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Despite a 2004 campaign promise to the contrary, President Bush promised to veto the HHS-Labor-Education Appropriations Bill, which includes a measure to ban childhood flu vaccines that contain thimerosal because of cost concerns. As for now, despite the warnings, flu vaccines which contain thimerosal continue to be recommended for all pregnant women, infants and children, even though the Institute of Medicine recommended in 2001 that these population groups not be exposed to thimerosal-containing vaccines.

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Recently, the US has been stockpiling flu vaccines, yet these are not likely to be of much help. Influenza (and other viruses) constantly change their structure just enough so that the immune system doesn't recognize them. The mutation of viruses makes it difficult for manufacturers to predict which flu strain (out of the many hundreds) will make its way to the US. Flu vaccines are manufactured several months before flu season actually begins, so they may not be accurate at all for the incoming influenza strain.

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Why is the United States government so anxious to invest billions in Tamiflu and flu vaccines laced with mercury? The Boston Globe reported that alarmed infectious disease specialists have indicated that excessive use of Tamiflu and other antiviral drugs could lead to the emergence of flu strains that do not respond to anti-virals, making both avian and regular flu strains even more of a health threat. Yet another reason for using a natural protocol is raised and as usual, ignored by medical authorities. Dr.

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Even after the woes that Big Pharma experienced between 2004 and 2007—the withdrawal of Vioxx from the market, the loss of half of the injectable flu vaccines because of quality control problems, and a growing public awareness of profiteering and an all-too-cozy relationship with the Bush administration—no one should worry unduly about the industry's fortunes.

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For that reason, most physicians advise those who have had Guillain-Barre syndrome not to receive flu vaccines. While concerns over the ill effects of vaccines make up as many headlines as do our efforts to invent new ones, it nevertheless seems prudent to underscore how much society as a whole has benefited from wide-scale vaccinations before launching into a deeper examination of the growing data finding a causal link between vaccines and autoimmune disease. If you were born about a hundred years ago and came down with a case of diphtheria, your life would have been at stake.

Mercury, in one of its forms, thimerosal, is still used in some flu vaccines and some over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Present until recently in virtually every vaccine children received throughout the 1990s, including hepatitis B, bacterial meningitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus, thimerosal is now the subject of a well-known heated controversy questioning whether cumulative doses in childhood vaccines may play a role in autism and other developmental delays.

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According to a Department of Health and Human Services press release, "Pandemic virus will likely be unaffected by currently available flu vaccines that are modified each year to match the strains of the virus that are known to be in circulation among humans around the world." Normally, changes occur gradually in the influenza viruses that appear. A pandemic influenza virus is particularly dangerous due to the major, sudden shift that is seen in the virus's structure. This increases the pandemic influenza virus's ability to cause illness in a large proportion of the population.

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Although flu vaccines can never be accurate, employers encourage millions of their employees submit to a flu shot each year, trying to avoid the loss of working days. Influenza always starts in the Far East, and then spreads to the West in early winter, reaching its peak during February and March. It may come in either of three types, A, B, or C. During the last several years, type A has been the dominant version. What makes vaccination against the flu so unsuccessful is that the strains of the flu virus are different every year and the so-called protection lasts for only six months.

The new formula for flu vaccines is called the "subvirion," which basically is a mutilated virus "blended, spliced and macerated" until just bits and pieces of the original virus are left. This in no way makes the virus less dangerous. In fact, the antigens or foreign proteins in the vaccine, for which the body is forced to produce antibodies, are still as poisonous and harmful as the live virus. Besides the subvirion, plenty of other substances are added to the flu vaccine, most of which you would never want to consciously ingest.

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Tom Jefferson, an epidemiologist working for the Cochrane Collaboration in Rome, Italy, a nonprofit organization that conducts analyses of published clinical trials, led a group that performed a comprehensive review of the published data on flu vaccines. He concluded,5 "The optimistic and confident tone of some predictions of viral circulation and of the impact of inactivated vaccines, which are at odds with the evidence, is striking.

In other words, the overuse of the flu vaccine is related to: (1) overzealous policy makers with good intentions but a lack of knowledge of the evidence; (2) the attitude that "it can't hurt"; and (3) the influence of the profit motive in selling millions of flu vaccines. Most cases of the so-called flu are actually "influenzalike diseases," that is, infections caused by viruses other than the flu that are not prevented by the flu vaccine. In addition, the influenza vaccine does not prevent the most virulent forms of influenza, the ones that can actually cause death.

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In an article entitled The Flu Vaccine Myth, Croft Woodruff presents the case that flu vaccines may actually increase the risk of developing neurological pathologies: ... according to Hugh Fudenberg, md, ... If an individual has had five flu shots between 1970 and 1980 (the years studied) her chances of getting Alzheimer's Disease is 10 times higher than if she had one, two or no shots. When asked why this was so, Fudenberg said it was due to the mercury and aluminum that is in every flu shot (and most childhood shots).

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As for now, despite the warnings, flu vaccines which contain thimerosal continue to be recommended for all pregnant women, infants and children, even though the Institute of Medicine recommended in 2001 that these population groups not be exposed to thimerosal-containing vaccines. One in every six women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her bloodstream to cause neurological damage to her unborn children, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Haim Danenberg of Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem says, "Subjects who have been given repeated flu vaccines had lower antibody levels against three major strains of flu than those who were not vaccinated. Our studies showed that a decreased immune response to some influenza strains may follow repeated annual vaccinations." He's saying that if you go out and get vaccinated, you're actually weakening your immune system over the long term. In other words, by getting an annual flu shot, you are making yourself more susceptible to the flu in subsequent years.

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At any rate, over 50 percent of the time, flu vaccines contain the wrong antigen and will not protect you, and a significant number of the vaccinated elderly actually contract flu because of the vaccine. Elderly persons with pre-existing neurological illnesses, who have recently had surgery or who are recovering from an illness, should not have the vaccination. It will further lower immunity and can activate more serious latent viruses. Step Two: Improve Nutrition During Pregnancy You should take a good prenatal vitamin throughout your pregnancy.

Refuse all vaccines, including flu vaccines, containing mercury (thimerosal). I always warn elderly patients against taking the flu vaccine. Instead, use nutritional supplementation and a healthy diet. It is much more effective and far less hazardous. Multiple studies have shown that the reason the elderly are so susceptible to the flu is because of age-related immune deficiencies, which I will discuss in chapter nine.

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Russell Blaylock, author of Excitoxins, explains, "Flu vaccines contain 25 units of organic mercury. These vaccinations, which offer little protection against yearly flu virus strains, are heavily promoted by the CDC, Public Health Department and most physicians." So, along with the useless dose of the flu vaccine and the pain of getting jabbed in the arm with a needle, you also get, as a bonus, organic mercury, which is a heavy metal linked to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

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Epidemic influenza is extremely difficult to counteract. flu vaccines developed in any given year are notoriously ineffective against new strains that come along the following year. It takes seven months or more to create, test, manufacture, and distribute a vaccine developed in direct response to a new virus, and by that time the disease can burn through global populations. If a pandemic broke out today, hospital facilities would be overwhelmed. Nurses and doctors would be infected along with the rest of the population.

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Most people do not need flu vaccines." Splenda claim unsubstantiated and false." Broad-spectrum antibiotics pose serious health threat." Scientists say road salt causes disease." • "Seventy-five percent of Americans over fifty are pharmaceutical drug addicts." • "The American Medical Association admits prescription drug side effects are now the fourth leading cause of death in America." • "An FDA scientist admits Vioxx alone may have caused as many as 150,000 deaths. The FDA is virtually defenseless against similar catastrophes with other drugs.

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PREVENTION ¦ flu vaccines are offered yearly. These are sometimes recommended by family physicians for people who are most likely to be exposed to or endangered by the illness, such as health-care workers, elderly people, and people with chronic heart, lung, or kidney diseases. The flu shot itself may cause mild flulike symptoms. Also, since flu vaccines are formulated based on viruses that have caused outbreaks in the past, they may or may not be effective in preventing flu caused by this year's virus.

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At the Centers for Disease Control, Sencer's staff began searching the medical journals, asking whether there was any hint in the published literature of a link between flu vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome. Were the cases something to be expected, a normal, though rare, consequence of all flu vaccines? Or was there something peculiar about this flu vaccine? Or were they simply a statistical fluke, a chance occurrence that had nothing to do with the fact that the patients had just been immunized against swine flu? A search of the published papers was reassuring.

Normally, a group appointed by the Surgeon General—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice—decided in January what flu vaccines should be produced for the next year. In January 1976, the group had recommended vaccines against A/Victoria influenza, with enough vaccine to protect the 40 million Americans who were over the age of sixty-five or who had chronic diseases. By the end of February, the four companies that make flu vaccines— Merck, Merrell National, Parke-Davis, and Wyeth—had already made about 20 million doses of a vaccine against the A/Victoria flu.

He interviewed a doctor who had helped produce flu vaccines in 1918. The doctor, Crosby said, told him that the vaccines were just a soup made of blood and mucus of flu patients that had been filtered to get rid of large cells and debris. When they injected it into people's arms their arms became horribly sore. "So they thought it really worked." Anecdotes spread. There was the story of four women who played bridge together one night. The next day, three were dead from the flu. There were tales of people who set off for work and died of influenza hours later.

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Every autumn we start to hear announcements about when it will be ready and who should take it. flu vaccines are a relatively new phenomenon, and there are certainly some people who should take them. Diabetics, people who have emphysema or chronic lung disease, and people who are susceptible to pneumonia or other secondary infections should definitely get a shot. Since flu viruses mutate wildly, a new vaccine has to be made up every year to protect against the new dominant strain. Some people do have some side effects from the shot, such as malaise or mild flu symptoms for a day or two.

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On the other hand, possible lifelong, adverse effects may occur from immunization, although recent research suggests there is less potential danger from immunizations than from acquiring these various infections, and, therefore, almost all doctors suggest immunization for children, and most people follow their advice. flu vaccines and traveler's immunizations are questioned more. As you can see, there is no clear answer as to whether we should immunize our children. Though there is much strong support for doing so, there is also a decent case against immunizing.

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Also, since flu vaccines are formulated based on viruses that have caused outbreaks in the past, they may or may not be effective in preventing flu caused by this year's virus. ¦ Astragalus helps to build the immune system, and thus make you less vulnerable to the flu. Take 250 to 500 milligrams in the morning three times a week during the flu season. Note: Do not take this herb if you have a fever. ¦ American ginseng helps to boost the immune system and strengthen the body. Take 200 milligrams one-half hour before breakfast once or twice a week during the winter months.

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Haim Dannengerg of the Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, the study showed that the subjects (whose average age was seventy-two) who had been given repeated flu vaccines had lower antibody levels against three major strains of flu than those who were not vaccinated. Dr. Dannengerg also found, "Our study showed that a decreased immune response to some influenza strains may follow repeated annual vaccinations."4 Antibiotics, once considered allopathic medicine's answer to infectious disease, are being viewed as the cause of dangerous superinfections.

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Afterall, contaminated polio vaccines in the early 1960s resulted in brain cancer SV-40 virus; contaminated swine flu vaccines in the 1970s caused polio-like diseases. Could it be possible that AIDS was man-made? In 1972, the same year the WHO's smallpox vaccination program began, the WHO had advertised in their monthly newsletter, the Bulletin, for volunteers (scientists) to create and study AIDS-like viruses: "An attempt should be made to see if viruses can in fact exert selective effects on immune function.

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The published reports on Guillain-Barre hardly hinted at an association with flu vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control concluded. But that, of course, did not reveal whether this flu vaccine, the swine flu vaccine, might be causing the disease. In order to answer that question, epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control would have to know how common the disease was, which would allow them to say whether there had been a sudden spike in cases following the swine flu immunization campaign.

Were the cases something to be expected, a normal, though rare, consequence of all flu vaccines? Or was there something peculiar about this flu vaccine? Or were they simply a statistical fluke, a chance occurrence that had nothing to do with the fact that the patients had just been immunized against swine flu? A search of the published papers was reassuring. The Centers for Disease Control announced to the public in December 1976 that they had found reports of 1,100 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. One person had had a flu shot before becoming ill.

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