Effective Alternative to the Flu Vaccine by Robert Moore
In 1976, when I just started in my medical practice, one of the greatest experiments in “modern” medicine took place. The Center for Disease Control predicted a devastating flu epidemic, the “Swine Flu” epidemic. They predicted that thousands of people would be killed by this strain of flu just as in the flu epidemic of 1918 which caused the deaths of millions of Americans. In order to “protect” Americans from this “certain death” the government made the Swine Flu innoculation available for free to the public and started administering it at “government vaccine centers”. I asked my professor, the late Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, “what should I suggest to my patients, if the government makes this vaccine compulsory?” His response was, “Tell your patients to line up at the back of the line and pray that they run out of vaccine material before your patients get to the front of the line.” After just a few weeks, just about 100 people died shortly after being injected with the vaccine and over 500 people developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (see explanation following). The government at once abandoned the Swine Flu vaccine initiative. As for the prophecy that thousands of people would die from the flu, the total quantity of incidents of Swine Flu were fewer than 10. This is not the first time that the government and our medical establishment have attempted to scare the public into accepting unproven medical treatments. The argument never changes, the medical establishment says, “If you do not follow my advice, very bad things will happen to you. Trust me, I am your doctor.” The time has come to say, “show me the evidence, show me that the medicine is safer than the disease.”
It is my interpretation, according to medical evidence, that the flu shot of today is no safer than the Swine Flu shot of 1976. The only difference is that in 1976 the flu shot was administered to many individuals at government vaccine centers and the information relating to the side effects was easily available. Today, the vaccine is administered in many of doctors offices, work places, drug stores, and grocery stores, with no rigid methodology for reporting accountability or follow up data readily available.
Last year the same scare tactic of high death rates was utilized with the apparent coming of the “bird flu” epidemic. Much like the “swine flu” epidemic, the “bird flu” epidemic has still not come.
Why should anyone in their right mind (or wrong mind) take a flu inoculation when the most recent findings published September 24th, 2007 in the journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases revealed that…Influenza injections don’t reduce flu-related mortality rates in elderly adults in America, and prior reports of the vaccine’sinjection’s} value in this population have been exaggerated,
Although flu vaccination rates in the USA have gone up from 15% to 65% since 1980, current mortality data cannot substantiate any reduction in flu-related deaths in adults aged over 70, wrote Lone Simonsen, Ph.D. and colleagues, of George Washington University, Washington,(Lancet Infect. Dis. 2007.)
The large increase in flu vaccination rates can only be attributed to the trust of the US public. However, more and more parents are questioning and refusing to vaccinate their kids. At the same time the government is raising its efforts to force vaccinations of children by prosecuting parents who don’t vaccinate their kids, as is currently happening in Maryland.
So What is an Effective Alternative to the Flu Vaccine
Probiotics?
Probiotics are living microorganisms (bacterial or yeast) which, upon ingestion in certain volumes, exert health benefits beyond inherent basic nutrition.
There is a long history of health claims concerning living microorganisms in food, particularly lactic acid bacteria (lactobacillus). In a Persian version of the Old Testament Genesis 18:8, “and he (Abraham) took curd and milk,” Abraham may have owed his longevity to consuming sour milk. In 76 BC the Roman historian, Plinius, recommended the use of fermented milk products to cure gastroenteritis.
We know that the intestine, other than being a digestive organ, affects the immune system. The over 500 trillion beneficial bacteria that reside in our intestine communicate with each other, modulating many of the functions of our body. A reduction in the number of these bacteria, either as a result of antibiotic use (antibiotics will destroy healthy bacteria as well as pathogenic bacteria) or from a lack of food containing healthy bacteria (all processed food is sterilized and pasteurized, destroying all bacteria including beneficial bacteria).
In the past, food preservation was accomplished via fermentation, a method that adds a host of beneficial microorganisms to food. However, fermentation is an inconsistent process; therefore, commercial food processors implemented techniques like pasteurization (which kills all microorganisms), to help standardize more consistent yields.
Scientific studies have demonstratedproven} that low levels of beneficial bacteria can be one of the triggers for a weak immune system that can lead to medical issues such as: food allergies, bacterial vaginosis of pregnancy, IBS, urinary tract infections, yeast infections, intestinal infections, allergy, asthma, genital infections, elevated blood pressure, (all lactobacilli have ace inhibitor properties, thereby reducing blood pressure), elevated cholesterol levels, repeated ear and bladder infections, antibiotic associated diarrhea, and protection of babies against atopic disease. The scientific literature has documented that many of these problems can be reversed with the use of probiotics.
Therefore, by strengthening your immune system by taking probiotics you can limit your probability of getting flu and if you do catch the flu it should lower the serious side effects. To find out more about holistic medicine or Chicago alternative medical treatment.
About the Author
Robert Moore writes regularly about health related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.