Dr. Mike's Health Newsletter
 Better Health Through Nutrition
  October 2009
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Flu and Flu shots

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Dr. Michael W. Roth

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Hi again everybody!

We've been hearing so much about the seasonal flu, H1N1 and the swine flu from the media, it's easy to see why so many people are lured into thinking we need protection from these "deadly viruses" in the form of vaccines. But do we? Personally, I won't ever knowingly or voluntarily receive any flu vaccine.

I'd like to lead off our discussion this month with this quote:

"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.
You may have seen some of the statistical data listed below in a report by Dr. Russell Blaylock. But I thought it important enough to repeat in this month's newsletter since many do not realize exactly what a flu shot is and what it contains.

First, the idea behind a flu shot is to inject what is referred to as an "attenuated" virus into the body. Apparently this means that it's not a "live" virus, but contains identital properties - enough to create a flu-like environment in the body and cause an immune reaction that will prevent the flu from occuring. Problem? Since it IS a flu virus, many people do experience flu-like symptoms from the vaccination itself AND some do come down with the flu anyway.

But what I really want you to know is exactly what is IN a flu shot. Here are a list of ingredients that your doctor is not going to reveal to you:
  • 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
If that isn't enough, here are some real statistics about this season's viruses that conflict with what we are being told through the media:
  • Total flu hospitalizations are similar or lower than for seasonal flu (yearly flu)
  • The number of deaths secondary to flu and pneumonia are unchanged from the 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
  • 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. The  chances of dying are incredibly low.   
Government projections to the media have been designed to induce compliance in getting the flu vaccine which, not only increases the risk of sickness and death - far more so than the chances of actually contracting the flu, but the projections are false and extremely exaggerated.

Government projections list the number of Americans that will be infected at an astounding 150 million people! That is 150 times as many as now infected, and with a population slightly over 300 million, their figures indicate an unprecidented 50 percent infection rate! There is absolutely nothing to indicate such a high infectivity rate from the past 7 months of analysis.

If we use the existing data we see that the numbers are quite different. At the time the data was taken, 303 people out of one million infected died and 5,011 needed hospitalization.

Most hospitalized people will not require intensive care, are  suffering from dehydration and only require IV fluid infusion.
  
Again we see that these viruses are really no different from many other flu viruses that have been contained, died out, come and gone. They simply have different names.

Compared to the tens of thousands who die every day from various other diseases, this "outbreak" is very subdued and may be contained to those whose immune systems are already weakened or compromised.

However, no one wants to get sick or contract any flu and certain precautions are always advised.

The best way to strengthen your immune system and help ward off flu bugs is to eat a good variety of organic meats, fruits and vegetables, don't eat or drink anything that is processed or contains chemicals, be very cautious about taking medicines, and take a complete source of nutrients, herbs and vitamins that are proven to help the body's own immune system to help fight off the "bad guys", such as the nutrients found in intraMax, intraKid and intraMin.
 
I'd like to leave you with this quote by Thomas Edison, a very wise man years ahead of his time. He said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."

Thank you once again for reading!

Until next month, I remain yours in good health!

Sincerely,

Dr. Mike