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What is swine flu?

Swine is the biological name that refers to pigs. Swine influenza is a common viral infection that affects pigs all over the world. The influenza virus strains are responsible for all swine flu infections.

Symptoms in pigs

Swine flu causes fever and severe weight loss along with breathing problems in pigs. Though the flu is deemed to be severe, it rarely results in the death of the pigs. In most of the cases when the affected pig is pregnant, it results in the death of the baby pigs. This flu is also known as H1N1 flu.

Swine flu causes

– Health articles news:
1. Swine flu causes rush on hand sanitizer, face masks
“Use of face masks and washing one’s hands, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are two ways to reduce the risk for infection, and on the heels of two local school closures from possible swine flu cases, area residents appeared to be taking heed.”
2.Swine Flu Spreads as Brazil, Argentina
“Argentina and Brazil confirmed their first cases of swine flu as five more people contracted the virus that’s infected over 2,000 worldwide.”

Since the flu has a very high proficiency of spreading quick and in large numbers, it results in huge monetary loss for the farm owners in terms of medical expenses and in the sale price of the pigs after cure.

Spreading of the disease among pigs

Once a pig is affected by the disease, it easily transmits the disease causing virus to the other pigs through various means. The most common is through direct contact with the healthy ones by touching each others’ noses. This along with sneezing or coughing directly spreads the virus through the atmosphere. It takes a maximum of only a couple of days to affect a whole farm of five hundred pigs. Once the existence of the disease is confirmed in a farm, the farm owners take utmost care to check each and every pig and segregate the healthy ones from the affected pigs.

Swine flu in humans

There have been very few occurrences of this flu in humans in the past. When they did, the most probable infectors were the workers in the swine farms, especially those who directly work on the pigs. Though it is rumored that it spreads through consumption of pork, scientists and researchers have confirmed that the probability of such occurrences are minimal. In addition, the disease very rarely spreads from humans to humans.

Symptoms in humans

Swine flu in humans causes acute fever, diarrhea sudden weight loss, dry coughing, pain in the muscles and joints and frequent dizziness as a result of weakness of the body.
Swine flu symptoms

Occurrences of the disease in the world

There have been only a few occurrences of the original swine flu since the past century. The global outbreak of flu in 2009 that was suspected to be swine flu though is not actually the actual swine flu. The virus responsible for this pandemic disease is a result of a mixture of strands of the normal swine virus, human influenza virus and avian influenza virus(Bird Flu). Since this is not a normal Swine Flu virus, it has the tendency of spreading from one man to another. This was first detected in parts of the United States and Canada. Within a matter of a week or two, the disease had managed to spread to almost all countries of the world. The WHO had released a worldwide alert on the spread of the disease and has also directed the countries to take the necessary measures to prevent it from spreading further.
Swine Flu offers information about the spread of swine flu cases in Canada and the measures taken by the government to control it.

While the news media is in a bit of a frenzy about all of the above and much, much more, including the creation of a vaccine to prevent spread of the infection, it is important to remember that it is the stress on the immune system that usually kills people rather than the virus itself. For instance, during the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50-100 million people globally, most of those people died from untreated strep infections. In addition, many, many of the people who were thought to have the swine flu in Mexico were given a clean bill of health and sent home. The common, everyday news reporting is simply not covering this item.

It would be easy to go on for some time regarding all of the misinformation, spread of panic and fear that is being generated by the news media. Since you are reading this article online, you have all of the tools available at your fingertips to find alternative news sources that give you facts rather than fear-based assumptions.
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What I want to talk about today is why you naturally carry within you the basis for immunity to the swine flu or anything else for that matter. It is the basis of the You Tube videos I have done recently on DNA and my past You Tube videos on DNA and the Heart.

Because the virus is not a living organism, it is relying on stimulus from within you to invite it to replicate. If you saw my DNA and Heart videos, you will remember that the genes within you are reliant upon their environment to “turn on”. So, too, the virus.
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So how does this occur? Candace Pert, Scientific Director of RAPID Laboratories, explains it to us very simply in her seminal work Molecules of Emotion. “If the cell is the engine that drives all life, then the receptors are the buttons on the control panel of that engine and a specific peptide is the finger that pushes that button and gets things started. (neuropeptides are the peptides found in the brain) Viruses use the same receptors as neuropeptides to enter a cell and depending on how much of the natural peptide for a particular receptor is around and available to bind, the virus that fits that receptor will have an easier or harder time getting into the cell. Because the molecules of emotion are involved in the process of a virus entering the cell, it seems logical to assume that the state of our emotions will affect whether or not we succumb to viral infection.”

Candance goes on to tell us that the same virus that creates the symptoms of a cold uses the receptor for our own chemical substance that creates happy states of mind. When you are happy, the cold virus (rheovirus) can’t enter the cell because the receptors are being used or blocked.

So, how does this apply to you? It is all about your coherency, the authentic happiness you feel in your heart, the environment you create within your body by the coherent frequency wavelength that is you. So, you see, the fear that is being created by the very words “pandemic“, “flu crisis” and the like open up your receptors so that the virus can come in and ask you to activate it through your incoherent frequency. It is the same reason that people who are frequently under stress feel ill more often. It is all due to the frequency of your wavelength which you are completely in control of and know how to change.

So, want to be immune to swine flu? Activate within you whatever it takes to bring your true, authentic happiness into a continuous feeling in your body. Make the life changes that you need to make to insure your immunity to swine flu and any other opportunistic virus that comes along. You are the master of your body. Take control of your immune system by letting it know that you appreciate it. The feeling within you of well-being creates a flow of chemicals into your cell receptors that leave no room for anything else to enter. This is true immunity – a state of being unsusceptible – a state of personal well-being and health.
By Toni Elizabeth Sar’h Petrinovich

Swine Flu – a not-so-pretty name for symptoms of fever, coughing, runny nose and/or sore throat, joint aches, severe headache, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and/or lack of appetite.

This disease (lack of ease, i.e. incoherency in frequency) sprouted up in Mexico about a month ago and appears to be traveling around the world. So, what do we believe we know about it? Let’s take a look:

Science tells us it is a virus which is defined as an ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, composed of an RNA or DNA core and a protein coat.

Sounds a lot like us in some respects except that viruses are not living organisms, i.e. they depend upon their hosts to give them life.

We are told that this virus is a combination of pig, bird and human flu viruses. The current strain of virus (named A(H1N1)) is a new variation of the customary flu that seems to go around every year – H1N1. A(H1N1) contains pig and bird flu virus along with the human flu virus. It has not been seen in animal or human before. Yet, because older people have had more opportunity to be affected by H1N1 and therefore have built up an immunity, it appears that the new virus is mostly affecting the younger population.

There are several theories about how this virus was birthed:

According to the Online Journal, a top scientist for the United Nations has concluded that the current swine flu virus possesses transmission capabilities that suggest this new flu strain has been genetically-manufactured as a military biological warfare weapon. And, according to the Frederick News Post, disease samples are missing from the biolabs at Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.

Another theory is that the flu could have originated due to factory farming wherein pigs are transported across the U.S. for raising, fattening and slaughter. Any virus that might be replicating within the pigs would have ample opportunity to catch a ride rather than staying down on the farm.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed the pandemic (epidemic over a large area) alert level at 5. This means that there is evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission capable of causing outbreaks in two countries in a single WHO region. WHO breaks its coverage into specific areas of the globe, i.e. Region of the Americas, European Region, etc.

The next thing we need is our emergency food supply. Depending on what kind of kit you get, their will be atleast enough food for a family of four to eat for up to 3 months. That is huge in any type of crisis. Even if you dont use all the food, it lasts for years. Which could definitely come in handy again. The standard food supply comes with :

No prepare, no cooking freeze dried foods

All can be made by adding water. Just like the military MRE’s. (Meals Ready to Eat)
Some of the other great items that come with the Ultimate Emergency Flu Supplies can be used for other things as well.
Solar Powered Lighting – Simply use the sunshine to charge the lantern and you will always have light, no matter what. Charges very fast.
Solar Powered AM/FM Radio – If we cant get to a store this could be absolutely invaluable for news and entertainment. But the best thing about the emergency radio is the fact that you an actually plug other items into it as well. Like maybe a coffee maker;)
Medical Quality First Aid – Definitely a must during any emergency situation. Bandages, rubbing alcohol, tweezers, and all other main medical first aid supplies.
Emergency Heating and Warmth – From space blankets to solar heaters, the whole family will be able to stay comfortably warm through any situation.
Last but not least there are 2 72 hour evacuation kits. These are the emergency supplies that will ensure our safety and survival in the worst of situations. Just pick up and go with these emergency swine Flu supplies. Complete with emergency lights, blankets, and other necessities.
Every item included has been carefully chosen with the ultimate in preparedness in mind. Many items that come with this unit are in short supply, so we have pulled these items aside to insure that at least a few of you will have the LIMITED OPPORTUNITY to purchase one of these special reserves.

We are lucky to have the type of fast, up to the minute News Media that keeps us well informed of all outbreaks before they can even reach the 100’s. There is no doubt that the age of Internet news has sped up the news delivery process. But just because we know that swine flu has entered our country, and all the hospitals know as well, doesnt mean that these new diseases will just go away.
Its quite obvioius that these types of airborne viruses will reach higher numbers , before they start to dwindle back down.
We must be prepared for anything that COULD happen.
Before we know it Swine Flu WILL be in our own backyard. Whether we live in Detroit MI., or in the midwest states like North Dakota or Missouri. See, its not about U.S. citizens going and coming from Mexico. As we all know, there are more Mexicans and other foreign peoples coming inbto our country than ever before. And that will definitely bring more and more cases of these serious virus conditions.. There is a great possibility that almost all of us could avoid even knowing someone with the Swine Flu, but the probability of other diseases and airborne viruses making their way into the U.S. is 100%.

Here is what the newest Swine Flu Emergency Supply Kit looks like.
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The worst case scenario will look like this:

Swine Flu hits all the continental United States. Leaving our houses will put us right in the middle of the Swine Flu’s cross fire so to speak. The number of people that come down with the Swine Flu virus will start to double and triple instead of building up gradually, like its already doing.

We will all be wearing masks or anything we can get to cover up our mouths and noses. Everytime we feel a little tired , or everytime we have a little coughing fit, we will get very worried. The thought of having to go to one of the overcrowded , virus infested hospitals will pretty much put some measure of fear in us as we sit, fixated on our TV screens, waiting for good news.

This is when having the emergency supplies for the airborne flu virus will come in very handy. No price can be put on the peace of mind that comes with feeling safe in our own home during epidemic crisis‘.

The first thing that to lok for in the Swine Flu emergency kit will be standard respirator masks.These masks that come in the Nitro Pack emergency kit will not be the same old paper masks we see so often. These masks we protect our nose and mouth completely. With extra padding around the perimeter of the mask, the chances of any kind of air sneaking past the mask or 0%. These masks actually come with a standard breathing valve to ensure our safety. We are talking hospital grade quarantine type masks that are worn by medical staff when dealing with patients that have the most deadliest viruses on earth.

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WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities are pledging to eventually produce enough swine flu vaccine for everyone but the shots couldn’t begin until fall at the earliest.

Worries about the spread of the virus mounted Thursday as the nation’s swine flu caseload passed 100, and nearly 300 schools closed in communities across the country. Federal officials had to spend much of the day reassuring the public it’s still safe to fly and ride public transportation after Vice President Joe Biden said he wouldn’t recommend it to his family.

“There’s not an increased risk there,” Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Friday. “If you have the flu or flu-like symptoms, you shouldn’t be getting on an airplane or you shouldn’t be getting in the subway, but for the general population that’s quite fine to do,” he said.
US wants ingredient in swine flu vaccine by May
Clinics and hospital emergency rooms in New York, California and some other states are seeing a surge in patients with coughs and sneezes that might have been ignored before the outbreak.

Scientists were racing to prepare the key ingredient to make a vaccine against the never-before-seen flu strain — if it’s ultimately needed. But it will take several months before the first pilot lots begin required human testing to ensure the vaccine is safe and effective. If all goes well, broader production could start in the fall.
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“We think 600 million doses is achievable in a six-month time frame” from that fall start, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Craig Vanderwagen told lawmakers.

“I don’t want anybody to have false expectations. The science is challenging here,” Vanderwagen told reporters. “Production can be done, robust production capacity is there. It’s a question of can we get the science worked on the specifics of this vaccine.”

Until a vaccine is ready, the government has stockpiled anti-viral medications that can ease flu symptoms or help prevent infection. The medicines are proving effective.

Reassurances from top health officials didn’t stop the questions from coming.

An estimated 12,000 people logged onto a Webcast where the government’s top emergency officials sought to cut confusion by answering questions straight from the public: Can a factory worker handling parts from Mexico catch the virus? No. Can pets get it? No.

And is washing hands or using those alcohol-based hand gels best? Washing well enough is the real issue, Besser said. He keeps hand gel in his pocket for between-washings but also suggested that people sing “Happy Birthday” as they wash their hands to make sure they’ve washed long enough to get rid of germs.

Although it is safe to fly, anyone with flu-like symptoms shouldn’t be traveling anywhere, unless they need to seek medical care.

The swine flu outbreak penetrated over a dozen states and even touched the White House, which disclosed that an aide to Energy Secretary Steven Chu apparently got sick helping arrange President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Mexico but that the aide did not fly on Air Force One and never posed a risk to the president.

So far U.S. cases are mostly fairly mild with one death, a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family — unlike in Mexico where more than 160 suspected deaths have been reported. Most of the U.S. cases so far haven’t needed a doctor’s care, officials said.

Still, the U.S. is taking extraordinary precautions — including shipping millions of doses of anti-flu drugs to states in case they’re needed. The World Health Organization is warning of an imminent pandemic because scientists cannot predict what a brand-new virus might do. A key concern is whether this spring outbreak will surge again in the fall.

The CDC confirmed 109 cases Thursday, and state officials confirm 22 more. Cases now are confirmed in New York, Texas, California, South Carolina, Kansas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine, Colorado, Georgia and Minnesota.

Besser appeared Friday morning on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” show.
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In fact, hydrogen peroxide is so effective in rendering viruses “noninfectious” that a US patent application was recently filed for “methods for producing a vaccine composition containing a pathogen that is rendered noninfectious by exposure to hydrogen peroxide. The methods disclosed herein are suitable for the preparation of vaccines for a wide variety of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and parasites.” Interestingly, hydrogen peroxide replaces the currently used ingredient, formaldehyde, in this process. (See USPTO Application #: 20070031451. Title: Inactivating pathogens with hydrogen peroxide for vaccine production)

If you wonder why hydrogen peroxide, which is readily available for little cost, has not been used in combating modern viruses, you don’t need to look very far to find out. As any good investigative reporter will tell you, “Follow the money.” If there are “hidden motives” or conflicts of interest in public health policy, this is how to find them.

According to Wikipedia, “Many nations, as well as the World Health Organization, are working to stockpile anti-viral drugs in preparation for a possible pandemic. Oseltamivir (trade name Tamiflu) is the most commonly sought drug, since it is available in pill form… Tamiflu was originally discovered by Gilead Sciences and licensed to Roche for late-phase development and marketing… Donald Rumsfeld, a shareholder in Gilead Sciences, has profited from the US government stockpiling of oseltamivir in case of an influenza pandemic.”

Peter Kang reports on Forbes website, in an article dated 02.01.06, that “Gilead’s marketing partner Roche reported 2005 Tamiflu sales of $1.2 billon with approximately half of that amount related to pandemic stockpiling.”

It will not surprise anyone who has sufficiently researched the field of alternative health to learn that pharmaceutical corporations, and their shareholders, are making enormous profits because of the fear of pandemics. While it may be going too far to suggest that this fear is actually encouraged by these corporate interests, it is certainly undeniable that fear is very good for their bottom line.

What is also well known to such researchers is that there are effective natural substance that you can use to build your defenses so as to prevent swine flu viruses, and most others, from infecting you, and your loved ones. Thanks to the Internet, you now have access to information about safe, low cost alternative remedies that can help you prevent swine flu, as well as protecting you from an astonishingly “wide variety of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and parasites.”

I encourage you to do your own research to find the information that can empower you to take control of your own healthcare choices. The best antidote to media fostered hysteria is accurate knowledge of all your alternatives.
Mary Helen Sutherland

Is it possible to prevent swine flu from infecting you when, around the world, public health authorities are on high alert against the threat of a global swine flu pandemic as I write this. If you wonder what you can do to protect yourself, and your family, you’ll want to read this article very carefully.

Twenty people have already died in Mexico of “Influenza A H1N1 swine virus“, a new strain that has never been seen before. For some time scientists have been predicting a new flu virus that could cause a global pandemic, and authorities are already suggesting that this is the long awaited new virus that will cause it.

Health authorities are concentrating on containing this outbreak with targeted pharmaceuticals. Early tests indicate that this particular virus is sensitive to two antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, which several countries have stockpiled for just such an emergency.

In addition, there may be calls for mass vaccinations to contain the spread of the disease, as there were in 1976. In that year the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of The United States Public Health Service recommended vaccinating the entire population to prevent a pandemic.

However, vaccinations pose considerable threats because they contain toxic ingredients, including formaldehyde. The list of possible side effects can even include death. In fact, in 1976, the vaccine manufacturers insisted that the federal government indemnify them against claims of adverse reactions, as a requirement for release of the vaccines. You may wonder why they would do that if the vaccines were safe? According to Marc Siegel MD, an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, the 1976 vaccination program probably led to almost 1,000 cases of ascending paralysis (Guillain Barre Syndrome).

It’s no wonder that more and more people have become distrustful of such vaccines, despite dire warnings from governments that they are necessary to protect us. We will come back to the possible “hidden motives” for such warnings in a moment.

The first concern is whether there is anything you can do to safely protect yourself, and your loved ones, from these inevitable viral threats, without resorting to questionable vaccines? Is there a natural way to fortify your body’s defenses against both known and unknown viruses, including the latest swine flu?

Most people are not aware that, long before the modern era of patented pharmaceuticals, natural substances were used to effectively combat influenza epidemics. For example, in the worldwide influenza pandemic of 1918-20, two British military physicians, Oliver and Cantab, were treating Indian Gurkha soldiers. They encountered an 80% mortality rate among the soldiers who developed pneumonia. In desperation, they administered intravenous infusions of hydrogen peroxide and reported more than 50% reduction in mortality.
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It is also noted that swine flu symptoms are relatively general and nonspecific. “So many different things can cause these symptoms. it is a dilemma,” says one doctor interviewed by CNN. “It is a challenge that we are wrestling with. There is not a perfect test right now to let a doctor know that a person has the Swine Flu.” It has been noted that most individuals with Swine Flu had an early on set of fever. Also it was common to see dizziness, body aches and vomiting in addition to the common sneezing, headache and other cold symptoms.

If you become sick and notice early onset of body aches, vomiting and dizziness you should consult with your doctor immediately. Although it is very unlikely that you have the Swine Flu virus, you should get medical confirmation just to be safe.

This Swine Flu virus outbreak could be a very dangerous epidemic or just another bump in the road. Health officials are still trying to figure out where exactly the virus originated, how transmissible it is and why it is mild in some cases and deadlier in others. In the mean time. Wash your hands, use common sense and be on a heightened alert to signs and symptoms of the Swine Flu virus. See you doctor if any unusual flu like symptoms occur.
David P. Lee

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A Swine Flu virus has health officials around the world working to contain the growing outbreak. One out of every five residents of Mexico’s most populous city wore masks to protect themselves against the virus as Mexico City seems to be the epicenter of the outbreak. As many as 103 deaths have been attributed to the swine flu so far with many more feared to be on the horizon. The health department of Mexico said an additional 1,614 reported cases have been documented.
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So far, however, only 18 of the deaths in Mexico have been confirmed by laboratory tests to be from swine flu virus and reported to the World Health Organization as such.
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In the US preparations have been upgraded for a possible swine flu virus outbreak after 20 cases were reported, also the first cases of the virus was reported in Canada on Sunday – six mild cases.

Swine flu or Swine Influenza is a contagious respiratory sickness that is normally only found in pigs. It is caused by a type-A influenza virus. Outbreaks in pigs occur year-round. The current strain is a new variation of an H1N1 virus, which is a mix of human and animal versions.

Normaly the swine flu virus only spreads from animal to person containing the spread but When the flu spreads person-to-person, it can continue to mutate, making it harder to combat because people have no natural immunity.

The symptoms are similar to the common flu. They include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it in the link below.

The swine flu virus spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes around another person. People can become infected by touching something with the flu virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose or eyes.

Calling it a “public health emergency of international concern” the World Health Organization (WHO) is very concerned. The WHO also says a public health emergency is an occurrence or imminent threat of illness or health conditions caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or highly fatal infectious agents or toxins that pose serious risk to a significant number of people.

Swine Flu Virus Protection?

Advice of health experts is to follow common-sense instructions: Wash your hands, stay home if you’re sick and listen to your local health authorities. Advice from the CDC about the situation is, “Very frequent hand-washing is something that we talk about time and time again and that is an effective way to reduce transmission of disease,”. They also advise, “If you’re sick, it’s very important that people stay at home. If your children are sick, have a fever and flu-like illness, they shouldn’t go to school. And if you’re ill, you shouldn’t get on an airplane or another public transport to travel. Those things are part of personal responsibility in trying to reduce the impact. “