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Influenza

Influenza: UN declares start of new flu season, U.S. & Canada already reporting new cases! Flu kills children not considered “at risk”! Flu fights back with glass body armor!

18 November 2013 (21:40 UTC-07 Tango 17 November 2013)/14 Muharram 1435/27 Aban 1392/16 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

On 08 November, the UN’s World Health Organization declared the start of a new flu season in the Northern Hemisphere (it coincides with winter).  And this does not refer to the ongoing cases of ‘bird’ flu around the World (especially in South East Asia).

In the U.S. state of Delaware, the Division of Public Health is reporting the first confirmed case, in Kent County.

Montana’s Flathead and Gallatin counties reporting cases. Flathead reporting two B strain infections while Gallatin reporting a case of H1N1 A flu.

In Michigan, Washtenaw County Public Health reports their first case.

Mississippi reporting “moderate” flu activity, 4.9% of people tested for flu are infected.

Maine reports at least one case of flu.

Iowa’s police state sounding Influenza Surveillance Network reporting three cases.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reporting two cases.

The Kentucky Department for Public Health reporting two cases.

In Canada‘s Ontario, the Waterloo Region’s Public Health reporting two cases.  The Niagara Region’s Public Health also reporting cases of A strains.

Ecuador is forcing millions of people to get flu shots. $13 million USD is being spent on the program.  Health officials claim their flu shot is based on the most common influenzas found in Ecuador.  69 health “brigades” (they’re actually using military terminology) are targeting schools and nursing homes.  The Ministry of Health reports 114 flu cases already!  (who said flu was a cold weather virus?)

Uganda is reporting a new influenza.  The Uganda Virus Research Institute blames the new flu strains in their country to Ugandans traveling to other countries: “Recently we tested 10 samples from a school in Entebbe and eight of them had Influenza B/Yamagata.”-Julius J. Lutwama

Once again (anybody at the UNWHO), who said flu was a cold weather virus?

The U.S. CDC concluded an eight year study with surprising results.  It turns out that many children who died from flu were not considered “at risk” of getting infected: “….any child can be at risk of influenza-associated death regardless of age or high-risk medical conditions….”

Of course the CDC is using these results to push even more vaccinations on children.

Here’s a little reminder why you can’t trust the claims that flu vaccines will save you: Current vaccines are at least a year behind, they’re based on last year’s flus.  The flu you get infected with this year is a new strain.

Vaccines work well on DNA viruses, because DNA viruses evolve very slowly.  Influenza is not a DNA virus, it is a RNA virus like AIDS (by the way, flu kills more people in the U.S. than AIDS, the latest numbers say 49-thousand people died in the U.S. from flu).  This is why current flu vaccines are at least one year behind.

Realizing that the vaccine you get this year is from last year’s flu, and that you probably got infected with flu last year, then it is possible that if you didn’t feel sick from the current vaccine it’s because you already have an immunity from getting infected last year!

Flu vaccines are made with actual flu viruses, and you can not truly kill a virus, unless you incinerate it (there is no such thing as a dead virus unless it’s been reduced to microscopic ash).

Why is it so hard to kill viruses?  Researchers at the Center for Life in Extreme Environments, at Portland State University, have discovered that when subjected to extreme conditions viruses wrap themselves in a cocoon of glass armor.

This would explain viruses being able to survive their long journey through outer space.  In 2003, researchers in India suggested that the SARS virus is extraterrestrial.  In the 1980s, Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe stated that viruses came from outer space. It’s based on historical data showing outbreaks of new strains of influenza taking place at the same time on different parts of the Earth.  Outbreaks of new virus strains also coincide with solar flare activity (mmm, the Suns been flaring up lately).  This could also explain why birds get sick with new virus strains before any other animals (as they fly they’re the first to catch it as the virus filters down from the upper atmosphere).

And yet another study says vaccinating old people is a waste of time and money.  This latest study was done in Canada, and looked at 15 years of medical records.  The conclusion was that only 20% of old people vaccinated were actually protected.  The researchers pointed out that most studies fail to research two age groups; people older that 65 and people between the ages of five and 18 years.

 

Influenza

H7N9 / Bird Flu update: Mexico hit! Thousands of humans carriers? North Korea kills 160000!

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reporting that H5N1 bird flu has struck their poultry industry hard.  They’ve had to cull (kill) 160000 ducks, at just one Pyongyang duck farm, to try and stop the spread of the virus.  United Nations health officials were notified.

Here’s some more news to make you more fearful of the creation of new biological weapons: Chen Hualan, of China’s Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, has discovered a single gene that can make bird flus easily become deadly human flus.  She found that one of two genes from the human version of H1N1 made the bird flu H5N1 infectious to animals other than birds.

Vietnam recently declared their H5N1 epidemic fini.  Health officials report no new cases in birds or humans for the past 21 days, thanks to efforts to cull or vaccinate tens of thousands of birds.  Since 2003, 62 people in Vietnam died from H5N1, the most recent being a four years old boy in April.  123 people got sick.

Animal health officials in Nepal have been culling poultry, as two new H5N1 outbreaks hit Kathmandu.  Outbreak response teams are overstretched and officials said they are unable to respond to the latest outbreak.

Indonesia has been put on warning for new H7N9 infections.  Researchers at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture studied how farmers keep their livestock, and concluded that current Indonesian livestock practices have the potential “….to facilitate the spread of the H7N9 virus.” 

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission claims that no new cases of H7N9 ‘bird’ flu have been reported.  However, in a joint study by  National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the UN World Health Organization, researchers are now concerned that not only has the virus evolved to spread human to human, but that possibly thousands of people are now carriers, showing little or no symptoms.

The Mexican state of Puebla has been hit with H7N3.   The National Service of Health, Food Safety and Food Quality say the source is laying chickens brought in from surrounding states.  So far 55000 chickens have been culled.  33 million doses of vaccine have been issued.  The United Nations has been notified.

 

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H1N1: Swine Flu spreading through India, local governments failing the public, oil rich North Dakota hit, death in Texas, Mexico more than 200 deaths

“There is a ‘sudden and sharp’ rise in the transmissibility of the swine flu virus this month. Usually, the virus transmission is not more than 1 or 2% during March. It is something unusual.”-A C Mishra, India’s National Institute of Virology

Indian health officials now reporting 211 cases from 5 states, and 16 deaths so far this year.

Some doctors say the virus is mutating fast: “…the virus itself has developed a new strain, which helps it to survive in warmer temperatures. While human beings develop immunity to the virus, the virus itself keeps transforming…”-Vijay Kumar Pawar, Aundh Civil Hospital

Some Indian states lack funding for health care, and as a result are actually ignoring cases of H1N1.

In the state of Ashok Gehlot the H1N1 death rate jumped from 5.87% in 2009-2010, to 27% for the 2011-2012 flu season!  Even though the state has finally set up facilities to monitor cases of H1N1, they have no vaccines available!

On March 19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 172 cases of H1N1 in the United States.

In the U.S. state of North Dakota, health officials say H1N1 has made itself known. Until two weeks ago flu cases were sporadic, now they are steady.

As of March 26, North Dakota has 365 influenza cases, four of which have been confirmed as H1N1.

“The good thing is the two viruses circulating most in the communities are in the vaccine. People that have been vaccinated would have protection against these viruses.”-Lindsey VanderBusch, North Dakota Health Department

In Corpus Cristi, Texas, a Nueces County woman died from H1N1, the first death since 2010.   She died on March 2, 2012.  She spent ten days in the hospital.  Apparently the information wasn’t made public until March 20.

In Mexico, health officials report 200 deaths from H1N1.  The Mexican state of Sonora reported its 6th death on March 14.  So far there are 274 H1N1 cases in Sonora, but that’s only 9th place compared to other Mexican states.

Guatemala is reporting 55 H1N1 cases, with four deaths.

Symptoms include sudden fever, running nose, sore throat, cough, problems in breathing, diarrhea or upset stomach, loss of appetite.  These are typical with many types of flu, however, if you have other health problems, or a weak immune system, you should see a doctor right away.

 

Influenza

H1N1: Swine flu killing people in India, affordable vaccine shortage, services forced to cut back on care due to lack of money

H1N1 is hitting one Indian city hard & fast, partly due to a shortage of vaccines.  In one week four people have died!  Five are in critical condition.

Pune officials had to destroy their stock of nasal spray vaccines because they had expired.  But there’s no shortage of other forms of more expensive H1N1 vaccines, just a shortage of cash to pay for them!

As of March 18, 2012, 58 people are confirmed infected with H1N1, with 15,000 people being tested for H1N1.  However, to cut costs officials have decided to restrict who gets tested for H1N1: “Only patients down with influenza like symptoms but having associated illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and other chronic illnesses as well as those falling in category A, irrespective of whether they have other co-morbid conditions or not, will be tested for swine flu infection.”-Pravin Shingare, Medical Education and Research (DMER)

On March 17, 2012, Mumbai state health officials called an emergency meeting.  They are trying to figure out the cause of such a sudden, and deadly outburst of H1N1.

So far they’re blaming lack of immunity caused by a new mutant strain of H1N1, and other medical conditions of the patient: “The last outbreak was reported over a year and half ago. The herd immunity people developed after that is on the decline hence people with compromised immunity due to pre-existing morbidities like diabetes, hypertension, cardiac illness, cancer etc are more susceptible.”-Pradeep Awate, state health surveillance officer

They also blame unusually cold weather for India: “The sudden cold wave in February following by the current transition period and difference in diurnal temperatures are favorable conditions for influenza infections like swine flu.”-Pradeep Awate, state health surveillance officer

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Pale Green Horse & H1N1: Mexico has 166 deaths so far for 2012, Costa Rica says flu “unusual” this year

Mexican health officials are reporting a 23% increase in H1N1 deaths, just in the past week!

So far 166 people have died from H1N1 swine flu, since January 1, 2012!  Mexican officials claim that 89% of the deaths involve people who did not get vaccinated.

U.S. health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated.

In Costa Rica, officials there say they are seeing an increase in all kinds of flu cases.  At the end of January more than 419 people were hospitalized. At least three have died specifically from H1N1.

The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Security) said the behavior of the various flu viruses has been “unusual in recent weeks”.

  I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

PALE GREEN HORSE & H5N1: ANOTHER DEATH IN INDONESIA, MORE CASES IN VIETNAM AND BANGLADESH

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Vietnam claims success with new H5N1 & H1N1 vaccine

A Vietnamese company is claiming to have created a successful vaccine, to fight the latest mutations of H5N1 bird flu, and H1N1 swine flu.

VABIOTECH officials say they developed the vaccines by using people who were already infected. The first batch of vaccines showing positive results on volunteers.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is praising the company’s efforts.

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Pale Green Horse & H1N1: Mexico hit hard, thousands infected, 58 die

After what looked like a 2011 victory for Mexican health officials, the H1N1 virus is hitting back hard in 2012.

Already there are 2,815 reported cases of flu, 90% are confirmed to have H1N1.  At least 58 people have died.  93% of those who died were confirmed to have H1N1 (aka swine flu).

I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Pale Green Horse & H3N2, H1N1: Two children die, the U.S. now officially in Flu season. California leading the pack, Idaho on the list

On February 10, the U.S. CDC reported that people testing positive for flu viruses hit 10.5%.  The flu season officially starts when at least 10% of the population tests positive for flu.

The state of California is reporting the most flu cases at this point.   There is also reports of increased doctor visits, mainly in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Also, two children have died, but the type of flu has not yet been identified.

The CDC says the most common flu being identified is H3N2v, followed by H1N1. These are types of influenza A, but influenza B is also being found.

I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Pale Green Horse & H3N2, H1N1: Costa Rica reports first 2012 deaths

The Central American country of Costa Rica is reporting the first death connected to the H3N2 virus.

On January 25, 2012, a 30 year old man died from H3N2.  The man had other health issues before getting sick with H3N2.  They believe it is the new H3N2v virus.

Two other Costa Ricans died the week before, from H1N1 (aka swine flu).

I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.  They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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WHO says H3N2 will dominate this year’s flu season, Romania & Sweden at Epidemic levels!

On February 3, 2012, the UN’s World Health Organization said the new strain of H3N2 will dominate the 2011/2012 flu season.  This came after 1.74 million Japanese were infected in January.

The WHO said notable increases in flu cases are expected in North America, Europe and northern China.

The dominant flu is H3N2 (a type of influenza A, aka swine flu).  But Mexico is still being hit by H1N1 (also a type of swine flu), and China is dealing with influenza B (a type of virus that infects humans and seals).

Canada is seeing a steady increase in H3N2 cases.  The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control is reporting increases in H3N2 cases in Bulgaria, Iceland, Italy and Spain.  Romania and Sweden are now at epidemic levels.