Roberta Bivins
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 He raised the spectre of influenza, and the putative 'influenza bacillus', which had been blamed but was often not found in clinical cases, yet found prolifically in the sinuses of the healthy.
Thus influenza bacillus may exist and not produce disease; on the other hand, it may be absent and we may still suffer from 'influenza'. This leads to the question, 'what is the significance of a term like influenza'? Does the name denote merely a group of clinical signs and symptoms? Or does it signify that the cause is a specific germ? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 REPPED: In this article, I'm going to explain the real story behind the big international push to get Indonesia and other Asian countries to "share" their H5N1 influenza samples with the rest of the world. As you may know, countries like Australia, the United States and the UK are applying heavy political pressure to Indonesia in an attempt to force it to give up its influenza DNA samples. These nations claim that it's critical for public health and necessary to manufacture vaccines that will save people from the next great pandemic.
Hogwash. Let me explain what's really going on here. |
| Its leaders have figured out that there's no benefit in giving up these H5N1 bird flu influenza samples. In fact, doing so actually works against them, because it puts them in a position of having to beg for vaccines from the world's richest nations during any future global pandemic. And guess what? The world's richest nations are certainly not going to be sending their limited supply of vaccines to poor nations around the world, regardless of where the original influenza samples came from. |
Roberta Bivins
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| He raised the spectre of influenza, and the putative 'influenza bacillus', which had been blamed but was often not found in clinical cases, yet found prolifically in the sinuses of the healthy.
Thus influenza bacillus may exist and not produce disease; on the other hand, it may be absent and we may still suffer from 'influenza'. This leads to the question, 'what is the significance of a term like influenza'? Does the name denote merely a group of clinical signs and symptoms? Or does it signify that the cause is a specific germ? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| As you may know, countries like Australia, the United States and the UK are applying heavy political pressure to Indonesia in an attempt to force it to give up its influenza DNA samples. These nations claim that it's critical for public health and necessary to manufacture vaccines that will save people from the next great pandemic.
Hogwash. Let me explain what's really going on here. The World Health Organization actually conspires with western pharmaceutical companies to acquire influenza samples from poor countries. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 The influenza virus is also rendered inactive by green tea's polyphenols. Researchers at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan, discovered that EGCG binds with the flu virus, thereby preventing it from causing an infection. This is a very promising discovery, since influenza causes many deaths throughout the world. A study of mice demonstrated the anti-influenza action of polyphenols in animals. When one group of mice was infected with the influenza virus, all died within ten days. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| The world's richest nations are certainly not going to be sending their limited supply of vaccines to poor nations around the world, regardless of where the original influenza samples came from. Indonesia has figured out the truth behind all this, which is simply that poor nations will get shafted no matter what by rich, white-dominated, corporate-controlled wealthy nations that will not hesitate to exploit the genetic resources of poorer nations like Indonesia. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Hong Kong's National influenza Centre confirms infection with H5N1 in a third fatal case in Vietnam, the 30-year-old mother of the 12-year-old girl.
Vietnamese health authorities and WHO announce laboratory confirmation of the three cases of human infection with avian H5N1. Confirmation of these three cases marks the third time in recent years that the H5N1 strain has jumped from its avian host to infect humans. The previous human infections occurred in Hong Kong in 1997 (18 cases, six of which were fatal) and again in Hong Kong in February 2003 (two cases, one of which was fatal). |
Roberta Bivins
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| Thus influenza bacillus may exist and not produce disease; on the other hand, it may be absent and we may still suffer from 'influenza'. This leads to the question, 'what is the significance of a term like influenza'? Does the name denote merely a group of clinical signs and symptoms? Or does it signify that the cause is a specific germ? It is, of course, arguable that if it is not this specific germ, it must be some others; it may be so; but does this not show there is a tendency in some quarters to make a fetish of the germ theory? |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 INFLUENZA: Several studies have shown the effectiveness of elderberry in killing influenza strains A and B. In one study, sixty patients who had influenza-like symptoms for less than two days were randomized in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. In those receiving elderberry extract, less medication was required and symptoms were relieved an average of four days earlier compared to those who had received the placebo. In another study with an elderberry-treated group, over ninety-three percent of participants experienced significant relief, including the absence of fever, within two days. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Mild Russian influenza epidemic occurs.
1983 – The second HPAI outbreak occurs in the U.S. Caused by an H5N2 virus, it does not spread among humans. However, this severe poultry epidemic strikes chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl in Pennsylvania and Virginia. It is finally brought under control after the destruction of 17 million birds.
1988 – Wiley, Wilson and Skehel determine the location of the antigenic sites on the hemagglutinin molecule by X-ray crystallography.
1996 – HPAI H5N1 bird flu is isolated from a farmed goose in Guangdong, China. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| Warm elderberry wine is a remedy for sore throat and influenza, and induces perspiration to reverse the effects of a chill. The juice from the berries is an old-fashioned cure for colds, and is also said to relieve asthma and bronchitis. Infusions of the fruit are beneficial for nerve disorders and back pain, and have been used to reduce inflammation of the urinary tract and bladder.
Throw Me a Lifesaver!
INFLUENZA: Several studies have shown the effectiveness of elderberry in killing influenza strains A and B. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Mid-1970s – Researchers realize that enormous pools of influenza virus continuously circulate in wild birds.
1976 – Swine flu breaks out among a handful of soldiers stationed at Fort Dix, N.J. One dies. It's an H1N1 virus, and health officials worry that they are seeing the return of the 1918 H1N1 Spanish Flu pandemic. As the virus is circulating among U.S. pigs, President Gerald Ford calls for a crash vaccination program. Despite delays, a vaccine is made and a quarter of the U.S. population is inoculated. |
| The pathogen is unknown, but thought to be an influenza virus or an adenovirus. Arrangements are made for testing.
WHO assistance in responding to the outbreak is requested. WHO headquarters and the regional office in Manila are alerted.
Jan. 6, 2003 – A member of the press informs the WHO office in Hanoi of rumored chicken deaths in southern Vietnam. The regional office in Manila is alerted.
Jan. 7, 2003 – WHO informs public health officials worldwide through its electronically distributed Outbreak Verification List.
Jan. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| This is a very promising discovery, since influenza causes many deaths throughout the world. A study of mice demonstrated the anti-influenza action of polyphenols in animals. When one group of mice was infected with the influenza virus, all died within ten days. However, when a second group of mice was given polyphenols right after being exposed to the virus, all of the mice survived.17
Perhaps the most exciting research about green tea and viruses has to do with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Caused by an H1N1 flu virus, it is the worst influenza pandemic (and subsequently, epidemic) to date. There are more than half a million U.S. deaths; worldwide death estimates range from 20 million to 100 million. According to WebMD, "The pandemic comes before the era of antibiotics -- which are now essential in treating the secondary bacterial infections that often kill flu-weakened patients -- so it's difficult to say whether this flu would have the same dreadful impact in the modern world. |
| In the investigation of possible human-to-human transmission in Vietnam, results from the analysis of virus isolated from the second sister in the family cluster show that the virus is of avian origin and contains no human influenza genes. WHO issues guidelines for global surveillance aimed at monitoring spread of H5N1 infection in human and animal populations.
The number of farms in China with confirmed H5N1 outbreaks increases from 19 to 23.
Feb. 12, 2003 – Thailand confirms its sixth case, a 13-year-old boy. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Even though, as many as 50 million people were killed by a single strain of the influenza virus.
Today, conditions are far more favorable to the spread of infectious disease. With high population density, and ease of air travel around the world, an outbreak could spread to virtually every city in the world in a matter of a few days. From there, it could spread relatively easily to citizens of those cities. That's why estimates of the number of people who could die in the next influenza pandemic are reaching astronomical proportions. |
Marshall Editions
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 DIAGNOSIS
The influenza virus is a highly contagious respiratory infection. It affects everyone at some time or another, and can be a debilitating illness. There are usually several outbreaks of different flu strains every winter. Once you have been infected by a particular strain of flu you become immune to it. Flu shots are designed yearly to fight the flu bug that is prevalent in a particular year, so immunization is necessary on an annual basis. influenza is spread through sneezing and coughing, when water droplets carrying the virus become airborne and are breathed in by others. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Not only should you take action to protect yourself and your families, you should also take action to prevent the spread of influenza if you or anyone in your family becomes ill."
This is the White House talking, mind you, using phrases like, "... these new strains have the potential to sweep the globe, causing millions of illnesses, in what is called a pandemic." The official report, entitled National Strategy for Pandemic influenza, goes on to say, "A pandemic, or worldwide outbreak of a new influenza virus, could... |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 Unfortunately, it turns out that this influenza vaccine bestows no particular advantage against dying from the flu or any related cause. Indeed flu season mortality for older people declined from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Since then it has remained constant.21
Thus, what we expected was not what actually happened. Were a standard medical practice such as influenza vaccines to disappear, the effect on mortality among the elderly would be negligible. The example seemed to illustrate our thesis. Perhaps we actually could assess medicine's performance with a thought experiment. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 In October 1976, the National influenza Immunization Program officially began. Initially, nearly 1 million Americans were vaccinated each week, with the number growing to more than 4 million a week by the end of that first month. By the middle of November, 6 million Americans were being vaccinated each week. From the very start of the campaign, the National influenza Immunization Program ran a well-organized surveillance system, monitoring for adverse side effects. Within the first two months, concerns from that early warning system began to emerge. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Children and adolescents ages six months to 18 years who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy and, therefore, might be at risk for experiencing Reye's syndrome after influenza infection.
•Children ages six months to 23 months.
•Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season.
For my healthy patients, I recommend focusing on powerful, natural cold-and-flu-fighting strategies rather than vaccination.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A FLU PANDEMIC
Experts are concerned about a global flu epidemic (pandemic) that could kill millions around the world—and it is quite possible. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zele (Zanamivir) are used in the treatment of the influenza virus and are promoted as potentially useful agents for the prevention of bird flu. Tamiflu is taken as a pill twice a day for five days; Zanamivir is inhaled through a device, called a diskhaler, that delivers the medicine to the lungs. These medications are neuraminidase inhibitors that prevent replication of influenza A and B viruses by interfering with the production and release of the virus from cells that line the respiratory tract. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 If a "dirty bomb" exposed a large segment of US citizens simultaneously to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, tetanus, pertussis, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenza B, three strains of polio viruses, 3 strains of influenza viruses, measles, mumps, and rubella viruses, the chickenpox virus, and 7 strains of Streptococcus bacteria, we would declare a national emergency. We would call it an "extreme act of BIOTERRORISM." The public outcry would be immense and our government would act accordingly. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| People developed Guillain-Barre after widescale influenza vaccination programs, cementing the epidemiologic evidence that influenza strains other than the swine flu could also induce GBS. This isn't all that surprising, given Harley and James's discovery that molecular mimicry between a protein in a virus and a protein in the body could lead to autoimmune disease. But it was a startling realization at the time. |
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