Unveiling the Hidden Truth: The Forgotten History of Vaccine Neurological Injuries, By Chris Knight (Florida)

For over two centuries, we've been told vaccines are humanity's greatest triumph, wiping out deadly plagues with barely a hiccup. But this polished narrative hides a grim reality: vaccines have long caused devastating neurological injuries, paralysis, seizures, brain damage, that the medical establishment has buried to keep the public on board. A Midwestern Doctor's powerful article, "The Forgotten History of Neurological Vaccine Injuries," published on May 11, 2025, pulls back the curtain on this suppressed history. As a fellow vaccine sceptic, I see this not just as a historical exposé but as a rallying cry to stop these tragedies from repeating and to demand justice for those who've suffered in silence.

The story begins with the smallpox vaccine in the 1800s, which triggered encephalomyelitis, a brutal brain and spinal cord inflammation that killed up to 35% of its victims, often with seizures, comas, and paralysis. Typhoid vaccines paralysed soldiers in military campaigns; rabies shots sparked Landry's paralysis, a creeping paralysis with a 30% death rate; and the pertussis (DPT) vaccine left infants with convulsions and permanent brain damage, with 15% of reported cases fatal. Yellow fever vaccine campaigns killed dozens with encephalitis; diphtheria "hot lots" paralysed hundreds; and horse-derived tetanus serums caused crippling nerve damage. These weren't rare mishaps. In 1966, Sir Graham Wilson's book The Hazards of Immunization catalogued thousands of such cases, warning that the same disasters would keep happening unless the medical world faced the truth. Spoiler: it didn't.

Why are vaccines so risky? Making them safe is a nightmare. Early production was crude, such as scraping cowpox pustules or culturing bacteria with shaky inactivation methods. This led to "hot lots," batches so toxic they maimed or killed. Instead of fixing the problem, the system chose denial. By the 1980s, public outrage boiled over. A 1982 NBC exposé and a 1985 Donahue show debate laid bare the brain damage from DPT, with parents and doctors pleading for change. The 1986 US Vaccine Injury Act promised a fix, creating a no-fault compensation system to protect vaccine makers while helping injured kids. But it was sabotaged. Covered injuries, mostly neurological, were erased or redefined as "autism" to dodge liability. Compensation for non-covered injuries like autism became nearly impossible, leaving families abandoned.

The cover-up runs deeper. The article reveals how the medical system dismisses injuries as "one in a million," like Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) from the 1976 swine flu vaccine, despite evidence of far higher rates. That vaccine, rushed and untested, caused a national scandal, with injuries so widespread they helped cost President Ford the election. Back then, the press, yet to be fully bought by Big Pharma, called it out, with 60 Minutes leading the charge. Compare that to today, where media and journals, fattened by pharma cash since 1997, bury vaccine harms. Research showing vaccine risks gets blocked; scientists lose licenses; and databases comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated kids are hidden or deleted, as RFK Jr.'s team discovered. Victims are gaslit, told their injuries are "rare" or unrelated, while terms like "mental retardation" morph into "autism" to blur the vaccine link. Autism's vague label lumps severe cases, 26.7% profound, with milder ones, letting the system dodge accountability for the worst harms.

Why has this truth stayed buried until 2025? Big Pharma's money silences critics, controlling journals, regulators, and media. Sceptics like A Midwestern Doctor or Raphael Lataster, who debunked the pro-vaccine Watson et al. study, discussed today at the blog, work alone, often without funding, against a juggernaut. The cultural climate brands vaccine doubt as "misinformation," with platforms censoring dissent, look at The Daily Sceptic's PayPal suspension. Data is scarce; over 99% of injuries go unreported, and placebo trials are deemed "unethical." The 1985 Donahue debate was the last time mainstream media aired an open vaccine discussion. Since then, the narrative's been locked tight, hyping flawed studies like Watson et al.'s "millions saved" claim while ignoring critiques of their shoddy science and hidden harms.

But we're at a turning point. The "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement offers a chance to expose this rotten system, reform vaccine policies, and support the injured. A Midwestern Doctor's work, like Lataster's, shows the pattern: flawed science, suppressed evidence, and a refusal to listen. These injuries aren't anomalies; they form a bell curve, with severe cases signalling countless milder ones. From smallpox's paralysed victims to Covid's GBS sufferers, the human cost is staggering. We sceptics must keep pushing, honour the victims, demand accountability, and refuse to let the truth stay buried. The system's had its way for too long. It's time to dig up the past and build a healthier future.

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-forgotten-history-of-neurological