A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that of the 36 children who died from H1N1 from April to August, six had no chronic health conditions. But all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection.
The most common co-occurring infection that causes flu-related deaths is staphylococcus aureus. A third of the population carries it, most in their nose or on their skin.
The flu causes upper respiratory damage, which allows the staph to make its way into the lungs.
This is exactly what I was referring to in Wednesday’s special swine flu alert. If you missed it, I urge you to take a moment to review it now. It received over 80,000 views within hours of being published. In it, I discussed the prevailing propaganda being streamed through popularTV programslike 60-Minutes.
This is exactly what I was referring to in Wednesday’s special swine flu alert. If you missed it, I urge you to take a moment to review it now. It received over 80,000 views within hours of being published.
In it, I discussed the prevailing propaganda being streamed through popularTV programslike 60-Minutes.
60-Minutes’ Story Also Highlighted Bacterial Infection as Flu Tragedy
Their segment, which aired last Sunday, did ask some hard questions to the Assistant Surgeon General. But they didn't ask why CDC officials persist in telling the public that this H1N1 strain of influenza is quite dangerous when the experience of those in the southern hemisphere (which just finished their flu season) is in direct conflict with what the CDC is telling the American people. And, just like most of the mainstream media, 60-Minutes did not ask some of the most essential questions that need to be answered if you are to understand what is really going on with this "pandemic." The issue of coexisting bacterial infections is one of those questions that need to be looked at more closely. Their segment followed the story of a young high school football player who was infected with the H1N1 virus, received some form of medication for his flu symptoms, and then quickly developed a life-threatening staph infection in his lungs. However, no questions were asked about what type of medication he received, even though it was clear that, after recovering slightly, he then quickly deteriorated after receiving the medication. There was also no mention of whether the teen had already been vaccinated for seasonal or H1N1 influenza, either recently or in the past years. A Canadian preliminary study is provocative in that it suggests that those who have gotten seasonal influenza vaccine in the past may be at greater risk for getting H1N1 and having complications. The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is calling for a comparison of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated individuals for all health outcomes, and I believe it would be prudent to do so. After all, in order for anyone to make an informed decision about vaccines, you need to have certain facts at hand, not conjecture stating that something is "believed to be safe" even though it has never been studied!
Their segment, which aired last Sunday, did ask some hard questions to the Assistant Surgeon General. But they didn't ask why CDC officials persist in telling the public that this H1N1 strain of influenza is quite dangerous when the experience of those in the southern hemisphere (which just finished their flu season) is in direct conflict with what the CDC is telling the American people.
And, just like most of the mainstream media, 60-Minutes did not ask some of the most essential questions that need to be answered if you are to understand what is really going on with this "pandemic."
The issue of coexisting bacterial infections is one of those questions that need to be looked at more closely.
Their segment followed the story of a young high school football player who was infected with the H1N1 virus, received some form of medication for his flu symptoms, and then quickly developed a life-threatening staph infection in his lungs.
However, no questions were asked about what type of medication he received, even though it was clear that, after recovering slightly, he then quickly deteriorated after receiving the medication.
There was also no mention of whether the teen had already been vaccinated for seasonal or H1N1 influenza, either recently or in the past years.
A Canadian preliminary study is provocative in that it suggests that those who have gotten seasonal influenza vaccine in the past may be at greater risk for getting H1N1 and having complications.
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is calling for a comparison of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated individuals for all health outcomes, and I believe it would be prudent to do so.
After all, in order for anyone to make an informed decision about vaccines, you need to have certain facts at hand, not conjecture stating that something is "believed to be safe" even though it has never been studied!
Why Aren’t These Important Questions Being Asked?
So far 81 children have died from H1N1 in the US. The death of any child is tragic. However, using these deaths to potentially harm countless others who are not naturally at risk may be even worse. Here are some of the questions that need honest answers, as they may paint an entirely different picture than what we are currently told by health officials and the media. How many pediatric deaths occurred in children who: Were positively lab confirmed as H1N1? Had underlying chronic immune and brain dysfunction? Were fully vaccinated according to CDC recommendations? Had received influenza vaccine this year? Had received seasonal influenza vaccine in previous years? Received Tamiflu or another anti-viral prior to death? Had a coinciding bacterial infection with H1N1? Were never vaccinated - totally unvaccinated? With only 81 sets of medical records to review, someone ought to be able to compile these statistics. So far we know that, of the 36 children who died from H1N1 between April and August of this year, 30 had some form of chronic health condition, and all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection. Clearly, having a robust, well-functioning immune system is the best way to ensure your body’s innate ability to fight off this mild flu virus, and not succumb to secondary infections such as staphylococcus aureus. I’d also like to know how many flu deaths might be attributed to antibiotic-resistant staph infections. According to the Star Tribune, the most common co-occurring infection that causes flu-related deaths is staphylococcus aureus, which is commonly found on your skin and in your nose. About a third of the population carries it. Unfortunately, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, has become a serious public health problem, one that is getting progressively worse and actually exacts a greater death toll than "modern plagues" like AIDS. Needless to say, we already know the reason for the ever increasing threat of MRSA – over use of antibiotics, both in medicine and conventional farming practices. It’s an entirely man-made problem, the answer to which is exercising RESTRAINT in the use of antibiotics, so that they can actually work when someone’s life is really on the line… It could be of great value to have more facts about each of these H1N1 flu deaths. But the fact still remains that flu vaccines will nearly always decrease your overall immune function, not enhance it! Obese at Six Times Higher Risk from H1N1 Complications Most authorities agree that the H1N1 variant virus is quite mild. The vast majority of people (99.99%) are having very brief and mild illnesses from this virus. And yet, some people do die from it -- some die each and every flu season. But who, and why? Unfortunately, the media is not giving you the answers to these questions. I will publish an excellent review, and a two-hour audio interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock on this issue on Tuesday, so please stay tuned! Because as he will explain in greater detail, 100 percent of those who have died had underlying health problems before they were infected. In addition, one of the more powerful risk factors for being admitted to the ICU and of dying is obesity. Turns out obese people are admitted 6x more often than those of normal weight. And obesity plays a significant role in the risk to children and pregnant women as well, something that has never been discussed by the media, the CDC or the public health officials. According to Dr. Blaylock, one study found that 32.7% of those admitted to the ICU had asthma or other chronic pulmonary disease, far higher than the general population. Obesity is also associated with a high incidence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, both of which would increase your risk of having a serious infection, even to mild viruses. BEWARE: Taking Tylenol with the Flu Shot May Actually Make You Worse
So far 81 children have died from H1N1 in the US. The death of any child is tragic. However, using these deaths to potentially harm countless others who are not naturally at risk may be even worse. Here are some of the questions that need honest answers, as they may paint an entirely different picture than what we are currently told by health officials and the media. How many pediatric deaths occurred in children who: Were positively lab confirmed as H1N1? Had underlying chronic immune and brain dysfunction? Were fully vaccinated according to CDC recommendations? Had received influenza vaccine this year? Had received seasonal influenza vaccine in previous years? Received Tamiflu or another anti-viral prior to death? Had a coinciding bacterial infection with H1N1? Were never vaccinated - totally unvaccinated?
So far 81 children have died from H1N1 in the US. The death of any child is tragic. However, using these deaths to potentially harm countless others who are not naturally at risk may be even worse.
Here are some of the questions that need honest answers, as they may paint an entirely different picture than what we are currently told by health officials and the media.
How many pediatric deaths occurred in children who:
Were positively lab confirmed as H1N1?
Had underlying chronic immune and brain dysfunction?
Were fully vaccinated according to CDC recommendations?
Had received influenza vaccine this year?
Had received seasonal influenza vaccine in previous years?
Received Tamiflu or another anti-viral prior to death?
Had a coinciding bacterial infection with H1N1?
Were never vaccinated - totally unvaccinated?
With only 81 sets of medical records to review, someone ought to be able to compile these statistics.
So far we know that, of the 36 children who died from H1N1 between April and August of this year, 30 had some form of chronic health condition, and all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection.
Clearly, having a robust, well-functioning immune system is the best way to ensure your body’s innate ability to fight off this mild flu virus, and not succumb to secondary infections such as staphylococcus aureus.
I’d also like to know how many flu deaths might be attributed to antibiotic-resistant staph infections.
According to the Star Tribune, the most common co-occurring infection that causes flu-related deaths is staphylococcus aureus, which is commonly found on your skin and in your nose. About a third of the population carries it.
Unfortunately, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, has become a serious public health problem, one that is getting progressively worse and actually exacts a greater death toll than "modern plagues" like AIDS.
Needless to say, we already know the reason for the ever increasing threat of MRSA – over use of antibiotics, both in medicine and conventional farming practices. It’s an entirely man-made problem, the answer to which is exercising RESTRAINT in the use of antibiotics, so that they can actually work when someone’s life is really on the line…
It could be of great value to have more facts about each of these H1N1 flu deaths.
But the fact still remains that flu vaccines will nearly always decrease your overall immune function, not enhance it!
Obese at Six Times Higher Risk from H1N1 Complications
Most authorities agree that the H1N1 variant virus is quite mild. The vast majority of people (99.99%) are having very brief and mild illnesses from this virus. And yet, some people do die from it -- some die each and every flu season. But who, and why? Unfortunately, the media is not giving you the answers to these questions. I will publish an excellent review, and a two-hour audio interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock on this issue on Tuesday, so please stay tuned! Because as he will explain in greater detail, 100 percent of those who have died had underlying health problems before they were infected. In addition, one of the more powerful risk factors for being admitted to the ICU and of dying is obesity. Turns out obese people are admitted 6x more often than those of normal weight. And obesity plays a significant role in the risk to children and pregnant women as well, something that has never been discussed by the media, the CDC or the public health officials. According to Dr. Blaylock, one study found that 32.7% of those admitted to the ICU had asthma or other chronic pulmonary disease, far higher than the general population. Obesity is also associated with a high incidence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, both of which would increase your risk of having a serious infection, even to mild viruses.
Most authorities agree that the H1N1 variant virus is quite mild. The vast majority of people (99.99%) are having very brief and mild illnesses from this virus. And yet, some people do die from it -- some die each and every flu season. But who, and why?
Unfortunately, the media is not giving you the answers to these questions. I will publish an excellent review, and a two-hour audio interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock on this issue on Tuesday, so please stay tuned! Because as he will explain in greater detail, 100 percent of those who have died had underlying health problems before they were infected.
In addition, one of the more powerful risk factors for being admitted to the ICU and of dying is obesity. Turns out obese people are admitted 6x more often than those of normal weight. And obesity plays a significant role in the risk to children and pregnant women as well, something that has never been discussed by the media, the CDC or the public health officials.
According to Dr. Blaylock, one study found that 32.7% of those admitted to the ICU had asthma or other chronic pulmonary disease, far higher than the general population. Obesity is also associated with a high incidence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, both of which would increase your risk of having a serious infection, even to mild viruses.
BEWARE: Taking Tylenol with the Flu Shot May Actually Make You Worse
According to two studies, published in the journal Lancet on October 17, giving your child an analgesic to prevent fever when getting a vaccine could make things worse. Their studies showed that after vaccination, the immune response was lower among babies who were given acetaminophen (such as Tylenol), right after they received the shot. The vaccines used in the study were for pneumococcal disease, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, polio and rotavirus. No flu vaccines were included. However, it’s likely the effect would still be the same. MSN.com quotes infectious disease expert Dr. Marc Siegel as saying that: "…the conclusion that Tylenol not only suppresses fever, but also decreases immune response is plausible. After all, what is an immune response? It's an inflammatory response." The researchers also found that although fewer infants developed a fever after getting acetaminophen, they also developed significantly fewer antibodies against the disease they were vaccinated against. They believe the acetaminophen’s anti-inflammatory activity might interfere with your body’s immune system antibody response, which could explain why the vaccine was rendered less effective. However, what is not mentioned by either MSN, or foodconsumer.org, who also ran an article on these findings, is that a lowered immune response also means you're more susceptible to develop other infections. And, as we now know, it is secondary infections such as bacterial staph infections that turn out to be deadly -- not the flu virus in and of itself.
According to two studies, published in the journal Lancet on October 17, giving your child an analgesic to prevent fever when getting a vaccine could make things worse.
Their studies showed that after vaccination, the immune response was lower among babies who were given acetaminophen (such as Tylenol), right after they received the shot.
The vaccines used in the study were for pneumococcal disease, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, polio and rotavirus. No flu vaccines were included. However, it’s likely the effect would still be the same.
MSN.com quotes infectious disease expert Dr. Marc Siegel as saying that:
"…the conclusion that Tylenol not only suppresses fever, but also decreases immune response is plausible. After all, what is an immune response? It's an inflammatory response."
The researchers also found that although fewer infants developed a fever after getting acetaminophen, they also developed significantly fewer antibodies against the disease they were vaccinated against. They believe the acetaminophen’s anti-inflammatory activity might interfere with your body’s immune system antibody response, which could explain why the vaccine was rendered less effective.
However, what is not mentioned by either MSN, or foodconsumer.org, who also ran an article on these findings, is that a lowered immune response also means you're more susceptible to develop other infections. And, as we now know, it is secondary infections such as bacterial staph infections that turn out to be deadly -- not the flu virus in and of itself.
You Take Your Chances Either Way…
I also want to stress that you must remember that you are taking your chances either way, whether you get the flu shot or take your chances with the flu. This year, flu deaths are trumpeted across the world, and yet people are also dying and suffering life-altering disabilities shortly after receiving the flu vaccine, whether it be the seasonal- or the H1N1 vaccine. (They’re claimed to be nearly identical anyway, so why would it matter which it is?) For example, here are just a few recent stories that receive nowhere near the same amount of attention. In fact, most if not all, are being portrayed as unfortunate coincidences that have nothing to do with the fact they just received a flu shot, and no further investigations are made: Five people recently died after getting flu shots in Korea The New York Times mentions an 8-year-old boy from Long Island who died roughly a week after receiving a seasonal flu vaccine Twenty-five year old woman suffers irreversible disability after receiving the flu shot Last year, a 6-year-old girl from Colorado died after getting the FluMist vaccine Remember, the medical industry ACCEPTS these occasional deaths as collateral damage during mass vaccinations and other drug interventions. The question is, do you?
I also want to stress that you must remember that you are taking your chances either way, whether you get the flu shot or take your chances with the flu.
This year, flu deaths are trumpeted across the world, and yet people are also dying and suffering life-altering disabilities shortly after receiving the flu vaccine, whether it be the seasonal- or the H1N1 vaccine. (They’re claimed to be nearly identical anyway, so why would it matter which it is?)
For example, here are just a few recent stories that receive nowhere near the same amount of attention. In fact, most if not all, are being portrayed as unfortunate coincidences that have nothing to do with the fact they just received a flu shot, and no further investigations are made:
Five people recently died after getting flu shots in Korea
The New York Times mentions an 8-year-old boy from Long Island who died roughly a week after receiving a seasonal flu vaccine
Twenty-five year old woman suffers irreversible disability after receiving the flu shot
Last year, a 6-year-old girl from Colorado died after getting the FluMist vaccine
Remember, the medical industry ACCEPTS these occasional deaths as collateral damage during mass vaccinations and other drug interventions.
The question is, do you?
Flu Mortality, Unrelated to Vaccines, Has Been Down for Years
Also remember that the mortality rate of the swine flu is extremely low. Dr. Ronald Whitmont, M.D. reports in a recent article of The Epoch Times: "So far, H1N1 is much less severe than the regular flu. The calculated mortality rate for H1N1 in 2009 is only 0.5 percent. In 2006, the death rate for influenza was 0.77 percent, and in 2005 it was 0.79 percent. Of course, the CDC and the pharmaceutical industries claim credit for this reduction in death rate, but statistical analysis shows that this trend predated the introduction of the vaccine and is not correlated with either vaccine or antiviral medication use." [Emphasis mine.] Unfortunately, no one knows what the mortality rate is within, say, two weeks of receiving a flu vaccine, because there’s no tracking method in place tracing each and every person who is vaccinated. These are the kind of statistics that are sorely needed.
Also remember that the mortality rate of the swine flu is extremely low.
Dr. Ronald Whitmont, M.D. reports in a recent article of The Epoch Times:
"So far, H1N1 is much less severe than the regular flu. The calculated mortality rate for H1N1 in 2009 is only 0.5 percent. In 2006, the death rate for influenza was 0.77 percent, and in 2005 it was 0.79 percent. Of course, the CDC and the pharmaceutical industries claim credit for this reduction in death rate, but statistical analysis shows that this trend predated the introduction of the vaccine and is not correlated with either vaccine or antiviral medication use." [Emphasis mine.]
"So far, H1N1 is much less severe than the regular flu. The calculated mortality rate for H1N1 in 2009 is only 0.5 percent.
In 2006, the death rate for influenza was 0.77 percent, and in 2005 it was 0.79 percent.
Of course, the CDC and the pharmaceutical industries claim credit for this reduction in death rate, but statistical analysis shows that this trend predated the introduction of the vaccine and is not correlated with either vaccine or antiviral medication use." [Emphasis mine.]
Unfortunately, no one knows what the mortality rate is within, say, two weeks of receiving a flu vaccine, because there’s no tracking method in place tracing each and every person who is vaccinated.
These are the kind of statistics that are sorely needed.
How to Prevent Flu the Natural Way
Please understand that there are effective ways to reduce your chances of ever getting the flu in the first place, without ever going near a vaccine. H1N1 is a milder than normal flu bug, and it is the state of your immune system – not the virus itself – that determines whether or not you will get sick, even if you come in contact with the virus. Following these simple guidelines can go a long way to help keep your immune system in optimal working order: Optimize your vitamin D levels. This may be one of your most important strategies for maintaining optimal immune function against all disease, not just the flu. Vitamin D has been well documented to increase the production of over 200 antimicrobial peptides that fight infection. Avoid Sugar. Sugar decreases the function of your immune system almost immediately, and as you likely know, a strong immune system is key to fighting off viruses and other illness. Be aware that sugar is present in foods you may not suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice. Get Enough Rest. Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you're tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder for it to fight the flu. Be sure to check out my article Guide to a Good Night's Sleep for some great tips to help you get quality rest. Don't Let Stress Become Overwhelming. We all face some stress everyday, but if stress becomes overwhelming then your body will be less able to fight off the flu and other illness. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health, consider using an energy psychology tool such as the Meridian Tapping Technique (MTT), which is remarkably effective in relieving stress associated with all kinds of events, from work to family to trauma. You can check out my free, 25-page MTT manual for some guidelines on how to perform it on yourself. Exercise. When you exercise, you increase your circulation and your blood flow throughout your body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it spreads. Take a good source of animal based omega-3 fats like Krill Oil. Increase your intake of healthy and essential fats like the omega-3 found in krill oil, which is crucial for maintaining health. Wash Your Hands. Washing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people. Be sure you don't use antibacterial soap for this -- antibacterial soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause far more harm than good. Instead, identify a simple chemical-free soap that you can switch your family to.
Please understand that there are effective ways to reduce your chances of ever getting the flu in the first place, without ever going near a vaccine.
H1N1 is a milder than normal flu bug, and it is the state of your immune system – not the virus itself – that determines whether or not you will get sick, even if you come in contact with the virus.
Following these simple guidelines can go a long way to help keep your immune system in optimal working order:
Optimize your vitamin D levels. This may be one of your most important strategies for maintaining optimal immune function against all disease, not just the flu. Vitamin D has been well documented to increase the production of over 200 antimicrobial peptides that fight infection.
Avoid Sugar. Sugar decreases the function of your immune system almost immediately, and as you likely know, a strong immune system is key to fighting off viruses and other illness. Be aware that sugar is present in foods you may not suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice.
Get Enough Rest. Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you're tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder for it to fight the flu. Be sure to check out my article Guide to a Good Night's Sleep for some great tips to help you get quality rest.
Don't Let Stress Become Overwhelming. We all face some stress everyday, but if stress becomes overwhelming then your body will be less able to fight off the flu and other illness. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health, consider using an energy psychology tool such as the Meridian Tapping Technique (MTT), which is remarkably effective in relieving stress associated with all kinds of events, from work to family to trauma. You can check out my free, 25-page MTT manual for some guidelines on how to perform it on yourself.
Exercise. When you exercise, you increase your circulation and your blood flow throughout your body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it spreads.
Take a good source of animal based omega-3 fats like Krill Oil. Increase your intake of healthy and essential fats like the omega-3 found in krill oil, which is crucial for maintaining health.
Wash Your Hands. Washing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people. Be sure you don't use antibacterial soap for this -- antibacterial soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause far more harm than good. Instead, identify a simple chemical-free soap that you can switch your family to.
You Can Make a Difference
Most polls show that we ARE making a difference because more people are becoming educated about influenza and flu vaccines, especially H1N1 swine flu. Recent national polls have revealed that 30 to 50% in many communities are not planning to get a swine flu shot. Those who haven't made up their minds yet have lots of questions. So we have created some posters that you can print and post ALL over your community, your local stores, office and schools.
It is my opinion that today's kids are less able to cope with common illnesses because they have been vaccinated against so many diseases that their immune systems have not had a chance to learn how to naturally fight disease.
It is a lot more than the vaccinations and chemicals and pesticides polllution etc. How many children really eat a healthful diet that includes a lot of fresh vegetables and fruit?. So many are fed processed and packaged "food" by well meaning parents. Kids grow up on "happy meals". Someone is buying all the candy,cookies, cupcakes, snacks, pop and sweet cereals for their famliies or these companies that produce this stuff would not stay in business. What should be an occasional treat is part of the daily diet for many kids. The immune system doesn't have a chance from the very beginning.
I know so many moms that are thrilled to spend as little as possible at the grocery store-- using coupons and even doubling the coupons and buying on sale. How to "save on grocieries" are even segments on the evening news. I have never seen a coupon for fresh carrots or spinach or a nice bunch of broccolli and I have never heard a child ask for those foods. Anyone handing out peas and fresh green beans for Halloween this year?
It just makes sense that children today are not as strong generally as many years ago. The rise of obesity, childhood diabetes, asthma, cancer, leukemia etc, all indicate that something is terribly wrong. We are doing something wrong and for all our sakes, we need to wake up and do something about it.
Thank you Dr. Mercola and everyone who participates in these forums for your courage and dedication.
To make medical decisions based on fear is probably one of the most dangerous things you can do. The next worst thing is to make decisions based on erroneous information or bad logic.
Fear can be our ally, in some situations. But in today's complicated and often contradictory world, we need to make informed decision, based on the best available information possible.
Trading a relatively mild disease for life threatening asthma, cancer, diabetes, or leukemia is not the best thing you can do for your children. Here's a must see video: http://bit.ly/11dwPD
Reducing the toxic load you and your children are exposed to together with enhancing your immune system, would seem like the best way to go.
I agree Cheryl! Children that are bombarded with vaccines right from the beginning of life have little chance of developing their immune system for protection of common illness, bacterias, etc.
Not to mention the fact that they are exposed to man made chemicals; plastics, pesticides, etc., in the womb through their mothers, that can affect their nervous systems and much more. Making them even more of a candidate for later health issues.
It is not only the vaccinations taking away the body's abaility to keep them healthy -- it is the other poisons (legal POISONS) that the FDA has given the nod of approval: Aspartame, Splenda, and of course the "Franken-Food" loaded with HFCS and other gredients like the various (dozens) of hidden names for MSG in our foods. Never forget that we as parents are probably just as guilty for feeding (poisoning) our children and must take an absolute stance in setting a ZERO TOLERANCE for these deadly additives -- they affect us all, young and old alike.
I agree! In life, an important lesson we learn is, "Use it or lose it".
I had a patient a few weeks ago, a young woman in her mid 20s, who came in for complaints of fatigue and swelling in her ankles. We discussed her diet (it was appalling -- high in carbs, processed foods, pop, etc), and the effect a poor diet can have on health. She had no idea, and acted shocked! When I asked her how much pop she was drinking, she said "Oh I don't drink that much." Her husband was shaking his head and in the background mouthing "she sometimes drinks more than 2 liters per day." Turns out her Vitamin D level was quite low (I forget exactly, but between 17 and 20), her B12 level was around 170 (normal is 220 to around 850 or so). Her chemistry showed low calcium and protein levels, and she was anemic. Talk about malnourished! Yes, she had a limited income, but we discussed ways to obtain better nutrition; at a minimum, exchanging her pop for veggies. It seems there is such ignorance as to the importance of good nutrition and health. I felt such compassion for the three year old son also present, particularly as he is being fed the same unhealthy foods.
Cheryl Rounds:
Once again our FREE PRESS, FREE SPEECH, society has fallen on it's face. In our universities, most of what is taught is someones's theory, and by the time they have finished BRAINWASHING the line between proven fact, and theory is blurred.
So soon we forget that our bodies are self healing, provided we have all the basics in place, i.e., Diet exercise, sunshine, clean water, rest, and a good spiritual posture. Then we must not forget hygeine, the factor that allowed the Black Plague to spread so fircely.
Now though, we have these magic bullets, and BIG PHARMA makes out like a fat rat in a cheese factory.
I agree with you Cheryl. It’s like saying too many children are drowning so every child has to have a lifejacket in the water. Then at 21 you fall in water and drowned. Can you say SaftySwim? I guess I'm lucky my kids haven't had all their vaccines.
While I agree a healthy lifestyle is HUGE in preventing disease I think there is a fine line between acknowledging that we are responsible for our own health and treating everyone who has a disease like it is all their fault. Let's not forget how many children died of polio, measles, smallpox, before there were no vaccines. Because of these vaccines, we no longer see these horrific diseases everyday and it becomes easy to demonize all vaccines. Yes, we can say it helped the "weak" survive, but then why bother with medical intervention at all. We can prevent most things, but god forbid there is the off chance that after doing everything right, you contract a deadly disease. I doubt you are going to shrug your shoulders and say: " Well I guess I am just not fit to survive. I will go lay down now and die." I also think b/c these diseases were irradiated, we have become desensitized. The people who contracted them are "the other" and therefore something must have been wrong with them, it could not possibly happen to us! Now if we saw these things all around us, we would be much more open to a vaccine.
Now, we are not talking about polio or pertussis (I was very exposed a couple of years ago to a pertussis outbreak and did not contract, but let me tell you it was NOT pretty and I do credit a combination of a my healthy lifestyle and the pertussis vaccine), we are talking about the FLU. I am NOT getting the flu shot because I only want to get vaccines I feel are absolutely necessary that you get every 5-10 years or so. Seasonal flu changes so much what is the point of having to get the vaccine every year? I feel these seasonal diseases such as the cold, the flu are the building blocks to our immune system. I have NEVER had a flu vaccine and I have NEVER contracted the flu. So I guess in the end, what I am saying is I agree with most people here about lifestyle, but I am not entirely convinced that ALL vaccines are the devil.
Nononana I agree. How many people in this world in Darwin's eyes would have been marked for "natural selection", but have lived to make a positive difference in this world. In contrast, how many were strong who have gone on to commit heinous crimes and hurt millions of people (Hitler comes to mind). With this reasoning, why take health precautions at all. You might spend a lot of time and money only to be weeded out by some predisposed genetic weakness... Doesn't make sense to me at all.
Cheryl, I totally agree. All five of our kids have not been vaccinated but instead fed healthy diets and we've only had one doctor's visit (to a naturopath) because either they don't get sIck or they heal quickly and without complication. We don't avoid sick people either. My tag line to the other moms is "just one more illness we are immune too - naturally and for life!". You just can't get that with an immunization!
I totally agree. My kid who has not been vaccinated has never been sick (19 months) until coughing and fever just recently that he got from day care. The fever fortunately lasted only less than 8 hours and the coughing went away after I forced him to drink fresh ginger tea. I think that a lot of people have not considered going back to the origins of modern pharmacology, lots of natural stuff.
Jimforjoe- A little harsh don't you think? You "hope" we will see natural selection?
@ Jimforjoe: it's the anonymity of the 'Net that allows you to get away with statements like yours. Sure—let's withhold vaccines and see the resurgence of millions of deaths from smallpox, polio, and pertussis. After all, we're only eliminating the weak, right? That's just fine...until one of your children is among the weak. Your brutal attitude needs adjusting, sir.
JimforJoe:
We have lost so very much in the way of lifestyle thereby allowing our bodies to able to resist certain diseases because of the way we live today. Too much time indoors, not enough raw whole fruits, and vegetables, poor exercise habits, and way too much stress. We need to get back to the basics.
Jennie FNP: Good news!
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One of the best ways to boost the immune system and overcome flu, cold or just about any illness, even serious ones is to increase your "wei chi" or protective energy surrounding the body. Most MODERATE exercising will do this naturally to a small degree. But using tension exercises along with breathing techniques as done in Chinese martial arts and Chi-gung does the same thing to a far higher level. While nothing is a quick fix, practicing such hard chi-gung techniques has been shown to decrease the severity and duration of colds and flu and since your increasing this protective energy barrier of the body that goes just beyond the surface of the skin, this helps prevent invasion of wind and cold energies that are one of the actual causes of cold and flu symptoms.
It's when the body is in a weakened state that these energies penetrate through the pores of the skin, enter the system and often lodge in the lungs and kidneys, thus causing the symptoms commonly associated with cold and flu as well as several other illnesses too. The Chinese were never concerned with placing labels or trying to name a disease as there are over 2000 different disease can have the same symptoms, so trying to put a label on it is fruitless and a waste of time. Doctors do this in the west because they're looking for a specific drug to give the person. The Chinese never worried about this because all they had to do was to check the 12 pulses of the body which would tell them which organs were being effected, then give herbs, breathing techniques, acupuncture to the patient to strengthen those organs, increase the chi balance the energy of those organs. The symptoms and illness would simply vanish.
Below is a link to breathing techniques taken from Shaolin Hung-Gar Gung-fu narrated by David Carradine that can teach you basic breathing techniques to help increase your protective energy shield and boost immunity.
www.youtube.com/watch
Chinesehealthandfitness.com
I gave my 5 year old all her regular tot shots, never a flu shot, but stopped any further vaccinations when she developed a mild form of aspergers diagnosed around 3. My 1 year old has only resived the vitamin k shot at birth, NO VACINATIONS. When are whole house caught the swine flu it when like this, my husband teenage daughter and I all kicked it in about 2 days, mostly just mild congestion. My 1 year old had nothing more than the sniffles for a day and my 5 year old had a high fever ( up to 103) latharge, cough, congestion, and vommitling itermittenly for 10 days. It worth pointing out that she refused to take the same immune boosters(vitamine C ect.) and garlic(for drainage) that my husband, teenage and I took to help us kick it quick......but still I truelly believe that the 8, thats right 8!!, vaccinations she resived at only 2 months old severly damaged her immune and nervouse sysyem and unless I was traveling to a third world contry there is no way I would give my child another vaccination.
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OH jimforjoe...
To the uneducated, dumbed down or easily deceived your sarcastic comment would make you a 'SEEMINGLY' wise man making a good point on vaccines . However, those with a clue, know your deception.
In U.S .1920 there wasn't much in the way of fresh potable water, sewage removal, (most people were still crapping in the house on a cold winters day and carrying it out by hand when they felt up to it.) refrigeration, trash removal, central heating... ALL the 'right stuff' to grow disease.
When lack of infrastructure was a thing of the past by the early 1950's ALL those diseases were essentially wiped out BEFORE THE VACCINES. Disease isn't due to a lack of vaccines silly boy.
I love when people site the smallpox vaccine. It's like a real bad pitch waiting to get knocked out of the ball park. Smallpox vaccines have always been a disaster going back to WWI when they mutated and later became what was known as the 1918 Spanish flu.
There is STILL academic debate going on to date by epidemiologist as to weather the child crippling disease that ran from the mid to late 40's thru the 50's was even polio to begin with. Since polio's discovery post U.S. declaration of independence it was WELL KNOWN to be a virus that COULD NOT effect a large population for the simple fact it's not that difficult of a virus for most people (children included) to pass.
However it is accepted in the scientific community that the mass Polio vaccine campaign was a big fat flop. For it passed the SV40 cancer virus among 100's of millions who got the oral vaccine and it's been proven that the same cancer virus has been passed down to their grand children. Yes the oral polio vaccine, the gift that keeps on giving. As a side note, ALL the polio cases today stem from the live polio vaccine we have today.
I think you're right about the vaccines. In the 1920s a million children worldwide died of measles as babies. This ensured we weeded out the weak kids by natural selection. However, since we started giving them vaccines the weak kids are living to adulthood and breeding more weak kids who come down with bothersome colds, asthma, eczema..you name it. I think your anti swine flu message is excellent and hopefully we'll see a lot of natural selection take its course in the next few weeks.
One of the disturbing effect of vaccination is the reduced ability of a child's immune system to respond new pathogens for days or weeks after a vaccine. I wonder how many of these kids got set up for disaster by a neonatal HepB shot, followed by an opportunistic bacterial infection before they experienced H1N1?
If I knew then what I know now...My daughter is 12, and I let her have the vaccinations until she was 7 or so, because the schools said it was mandatory, and I went along with it. We have home schooled for five years, though, and I will never, ever, allow her to be injected with poison again. I'll always wonder if those vaccinations were damaging, though.
We are on our "own" vaccination schedule & have one coming up in 2 weeks. Thanks for the info, I think it would be best to delay it for a period of time.
I agree with all the comments about kids being fed processed fast food. You wouldn't believe the "looks" I get when I tell people my daughter drinks fresh "green juice". We had a Halloween event the other day & my 2 yr old tried her 1st cheesy...the other Moms were surprised she never had a bag of cheesies already. We just don't bring that junk into our home & everything is homemade here. We also don't get sick in this house either!
We know of a preemie who was on the road to recovery and doing very well. Born at 2 lbs. and already at 5 lbs! He was vaccinated, then scheduled for surgery a couple of days later. Now he has a lung infection can no longer eat like he was and has a staph infection. It breaks my heart!! His lungs are in bad shape and he'll be on antibiotics for the staph. I definitely think the vaccinations opened him up to opportunistic bacteria.
Trinity Wellnss: Say on!! The interesting thing about giving newborns Hep B vac's. is the disease is sexually transmitted. So what is the pharmaceutical company saying? Most people don't know the etiology of Hep B so they don't question why their new baby would need it...they don't.
vaccination are about crippling our specie by ETs who govern with Obama and others and want us to be in fewer numbers The new pig vaccine is a way of micro chipping the population with nano chips which is not reversible. You have 2 years to live after the injection...
Trinity Wellness I could not have put it any better. Last year my son was about to enter the 12th grade and I was informed that if my son did not get this HepB shot, he would not be allowed to come back to school here in Maryland. I was livid to say the least. They told me that because he was one credit shy of Graduating he had to take the shot. I had never heard of anything so insidiously rediculous in my life. So I took him out of school and had him take the GED Examine. He passed with almost 700 points over and above what it took to pass the exame. Thank You Lord. Our children are becoming likened to Lab Rats. The CDC is lying about the actual deaths that are due to the H1N1 Virus and the Liberal Media will never tell you the facts. Thank God for Fox News and people like Shawn Hannity and Glenn Beck. But how long do we have before they are taken off the air due to the Fairness Act. No more poisons for our children. The USA has not had a Civil war in a long time and if things keep going the way this administration is taking us, then I believe we are in for war right here in our own backyards, because I am an American who can choose to say NO. And I say no more vaccinations while the Big Pharma lines there pockets at the expence of human lives. Hitler's ideas are obviously still viewed as the way to eradicate the human race.,
I see a major over sight here. What about the known latent effects of the vaccines already administered to these vaccine victims? We know that vaccines when administered insult the immune system and that T cells, so necessary for immune functions are decreased, the immune system compromised by the pole of the shift to make antibodies (B cells). T cells are necessary to keep pathogens like BACTERIA, PARASITES, FUNGUS from producing infection and disease. The earlier vaccine administrations are responsible for setting up the victims to even have chronic helath issues. In children and adults, vaccine administration also ties up our Vitamin C, also so necessary for fighting off infections. Vaccines are not the golden chalice of immunity they have been heralded, rather they are responsible for dysregulating and compromising our immune systems, causing auto immune diseases (research prooves only vaccinated individuals produce autoantibodies and therefore only vaccinated indivudals develop autoimmune disease. Vaccine injection is synonomous with virus INFECTION.....and those viruses (the ones we know are in the vaccine......) are prone to reassortment, recombination and reversion to infectivity, some are promoters of cancer, some cause cancer (herpesvirus as example) and thenm we have the mutators, thimerasol and the WHO 1999 admitted aluminum slat adjuvants which are known carcinogens. We wonder the denial the medical profession keeps up with failure to recognize the latent effects, in many cases even the acute effects that follow vaccine administration. Our researchers have point bank told us with vaccination you get genetic MUTATION, how else do you think we are then capable of sensitizing T cells in our body to produce antibody.......and understand that antibody is NOT IMMUNITY! Vaccines lower the vital force and compromise the immune system the other ingredients like formalin, mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde, phenol red (alone can produce kidney failure) we don't k
You wrote, "research prooves only vaccinated individuals produce autoantibodies and therefore only vaccinated indivudals develop autoimmune disease"
Do you have references for the studies you are referring to? I have RA, I'd like to read them! Tks
edoyle,
I have JRA, and this interests me as well. I know my great-grandmother had either JRA or RA, I'm not sure, and although she may have had some vaccinations, it surely was't on as agressive a schedule as I was (and that was the 1970s and 80s, not anywhere as agressive as the schedule NOW!).
It is nice to see a "Doctor" post. I sense a little frustration..just a little. You know the science and yet the insanity still goes on. For insight, read the book " Good Calories, Bad Calories " by Gary Taubes. I sell, lend and give out free the book on a regular basis. Also log onto " My Big Fat Diet " and read Dr. Jay's blog. You need to know how tough it will be to do anything. You are up against the big boys. But, as an example, in my own business ( a small neighbourhood grocery store ) I keep delisting crap food and replacing the space with basic food, local food and less processed food. The direction is paleolithic. I know that you are up against " standards of practice" and " professional ethics " but you must move and move with a plan. Ed country store lillooet bc
SCREW ALL VACCINATIONS. YOUR OWN NATURAL IMMUNITY WILL WORK. HEALTH COMES FROM YOU, NOT YOUR DOCTOR.
Vaccination may or may not serve a purpose. But it is foolish to assume that your own natural immunity will work.
A person who has prediabetes or type 2 diabetes is likely to be at major risk of almost any infection that comes by. Their persistently high blood glucose levels compete with vitamin C in getting into the white blood cells, and without the ability to get that vitamin C into the white blood cells, no, your natural immune system, even your immune system with innoculants will not be up to the task of fighting off your infections.
Granted, if the patient goes on a steady regime of alpha-lipoic acid, be it from supplement of capsules, or fropm foods like spinach, and they cut out sugars and high glycemic foods, aND EXERCISE, they will soon be able to lose weight, drop their blood glucose levels to a healthy level, and they will once again be able to store vitamin C inside the white blood cells.
There are other ways to bring blood glucose levels down until the patient can again get the white blood cells to store vitamin C. But look around you and you will see that close to 1/3 of the population has a steady blood glucose level high enough to ensure that they can not depend on their natural immunity.
You are right, by getting vaccination we are injecting poison in our body. I did have the shot for the supposed bird flu and almost die. Was 3 month so sick I could not get out of my bed. I never got sick before, if I got a cold will be out in less than 3 days. Well that did it. No more I just use all kinds of natural remedies. They work fine for me! I can't stand going to Drs. They just guess what is wrong with the patients and give the poisons FDA agree with the Pharma!
A cup of green tea will be better than any pill.
Since 2009 Influenza A H1N1 is a milder than normal flu virus, and it is the state of your immune system – not the virus itself – that matters more whether or not you will get sick, even if you come in contact with the virus. Further our own studies suggest that in a preliminary Pan-Indian reviw of mortality and morbidity figures, the co-morbidities were found to be significant like co-morbidity with HIV; pathological obesity; immunocompromised clinical states like pregnancy. age extremes [<5 years and >65 years]; co-infection with MRSA and/or S.aureus; and steroid intake. Urban preponderance of the H1N1 cases also point out to a possible link of urban stress. We are also sending these findings in a few journals for publication.
Dr S T Wali
J N medical College, AMU, Aligarh
Consultant Epidemiologist Medical Officer [IDSP]-Govt of India
INDIA
Cell No 00919720192030
Dr. Wali,
In light of yur studies, do you think that pregnant women should get the seasonal flu vaccine and the swine flu vaccine? I know the CDC has said it was recommended.