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Why the bird flu virus is less deadly but more dangerous Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

A few years ago, we saw the beginnings of this with sars. Thankfully, sars was controlled, but it was by no means a sure thing. sars almost got completely out of control; it almost became the next global pandemic. If it wasn't for some outstanding work by the CDC, the WHO and by countries like Canada, that disease would have become a global killer. It would have produced an extremely high body count. SARS, revisited Right now, the H5N1 bird flu virus is poised to follow in the footsteps of sars. Hopefully, we've learned some lessons from sars around the world.

Interview with Keith Moeller of American Biotech Labs on the disinfectant powers of colloidal silver Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We actually have data from the NIH, we've got them to test it on sars. And our AGX product was able to get greater than 99 percent kill on sars [virus] in 60 minutes. Mike: Was this outside of the body though? Moeller: Yes, but what that means is that you could actually disinfect a hospital with the people in it. Right now, in order to disinfect for sars, you have to take all the people out of the hospital, you disinfect the hospital, you disinfect from the disinfectant, and then you can let the people back in.

How to survive a flu pandemic by strengthening your immune system now Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

These measures were imposed by a country that wasn't even hit hard by sars. If influenza becomes widespread, you can expect every airport to become a major checkpoint and convenient travel to be history. If you even cough in public, you will probably be arrested and quarantined for a period of three weeks. Indeed, society will have the right to do that to you in order to protect its other members. If you are in a public place and start showing symptoms of influenza, sars or whatever infectious disease is currently in play, you will have no rights.

In fact, I think it's a minor miracle that sars did not become a global pandemic a few years ago. Once again, the WHO, the CDC and infectious disease experts deserve tremendous credit for identifying sars and stopping its spread using what might only be called rather radical procedures or safeguards. Whether or not they will be able to catch the H5N1 influenza virus in time to stop the spread of that monster is entirely unknown. Remember: This isn't in the hands of scientists.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

In Al Gore's 2006 movie An Inconvenient Truth, a disturbing chart cites rising rates of illnesses, among them sars, malaria, Ebola virus, and avian flu. The documentary's accompanying Web site states that with continued warming, deaths from climate-related illness are expected to rise sharply over the next two decades, according to projections by the World Health Organization. The question emerges: As the planet warms from pollution and infection-bearing mosquitoes and ticks proliferate in more temperate climates, how much will illness rates rise?

Why the bird flu virus is less deadly but more dangerous Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Hopefully, we've learned some lessons from sars around the world. The statements we're hearing from the CDC and the WHO indicate we have learned these lessons the hard way. People on the inside know that we almost got nailed by sars. If it had infected the US population, it could have easily killed millions of people. They don't want that to happen with bird flu, so they're being more cautious and raising the alarm, rather than getting caught with their pants down, so to speak, and trying to play catch up with a virus that's already become a pandemic.

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The current fear is reminiscent of the way many people blew out of proportion the risk for contracting anthrax, West Nile virus, sars and mad cow disease. I warn my patients that too much worry can lead to overeating, cigarette smoking and drinking too much alcohol. It also can increase levels of circulating stress hormones in the blood, which places more demand on the heart and appears to contribute to heart disease and stroke. But these very real diseases seem abstract when compared to the scary-looking chickens we regularly see on TV. Our own brains make us easy prey to such distortions.

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

And today epidemiologists are worried that with the rapid spread of sars and bird flu, another pandemic might be in the making. In response, we have to develop a way to combat those foreign invaders. Certainly, many infections today are fought with antibiotics or prevented with vaccines, but from an evolutionary perspective, we also had to figure out a way to get ourselves off that internal treadmill where bacteria was keeping us running in place. The answer? Sex. Sexual reproduction is crucial to keeping up with the constant cycle of one-upmanship between pathogens and you, their human hosts.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Occasionally a new disease appears: AIDS, sars, West Nile virus.... But in the absence of true diseases, diseases such as "prostate problems" and "dropped bladder syndrome" may be identified or reclassified. These can be counted on to provide a money stream by requiring one or more pills a day for successful treatment.3 • Marketing staffs are increasing while R&D rosters remain static or decline in corporations' race for unrestrained profits. This is nothing short of exploitation of disease for profit.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

Glycyrrhizin was the most potent inhibitor of sars replication with a selectivity index of 67 (during and after virus adsorption), with selectivity indexes for 6-azauridine of 6 and 12 for Pyrazofurin. Mycophenolic acid and ribavirin demonstrated no activity. Timing of administration was important; glycyrrhizin was most effective when given both during and after adsorption. The selectivity index for glycyrrhizin after virus adsorption was 33 and during virus adsorption was 8.3 (Cinatl et al, 2003).

One recent study showed activity against sars (Cinatl et al, 2003). Intravenous treatment with a glycyrrhizin solution prevented the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Licorice has also demonstrated some promise in the treatment of cancer in animals and in vitro. The use of glycyrrhizin for herpes zoster has been supported by a small trial, but more studies are needed to elucidate licorice's role. Licorice appears to benefit peptic ulcerations, but needs more research to support its role as an effective treatment.

How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace Paul D. Blanc, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Health care workers are an obvious example of those who were especially hard-hit by sars. Another key occupational group in that epidemic was composed of workers who had contact with animals. Indeed, these workers may have been the original source of the outbreak. People who work with animals for a living (including veterinarians and pet shop employees) were also prominently at risk for monkey pox infection. Deliberate contamination with anthrax may have endangered letter sorters and carriers in the early years of this century, but anthrax has always been an occupational illness.

Avian flu, sars, anthrax, monkey pox, and West Nile virus are all fresh enough that they make other relatively recent insurgents such as hantavirus, Lyme disease, multiple-drug-resistant TB, and even HIV seem like seasoned veterans. Emerging pathogens consume an ever-increasing amount of limited public health resources. The Centers for Disease Control have recently invested many millions of dollars in state-of-the-art command centers to track new outbreaks.

Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes Michael J. Panzner See book keywords and concepts

Deteriorating health, sanitation, and pest control will lay the groundwork for tuberculosis and other epidemics, as well as virulent pandemics like sars. These diseases will not only endanger the lives of millions but will also create a sense of isolation and uncertainty that will add to the downward spiral. Feeling trapped and desperate, countless ordinary Americans will be wracked with feelings of bitterness, resentment, guilt, and frustration as they find it hard to come to grips with the pervasive fallout of a full-scale economic disaster.

Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

We still can't cure viruses that range from the common cold to the ones causing sars or HIV. But while most medicines are not curative, they certainly can help the patient, either by beating back the cause of the disease or by reducing symptoms. The new medicines for HIV disease are illustrative. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). If this virus is left untreated, more than 90 percent of the people it infects will die.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

As anyone who watches the six o'clock news well knows, the emergence of pathogens with the potential to become global pandemics is driving a frenzied search for new vaccines for avian flu and viruses such as sars. For those with autoimmune disease, however, these vaccines might prove just as worrisome as they are reassuring.

Interview with Keith Moeller of American Biotech Labs on the disinfectant powers of colloidal silver Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And our AGX product was able to get greater than 99 percent kill on sars [virus] in 60 minutes. Mike: Was this outside of the body though? Moeller: Yes, but what that means is that you could actually disinfect a hospital with the people in it. Right now, in order to disinfect for sars, you have to take all the people out of the hospital, you disinfect the hospital, you disinfect from the disinfectant, and then you can let the people back in. In this case, you can actually disinfect the hospital with the people in there, and within an hour you've killed the bug.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

The emergence of West Nile virus in North America, and AIDS and sars globally, Cunningham points out, arose from such travel and trade in an age when "travelers can be in the middle of a tropical jungle one day and commuting to their desk in London the next." With world air travel expected to grow at about 5 percent a year for at least the next twenty years, the global crisis of newly emerging infectious diseases is unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Others argue for the impact of global warming and hotter weather on growing rates of infectious diseases.

Ebola virus outbreaks are linked to mining development in previously untouched areas as well as hunters looking for exotic bush meat; the AIDS pandemic is believed to have originated from human encroachment into African forests where wild chimpanzees were a reservoir for the virus; and fruit bats in remote areas are thought to be the original source of several high profile zoonotic pathogens which have spread to humans, the most recent of which is sars. Similarly, H5N1 virus, or avian flu, is often the result of farmers and infected fowl crowding together in prime living space.

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: CHANGING VIRUSES AND GLOBAL WARMING One can hardly talk about viruses in the twenty-first century without grappling with the emergence of a number of virulent new pathogens such as the H5N1 virus (avian or bird flu), West Nile virus, Ebola virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or sars. These new potential plagues tend to result, in part, from the global spread of industrialization, which pushes humans toward ever-closer contact with wildlife as we encroach into what were once solely wildlife habitats.

Introduction to How to Beat the Bird Flu -- Better safe than sorry: It pays to prepare for the unknown Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We had a narrow escape from the influenza virus sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) a few years ago. sars was a virus that was quite lethal and quite contagious, and if you remember, spread to several different countries, including Canada, before the disease authorities got it under control. It very nearly got out of control and became a global pandemic, so we had a narrow escape from that one. But even then, some things happened in the market in terms of what people purchased and what things were wiped out.

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century James Howard Kunstler See book keywords and concepts

Cheap oil makes it possible for an airplane to carry live Asian mosquitoes to the Caribbean, where those mosquitoes have unleashed dengue fever, or for a person infected with sars to travel from China to Toronto in a day's time, or for someone to carry AIDS from Johannesburg to Atlanta. As the Long Emergency proceeds, and globalism winds down, this kind of travel and traffic will decrease, but much of the damage has already been done. West Nile virus and dengue fever are already established in places where they had not previously been. They are probably there to stay.

There are four basic categories of diseases that pose different kinds of threat to the American public: (1) the new diseases, including AIDS, sars, bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease"), and "designer" bugs developed in labs; (2) the old standard diseases with developed immunity to antimicrobial drugs; (3) invading vector-borne exotics moving into new territory, such as dengue fever, malaria, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease; and (4) viral epidemic influenzas.9 Some diseases apply in more than one category.

An elite in some nation with terrible population pressures might engineer a disease and a vaccine at the same time, inoculating fellow members of the elite while loosing an epidemic on its own citizens. The sars virus was suspected of being a prototype in this category. Severe acute respiratory syndrome first appeared in Asia in February 2003, out of nowhere, related to the coronavirus typically associated with the common cold.

More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

It can be used as an effective non-drug treatment for herpes, immune disorders, colds and flus, and is even a potential cure for sars and the Asian Bird Flu! I challenge the FTC, the FDA, or any other local, state, or federal regulator or law enforcement agency to come and arrest me for speaking such heresy. It is interesting to note and remember that people were put to death for saying such outrageous things such as the earth is round and not flat, bloodletting does not cure disease, or the sun does not revolve around the earth! This feels good and is liberating! Let me do it again. Dr.

Interview with David Wolfe on raw foods, the bird flu and herbal healing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is known to kill sars. Reishi mushroom is one of the great immune system supporting substances ever. Generally, if you're out in the forest and you find a wild reishi mushroom, you want to do a tea of it. You bring it home and dry it and make a tea out of it, and that's how you do it. That's really, really rare. What I recommend is going to a health food store and finding reishi mushroom extracts. They're perfectly prepared, highly digestible and work incredibly well.

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