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Swine Flu and Vaccination info thread
There have been many treads discussing the Swine Flu. This thread was started in the interest of keeping all pertinent information in one area.
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Thank you... I will be a regular visitor, and contribute when I can.
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Doctors told to watch for GBS during Swine Flu vaccination programme
Sunday, August 16, 2009 Doctors are being urged to watch for cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder, as the new swine flu vaccine is introduced in October. Guillain-Barre syndrome which attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis and death is linked to infections like flu but it has also been suggested a previous swine flu vaccine had caused cases of the disease in America in the 1970s. American officials rushed out a vaccine in 1976 following an outbreak of swine flu in military barracks. Around 40million people received the vaccine but doctors reported an increase Guillain-Barre and 25 people had died before the immunisation programme was stopped. It is not known for sure whether the vaccine or the flu was responsible and the current H1N1 swine flu jabs due to be introduced in Britain in October are very different to the version used thirty years ago, Government scientists have said. However specialist doctors here are being urged to report every case of Guillain-Barre syndrome to the Health Protection Agency so the circumstances of each patient can be investigated. Sources told the Daily Telegraph that experts are not expecting to spot any cases linked to the vaccinations. They added that because Guillain-Barre can be caused by infections like flu, the new programme may in fact establish that vaccinations actually protect against the syndrome. The syndrome affects around 1,500 people a year in the Britain. A Health Protection Agency spokesman said enhanced surveillance was �routine� when introducing a new vaccine and all manner of potential side effects are monitored. More than 13 million people in Britain, including people with severe asthma, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease or with a compromised immune system will get the jab from October. Pregnant women and frontline health and social care workers will also be offered the jab. The seasonal flu vaccination programme will continue as normal. The spokesman said: �Guillain-Barre syndrome has long been identified as a potential adverse event that would require enhanced surveillance following the introduction of a pandemic vaccine but there is no evidence to suggest there is an increased risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome from this vaccine.� He said there was also no increased risk of the syndrome associated with the seasonal flu vaccine. �Establishing enhanced surveillance on Guillain-Barre syndrome has always been part of our pandemic plan because there is an increased risk of this disease after a flu-like illness. �HPA is working in collaboration with the Association of British Neurologists Surveillance Unit (BNSU) and the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) who will ask clinicians to report each month whether they have seen any cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome.� However critics have said the fact doctors are being told to report cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome is evidence that the authorities are concerned. Jackie Fletcher of the campaign group, Jabs, added: �What we�ve got is a massive guinea-pig trial.� A Department of Health spokesman said: �The European Medicines Agency has strict processes in place for licensing pandemic vaccines. �In preparing for a pandemic, appropriate trials to assess safety and the immune responses have been carried out on vaccines very similar to the swine flu vaccine. The vaccines have been shown to have a good safety profile.< �It is extremely irresponsible to suggest that the UK would use a vaccine without careful consideration of safety issues. The UK has one of the most successful immunisation programmes in the world.� http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/...-guillain.html |
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for fans of Mike Adams / Natural News
H1N1 Swine Flu Scenarios: Best Case, Worst Case Predictions NaturalNews) When it comes to swine flu, the public predictions are all over the map: On one hand, governments don't want you to be so worried that you start to panic and stay home from work, but they want you to be worried enough to submit to a vaccine injection. Beyond the vaccine propaganda and the WHO's agenda to prop up the profits of drug companies by seizing control of the intellectual property of influenza viruses, what's really likely to happen this year as the virus spreads? Here, I present some educated guesses on the best case / worst case scenarios we may see unfold with the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Best Case, Worst Case for your kids in public schools Best Case: A few sneezers at school get isolated or masks are slapped on their faces. Infections are mild and deaths are few. Worst Case: Mutating strains of the swine flu storm like a wildfire through the public school system, infecting tens of millions of children, killing tens of thousands, and shuttering the school system for much of the 2009 / 2010 school year. Likely Case: (By "likely" I mean my own educated guess on roughly what seems to be the more probable outcome.) Some schools close due to spreading influenza, but most stay open. Lots of children are infected, but more children are seriously harmed by the vaccines than by the virus itself. Best Case, Worst Case for the H1N1 swine flu severity Best Case: The flu remains mild, killing no more people than season flu (which the CDC claims kills 30,000 Americans a year). Worst Case: The flu quickly mutates to become resistant to both Tamiflu and the vaccines being given to people. It ramps up through December then hits hard in January and February when most people are vitamin D deficient. Over a billion people around the world become infected, and millions die. Likely Case: While this is a very difficult prediction to make, I wouldn't be surprised to see worldwide infections exceed one billion people. The total number of deaths is a wildcard. One million deaths worldwide from swine flu over the next two winters is not an unreasonable estimate based on historical accounts of pandemics. Best Case, Worst Case for the Swine Flu Vaccine Best Case: The vaccine performs as advertised by Big Pharma, protecting people from swine flu infections while harming no one. Worst Case: The vaccine is worse than the swine flu itself. Rather than protecting people, it causes the death of many thousands (or even millions, if you subscribe to the population control theory on swine flu vaccines). Likely Case: In my view, the vaccine itself is a real wildcard here. Testing has been extremely limited, and no long-term testing will be conducted at all before it is injected into people. The vaccine will most likely cause a few short-term deaths (people dying within 48 hours, for example), but the real issue may be the long-term risks of the vaccine. What happens six months later? Will it cause paralysis in some people? Will it harm immune system function or damage vital organs in a way that could not be detected in the short-term? That's what I think the real risk is with the vaccine: What it does to you over time (if you survive the first 48 hours). Best Case, Worst Case for the infrastructure of society Best Case: Zero disruptions. A few people get sick, but they sleep it off and return to work. The power, water, public safety, food supplies and other key infrastructure components remain fully intact, barely skipping a beat. Worst Case: Mad Max. Total collapse of complex society. The number of sick people surpasses a tipping point, leading to critical failures that cascade into larger failures. Before long, the complexity of modern society unravels, collapsing into a simpler society, along with a huge reduction in population from starvation and disease. Likely Case: Temporary but serious disruptions in early 2010 as swine flu infections peak, sending a significant portion of the workforce home to recover. Expect random, local service outages and unpredictable delays in the delivery of food, fuel, and other essentials. Eventually, however, society will recover from the pandemic and go on to face other crises (such as the demise of the U.S. dollar and the looming debt crisis). Best Case, Worst Case for hospitals and health care Best Case: Few infections mean hospitals have plenty of capacity. The anti-viral drugs work well and the vaccines work as intended. Worst Case: Hospitals overflow with the dead as local school gymnasiums are requisitioned for use as makeshift morgues (a la 1918). Hospitals become death zones where the virus spreads (and mutates). The virus quickly acquires immunity to Tamiflu while further mutations outflank all available vaccines. People attempting to enter hospitals are simply sent home to die. Likely Case: Hospitals are stressed to near-breaking point status as infected patients flood into emergency rooms worldwide. Anti-viral drugs remain in short supply while hospitals become seriously short-staffed due to workers becoming infected themselves. Public service messages are aired to encourage infected patients to stay home and avoid flooding emergency rooms. How to make it better for you in any case Regardless of whether the "best case" or "worst case" scenario materializes (or something in between), note carefully that there is nothing mentioned here that you cannot survive if you're well prepared. Simply boosting your own health through the use of vitamin D, superfoods and targeted nutritional supplements can greatly increase your ability to stay off the "victim" lists and remain in control of your own health destiny. You can also insulate yourself against potential infrastructure failures quite easily through basic preparedness measures (food, water, heat, shelter, etc.) Check out our courses on pandemic preparedness to learn more on that topic: http://www.truthpublishing.com/Swin... and this audio program with Dr. Sheldon Marks: http://www.truthpublishing.com/Prod... Simple preparedness will help keep you safe, healthy and confident no matter what the swine flu pandemic brings. That's the real message here: Be prepared, not scared! Plan for things in advance and they won't bite you back. The coming H1N1 pandemic is no different: It's something you can see well in advance. So plan for it, and you most likely won't be surprised and harmed by it. When the virus surges this fall, nobody can honestly claim "I didn't know!" Everybody knows it's coming. Yet the vast majority will do nothing to prepare, blindly putting their trust and faith in a failed health care system that only seeks to extract profit from the pandemic rather than actually teaching people how to get healthy enough to survive on their own. Don't be part of the "do nothing" crowd. Prepare now, and you'll thank your living, breathing self later. Hopefully, after the winter of 2009 / 2010, we can all take a look back at articles like this one and say thank goodness the worst case scenario never unfolded. http://www.naturalnews.com/026837_sw..._pandemic.html |
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How Will Swine Flu Affect ( Florida ) Storm Shelters?
ORLANDO -- As Florida emergency managers watch the movement of tropical weather on both sides of the state, concerns are rising about how the H1N1 swine flu virus will affect their shelter operations. Leaders from Emergency Management, the Health Department and the Red Cross have been in talks for a few weeks. They said they have discussed different ideas on how to handle the potential problem. Although no official decisions have made, emergency managers said they would need to keep anyone with swine flu in a separate area of the shelter. Leaders said they do not want people to be afraid to come to the shelters. http://www.cfnews13.com/Health/YourH...shelters.html# |
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for any parents - does your childs school have a flu plan ?
NYC schools prepare for 2nd outbreak of swine flu At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their hands several times a day. There will be unit on swine flu in health class. In the weeks after the swine flu outbreak that began at the Queens parochial school, New York City became a viral epicenter and focus of the nation's fears of the illness, sickening as many as 1 million, killing 47 people and closing dozens of public and private schools. While educators and health officials decide how best to ward off a stronger strain of the virus in the fall, St. Francis Assistant Principal Patrick McLaughlin said his students may have already learned from experience to be vigilant. He already noticed the changes: Sharing water bottles at school suddenly became a major transgression. And in 25 years of teaching health class, McLaughlin had never seen students get so excited about communicable diseases. "I don't want them to come to school being afraid," McLaughlin says, standing by neat rows of empty classroom chairs. "But I do want that awareness ... that knowledge, that it's out there. It could come back. Be ready for it." No one wants to call the city's outbreak a blessing, but the spring's out-of-season flu invasion did provide a peculiar kind of gift. Now New York City's Health Department and schools are trying to take advantage of the lead time _ preparing for a fall season that is expected to be even worse. The details of the city's swine flu plan are still being finalized by a Health Department panel. And like St. Francis Prep, the city's public schools are largely waiting to follow the lead of the agency, which hopes to have its recommendations by the first day of school, said Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley. The wait for a plan is taking too long for Cathy Cahn, Parent-Teachers' Association president at P.S. 205, who says Mitchell Weiner, the assistant principal who became the city's first swine flu fatality, was a friend. "How easily that could happen in any building," she said. "I would like to know: How are we going to keep our kids healthy?" Weiner's family has since filed court papers saying they plan to sue the city, claiming it was negligent in its response to the outbreak and that schools established no procedures for coping with the illness. The mayor has said the city did nothing wrong. Farley warned the fall will likely be worse than the surprise round of illnesses in the spring. But with any luck, the new flu season will simply be a matter of more people sick _ not more people sicker than anyone was before. "Most people can recover on their own, alone at home," Farley said. "And then they should stay home so they don't spread the infection to others." There are signs that students have already learned lessons the hard way about spreading the virus. Like many of her classmates at St. Francis, Abby Opam's early brush with swine flu likely left her immune to any fall outbreak _ but the experience has changed how she's looking at her first year of college at New York University. "Instead of going there for a few hours during the school day, you're going to be surrounded by kids all the time, living in a dorm," she said. "I'm being more careful to not, like, share drinks or, you know, get too touchy with people _ especially with so many new people from different parts of the country." Federal officials have said the nation's schools should only close as a last resort this year. Closings at dozens of schools last year kept thousands of children at home; officials worried about the burden on working parents who had to arrange impromptu child care or stay home with their kids. Previously, those struck ill were advised to stay home for a week after their fever broke. But this school year, children will be told they can return to school 24 hours after their fever is gone and they're feeling better. St. Francis Prep is planning a health assembly for its 2,700 students at the start of the year to impart the basics: Wash your hands. Don't share drinks and utensils. If you get sick, stay home. School officials are determined not to repeat the scene of feverish students lined up by the dozen in hallways outside the school nurse's office, coughing on healthy students who were walking from class to class. So the school's auditorium has been assigned special status as a sick room. Officials are still contemplating whether enough vaccination shots are available for all the city's schoolchildren. If so, Farley says, the Health Department would prefer that family doctors handle students' inoculations, although flu clinics in schools are also a possibility. Schools might also institute routine checks, Farley said, asking students whether they are experiencing fever or respiratory symptoms, then putting them in a designated room until they can be picked up by their parents. The panel that's determining the finer points of city policy even considered requiring students to wash their hands several times a day, said Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, the city's flu coordinator who is heading up the team. But the measure hasn't been adopted yet because the panel wants to give schools discretion to choose policies that work best for them, he said. At St. Francis, where fluorescent corridor lights reflect brightly off the newly waxed and buffed hallways, administrators are waiting to start a fresh year. They're prepared with extra equipment this time around. After the chaos of last year, the school received donated sterilization equipment, and the school nurse bought touch-forehead thermometers to make mass triage easier. And McLaughlin, the assistant principal, has at least one virus-related development to look forward to. He's planning an entire unit in health class based around swine flu. http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Nationa...swine_flu.html |
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Officials lower expectations for size of first novel flu vaccine deliveries
Aug 14, 2009 (CIDRAP News) � Federal officials today during a pandemic H1N1 planning update dialed back the number of novel flu vaccine doses they expect in October from 120 million to 45 million, listing several reasons for the smaller projection. During a late July meeting of a federal immunization advisory panel, which targeted 159 million people to receive the first doses, authorities projected that 120 million doses would be available in October, with another 80 million per month in the following months. However, during a National Biodefense Safety Board (NBSB) teleconference today, Dr. Robin Robinson, director of the Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the latest expectation is 45 million doses by mid October, with manufacturers delivering 20 million doses per week after that. He said the revised estimate is based on several factors expected to slow vaccine delivery from manufacturers. Health officials have already acknowledged that yields of the novel H1N1 antigen are less than for the seasonal flu vaccine. Robinson also said vaccine makers have a limited number of fill-and-finish sites, which are just completing seasonal flu vaccine production, but that federal officials are looking for ways to maximize the current capacity. CSL Biotherapies, an Australian company that is one of the five manufacturers making pandemic H1N1 vaccine for the US market, has a contractual obligation to produce vaccine first for its home country, Robinson said. Because Australia is in the midst of the Southern Hemisphere's flu season, the United States will work with CSL to ensure that it can deliver vaccine doses to both countries. Another factor that has added to the delay in ramping up production of the novel flu vaccine is that one of the companies making seasonal flu vaccine is having problems finishing up production so that it can clear the decks to make novel flu vaccine, Robinson said. The delay has impacted vaccine timelines by 4 to 6 weeks, he said. A new seed strain developed to replace the slower-growing strain in lab studies looks like it will produce better novel H1N1 antigen yields that are on par with those for the seasonal vaccine, Robinson said, adding that federal officials will be working with manufacturers over the next 2 weeks to see if the improved yields are also seen in commercial production. In an update on the nation's antiviral stockpiles, Robin said that 84 million treatment courses are currently in federal and state stockpiles and that 3 million more doses are expected soon. He projected that a total of 100 million antiviral treatment courses will be available this fall, but he added that only a small amount will be available commercially. Federal officials are currently discussing if the experimental antiviral drug peramivir should be allowed under an emergency use authorization (EUA) for treating critically ill seasonal or novel flu patients. He said a final decision would be made soon. Peramivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, can be given by intravenous (IV) or intramuscular (IM) routes. Phase 2 study results of the drug were disappointing. However, the company announced in mid July that initial phase 3 study of an IV version of the drug conducted in Asia showed that the drug was safe and well tolerated. During the comment part of the meeting, some of the NBSB board members and members of the public expressed concerns about the current lack of an IV or IM antiviral treatment, urging officials to strongly consider approving an EUA for peramivir. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/con...09vaccine.html i wonder if the sheeple will panic because they're NOT GETTING their flu shot in time ? |
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Silent Spread of Tamiflu Resistant Pandemic H1N1 Confirmed
Recombinomics Commentary 14:26 August 15, 2009 A Health Ministry spokesperson said that the isolated case involved a patient who fell sick towards the end of May and was admitted to hospital for isolation and treatment. The patient was infected by a Tamiflu-susceptible strain of the virus and treated with Tamiflu. The resistant strain emerged during treatment and was detected through laboratory testing but by then the patient had already improved clinically. The above comments provide additional detail on the first confirmed case of Tamiflu resistance in a swine pandemic H1N1 case. The H274Y was identified in an NA sequence, A/Singapore/57/2009, which was recently deposited by the CDC, along with the HA and MP sequences. All three were clearly from the swine H1N1 pandemic strain, but the presence of H274Y in NA signaled oseltamivir resistance. The sample was from a 28F and was collected May 30, consistent with the description of the above Health Ministry spokesperson. The MOH website provided a great deal of detail on the initial confirmed cases and contacts. The first confirmed case was May 27, and the third confirmed case matched the description associated with Singapore/57. The only 28F confirned patient ib Singapore in late May / early June was an American who was working in Singapore, She arrived from Honolulu via Tokyo on a flight that arrive just before midnight (23:53) on the night of May 26. Although she did not feel well during the flight, she was not detected by the fever scanners at the airport. However, the next she was transported by ambulance and arrive at the hospital in the afternoon of the 27th, and tested H1N1 positive on the afternoon (16:10) of the 28th. The NA sequence from the 28th has not been made public, but the comments above indicate the sample was Tamiflu sensitive, It is not clear if treatment began the 27th (upon admission to the hospital), or the 28th, following confirmation of H1N1, because the MOH website does not mention Tamiflu treatment. The patient was described as having a mild case, and was discharged May 31st. However, the sample collected on May 30th had H274Y, which was 3 days after admission or 2 days after confirmation, indicating the H274Y was silently spreading since it was not detected in the May 28th sample. Detection in the May 30th sample indicates that the H274Y was already present in May 28, but not detected, based on the comments by the spokesperson above, supporting silent spread which is detected in samples collected after Tamiflu treatment. Although the May 28th sample was Tamiflu sensitive, the May 30th sample had H274Y in the NA sequence, as well as a polymorphism in the HA sequence that was subsequently detected in California and New York in the US, as well as Guangdong Province in China, Mexico City, Stockholm, and the first fatal case in Sao Paulo, Brazil (see list here), raising concerns of silent spread of H274Y worldwide. The presence of H274Y in a minor species would explain the failure to find H274Y in the above locations, but its presence just below the detection level in untreated patient may explain the recent increases in fatalities. Agencies have repeatedly cited the lack of H274Y detection, leading to the widespread use of Tamiflu in H1N1 in positive cases, including the two immuno-suppressed patents in the state of Washington, where H274Y was detected for the first time in the United States. In those two patients H274Y was not detected until the patients either had a reoccurrence of symptoms or a failure to respond to treatment. The resistance was found in August, even though both patients developed resistance weeks or months earlier. These detection delays and recent reports of patients, who were resistant in May and June, raise concern that the number of samples with H274Y is significantly higher that the 11 confirmed cases thus far. Media reports have described in at least one patient in Thailand, and earlier media reports described multiple cases in Texas along the Mexican border. However, the detection of H274Y in the sample collected a few days after the start of treatment in the patient in Singapore suggests the actual incidence is much higher than the reported or withheld cases described by WHO, and a more intense screening program is critical, especially of samples collected after the start of osletamivir treatment and the increasingly common fatal cases. http://www.recombinomics.com/News/08...Confirmed.html Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case detected ( Hong Kong ) http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/h...814en05006.htm Singapore, China find Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 viruses: WHO http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/680265 |
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Scott Robson lost flu battle after 12 hours
August 16, 2009 12:00am LESS than 12 hours after being taken to hospital, a beloved central Queensland husband and dad died of swine flu last weekend. Now his grieving family is warning those suffering flu symptoms to seek medical attention rather than just hoping the symptoms will eventually go away Scott Robson, 41, of Ilbilbie, died in Mackay Hospital last Sunday. He had no underlying medical conditions, his family said, and his death came just five days after the fit, keen fisherman and motorbike rider began displaying flu-like symptoms. He left behind a wife, Janine, and daughters Georgia, 16, and Dannielle, 14. The family said Mr Robson decided to tough out his flu symptoms rather than seeking medical advice. They believe that decision cost him his life. They are also blaming Queensland Health for a campaign suggesting those most at risk from swine flu are only patients with diabetes, obesity or heart problems. Mr Robson did not fit into any of those categories. They want Queensland Health to revise its warnings. Mrs Robson, an aged care nurse, said her husband first started displaying flu-like symptoms on Wednesday, August 5. "He just had a bit of a cough. It was nothing different to what you might treat yourself with a cold and flu tablet for," she said. "I don't remember him having to blow his nose or anything." By Thursday, however, tiredness had set in and Mr Robson spent most of the day inside watching DVDs � highly unusual according to his family. On Friday, he came home after helping a mate and said he was going to have a sleep. Early Sunday morning his condition rapidly worsened and he began having trouble breathing. He asked his wife to call an ambulance about 5am. "He walked himself to the ambulance," daughter Georgia said. Mrs Robson said paramedics put Mr Robson on oxygen. "His stats were coming up to almost 95 per cent (oxygen saturation) so it just seemed like he would probably go in and have treatment and then come home," she said. Mrs Robson drove the girls back to their boarding school in Rockhampton and expected to see her husband at home soon. But, while enroute, Mr Robson was being rushed from Sarina to the Mackay Hospital's intensive care unit. He was placed in an induced coma about lunchtime. Mrs Robson said the hospital called her about 4.30pm telling her she should come as soon as she could. Scott had died by the time she arrived. "I still feel numb," Mrs Robson said on Friday. A funeral will be held for Mr Robson this week. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...9-3102,00.html would doctors/Big Pharma kill patients on purpose to further their profit/agenda ? [ /tinfoil hat off ] |
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As a general policy, no... But as you well illustrate, the fear is ramping up... Prepare to be afraid... And line up here for the cure... |
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and for fans of Dr Tenpenny
How To Legally Say 'NO' To All Vaccines http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/im...20vaccines.jpg Millions of Americans have come to distrust vaccines and mainstream medicine's vaccine agenda. There is a growing movement in this country and around the world that questions the safety and effectiveness of all vaccines for obvious reasons. Many childhood disorders such as autism, ADD/ADHD, SIDS and others have been linked to vaccines. Thousands of soldiers who served in the military have been severely disabled or in some cases even died after receiving their mandated shots. Vaccines are the most controversial subject in all of medicine. The standard line heard from most parents once their eyes are open to the risks of vaccines is, "How will I get my child into day care or in school without their shots." Those working in the healthcare field or soldiers in the military are faced with similar questions. To help educate the people further about how to legally avoid all vaccines, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has put together a brand new book that is absolutely necessary to have in your possession if you or a loved one don't want to vaccinate but are not sure how to get around it. As Dr. Tenpenny says on the back cover of her book, "Saying No To Vaccines is not intended to be a balanced view of vaccination literature. Pro-vaccine information is readily accessible through the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, healthcare and government-sponsored organizations. This book balances the debate." Below is a copy of an interview Crusador editor Greg Ciola conducted with Dr. Tenpenny shortly after the release of her new book. Crusador: What was the impetus for writing your new book "Saying NO To Vaccines"? Parents needed a tool that did their homework for them. The evidence is there to support their decision to not vaccinate; you just have to do a little work to find it. Everyone seems to be so afraid of "bugs" and their potential ability to make us sick. But the reality is that we swim in "bugs" every day and we are not dropping over like flies.. The only "bugs" we seem to obsess over are associated with vaccines. Only two generations ago, measles, mumps and chickenpox were normal experiences of childhood. Why we have complete fear of these infections is media and money driven and unfounded. If the focus of Public Health was on sleep, exercise, clean water and safe, non-GMO food, we would have a healthy society without vaccinesbut we would not have billion dollar industries employing millions of people to keep us "healthy." The fact is, we are a very UNhealthy society with vaccines, so the Public health and argument that we must vaccinate 'for greater good' is a failure. I put a large body of research into my first book, FOWL! and my two DVDS, documenting the dangers of vaccination. "Saying No To Vaccines" was the next logical step. It answers the question, "I've decided not to vaccinate, now what do I do?" Crusador: What are some of the issues you cover in the book that aren't covered in your two DVD's "Vaccines: The Risks, The Benefits, The Choices" and "Vaccines: What CDC Documents and Science Reveal"? There is very little overlap between Saying No to Vaccines and the DVDs. The foundational premise of the book is to give answers refuting the 25 most common arguments used to promote vaccination. For example, parents are often told the vaccine-preventable diseases of childhood can be serious and if their child is not vaccinated, their child could die. I tell them how to refute that argument and give documentation from the medical literature to demonstrate that statement is nothing more than fear mongering. Parents are told by pediatricians there is "no evidence that vaccination harms the immune system" and there is "no evidence that vaccination can lead to chronic disease." I used the medical literature to prove the opposite is true. Crusador: What are the most common questions you get about vaccines? The most frequently-asked question I get is about vaccination exemption, meaning, "How do I refuse the vaccine and still get my kids into school or keep my job," so by design a large part of the book covers exemptions. I included a lot of detail on how to avoid vaccinations for school situations, including college, professional situations where a job may require certain vaccines, if you are in a nursing home, foreign adoption, the military, even if you are incarcerated. I have also included a chapter on frequently- asked questions about vaccination. Saying No To Vaccines has an entire section on "most frequently asked questions." Crusador: There is a huge divide in this country between those who think you should vaccinate versus those who feel you shouldn't. The majority is still on the side of thinking that vaccines are THE answer to long-term immunity. When you do speaking engagements or radio interviews or simply talk to a pregnant woman about the need to question the safety of vaccines further, how do you present your information to make someone think twice? Even though I strongly believe that vaccines cause more harm than the "good" they supposedly do, it is important for people to see the evidence of harm � from a scientific perspective � and not just take my word for it. All of my information, every slide and every paragraph in my book, is referenced from a highly reputable medical journal or from the Centers for Disease Control, the CDC. People can see for themselves the one-sided, biased view of the vaccine industry, promoting that vaccines are "safe" and "protective." Almost 100% of the time, once people pull back the veil and see the rest of the story, they know that vaccination is not what the drug companies claim it to be. Crusador: Do you feel that there is such a thing as a "safe" vaccine? If there isn't, how do you counter the mainstream medical mentality that vaccines may not be entirely without risks, but those risks are far less than the risks we would face without vaccines at all? I really felt that parents needed strong answers for when they decided to not vaccinate. Very few people are willing to say something. The risk of the vaccine is greater than the risk of the disease. The "Green Our Vaccines" movement was partially behind the reason I wrote this book. Many activists, people with very good intentions, hedge and put their support behind "safer" vaccines which are a chemical impossibility. People just need to SAY NO. Crusador: Tell our readers a little more about the exemption clauses you discuss in your book. The medical establishment has done a terrific job of intimidating people into thinking they have to take vaccines and yet, rarely if ever will you hear about the ways to exempt yourself and family from taking vaccines. A medical exemption is available in all 50 states but must be recommended by a doctor. The exemption can be difficult to obtain and often, it only excuses future vaccination with a shot that has already caused a severe reaction. There are three exemptions available in this country � medical, religious and philosophical. As of now, 19 states accept a philosophical exemption. It is the easiest of the three to use. You request a form from the school nurse, state the reasons you don't want to vaccinate your child, sign it and give it to the school. Generally, that's it. However, different school systems have different rules. Some require the form annually, some require both parents to sign the exemption form, some require it to be notarized and so forth. You can find links to your state laws and more information by going to <http://www.DrTenpenny.com>www.DrTenpenny.com . Religious exemptions are available in all other states except West Virginia and Mississippi (which only have medical exemptions). Religious exemptions can be tricky and in some states, very difficult to obtain and defend. I often recommend that people consult an attorney for this type of exemption. Some states, such as New York and New Jersey, are difficult. New York has been known to use something called a "sincerity test." Parents are literally interrogated by an attorney representing the school district regarding how sincere their religious assertions are for refusing a vaccine. A panel then decides if you are sincere enough in your beliefs to allow you to refuse vaccination on religious ground. I find these tactics absolutely appalling and akin to Inquisitioners of the Middle Ages. Crusador: Where do you see the whole pro-vaccine movement going and what threats to our Constitutional freedoms do you see coming down the pike? The dogged determination of those who oppose vaccines, and in particular mandatory vaccination, has gained traction at a grass roots level and garnered a lot of attention from the media. I feel that we have the pro-vaccinators on the ropes. Our arguments are hard to deny and the global autism epidemic can no longer be ignored. Pro-vaccinators are using manipulation, threats and fear tactics, trying to convince everyone that vaccines are not only safe but absolutely necessary. I see the vaccine industry like a wounded Tyrannosaurus Rex, gnashing its teeth and flailing its ugly head. It won't die quickly and it will probably get worse before it gets better. Crusador: There are many people in this country, myself included, who are concerned that there is an evil agenda to mass vaccinate the entire planet in the event of a health emergency. Do you feel that there are genuine reasons to be concerned and what might we expect to see unfold in an emergency? Executive orders and recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been written that stop just short of allowing government-enforced mandatory vaccination for anthrax, smallpox and bird flu. The only way to change these policies is by standing together and boldly saying no. Crusador: Are you still confident that with enough knowledge about the risks and dangers of vaccines enough people will wake up and say NO before Big Pharma forces its will upon the populace? I'm not sure. People tend to be sheep � Americans in particular. Look what we have allowed a small number in the White House and 545 people in Congress to do to our country. And even those people who want to effect a change have little time and few resources to do so. No one wants to stand out, speak up and challenge authority. Whatever happened to those bra-burning activists of the 1960s? However, people really are involved now, more than ever. It only takes a small, vocal minority to really make a difference. As stated years ago by Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." Crusador: Thank you for your time, Sherri. These are excellent answers. I encourage everyone reading this interview to make every effort they can to get a copy of your new book and share it with their friends and loved ones because it is a great tool to give the average person confidence to "SAY NO TO VACCINES". http://rense.com/general86/legl.htm |
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Thank you Canadian-guerilla for reposting all the SF articles here. This is sort of what I was hoping for. I got the thread started the other night, but ran out of weekend before I got to it.
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Government 'ignored warning Tamiflu may become resistant to swine flu'
Advisers urged the Government to offer paracetamol to the public instead of Tamiflu, to stop the virus gaining resistance to the drug. But the Department of Health advisers said ministers ignored their advice, even when it became clear the outbreak was mild. They say the Government forged ahead with mass prescription, fearing the public would be angry if they were told that millions of Tamiflu doses were being held in storage. But the widespread distribution of Tamiflu means there is more time and opportunity for the virus to develop resistance to the drug. One of Britain's most respected flu experts went as far as to say Tamiflu could become 'useless' by the autumn. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor at Aberdeen University, said: 'I am concerned about the vast amount of Tamiflu going out almost unregulated. 'We are increasing the possibility that the flu will become resistant sooner or later. At the moment there is no desperate need for Tamiflu.' The fears over the widespread use of Tamiflu continue on from last week when parents were warned not to give Tamiflu to children with swine flu because the risks far outweigh the negligible benefits. Scientists said the powerful anti-viral puts children at higher risk of dangerous complications but has little impact on the length of their illness. The research will spark widespread confusion as it contradicts the Department of Health, which encourages parents to ring a hotline to get Tamiflu for their children at the first sign of flu-like illness. The Government's emergency flu hotline handed out no fewer than 100,000 packs of Tamiflu to children under 12 in its first two weeks. A study also found half the children taking Tamiflu had side-effects such as vomiting, nausea and nightmares. A DoH spokeswoman said: 'There is still doubt about how swine flu affects people - a safety-first approach is the best approach. This means offering antivirals when required.' Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of the committee on ethical aspects of pandemic influenza, said there were talks with the DoH and Health Protection Agency about whether to advise people to treat themselves with paracetamol and ibuprofen. He said: 'It was felt ... it would simply be unacceptable to the UK population to tell them we had a huge stockpile of drugs but they were not going to be made available.' The panel, set up at the request of the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, decided to offer antivirals to at-risk patients or those with underlying conditions. It also wanted to Government to explain that there was no cure for flu. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ance-drug.html |
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<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The 'victory over epidemics' was not won by medical science or by doctors--and certainly not by vaccines.....the decline...has been the result of technical, social and hygienic improvements and especially of improved nutrition. Here the role of the potato...deserves special mention.....Consider carefully whether you want to let yourself or your children undergo the dangerous, controversial, ineffective and no longer necessary procedure called vaccination, because the claim that vaccinations are the cause for the decline of infectious diseases is utter nonsense."--The Vaccination Nonsense (2004 Lectures)---Dr. med. G. Buchwald ISBN 3-8334-2508-3 page 108.<o:p></o:p> The vaccination myth is the most widespread superstition modern medicine has managed to impose, but, being by the same token the most profitable, it will prove to be also one of the most enduring, though there was never the slightest of scientific evidence upholding it. Suffice it to say now that the various epidemics have experienced in all countries the same natural evolution of growth, decline, and eventual disappearance, whether vaccination or other therapies had been introduced or not. The only demonstrable effects were the widespread damages caused by the various vaccinations, none excluded. Most pediatricians we know in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> do not vaccinate their own children, although they cannot refuse to vaccinate their clients' children, if they want to retain their union licence to practice........ So it can safely be predicted that the advertised belief in the alleged blessings of vaccination will be among the last deadly rites of Modern Medicine to go, because it is far too profitable to the medical combine to be allowed to go without a bitter struggle, of which the beginnings can increasingly be seen today, but which will certainly drag on into the coming century. It is indeed so profitable - to Industry and State - that it is incentivated by being offered, or imposed, in many cases free of charge. But in truth, who gets the bill? The taxpayer, of course. Preface by Hans Ruesch to 1000 Doctors (and many more) Against Vivisection <o:p></o:p> If you think you need a medical education to form an opinion on the merits of vaccination, ask yourself, who created and keeps that belief going?<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape style="WIDTH: 11.25pt; HEIGHT: 11.25pt" id=_x0000_i1025 alt="Wink" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.whale.to/b/images/pics/icon_wink.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Frank\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_i mage001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> more at link<o:p></o:p> |
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Swine flu inspires new video game
LONDON � Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game. In an effort to raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic. "It is actually what is happening now, what is happening in the real world," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Center, who designed "The Great Flu" game with colleagues. The game can only be played online at http://www.thegreatflu.com and it is free. A World Health Organization spokesman said Monday the agency was not familiar with the game and had not had time to play it. WHO has reported nearly 178,000 cases of swine flu including 1,462 deaths worldwide, though those numbers are believed to be a gross underestimate of the actual caseload, since hard-hit countries no longer test all cases with flu-like symptoms. As the virus has spread worldwide, countries have tried different methods to slow it down and pharmaceutical companies are now racing to produce a swine flu vaccine. The game begins with images of bedridden patients and graveyards from the 1918 Spanish flu. As the head of the fictitious "World Pandemic Control," players pick a flu strain, and then monitor that strain's spread around the world. To fight the emerging outbreak, players use measures including setting up surveillance systems, stockpiling antivirals and vaccines, and closing schools and airports. Players also have a limited budget and are warned that "your actions to control the virus cost money, so keep an eye on it." A running tally of the numbers of people infected and those who have died sit above the budget. Newspaper stories about the deadly virus and the global response to it - like riots breaking out worldwide - pop up to help players monitor the outbreak. Messages from governments mirror the difficulties faced by international agencies like WHO. For instance, when players set up costly surveillance systems, the game often relays a message from governments that "we will comply with your directions...but we must inform you that the political support for this action is low in this region. Therefore, the effectiveness of the system may differ from your expectations." Osterhaus said the video game's approximation of combating a pandemic, choosing between various interventions yet still watching the outbreak spread, gives people a sense of how difficult it is to make decisions in the public health world. http://www.wral.com/news/national_wo...story/5808265/ the Flu Game |
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What To Do If Force Vaccinated
http://www.rense.com/general87/vaccin.htm Russell L. Blaylock, MD http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/ Dr Blaylock's List of suggestions on How to Reduce the Toxic Effects of the A/H1N1 Vaccine, is as follows: 1. Number one on the list says Dr Blaylock, is to bring a cold pack with you and place it on the site of the injection as soon as you can, as this will block the immune reaction. Once you get home, continue using a cold pack throughout the day. If you continue to have immune reactions the following day, have cold showers and continue with the cold press. 2. Take fish oil. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), one of the omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil supplements, is a potent immune suppressant. If you take high dose EPA you will be more susceptible to infections, because it is a powerful immune suppressant. However, in the case of an immune adjuvant reaction, you want to reduce it. Studies show that if you take EPA oil one hour before injecting a very powerful adjuvant called lipopolysaccharide (LPS), it would completely block the ability of the LPS to cause brain inflammation. Take a moderate dose everyday and more if needed to tame a cytokine storm. 3. <http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/f-w00/flavonoid.html>Flavonoids are third on the list, namely curcumin, quercetin, ferulic acid and ellagic acid, particularly in a mixture. The curcumin and quercetin in particular have been found to block the ability of the adjuvants to trigger a long-term immune reaction. If you take it an hour before the vaccination, it should help dampen the immune reactions says Dr Blaylock. 4. Vitamin E, the natural form that is high in gamma-E will help dampen the immune reactions and reduces several of the inflammatory cytokines. 5. An important ingredient on the list is Vitamin C at a dose of 1000 mg, taken four times a day between meals. It is a very potent anti-inflammatory and should be taken in a buffered form, not as absorbic acid, says Dr Blaylock. 6. <http://www.naturalnews.com/002156.html> Also use astaxanthin as it's an anti-inflammatory. According to Dr Blaylock, fatal reactions to vaccines in aboriginal and African children occurred in those who were deficient in carotinoids, like astaxanthin. It is a good protection against the toxic effects of the vaccine. 7. Likewise, it was found that children who were deficient in zinc had a high mortality rate. Zinc is very protective against vaccine toxicity. (Do not use zinc mixed with copper however, as copper is a major trigger of free-radical generation according to Dr Blaylock). 8. Ensure you avoid all immune-stimulating supplements, such as mushroom extracts, whey protein and <http://www.betaglucan.org/>beta-glucan. 9. Take a multivitamin-mineral daily � one that does not contain iron. This multivitamin-mineral is to make sure your body has plenty of B vitamins and selenium. Selenium, said Dr Blaylock, is very important for fighting viral infections and it reduces the inflammatory response to vaccines. 10. Magnesium citrate/malate 500 mg of elemental magnesium two capsules, three times a day. (This was not mentioned during the show, but was posted at Dr Deagle's website, <http://www.clayandiron.com/news.jhtml?method=view&news.id=2103>ClayandIron.co m). 11. What is very important is vitamin D3, which is the only 'vitamin' the body can manufacture from sunlight (UVB). It is a neural hormone, not really a vitamin says Dr Blaylock and helps if you are over-reacting immunologically by cooling down the reaction. Similarly, if you are under-reacting, it helps to boost your immune response. In addition it also protects against microorganism invasion. Black people and those in colder climates are particularly deficient, so they will almost certainly require supplementation. Dr Blaylock recommends that following vaccination it will help to keep the immune reaction under control if: i) All children get 5,000 units a day for two weeks after the vaccine and then 2,000 a units a day thereafter; ii) Adults get 20,000 units a day after the vaccine for two weeks, then 10,000 units a day thereafter; iii) And with that adults should take 500-1000 mg of calcium a day and children under the age of 12 years should take 250 mg a day, as vitamin D works more efficiently in the presence of calcium. 12. Ensure you avoid all mercury-containing seafood or any other sources of mercury, as the heavy metal is a very powerful inducer of autoimmunity, is known to make people more susceptible to viral infections and will be in H1N1 vaccines. 13. Avoid the oils that significantly suppress immunity and increase inflammation - such as corn, safflower, sunflower, soybean, canola and peanut oils. 14. Drink very concentrated white tea at least four times a day. It helps to prevent abnormal immune reactions. 15. Pop parsley and celery in a blender and drink 8 ounces of this mixture twice a day. Dr Blaylock says the parsley is very high in a flavonoid called apigenin and that celery is high in <http://www.dietaryfiberfood.com/antioxidants/flavonoid-antioxidant.php>luteolin. Both are very potent in inhibiting autoimmune diseases, particularly the apigenin, so go and plant some parsley in your garden now. |
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Self-quarantine/avoidance of vaccination stations, and ultimately, active resistance backed by firearms, may be the only way to avoid getting a flu vaccine. |
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true, but at least exhaust all legal routes first maybe start a Vaccination Waiver group, ( power in numbers ) when/if a " national health emergency " is declared and one starts hearing/seeing stories concerning armed soldiers and forced vaccinations then one can conclude the waiver route is useless |
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Over 100 students quarantined in Meghalaya
Altogether 117 students and 15 teachers of a premier school in Shillong were on Monday quarantined while three more samples of suspected swine flu patients were sent for tests by Meghalaya health authorities. Students of all the three sections of Class VII and 15 teachers of St Edmunds School were screened, prescribed medicines and isolated for 10 days, Director of Health Services K H Lakiang said. The move was prompted after one of the students, Joshwa Lyngwa, tested positive on Sunday. Five persons have tested positive for swine flu in Meghalaya in less than a week. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryP...d-in-Meghalaya |
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Three More Swine Flu Deaths Confirmed By Saudi Govt
ISLAMABAD: An 11-year-old Saudi girl has become one of the latest victim of swine flu after health officials announced a further three deaths in the kingdom. A total number of 14 people have died from the H1N1 virus in Saudi Arabia to date, the Ministry of Health confirmed, a private news channel reported. The child was diagnosed with swine flu and died, meanwhile on the same day a 28-year-old Saudi woman also died from the virus. http://www.apakistannews.com/three-m...di-govt-134453 |
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Latest batch of A (H1N1) cases brings death toll to 62
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 SERDANG, MALAYSIA - Three more deaths have been reported from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, bringing the overall death toll to 62. more . . . http://health.asiaone.com/Health/New...17-161498.html ****************************************** 11th H1N1 Death In Massachusetts Aug 17, 2009 Menino also announced Monday that Boston city workers will get two hours of paid time off to receive flu shots starting Sept. 12. There have been 477 swine flu-related deaths nationwide. more . . . http://wbztv.com/local/h1n1.death.swine.2.1131869.html ******************************************** 3rd swine flu death reported in San Bernardino 08/17/2009 As of Aug. 12, the most recent statewide statistics available show 1,057 hospitalizations and 104 deaths related to swine flu. http://www.mercurynews.com/californi...nclick_check=1 |
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Sebelius on swine flu: "we're preparing for the worst"
WASHINGTON (CNN) � Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday that it would likely be Thanksgiving before the most vulnerable, high priority populations are completely vaccinated against the H1N1 or swine flu virus. In the meantime, Sebelius said parents and schools need to make back-up plans to deal with possible illness. �We�re playing out a whole variety of scenarios,� Sebelius said on CNN�s State of the Union. �We�re preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.� Sebelius told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King that the administration was �optimistic� it would have a vaccine available by around mid-October. �But the regimen will take about five weeks,� Sebelius said, �A first shot, three weeks delay, second shot, and then about two weeks for full immunity. So we�re really need to work between now and Thanksgiving with lots of social mitigation � keeping kids home from school if they�re sick. I would urge every family have a back-up child care plan.� �If a parent gets sick, was is the plan?,� Sebelius also said Sunday, �because we know the disease spreads quickly and we will not have fully immunized even priority populations until about Thanksgiving.� �We�re looking at schools as great partners for possible vaccine programs beginning in the fall to get kids immunized as quickly as possible because this is a children�s flu,� the Obama aide also said. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...for-the-worst/ |
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Second Wave Of Swine Flu Could Overwhelm Resources In Europe And North America Say Canadian Experts
18 Aug 2009 A panel of experts in Canada has written an article in a leading medical journal suggesting that if the H1N1 pandemic swine flu follows the same disease pattern in the northern hemisphere this fall as it has in the southern hemisphere, then resources in North America and Europe could be overwhelmed. The experts say strong leadership will be needed to mobilize effective immunization and other campaigns and they also call for the appointment of national and local leaders and champions. The editorial article was written by Dr Paul H�bert, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), and colleagues, and appears in the 17 August issue of the journal. H�bert and colleagues wrote that vaccination must be the top priority against H1N1 flu this fall if the anticipated second wave of the pandemic virus follows the same pattern of spread in the northern hemisphere as it has in the southern hemisphere. Canada and much of the Western world does not have much experience in implemeting time-sensitive mass vaccination campaigns, wrote the panel. We already struggle to get vulnerable groups vaccinated for seasonal flu, they added. For example, in some years, only 15 per cent of people living in Nunavut (a major portion of northern Canada) are vaccinated, and last year, during the most recent outbreak of mumps in Nova Scotia's young adult population, only 15 per cent of targeted individuals were vaccinated (note this is the population segment most likely to be severely affected by the 2009 H1N1 swine flu). "We need to act now to overcome these access and delivery problems," wrote H�bert and colleagues. "No immunization program is 100 per cent effective. If a sufficient number of cases are not prevented, we can expect a large number of young critically ill patients filling all tertiary level intensive care beds," they warned, adding that although most infections have been mild so far, unlike most seasonal flu strains, in more serious cases the new 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus seems to invade the lower respiratory system more aggressively, causing more severe illness. "The world's experience so far tells us that serious illness associated with this virus often manifests as acute lung injury resulting in overwhelming hypoxemia," they wrote. H�bert and colleagues suggest Canada needs national leadership to make sure vaccines, expertise and equipment reaches everyone that needs them. New laws may be needed to give people power to act quickly. Each country should have a "visible independent health care czar, with executive powers across all jurisdictions and who is ultimately accountable to the highest office," they added. After that, the priority is local leadership, including "champions" to coordinate rapid response. "In countries such as Canada that have shared responsibilities between many levels of government, collaboration and clear communication are essential as a first line of defence," they wrote. "To see that this happens, governments need to have or enact laws to provide the necessary power to ensure rapid action on complex issues." They also pointed out that a second wave is likely to hit the northern hemisphere this fall if the H1N1 virus follows the same pattern as it has in the southern hemisphere. This would overwhelm our resources; for example in most areas there are still no plans on how to get the correctly trained health professionals in place to "deliver technologies to help patients survive". H�bert and colleagues wrote "this is not a time for complacency", and urged that health czars and other national leaders call an immediate summit and bring together officials from public health, critical care, first response, and other health care areas, as well as decision makers, community planners and members of the public to: "Communicate next steps and to ensure that actions taken by leaders will work at the ground level". One of the ideas that health czars need to get across to the public is that everyone has a responsibility in tackling the pandemic, it is not just a top down approach, but also a bottom up approach that is needed. An example of the bottom up approach that H�bert and colleagues referred was one being promoted in the UK called the "flu buddy" system, where individuals partner with one another and take responsibility to check each other's health status regularly. "Preparing for pandemic (H1N1) 2009." Paul C. H�bert, Noni MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook, Ken Flegel, Amir Attaran, and Laura Eggertson. Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 17, 2009. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160981.php |
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momo, thanks for your time and effort searching and putting these links in one easy access place :ok: the way this is going, i wonder if this swine flu pandemic / healthcare may be obama's " generated crises ? |
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while not swine flu related, definitely " vaccine effectiveness " related
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Europe Offers Vaccinations to Contain Swine Flu
August 17, 2009 BRUSSELS � Anxiety over the new swine flu strain may have eased over the summer, but millions of Europeans will soon receive a sharp reminder of its virulence as governments prepare for a large-scale vaccination effort aimed at keeping a second, and possibly deadlier, wave of infections at bay. With another surge in cases of the H1N1 flu expected as soon as September, medical experts say the battle to tame the first pandemic flu in four decades is just getting under way in Europe. European Union health officials emphasize that most human cases of the flu have been mild and that patients have recovered without special treatment. In another sign of normalcy, a committee of European Union health officials recommended last week that schools reopen as usual after the summer break. But with limited amounts of vaccines expected to become available this year, health authorities are girding for many more cases over the autumn and winter flu season, when viruses spread more easily. �If we get a lot more infections, then there will be a lot more complications in people�s medical conditions and that means a lot more deaths,� said Nigel Dimmock, an emeritus professor in the department of biological sciences at the University of Warwick in England and a flu expert. Through Sunday, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had recorded 38,187 confirmed cases and 60 deaths in European countries, part of a total of 228,921 confirmed cases and 2,084 deaths worldwide. Those statistics show that Europe has suffered a relatively small number of cases. According to the World Health Organization, countries in North and South America have reported the vast majority of infections and deaths. But this is exactly the time, experts believe, that Europeans should be girding for a more widespread outbreak. The global pattern of the virus�s spread indicated that �the pandemic is just beginning� in Europe, said Nikki Shindo, a spokeswoman on influenza for the W.H.O. Ordinarily the process of developing new influenza vaccines is lengthy, so regulatory authorities in Europe have applied fast-track procedures to make them available as quickly as possible. As part of that process, pharmaceutical companies like Baxter, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are adapting existing vaccines to the H1N1 strain, according to the European Medicines Agency in London. The most pressing issue now facing governments is choosing groups most at risk in their countries so that vaccinations are correctly prioritized when they become widely available. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/wo...t-euroflu.html |
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THE POISONED NEEDLE Suppressed Facts About Vaccination By Eleanor McBean 1957 http://www.whale.to/a/mcbean.html |
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Boro (NYC) prepares for fall�s swine flu cases
Thursday, August 13, 2009 City officials are bracing for a surge of swine flu cases this fall and funeral home directors need to be prepared to accommodate a possible related 50,000 to 85,000 deaths, the director of the Metropolitan Funeral Directors Association told a gathering of funeral home representatives in Forest Hills last week. �As funeral directors, we really need to know what we�re about to face,� Martin Kasdan said. �When swine flu comes back, it could possibly be devastating.� About 15 officials from area funeral homes attended the meeting sponsored by the MetFDA at Schwartz Brothers in Forest Hills Aug. 6. The MetFDA is holding four meetings in the city and one in Westchester this month to better prepare funeral homes for a possible increase in deaths as well as a rise in the number of sick and absent employees. MetFDA officials said they were also relaying information from the meetings to city agencies, including the city Health Department and the medical examiner�s office, with which they have been working in preparation for a potential second wave of swine flu. Swine flu, otherwise known as H1N1, first hit the city in May in a group of St. Francis Preparatory students in Fresh Meadows. The outbreak occurred after the students had arrived home from a trip to Mexico, where the World Health Organization said the global pandemic originated. As of July, more than 900 New Yorkers had been hospitalized with H1N1 and 47 had died, including two Queens residents, according to city statistics. Flushing resident Mitchell Wiener, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Hollis, became the city�s first swine flu casualty May 17. A second unnamed woman from Queens died from swine flu May 24, according to the city. City residents continue to come down with H1N1, but the numbers have continually decreased since the spike of cases in May, health officials said. �The Health Department monitors influenza-like illnesses every day in New York City,� said city Health Commissioner Thomas Farley. �While every hospitalization is concerning and every death is a tragedy, our surveillance data indicate that the number of people newly infected is declining.� The Centers for Disease Control has predicted a 2.1 percent to 3.3 percent death rate among those who come down with swine flu this fall, which translates into an additional 52,000 to 86,000 deaths in the city over a three-month period, Kasdan said. �It�s mind-boggling,� Kasdan said of the possible death rate. �Is the CDC right? Who knows � hopefully not. But you need to be prepared.� The potential upswing in fatalities poses a wide array of questions for city officials and funeral directors, such as where to store bodies, how to hold funerals in a climate where swine flu is passed easily from person to person and how many extra supplies will be needed. �You may have to wait for funerals because the family is sick or until the cemetery says they�re able to do the burial,� Kasdan said. �You might have to store bodies longer.� Kasdan said the city medical examiner is already looking into possibly using vacant city buildings to store bodies, and the city has contracted for a unit to be built in Germany that will handle hundreds of bodies. http://www.yournabe.com/articles/200...qz08122009.txt |
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This is a pretty important article coming out of NY regarding the fall.
Here are the 2 key points: http://www.yournabe.com/articles/200...qz08122009.txt Quote:
Secondly, 52-86,000 deaths projected is also pretty specific - where is this data coming from? You folks know I do not think this bug is going away anytime soon. Working remotely and not heading into NYC this fall is gaining priority in my book. |
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