Many medical doctors have given general advice for avoiding the flu, such as washing hands and covering up. Influenza viruses could have potential to cause a pandemic, vaccines being main defense. Doctors assure us that the vaccines are made under rigorous oversight and quality controls, in other words, safe and effective.
What they don't normally mention is that there is no replicated scientific backing for their promotion of the flu vaccine as safe and effective. Everyone should know that more powerful information and alternatives are freely available. The key to making smart decisions is asking the right questions. That's our responsibility, not the doctors.
First, what studies show the flu vaccine as safe? Obvious vaccine fiascos mandate that we know. What is stopping a repeat of the 1976 swine flu pharmaceutical failures and unnecessary deaths, or the Chiron debacle in 2003 where the manufacturer's shoddy quality control and the FDA's lack of the facts were exposed, or the recent Merck closure in Pennsylvania.
Ask why many doctors refuse to take the vaccine, such as Dr. Kent Holtorf, M.D. who says vaccines have been rushed to market--testing is obviously not a priority. Dr. Holtorf stated that neither he nor his children would take the swine flu shot, because the health risks were too high. After years of observation on the subject, Dr. Larry Palevsky, M.D. says that "conclusions are made about vaccine safety and efficacy that just do not fit the scientific standards I was trained to uphold in medical school."
On effectiveness, read the CDC's website admission that "in some years when vaccine and circulating strains were not well-matched, no vaccine effectiveness can be demonstrated in some studies, even in healthy adults. It is not possible in advance of the influenza season to predict how well the vaccine and circulating strains will be matched, and how that match may affect the degree of vaccine effectiveness."
My challenge to the doctors is to name three scientific replicated studies that indicate flu shots are safe and effective. Are there any? Dr. Joseph Mercola, D.O., states that the "flu vaccine is no more effective for children than a placebo, according to a large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies with 260,000 children, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews." A new study in Canada concludes that flu shots appear to increase risk of flu infections. This is clearly something to think about before going for that flu shot.
Since the flu vaccine appears debatable on it effectiveness and safety, what are the alternatives? Here's a few that work and you don't need a prescription. Do some research. The library is free. The Internet is free at the library.
- Vitimin D3. - See Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D by Dr. John Cannell in the journal Epidemiology and Infection where he states influenza is merely a symptom of vitamin D deficiency.
- Sunshine - Dr. R. Edgar Hope-Simpson discovered the link between a deficiency in solar radiation and seasonal influenza
- Vitamin C (Use only NSF GMP Certified vitamins)
- Omega-3 fats like krill oil
- Unprocessed food, no sugar
- Garlic
- Avoid hospitals and vaccines.
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