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		<title>What Is It All About With The Bird Flu?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The humanity is always being challenged yearly What good is a year if there has been no major threat to our humanity? ]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Bird Flu</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Copyright 2006 John Piper There has been much written about the threat of a bird flu pandemic Much of it is either alarmist or inaccurate However the truth is not a great deal more digestible First I will examine the facts as they stand The virus in this case has been labelled H5N1 and it is a fairly close relation to the virus H1N1 which caused the "Spanish" flu pandemic in 1918/19 That outbreak followed the Great War (aka World War I) and killed many more than that war itself Most estimates of the death toll of H1N1 range from 50 million to 100 million! H5N1 is currently decimating bird stocks around the world and is spreading alarmingly with recent outbreaks in Turkey, Cyprus and now Africa and Italy In its current form H5N1 is not a great threat to mankind and those who have become infected with the virus have been in close contact with infected birds But we must not underestimate or ignore the human misery caused by those who have died through infection and the loss to livelihood caused by the destruction of avian farming stocks So what is all the fuss about? Simply that viruses tend to evolve and, over time, it is likely that H5N1 will "learn" to infect humans far more easily Viruses can learn in a variety of ways One way is through normal evolution and they evolve far quicker than we do - indeed some strains of H5N1 are already showing resistance to Tamiflu - the current antiviral of choice A quicker route is if the virus should find itself inhabiting the same body as a human flu virus - perhaps in a human being or perhaps in a pig - among other possibilities When this happens the viruses often swap information The consensus of opinion among the great and the good of the scientific community is that it is only a matter of time before H5N1 becomes capable of human-to-human transmission - that it is inevitable! Once that happens the pandemic begins But even then a great deal of uncertainty exists There are two key statistics when it comes to a virus rather as there are two key statistics when it comes to marketing a web site In the case of the web site the first key statistic is how many people reading your banner ad/your email promo click through to your web site The second is how may of those actually buy In the case of the virus it is far more morbid The two key statistics are the infection rate and the mortality rate There have been three recognised pandemics in the last 100 years All three had infection rates of around 25% The 1918/19 pandemic also had a mortality rate of between 25% - 5% which is why it was so deadly The pandemics of 1957/58 and 1968/69 had mortality rates of around 037% These statistics are really the source of all the hype and concern because currently H5N1 is killing around 50% of those it infects! Hence we get claims that 15 billion (sic) people will die The mathematics is simple We assume an infection rate of 50%, and some say "Spanish" flu infected 50% of people, and we apply the current mortality rate of 50% to the current world population in excess of 6 billion people Result: one in four dies But this over looks a key point Usually a virus that mutates to become capable of human-to-human transmission becomes much less deadly in the process The bottom line - we simply do not know what we might face The key question - how much time and money do we spend on a threat which may be a complete damp squib or may decimate human population? ]]></description>
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		<title>Why A Bird Flu Pandemic Will Overwhelm Our Healthcare System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ If you think our healthcare system has problems now, how do you think it will fare in the event of a bird flu pandemic? ]]></description>
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		<title>Rumsfeld To Profit From Bird Flu Hoax</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Dr Mercola Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up Not long ago, President Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of 200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic, but it could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations So the US placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug at a price of $100 per dose That comes to a staggering $2 billion We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, ina recentNew York Times article, they were battling whether or not they would allow generic drug companies to help increase their production But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually developed by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the exclusive rights to market and sell Tamiflu Ahh, The Plot Thickens If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997 Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu For more on the nonsense of the avian flu hoax, you'll want to review today's other post on the subject Finally Medical Journal Admits the Truth This week's British Medical Journal has an editorial on the bird flu in which they state the following:"The lack of sustained human-to-human transmission suggests that this AH5N1 avian virus does not currently have the capacity to cause a human pandemic" While they do go on to say the virus could mutate with the influenza A virus and has the potential to acquire the means for rapid human to human transmission, it does NOT have this ability now All the preparation and fear being created in the media is about a theoretical speculation Now I am a former Boy Scout and fully believe in being prepared, but this is nothing even close to following recommendations made by experts to New Orleans that if implemented would have saved 1000 lives and half a million homes and well over 100 billion dollars from Hurricane Katrina No this is all about creating fear and panic to benefit the drug companies Now, I am still not opposed to being prepared for this potential bird flu pandemic It is POSSIBLE it might materialize But if it did there is no way that the flu vaccine or Tamiflu will mitigate its damage No way If you want to know how to truly strengthen your immune system so will laugh when the flu bug or nearly any other infectious agent seeks to infect you, then start following the Total Health Programor read the quick tips I posted last year Gilead Sciences Inc ]]></description>
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		<title>What Bird Flu Protection &#8211; Gas Mask? Bird Flu Mask? 3m Face
Mask? Nanomask? N95 Mask?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As President Bush announced his $71 billion strategy to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, scientists and doctors reminded us that the plan to stock antiviral drugs may be flawed World production of the drug is being outstripped by demand and currently the US has ordered only enough of the anti-virals Tamiflu and Relenza for about 5 million people Orders may be placed, but if the drugs cannot be produced on time then what help are they to us? ]]></description>
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		<title>Roche Tamiflu: The Ultimate Weapon For The Treatment Of
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 23:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The onset of winter brings with it the danger of influenza or flu, the disease is gradually turning out to be a perilous epidemic and leaves the patient in vulnerable position The phenomenal rise in people suffering from flu is also a matter of concern for experts Defining Influenza or Flu : Commonly occurring in winters Influenza or flu is a viral infection of the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs There are two main types of mutating virus: A and B Type A virus tends to cause more severe illness than type B Influenza affects people of all age groups but it is most Anyone can get influenza, but it is most serious in elderly, in people with chronic underlying illnesses such as cancer, emphysema or diabetes or in those with weakened immune systems The worst part of the disorder is its contagiousness; the disorder is highly transmittable, even a slight contact with droplets from the nose and throat of an infected person during coughing and sneezing is enough to get prone to the disorder Avian Flu and its Human transmission : Widely known as bird Flu, Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus The influence of Avian Flu viruses is not common in species except for birds and pigs but the incident occurring in Hongkong in 1997 was a setback The H5N1 virus affected 18 people out of which 6 died H5N1 is of particular concern for several reasons H5N1 mutates rapidly and has a documented propensity to acquire genes from viruses infecting other animal species Its ability to cause severe disease in humans has now been acknowledged on two occasions Studies reveal that isolates from this virus have a high pathogenicity and can cause severe disease in humans Is Tamiflu a Savior? Approved by the FDA on October 27, 1999 Roche's Tamiflu (Oseltamivir Phosphate) is a medicine to treat flu Belonging to a group of medicines called Neuraminidase Inhibitors these medications attack the influenza virus and prevent it from spreading inside your body Tamiflu is highly effectual in treating adults, adolescents, and pediatric patients 1year of age and older with the flu whose flu symptoms started within the last day or two It is also handy in reducing the chance of getting the flu in people age 13 and older who have a higher chance of getting the flu because they spend time with someone who has the flu Tamiflu can also reduce the chance of getting the flu if there is a flu outbreak in the community Why Tamiflu]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Drug Is Killing People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 05:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating reports that the deaths of 12 Japanese children may be linked to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu The possibility has caused alarm, since millions of doses of the drug are currently being stockpiled for use in a potential flu pandemic Also Linked to Seizures Tamiflu has also been linked to neuropsychiatric incidents in children, including seizures, loss of consciousness, and delirium Jumping Off of Roofs The reportsmention incidents including: A14-year-old boy with flu took a dose of Tamiflu and two hours later fell from the ninth floor of his apartment building Another child, hours after taking a dose, jumped from the second floor of his house into deep snow Tamiflu Used FAR More Frequently in Japan However, it is important to realize that the reasonTamiflu side effects may show up earlier in Japan is thatTamiflu is used12 times more frequentlyin Japan than in the United States-- 116 million prescriptions for children in Japan between 2001 and 2005, compared to about 872,000 during that same period in the United States USA Today November 17, 2005USA Today November 19, 2005 Dr Mercola's Comment: I swear this whole bird flu saga is something straight from some television mini-series or fiction novel However, as you know, you couldn't make up a story like this tale of greed and political corruption Earlier this year the United Statesplaced an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug at a price of $100 per dose That comes to a staggering $2 billionIt was abundantly clear that this drug was not going to help anyone with the flu, and now we find out that this drug has a serious potential of killing children that take it To add insult to injury, the drug companies have made a sweet arrangement with the US government that they are not liable for any ofthe side effects from the drugs President Bush's $71-billion pandemic flu plan seeks broad limits on lawsuits against producers of vaccines and antiviral drugs, but is silent on how those injured or killed by adverse reactions might be compensated The liability shield is contained in the Pandemic Flu Countermeasure Liability Protection Act of 2005 It would protect producers and distributors of emergency vaccines from injury suits except in cases of "willful misconduct," a term to be defined later by the attorney general and the secretary of Health and Human Services So,even if these drugs or vaccineswind up killing innocent children, these companies will not be held liable But you don't have to worry as on Saturday the FDA aannounced that Tamiflu was safe Of course, this is the same agency that gave Vioxx its safetly blessing before it killed 55,000 people When Tamiflu kills US children, Roche will plead that they had no idea it could do such a thing! They will claim reports such as this one out of Japan were unverified, and that there was no way they could have known it was a problem It just doesn't get much worse than thatWhen will America wake up and say enough is enough? If this bothers you as much as it does me, you will want to be on the alert for a special animation I have created that could make a major difference in this country by helping people realize that we are not hopeless and that we can make a difference I plan on releasing the video the first week of January, and we hope it will gain as much national attention as the Jib Jab video did last year Not that they will make any great efforts to find out if it is a problem -- if you've been paying attention to the way the drug companies operate, you know that any potential problem with their drugs is something they want to find out about after it has been sold to millions of people, not before As you probably understand by now, drugs are rarely the answer to your health problems And vaccinations are a dangerous alternative to simply taking care of yourself Vaccines, which often contain mercury, are linked to several chronic illnesses including: Autism Allergies Behavioral disorders Ear infections An essential resource for anyone interested in protecting their health and the health of their loved ones is Vaccines: What CDC Documents and Science Reveal, a two-hour video by world-renowned vaccine expert Dr Sherri Tenpenny The video is the culmination of Dr Tenpenny's three-year investigation into the real story behind vaccines The facts on several crucial areas are covered including: How vaccines can cause illnesses The very real link between vaccines and developmental learning and behavioral disorders in children How vaccines have never been proven safe The ingredients and contaminants in vaccines and why they're detrimental to your health How vaccine studies are seriously flawed If you want to avoid catching the flu, drugs and vaccinesare not the answer Your body and health are better served by addressing the reasons why the immune system is impaired, which allows it to acquire the infection to begin with Here are some much healthier and less expensive steps you can take: Avoid sugar Get enough rest Eat garlic regularly Don't let stress overwhelm you Exercise regularly Wash your hands ]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Flu: Why Modern Medicine Won&#8217;t Save Us</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Very often when people begin to learn about bird flu, they jump to the conclusion that because medicine has advanced by quantum leaps since the 1918-19 influenza pandemic (global epidemic), there is nothing to worry about They are certainly right about the advance of medicine, which has been extraordinary by any measure Unfortunately, when it comes to dealing with a bird-flu pandemic, these advances fall short in many areas To name the most significant: 1 Bird flu is caused by an influenza virus, for which there are only four approved antiviral agents in the US The virus has extensive resistance to two of these medicines already, and resistance might develop in the remaining two once they are used more widely in a pandemic The two remaining medicines, Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir), are in extremely short supply and, even with planned increases in their manufacture, will remain in short supply for many years to come These medicines must be given within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, which can be difficult to accomplish for a variety of reasons Even when they are available and given on time, their effectiveness is less than 100 percent And because bird flu is very different than the usual influenza we are used to, higher doses given for longer periods of time may be necessary for optimal effect 2 While we have many wonderful antibiotic medicines, these are not effective against bird flu, because antibiotics treat only bacterial infections, not viral infections Antibiotics can be used to treat bacterial infections that develop after viral infections have damaged the body, allowing bacterial infections to "take over" This can happen, for example, when viral pneumonia turns into bacterial pneumonia However, this did not happen in the 1918-19 Spanish flu to any extent, nor in the 2003 SARS pandemic, and it doesn't appear to be a significant factor in the deaths that have occurred so far from bird flu Hence all our sophisticated antibiotics will not be of much help with bird flu 3 The most common cause of death from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, the SARS pandemic, and from bird flu is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) The viruses from these diseases cause severe damage to lungs, which results in ARDS Numerous treatments have been tried but generally have failed Patients with ARDS require mechanical ventilatory support, meaning they need to be on a mechanical respirator These are expensive machines, and the supply in the United States is only slightly above demand during the normal flu season Simply put, when the bird-flu pandemic strikes, there won't be enough of these machines, and so people who develop ARDS will not have access to this potentially life-saving treatment 4 There won't be enough isolation rooms to place the large numbers of patients with bird flu in, which will result in more people becoming ill through exposure to people with bird flu Likewise, there won't be enough of some medical equipment, because of increased demand for some items coupled with decreased supply--because of our reliance on a global supply chain, foreign manufacture, and just-in-time delivery There won't be enough personal protective equipment (such as disposable gloves, N95 face masks, gowns, face shields or goggles, head caps, and shoe covers), which will increase exposure and infection 5 During the coming pandemic, there won't be enough beds in hospitals for all the sick people with bird flu Makeshift "hospitals" will have to be established outside of existing hospitals to care for all the ill patients 6 An effective vaccine has yet to be developed, and the chances that one will be developed before a pandemic emerges are practically nonexistent Once a vaccine is developed, it will be months into the pandemic, and many people will already have become ill Because we have no natural immunity to this new virus, we might need two immunization shots to develop sufficient immunity This makes implementing an immunization program more difficult, and decreases the amount of vaccine available for everyone Vaccines, like antiviral medicines, are not 100 percent effective in either preventing infection or minimizing symptoms once infected A startling new report (a) found only limited benefit from influenza vaccines: "In people over 65, the vaccines 'are apparently ineffective' in the prevention of influenza, pneumonia and hospital admissions, although they did reduce deaths from pneumonia a bit, by up to 30 percent" According to the Influenza Vaccine Supply (IVS) International Task Force, "Whatever scenario, even the most optimistic, the worldwide [vaccine] production capacity will be clearly insufficient in case of pandemic" 7 Shortages of nurses and other healthcare personnel will be significant, because of overexposure to people with bird flu--and thus a higher illness and death rate among healthcare workers, and because a high proportion will simply decide not to come to work A similar situation occurred in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina when 250 members of the police department (one-sixth of the force) abandoned their jobs during the hurricane and flooding It also happened in Toronto during the SARS outbreak, when some nurses and other healthcare workers submitted their resignations (although many were persuaded to stay) The shortage of nurses, which is already a big problem in the United States, was highlighted recently by Keji Fukuda of the influenza branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) According to Fukuda, scientists are racing to prevent what could be millions of deaths from a flu pandemic, but what could trip them up is the simple lack of nurses and hospital beds He said, "No matter how good medical technology is, if we don't have healthcare workers to care for sick people and hospital beds to put them in, it's not a good situation" And it's not only the limited numbers of nurses--it's also a question of whether or not healthcare workers would come to work during a bird-flu pandemic A recent article (b) reported the disturbing findings of a survey of 6,000 healthcare works in and around New York City: "One assumption blown away by Hurricane Katrina is that if government does nothing else, at least it protects people's health and safety The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City set out to look at how many healthcare workers said they would show up for work, depending on the type of emergency There was some good news: 87 percent of 6,000 workers surveyed in 47 facilities in and around New York said they would be able to go to work in the event of a mass casualty incident, and 81 percent for an environmental disaster Only 61 percent, however, would show up for a smallpox epidemic, just 48 percent during a SARS epidemic and 57 percent during a 'radiological event' That's a problem, isn't it? Less than half of healthcare workers expect to work during a SARS [or bird-flu] epidemic, and less than two-thirds if terrorists set off a so-called dirty bomb in the financial district 'Although we might assume that healthcare employees have an obligation to respond to these high-impact events, our findings indicate that personal obligations, as well as concerns for their own safety, play a pivotal role in workers' willingness to report to work,' said Kristine Qureshi, a researcher in the epidemiology department at Columbia" And so "modern medicine," no matter how advanced, will clearly have difficulty dealing with a bird-flu pandemic In a sense, the next pandemic could very well be analogous to the Hurricane Katrina situation, with mass confusion, lack of resources, visible dead bodies, acts of cowardice and acts of heroism, financial disaster, panic, and every emotion possible--nothing like we are used to witnessing in America; shocking Partly because of the limitations of both government and healthcare capabilities, individuals need to prepare for the coming bird-flu pandemic themselves There are four specific areas that must be addressed, as I have written in an earlier article (which can be accessed on our Web site) (a) Rosenthal E: 2 Studies Find Flu Treatments Fall Far Short International Herald Tribune September 22, 2005 Available at: http://wwwnytimescom/2005/09/22/health/22fluhtml?themc=th Accessed on September 23, 2005 (b) Olmsted D: Health wrap: of disasters and diseases Monsters and Critics News, September 9, 2005 Available at: http://newsmonstersandcriticscom/health/article1047166php/Hea lthWrapOfdisastersanddiseases Accessed on September 15, 2005 Bradford Frank, MD, MPH, MBA The Frank Group PO Box 138 Lakewood, NY 14750 http://wwwAvoidBirdFlucom ]]></description>
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		<title>How To Lower Your Risk Of Catching Flu (including Bird Flu)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Influenza is in no way a new ailment to plague the people of the world However, a new deadly strand of the virus has everyone running for cover How do you avoid catching flu, including the dangerous bird flu that threatens so many? First, it should be explained that bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is a virus much like the regular flu we are accustomed to It is transmitted in much the same way, through droplets of saliva and mucus However, bird flu is currently only transmitted from infected birds to humans and can not be passed from human to human like the regular flu The main concern arises with bird flu as it is expected to mutate and at some point be transmitted by humans as well Until this takes place, bird flu is only passed from infected birds to humans by way of direct contact with the animal or its feces The current outbreak of bird flu is taking place in Asia; therefore, there is little concern of catching the virus unless you are in that region and handling fowl However, once the virus mutates it will be transmitted much like the standard flu and may be avoided in much the same way The obvious first step in lowering your risk of catching the virus is being administered a vaccine There is currently not a vaccine for the dangerous strand of influenza, but one is being developed With any luck one will be produced prior to any widespread contamination of the virus Another option is one utilized in most regular flu cases - taking antiviral medication, such as Tamiflu These are expected to be effective on the dangerous strand of influenza as well as the regular flu virus However, for this treatment to be useful, it must be administered early in the virus, typically within two days of showing symptoms This and other drugs do not cure the virus, but instead lessen the effects of the symptoms They may, however, prevent the virus from becoming severe The most effective way to avoid catching the flu, the regular flu as well as the bird flu, is prevention Proper hygiene reduces the risk of the spread of influenza Simple things, like washing your hands and avoiding close contact with sick people, may be your best technique in lowering your risk of becoming infected Utilizing hand sanitizer is also a useful option ]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Have you been reading or watching the news lately regarding the Avian Bird Flu Pandemic Well don't panic, because there is no pandemic yet There have been many reports circulated online, on television, in newspapers, etc warning of a possible bird flu pandemic These avian bird flu reports have been scaring the "ba-jesus" out of people world wide The fact is this For exstensive bird flu information see: http://wwwavian-birdflu-factscom There have only been approx 60-70 reported deaths in the world from the H5N1 virus Many of these deaths were people that had DIRECT contact with sick birds (some of thes bird owners were sucking the blood from their sick birds in order to clean out their chest cavities - for cock fighting purposes) There is no sign that the avian bird flu can flourish in humans just from touching and breathing contact If you watch CNN, they will try and frighten you as mush as possible because they know that FEAR SELLS and they can crank up their viewership reporting about a mass pandemic poised for world destruction With all the above said, you may want to know the symptoms of bird flu, bird flu vaccines, drugs (like Tamiflu), bird flu news, bird flu prevention, masks, etc etc Visit my favorite bird flu directory for more information regarding the H5N1 virus - AKA bird flu: http://wwwavian-birdflu-factscom ]]></description>
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