Dear Patients and Friends,
Since the hysteria surrounding the swine flu began in late April our patients continue to ask us countless questions about the disease, the vaccine and the best ways to protect the body naturally. Here are 10 things to understand and consider before being vaccinated or panicking about the swine flu.
1. The World Health Organization did not declare the swine flu a pandemic because of the number of hospitalizations or deaths.
- A pandemic was declared based only upon the virus being present in multiple countries worldwide. Even the mildest virus detected in enough places worldwide would receive the same classification.
2. The number of swine flu cases has been grossly overestimated according to experts mainly because the symptoms of swine flu are identical to that of seasonal flu.
- According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest figures as of September 20, there have been only 300,000 laboratory confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus and 3,917 deaths worldwide.
- Compare this to the WHO’s latest calculations for regular influenza outbreaks, which estimate annually there are around 3-5 million cases of severe flu-related illness, and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths globally.
3. The swine flu epidemic has happened before.
- In 1976, an Army recruit felt sick and weak and died during a training hike. An autopsy revealed the presence of the H1N1 virus (later named swine flu).
- Based upon the presence of this virus a swine flu vaccine was immediately created and administered to 46 million Americans.
- At least 25 people died from the vaccine, more than 500 became paralyzed and the US government paid out over $3.5 billion in damages to those harmed by it. It should be noted that not 1 person, vaccinated or not, died from the swine flu, including other soldiers at the base who became infected with the virus.
4. Swine flu is not a strong virus and in fact is no better or worse than the seasonal flu.
- Both the seasonal and swine flu produce identical symptoms which are fever exceeding 100o, coughing, runny nose and/or sore throat, joint aches, headaches, vomiting and/or diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite.
- Also, both viruses are mild enough where the vast majority of people are able to recover from either without hospitalization or medication.
5. Only those people with severely compromised immune systems are dying or are susceptible to serious harm from either the seasonal flu or the swine flu.
- The flu does not kill those in good health it kills those whose immune systems have lost their ability to protect.
- For example, those children who have died from H1N1 are those with a pre-existing disease such as those causing Vitamin D deficiency which is a main protector against the flu.
- The CDC reports that 36,000 people die annually from the flu but nearly 34,000 of these people also have pneumonia (often associated with late stage cancer, AIDS, etc) and actually die of that, thus the actual figures are that out of hundreds of millions of people only about 1,800 actually die from the flu.
6. The ingredients in the swine flu shot are extremely dangerous. Here are some of the harmful ingredients:
Squalene – an adjuvant, causes severe immune responses and is linked to auto-immune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and Gulf War Syndrome
Thimerosal – mercury, linked to neurological disorders such as autism, the 25mcg within 1 vaccine is 250 times greater than the EPA’s level that is considered safe. We are told not to eat more than 1 serving of fish per week due to mercury yet injecting a large amount into the blood stream is supposedly healthy?
Aluminum — a neurotoxin linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Triton X-100 — a detergent
Phenol (carbolic acid)
Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
Betapropiolactone – a disinfectant
Nonoxynol – used to kill or stop growth of STDs
Octoxinol 9 – a spermicide
Sodium phosphate
7. Anyone harmed by the vaccine has no legal recourse in the event of an adverse reaction.
- In 2001 a law was passed granting those who develop and recommend vaccines during a “health emergency” immunity from any legal prosecution.
- Without the potential to lose billions of dollars in lawsuits the pharmaceutical companies have far less motivation to spend millions testing the H1N1 vaccine.
8. The H1N1 vaccine will be administered before safety tests are even completed.
- Though the safety of vaccines in general can be questioned, it usually takes immunologists 18 months to create and test a vaccine, the H1N1 vaccine was developed for distribution in less than 5.
- Testing thus far has included only 6,000 people not all of whom have even received the same vaccine with the same ingredients. Also, because testing is done on volunteers there is no way to accurately test the effect of the vaccine on certain age groups such as pregnant mothers, the elderly, etc.
- Novartis the manufacturer of the H1N1 vaccine has admitted to the Associated Press that the vaccine will be available to the public before trial testing is even completed.
9. Contracting the swine flu offers far less potential of danger than the vaccine.
- Again, except in those with severely compromised immune system, the swine flu would result in regular flu symptoms and a possible day or 2 of missed work/school. Conversely, the effect of an adverse reaction to a vaccine can be very severe and possibly fatal.
- Guillian Barre Syndrome is a neurological disease that causes partial paralysis and is associated with many vaccines including the flu vaccine. It was the most common form of injury from the swine flu vaccine administered in the 70’s.
- Before any medicine or vaccine is taken one should weigh the risks versus the benefits.
10. You can protect yourself against any type of flu naturally.
- Germs on their own do not make you sick, lowered body defenses do.
- Keep your body strong physically, nutritionally and mentally and observe good hygiene and you will have protection against the swine flu.
- Vitamin D is a powerful defender against viruses. Your body derives Vitamin D from sunlight and thus as it gets colder and we get less and less our defenses against viruses can decrease – thus why we have a “flu season.” Increasing your Vitamin D levels and/or using other different natural supplements can protect you naturally, without risk and more effectively than the vaccine.
- Maintain a healthy nervous system – have a chiropractic spinal checkup to make sure that misalignments in your spine are not irritating spinal nerves and weakening your body’s defenses.
