Go back in time to the 1970's when a different swine flu was circling the globe. Big outcry from government for a vaccine. Unproven drug trials.
One death from flu.
Three hundred deaths from vaccine.
Will you be willing to inject this newest vaccine into your family's arm? It is said by the WHO that they will be running a special 5-day trial on it in order to speed things up and get it out there for children over the age of 6 months and up first.Thereby foregoing the usual months of testing.
Not in my family's arm thank you very much.
Start building up natural immunities now. Extra vitamin D will be a good thing to ingest right now. Especially since we've developed a sun phobia and slather ourselves with chemicals to protect our skin from any stray ray of sunshine.
As for myself. I've stocked up on Kleenex and cold medicine. I figure we're gonna face it head-on and be miserable for 10 or 12 days. IF it even explodes like 'they" are predicting and comes our way. We're all relatively healthy with no underlying issues. And I'm not above making a fashion de-statement with a fancy facemask and exchanging sun chemicals for hand sanitizing chemicals...I wonder if we can handpaint our facemasks, make them pretty and artistic and sell them on Etsy?
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Word: I half agree with your post about panic BUT:
*1970 was(though we think it was yesterday) 40 years ago. I would hope that with all the millions poured into research we're doing a little better with preventative meds.(But I agree the flu vaccine is always an educated guess from year to year).
*WHO raised the "Level" to Pandemic b/c of how many countries it has spread to-not severity of cases.
*302 have already died in America(+ territories) alone. Though far less than the normal flu kills per year. 4 in Maryland, one a 19 year old.Bill has seen some cases in his practice. Some severe enough to get shipped out of here.
*It seems to affect the "healthy" b/c of their incredible immune systems.Runs through to infect quickly.(15-50) Not necessarily the old and children.
*My neighbor, who is an infectious disease specialist at J. Hopkins has gotten his masks for home.
* Ha ha! Read an article about how the Japanese-b/c of their "collective" societal, "group-comes-first thinking- wear their face masks b/c they'd "lose face" if they infected someone. Not we Lone-ranger Americans:-)
Wishing us all good health!
(And I totally agree on the Vit. D/sun issue but with a Dad who has pre-cancerous ruddy "Scottish" skin, I have to be cautious:-)
I really don't know what to think. It sounds scary, but I have this cynical government-control phobia, too: isn't this just perfect for gov't to come sweeping in and "save" us all with their healthcare reform and lots of "emergency" controls (which turn into permanent control)....ugh. Gov't can't run ANY thing efficiently; that really scares me to think of their being in control of our health. We have never taken any flu vaccine; I don't know if that is stupid or what, just never have...I am trying to trust God and am glad He knows what is going on and IS in control (even of the gov't!) May He give us all wisdom.
Riverrat, I agree that 40 years have gone by and that things have hopefully (and definitely have in most ways) improved. But the fact that they're fast-tracking the vaccine is what concerns me. All influenza causes death. This one has not been as severe as the world govenments would like us to think. Most people recover. It has spread quickly, but money seems to be driving the innoculations rush. Not wisdom. There are multiple cases now of young girls coming down with partial paralysis within hours/days of having the new ovarian cancer vaccine. The varicella vaccine is now showing to be a concern as its effects seem to be wearing thin as kids grow older leaving them vulnerable to the much more serious effects of shingles.
I'll wear a mask, I'll quarantine in my hose if they want me to. But, I'm not taking a rushed vaccine.
Also, I'm not anti-sunscreen at all. I just think as a nation we see many going overboard and slathering it on in moisturisers every day. If you're going to take the garbage out or go to and from work, and you have no history of skin cancer, I think a dis-service is being done. If one is picnicing, beachgoing, sailing, playing sports in midday, then by all means i believe in slathering up! The same way I'll put deet-filled bug spray on if I'm going out in the woods. But, if I'm watering the garden I'll put nothing at all or something natural on.
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Sue: Yes, I admit I am VERY distrustful of government. Both sides of the aisle. I don't have the answers worked out in a neat package so I, too, just put it in the hands of the Lord...but that said, I'm never going to sit back and let the corruption rule my days. i think the majority of politicians are corrupt. Even the ones that start out with good intentions seem to be caught up in the net. I'm glad that ther is peace in the knowledge that God does know the outcome and that through His Word we do as well. It's just getting there that isn't pretty! I can't wait to see the embroidery in progress which we see from below as a big tangled mess, from God's view above, of the completed work of art.
I read a scary headline today: experts say the vaccine should be saved for the young. HMMMMMMM. Yes, I know it seems to hit them hardest,but it all just smacks of fishiness to me. I guess maybe I 've read too many books or seen too many movies or something...
Here's another fine headline for you, Sue:
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NGO Suggests Elderly Should Be Let To Die In Swine Flu Pandemic
It's from the U.K.'s , The Herald newspaper dated july 25th. Lovely, eh?
No, you don't read too many books, you think! Therefore you are coming to logical conclusions that this is not good, along with many other things we are seeing now. People may laugh as deeply and as hard a they like, but I am taking note and for the past year and a half have been taking extra steps to provide for and protect my family. I do't think we're even close to the bottom of the mess we're in right now. Whether it all hits the fan tmorrow, next month, next year, I don't have a clue...but I do believe things are brewing and it won't be pretty....
I have no idea why that word, space, appears in my comment so ignore it:)
That headline does not surprise me at all; I knew they were thinking it all along! I heard that Rahm E., Obama's right hand hatchet man, has a doctor brother who will be taking over much of the new health administration (maybe we should call it the death administration?); he has written on how care for the elderly is a waste of money....oh, and did you know the congress and administration is exempt from all these changes? they get to keep their good healthcare, just like they get to keep their raises, while my husband has had to take a 2.5 percent CUT because the gov't has not been prudent about ITS spending! If we misuse our money, we lose it, and our privileges. (come to think of it, if we wisely use it, we lose it, too) If they misuse their (our) money, they get rewarded! The Bible is right once again: what is good will be made to be thought of as bad while what is evil is paraded in the streets. I think it is unconscionable (sp?) what our supposed "representatives" are doing. The only ones they are representing are themselves; I feel like I am living in some sort of weird nightmare of a dictatorship/socialistic state; they are sneaking in so much so fast; oh, brother, I got myself going again. sorry. I better go pray and buy some more canned goods....God, have mercy on us all; I suppose we are getting what we deserve.
this is also how paranoid i am getting: i hope i don't get you in trouble for writing these things on your blog; it would not surprise me to find out they are watching us and looking for buzz words and checking it all out....1984 25 years later.
Sue, If they're watching us then I am already in trouble for the words I've written myself!:) I don't need any help from anyone else in that department. I think I'm officially a conspiracist even to my own mind! Heaven help s is right!
I think yo've nailed it in that what is good will be considered evil and what is evil will be paraded through the streets as good.. Please, may I encourage you to write an essay on that? Or have you already and I've missed it....
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