Bird Flu -- another Hoax?-cross post

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> I Was Right About the Bird Flu Hoax

> Dr. Mercola

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> Last year, the number of human cases of avian flu

> dropped rather than rose for the first time --

> from a paltry 115 in 2006 to an even more

> insignificant 86 in 2007. Frightening headlines

> warning of a pandemic that could kill 150 million people have all but

> vanished.

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> Although some “experts†still argue that

> preparations against bird flu must continue, many

> are finally beginning to realize what I said all

> along -- that this overhyped, oversold “pandemicâ€

> was never a threat in the first place. According

> to Dr. A. Offit, a vaccine specialist at

> Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, “H5 viruses

> have been around for 100 years and never caused a

> pandemic and probably never will.â€

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> Still, according to this New York Times article,

> scientists and governments are congratulating

> themselves for averting a threat that never was

> by stockpiling worthless vaccines, pointlessly

> culling hundreds of millions of birds, and

> pouring money into preparation efforts.

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> I can only imagine that the flu vaccine

> manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank.

> Sources:

> New York Times January 22, 2008

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> Dr. Mercola's Comments:

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> The case of “the impending pandemic of the Avian

> Flu†might as well have been a fictional

> mini-series made for television, but as usual,

> reality is stranger than fiction. It would be

> hard to make up a story as filled with greed and

> political corruption as this one.

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> Back in 2005, headlines warned the U.S. was

> facing a cataclysmic extermination event, with a

> calculated two million Americans succumbing to

> the bird flu; the best case scenario taking only 200,000 lives.

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> Photos of overflowing hospital wards from the

> 1918 flu epidemic heightened the fear factor to a fever pitch.

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> Well. A fool does in the end what the wise man

> does at the beginning, and this would certainly

> apply here. Reviewing the scientific facts is

> often a good place to start, but that did not

> happen in this case. Somehow they were able to

> translate the minuscule deaths that had occurred

> worldwide into somewhere between 200,000 to 2

> million deaths from a virus that does NOT readily

> spread from birds to humans, nor between humans.

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> Most of the people who acquire the infection

> were, and still are, bird handlers in continuous

> contact with sick birds. How did anyone in their

> right mind envision similar circumstances in the

> United States? Research like this would typically

> be thrown in the trash if it did not strongly support some ulterior purpose.

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> What might that purpose have been?

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> Try greed.

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> At $100 per dose, the U.S. used taxpayer’s

> dollars to purchase some 20 million doses of the

> highly questionable Tamiflu, lining the pockets

> of then Defense Secretary Rumsfeld who was

> president of Gilead Sciences when they created the drug.

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> A Dangerous Cure for a Phony Danger

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> Interestingly, the use of Tamiflu, and the

> vaccinating of poultry may actually cause the

> H5N1virus to mutate into more dangerous and potent viral strains.

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> Since the purported “outbreak†of bird flu, the

> Tamiflu vaccine has also been linked to the

> deaths of 12 Japanese children, some of which

> suddenly jumped out of buildings.

> Neuropsychiatric incidents in children, including

> seizures, loss of consciousness, and delirium were linked to the vaccine.

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> Fools Rush In Where Fools Have Gone Before

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> In 1976 the U.S. acted out a very similar saga,

> devising a vaccine program for the impending

> swine-flu -- the avian flu threat of that time --

> where they vaccinated 5 million people. The

> hastily contrived program for swine flu resulted

> in hundreds of Guillain Barre Syndrome paralysis

> victims and countless deaths for a flu pandemic that never materialized.

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> So, we’ve been here before.

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> Which is why countries such as Switzerland -- who

> have stockpiles of bird flu vaccine that they

> plan to test on soldiers, police officers and

> health care workers before deciding whether to

> offer it to all Swiss citizens -- really should

> take a good look at the history of what usually

> happens when you indiscriminately inject

> questionable vaccines into large groups of people

> for a disease that doesn’t pose any real threat.

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> I Was Right About the Bird Flu Hoax

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> I was so convinced this was a deceptive scam that

> I wrote an entire book on the subject; The Great

> Bird Flu Hoax. In it I explained how:

> Multi-national drug companies and food

> corporations pour billions into manipulating your

> perception of health and the daily news, just to

> increase their profits ... and the health threats

> (and ethics breaches) they are REALLY responsible for

>

> Scientists are bought by drug companies and other

> big business to report whatever " research

> findings " they have been purchased to report

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> Government is more than just complicit – it works

> with the drug companies and other stalwarts of

> the conventional healthcare paradigm, and are

> directly responsible for raising false alarms in

> order to draw your attention AWAY from the real

> public health and safety issues they perpetuate

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> Preventing ALL Flu’s Without Vaccinations

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> I have not caught the flu in 20 years, and you

> can avoid it too, without getting vaccinated, by

> following these simple guidelines, which will

> keep your immune system in optimal working order

> so that you’re far less likely to acquire the infection to begin with.

> Avoid Sugar. Sugar decreases the function of your

> immune system almost immediately, and as you

> likely know, a strong immune system is key to

> fighting off viruses and other illness. Be aware

> that sugar is present in foods you may not

> suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice.

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> Get Enough Rest. Just like it becomes harder for

> you to get your daily tasks done if you're tired,

> if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder

> for it to fight the flu. Be sure to check out my

> article Guide to a Good Night's Sleep for some

> great tips to help you get quality rest.

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> Don't Let Stress Become Overwhelming. We all face

> some stress everyday, but if stress becomes

> overwhelming then your body will be less able to

> fight off the flu and other illness.

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> If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your

> health, consider using an energy psychology tool

> such as the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT),

> which is remarkably effective in relieving stress

> associated with all kinds of events, from work to

> family to trauma. You can check out my free,

> 25-page EFT manual for some guidelines on how to perform EFT.

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> Exercise. When you exercise, you increase your

> circulation and your blood flow throughout your

> body. The components of your immune system are

> also better circulated, which means your immune

> system has a better chance of finding an illness

> before it spreads. You can review my exercise

> guidelines for some great tips on how to get started.

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> Take a good source of omega-3 fats like Krill

> Oil. Increase your intake of healthy and

> essential fats like the omega-3 found in krill

> oil, which is crucial for maintaining health.

>

> Wash Your Hands. Washing your hands will decrease

> your likelihood of spreading a virus to your

> nose, mouth or other people. Be sure you don't

> use antibacterial soap for this -- antibacterial

> soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause

> far more harm than good. Instead, identify a

> simple chemical-free soap that you can switch your family to.

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