Vaccination Fascination

B'SD

24 Cheshvan 5770

I shared my concerns plus some preventative safety tips about the Mexican Swine H1N1 Flu on this blog several times. Medical professionals feared massive death tolls from the 21st century's pending Flu Pandemic. Mainstream media kept blaring warnings about a Spanish Flu Redux. It sold a lot of "Film at 11" updates and many newspapers. But something doesn't add up.

Color me confused.

The Mexican/Swine/H1N1 Flu Vaccine is NOT a proven preventative. It's even a suspected cause of other health problems! There's evidence that the vaccine has not been adequately tested, though it is being used on vulnerable populations: pregnant women, children with developing immune systems and immuno-compromised adults.

No matter what you call that infection,

something else odd stands out about it:

It's not killing all that many people.

Despite prognostications that we'd see Spanish Flu Death Rate Redux worldwide (e.g., Reuters' Alert, Sydney Mechanic's School of Arts, World Health Organization, and on and on) the majority of fatalities from the current Flu Du Jour are related to chronic health problems that preceded the flu infection.

Though those deaths leave heartbroken survivors behind, they are not as high as predicted by shrill warning from the media and some governments.

I consulted generalist Dr. Carey/Zvi Buckman

in Israel.

Here's how our online dialogue went:

YG: Carey, WHY is Swine Flu being touted as "epidemic" if it is NOT affecting significantly large amounts of the populations in countries where it exists?

CZB: It is a legitimate question. A pandemic is called such because of the rapidness of the spread, and the fact that it is worldwide. With thousands of people getting ill in over 20 countries, and dozens in each country dying of the illness, for which the public health agencies were unprepared (with vaccines), this merits as being called a pandemic. Whether it will turn out to be any more noxious than the usual seasonal flu is not yet clear, but the fact remains that the health establishment was unprepared for this illness.

By the way, further information disseminated today (November 10 2009), that the pandemic is not as serious as predicted, and perhaps vaccinating everyone with an untested vaccine is not warranted considering the-- as to now-- lack of overall severity of the illness, and the possible side effects of the vaccines.

So, readers, I'll stick with my original premise:

Stay clean.

Eat nourishing foods.

Drink plenty of pure water.

and

PRAY hard.

I alerted you to the fact that this Mexican Swine H1N1 Flu began to peak at the beginning of Iyar, a spring-time Jewish month. The initials of the month are commonly understood in Hebrew as "Ani HaShem Rofecha", I GOD am Your Healer.

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Level 6: What You Can Do to Protect Your Health

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URGENT UPDATE: You can click on the World Health Organization's updates here: http://www.who.int/en/

(I apologize for failing to include these sites earlier:

World Health Organization updates in French http://www.who.int/fr/index.html

and in Spanish http://www.who.int/es/index.html

Check out America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Get the CDC's specific updates about Swine Flu/H1N1

Breaking News: How to Protect Yourself During H1N1 Pandemic )

Israeli readers can find Hebrew-language information about the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic and all other Israeli health issues at http://www.health.gov.il/.

The English version of the site is http://www.health.gov.il/english/


I've written about this pending situation before. My blogpost Swine Flu H1N1 Level 6? contains safety precautions. My Travel Warning holds other relevant information.

I won't bore you with links to additional prescient "Level 6" posts at this blog.

What I will do is to ask you to:

Stay as clean as possible,

To keep your surroundings
as clean as possible,

And to refer to
impeccable sources of information

within the medical world.

DO NOT rely on what "somebody" told you.

You're scared already.

Listening to someone speaking

out of panic and ignorance

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If You're Facing a Medical Crisis...

B'SD

11 Sivan 5769

I've weighed my words all day in order to create this post. Here goes:

You're facing a medical challenge as it is.

I strongly suggest that you make sure not to overtax your body, to keep washing stuff that's handled often (toilet handles, door knobs, phones, etc.), and to avoid crowds if you are dealing with an illness as the sick person or as the caregiver.

Here's why:

WHO: World 'getting closer' to flu pandemic...

PHASE 6...

According to the advice I've learned so far from medical professionals, the best defense for guarding one's health from the above-mentioned dangers is to minimize your exposure to germs.

If you cough or sneeze, aim at the inside of your elbow (raise your arm to your face). Cover your coughs and sneezes to prevent the spread of germs.

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Swine Flu/H1N1 Level 6?

B'SD

24 Iyar 5769

Sorry for the late-in-the-day post. My schedule suddenly filled with some quickly pending due dates in the journalism world (whew, that's GOOD news for me in the chaotic news world) and I'm working hard to satisfy my editors.

Back to this blogpost:

I've alerted you before to potential dangers of the H1N1 (Swine Flu for the scientific vocabulary challenged folks among us): World Health Organization Statement

I even specified my travel warning

Why bring all this up?

I'm increasingly concerned at WHO's reluctance to declare a Level 6 situation as it notes progressively far-reaching cases of infection:

Influenza A(H1N1) virus

WHO/PAHO/Harold Ruiz
Antiviral drugs arrive at Mexico City airport, Mexico.18 May 2009 --

As of 06:00 GMT, 18 May 2009,
39 countries have officially reported

8480 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.

then notes this:

Concern over flu pandemic justified.

WHAT is a concerned person to do in this confusing situation? I suggest that you read Director-General's address to the Health Assembly

and keep checking in at http://www.who.int/en/ to stay up-to-date on things.

Don't rely on hearsay, rumors, and urban legends. Not even from friends and relatives. DO NOT respond to irresponsible E-mails promising you cures and preventatives for Swine Flu/H1N1.

Stick with verifiable facts.

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Folks, I've worked in the healthcare industry and reported on it for decades.

Pay Close Attention to this URGENT UPDATE: CDC: 100,000 LIKELY INFECTED WITH NEW STRAIN IN USA

Keep washing your hands, the children's hands, doorknobs, you name it.

Cleanliness is the best safeguard I know of so far.

To your good health,

Yojeved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
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6 Iyar


America's healthcare is going down the tubes. Why?

Obama Says Swine Flu ‘Not a Cause for Alarm'‎

Obama's first 100 days in office have been filled with serious anti-social activity. An expensive indulgence (in this age of economic freefall!) - New York flyover of Airforce 1 that terrified onlookers who feared another 9/11 - among other things.

The once robust US auto industry is disappearing with his help. So is much of America's remaining economic life: AP FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape...

He has trashed healthcare (see my past posts on that). And he's repeatedly trashed America's law-abiding conscience and society: FBI Raids Office of DC Office of Obama Appointee

And there's an alarming focus on superficialities as he and Michelle stress appearance/form over substance:

PEOPLE MAG 'MOST BEAUTIFUL': Barack's Beauties...
Michelle, Rahm Emanuel, Geithner...

with a touch of megalomania he has not protested: Obama Coronated as Messiah, Wears Crown of Thorns


The World Health Organization has gone to Level 5 (and soon to reach 6 in the next 24 hours), the last steps it can take before a worldwide pandemic renders all of us susceptible to disease and death extremely difficult to prevent.

The president of once-strong America is no help. He's part of the problem.

The USA is deteriorating, vulnerable to far more than mere health problems. Only GD Above can correct the problem.

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