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Over Eighty Percent of Suspected Swine Flu Cases were Not Flu, CBS News Reports
- Nov 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
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) In July 2009, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC)
ceased tracking individual cases of H1N1 Swine flu, CBS News has
reported. The CDC advised states to stop testing for the virus in the
middle of an international pandemic. Their reasoning was that there was
no need for confirmation of actual cases, since the epidemic was
obviously underway. When CBS News investigated the data from that time
period, they found that most of the reported cases were not H1N1 flu as
suspected. In fact, over 80% of the tested cases that presented with
upper respiratory infections were not any type of flu at all.
In California, from a sampling of 13,704 lab specimens, only two percent showed evidence of H1N1
flu strain. Twelve percent showed viruses representing other flu
strains, and 86% of the specimens were negative for flu. Similar
percentages were collected by CBS News in Florida`s sample of 8,853
specimens, Georgia`s 3,117, and Alaska`s 722. Alaska`s labs showed only
a 1% infection rate for H1N1 flu. Georgia showed a 2% rate, and only
Florida had double-digit infection rate of 17%. Even in Florida, the
specimens that were negative for the flu
were over 83%. This means that the people who came to medical centers
presenting with symptoms that looked like the flu, i.e. fever and
cough, did not have Swine Flu or any other type of flu.
The CBS report has important implications for this flu season and the question of vaccination. Those thinking they had the flu might assume they had immunity, when they do not. The data about the spread of the pandemic
is compromised as the number of reported cases of actual H1N1 flu may
not be clear. Some people may make decisions on vaccination based on
unsubstantiated data.
The flu vaccine has been linked to concerns about numerous side effects, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome. This disease
causes paralysis of the nervous system and can lead to death. Mercury
toxicity is another concern with the Swine Flu vaccine as the
thimerisol used in the vaccines contains a high level of mercury,
which is then difficult to detox from the body. And only a few thousand
doses of mercury-free flu vaccines will be made available. Even
availability of flu vaccine is in question, as the CDC has only shipped 30 million of the 40 million that they planned.
CBS
News is to be commended for excellent journalism. Their reporters even
filed a Freedom of Information request with the Department of Health
and Human Services to search for documents that the CDC provided to the
state public health officials, explaining their decision.
In times of epidemic
and pandemic disease, it is important for information to spread
quickly. The fear of disease spread like wildfire this past spring and
summer on the heels of the Swine Flu epidemic. Our technology provides
us with a great opportunity to share information, and hopefully, this
past year can help us improve the way we spread facts and data around
the globe to benefit the health of mankind.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009...
http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/qa.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/027122_s...
http://www.naturalnews.com/026148_h...
Comments:
THANK YOU!
My little brother had "swine flu" a month or so ago. Now my neice has "swine flu". I was informed that ANY kids that have "flu-like symptoms" are getting an official swine flu diagnosis. Kinda pisses me off that they stopped testing for it. What if the kids don't get proper treatment? My neice had a severe astmha attack...and they just gave her some antibiotics and sent her home. Bleh.
I know I just butchered the spelling of asthma. Oh boy, how did I do that?
WTH?
Doesn't surprise me. Facts get butchered when everyone panics.
Actually yes they are. The tests are faulty and they are not picking it up. If you look up "Swine tests faulty" you will find more info. I don't have time to search it for you.
SusieD250, did someone delete a remark that you responded to?
My professor was told that he did not have swine flu, but a "flu-like infection" Then, he was told he does have it. He is pretty sick, from what I've heard, but he's expecting to be back Monday. I have wanted to ask how many CM members have known anyone who died of a documented case of swine flu.
Nobody believed me when I told them that.
How can it be swine flu for sure if they don't test because it has the same symptoms of regular flu.
Most places are not testing because of the cost. My doc said because of the time of year they just figure it is. My son tested postive for both a and b influanza. He has lung issues and got the flu medicine. He got better over night
IDK if I had swine flu or the flu but I got both shots after because work required it. It was definitely the flu though because I've never run a fever or been that sick for that long. However my daughter was given Tamiflu when she spiked a fever after I got "swine flu" and I wonder... did she really have it? Could she get it later in the season now?
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