Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Revealed to Be a Farce to Be Reckoned With

Can it get any weirder? Headline: New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed "People can be protected against a potential avian flu epidemic by getting advance shots of a vaccine that may or may not be effective against the strain causing the epidemic, British researchers suggest."

It doesn't work against the strain causing the pandemic but it does? Yeah, and I voted for it before I voted against it. Vaccine-makers sound more and more like congressmen every day. Prestigious medical journals certainly would not support such bizarre immunologically-bereft conclusions, would they? Let's check in with the NEJM:

"That apparently daffy strategy is scientifically sound, according to a letter in the Oct. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, because priming people with an old vaccine would make any new vaccine work faster and better."

Huh? That's like saying my new car is faster and better because my old one wouldn't run anyway. What the heck does one have to do with the other?

I suppose that both shots theoretically have something to do with the flu. After that, it gets a little cloudy. Scientists do not know which strain, or even IF a strain will mutate for easy human-to-human transmission. Remember the head of the CDC, Julie Gerberding, admitting that there is no evidence that H5N1 is mutating or even if it will mutate in the future for easier peep to peep transmission.

How severe is this impending flu pandemic?

"We don't believe an influenza is imminent," the spokeswoman said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.

Oh really? What happened to the "most severe" threat? This reminds me of the CDC's Julie Gerberding basically admitting that screaming Bird Flu was like shouting "FIRE!" in a crowded theater. Check out what The News Tribune in Tacoma Washington caught her saying on April 15, 2006:

“There is no evidence it will be the next pandemic,” Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said of avian flu. There is “no evidence it is evolving in a direction that is becoming more transmissible to people.”

Additionally, H5N1 is not even a new strain as

"The H5N1 virus is not new to science and was responsible for an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Scotland in 1959..."

Gee, everything old is new again. When will the American public get the memo?

This ongoing absurdity makes it seem like perfect sense for welfare scientists to claim that a bird-flu shot with the "wrong" strain in it will make the next bird-flu shot with the "wrong" strain in it work better and faster.

Anybody with a shred of common sense left in them should respond with: "Huh?"

Fear not, for it does not have to make sense as long as Congress approves it and the President signs it. Does anyone even remember the $850 Billion Bailout? It worked just as well as the new Avian Flu strategy will.

Roll up your sleeve or bend over, the end result will be just as bad. The "daffiness" of the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex never ceases to amaze me. Perhaps some Pretty Amazing Grace will see us through?

Coronary Calcification, Not Cholesterol Statin Stupidity

Headline: Coronary Calcification Predicts Future Heart Attacks and Coronary Death -- Cholesterol Not Found To Be A Significant Risk Factor "The New England Journal of Medicine report gives evidence of a major misdirection by modern medicine – the creation of cholesterol phobia in the population at large."

Uh-oh. How will they ever put the "cholesterol is good" rabbit back in the hat? I have been saying and writing it for many years: cholesterol is NOT a significant factor in the development of heart disease.

Oh yeah? Then why are Americans still spending BILLIONS in a futile effort to eliminate that which not only does NOT cause the disease for which they are worried, but the drugging to reduce it actually precipitates congestive heart failure, muscle wasting, cognitive decline, Alzheimer's and endocrine disruptions? Biological ignorance is not pretty, but that's what trusting government with your health gets you. So what's the problem, cholesterol or calcium?

"Among subjects whose coronary artery calcium score was zero, their risk for any adverse coronary event was only about one-half of 1%..."

The NEJM has spoken. It took them a while, but they finally agree with me.

Seeing as how it took the medical journals decades to report what was known for almost that long, they may take another ten years or so before they actually get around to answering another vital question.

How do we reduce calcification of the vascular system?"

I am a patient man, but I am not waiting for them to answer that which is already known. Now back to the inflammatory cascade...

What starts the process of calcification? Inadequate detoxification of the causes of inflammation and injury within the body's vascular pathways. This could be as simple as a metabolic waste such as uric acid. Although most doctors still think that uric acid can only cause gout, the reality is that it is equally inflammatory where there are no overt pain symptoms (that would be the arterial system).

Most indicated homeopathic remedy? Rhus toxicodendron. Why? Because it has an affinity for uric acid and other free radicals that cause vascular inflammation. Are you still confused about the cholesterol issue? You could always take a food grown GTF Chromium (at least 100 mcg three times a day) and elevate your HDL to such levels that LDL levels become somewhat inconsequential. Now back to the New England Journal of Medcine:

"About 50% of arterial plaque is calcium and only 3% is cholesterol."

Zero coronary calcium, nearly no risk of heart attack. Zero blood serum cholesterol? Death. Even low cholesterol results in less than optimal brain and neurological function, endocrine balance and adequate inflammation protection. Higher cholesterol levels correlate strongly with longevity and good brain health well into old age. Lower cholesterol levels? Earlier demise. Enough with the cholesterol mythology already. What more do you need now that the New England Journal of Medicine has chimed in? I mean, besides getting off statin drugs.

If it's too late and you already suffer congestive heart failure, how about some hawthorn berry syrup on your pancakes (organic whole grain of course). If you prefer the homeopathic form, ask for Crataegus, but you'll likely need a prescription.

Still afraid of cholesterol? Visit The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics and get over it already.