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Four Squirts of Virus into the Noses of Children, Mercury for Everyone Else
CDC: School Kids May Have to Get up to 4 Flu Shots in the Fall.

School children who have never had a flu shot may need to get vaccinated four times in the fall - twice for seasonal flu, twice for “pandemic” swine flu - officials at the CDC told health professionals on Wednesday. Most everyone else should expect three shots.

Five manufacturers are now making vaccines against the H1N1 “swine flu” virus, said Dr. Tom T. Shimabukuro at the CDC's Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

They are well on their way to having between 40 million and 160 million doses of egg-based vaccine available in the United States by October, added Dr. Pascale Wortley the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's pandemic vaccine coordinator.

Preservative-free shots will be available for children and pregnant women, about 20 percent of the lots manufactured, Wortley said. They will either come in single-dose injections or as Flu Mist, the live virus that is squirted into the nose.

Adults will most likely get their shots from multi-dose vials with Thimerisol, a preservative which contains mercury.

"This vaccine campaign will unfold quite differently than seasonal flu," said Wortley, in a conference call with health care professionals nationwide on Wednesday. "This is a huge endeavor we're gearing up for."

Wortley said the pandemic flu shots will be divided among states proportionally, based on their population. And state health officials will manage their delivery, most likely through large-scale school, work and retail-based clinics managed at the county level. Protection against the pandemic strain will require two doses, an initial shot plus a follow-up booster.

It appears that health insurers will be willing to cover the new swine flu shots, Wortley said.

But there are still many unknowns, she said. Among them:

• Can the seasonal flu shot be given at the same time as the swine flu shot?
  
• How many days must pass between the first and second doses?
  
• How much of the antigen –the active ingredient-must the shot contain to be effective?
• Can a booster substance be added to stretch supplies?

There are a number of newer vaccine technologies that are now under development, including cell-based vaccines and vaccines grown in Fall Armyworm cells. Those won't be among the tier 1 vaccines used in the United States, Wortley said.

The regular seasonal flu vaccine supply will be ready much earlier than usual, possibly as soon as late August, she said. Clinicians will order those in the usual way.

Wortley said the CDC is setting up a process for tracking adverse reactions to the shots, including the rare but potentially fatal Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can be temporarily paralyzing.

In a 1976 vaccination campaign against a feared swine flu outbreak that did not materialize, 4,000 Americans were injured from the vaccine, resulting in $3.5 billion in damage claims.

Many recipients died from vaccine induced Guillain-Barre, but no one died of swine flu.

With the laundry list of unanswered questions regarding the vaccine's effectiveness and safety, the wisdom of squirting the live H1N1 virus into the noses of millions of American children and pregnant woman seems questionable.

Exposing the rest of the U. S. population to multiple, mercury laden injections of flu vaccine may also have unknown, potentially disastrous results, such as a massive surge in cases of Guillain-Barre, Alzheimer’s and other neurologic diseases.

Learn the facts before participating in mass vaccination with an unproven, newly developed vaccine that neither the manufacturer nor your government can assure is safe or effective. Contact you government representatives and let them know if you oppose the mass vaccination of our citizens and object to mass “in-school vaccinations” like those already being tested in Alaska.

For most people, the flu shot does not prevent illness, but actually does the opposite--it weakens your immune system and makes you more predisposed to the illness. The people who actually die after contracting the flu do so because they are already sick and have compromised immune systems, and that certainly doesn't have to include you.

The following tips are surefire ways to improve the function of your immune system and greatly reduce your chances of getting the flu this winter:

• Get adequate natural sunlight or Vitamin D supplementation.
  
• Avoid sugar.
  
• Avoid processed foods.
  
• Eat natural, non-GMO, whole foods.
  
• Exercise regularly.
  
• Get plenty of sleep.
  
• Support yourself during stressful times.
• Have your spine checked and get adjusted as needed.

Remember that there have been 90,000 confirmed cases of H1N1 infection worldwide.

Despite this fact, the deaths have been limited to an estimated 400 people, all or most having complicating health challenges such as obesity or other lifestyle related illnesses.

This means that 89,600 people were exposed to the virus, experienced discomfort for a brief period, recovered fully and now possess natural immunity to the virus, as nature intended. In fact, The World Health Organization, states that the severity of the "swine flu" is only “moderate.” And they go on to say:

“On present evidence, the overwhelming majority of patients experience mild symptoms and make a rapid and full recovery, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment.

Worldwide, the number of deaths is small. Each and every one of these deaths is tragic, and we have to brace ourselves to see more. However, we do not expect to see a sudden and dramatic jump in the number of severe or fatal infections.”

So why are we spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a risky intervention that could injure or kill thousands? Let us not forget the horrors of 1976, where one in every 11,500 Americans who received the government issued vaccine was injured or killed.

Choose safe, effective natural methods of maintaining your health. Visiting one of our member chiropractors office to have your spine checked today would be a great place to start.