The sweating out and throwing off of the illness is a natural response by the body that reflects a healthy immune system.This is what doctors call an acute inflammatory response.Symptoms usually include fever, release of stress hormones by the adrenal glands, increased flow of blood, lymph, and mucus, and a streaming of white blood cells to the inflamed area.The afflicted person feels sick and may experience pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness and chills.A really sick person would no longer be able to come up with such healing responses.Once we have successfully passed the challenge of a particular illness, it is less likely that we will experience it again.Somehow the illness and our response to it have made us immune to its recurrence.It is more than doubtful, though, that vaccination can do the same for us by forcing the body to make antibodies for some germs that appear to be causing an infection.It has been shown over and over again that, despite the vaccination of a person against a particular illness, the person may just develop that very illness he is supposed to be protected against, or even more so.The mere presence of specific antibodies cannot protect anyone against any illness, only the cellular immune system can.Although it is true that science knows how to bestow antibodies through vaccination, it mistakenly assumes that it is bestowing the immune strength that can only be developed through the experience of a particular illness.Antibodies alone are not sufficient to produce immunity.It is well known that several diseases such as herpes outbreaks may recur repeatedly despite high antibody levels.Whether or not antibodies are present, immunity to these infectious diseases can only be conferred by our cellular immune system.The theory that exposing the body to disease germs will trigger an immune response similar to the one generated during an actual disease experience is seriously flawed.Is the Need for Immunization Based on Statistical Errors?As previously mentioned, the idea of vaccinating our bodies in order to protect them against possible infectious diseases came from the famous Louis Pasteur, who was considered to be the pioneer of immunization.Geison handed over to the public the 100 private diaries of Pasteur.Surprisingly, his diary entries contained especially negative results of experiments with vaccines whereas the publicized data had made the experiments look revolutionary.The published results of his most spectacular immunization experiments turned out to be a complete fraud.The authenticity of his research was never questioned until official statistical research revealed that immunization programs directly led to dramatic increases of those diseases they were supposed to eradicate.During this period the number of diphtheria victims increased from 40,000 to 240,000, with the incidence of infection being higher in immunized patients.Statistical data shows that most of these diseases were in rapid and continuous decline well before the introduction of immunization programs.The big epidemics began occurring when people from the rural areas moved into the big cities.The streets were used as garbage dumps, contaminating air and water, and becoming the source of infectious diseases.Only major cleanup of the congested cities, and improved sanitation, hygiene, and housing were able to halt the epidemics and lead to drastic improvements in individual and collective health.Vaccination programs had nothing to do with it.It seems that we humans tend to go from one extreme to the other.Now, the natural balance between immunity and presence of germs is becoming disrupted once again, but this time the cause may be the excessive emphasis on hygiene.They immunize themselves by staying in close contact with nature and also dirt.They rarely wash their hands before taking a meal and whatever else gets into their mouth with the food helps to build their natural resistance to harmful microorganisms.The Western Hemisphere, poliomyelitis became a frightening disease only at the beginning of this century, with the onset of the high standard of hygienic living conditions.Regular exposure to dirt and microorganisms kept the people’s immune system engaged, strong and naturally immunized.On the other hand, the increased measures of hygiene were necessary in the densely populated areas of big cities where there was little ventilation of air and inadequate sanitation.Indigenous populations didn’t have such needs.If necessary, they boosted their immune systems by injuring each other during rituals or by scarring their skin.They allowed their wounds to suppurate, which we know today is a very efficient way to strengthen one’s immunity.Very often children accidentally injure themselves or even eat dirt because their immune systems are run down and need a major boost to cope with more serious issues of defense.When you unintentionally cut yourself, try to see it from a holistic perspective.You may have excessive protein in your blood or blood vessels and the bleeding may be just the thing to cause thinning of the blood and to prevent heart problems.To remain healthy and immune, we need the daily fight with bacteria and viruses.They found that too much hygiene could be damaging children’s health, weakening their immune systems and making them prone to illnesses such as asthma.A few decades ago such diseases as asthma, eczema, and hay fever were almost nonexistent.As many as one third of the population suffer from allergies.Rigorous hygiene drastically reduces the number of bacteria and other infectious agents that a developing immune system needs to battle to become stronger and more efficient.To fight them off, the body covers them with poison, which in turn results in inflammation, itching, swelling, and such symptoms as a runny nose.The Bristol study found, for example, that those children who washed their face and hands three or four times a day and bathed once a day suffered a significantly higher incidence of asthma than did the children who used soap and water much less frequently.Children from larger families are also less likely to suffer from asthma or hay fever.