Study: Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Claims Are Wildly Exaggerated Study: Flu Vaccine Effectiveness Claims Are Wildly Exaggerated
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It is once again the season of influenza, and the push is on to “get your flu shot.” But does this hallmark of Western medicine really provide the protection health experts claim it does? A recent study out of the University of Minnesota (UM) suggests not, having found that the two groups most at risk from developing serious complications from the flu, seniors and children, derive little or no benefit from getting flu shots.
Michael Osterholm from the UM Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy analyzed more than 12,000 peer-reviewed studies, documents, transcripts, and notes dating back to the 1930s, and found that there was very little solid evidence that the flu shot provides any real protection for most people. As it turns out, those at highest risk of suffering from the flu are least likely to derive any benefit from flu shots, especially because flu strains are constantly morphing and becoming more virulent.
“We found that current influenza vaccine protection is substantially lower than for most routine recommended vaccines and is suboptimal,” said Osterholm about the findings. “We believe the current influenza vaccine will continue to have a role in reducing influenza morbidity until more effective interventions are available, but we can no longer accept the status quo regarding vaccine research and development.”
But what, exactly, is this “role” of which Osterholm speaks? If you consider the findings of a 2011 study published in the journal The Lancet, only 1.5 out of every 100 adults, at best, who get a flu shot will avoid developing influenza. Since only 2.7 out of every 100 adults develops the flu apart from getting a flu shot anyway, the benefits of getting a flu shot are statistically negligible, in other words, according to that particular study. (http://www.naturalnews.com)
In Osterholm’s opinion, a flu shot should ideally be between 85 and 95 percent effective in all age groups before ever being considered effective and useful. This means that the types of flu shots currently administered to hundreds of millions of Americans every single year are complete medical quackery. And yet, even though officials are now admitting this inconvenient truth about flu shots, many are still pushing it as the “best defense available” against the flu, to quote the words of KARE News 11 in Minneapolis, which recently covered Osterholm’s study.
If real flu protection is something that matters to you, it may be worth your while to consider supplementing with vitamin D3 during the winter months when natural sunlight exposure is limited. Taking extra B vitamins, eating more organic fruits and vegetables, supplementing with garlic, eating medicinal mushrooms, getting plenty of rest every night, and drinking plenty of purified, mineral-rich water are also highly-effective ways to naturally avoid the flu without risking potentially deadly side effects. (http://www.naturalnews.com/019194_flu_the_health.html)
Also, be sure to check out the special Natural News report The Five Best Anti-Viral Products to Beat Influenza, Swine Flu, Bird Flu, and Sars by the Health Ranger, Mike Adams:
http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_Anti-Viral_Remedies_Influenza_5.html
Sources for this article include:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org
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The Great “Smart Meters” Hoax Will_I_Ever_Learn
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Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Just when you thought modern technology in the wrong hands of profit driven companies can’t possibly destroy your health, soil, air, food and water any worse than it already does…something even more monstrous is cooking in their “money making oven”!
This time it is called SMART METER!
The only “smart” thing about it is that the utility providers found a dirty way to measure (and in the future control) your use of gas, electricity and water, by ensuring bigger profits, more control and power for them and a high cost for you.
The reality is that this action caused a large number of people reporting health effects, privacy violations, safety and security dangers, environmental damage and much bigger bills.
Utilities across the country are installing the so-called wireless ‘smart’ meters. Take a look at the shocking short video below to quickly grasp the whole picture:
These meters operate in a wireless mesh network with your neighbors’ Smart Meters and transmit intense bursts of non-ionising, microwave radiation, 24 hrs/ day. This radiation (also known as RF EMF) is the same kind emitted by mobile phone masts. More than 5,000 studies show RF EMF radiation is harmful to humans, plants and animals.
Smart Meters can expose the body to 160 to 800x times as much microwave radiation as mobile phones. Smart Meters can emit intense pulses of radiation more than 14,000 times each day! (as stated by Senior Nuclear Policy Lecturer at UCSC, Daniel Hirsch).
Thousands of people have complained of tinnitus, headaches, nausea, sleeplessness, allergies, heart arrhythmia, and other symptoms after a ‘smart’ meter was installed. An increasing number of people are developing “electro-sensitivity”. There are also reports of ‘smart’ meter interference with pacemakers and other implants.
European surveys have shown at least 1 in 20 people are moderately or severely sensitive to RF EMF radiation, experiencing one or more of the symptoms above. Human, animal and cell culture studies indicate long term systemic health effects from radiation, including hormone disruption, DNA damage, leakage of blood-brain barrier, sperm count reduction and damage, sleep disorders, learning difficulties, ADHD, dementia and cancer. There is concern that pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerable.
In this eye opening video by renowned dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, you can actually see how low level pulsed microwave radiation causes insects to “jump” off the leaves! Imagine what this can do to your own cells, every hour of the day and night! This is a must watch video to fully understand the implications such technologies have, how they can affect your health if you don’t remove yourself from the source and what the safe alternatives are.
Smart Meters are voluntary! YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SMART METERS. Although you might encounter some opposition from your utility provider, remember they can not breach your withdrawal of consent. Get educated and active, inform other people in your neighborhood and create a smart meter-free environment. Write letters to your utility provider and ask for removal of your smart meter. You can find more useful tips and information by checking out the websites under “resources” below.
Remember, if you can’t actually feel it, see it or smell it, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist and so it can’t possibly affect your health. Radiation is real!
Article Sources:
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/dr-dietrich-klinghardt-smart-meters-emr-the-hea...
http://www.radiationresearch.org
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