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posted November 11, 2005 09:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SunChild     Edit/Delete Message
It's almost winter in the US, yes?
I'll thought I'd pass this on.
I think people turn to flu shots because they don't know any better. And our government tries to keep it that way. I found a couple good articles I will paste in here for anyone who is actually thinking about getting one.

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The Flu vaccine is worthless and damaging!
It is impossible to prevent disease by artificial means.
by Vivian Virginia Vetrano, D.C., hM.D., M.D., PH.D.
vvvetrano@rionet.cc •


Does the influenza virus vaccine really protect us from the flu? Hygienic doctors proclaim “DEFINITELY NOT” Physicians hypothesize: “Yes, Maybe and No! It depends.” Yet, they still recommend that persons of selected groups take the newly concocted flu vaccine. Those targeted for the vaccine range from babies six months or older; to persons age 65 or older; special groups, such as those with chronic disorders of the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems, and others too numerous to mention. Actually, the list takes in practically everybody.

The Hygienic theory of the development of influenza is the antithesis of medical orthodoxy. Physicians believe the disease is due to various and numerous bacteria or viruses. Hygienists realize that the development of any disease is dependent on the lifestyle of the individual. Hygienists live in such a clean manner that their bodies retain no excess toxins and their Defense Mechanisms are in perfect condition!

It is impossible to prevent disease by artificial means. You are a living creature and your body will develop disease when the physical, mental and environmental conditions are so unsatisfactory they force the body to initiate an acute elimination crisis, such as influenza--which, if cared for properly, is not the dreaded disease as pictured by the purveyors of vaccinations. Vaccines add to the toxicity of the body and hence, cause disease. You can't make a healthy person a sick one unless you overwhelm him with poisons. And vaccines are poisons!

Former flu virus vaccines, using “live” viruses, produced too many serious, adverse reactions, so a new one had to be concocted. The latest 2002-2003 formula for flu vaccines is called the “subvirion.” This is a mutilated virus “blended, spliced and macerated” until nothing but bits and pieces of the virus are left. However, splitting the virus makes it no less harmful. The toxic antigens, usually protein or carbohydrate in nature, are still present and are still poisonous. If they were not poisonous they would not cause the body to produce antibodies in self-defense. Medically speaking, this is why they are thought to produce immunity. Physicians are trying to cause a mild disease based on the ancient idea that if you suffer the disease once you won’t get it again. We very well know that flu, colds, pneumonia and other acute diseases can develop in the same individuals multiple times. Although the split virus is purported to be less toxic than former flu vaccines, after scrutinizing and analyzing its components and their chemical attributes, I have serious doubts.

Should We Be Vaccinated?
Is the 2002-2003 influenza virus vaccine helpful or detrimental? Will it protect us or will it cause a great ruckus in the body? Studying the effects of the components of the influenza virus vaccine is not as enjoyable as drinking a delicious mango-banana smoothie, but it will help answer your questions. In fact, learning the contents of this new vaccine may make you want to either retch or shout: “No thank you!”

The flu vaccine contains a variety of other substances besides the molecules of the subvirion that wreck havoc with your health. I am sorry to have to tell you that it is grown in an embryonic chicken or in the allantoic fluids that surround it in the egg. All flu vaccines are manufactured a little differently, and contain slightly different components, but they all contain hemagglutinin antigens that can cause clumping of the red blood cells. If this happens in the bloodstream, it will cause an even greater blockage of circulation than an accident on a busy freeway. The hemagglutinin antigens coupled with the body's antibodies against them can block arteries, killing cells by the thousands. The cells in vital organs will be starved for air, food and water, just as they are in serious cardiovascular diseases. In short, this could easily lead you to premature death and a beautiful but gloomy casket.

It may be difficult to understand how this little 0.5 milliliter dose could be so devastating, but this will become clearer as we explore the disruptive effects of each component of the vaccine on your body.
The 2002-2003 influenza vaccine contains 15 ug hemagglutinin antigens of different viruses thought to cause influenza, such as New Caldonia, Panama, Moscow, and Hong Kong. In addition to the “jet-set” hemagglutinins, the vaccine also contains the enzyme neuraminidase. The hemagglutinins are the factors that are supposed to engender antibodies to render you immune to influenza. Both hemagglutinins and neuraminidases are on the surface of the virus and end up as toxic molecules in the split virus, the subvirion.

Neuraminidase is an enzyme that catalyzes chemical reactions of N acetylneuraminic acid and other neuraminic acids, which are members of a group of substances classed as sialic acids. Neuraminic acid is one of the major species of sugars found in humans and it is a component of practically all the glycoproteins. N-acetylneuraminic acid and other neuraminic acids are the predominate sugars in glycoproteins. Glycoproteins consist of a spine of protein with carbon chains of oligosaccharides jutting off its sides like centipede legs. The enzyme neuraminidase, found in the flu vaccine is very damaging. It can cut out neuraminic acid from any or all of the glycoproteins in the cell membrane just like a good cutting horse cuts out the exact calf wanted by his master. Cutting out one calf weakens the herd. Cutting out neuraminic acid from the cell membrane weakens the cell membrane.

Glycoproteins: Our Lives Depend on Them
Glycoproteins are complex carbohydrates that are practically omnipresent and needed everywhere for very crucial functions. All the plasma proteins are glycoproteins, except for albumin. Glycoproteins are in all cell membranes; in bone and cartilage, in the brain, etc. If they are disrupted or destroyed by vaccines containing neuraminidase, untold detrimental effects occur throughout the entire body! Like a Jack Of All Trades, glycoproteins perform many VIP functions. Similar to private limousines that transport VIP people to special places, glycoproteins transport VIP substances such as vitamins, lipids, minerals and trace elements throughout the body. Additionally, glycoproteins are produced by cells when exposed to viruses, bacteria, and experimental chemicals. They actually become antiviral substances themselves, and are called “interferons” because they interfere with viral multiplication.

To damage glycoproteins in any manner can be compared to the demolition of a huge building by pulling out several of the basic parts of its foundation. The whole body falls apart, as does the building. That is what neuramidases can do to you when you allow them to be injected in the form of "immunizations." Actually, rather than immunizing you, they do just the opposite; they give you false hopes of protection and then slash away at you with enzymic knives.

The liver recognizes and destroys all glycoproteins that are missing their sialic acids, inactivating the glycoproteins.

The pharmaceutical companies say that neuraminidase aids the virus to leave the cell, but this is at the expense of cellular life itself. The cell has that lost its glycoproteins is now functionally crippled, because its glycoproteins are damaged. If one pile of a bridge is damaged, this leads to a weakening of the whole bridge, which becomes a hazard to those crossing it; just as our cell membranes are a hazard to us when their glycoproteins are functionally damaged.

Medical Theory of Vaccination is Flawed
Medical theory holds that increased levels of antibodies against specific antigens by vaccination will prevent the development of a particular disease, such as influenza. On the other hand, Hygienists hold that our susceptibility to disease increases with the number of vaccinations. This includes the dreaded demon disease, cancer.

Red blood cells and all cells have antigenic properties because all have both protein and carbohydrates in the cell wall, as we have just learned. Research has demonstrated that N-neuraminidase causes red blood cells to lose their antigenicity. It follows then that the virus hemagglutinins in the vaccine also lose their antigenicity because of N-neuraminidase, and consequently those who are vaccinated cannot form antibodies against the hemagglutinins! If antibodies can’t be formed then according to medicine, the vaccine is useless, because it is the antibodies that, in medical thought, create immunity to influenza. If the pharmaceutical companies think they are producing immunity with this vaccine they had better rethink their hypothesis. The small oligosaccharides in glycoproteins of mammalian tissues are formed with just a few monosaccharides and neuraminic acid is the predominate one. Furthermore, neuraminidases also split off other sugars from glycoproteins, producing as much damage as cutting off neuraminic acid. These oligosaccharides are found in the glycoproteins of all cell membranes. So the vaccine is worthless as well as very damaging to all the tissues in the body.

The Growing and Preparation of Influenza Virus Vaccine
The allantoic fluids in which the flu vaccine is grown, contain a white crystalline substance called allantoin. As an animal waste product, it is not usable and hence it is toxic. Allantoin has a high nitrogen content, which is why it is used as fertilizer. Allantoin is broken down to dirueidoacetic acid. Diureidoacetic acid can be further broken down to another product that is partly responsible for the development of kidney and bladder stones.

Five hundred micrograms of gentamicin, a broad spectrum antibiotic, is added to each embryonated chicken egg to inhibit the growth of bacteria. Formaldehyde, which is often used as a preservative, and thought to be carcinogenic in humans, is used to inactivate the virus.

Two chemicals, tri butylphosphate and Polysorbate 80, USP are added to the subvirion to inactivate and disrupt a significant proportion of the virus. Then, resin is added to eliminate “substantial portions” of these two chemicals, tri butylphosphate and Polysorbate 80. You can be certain that some of these chemicals are still components of the vaccine when injected. Still, more purification is required because of the presence of undisclosed other “undesirable materials” in the vaccine.

So, at this point, we see that the vaccine contains: Allantoin and its breakdown products; various egg proteins; gentamicin, an antibiotic; formaldehyde; resin, and tri butylphosphate, as well as polysorbate 80, which is used as an excipient in formulating tablets. In other words, polysorbate 80 is the vehicle or carrier for most drugs, and it is also found in ice creams and other fabricated fake foods. To preserve this witches' brew, thimerosal, a mercury derivative, is used. Therefore, each 0.5 milliliter dose influenza vaccine contains 25 micrograms of mercury. Do you want all that in your body?

Some companies use polyethylene glycol and Isooctylphenyl for various reasons when producing the subvirion. Such chemicals cannot produce health. Polyethylene Glycol is a relative of ethylene glycol (antifreeze) which is often used to poison dogs and other predators of sheep. The body has a very difficult time expelling it because it is resistant to biodegradation. Isocctylphenyl ether is a compound of ether and has anesthetic properties. Isooctylphenyl ether is a teratogen, causing abnormal prenatal development. It also induces testicular atrophy in animals, and possibly in people.

I wish to caution you that animal reproductive studies have not been conducted with influenza virus vaccine. It is also not known whether influenza virus vaccine can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or if it might affect reproductive capacity.

Vaccines Guarantee Nothing
Please be aware that the vaccinating profession does not proclaim complete immunity for you, but states that it merely "reduces the likelihood of infection; or if you do develop the disease it will be a milder case.” Listen to another confession: “It is known definitely that influenza virus vaccine, as now constituted, is not effective against all possible strains of influenza virus. Any protection afforded is only against those strains of virus from which the vaccine is prepared or against closely related strains.” Our body’s defense mechanisms do better than that! It has natural killer cells that attack all strains of viruses and bacteria.

The 2002-2003 vaccine is not “effective” against any other strain of influenza virus or some that are closely related. You are not protected even if you are vaccinated! So many different viruses and bacteria supposedly cause influenza that it is a wonder people don’t see that there is something wrong here! How can one be artificially immune to any disease when hundreds of different viruses and bacteria “cause” the same disease? How can we even believe that they cause disease in any case, since they are always present in health and disease? Most of the time they are our benefactors–they actually help us rid the body of toxins.

Vaccines Build Disease!
Perhaps you have been assured by your physician that Influenza virus vaccine contains only dead viruses and that it cannot cause influenza. This is nonsense. Influenza vaccine contains the proteins found in the RNA of the virus. These proteins, like egg or chicken protein, are alien to our bodies. Our bodies can only use the proteins and carbohydrates we make ourselves. All others are toxic and must be degraded and tossed out. Therefore, when you take vaccines, the foreign proteins and carbohydrates increase the toxicity of your body sufficiently to warrant an elimination crisis. Not only could you get influenza but you could get any other disease to which you have a physical tendency. This is why physicians state that “...coincidental respiratory disease unrelated to influenza vaccination can occur after vaccination.” Excuses, excuses...

The most frequent “side effect” of vaccination is soreness at the site of the vaccination site for up to two days. Does that sound like something that is good for you? Your body tissues become red, swollen and inflamed because of the toxic vaccine. Other injection site reactions are: pain or tenderness, erythema, inflammation, skin discoloration, induration, a mass or lump; and hypersensitivity reactions including puritus and urticaria. In addition, the following types of systemic problems have occurred after vaccination: Fever, malaise, myalgia, and other systemic symptoms such as arthralgia, asthenia, chills, dizziness, headache, lymphadenopathy, rash, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pharyngitis, angiopathy and vasculiltis, as well as anaphylactic shock. Many asthmatics have severe reactions from taking flu virus vaccines and anaphylaxis is one of them, sometimes ending in death within one hour.

The human body learns to tolerate poisons if given to them often enough and long enough. But the price is dear, because changes in tissues are taking place that are detrimental to your health, ending up in one or more degenerative diseases. The only way out is to live healthfully so you do not tolerate toxins!

Getting vaccinated builds disease–not immunity! All vaccines are poisons and every new vaccine is a new poison!

Why We Get the Flu
Sickness already exists before the virus or bacteria can propagate in large numbers. The body’s toxic tissues are the basic cause of the disease; not the bacteria. When your body finds itself overflowing with excess waste, like a stopped up toilet, it flows over too, with mucus exuding from one or many body parts. You may find yourself leaking from the nose, or throat, or lungs, or eyes and ears, and sometimes all of these at once; or the inflammation may march along like a band going from one block to the next, until the toxic level has come down to the toleration point of the individual. You are apparently well, and you are indeed free of symptoms because the body ceases its eliminations upon reaching your particular toleration point. However, you are not really healthy until your body tolerates only the normal amount of wastes, as in a genuinely healthy individual. It takes time and right living to get to that point. Fasting hastens this process.

An acute disease, such as influenza, is a necessary pathophysiological process instituted by the body itself, designed to eliminate the excess body wastes by way of the mucous membranes. The bodily intelligence decides which area is the most appropriate and best avenue to rid itself of certain waste products, and when these are so overwhelming that the ordinary avenues of elimination such as the kidneys can't handle them all, they are then pushed out through other channels such as the skin and mucous membranes. When cared for Hygienically, influenza never becomes a deadly disease.

The point is that the body is self-protecting and self-healing. If we all gave up the idea of "cures" and lived correctly, there would be no need for medications to suppress our symptoms or vaccines to give us a false idea that we are “protected.”

Keeping Well
Neither healthy nor sick persons need to be vaccinated. The healthy person should continue on with a healthful lifestyle, and the sick individual should find out what in his or her lifestyle is causing the sickness, eliminate it; and then work towards a more healthful lifestyle. If you desire to keep well it certainly helps to know what can make you sick and avoid it.

Medical treatments of all kinds can predispose you to influenza. In short, anything that enervates, or saps energy, can exacerbate any tendencies we may have toward disease. All “enervators,” i.e., those things which rob you of nerve energy and weaken you physically and mentally, will predispose you to an acute disease. Some of the greatest enervators are all drugs, medications, and poison habits such as indulging in coffee, tea, alcohol, and smoking. All bad health habits are enervating, but the greatest enervators of all are pharmaceuticals, including vaccines.

It is difficult for individuals to see all this clearly, because for 24 hours a day they are under the barrage of medical propaganda and coercion. They fear for their lives and know nothing about the healing powers of the living organism. The ill-fated individual does not know what to think or do, being lost in the hazy woods of the mysticism of medicine. What we need in this world is truth and enlightenment! To quote Dr. Herbert M. Shelton’s favorite slogan: “Let us have the truth though the heavens may fall."

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Flu Shots Linked to Alzheimer’s!

"According to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist and 13th most quoted biologist of our times (nearly 850 papers in peer review journals), if an individual has had five consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied) his/her chances of getting Alzheimer's Disease is ten times higher than if they had one, two or no shots. I asked Dr. Fudenberg why this was so and he said it was due to the mercury and aluminum that is in every flu shot (and most childhood shots). The gradual mercury and aluminum buildup in the brain causes cognitive dysfunction. Is that why Alzheimer's is expected to quadruple? Notes: Recorded from Dr. Fudenberg's speech at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA September, 1997. Quoted with permission. Alzheimer's to quadruple statement is from John's Hopkins Newsletter Nov 1998."

Ted Koren, D. C.
Koren Publications (800-537-3001).

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Should you Get a Flu Shot?
Answer these questions and find out for yourself.

1. Q. What is the desired effect of a Flu shot?
A. To prevent the flu

2. Q. How does the flu shot supposedly work?
A.By artificially, temporarily “boosting” your immune system. Each year, vaccine manufacturers get together in January and February and try to predict the most prevalent strands of flu virus for the upcoming flu season(October/November) This is a very difficult job because there are over 100 different strands of the flu virus and they are really trying to predict mother nature. Very often they are wrong. For instance last year the most prevalent strand of flu virus that got people sick was the Fujian strand, this was not part of the flu vaccine. So the vaccine did nothing to protect against this strand but if you received the flu vaccine, you received 3 other flu virus strands and numerous contaminants.

3. Q. What system controls your immune system(and every other system in your body)? A. Your nerve system(Brain, spinal cord and nerves)

4. Q. If your immune system is functioning properly, should your body be able to resist the flu virus?
A. Yes- our immune system is constantly fighting germs, bacteria and virus.

5.Q. Knowing that your nerve system controls your immune system, what could make your immune system weak? A. Interference (subluxation)

6.Q. What causes subluxation(Interference in the nerve system)
A. Interference beyond our bodies ability to adapt.

7.Q. What are the 3 categories of stress?
A. Physical, chemical, and mental

8.Q. Are there any other chemicals in a flu shot other than the flu virus?
A. Absolutely- Things like Thimersol(a mercury derivative),Formaldehyde, and aluminum- these are Enormous chemical stresses to our body that bypass our bodies natural defense(skin, nasal passageway, etc) and are directly injected into the blood stream.

9.Q. Are some of these “extra” chemicals harmful to your body when injected into the bloodstream? A. The certainly could be

10.Q. Might the chemical stress from a flu shot be difficult for your body to adapt to?
A. Yes

11.Q. Might it cause nerve interference(subluxation)?
A. Yes

12.Q. What would the effect of nerve interference be on your immune response?
A. Your immune response would be weakened – So getting the flu shot could not only needlessly inject you with strands of the flu that you might not need to have protection for, but it could also make you more likely to contract the flu due to your weakened resistance.

13.Q. What removes nerve interference?
A. A chiropractic adjustment.

14.Q. Knowing that a chiropractic adjustment will remove nerve interference and allow the free flow of Life Energy through your nerve system, how does an adjustment affect your immune response?
A. An adjustment actually INCREASES your immune response. A 1994 study showed that chiropractic adjustments increased the CD4(white blood cell) counts in HIV + patients by 48% over the 6 month duration of the study.

15.Q. What can you do to keep your immune response High?
A.Keep your nerve system clear with regular chiropractic care, eat a healthy well balanced diet focused on fruits and vegetables, incorporate a regular cardiovascular and weight training exercise program, get adequate rest

16.Q. Is it possible that any vaccine may cause damage months or years later?
A.Absolutely, this is also the case with adverse side effects of medications such as Baycol, HRT, and Vioxx, That were thought to be “wonder drugs” turned out to be not so “wonder”ful after all. They had extremely serious, even deadly side effects after they were though to be safe for years.

17.Q.Should you get a flu shot?
A. I will not answer this question for you, instead I will relay a quote form Dr. Hugh Fudenberg, the worlds leading immunogeneticist and 13th most quoted biologist of our times, ”If a n individual has had 5 consecutive flu shots between 1970 and 1980(the years studied) his/her chances of getting Alzheimers’s Disease is 10 Times higher than if they had one, two or no shots.” Dr. Fudenberg states that gradual accumulation of mercury and aluminum (present in every flu shot and mostly all childhood immunizations) buildup in the brain causes cognitive dysfunction. Is this why Alzheimer’s is expected to quadruple in the next few decades. I hope this article helps you decide if the flu shot is right for you. Let this be the beginning, not the end of your quest for knowledge. I wish you the best in you decision.

Yours in Health,
Dr. Lenny Roberts

FYI There will be a free Educate Before you Vaccinate Lecture at Roberts Family Chiropractic, 8151 Ridge Avenue on Wednesday 10/27/04 at 7:00 PM please bring a friend- Call 215-487-2500 to reserve your space.

Please check out these other resources to help you make the best decision for you and your family:
www.nvic.com www.redflagsweekly.com www.whaleto.com www.mercola.com


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A bit of anecdotal evidence to confirm the sentiment of this thread... I took the stupid thing once when I was a kid and I got sick as dog immediately afterward. Then again a few weeks later.

This whole flu sh*t is actually angering. Don't people realize that they have all had the flu numerous times in their lives and they haven't died!? What is wrong with people, and the media especially!?

Sorry, living in DC now and this crap is all over the NPR and radio news. It's baffling that people don't realize (or remember from the last time they had it) that the flu only kills the elderly and those with compromised immune systems.

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lots of useful info here, echos my instincts entirely,.... never had one but contemplated it....

my friend just had one + got desperately ill a week later anyway.... think it just weakened his immune system to the point where he was even more suspectible to the virus

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If you dig a little deeper you'll find that a California biotech company called Gilead owns the rights to Tamiflu. And guess who was Gilead's former chairman? Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who served as Gilead chairman from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001.

Fortune magazine's senior writer Nelson Schwartz reports that Rumsfeld still owns between $5 million and $25 million in Gilead stock.

The Bush administration is one of biggest Tamiflu buyers. In July, the Pentagon ordered $58 million worth of Tamiflu and Congress is being urged by the president to approve another multi-billion dollar purchase.

Rumsfeld recused himself from being involved in Gilead decisions. An unnamed Pentagon official told Fortune that Rummy considered selling his stock but a private securities lawyer "advised him that it was safer to hold on to the stock and be quite public about his recusal rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of trading on insider information."



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*applause*

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One of my jobs is at Wal*Mart, and they will be having a "health Fair" next week, offering flu shots to the public. It has been advertised for about a month now, and managment has decided to "offer" these shots to we the employees as well. I've never had the shot, although I did consider it. Then, I thought about the way it works, by introducing the virus into your system-and figured I'd just take my chances at catching the real thing.

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The Swine Flu Pandemic--Fact or Fiction?

April 29, 2009 02:22 PM EDT (Updated: April 29, 2009 05:16 PM EDT)

views: 4120 | rating: 9.4/10 (14 votes) | comments: 30

I received this article, written by Dr. Mercola and found it to be very helpful in clearing up some misconceptions. If you weren't aware of it--there was a Swine Flu panic back in 1976 when Gerald Ford was President. More people died from the resulting Swine Flu vaccine than the Swine Flu itself! Read on...

American health officials declared a public health emergency as cases of swine flu were confirmed in the U.S. Health officials across the world fear this could be the leading edge of a global pandemic emerging from Mexico, where seven people are confirmed dead as a result of the new virus.

On Monday April 27th, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to four on its six-level threat scale,1 which means they've determined that the virus is capable of human-to-human transmission. The initial outbreaks across North America reveal an infection already traveling at higher velocity than did the last official pandemic strain, the 1968 Hong Kong flu.

The number of fatalities, and suspected and confirmed cases across the world change depending on the source, so your best bet -- if you want the latest numbers -- is to use Google Maps' Swine Flu Tracker.

Several nations have imposed travel bans, or made plans to quarantine air travelers2 that present symptoms of the swine flu, such as:

Fever of more than 100
Coughing
Runny nose and/or sore throat
Joint aches
Severe headache
Vomiting and/or diarrhea
Lethargy
Lack of appetite
Top global flu experts are trying to predict how dangerous the new swine flu strain will be, as it became clear that they had little information about Mexico's outbreak. It is as yet unclear how many cases occurred in the month or so before the outbreak was detected. It's also unknown whether the virus was mutating to be more lethal, or less.

Much Fear Mongering Being Promoted

I suspect you have likely been alarmed by the media's coverage of the swine flu scare. It has a noticeable subplot - preparing you for draconian measures to combat a future pandemic as well as forcing you to accept the idea of mandatory vaccinations.

On April 27, Time magazine published an article which discusses how dozens died and hundreds were injured from vaccines as a result of the 1976 swine flu fiasco, when the Ford administration attempted to use the infection of soldiers at Fort Dix as a pretext for a mass vaccination of the entire country.

Despite acknowledging that the 1976 farce was an example of "how not to handle a flu outbreak", the article still introduces the notion that officials "may soon have to consider whether to institute draconian measures to combat the disease".

WHO and CDC Pandemic Preparedness Seriously Broken

The pandemic warning system has failed as it simply doesn't exist, even in North America and Europe. To improve the system, massive new investments in surveillance, scientific and regulatory infrastructure, basic public health, and global access to common sense interventions like vitamin D optimization are required.

According to the Washington Post, the CDC did not learn about the outbreak until six days after Mexico had begun to impose emergency measures. There should be no excuses. The paradox of this swine flu panic is that, while totally unexpected, it was accurately predicted. Six years ago, Science dedicated a major story to evidence that "after years of stability, the North American swine flu virus has jumped onto an evolutionary fasttrack".

However, maybe this is precisely what public health authorities desire.

This is NOT the First Swine Flu Panic

My guess is that you can expect to see a lot of panic over this issue in the near future. But the key is to remain calm -- this isn't the first time the public has been warned about swine flu. The last time was in 1976, right before I entered medical school and I remember it very clearly. It resulted in the massive swine flu vaccine campaign.

Do you happen to recall the result of this massive campaign?

Within a few months, claims totaling $1.3 billion had been filed by victims who had suffered paralysis from the vaccine. The vaccine was also blamed for 25 deaths.

However, several hundred people developed crippling Guillain-Barré Syndrome after they were injected with the swine flu vaccine. Even healthy 20-year-olds ended up as paraplegics.

And the swine flu pandemic itself? It never materialized.

More People Died From the Swine Flu Vaccine than Swine Flu!

It is very difficult to forecast a pandemic, and a rash response can be extremely damaging.

As of Monday April 27, the worldwide total number of confirmed cases was 82, according to WHO, which included 40 cases in the U.S., confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. But does that truly warrant the feverish news headlines?

To put things into perspective, malaria kills 3,000 people EVERY DAY, and it's considered "a health problem"... But of course, there are no fancy vaccines for malaria that can rake in billions of dollars in a short amount of time.

One Australian news source,3 for example, states that even a mild swine flu epidemic could lead to the deaths of 1.4 million people and would reduce economic growth by nearly $5 trillion dollars.

Give me a break, if this doesn't sound like the outlandish cries of the pandemic bird-flu I don't know what does. Do you remember when President Bush said two million Americans would die as a result of the bird flu?

In 2005, in 2006, 2007, and again in 2008, those fears were exposed as little more than a cruel hoax, designed to instill fear, and line the pocketbooks of various individuals and industry. I became so convinced by the evidence AGAINST the possibility of a bird flu pandemic that I wrote a New York Times bestselling book, The Bird Flu Hoax, all about the massive fraud involved with the epidemic that never happened.

To read more of the article:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/29/Swine-Flu.aspx

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to veer off the road a little here, why is malaria still such a problem? didn't the british discover in their colonial days that quinine protects from the little bug--r? or is that a myth? i believe it was the origin of the british habit of gin and tonic!!i mean how cheap does a preventative have to get before it is used on "third world" people?

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