The H1N1 Flu Virus Pandemic: Do YOU Need a Flu Vaccine?

You may be more at risk with the H1N1 flu virus than you think, because this virus is different from normal seasonal flu viruses:

• The swine flu spreads much faster and it targets youth, but there is no need to panic.

FLU SYMPTOMS for the swine flu are much like those of other flu viruses, marked by a sudden fever of 100 F or 38 C.

• Stay home with a fever, and you may or may not have other flu symptoms: muscle and joint pain, chills, coughing, fatigue, headache, runny nose, loss of appetite, stomach upset, including vomiting and diarrhea and a sore throat...

but here’s why...

What's Different About the Swine Flu Virus Pandemic?

Because people under the age of 50 tend not to have any resistance (no antibodies) against this virus, so this swine flu virus travels through populations much faster, INCREASING THE RATE OF INFECTION EXPONENTIALLY and the MORTALITY RATE as a result.

The H1N1 virus REMAINS MILD! There are always deaths associated with seasonal flus, so if the number of infected people increases, so will the death rate.

• Because H1N1 is a mutational virus, the median age of attack for this type of virus is between twenty-five and twenty-eight years of age – instead of the very young and the very old, who are typically most at risk from flu viruses.

• Health officials are reporting that the swine flu virus has shown a preference for younger people, with those aged five to 24 making up a larger proportion of cases.

• But as far as viruses go, the particular strain, the H1N1 flu virus is not the virulent killer that some have supposed it to be.

• The swine flu virus, like all strains of influenza, is usually mild. People are recovering after a few days resting at home. Many people will have no flu symptoms or just mild flu symptoms. Still, it can make you feel miserable and sometimes cause serious illness.

• Most viruses are nasty and contagious and worth avoiding, and there is still the potential for viruses of this family of viruses to evolve in ways that would be more dangerous to humans, and it should therefore not be ignored.

• The strength of the individual’s immune system will determine the severity of the attack -- most of those who have died because of the H1N1 flu virus had underlying health problems or chronic condition such as diabetes, lung problems, immune problems or poor health.

• It is most important, therefore, to strengthen one’s immune system by every appropriate method.

Cure or Flu Vaccine for H1N1 flu virus?

Flu vaccines currently on the market are adequate at best, and many people are concerned about possible negative side effects to a new, untested vaccine. The side effects of current vaccines are mild, but a larger than imagined segment of the population will still have an adverse reaction when antigens enter their body.

Scientists are still at a loss to explain why 500 people developed Guillain-Barre syndrome, a normally temporary paralytic condition, during the 1976 swine influenza outbreak in the U.S.

About 25 deaths were attributed to the vaccine program, in which more than 40 million people were vaccinated. Experts hope that the modernization of flu vaccine manufacturing will eliminate the risk of a repeat performance such as a spike in GBS cases.

A Natural H1N1 Flu "Vaccine"?

Besides diet, rest, hand washing and exercise, what are the medically proven enhancers against viruses?

• There are natural substances that have been clinically shown to "feed" the immune system and to STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE in both healthy and in very sick humans.

• Vitamin D is a powerful flu fighter. Dr. John Cannell, founder of the Vitamin D Council suggests that influenza is merely a symptom of vitamin D deficiency in the paper Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin D, published in the "Journal Epidemiology and Infection" and in the "Virology Journal."

• A study involving about 19,000 Americans found that people with the lowest vitamin D levels reported getting significantly more colds and flus. The Lead auther of the study, Dr. Adit Ginde, stated that "Individuals with common lung diseases such as asthma or emphysema, may be particularly susceptible to respiratory infections from vitamin D deficiency."

• Healthy adults should take at least 1000 IU of vitamin D per day, and more if you have a lung disease -- asthma, emphysema, or a chronic condition such as MS, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, or an auto immune condition such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupis, etc.

• Foods that have been clinically tested as rigorously as pharmaceuticals are called nutra-ceuticals, and these are available to strengthen the immune system.

• Whether you are healthy or have a health problem, you can benefit from supplements and nutra-ceuticals that have been shown to improve the immune response.

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H1N1 Flu Virus Pandemic or Epidemic?

A pandemic describes an epidemic that has spread over a larger population and geographic area, so given the number of countries alerted and involved with the H1N1 virus, this outbreak could be called a pandemic.

Yes, the H1N1 flu virus spreads much faster, and more people are catching it than they would catch a normal seasonal flu. And even though there is no reason to panic, it is best to take pre-cautions with:

• extra hand washing

• getting enough sleep

• de-stressing and getting lots of exercise

• eating lots of fruits and veggies

• using supplements and nutraceuticals to protect against the flu virus.

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