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While it is generally clear, even to the relatively uninformed, that government and corporations have become one and the same, the extent to which this is the case is still largely unknown amongst the general public. Likewise, the extent to which this merger is affecting public health is also not widely known. In recent years (aside from their other horrific projects) government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, and corporations have all banded together to combine two of the biggest scourges on the environment and human health -- genetic modification and vaccines -- into one entity.
Read More: http://globalpoliticalawakening.blogspot.com/2010/12/viruses-and-gm-insect-flying-vaccine.htmlWhile it is generally clear, even to the relatively uninformed, that government and... more
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Wow! Science not fear.
Moral of the story: Don't spit on people when you have "swine flu"
CLICK FOR FULL TRANSCRIPT STUDY.....Wow! Science not fear.
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I have yet to hear any facts about H1N1. You have to dig around to get actual numbers rather than "possibly KILL 90,000 Americans, nearly twice as much as regular seasonal flu", strange trend, "so even if you live off campus in some lil apartment you think you're safe... Dun dun dun duuuuuunnnnnn..." I think its all b.s.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/05/18/prl20518.htm "Seasonal Flu kills 36k+ in a season in America alone according to American Medical New [amednews.com May 18, 2009]
[The whole thing seems based on a possible "outbreak" that "could" mirror regualr seasonal flu's annual "outbreak". But how many "flu seasons" have we had swine flu go without any outbreaks? More than a couple.......]
The WHO still hasn't reported any wide scale deaths [deaths exceeding seasonal flu] in a isolated area, which in my opinion would define an outbreak [but I just have a brain] I do not know how they define an "outbreak" as they haven't defined an "outbreak"! They have described "potentials", "Maybes", "What-Ifs", "Possiblys", "may very wells" and a bunch of other things that equate to religious-like-rhetoric rather than scientific explinations. And the American Media has yet to address the "Swine-Flu outbreak" in 1976 in which it is believed that the vaccine did more damage than the virus.....CLICK LINK FOR FULL VIDEO- 00:01:40
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So, now even the CDC agrees that abstinence only sex ed programs haven't been very effective after all. On the upside, maybe this will help bring the changes needed in this very important form of education.So, now even the CDC agrees that abstinence only sex ed programs haven't been... more
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About two years ago, dozens of workers at a large chicken hatchery in Arkansas began experiencing mysterious skin rashes, with painful lumps scattered over their hands, arms, and legs.
"They hurt real bad," says Joyce Long, 48, a 32-year veteran of the hatchery, where until recently, workers handled eggs and chicks with bare hands. "When we went and got cultured, doctors told us we had a superbug."
Its name, she learned, was MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This form of staph bacteria developed a mutation that resists antibiotics (including methicillin), making it hard to treat, even lethal. According to the CDC, certain types of MRSA infections kill 18,000 Americans a year — more than die from AIDS.
Then in 2008, a new source and strain of MRSA emerged in the United States. Researcher Tara Smith, PhD, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa, studied two large Midwestern hog farms and found the strain, ST398, in 45 percent of farmers and 49 percent of pigs. The startling discovery — and the close connection between animal health and our own that it implied — caused widespread publicity and much official hand-wringing. To date, though, the government has yet to put a comprehensive MRSA inspection process in place, let alone fix our problematic meat-production system.
You may not have the same close contact with meat that a processing plant worker has, but scientists warn there is reason for concern: Most of us handle meat daily, as we bread chicken cutlets, trim fat from pork, or form chopped beef into burgers. Cooking does kill the microbe, but MRSA thrives on skin, so you can contract it by touching infected raw meat when you have a cut on your hand, explains Stuart Levy, MD, a Tufts University professor of microbiology and medicine. MRSA also flourishes in nasal passages, so touching your nose after touching meat gives the bug another way into your body, adds Smith.About two years ago, dozens of workers at a large chicken hatchery in Arkansas began... more
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The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities and scientists suggesting it lacks the genetic fortitude of past killer bugs.
President Barack Obama even voiced hope Friday that it may turn out to be no more harmful than the average seasonal flu.
In New York City, which has the most confirmed swine flu cases in the U.S. with 49, swine flu has not spread far beyond cases linked to one Catholic school. In Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught it.
A flu expert said he sees no reason to believe the virus is particularly lethal. And a federal scientist said the germ's genetic makeup lacks some traits seen in the deadly 1918 flu pandemic strain and the more recent killer bird flu.The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous,... more
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It's the first time that demographic -- about 20% of American adults -- has been so targeted. The group is at high risk of infection from a pneumonia-causing bacterium.
A federal health panel for the first time has singled out smokers for vaccination because of their high risk of infection from a pneumonia-causing bacterium.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already recommends the pneumococcal vaccine for children, adults over 65 and those with chronic illnesses and weakened immune systems.
The panel's new recommendation, proposed Wednesday and expected to be formally adopted by the CDC, would expand the group to smokers ages 19 to 64.
About one-fifth of U.S. adults smoke cigarettes, according to CDC spokesman Curtis Allen. Studies consistently find that smokers account for approximately half of otherwise healthy adults with invasive pneumococcal disease, Allen said.
"The risk of getting pneumococcal pneumonia among smokers is substantially greater than among nonsmokers, so it makes sense to recommend that smokers get the vaccine," said Dr. Norman H. Edelman, chief medical officer for the American Lung Assn. "But that in no way protects you from all of the terrible things that smoking will do."
The CDC committee also recommended that smokers who receive the pneumococcal vaccine be advised to stop smoking. About 50% of regular smokers will die of a smoking-related disease, usually lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis or cardiovascular disease, Edelman said.
The vaccine protects against several strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a group of bacteria also known as pneumococci. They live intermittently in the noses and throats of people of all ages, usually without causing harm.
But in the wrong place, they can cause middle-ear and sinus infections as well as less common but more serious infections of the lungs, central nervous system and blood.
Smoking makes it easier for the bacteria to get to the wrong place by damaging protective mucous membranes and tiny, hair-like cilia in the back of the nose and throat, said Dr. Lisa Jackson, senior investigator for the Seattle-based Group Health Center for Health Studies. Smoking also damages the ability of white blood cells to fight off infections, she said.
The bacterium is the most common cause of pneumonia acquired outside hospitals. It can also infect blood and the lining of the brain, causing meningitis. Studies have shown that the vaccine is effective at preventing those infections, Jackson said.
Pneumococcal blood infections are so severe that 15% to 20% of patients die, even with treatment, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious-disease expert at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Treatment is complicated because the bacteria have become resistant to some first-line antibiotics.
"We used to be able to just wave a bottle of penicillin at pneumococci and they would roll over and die," Schaffner said. "Prevention from infection becomes more important when treatment becomes more difficult."
A single dose of pneumococcal vaccine for adults protects against 23 types of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Also Wednesday, the immunization committee heard reports on the safety of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil based on studies conducted since it came on the market in June 2006.
A review of more than 375,000 doses administered over two years did not find increased risk for blood clots, seizures, Guillain-Barre syndrome or other serious medical problems, according to the CDC's Allen.
The vaccine, which the CDC recommends for females between the ages of 11 and 26, protects against four types of human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer and is spread through sexual contact.It's the first time that demographic -- about 20% of American adults -- has been... more
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Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official on the health threats posed by global warming.
Former EPA deputy associate administrator Jason K. Burnett said an official from Cheney's office edited out six pages from the testimony of Julie L. Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last October.
Senator Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the administration feared that Gerberding's testimony would force it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. The White House has opposed mandatory limits and insisted that voluntary measures and increased research are the best way to address the problem.
Frank O'Donnell, who heads the advocacy group Clean Air Watch, said the latest revelations confirm that the vice president has been steering the nation's environmental policy during President Bush's tenure.
"For years, we've suspected that Cheney was the puppeteer for administration policy on global warming," O'Donnell said. "This kiss-and-tell account appears to confirm the worst."
Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a... more
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The information in this report is truly a public service. Please read it and pass it on.This is unconscienable.///////From the link:////// For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates.////////Researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer.The 400-plus-page study, Public Health Implications of Hazardous Substances in the Twenty-Six U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern, was undertaken by a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the request of the International Joint Commission, an independent bilateral organization that advises the U.S. and Canadian governments on the use and quality of boundary waters between the two countries. The study was originally scheduled for release in July 2007 by the IJC and the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).////////The Center for Public Integrity has obtained the study, which warns that more than nine million people who live in the more than two dozen “areas of concern”—including such major metropolitan areas as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee—may face elevated health risks from being exposed to dioxin, PCBs, pesticides, lead, mercury, or six other hazardous pollutants.///////In many of the geographic areas studied, researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates of infant mortality and premature births, and elevated death rates from breast cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer./////end of excerpt.
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