The Health Plus Letter
November 2, 2004, Vol. 2, No. 36
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher,
http://www.1healthyworld.com

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Table Of Contents
What’s New
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
Medical F/r/e/edom Alert
The Flu Scam by Jon Rappoport
Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Recovering From Colds and Flu
Recommendations


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What’s New

This week I’m focusing your attention on the disparity between the 36,000 deaths in the US attributed to the flu each year by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and their own internal statistics that reveal such a death toll is incredibly inflated. Investigative journalist Jon Rappoport has done an excellent job of highlighting the disparity, and I am reprinting his latest article on the subject below.

I also recommend that you visit Jon’s website, http://www.nomorefakenews.com. Jon covers a wide variety of topics, but for years has been examining the big picture behind the assault on our medical freedoms. Of late, he’s been uncovering the scam behind the annual scare tactics employed by the CDC and other government agencies regarding the flu, as well as the many health risks associated with the flu vaccine. You can find what he has written on the subject within his searchable archives.

Also in this issue, I’m providing self-care tips you can use to minimize your risk of contracting colds or flu.

As always, please continue to send me your comments and suggestions. And please spread the word about The Health Plus Letter by passing it along to your friends and inviting them to subscribe.


Quote Of The Day

“We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Fast Fact

Walking 45 minutes five times a week can significantly increase your body’s supply of natural killer (NK) cells, thus boosting immunity and helping to prevent infection.

Source: Alice D. Domar, PhD, Harvard Medical School


Medical F/r/e/edom Alert

Our health f/r/e/edom remains under siege. Please support the following organizations, which are at the forefront of those working to protect our rights:

Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org (Sign their online petition to safeguard health supplements.)

Institute for Health F/r/e/edom – http://www.ForHealthF/r/e/edom.org

International Advocates for Health F/r/e/edom (IAHF) – http://www.iahf.com

Health Lobby (Monica Miller) – http://www.healthlobby.com

To stay info/rmed of other developments related to medical f/r/e/edom, please visit http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org the website of Dr. Mattias Rath, a leading crusader for medical f/r/e/edom.

To see to what depraved lengths people will go to persecute practitioners of alternative medicine in the U.S., please read the following report by noted medical f/r/e/edom advocate Tim Bolen at http://www.quackpotwatch.org/opinionpieces/Suster2.htm

And to learn how corrupt and extensive Big Pharma’s monopoly is, visit http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/index.html the website for the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. In particular, read their in-depth report The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket that you will find th/e/re.

New! Do your part to help preserve the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), which safeguards your right to readily access nutritional supplements without interference from government bureaucracies.

Take action! Ask the U.S. Codex Delegation to protect your right to readily purchase nutritional supplements and to protect DSHEA. Visit http://www.healthactioncenter.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=21232 

Then write to Dr. Barbara Schneeman and other key official U.S. Codex delegates to let them kn/o/w that we are confident that the U.S. Delegation won't let us down at the Codex conference tables in Bonn, Rome, Geneva and h/e/r/e in the U.S.

This message reflects a collaborative effort between Citizens for Health, http://www.citizens.org and The Alliance for Natural Health, http://www.alliance-natural-health.org.


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The Flu Scam: Looking Even Closer At True Death Stats On Flu by Jon Rappoport

October 30, 2004. I may have received this data before, from one of the ace researchers who has been showing me true CDC [Centers for Disease Control] death stats from flu.

But I spotted, this morning, a letter to the editor at RedFlagsWeekly.com, from Randy L. Powers. He provides a link to a CDC website, where deaths from flu and flu-plus-other-stuff are broken down for the year 2000.

You can go to Red Flags, scroll all the way down the center of the page to the bottom and pick up the link to the letters section, and find Randy's letter and his live link to the CDC pdf file.

Or you can type in: www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/mortabs/gmwki10.htm.
And then you would go to pages 1068-1071. Either way you do it, you'll come across a bunch of tables that list flu-death stats for the year 2000. You'll need to look at all the tables.

I have previously reported that the actual CDC flu-death stat for the year 2000 was 1765. It's in small print, not in the CDC press releases that trumpet that ridiculous canned 36,000 figure.

So, working with the 1765 figure, I read through the various tables. It was easy to find how the CDC came up with that number. Table one lists 60 deaths from flu "with influenza virus identified." Table five lists 1705 deaths from flu with "virus not identified." Add up the two totals and you get 1765 deaths from the flu.

But wait a minute. All these stats are based on reports turned in from the field---which means doctors out there making diagnoses all over the US. If 1705 deaths from the flu nev/er had an identification of the virus that the CDC claims actually causes the flu, what are we left with?

We are left with vague eyeball diagnosis of patients. Meaningless. Zero science. "Oh, sure, this is a case of the flu. Make a note."

Therefore, for the year 2000, the CDC flu-death stats that fit any sane conventional assessment come to a total of SIXTY. Sixty confirmed cases of death from flu.

This is right in line with my operating principle for investigating lies: the closer you get, the worse it is.

In fact, it would be very nice to know, in those 60 confirmed cases of death from the flu, exactly how the flu virus was identified. Was it by actual isolation, or was it by finding antibodies to the flu virus? If the latter, that is not a proper ID. The presence of antibodies simply signifies the person's immune system has contacted the virus. Antibodies usually mean the person has successfully warded off the virus. Anyway... If you study the other tables, you find more illumination. For example, in table 6, we see 912 deaths under a category called Influenza With Pneumonia, Virus Not Identified. Oops. There it is again. The flu virus (that's what they're talking about) was nev/er identified. So how can they say this was really "influenza-with-pneumonia" as the cause of death? They can't.

If you've been reading my articles on this whole stat business, you know that I've expressed grave doubt about the 'everybody-knows-science' that says, "Hell, flu is very dangerous because it often leads to pneumonia. So even if the actual flu deaths are very low, we have to vaccinate anybody that moves because, that way, we're preventing pneumonia." Yeah. Sure.

Again, let me repeat, in the year 2000, there were 912 deaths listed under pneumonia where the flu virus was nev/er identified. There is no provable link between those pneumonia cases and flu.

Table 2, in fact, is deaths from flu-with-pneumonia where the flu virus was identified. Even if we assume that in these cases the flu actually led to the pneumonia, the total of deaths is: 31.

That's right. 31.So much for the vaunted and provable 'everybody-knows' link between flu and pneumonia.

What about the other tables for the year 2000? Table 3 is the category Flu With Other Respiratory Manifestations, Where The Flu Virus Was Identified. Of course, we don't know what the other respiratory manifestations were---except we do know they were nev/er indentified as pneumonia. Total of deaths from this category? 27.

Table 4 is Flu With Other Manifestations (even more vague) Where The Flu Virus Was Identified. Total deaths in this category? 2.

Table 7 is Flu With Other Respiratory Manifestations Where The Flu Virus Was Not Identified. In other words, it's a vague plus vague category. A maybe not-sure could-be flu plus who knows what other respiratory problems. Total deaths? 767.

And table 8 is Flu With Other Manifestations Where The Flu Virus Was Not Identified. Even vaguer. Total deaths? 26.

And that's it.

Let me point out one other thing. You could do a whole lot of excusing of the CDC by saying, "Look, the CDC really wants to list flu deaths and pneumonia deaths together as one category, but they're just following international code guidelines and that's why they break it down into separate listings and it's not their fault blah blah and if you add up the flu and pneumonia deaths together you end up with a really large number blah blah..." Sure. But, as we see in this breakdown for the year 2000, the closer you get, the worse it is. They're winging it. They're making all sorts of wild assumptions about flu cases without ever having indentified a flu virus. They're in deep water without a hint of a paddle. They're basically admitting their press releases trumpeting large flu-death figures are lies. They're confessing that their "universal" flu-pneumonia death link is sheer unwarranted presumption.

Suppose we added up deaths from all these tables and categories for the year 2000. Suppose we wrongly stated these are all very good and tig/ht categories of influenza and we're sure that the cause of death was flu and flu alone in every single case. Suppose we told that gigantic lie. What would we end up with? 3530 deaths. Not 36,000 deaths. Not 70,000 deaths, which some people are n/o/w touting with breathtaking ease from their tower of authority.

This is a huge story. It may nev/er get out into the mainstream. But it's huge.

Addendum: I want to offer an educated opinion about a lar/ger circumference of spin at the CDC. Look at it this way. You've got two parallel forces at work there in Atlanta. On one track, there are the bean counters who are assembling the stats and tables I've just gone over. They just keep their noses close to the computer and they add beans on beans. On another track, and this is very important, you've got people who are saying, "Listen, flu is not a reportable disease in the US. There is no rule that doctors in the field must report every (or any) flu diagnosis they make to the CDC. Therefore, we know that all sorts of flu cases and, therefore, flu deaths, are not being funneled to us. So we have to take a different approach. We have to do statistical projections. From the data we do have, or from some restricted studies we do on very small populations, we have to introduce computer modeling, and we can then make a reasonable estimate of how many people actually die of the flu every year. That's how we come up with the 36,000 figure. See? We're not lying. We're just doing the best job we can."

There is a great deal to learn about how these computer projections are really done. People tend to glaze over when you bring this subject up. People assume the math is correct and right and there are geniuses at work and they know the best way to proceed.

Well, I would point out that, in Rolling Stone, and other publications, a big scandal was broken about the way HIV-positive stats were assembled in South Africa, where the predictions tell us that the whole country will soon die of AIDS. It turned out that researchers were getting their blood for HIV tests from pregnancy clinics' leftover vials. They were testing this blood for "antibodies to HIV," and then sending the numbers and percentages to Geneva, to the World Health Organization, where the computer boys took the numbers and did their projections. And that's how the dire press releases about the future of South Africa were created for medical reporters from Alaska to the South Pole. One thing was wrong: Pregnancy itself can cause an HIV blood test to register positive falsely. Pregnancy can cause the blood test to confirm the presence of antibodies to HIV when those antibodies are not really there. Not there. And that's the blood they were using to begin with---from pregnant women.

In the matter of flu deaths in the US, the burden of proof lies with the CDC. They must show, in great detail, that their statistical projections of 36,000 deaths a year are based on good and reasonable science all the way down the line. Meanwhile, as I've shown, the only data we have to work with is a great torpedo in the belly of the CDC. And that data is posted right there on a CDC page.

Copyright © 2004 by Jon Rappoport and  www.nomorefakenews.com. All rights reserved.


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Self-Care Tips for Preventing and Recovering From Colds and Flu

The common cold and the flu are believed by most physicians to be caused by exposure and susceptibility to a variety of common viruses. Yet not everyone “catches” a cold or flu when exposed to such pathogens. For this reason, alternative physicians emphasize treating and preventing both colds and flu by strengthening the immune system in order to safeguard it from susceptibility.

Prevention

According to Michael T. Murray, N.D., prevention is the best medicine for a cold or flu. “People who suffer from more than two colds a year and whose colds last longer than 4-5 days probably have a weakened immune system,” Dr. Murray says. “The immune system can be boosted through proper diet, lifestyle, and supplement strategies, and this will help prevent colds from forming in the first place.”

Dr. Murray recommends several steps that can be taken in order to enhance the immune system. These include getting adequate rest, since sleep gives the immune system a chance to recover; avoiding sugars, because sugar depresses the immune system; and consuming plenty of water, diluted vegetable juices, soups, and herb teas, necessary for proper hydration. He also advises taking a daily high potency multivitamin/mineral supplement. Another useful precaution is to frequently wash your hands to avoid spreading infection, especially from hands to eyes, nose, and mouth.

Regular walking can also be an effective preventive measure. According to Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, a 45-minute walk five times a week serves a preventive function by increasing natural killer (NK) cells that fight infection. Regular walks can also cut sick time in half when a cold or flu does strike. Walking and similar exercises helps to move lymph fluid and white blood cells through the lymph vessels of the body.

Properly managing stress is another important preventive measure. Taking time out for yourself can be a major step in avoiding infection, as can having support, love, and meaning in your life, all of which are factors that help reduce susceptibility to illness.

Should congestion and other symptoms arise, Dr. Murray recommends applying a menthol-based (but not petroleum-based) preparation to the upper chest before going to bed. Menthol helps clear the airways and, when applied to the upper chest, may increase the blood supply to the thalamus, one of the main organs controlling the activity of the immune system.

To help clear mucus from the chest, he recommends a posture known as “the cobra” in yoga. To perform execute this posture, lie on your stomach, then raise yourself up on your forearms, bending at the waist. This will expand the chest and make it easier to cough up phlegm.

Diet: Eat lightly, emphasizing vegetables high in beta-carotene (leafy greens, carrots, orange squash), garlic, and vegetable broth and fresh-squeezed vegetable juices. Drink plenty of pure spring water or filtered water.

Nutritional Supplements: For 3-5 days, take the following every 3-4 hours while awake: vitamin C in powdered, mineral ascorbate f/o/r/m (2,000-4,000 mg); vitamin A in liquid, mycelized f/o/r/m (100,000 IU); and garlic capsules (4-6). Other useful nutrients for cold and flu include zinc, colostrum, thymus extract, and beta-1,3-glucan.

Herb/al Medicine: Helpful herbs include echinacea, lomatium, astragalus, cayenne pepper, licorice, goldenseal, elderberry, St. John’s wort, eyebright, elecampane, red clover, osha, and yarrow, taken as teas (3-5 cups per day), tinctures (30 drops, four times daily), or capsules (two capsules, four times daily).

Homeopathy: Take homeopathic Oscillococcinum, six pellets under the tongue every six hours, at the onset of symptoms. Other useful homeopathic remedies include Viscum album, Aconitum napellus, Natrum mur., Allium cepa, Nux vomica, and Eupatorium perfoliatum.

Aromatherapy: Inhalations and baths with camphor, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, peppermint, pine, rosemary, tea tree.

Exercise: Exercise, such as 45-minute walks five times a week, helps to significantly boost immune function. For chest congestion, practice the Cobra yoga posture.

Topical Treatment: For a head cold, spray throat and nasal passages with witch hazel.


Recommendations

Book
Third Opinion, 4^th edition by John M. Fink. I receive a lot of requests for information regarding viable alternative cancer treatments and the doctors and centers that are providing them. This excellent reference guide provides detailed listings of the best such sources, both h/e/re in the U.S. and abroad. Though the entries Fink includes are not in-depth, he provides readers with the information they need to make informed choices. Very highly recommended.


That’s all for this week.

Health and Blessings!

Larry Trivieri, Jr. (larry@1healthyworld.com)


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