A large volume of emails I am receiving right now have to do with concerns over the so called Swine Flu (H1N1 strain) and the impending vaccination programs that are being pushed so vehemently by the government, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and by the medical community. Should you take the vaccination or just say no? Once again, let’s look at the facts and decide whether or not you want to get this vaccine for yourself or your children. You can read my other articles regarding H1N1 by clicking on the following links:

H1N1 Concerns Continue to Grow...Game Plan Time!

Flu Vaccinations: Are They Safe And Effective?

What Is H1N1?

H1N1 is a subtype of the Influenza A virus that is not new by any means. This subtype of flu virus has been around for a long time. What is new is the strain of H1N1 that is the topic of our current fears. It has been coined as the “Swine Flu” because it is thought to have originated in pigs. The actual naming of the virus strain, H1N1, comes from the structure of two proteins found in all Influenza A viruses. These proteins start with the letters H and N.

How Deadly Is This Flu?

After listening to the continuous news reporting, you would have to be a little bit frightened for yourself and your children. As of September 4, 2009 the CDC has reported a total of 593 deaths attributed to this flu (16 deaths 0-4 years olds; 93 deaths 5-24 years olds; 171 deaths 50-64 year olds; 57 deaths in those above 65; and 7 deaths without age being reported). Six hundred deaths sound like a lot. Should we not be worried? Wait a second…how many people die every single year from the regular flu? Comparing that number to the 593 will put the current number of deaths caused by this new strain into a better perspective.

In 2009, the CDC published estimates that 36,171 flu-related deaths occur each year. In the first 5 months the swine flu has only been involved in 593 deaths. At this point, the H1N1 swine flu is all hype and nothing else.

What you have to understand, though, is that this flu virus can and will mutate. The resulting virus could either be no big deal or it could become very deadly. No one knows what is going to occur. So, it makes good sense for our government, our doctors and for you to take precautions that make sense in reducing your risk of getting this virus if it turns deadly. Does that mean you should get the new H1N1 vaccine or that we should make it mandatory for school aged children? Let’s find out…

The H1N1 Vaccination Program

The pharmaceutical industry is in full swing flooding the public with the fears of a potentially massive H1N1 death rate. They are highlighting the fact that the H1N1, unlike the normal flu, supposedly affects a younger population. Nothing gets parents motivated to run out and get a flu shot more than creating a fear of their children dropping dead like flies.

But, look at the break-down of deaths by age group and you will see that only 16 children from the 0-4 years old group and 93 from the 5-24 year old group died. They say this is an “alarmingly high” level of deaths from this age group compared to regular flu years. This, of course, causes them concern which they freely pass on to you. I could not find what the average percentage of deaths was within this age group for a regular flu year. But scaring parents with such preliminary and small amounts of data is not good science. It is good marketing to get you to take the new vaccine!

So, what is the truth when it comes to the new vaccine? To answer this question you have to ask a couple of other questions. The first is will it be effective. The second is whether it will be safe. You would think that anyone promoting the use of this new vaccine would want to know the answers to these two questions before they began its vigorous endorsement. You would be wrong to think that way because the answer to both of these questions is that we do not know. We have absolutely no idea if the vaccine will be effective against this strain of H1N1 and we have absolutely no idea if the vaccine will be safe.

If you have not had a chance, you may want to read my article: Flu Shots: Trick or Treat? In that article I outline both the benefits and dangers of getting a flu shot. Why is this important to the topic of this article? The reason is because since there is no good evidence to answer our two important questions, they are using the data from past flu shots to “project” the safety of this upcoming vaccine.

Here is the major problem with this approach. The regular flu vaccination is not invented and rushed to market within a two month period of time like the H1N1 vaccine was. The fact is that last time we had a rushed swine flu vaccine it had to be pulled from the market due to the significant occurrence of a neurological condition that causes paralysis. It is so interesting to me that this fact gets so vigorously downplayed as they assure the public, without the ability to do so, that this vaccine will not cause the same problem.

If you believe for a moment that two months of testing a vaccine in humans can provide any substantial information about safety, you are a trusting soul. The fact is the pharmaceutical companies developing these vaccines stand to make billions of dollars and they will not let anything stand in their way. They have one major hurdle to overcome, though, and it is called the truth. Read on…

The New Vaccine Will Not Protect You (or your child)!

I know, this is a bold statement and you may be thinking how in the world I can even make this statement when I just wrote that no one knows whether or not the new vaccine will work. What I stated is that no one knows whether the new vaccine will work against the current H1N1 virus. Maybe it will. But the new vaccine will not protect you from your greatest fear. That fear is this virus will mutate into a deadly form and will kill hundreds of thousands of people including some close to you.

The current virus, for which they are making the vaccine, causes only slightly worse symptoms than does a regular flu strain. Here is where the current scare campaign falls into to realm of ridiculous. If the currently mild H1N1 virus mutates into a deadly one, the vaccine that they are making right now will have exactly ZERO effect on the mutated virus. It is the same story for the regular flu shot. If the virus strain mutates into one not found in the vaccine, the vaccine is completely ineffective.

So, rest assured that if the current H1N1 virus mutates into a new strain the current vaccine will give you no protection and every single “expert” at the CDC and every single doctor know this to be true. If you don’t believe me, call them up and ask them these simple questions:

“Doctor, once a vaccine is made for a specific virus will the vaccine likely be effective if that virus mutates?”

They have to answer “No”. If they do not…find a new doctor!

“Doctor, is it not true that our greatest fear with the H1N1 swine flu virus is that it will mutate from its current form and become deadly?”

The only answer to this question is, “Yes”.

“Doctor, then there is no way this current vaccine will help in that case. Why should I take it or give it to my children?”

Listen to them stammer trying to find an answer because they will NEVER admit that any vaccine is worthless.

Bottom Line:

You will notice that I did not get into the potentially harmful ingredients that will be found in this new vaccine like thimerosal or squalene. There is no doubt that these ingredients will cause medical problems for a number of people who get injected with this vaccine. I did not feel the need to cover this information simply because it makes absolutely ZERO sense for any healthy person to take this vaccine. There is NO way it can protect you from a deadly mutation of this virus, we have no idea if it will even work against the current strain, and no one can assure you that it is safe!

Someone please email me and tell me why you would choose to inject this concoction into your body or that of your children. The logic escapes me.

Now before you dismiss me as an anti-vaccination zealot, let me tell you this. If the virus became deadly and a new vaccine was developed, I would more than likely take that vaccine. I am not completely anti-vaccination. I am against the sensationalism and half-truths being told in order to get you to take a vaccination not for your benefit, but for the monetary benefit of those making the vaccine.

What Can You Do To Protect Yourself?

The most important thing you can do to protect yourself from the flu is to decrease the chance of coming in contact with the virus. You can take some very simple, yet effective, measures during your day. My wife thinks I am paranoid about some of these but there is no doubt that if you practice what I call flu safety you will reduce your risk of getting this disease.

One of the most common ways to get the flu is by coming in contact with the virus on a surface and then touching your eyes or mouth. So, you can greatly reduce your risk by simply washing your hands on a regular basis throughout the day. Squirting hand sanitizer probably does little to kill the flu virus unless you use a lot and let it set on your hand for 20-30 seconds.

So, think about the surfaces you touch each day. When you walk into a store, bank, restaurant, or work you probably touch the door right where everyone else touched the door. You basically just shook hands with everyone who coughed in their hand and/or blew their nose and also touched that same area of the door. If they have the flu, you now have it on your hands. All it will take is an itch to the nose, rubbing your eye or grabbing a piece of gum and putting it in your mouth and you now have the gift of the flu. Think for a moment of all the common surfaces you touch each day. Did you think about putting gas in your car, turning off the water in the sink, using common pens, using ATM machines, touching hand rails, pushing elevator buttons, or the worst of them all…touching the door knobs when you go to the doctor’s office! Now you know why my wife thinks I am paranoid.

Thus, every time you touch a common surface you need to wash your hands before you touch your eyes, mouth or nose. If you do not, you risk getting the flu. If you do, you are doing more than any supplement or vaccine will ever do to help you not contract this virus.

I use the following products and they seem to work very well at keeping me from ever becoming seriously ill. I suggest you keep these products in your medicine cabinet so you can start using them as soon as you feel that yucky feeling signaling that your body is fighting something.

I take C-BioFizz, Thorne Vitamin A, Vitamin D and Esberitox. For the kids, I give them either Esberitox or ImuMax and mix C-BioFizz with the Thorne Vitamin A and Vitamin D. You can go to this link to get these products:  Immune Support

Here are the doses I use:

Adults:

1 teaspoon of C-BioFizz, 2 capsules Thorne vitamin A, 1 capsule vitamin D 5,000IU, twice a day.  Chew 4 Esberitox, 3 times a day.

Children who cannot swallow pills (2-8):

½ teaspoon C-BioFizz, 1 capsule Thorne vitamin A, 1 capsule vitamin D 1,000 IU, twice a day.  Also, chew 2 Esberitox, 3 times a day or take 1 teaspoon of ImuMax, twice a day.