swine flu: nothing to see, move along

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: swine flu: nothing to see, move along

Blaylock is good. He has long been one of my most trusted sources of medical and nutrition advice. His website is http://russellblaylockmd.com/ This will be a good video to pass along to some of my family members who rely heavily on what's told to them (talk or TV, but not reading) by experts. Thank-you for posting this.

For reference, the particular nutrients that Blaylock mentions in the final clip are curcumin (part of the turmeric spice), quercetin, DHA Omega-3 oils, and especially Vitamin D3. Blaylock also recommends keeping an ice pack on the vaccination site for a few days, starting as soon as possible after vaccination, if one does have to be vaccinated.

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: swine flu: nothing to see, move along

No, we haven't got anything near what happened in the 1930's or 1918 yet, ...

Somewhere (I wish I had saved the link) I was reading yesterday that the general health and nutritional status of young men recruited into the U.S. military for World War I was significantly poorer than for World War II, apparently due to improved diet. This was in an article (perhaps something here on iTulip) that was making the point that even though many Americans went hungry during the Great Depression, very few starved. The U.S. had enough food, even in the worst of times, to feed its people, even if it was plain food served in a soup line rather than elegantly prepared food served at a fine restaurant.

The 1918 flu started in U.S. military, living in close quarters, coming home from the war. I suspect by that point the general health, emotional stress, and immune status of those young men was quite poor, and that their confined living quarters accelerated the spread of the flu.

[ThePythonicCow]

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Dr. Mercola's web page for the above Blaylock interview can be found at http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...-Flu-Shot.aspx This web page has more information and recommendations.

[Kadriana]

Swine flu: Things get tents in Austin

In what some experts think may be a harbinger of things to come this fall, officials of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin have set up tents outside the hospital to accommodate the crush of patients flooding the emergency room with symptoms of the pandemic H1N1 virus, according to the Austin American-Statesman.


The two tents, which can accommodate eight to 16 beds apiece, were to be air-conditioned today.
According to the article, the hospital was on pace for an all-time record high in patients on Monday with 200 appearing before 3 p.m. That hour usually marks the beginning of the hospital's busy period because it is when school lets out. On Sunday, 343 patients swamped the emergency room. About 10 to 15 of the ER nurses are also out sick with influenza-like illness.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/boos...in-austin.html

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: Swine flu: Things get tents in Austin

In what some experts think may be a harbinger of things to come this fall, officials of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin have set up tents outside the hospital to accommodate the crush of patients flooding the emergency room with symptoms of the pandemic H1N1 virus, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

I wonder how much of this crush of patients is caused by a virus, and how much by all the (ill advised or ill motivated, in my view) publicity?

[Jay]

Re: swine flu: nothing to see, move along

Hi this appears to me to be a very lucid, and without the scare mongering of the FEMA sort blah blah, explanation of possible adverse side effects around the swine flu vacinations - however I am not a medical professional; I wonder if someone with more expertise in this area could please comment as to the varacity of the subject topics in the video and possibly have first hand knowledge of the studies the doctor alludes to in the video - if so I would be grateful ffor your input and any possible links to studies.

Thank you

I only got to watch the first video due to time constraints tonight, but I like what he had to say and he seemed reasonable.

Why is he so tachypneic, did he just run a mile or two?

Follow the mortality characteristics, and if they don't change, this is essentially a more widespread seasonal flu. I am not a huge proponent of the flu vaccine, however I do recommend other vaccines, but lets not rehash that debate here. The flu vaccine's efficacy is not always stellar to put it nicely. Also, this flu could still change its characteristics, so just watch how it evolves for now is my advice.

[Kadriana]

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I wonder how much of this crush of patients is caused by a virus, and how much by all the (ill advised or ill motivated, in my view) publicity?

I think it's probably a combination of the two. You have people that will run to the doctor when their child has the sniffles and on the flipside, there was someone who died of meningitis after calling the swine flu hotline and getting prescribed tamiflu.

If I have a child with a 103 temperature, I'm going to take them to the doctor. I don't know if it's an ear infection or the flu and they're both too young to really tell me what's wrong. People keep on talking about the mortality but I think the amount of people that are expecting to get H1N1, it's going to cause problems.

[Diarmuid]

Re: swine flu: nothing to see, move along

I only got to watch the first video due to time constraints tonight, but I like what he had to say and he seemed reasonable.

Why is he so tachypneic, did he just run a mile or two?

Follow the mortality characteristics, and if they don't change, this is essentially a more widespread seasonal flu. I am not a huge proponent of the flu vaccine, however I do recommend other vaccines, but lets not rehash that debate here. The flu vaccine's efficacy is not always stellar to put it nicely. Also, this flu could still change its characteristics, so just watch how it evolves for now is my advice.

Thanks Jay, any further input is much appreciated.

As to your question - maybe he's panicing

[lurker]

Re: Swine flu: Things get tents in Austin

I wonder how much of this crush of patients is caused by a virus, and how much by all the (ill advised or ill motivated, in my view) publicity?

I'd wager that the majority of these folks crushing into the ER do not have my health insurance.

With a $3k annual deductible I have to be at death's door before I go anywhere near an ER.

[Jay]

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I'd wager that the majority of these folks crushing into the ER do not have my health insurance.

With a $3k annual deductible I have to be at death's door before I go anywhere near an ER.

Smart man. Stay away unless really sick.

I only go because I work there. ;)

[Jay]

Re: Swine flu: Things get tents in Austin

I think it's probably a combination of the two. You have people that will run to the doctor when their child has the sniffles and on the flipside, there was someone who died of meningitis after calling the swine flu hotline and getting prescribed tamiflu.

If I have a child with a 103 temperature, I'm going to take them to the doctor. I don't know if it's an ear infection or the flu and they're both too young to really tell me what's wrong. People keep on talking about the mortality but I think the amount of people that are expecting to get H1N1, it's going to cause problems.

Don't expect any good advice over the phone, unless you are talking to a provider who knows what they are doing and knows you very, very well. Even then it can be risky.

[Kadriana]

Re: Swine flu: Things get tents in Austin

Don't expect any good advice over the phone, unless you are talking to a provider who knows what they are doing and knows you very, very well. Even then it can be risky.

Luckily we have good health insurance so we just go to the family doctor.