Re: Bird Flu- shots

[Guest guest]

Any flu shot is a gamble. The cdc sends people to the Orient to check out which

flu bugs

people are getting, then they will make a vaccine based on the results of the

research.

Which flu bugs are actually going to end up making people sick may be different

than the

best guess of the cdc. And the time lag is about a year, last time I checked.

Which is why some years, the flu shots are worthless. However, it is still big

business,

making and selling, and the fearmongering to make people think that a flu shot

is the

same as a shot for Measles.

They can be dangerous, and they won't tell you that. When they first came out,

they were

using a live virus vaccine, and my Granduncle almost died from the flu that he

got from

the shot. After several people died, they stopped using the live vaccine, and I

believe now

they only use a killed version. My aunt pushed him to get it- she was from the

generation

that saw their families die from things like tetanus, and whooping cough. And

the old

vaccines were much safer than dying from the disease. But as a preventive

measure for a

thing such as a normal flu bug, I do not agree that the risk is worth it,

generally.

And who knows how bad the bird flu is, anyway? China does not freely release

their data,

and they have a very spotty record when it comes to taking care of the masses.

Not to

mention how to know about the collection of data. It is my impression that most

people

use their chinese herbalists, and only use the hospitals when nothing else is

working. So

the data are likely to be skewed towards the extreme end of death.

As far as a medicine to help ward off the worst effects of things like this,

there have been

numerous ones for years, like Vitamin C, back in the 70's, and now some over the

counter

vitamin type prep to take when flying. I have used a chinese remedy

successfully, called

Gan Mao Ling to ward off colds. It worked, except when I had a mold infection

which was

symptomatically identical to the flu, and I was confused at the time as to why

it did not

work. There are also some homeopathic remedies some people use for warding off

illness,

too.