Think TWICE before getting your FLU shot!!!

[rhino 0]

Warning! Flu Shots Can Be Dangerous To Your Health
by: DR. Edward F. Group III
Every year about this time doctors around the world are recommending that people go in and get their annual flu shot. What most people don’t know or understand is just how dangerous this could be, especially for children under the age of 12. When people call and say “My doctor is telling the family to go in and get a flu shot. Should I do it?”…I tell them they should learn about the side effects and decide for themselves…as a chiropractor and naturopathic physician I don’t’ have the time or energy to argue with family practitioners or family doctors who are obviously uneducated on the possible side effects or detrimental effects flu shots or vaccinations in general can have on the body.
I personally have never received a flu shot and have never been ill during the flu season. In my personal opinion I don’t think toxic chemicals and strains of different viruses growing on living tissue belong inside the body. Because of the demand, I want to share with you some of the research that we have found in the latest flu shot trend and the by-products of these supposedly sterile and non-harmful solutions.
I don’t know about you, but I sure would not want any of the following compounds in my bloodstream or deposited in my body. Let’s look at what we have found in the common vaccinations:
Ethylene Glycol: Ethylene Glycol is nothing more than the technical name for anti-freeze, the same stuff that you put inside your car engine. I don’t think I have to tell you what would happen if you ingest antifreeze.
Thimerosal: This is a mercury derived disinfectant and preservative which is used in a majority of the vaccinations and can result in brain injury over a long period of time leading into Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Disease, lack of memory, sluggish brain performance and also is known to induce auto-immune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, ALS as well as altering and depleting the immune system from working efficiently.
Phenol: Phenol is most commonly used as a disinfectant, also used as a dye, is listened as a carcinogenic agent (cancer-causing) agent and is also known as carbolic acid.
Neomycin and Streptomycin: These compounds are used as antibiotics which have side effects to include severe allergic reactions in some people. It always puzzled me why they are putting two different forms of antibiotics in a viral vaccine.
Aluminum: Aluminum accumulates in the skin, bones, brain and kidneys and can cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Aluminum has also caused cancer in laboratory mice. It is commonly used as an additive in most vaccinations.
Formaldehyde: Formaldehyde is used as a preservative. It is also classified as a carcinogenic (cancer-causing agent) and causes the body fluids to become acidic in nature. Formaldehyde will start to preserve your tissues within the body.
I hope that when your doctor starts telling you that it is time for your annual flu vaccine you will present this material to him and ask him how all of these ingredients are going to prevent you from getting the flu. I’ll be very interested in knowing what his answer is to that question. As a side note just to let you know what is being injected to your body, these vaccines are strained through animal or human tissues like chicken embryos, monkey kidney tissue and embryonic guinea pig cells, to name a few.
So what am I supposed to do if I don’t listen to my doctor and I decide not to get an annual flu shot? Well, you have probably made the smartest decision you have ever made in your entire life. So let me give you 5 Simple Secrets and Bonuses to Sailing Through The Flu Season:
Secret #1: Reduce your intake of caffeine, alcohol and carbonated beverages and replace with purified water with addition of organic apple cider vinegar added. Two tablespoons per gallon or a capful per glass. Ideally, you should drink at least ½ gallon of water each day.
Secret #2: Reduce intake of refined white sugar, white flour, sweets, refined grains and hydrogenated oils. Try not to over-eat, especially during the holidays. Try to get adequate exercise—at least 3 times per week. The more you move, the better your lymph system is able to move toxic materials out of the body.
Secret #3: Zinc. In a majority of the studies that have been done during the flu season many people have prevented the flu by taking supplements of zinc. Zinc is one of the most powerful immune stimulants and is powerful anti-viral. There are a lot of different forms of zinc and you have to be careful on which one you choose. Therefore I recommend the best and most absorbable form of zinc which is zinc orotate. If you cannot find this form of zinc at your local health food store or natural health care practitioner contact Global Healing Center at 713.476.0016 or staff@globalhealingcenter.com. Do not take zinc at the same time you eat or drink citrus fruits or juices. It will diminish the effectiveness of the zinc.
Secret #4: Eat as close to nature as possible. This means to eat food that is considered “live.” Include raw fruits (seasonal), vegetables and nuts and seeds as much as possible in your diet. If possible, buy organic or from a local farmer’s market. Make sure that you thoroughly wash your fruits and vegetables before consuming. Vegetables may be steamed lightly or used in nourishing soups and stews. Adding fresh garlic to your diet is also recommended.
Secret #5: Eliminate stress and negative emotions. Being negative and allowing stress to affect you can quickly bring down the immune system. Learn to say no to activities that will over-tax your schedule. Spend time alone each day and read positive books, listen to good music or practice meditation. Train your mind to find the positive or good in every situation and treat all of these situations as a learning experience. Don’t go around playing the “victim” in life.
BONUS! Secret #6: Colloidal Silver, Oxygenator and Oregano Oil: Colloidal silver has been around for hundreds of years and has been used as a natural antibiotic which promotes healing. It can also be used as a nasal spray and as eardrops. Oxygenator is a safe, stable, inorganic compound of oxygen and chlorine-containing products, in a colorless and odorless aqueous medium. Oxygenator is known to release chlorine dioxide (CL02), and the product has demonstrated efficacy as an anti-inflammatory, broad spectrum, bactericidal, fungicidal, as well as a virucidal agent. The Chemistry Literature verifies this triple-threat ability of CL02. Oregano Oil is a powerful germ and painkiller. An article published in Phytotherapy Research describes how oregano oil superceded anti-inflammatory drugs in reversing pain and inflammation and is nearly as powerful as morphine as a painkiller. The oil also possesses significant antioxidant powers. Furthermore, it stimulates the flow of bile, which greatly aids digestion. Keep these three products in your medicine cabinet at all times. All three are available from www.globalhealingcenter.com or call 713.476.0016.
SUPER BONUS!! Extra Tips and Suggestions
· Get adequate sleep and rest. The body does the most healing between the hours of sundown and midnight. It is impossible to “catch-up” on sleep.
· Wash your hands frequently. Rinse and dry your hands thoroughly and keep them away from your eyes, nose, and mouth. If you sneeze use a tissue and throw it away as soon as possible.
· Buy a new toothbrush frequently. Toothbrushes can harbor viruses and prolong an illness.
· Eucalyptus Oil is good for relieving congestion. Put 6 drops in a hot bath or in boiling water, put a towel over your head and inhale the vapors. You can also diffuse it through an essential oil diffuser.
· Dairy Products. Dairy can be very mucous causing not to mention the fact that many people have an allergy to cow’s milk and don’t even know it.
· 3 Drops of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide in each ear 3x daily for 5 days helps relieve flu symptoms.
With many flu seasons ahead I felt it was finally time to break the silence and reveal these secrets to as many people as possible. I have come to the conclusion that your Dr. doesn’t want you to know about the detrimental effects of flu shots and vaccinations. Please feel free to share this article with your friends, family and loved ones. I wish you a happy and healthy holiday season. Don’t forget to check all the information and research articles on our continually up-dated website: www.globalhealingcenter.com

[Nightingale 0]

I usually have awful reactions to flu shots. Last time I got one, I could barely move my arm for weeks. I haven't gotten one since.

That said, this year, I am getting a flu shot. Because I flat out can't afford to be sick and miss classes.

[PhillyKev 0]

I don't get flu shots for the simple reason that I'd rather my body learn on its own how to combat illness so that it will be better able to do so against something more serious.

[Nightingale 0]

I agree that is the ideal.

Thing is... If I get the flu for a week and miss class, that'll have a devastating effect on my grades. I HAVE to stay in the top 30% of my class to maintain my scholarship.

[billvon 3,120]

>I don’t know about you, but I sure would not want any of the following
>compounds in my bloodstream or deposited in my body.

But then he says:

>Eat as close to nature as possible. This means to eat food that is
> considered “live.” Include raw fruits (seasonal), vegetables and nuts and
> seeds as much as possible in your diet. If possible, buy organic or from a
>local farmer’s market.

Organic food often contains bT toxin, a common 'organic' fertilizer. In addition, organic food contains arsenic, mercury, thorium, active bacteria, parasites, mold spores etc etc. That doesn't mean it's bad; most foods (except Twinkies, which contain no organic compounds) have them. It's the result of growing vegetables, fruits etc in dirt; dirt contains all that stuff. Fortunately we have adapted to eating small amounts of them. Heck, you _need_ very small amounts of arsenic to be healthy.

So there may well be pros and cons to getting a flu shot, but eating organic foods certainly does not prevent you from getting toxins of varying amounts deposited in your body. The issue is - is the (small) risk of getting the shot worth the (small) chance it will help you avoid a really nasty flu? For older people with compromised lung function, getting the shot might save your life. For kids, probably not - flu is rarely dangerous to kids.

[billvon 3,120]

> I don't get flu shots for the simple reason that I'd rather my body
>learn on its own how to combat illness . . .

Well, except that's exactly how flu vaccines (most vaccines, actually) work. They expose you to antigens/denatured viruses and your immune system reacts. When you get the real infection, your immune system has seen it before and so reacts more quickly. Vaccines are basically a way to "exercise" your immune system without giving you a potentially dangerous disease.

[PhillyKev 0]

Yeah, I understand that, but I don't buy it. The flu is different each year because it mutates. If you don't fight off the non-denatureed virus naturally, your immune system won't get the same workout. So when a flu comes along that they don't get the antigen right for it (like a couple years ago), or a new strain comes out mid season, you're less able to fight it off.

I haven't had more than a 2 day fly in 20 years, and most years I don't get anything except a slight case of the runs and a sniffle which could just as easily be attributed to tailgating at an Eagles game.

I haven't taken antibiotics in years, either. I've been to the doctor for sore throats and what not, they do a throat culture and usually prescribe antibiotics as a matter of course. I never get the prescritption filled until I call them a few days later for the culture results, and it's usually not something treatable by antibiotics anyway.

I'm pretty darn healthy for a non-dieting, not-much-exercising, beer drinking, smoker. Not going to mess with a good thing.

[wmw999 2,589]

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I'm pretty darn healthy for a non-dieting, not-much-exercising, beer drinking, smoker. Not going to mess with a good thing.

Sounds like you were pretty careful in your selection of ancestors. Good move.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[billvon 3,120]

>If you don't fight off the non-denatureed virus naturally, your immune
> system won't get the same workout.

?? Flu shots contain the most likely flu strains for that year. So your immune system really gets a workout, and has to fight off half a dozen vaccine strains of flu. If you don't get the shot and only get one flu, your immune system (the specific response at least) gets less of a workout.

>So when a flu comes along that they don't get the antigen right for it (like
> a couple years ago), or a new strain comes out mid season, you're less
> able to fight it off.

Again, if you've been getting flu shots, your specific response has been getting more, rather than less, of a workout.

>I haven't had more than a 2 day fly in 20 years, and most years I don't
> get anything except a slight case of the runs and a sniffle which could just
> as easily be attributed to tailgating at an Eagles game.

Sounds like you don't need a flu shot, then!

>I'm pretty darn healthy for a non-dieting, not-much-exercising, beer
> drinking, smoker. Not going to mess with a good thing.

Careful, there. Those things wear down your body very rapidly. Your body may not be the same in 2 years as it is now, especially with all that stuff.

[Zenister 0]

the few times the military forced me to get a flu shot it actually made me sick for 2-3 days... so when i HAD to get on to deploy (as a civilian) and the predictable headache etc showed up a day and a half later, i called in and told them i was sick, why i was sick, and didnt come in for the rest of the week... by thursday i was feeling fairly normal, so i went and jumped thurs/fri....

that is the best side effects from the flu shot i've ever had

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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[PhillyKev 0]

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Sounds like you were pretty careful in your selection of ancestors. Good move.

Yeah...right. I've been bugging my Mom for family medical history for awhile. She sent it to me recently.

Mom....

Tubal Ligation, Cystecomy 1973
Complete Hysterectomy,Fibroidectomy, Bladder repair – June 1983
Laporoscopic cholecystectomy 1991
Bursitis 1972
Fibromyalgia, osteo arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Peripheral neuropathy 1998
Retinopathy, right eye 1998
Laser treatment 3/23/99
Diabetes type II diagnosed end of 1998
Hypertension 1998
High Cholesterol 1998
Liver enzymes slightly elevated beginning 1999
Hepatitus Test – Negative – 1999
Colonoscopy – 3 polyps(1 removed,biopsied,OK/2 cauterized) sept 1999
Colonoscopy – no polyps/diverticulosis Jan 2001
Angina- end of 98 into 99
Cardiac Catheterization ans Intra vasculal ultrasound @ Lankenaw April 18th 2000
“Coronary artery disease (CAD) 35% stenosis – stress echo 3-1-01 and repeat
3/14/01 Cath was canceled due to abnormal Blood Test ie. Hemoglobin of 7(was 14 2 months prior)
Acute Renal Failure
3 blood transfusions, test, nothing bleeding- discharged 3/16/01 pm
Kidney needle biopsy-Montgomery Hospital 4/26/01 “inconclusive” Testes for Addison’s diease 10/4 and 10/5/01 both negative
Stress Ehco May 2 2002
Kidney function approx. 25% (no better,no worse) eventual dialysis/transplant

Note: Possible allergy to iodine (shell fish etc.)
Allergic to Bella Donna
Seasonal allergies
Re Anemia
March 2001 began “ Procrit” injections weekly


Dad...

Polio (age 19ish)
Pneumonia (Bronchial) several times
Fissurectomy 1959 or 1960
Diabetes Type 1 onset age 35
Polycythemia
Esophageal varical bleeding 10/31/85 (and several times thereafter)
Cholcystectomy Dec. 1985 and liver biopsy
Hepatitus
Subarrachnoid aneurysm June 1986

Death Certificate # 308688
Immediate cause of death:
Cardiovascular collapse due to hepatic, renal and cardiac failure due to coagulophy with esophageal variceal bleeding due to acidosis
Contibuting Conditions
Subarrachnoid hemarrhage due to right anterior coronary artory aneurysm


Paternal grandfather
Died at age 53
Colon Cancer

Both maternal grandparents....
Instantanteous death at 70 due to massive heart attacks.

[kelel01 1]

. . . And somewhere, the creators of HIPAA roll over in their graves (or more likely, their beds).

[PhillyKev 0]

Names were removed to protect the innocent. Besides, they're all dead except my Mom, and she'll talk to any stranger that walks by for hours about all her problems.

[Dagny 0]

There are two effective ways to build your immune system against disease. One is to contract the disease and survive it. The other is to get a vaccine and avoid suffering the effects of the full blown disease while creating antibodies against the pathogen.

As for the initial post...SIGH. Naturopathic chiropractors are not the most reliable source of information. I especially liked how he mentions the flu shot and then vaguely recites the ingredients found in the "common" vaccines.

I just spent the afternoon working in an internal medicine office recommending the flu shot to all of the patients I had. It's important to get the flu shot, particularly if you have other disease processes (diabetes, emphysema, cardiac trouble...as most of my patients did) because getting the flu can have a significant impact on one's health and can result in death.

Honestly, I think everything that article stated was BS because it's biased and manipulative and incorrect.

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
-Salvador Dali

[Dagny 0]

That's quite the list, PhillyKev. I don't know how old you are, but I hope you:

1. Don't smoke.
2. Maintain a healthy weight.
3. Exercise regularly.
4. Get your flu shot. (ha, kidding, i know you wash your hands of vaccines)

(really, not kidding, get your flu shot.)

(okay, nevermind)

You've got a lot of diseases to be careful to avoid...stay away from diabetes! Nasty illness.

(now go out and get your flu shot already! )

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
-Salvador Dali

[PhillyKev 0]

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now go out and get your flu shot already!

Can't right now. Need to go grab a smoke and then hail a cab for the 4 block trip to go get a cheesesteak and some beer.

[LouDiamond 1]

You have got to be kidding me. More children and elderly to include normal adults die each year from flu. Your telling me you would rather risk getting the flu and developing complications and dieing than toughing 2-3 days of discomfort out? That makes absoluetly no sense what so ever. I'm not even going to argue the point as Bill covered it already. If it has to be explained at this point I'm sure to have plenty of oxygen when all those who think vaccines aren't the answer are taking a dirt nap.

I understand the reason behind not wanting to get it but the logic that has been given to support that so far is highly flawed.

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[kelpdiver 2]

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As for the initial post...SIGH. Naturopathic chiropractors are not the most reliable source of information. I especially liked how he mentions the flu shot and then vaguely recites the ingredients found in the "common" vaccines.

It did have that hysterical element to it, didn't it?

I don't think the value of the vaccine is great enough for me to deal with the downsides (hassle, cost, short term illness), and certainly others would benefit more from it. I did think that last year's stampede was a bit out of hand, esp when it seemed a bit mismatched for the primary threat.

For those at risk, it certainly makes sense.

For me, when I'm getting the proper amount of sleep, I'm pretty indestructable. If I feel borderline and can sleep for 14 hours the next day, often that will do it. But often I don't give myself enough sleep, and pay the price.

[Lindsey 0]

The thing about the influenza virus is that USUALLY the virus mutates with minor antigenic changes as it repicates through the year.... You won't be immune to it without the vaccine, but because the virus is somewhat similar to what you've probably been exposed to before you'll only get very ill, but you probably won't die unless you're very old, very young, or immunocompromised.

Periodically the Influenza A virus mutates dramatically (antigenic shift), and we get a very serious outbreak. This occurs when, for example, a person is infected with a human strain and an avian or other animal strain. The progeny virus is assembled with some chromosomes of both strains. That new strain leads to the pandemics. Our immune systems have a much more difficult time with these infections.

I personally wouldn't put much stock in what the naturopathic chiropractor says about infectious disease, myself....

Peace~
linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[rhino 0]

As far as I am concerned the flu shot is the governments way of using us for guinea pigs.. lol

Who knows what is really in that stuff...

[billvon 3,120]

>Who knows what is really in that stuff...

Heck, who knows what's in Pepsi? Or a Big Mac?

[ypelchat 0]

I got my first flu shot in november 2003. As far as I can remember, winter 2003-2004 was the first winter that i did not get the flu.

This year, i'm the first in line to get a flu shot.

Yves.

[SarahC07 0]

Well shit.

I'm really healthy!! I do not believe I have *ever* received a flu shot and I don't think I've had more than a sore throat and maybe a slight cough ... ever... or as far back as I can remember....

But, hell, I lived in England in the 1980's so I can't donate blood.

Interesthing thread. It's all about each individual I guess...

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[bch7773 0]

oh what a non-biased doctor.

he talks about how great organic foods and herbal-type medicines are for you, and wow what a surprise, he has a website where you can buy them right in his message! i bet he put it in there as a public service announcement and has no stake in that company at all.

MB 3528, RB 1182

[Muenkel 0]

I get the flu shot every year for 2 reasons:

1. I'm in no mood to deal with the flu.
2. The real reason is that my mom is 69 and has some health issues. She cannot get a flu shot herself because of her allergy to eggs. So it is recommended that those around her get the shot so to limit her exposure.

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Chris