I can't believe how terror has spread here in the UK. Several schools have actually closed. I read an article in which an "expert" said that swine flu is like the flu that goes round every winter and kills thousands of people (though really it's secondary pneumonia that does this, not the flu itself).

Duh? Do schools close when someone catches the ordinary flu?

My own school told us to update our "snow day" information in case they had to shut, themselves. No doubt there are huge stockpiles of Tamiflu waiting to be used, which is making someone a pretty dollar during the recession.

I don't think I've ever been fed such a load of nonsense in my life.

The latest announcement here is that the government is distributing leaflets about swine flu today to everyone in the UK. Thinking about person-hours, cost of production and postage, you're talking millions. They're also spending millions in preparing for the 2012 Olympics, and of course they've bailed out the banks. We're looking at a national debt in the trillions now.

Also, sadly, one of my favourite alt med sources, Dr. Mercola, is slamming another, Mike Adams (the "health ranger"), for his stance on swine flu, though in the past they'd supported each other. Mercola hasn't simply said "I think he's wrong" -- he's really gone for a whole character assassination. That reflects badly on him IMO, especially since in some instances it's a little like the pot calling the kettle black. (He accuses Adams of fear-mongering in order to get people to buy products he endorses, but Mercola does the same thing.)

I also hear that all students and staff at at least one school here have been given Tamiflu. I don't think they can lawfully coerce someone to take it. But if I were ever under pressure to do so, I would give the school information from peer-reviewed journals showing why the stuff is ineffective. The fact that governments are stockpiling it, and people believe it's going to be helpful, is testament to the big PR machine that seems to be operating.

I suppose people have also heard of the 300,000 pigs slaughtered in Egypt, although not a single case has been reported there, and there's not a shred of proof that this would do any good in the instance of an outbreak?

Let's hope people start seeing some sense sometime soon.

Actually, having researched this in more detail, it sounds like Mike Adams was getting up to things that I had no idea about. (I don't read his site in any depth.) It's a shame, I thought he was a decent chap. Don't know what happened there.

Yes....((( Smiles )))

They have been shutting schools down out here for even probable cases.
But I just read in the news today that..

Officials tell schools not to close for swine flu..
As Scientists believe that the H1N1 virus epidemic is no more dangerous than seasonal flu, and schools should act accordingly.

I would rather take my chances with the Flu then their poisonous shots.
Look what happened to my children from trusting their doctor to do the right thing.
As I believe it was thoses shots that gave them the autism.
The world is changeing so fast things are speeding up..
I should have seen it comeing useing the family doctor to deliver their poisons.
I already had the flu in late Feb and it was a bad one too.
I survived that one and everyday I take my supplements to try to survive whatever they throw at us.
Until they can no longer harm us anymore.
Thats what I'll do.
In their race to find a vaccine.
And my race not to get one.
I just don't trust them anymore.
Been there done that already.
Won't be doing that again.

Stay Well
Lynn

Well this is more sensible than what we're hearing here.

I wonder if we'll find out the truth about how and where this virus started. It's strange and disturbing that it has never before been seen in pigs and contains elements of bird flu. It's also strange and disturbing that even a mild virus such as this can whip the world into such a panic.

Ya, ((( Smiles )))

It is...



Especially since we are in a global recession..
Anything could topple us over the edge now.
I don't know if we will ever learn the total truth from them though.
They didn't tell us what was in thoses vaccinations either.
They keep secrets unless exposed somehow.
But I wonder what their version is anyway..
But it so true that..
The world is primed for global paranoia right now.
People are truely on edge.

Stay Well
Lynn

I think people are simply too willing to believe what they are told by the authorities at face value, without questioning it. Many, especially in the US, have the mentality of "a pill for every ill" and they know nothing about real health. Best thing we can do IMO is spread genuine information.

Yes... ((( Smiles ))))

I really think so..
And lots of people were brought up that way too..
Not to question authority and the doctors are all there to help you get better..
And they would do nothing that would cause harm to you.
I pretty much believed that too at one time.
Not that they were perfect and didn't make mistakes because they have before which causes one to lose that total trust.
But not that they could cause so much harm.
I don't see it that way now.
I've been through too much to go back back to the way I was before.
The shock has wore off..
I see it for what it is now..

Thats True, ((( Smiles )))

Alot of people in the U.S do take medications.
With nearly one-third of adults takeing five or more medications..
not knowing how harmfull they could be or even..
reading the warnings and medical inserts on them but thinking it's rare and won't happen to them.
Or sometimes not reading them at all..
But I think alot of things are changeing in the direction of more people not happy with the norm..
and more thinking out of the box and reading and looking into other things.
There are alot of books out there and even TV programs shows in the U.S on informing the public on natural ways of healing and health.
Vitamins, minerals, supplements ect..
And of course web sites that inform about theses things as well..
More then there were awhile back..
People are demanding it more now too as medications and vaccinations can cause harm.
You know it..
I was watching Jenny McCarthy on TV today on Doctors.
Go Jenny>>>>>
She's tough...
She tells it like it is..

Plus.. ((( Smiles )))

I was reading in the paper..

It might already be too late to contain the outbreak,
a prominent U.S pandemic flu expert said.
Given how quickly flu can spread around the globe.
And thats so true as everything is global now in travel.
How can one stop it's spread.
Hopefully this one is not the big one.
Just a bad flu which is bad enough.

I agree that it is the seconadary infections that kill people not the flu. The bst way to avoid staph , pneumonia and other secondary infections is to not take aspirin or any symptom suppressants if you get the flu.

Hi Inert, (((( Smiles )))

Maybe like tylenol..
That could make it worse too?

Most, especially in Norway, have the mentality of "see the doctor, for every ill", and they know nothing about real health either.

"Oh... if you sufer from amalgam sickness that you have told us over and over, why don't you just go see the doctor?" they say..... Well because that ain't gonna do anything.... i try to tell em...

Anyway... am in good shape these days.... no flu either...

Hi Annabelle, (((( Smiles ))))

We survived it didn't we.
Of course it would be great if nobody died of anything but there is no 100 percent guarantee of anything in this life and the immune system is of more help to fighting off any illness's as you already know and also..
I believe that was compromised ( the immune system )for my kids by those shots.
I feel the same way, I should have seen it coming too but trusted the medical community as well and did not see the governmental influence's behind it all.
Plus didn't know about the mercury and additives in those shots and I feel so decived by it all myself.
Happened to your kids and mine as well. (((( Sad ))))
It does open ones eyes to it all in a shocking kind of way of how things really are in this life.
When I was much younger, was hardly ever sick with flu anything but now days it's like all you hear about thats it's coming..
Hopefully building up our immune system to handle what comes next naturally and without their poisons.
I'm with you on that, not going to just sit back and be quiet about what was taken from me but have recovered alot back too.
In due time, God will restore what has been taken from us and in lots of ways has now been of help too many through people of faith,
through prayers through people who do speak out and try to be of help.
I trust God a whole lot more then I trust them. Look what they have done look what they do to us. Sorry that happened to you too.
I know how it feels when it's your kids that have been effected. I do know.. I believe it was those vaccines as well.