Phase
1 no viruses circulating among animals have been reported to cause infections in humans.
In Phase
2 an animal influenza virus circulating among domesticated or wild animals is known to have caused infection in humans,
and is therefore considered a potential pandemic threat.
In Phase 3, an animal or human-animal
influenza reassortant virus has caused sporadic cases or small clusters of disease in people, but has not resulted in human-to-human
transmission sufficient to sustain community-level outbreaks. Limited human-to-human transmission may occur under some circumstances,
for example, when there is close contact between an infected person and an unprotected caregiver. However, limited transmission
under such restricted circumstances does not indicate that the virus has gained the level of transmissibility among humans
necessary to cause a pandemic.
Phase 4 is characterized by verified human-to-human transmission
of an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause “community-level outbreaks.” The ability
to cause sustained disease outbreaks in a community marks a significant upwards shift in the risk for a pandemic. Any country
that suspects or has verified such an event should urgently consult with WHO so that the situation can be jointly assessed
and a decision made by the affected country if implementation of a rapid pandemic containment operation is warranted. Phase
4 indicates a significant increase in risk of a pandemic but does not necessarily mean that a pandemic is a forgone conclusion.
Phase 5 is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries
in one WHO region. While most countries will not be affected at this stage, the declaration of Phase 5 is a strong signal
that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned
mitigation measures is short.
Phase 6, the pandemic phase, is characterized by community
level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region in addition to the criteria defined in Phase
5. Designation of this phase will indicate that a global pandemic is under way.
During the post-peak
period, pandemic disease levels in most countries with adequate surveillance will have dropped below peak observed
levels. The post-peak period signifies that pandemic activity appears to be decreasing; however, it is uncertain if additional
waves will occur and countries will need to be prepared for a second wave.
Previous pandemics have been
characterized by waves of activity spread over months. Once the level of disease activity drops, a critical communications
task will be to balance this information with the possibility of another wave. Pandemic waves can be separated by months and
an immediate “at-ease” signal may be premature.
In the post-pandemic period,
influenza disease activity will have returned to levels normally seen for seasonal influenza. It is expected that the pandemic
virus will behave as a seasonal influenza A virus. At this stage, it is important to maintain surveillance and update pandemic
preparedness and response plans accordingly. An intensive phase of recovery and evaluation may be required.
Signs and Symptoms of Influenza: As most of you probably know, influenza is a contagious viral respiratory
infection. Symptoms include: * Fever * Chills * Runny nose * Sore throat * Cough * Muscle
aches * Fatigue * Decreased appetite
Typically, the condition will improve after two to three days
of bed rest, although some symptoms may persist for about a week. What many people do NOT know, however, is that death caused
directly by the flu virus is very rare. The vast majority of so-called “flu deaths” are in fact due to bacterial
pneumonia – a potential complication of the flu if your immune system is too weak.
Other complications can
include ear, or sinus infections, dehydration, and worsening of chronic health conditions. The elderly and people with
other pre existing medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease, are at higher risk of developing pneumonia
after a bout of the flu.
The Flu Vaccine Does Not Prevent the Flu, nor Protect Against the Vast Majority of Flu-Related Deaths. The conventional
treatment for bacterial pneumonia is an antibiotic, not a viral flu drug, so to think that taking a flu vaccine will prevent
death from pneumonia doesn’t really make sense. “But the vaccine will prevent the flu, which will prevent the
possibility of developing pneumonia,” some might say. That sounds good in theory, but the statistics simply do not support
this assertion. Because study after study, and master studies that compile the results from several studies to get a more
objective result, keep coming to the same conclusion: Flu vaccines DO NOT WORK, and in many cases do more harm than good.
In fact, one shocking statistic brought to light in this video is that BEFORE the CDC advocated vaccinating children under
the age of five, the number of children dying from the flu was very low, and on the decline. Then, in 2003, just after children
aged five and under started getting vaccinated, the number of flu deaths SKYROCKETED. The death toll was enormous compared
to the previous year, when the flu vaccine was not administered en masse to that age group! How anyone can consider a strategy
that yields a higher death toll to be a “success” is a mystery to me.
The Problem with Flu Death Statistics However, as frightening as much of this may
sound, it’s important to keep things in perspective. According to the statistics shown in the video above, more Americans
die from asthma, and even malnutrition each year, than the flu. Unfortunately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) grossly distort the facts about flu deaths, making the flu virus seem far more dangerous than is warranted. On the CDC’s main flu page, they state
that about 36,000 people die from the flu in the United States each year. But if you search a little harder, you can
find the actual number of people who died from the
flu in 2005 (this is the most recent data that’s available) was 1,806. The remainder was caused by pneumonia. In 2004,
there were just 1,100 actual flu deaths. The statistics the CDC gives are skewed partly because they classify those dying
from pneumonia as dying from the flu, which is inaccurate.
How is the Flu Vaccine Made? This is another area that many people do not understand or take into consideration before
getting a seasonal flu shot. In January or February of each year, health authorities travel to Asia to determine which
strains of the flu are currently active. Based on their findings in Asia, they assume that the same strains of viruses will
spread to the U.S. by fall. At this point, U.S. vaccine manufacturers start making that season’s flu vaccine, which
will contain the strains found in Asia. However, if the viral strains circulating in the U.S. that season are not identical
to those in Asia, the vaccine you receive is a complete dud.
To add insult to injury ... you’ve just been injected with
a 'laundry list' of harmful ingredients!
What’s IN
The Seasonal Flu Vaccine? The
flu strains selected are cultivated in chick embryos for several weeks before being inactivated with formaldehyde, which is
a known cancer-causing agent. Then they’re preserved with thimerosal, which is 49 percent mercury by weight.
Even many health care professionals are confused about this and are not aware that the preservative thimerosal is mercury.
As a quick side note, one of my chief writers told me that, “the doctor’s office told me the vaccine does not
contain mercury, just something called thimerosal.”
Please, don’t be fooled by this incredible ignorance.
If you have carefully studied this issue there is a great possibility you may know more than your physician about this topic.
Don’t back down if they tell you something you otherwise know to be true.
According to the CDC, the majority of flu vaccines contain Thimerosal.
Some contain as much as 25 mcg of mercury per
dose! This means that it may contain more than 250 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety limit for mercury! By now, most people are
well aware that children and fetuses are most at risk of damage from this neurotoxin, as their brains are still developing.
Yet the CDC still recommends that children over 6 months, and pregnant women, receive the flu vaccine each year.
In addition
to mercury, flu vaccines also contain other toxic or hazardous ingredients like: *
Aluminum -- a neurotoxin
that has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease * Triton X-100 -- (a detergent)
* Phenol (carbolic
acid) * Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
* Beta propiolactone - (a disinfectant)
* Nonoxynol - (used to
kill or stop growth of STDs) * Octoxinol 9 - (a vaginal
spermicide) * Sodium phosphate
How Effective IS The Flu Vaccine? Remember that the potential effectiveness
of a flu vaccine is dependent on the ASSUMPTION, made nearly a year in advance, that Asia’s viral strains will be the
ones hitting the U.S. When they guess wrong, the vaccine is worthless from the
very start.
But does that mean they withdraw the flu vaccine when they discover it contains the wrong strains?
NO! They just keep giving it out anyway.
But even if they were to overcome that hurdle and actually select the
correct strains, there’s still no evidence that it does anyone any good to get a flu vaccine.
Study after
study comes back showing the same dismal results: the flu vaccines are not an effective method of prevention of the flu, and
they do not save lives. As mentioned earlier, they may even be responsible for an increased death rate in some groups.
Sometimes determining efficacy is as easy as reading the information coming straight from the vaccine manufacturer.
How about this quote taken directly from the
flu vaccine FLULAVAL’s package insert: (which you likely never see when getting the flu shot) for the 2009-2010 formula: " FLULAVAL is an influenza virus vaccine indicated for active immunization of adults
18 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and type B contained in the vaccine.
This indication is based on immune response elicited by FLULAVAL, and there have been no controlled trials demonstrating a
decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLULAVAL.”
That’s
right, NO controlled trials demonstrating ANY decrease in your risk of contracting the flu at all after vaccination! (It also
states that each dose contains a total of 25 mcg of mercury.)
For those of you who are still unconvinced, know that there’s
plenty of scientific evidence available to back up the recommendation to avoid flu vaccines. In addition to studies mentioned
in the video, here are several other examples showing that flu vaccines do not work for any age group:
* A study
published in the October 2008 issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, found that
vaccinating young children against the flu had no impact on flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during two recent
flu seasons. The researchers concluded that "significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for
any season, age, or setting" examined.
* A 2008 study published in the Lancet, found that
influenza vaccination was NOT associated with a reduced risk of pneumonia in older people ... This supports an earlier study,
published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
* Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, also confirms
that there has been no decrease in deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the elderly, despite the fact that vaccination coverage
among the elderly has increased from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent now.
* In 2007, researchers with the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health published this conclusion in the Lancet Infectious Diseases: “We
conclude that frailty selection bias and use of non-specific endpoints such as all-cause mortality,have led cohort studies
to greatly exaggerate vaccine benefits.”
* A large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies, published in the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in 2006,
found NO evidence, that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo in children. The studies involved 260,000 children,
age 6 to 23 months.
The Reasons Why They Opted To NOT Get Vaccinated
Were: *
They didn't believe the vaccine would work * They believed their immune systems were strong enough to withstand exposure
to the flu * They were concerned about side effects
Might Influenza Be Little More Than a Symptom of Vitamin D Deficiency? Vitamin D, “the
sunshine vitamin,” may very well be one of the most beneficial vitamins there is for disease prevention. Unfortunately
it’s also one of the vitamins that a vast majority of people across the world are deficient in due to lack of regular
exposure to sunshine. Published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection in 2006,
the hypothesis presented by Dr. John Cannell and colleagues in the paper Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D raises the
possibility that influenza is a symptom of vitamin D deficiency.
The vitamin D formed when your skin is exposed
to sunlight regulates the expression of more than 2,000 genes throughout your body, including ones that influence your immune
system to attack and destroy bacteria and viruses. Hence, being overwhelmed by the “flu bug” could signal that
your vitamin D levels are too low, allowing the flu virus to overtake your immune system.
At least five studies
show an inverse association between lower respiratory tract infections and 25(OH)D levels. That is, the higher your vitamin
D level, the lower your risk of contracting colds, flu, and other respiratory tract infections:
A 2007 study suggests
higher vitamin D status enhances your immunity to microbial infections. They found that subjects with vitamin D deficiency
had significantly more days of absence from work due to respiratory infection than did control subjects.
A 2009 study on vitamin
D deficiency in newborns with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) confirmed a strong, positive correlation between newborns’
and mother’s vitamin D levels. Over 87 percent of all newborns and over 67 percent of all mothers had vitamin D levels
lower than 20 ng/ml, which is a severe deficiency state.
Newborns with vitamin D deficiency appear to have an
increased risk of developing ALRI, and since the child’s vitamin D level strongly correlates with its mother’s,
the researchers recommend that all mothers’ optimize their vitamin D levels during pregnancy, especially in the winter
months, to safeguard their baby’s health.
A similar Indian study published
in 2004 also reported that vitamin D deficiency in infants significantly raised their odds ratio for having severe ALRI.
Recent URTI
was reported by: *
17 percent of participants with vitamin D levels of 30ng/ml or higher * 20 percent of participants with vitamin D levels
between 10-30 ng/ml. * 24 percent of participants with vitamin D levels below 10ng/ml
The positive correlation
between lower vitamin D levels and increased risk of URTI was even stronger in individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
Another 2009 report in the journal
Pediatric Research stated that infants and children appear more susceptible to viral rather than bacterial infections when
deficient in vitamin D. And that, based on the available evidence showing a strong connection between vitamin D, infections,
and immune function in children, vitamin D supplementation may be a valuable therapy in pediatric medicine.
How To Prevent The Flu, Without Getting a Flu Shot: For most people the
flu shot does not make you healthy; it does just the opposite and weakens your immune system. If you follow a healthy
lifestyle, you will not have to worry about getting the flu. Take it from me -- I’ve never received a flu shot, and
I haven’t missed a day of work due to illness in over 20 years.
The Key Steps To Follow -- To Stay FLU-FREE, Include: * Get plenty of sunshine,
safe tanning bed exposure or supplemental vitamin D3 * Eat right for your nutritional type, including avoiding sugar
* Exercise * Get adequate sleep * Address emotional stress * Wash your hands regularly
Nov. 12) -- A Virginia high school student was released from the hospital Tuesday after developing a rare disease within
hours of being vaccinated against swine flu, MSNBC reported. Jordan McFarland, 14, of Alexandria, Va., experienced severe
headaches, muscle spasms and leg weakness after getting the H1N1 vaccine. His parents told MSNBC that doctors diagnosed him
with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a muscle disorder. Some cases of the syndrome have been reported in relation to the vaccine.
Brendan Smialowski
Jordan McFarland, 14, at Inova
Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., where he was treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome after getting an H1N1 flu shot
"The doctor said I'll recover fully, but it's going to take some time,"
said Jordan, who will need physical therapy and might have to move around with the aid of a walker for a few weeks. An
official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there was no clear link between the vaccine and the syndrome,
the television network reported. Read the full story at MSNBC.
In other H1N1 news from the past week: -- The CDC said
4,000 or more Americans have likely died from swine flu, quadruple an earlier estimate. In a typical winter, seasonal flu
strains cause 36,000 deaths, the vast majority in people over 65. Seasonal influenza doesn't usually start circulating until
November. Swine flu began a big climb in September, leading to what CDC called unprecedented high levels of illness so early
in a season — and no way to know when the flu will peak. -- Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., announced that he will push
emergency legislation to require businesses to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave for workers who get H1N1 or who
need to take care of children who come down with it. -- The World Health Organization changed its guidance on H1N1, saying
that early treatment can help prevent death. Doctors should give antiviral medications as soon as possible to high-risk H1N1
patients, including very young children, pregnant women and the elderly. 2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Serious Vaccine Reactions -- Now Called 'Coincidence'? There are some
important factors to consider, before making a decision to get vaccinated, or take other flu drugs. If you, (or your children)
are injured from getting a seasonal flu, or 'swine' flu shot, you're on your own. Congress has shielded the vaccine manufacturers
and any person giving swine flu shots from lawsuits, if people get hurt. There's no funded government 'vaccine injury compensation'
program for swine flu vaccine. Do NOT let a doctor or anyone else, tell you that a serious health problem you or your child
experiences after vaccination is a coincidence and allow more shots to be given until you know for sure. The most tragic cases
of vaccine injury occur when vaccine reaction symptoms are dismissed as a 'coincidence" and more vaccines are given that
result in more severe symptoms -- and sometimes end with permanent brain and immune system damage or death.
* German Chancellor & Ministers, Get "Special Vaccine" Without
The 'Soft Kill' Ingredients Spiegel
Online is reporting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and government ministers will receive a 'special' additive-free H1N1
vaccine. “The Vakzin (vaccine) does not contain disputed additives — contrary to the vaccine for the remainder
of the population,” reports the newspaper. Here's an English translation of the article. "Critics
argue that Adjuvantien (adjuvants in the vaccine) could lead to increased inoculation reactions such as headache or fever."
The German government elite and the armed forces will receive Celvapan, an adjuvant-free vaccine manufactured by Baxter. The
German public will receive a vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline with adjuvants. Employees of the Paul Ehrlich Institute will
also get the adjuvant-free vaccine. Johannes Löwer, president
of the institute, said in August that the vaccine causes worse side effects than the virus. Löwer’s comment came
after German lung specialist Wolfgang Wodarg said the
vaccine increases the risk of cancer. The nutrient solution for the vaccine consists of cancerous cells from animals. * RELATED:
German Soldiers to Receive Different 'Swine' Flu Vaccine, Than German People According
to a newspaper article, the German military has ordered it's own special vaccine for it's 250,000 soldiers. Different from
the serum which the civilian population will be vaccinated with, the more 'compatible' vaccine for the soldiers, will not
contain any contended additives nor will it contain any mercury preservatives, has been reported by the Bielefelder "Westfalen-
Blatt" under reference to military sources. It's about the Serum Celvapan manufactured by Baxter. * RELATED: German Government To Get 'Special' Swine Flu Vaccine Just
a week after it emerged that the German armed forces was getting a different kind of A/H1N1 vaccine to the general population,
Der Spiegel magazine reports that the government will also get special treatment. Why? Is the same thing going on here, in
the US?
* Europeans Reject Swine Flu Vaccine (LOL -- Could it
be as a result of the shenanigans in the above article?!) People throughout Europe are rejecting the H1N1 vaccine en
mass, despite huge campaigns by their governments to get them to take the shot when it becomes available within the next week.
Thoughts turn to Orwell's novel "Animal Farm" where all are equal but "some are more equal."
* CBS Reveals that Swine Flu Cases Seriously Overestimated The U.S. government has been shown to seriously misrepresent
the extent and spread of the H1N1 epidemic. (In this audio interview, Dr. Mercola Interviews Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of
the National Vaccine Information Center)
* YouTube: Propaganda Video -- 'Sid The Science Kid' Gets The Flu Shot! Ridiculous, Nauseating,
Pathetic and Obvious ... Sid the Science Kid (and his classmates) sing a song about the importance
of getting a flu vaccine ... HHS has teamed up with the Henson Company and its partners, to create the special episode titled
"Getting a Shot: You can do it!"
* VIDEO: Man Paralyzed, After 'Routine' Vaccinations Jerry Emmons got a tetanus and a pneumonia shot in June. Now he's in a wheelchair. His legs are paralyzed, and his arms
weak ... The shots had caused Guillain-Barre syndrome.
* CBS & Swine Flu The CDC stopped testing people for Swine Flu in JULY. Why? Because CDC assumed there was already an epidemic, and therefore
more tests would be waste of time and money. CBS has been trying to obtain state-by-state numbers for Swine Flu cases compiled,
by the CDC, BEFORE the testing was stopped. The CDC has refused to come across with those numbers. It's been stonewalling
CBS for the last three months.
* Profit Driven Swine Flu Propaganda The pharmaceutical industry, with public health officials and the mainstream media acting as a mass marketing team, is about
to pull off the biggest profiteering scheme in the history of the world. The swine flu hoax, perpetrated on a global level,
will generate unheard of profits from a non-existent pandemic. * Related: Profit driven swine flu propaganda (part 2) This article is part two in a six-part series. The pandemic has fizzled out but the gravy train toward vaccine profits is
still rolling. On September 16, 2009, Reuters reported that the death rate from the pandemic H1N1 swine flu was likely lower
than earlier estimates.
* Despite H1N1 Fears, Many Worry About Vaccination Americans have become increasingly alarmed about the swine flu, but many are wary about getting vaccinated against the disease,
according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
* Poorer Nations, To Get 'Donated' Swine Flu Vaccine About 100
'developing' countries, will receive international donations of swine flu vaccines, maybe as soon as November, a WHO (World Health Organization)
official says.
* A Vaccine For Anxiety?! The REAL Reason The Drug Companies Are Pushing More Vaccines There's a NEW vaccine for nicotine addiction, and another one for drug addiction. There's an AIDS vaccines (which doesn't
work) and a vaccine for cervical cancer that's been approved for use on boys (BTW, boys don't have a cervix). Through the
pharmaceutical industry, the big push for vaccines is on!
Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of
key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of October 11-17, 2009, a review of the key indictors found that influenza activity continued to increase
in the United States from the previous week. Below is a summary of the most recent key indicators:
Visits to doctors for influenza-like illness (ILI) increased steeply since last week in the United States, and overall, are much higher than
what is expected for this time of the year. ILI activity now is higher than what is seen during the peak of many regular flu
seasons.
Total influenza hospitalization rates for laboratory-confirmed flu are climbing and are higher than expected for this time of year.
The proportion
of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) based on the 122 Cities Report has increased and has been higher than what
is expected at this time of year for two weeks. In addition, 11 flu-related pediatric deaths were reported this week; 9 of
these deaths were confirmed 2009 H1N1, and two were influenza A viruses, but were not subtyped. Since April 2009, CDC has
received reports of 95 laboratory-confirmed pediatric 2009 H1N1 deaths and another 7 pediatric deaths that were laboratory
confirmed as influenza, but where the flu virus subtype was not determined.
Forty-six states are reporting widespread influenza activity at this time. They are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
This many reports of widespread activity are unprecedented during seasonal flu.
Almost all of the influenza viruses identified so far are 2009 H1N1 influenza A viruses. These viruses remain similar to the virus chosen for the 2009 H1N1 vaccine,
and remain susceptible to the antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir with rare exception.
