection.

That’s right. There is evidence that catching the measles and getting over it may actually be good for you!

While it is true that children in third-world countries, and especially those who are malnourished and who have deficiencies of vitamins A and C are more likely to suffer serious complications due to secondary bacterial infections, measles itself and especially measles infections in children living in developed nations, is not generally a serious issue. As this article from Roman Bystrianyk reveals, based on published reports in the medical literature dating back to the 1950's (prior to the development of the measles vaccine), "Yes, Virginia! Measles can be good for you!"

“In the majority of children the whole episode has been well and truly over in a week, from the prodromal phase to the disappearance of the rash, and many mothers have remarked ‘how much good the attack has done their children,’ as they seem so much better after the measles. . . In this practice measles is considered as a relatively mild and inevitable childhood ailment that is best encountered any time from 3 to 7 years of age. Over the past 10 years there have been few serious complications at any age, and all children have made complete recoveries. As a result of this reasoning no special attempts have been made at prevention even in young infants in whom the disease has not been found to be especially serious. (source)

And this, from the group Physicians for Informed Consent, on the benefits of naturally acquired measles infection:

There are studies that suggest a link between naturally acquired measles infection and a reduced risk of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, as well as a reduced risk of atopic diseases such as hay fever, eczema and asthma. In addition, measles infections are associated with a lower risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Moreover, infants born to mothers who have had naturally acquired measles are protected from measles via maternal immunity longer than infants born to vaccinated mothers. (source)

Where else have we heard that measles infection might be a good thing? Oh! That's right... from CNN!

Click to read the article: Measles used to put cancer into remission | CNN

Here is a video about the treatment that resulted in remission from multiple myeloma: Measles Virus as a Cancer Fighter - Mayo Clinic.

Yep! You heard it right! Measles virus conquers cancer! Of course, modern cancer researchers are using a modified vaccine-strain of the measles virus. The amount of vaccine strain measles the patient was injected with was enormous. The profits from such a treatment will also no doubt be enormous.

But what if someone with cancer actually caught the measles? Note: In the original video posted by CNN in 2014, the story included information about a boy from Uganda whose cancer went into spontaneous remission after he got the measles. The REAL measles. That information has been removed from the story.

“Occasional ‘spontaneous’ tumor regressions of Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma have been documented after measles infections. Perhaps the most compelling was the case history of an 8 year old African boy who presented to a clinic in Uganda with a four month history of painless right orbital swelling. A biopsy specimen of the right retroorbital tumor was histologically diagnostic of Burkitt's lymphoma but at the time of planned initiation of therapy, he was noted to have a generalized measles rash. On the same day, the right orbital tumor was noted to be regressing and because of the presumed measles infection, he was given no chemotherapy for the Burkitt's lymphoma. During the course of the next two weeks, his rash disappeared and he seroconverted to measles. At the same time, the tumor regressed completely and remained in complete remission for at least four months after the measles infection in the absence of antineoplastic therapy. The mechanism underlying the rapid tumor regression that was observed in this remarkable case history was never elucidated but Burkitt's lymphomas are known to express high levels of SLAM and are therefore susceptible to infection by wild-type measles viruses. The timing of the regression, coinciding with the period during which measles virus burden and measles-induced immunosuppression are at their peak, supports the contention that the tumor cells were directly destroyed by the virus.” (source)

And guess what? The Ugandan boy was not the only one!

A published report in the British Medical Journal in 1973 documents the spontaneous remission of Infantile Hodgkin's Lymphoma in a 23-month-old child in Portugal. (You can download the report here.)

And there was a report of regression of Hodgkin's after measles, reported in The Lancet in 1981. If you have 40 bucks to spare, you can purchase the article and read it. And then there's this article from December 2013, which states:

“Among the 16 reported cases of SR (Spontaneous Regression of Hodgkin's Lymphoma), most were of the mixed cellularity subtype, while five cases occurred in children following measles infection."

The above journal references regarding the protective effect of measles virus against childhood cancers are very interesting. According to the American Cancer Association the incidence of childhood cancer has been increasing since the 1970s and the most common cancers in children and adolescents are leukemia, lymphoma, and brain cancer.

In 2023, an estimated 9,910 children (ages 0 to 14 years) and 5,280 adolescents (ages 15-19 years) will be diagnosed with cancer and 1,040 children and 550 adolescents will die from the disease. Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death among both children and adolescents. The most commonly diagnosed cancers in children and adolescents are leukemia (28% and 13%, respectively); brain, including benign and borderline malignant tumors (26% and 21%); and lymphoma (12% and 19%). Incidence trends: Overall, incidence rates from 2010 through 2019 stabilized in children after increasing since at least 1975, but continued to rise in adolescents by 1% per year, although trends vary by cancer type (source).

I personally know of several kids in the small community where I lived for twenty years, who have either died or are battling cancer. It just didn't used to be that way, did it?

What could be causing this increase in childhood cancers since the 1970s? In my quest to understand the increase, I came across some interesting information from Roswell Park Cancer Institute. In this blog post, Dr. Brandee Aquilino has this to say:

“The types of cancers that develop in children are different from those that develop in adults. Lifestyle or environmental risk factors don't play a role. Instead, it's usually the result of DNA changes in cells that take place very early in life.”

Pediatric cancers are the result of DNA changes? In early life? Okay... now that rings a bell...

What could cause DNA changes early in life? I suppose there may be many things, but one thing I know of is vaccines; specifically, the MMR and Varicella vaccines. In this study from the independent research lab, Sound Choice Pharmaceuticals, scientists looked at the effect of "Homologous Recombinant DNA" (from MMR and Varicella vaccines) and the effects on autism. The study is very interesting, and I suggest you read it. The results indicated "hotspots" in certain genes that have been identified as being important in autism; most notably genes associated with the synapse. What's important for this discussion is the "recombinant" part of the equation.

“Changepoint analysis of autism disorder demonstrates a temporal correlation with events associated with human DNA residuals in vaccines. The levels of residual DNA are well over FDA-recommended limits. To reduce the dangers of residual DNA, recommendations were made to fragment the DNA. Unfortunately, in vitro studies in model organisms have shown that shorter fragments have a higher chance of entering the nucleus. Cell culture experiments are in progress to determine the rate and sites at which these residual DNA fragments integrate into the genome." (source)

What does "recombinant DNA" in MMR and Varicella vaccines do? The research from Sound Choice strongly suggests it alters the DNA of children who are injected with it.

When does it happen? Between 12-15 months of life, if the child is vaccinated with the MMR and Varicella vaccines according to the CDC's Childhood Vaccination Schedule.

Just when was the MMR vaccine added to the Childhood Schedule?

“In 1963, the measles vaccine was developed, and by the late 1960s, vaccines were also available to protect against mumps (1967) and rubella (1969). These three vaccines were combined into the MMR vaccine by Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1971. (source)

The first measles vaccine (1963) was a “killed” virus vaccine. The MMR vaccine that was licensed in 1971 is the same MMR vaccine now in use in the United States, which is cultured on aborted fetal tissue and contains the recombinant DNA discussed above. And childhood cancers have been on the rise since the 1970s.

Now that's one of those things that make you go "Hmmmmm......"

Have we traded a mild, childhood infection for growing incidence of childhood cancers?  DNA changes in early life. Cold chills.

For more informative articles on measles and the role MMR vaccine is playing in the outbreaks, please read the following articles from Roman Bystrianyk and Dr. Viera Scheibner. You may want to print them out, as they are becoming increasingly difficult to find and could disappear due to censorship.

Measles and Measles Vaccines; Fourteen Things to Consider

Measles Vaccines Part 1; Ineffectiveness of Vaccination and Unintended Consequences

Measles Vaccines Part 2; Benefits of Contracting Measles

For more about the use of aborted fetal tissues and cells in vaccines please read my article: Fetal DNA in Vaccines: You can’t be pro-life and pro-vaccine