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Now
come those great people of The Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta to tell us about 80% of all seniors should rush out to get
the latest “flu “shot. This is the same enterprising branch of
the Federal Government that brought us in 1977 The Swine Flu
Vaccine.
The
“Flu” That Never Was
I
wrote two articles on the subject at the time, discussing of the
hazards of the ridiculous vaccine that had been tossed together on
an impromptu basis. The distinguished virologist, Dr. J. Anthony
Morris, lost his job with the FDA because he warned his superiors
that that vaccine was of no value. Further, as my articles stated,
there was not a single case
of swine flu in the country. There was no epidemic to control.
Yet
some 128 people died promptly after getting the vaccine. What may
be even more important, 43,000,000 people were deceived into
taking the vaccine. You may be sure, too, that within most of
these millions who are still alive the vaccine still lingers in
their bodies, awaiting some metabolic change which might trigger
viral activity, contributing to ill health or untimely death.
The
latest flu vaccine is being produced by three companies and is of
the killed virus type. Many producers of vaccines have dropped out
of such activity because they fear the high cost of court
judgments against them for side effects of such vaccines, which
may bring on severe illness or death.
The
whole, messy situation is well outlined in an article in The Wall
Street Journal of January 16. Anyone considering the use of a
vaccine either on his children or on himself should first read
this article. Though chiefly concerned with a new chicken pox
vaccine that may soon be available, offered by Merck and Co., the
article dwells upon the life-long hazards that attend the use of a
vaccine.
The
Trojan Horse
You
see, this type of live virus vaccine contains disease viruses
which have been artificially weakened so that, hopefully, they are
unable to induce symptoms of the disease yet are strong enough to
fool the body into producing antibodies able to hold in check more
virile disease viruses that may come along. But, once the damaged
viruses are in the body, they present a life-time of risk. They
may recover their original strength, or they may mutate to produce
some other disease as bad or worse than the ailment they were
supposed to prevent.
At
the present time, no one knows for sure just what can happen, as
time goes by, with these weakened but still alive viruses.
“The
chicken pox virus lurks in the body,” says The Wall Street
Journal, “after the illness passes. For reasons that aren’t
understood, it sometimes reawakens when the subject is 60 or 70
years old to cause shingles, a nerve inflammation marked by pain
and blisters.”
Viruses
are, as I have long observed, the major foe of all humanity. They
are everywhere, they are indefatigable, resourceful, and
immortal. They were a part of our very beginnings, and they are
never going to leave us.
Once
a virus is within one’s body, only the person’s immune system
can protect him. It is then up to his immune system to keep it
under control, to prevent its replication within hours to
astronomical numbers that can soon defy counting. As stated,
vaccines seek to fool the body into arming itself with antibodies
in advance of any attack. But these fearless invaders can regain
their strength, or re-align the DNA of which they are chiefly
composed and start to harass or kill us off with some other
disease source to which they have mutated.
Hope
for the Future
The
Journal comments that we may have much superior vaccines in the
near future. Genetic engineers will be able to “splice together
proteins to make just that part of the virus that produces
immunity, with none of the parts that produce disease.”
As
it now stands, children are often being forced to take vaccines
that may later induce debilitating or fatal disease, and in many
states children can be expelled from school if their parents
refuse such dangerous vaccines. Many organizations have been
formed to resist these arbitrary rulings by school boards.
What’s
To Do?
Right
now, I am sure, our best hope lies in doing everything we can to
keep our immune systems hourly, day by day, in the best possible
condition to repel the invaders. This involves a life style
balanced with moderate exercise, adequate sleep, sunshine, good
thoughts, good food, and supplementation of the diet with a wide
variety of nutrients known to be required by the immune system.
For
me, this must include a daily intake of at least 8 grams of timed
released mineral ascorbates of calcium, magnesium, zinc,
manganese, and molybdenum, plus bioflavonoids. Other essentials
are selenium, chromium, the B vitamins (especially niacin),
dietary fiber, vitamins A and E, plus a few not yet discovered
that are, hopefully, in a diversified diet which includes good
protein such as eggs and vegetables that have been only lightly
cooked.
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