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cubanlord
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 Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:37 am Post subject: You may think twice about taking Tamiflu!!!! |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/113_52169.html
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The deceased woman was in her 30s and lived in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, according to regional medical sources. She died Saturday afternoon, 29 hours after taking the antiviral drug.
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: |
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You'll think 3 or 4 times after you watch this:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/19/The-Truth-about-the-Flu-Shot.aspx
By Dr. Russell Blaylock
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| By 1853, Parliament began passing laws to make the untested vaccine compulsory throughout the British Empire. Other countries of Europe followed suit. Once the economic implications of compulsory vaccinations were realized, few dared to disagree. Then, as now, the media were controlled by the vaccine manufacturers and the government, who stood to make huge money from the sale of these spurious vaccines... |
Tim O'Shea, D.C.
What is in the Regular Flu Shot?
* Egg proteins, including avian contaminant viruses
* Gelatin, known to cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin
* Polysorbate 80 (Tween80�), which can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis
* Formaldehyde: a known carcinogen
* Triton X100: a strong detergent
* Sucrose (table sugar)
* Resin, known to cause allergic reactions
* Gentamycin, an antibiotic
* Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose vials
Analysis of material by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. Russell Blaylock. (September 5, 2009)
Critical Observations:
* Doctor visits for flu are down from the level in April
* Total flu hospitalizations are similar or lower than for seasonal flu (yearly flu)
* The number of death secondary to flu and pneumonia is unchanged from yearly rate
* Only two states are reporting widespread infections -- Georgia and Alaska. Other states report only regional or sporadic activity, meaning it�s not very contagious.
* There is no evidence that the virus has mutated at all anywhere in the world
* The virus remains susceptible to the drugs Tamiflu and Relenza.
* Only 43,771 cases have been reported in the United States. Because of poor reporting the CDC estimates that true numbers indicate that one million have been infected. Many people did not get sick enough to go to a doctor. Likewise, not all people are tested who go to a doctor.
* Of these 5,011 have been hospitalized and 302 have died.
Death Rates From the H1N1 Flu
* If we use the 43,771 figure and 302 deaths that means the death rate is 0.6 percent, an extremely low death rate for any flu.
* The percentage of hospitalized patients who died was 6 percent, again a very low incidence of death.
* Since the CDC estimates that one million have been infected, we must recalculate death rates. Using this more accurate figure, the death rate is in truth 0.03 percent, which means 99.97percent will not die from this flu. Your chances of dying are incredibly low.
Age and Death Rates
We hear a lot about the unusual age distribution with this virus, especially as regards death rates, with the young being more affected than, as with seasonal flu, the elderly (90% of deaths are usually among those greater than 65 years old). The risks of becoming infected are as follows:
* Ages 5 to 24 y/o--------26.7 per 100,000 (0.027%)
* Ages 0 to 4 y/o ---------22.9 per 100,000 (0.023%)
* Ages 25 to 49-----------6.97 per 100,000 (0.0069%)
* Ages 50 to 64 y/o------3.9 per 100,000 (0.0039)
* Over 65 y/o-------------1.3 per 1000,000 (0.00013%)
And the risk of needing to be hospitalized are:
* Ages 0 to 4 y/o---------0.0045%
* Ages 5 to 24 y/o--------0.0021%
* Ages 25 to 45 y/o------0.0011%
* Over 65 y/o-------------0.0017%
This indicates that for all age groups, the risk of being hospitalized are far less than 1 percent and well over 99 percent of people will not need hospitalization.
This explains why this infection is being downplayed by the virologists themselves, the ones who know most about the dangers of viruses.
The distributions of death also vary considerably by age. Below is the distribution of deaths according to age.
* Ages 25-49 y/o---------41%
* Ages 50 to 64 y/o-----24%
* Ages 5 to 24 y/o------16%
* Over age 65 y/o------- 9%
* Ages 0 to 4 y/o-------- 2%
So, we see that the greatest death rates in the extremely small fraction that die are between ages 25 to 49 and 65 percent are between ages 25 to 64.
The least likely to die are babies up to age 4 years, yet they are targeted for vaccination and as we see from the above data, children below age 2 years get absolutely no protection from the flu vaccines.
Analysis of the New Government Projections to the Media
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: You may think twice about taking Tamiflu!!!! |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/113_52169.html
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The deceased woman was in her 30s and lived in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, according to regional medical sources. She died Saturday afternoon, 29 hours after taking the antiviral drug.
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And she slept with the fan on! OH NO!!! That sentence alone is terrible. No cause and effect relationship. The article was a bit better (a bit).
Anyway, two people back home just died, one of pneumonia and the other of an upper respiratory infection. The one with pneumonia didn't even know he had it, ran a hard football practice and died a few hours later. The URI guy went to the doctor and they had no idea what it was (but the did rule out H1N1, no joke) and he died shortly thereafter.
Long story short, medicine is as much an art as it is a science. Millions of people get vaccinations every year and have no problems. Some people do have reactions and they are not good reactions. But when you compare the odds of a vaccine to the odds of the disease (i.e. surviving the polio vaccine and surviving polio), the choice is obvious.
Of course, being in the 25-45 year range, the rate of getting the flu AND being hospitalized is .00000759% (759 millionths), so I wouldn't worry. |
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