H1N1 Flu: Untold Facts
as published in the Suntree/Viera
Hometown News December 4, 2009
Many medical doctors have
given general advice for avoiding the flu, such as washing hands and
covering up. The H1N1 is described as a scary pandemic, the flu vaccine
being main defense. Doctors assure us that the vaccine was made under
rigorous oversight and quality controls, in other words, safe and
effective.
What they don't normally
mention is that there is no replicated scientific backing for their
promotion of the flu vaccine as safe and effective. Everyone should know
that more powerful information and alternatives are freely available.
The
key to making smart decisions is asking the right questions. That’s
our responsibility, not the doctors.
First, what studies show the
flu vaccine as safe? Obvious vaccine fiascos mandate that we know. What
is stopping a repeat of the 1976 swine flu pharmaceutical failures and
unnecessary deaths, or the Chiron debacle in 2003 where the manufacturer’s shoddy
quality control and the FDA’s lack of the facts were exposed, or the
recent Merck closure in Pennsyvannia.
Ask
why many doctors refuse to take the vaccine, such as Dr. Kent Holtorf, M.D.
who says vaccines have been rushed to market--testing is obviously not a
priority. Dr. Holtorf stated
that neither he nor his children will take the swine flu shot, because
the health risks are too high. After years of observation on the
subject, Dr. Larry Palevsky, M.D. says that “conclusions are made
about vaccine safety and efficacy that just do not fit the scientific
standards I was trained to uphold in medical school.”
On effectiveness, read the CDC’s website
admission that “in some years when vaccine and circulating strains
were not well-matched, no vaccine effectiveness can be demonstrated in
some studies, even in healthy adults. It is not possible in advance of
the influenza season to predict how well the vaccine and circulating
strains will be matched, and how that match may affect the degree of
vaccine effectiveness.”
My challenge to the doctors is
to name three scientific replicated studies that indicate flu shots are
safe and effective. Are there any? Dr. Joseph Mercola, D.O., states that
the “flu vaccine is no more effective for children than a placebo,
according to a large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies with 260,000
children, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.”
A
new study in Canada concludes that flu shots appear to increase risk of
flu infections. This is clearly something to think about before going
for that flu shot.
Since the flu vaccine appears debatable on it
effectiveness and safety, what are the alternatives? Here’s a few that
work and you don’t need a prescription. Do some
research. The library is free. The Internet is free at the library.
- Vitimin
D3. - See Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D by Dr. John
Cannell in the journal Epidemiology
and Infection where he
states influenza is merely a symptom of vitamin D deficiency.
- Sunshine
– Dr. R. Edgar Hope-Simpson discovered the link between a
deficiency in solar radiation and seasonal influenza
- Vitamin
C (Use only NSF GMP Certified vitamins)
- omega-3
fats like krill oil
- Unprocessed
food, no sugar
- garlic
- Avoid
hospitals and vaccines
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