- First SARS, then monkeypox, now the flu. How far can
the media go in stirring up public hysteria and fear of diseases? Answer:
as far as drug companies tell them. ìJump,î say the drug companies.
ìHow high?î say their media cohorts. ìHigh enough to
sell all our new flu vaccine.î
First the media conjure up a deadly flu epidemic, a killer flu that spares
no one. Children die in Colorado. A policeman falls in his tracks in San
Francisco. Everyone knows someone with the dread disease, and the death
toll mounts. Is this yearís flu any worse than other years? Probably
not.
Then the flu shots disappear. A shortage is announced. What can the fearful
public do? Thank goodness we still have that new live-virus nasal vaccine
waiting for just such a crisis. The fact is that the public had already
rejected the expensive new vaccine. Only 400,000 doses of Flumist had been
sold prior to the media hoopla over the killer flu. And the manufacturer
expected that most of those doses would be returned unused. Those fortunes
changed when the killer flu hit and no one could get the injected vaccine.
Now the drug company in question stands to make a hefty profit at $70 per
dose for millions of doses. And insurers like Aetna and Cigna have miraculously
changed their collective minds and decided to cover the expensive new vaccine
after all. Everyone wins, except you. Because you are the unwitting victim
of this media manipulation and drug company exploitation.
Here is the punch line. The vaccine does not contain the virus they say
is causing this flu. Last year it was too difficult to isolate and culture
the Fujian virus strain and they omitted it from the vaccine. Therefore
both vaccines are ineffective in preventing the Fujian strain that the
CDC insists is causing the current epidemic.
Amid all of this media circus, no one mentions the adverse effects of the
flu vaccine, the cases of paralysis, the spread of the three live viruses
contained in Flumist from the vaccine recipient to everyone within a four
foot radius of that personís sneeze, and the symptoms of the dreaded
flu caused by the vaccine itself.
I do not recommend that anyone get a flu vaccine. Whether you are eight
months old or eighty, the vaccine will not help you. Whether you have asthma
or emphysema, the vaccine will not prevent further disease. It may in fact
cause a significant deterioration in your heath.
Here are some ways to avoid getting sick. Get plenty of rest. Take vitamin
C (1,000 mg) and zinc (25 mg). Exercise regularly despite the cold weather.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables for their vitamin/antioxidant content.
If your immune system is weakened and you get frequent colds or have allergies
or asthma, then consider taking colostrum (1 tspn twice a day), or an astragalus
formula to boost your immunity. Children can take half the adult dose.
See your local homeopath, naturopath, or oriental medicine practitioner
for treatments that will fortify your system based on your own unique requirements.
If you get a cold or flu symptoms, then increase the vitamin C to 4-6 grams,
take Echinacea (liquid extract is best, two droppers three times per day),
take vitamin A (20,000-40,000 IU per day), get the correct homeopathic
medicine for your symptoms, and take a Chinese herbal formula such as yin
chiao jin or a similar formulation based on your symptoms.
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- Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc
- Classical Medicine Center
- 1779 Woodside Rd., Suite 201C
- Redwood City, CA 94061
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- Author of The Vaccine Guide, North Atlantic Books, 2002
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