[SBE] flu facts

[Benedict, Raymond C]

Thanks Vic,
This is valuable information. I did not understand why the major concern
when there has been only a limited number of mild cases. Now I do. It would
be good if he media could distribute information like this.


On 5/1/09 10:12 AM, "Vic Jester" <vjester at mindspring.com> wrote:


> If you haven't read "The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry do so.  The flu

> pandemic of 1918-19 started out with people having mild symptoms and it was

> somewhat limited in scope.  Within several months the virus morphed into a

> very virulent person-to-person form that probably killed 30-50 million people.

> The end of WWI saw a large migration of people that spread it very quickly.

> It also attacked healthy people who would have normally fought off the flu.

> 

> The influenza virus is an amazing thing that can morph into a different strain

> within minutes of infecting someone.  Vaccines have to be VERY specific to do

> any good.  Taking a vaccine that is not for the specific strain that is being

> passed at the time is almost useless, and can be counterproductive.  The flu

> vaccines that are developed each year are for what the researchers THINK may

> be coming.  They are just educated guesses.

> 

> BTW, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was from the H1N1 virus.  Anyway, the

> book is a great read and quite an eye opener.  It made me take these types of

> outbreaks much more seriously.  We've come a long way in our medical

> capabilities since WWI.  However, if we get a strain like that of 1918, it

> probably won't make much difference.

> 

> Vic

> 

> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: A9xw at cs.com

>> Sent: Apr 30, 2009 8:06 PM

>> To: jdmickies at gmail.com

>> Cc: sbe at sbe.org 

>> Subject: Re: [SBE] flu facts

>> 

>> 

>> We're taking the cconservative approach. There is flu every year. Several

>> past years the vaccine didn't work because it was the wrong kind, the flu

>> didn't spread, etc.  The only known US death is an infant with no immune

>> system and spent several days trying to get treatment. The only known case in

>> IN was in South Bend, a student, and his case was described as MILD and was

>> cured in days.  So rather than follow the Chicken Little "The Flue is Coming"

>> mantra of the  media, and instead of killing all the good germs with over use

>> of sanitize and other bacterial products that are not effective against

>> virus, just the normal healthy hygiene of flush the toilet, wash your hands,

>> then eat.  Also masks do not stop virus they are too small to be stopped by

>> filter masks. 

>> 

>> I'm surprised there isn't a sudden urge to create a new EAS code FLU.  In

>> case you missed it, even the experts say is a MILD version of flu.  So

>> killing pigs, closing boarders, etc., is nothing but panic attack.

>> 

>> Meanwhile, avoid hotel TV remotes, your keyboard, your phone, replace the

>> furnace filters, wash out the AC coils, put up the mosquito killer UV lamps

>> and start the BBQ. Nothing kills a virus better than fire.

>> 

>> Next will come the terrorist origin theories. SBE can help by not spreading

>> the Armageddon messages.

>> 

>> Regards to all you healthy people

>> Henry 

> 


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