(NaturalNews) As the world awaits the FDA's decision on whether to approve genetically modified salmon as "safe enough" to allow into the food supply, it seems that not enough people in the existing fishing industries have really thought this through. As you'll see here, approval of GE salmon could destroy the existing salmon industry. Why? Here's the reason:Go back and take a good look at the embedded picture...NO DIFFERENCE?!?
The FDA says that once it approves GE salmon (which now seems likely), it will not require GE salmon to be labeled as "genetically modified" or "genetically engineered." In fact, the FDA ridiculously claims it would be illegal to require these GE fish to be labeled as such because they are, in the minds of the FDA, no different from regular fish.
Now here's why this matters: If consumers are not told which salmon is GE, many will avoid buying ALL salmon.
In fact, organizations like NaturalNews and many others like the Organic Consumers Association would likely take strong action, warning people to avoid all salmon because you never know which salmon is genetically modified.
As word about the non-labeling of GE salmon spreads, more and more consumers would avoid buying salmon altogether. This is precisely how the introduction of GE salmon into the food supply could destroy the existing salmon industry.
The FDA's inexcusable non-labeling of genetically modified salmon creates distrust in the entire category. And just as the natural health community has been successful in warning people to avoid MSG and HFCS, we will almost certainly be successful in warning people away from eating salmon, too (if GE salmon infects the food supply). And that's a shame because, by and large, the natural health industry supports wild-caught salmon as a healthy source of omega-3 oils. But virtually overnight, the FDA's approval of GE salmon could reverse our position on this issue and make us outspoken opponents of buying and consuming salmon.
I wonder if the salmon industry is aware that this situation could devastate existing salmon farms and fisheries?
Opening the floodgates to more GE factory farmed animals
That GE salmon could cause sharp losses across the existing salmon industry is only the beginning of the problems potentially unleashed by the FDA's disturbing shortsightedness. There has never been a genetically engineered animal approved for use in the U.S. food supply, but once the FDA approves GE salmon, it sets a precedent for other genetically engineered animals to follow.
Imagine a genetically modified cow with triple growth hormone genes, carrying muscles (meat) so large that it can't even stand on its own feet. It is grown in a "cow factory" where it suffers every day from the pain of its unnatural existence. It never sees the outdoors or experiences a single day of freedom in a pasture. Instead, it is fed antibiotics and GMO feed crops through a system of tubes, much like the imprisoned characters in The Matrix. The sole purpose of its life is to grow premium steaks and ground beef, sold by a company that genetically engineers animals to create greed-driven food profits without a single thought about the suffering of the animal itself.
This is exactly what could be unleashed by the FDA's decision on GE salmon. Only it wouldn't end with just cows: Imagine genetically modified pigs, chickens and lambs, all distorted into artificial meat-producing forms to satisfy corporate profits.
Vaccines from sheep flesh
And it won't end with just food, either. Scientists are already experimenting with genetically modified animals who "grow" pharmaceuticals. Imagine a factory farm of sheep whose bodies are tapped to produce vaccines or hormone drugs.
This is the sick, demented world to which the biotechnology industry is now looking for the next wave of profits. Fueled by arrogant greed and a deeply-rooted disrespect for the natural world (and the suffering of sentient beings, which include farm animals), they will pursue bottom-line profits by any means necessary... even if it means playing God with the genes of animals and giving rise to Franken-animals that experience tremendous pain and suffering while being grown for food. (Much like in The Matrix, once again.)
The pain and suffering committed by factory farms today is more than enough reason to consider giving up all conventionally-raised meat products, by the way. But it could get far worse if the industry is allowed to start genetically engineering mutant animals designed to produce more meat (or milk) more quickly and with higher profits. And it all starts with GE salmon.
How do we even know, by the way, whether the genetically modified salmon who grow twice as fast as regular salmon experience some sort of unnatural pain as a result of their gene distortions? These gene modifications can, from another point of view, be described as a kind of "birth defect," and some birth defects quite literally result in tremendous suffering for those being unfortunate enough to be affected by them.
Not surprisingly, the experience of the animal isn't even being taken into account by the FDA! This agency, which is blind to the experience of animals, only cares about the impact of GE salmon on people who eat its flesh, not about the experience of the fish.
If this same lack of empathy is applied to future decisions regarding GE animals, it will only lead us down a dark path of Frankenfood misery, where humanity becomes the monster that creates horrific mutant animals to be grown and harvested in dark places, behind the closed doors of the sickening meat industry.
Action you can take right now
What can you do to stop this crime against nature? For starters, you can contact the FDA right now and tell them two things:
1) You oppose allowing GE salmon to be introduced into the food supply.
2) If it is approved, you support honest labeling of the salmon to indicate that it is genetically engineered.
Find the FDA's contact information here: http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Centers...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Outreach and Information Center
5100 Paint Branch Parkway HFS-009
College Park, MD 20740-3835
Toll-Free Information Line:
1-888-SAFEFOOD
(1-888-723-3366)
Industry email: industry@fda.gov
Consumers email: consumer@fda.gov
Get ready to boycott salmon
If the FDA approves GE salmon, get ready to join NaturalNews in a nationwide boycott of salmon products.
As long as GE salmon is not honestly labeled, we will boycott salmon products, and we will coordinate with other non-profits who share our belief that consumers have a right to know what they're buying and eating.
For the FDA to say that they refuse to require the honest labeling of GE salmon is an outrageous insult to consumer intelligence. It's beyond an insult, actually: It's more like a crime against the People because it consciously seeks to misinform the public about what they're eating.
This demonstrates yet again how dangerous the FDA has actually become. Far from protecting consumers, the FDA has become the single greatest threat to the health and safety of the American people. This agency actively seeks to keep people in the dark about what they're buying and eating. It is a purveyor of ignorance and disinformation, and it is engaged in a conspiracy to commit yet another crime against humanity (against the entire planet, actually) in order to protect biotech profits.
Why can't the FDA just tell the truth and, at minimum, require that GE salmon be labeled as such?
Because being honest apparently isn't in the agency's genes. Maybe we need to genetically modify the FDA and insert some "truth hormone" proteins so it attains the ability to tell the truth. That would be a radical modification from the current behavior of the agency, wouldn't it?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Genetically engineered salmon, if approved by FDA, could destroy the salmon industry (Natural News)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
10 ignored H1N1-Facts on 'Swine Flu' - is Mainstream Media Complicit in NWO Agenda?
LINKS:
UK Neurologists Warned of GBS
Harmful Effects of Vaccines
Fascist Legislation Forced Quarantine, Jail time and $1,000 fines
Vitamin D (Sun Light, body creates D) Can Fight the Flu
Bayer and the Infected AIDS Products
Baxter Caught Contaminating Vaccines with Bird Flu
Baxter Patenting the H1N1 Vaccine
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pregnant Women Miscarriage After H1N1 Vaccine
Pregnant Women Miscarriage After H1N1 Vaccine
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MUST READ!A Surge of Miscarriage Reports From Pregnant Women After Taking Swine Flu Vaccine Hits The Internet – Tell Every Pregnant Woman You Know!
Organic Health AdvisorNovember 11, 2009
U.S. health authorities have made pregnant women one of the highest priority groups for getting the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, but is it actually safe for pregnant women and their babies? Well, the truth is that miscarriage reports from pregnant women who have taken the H1N1 swine flu vaccine are starting to pour in from all over the nation. Vaccines and pregnancy simply do not mix safely. In fact, the package inserts for the swine flu vaccines actually say that the safety of these vaccines for pregnant women has not been established.
What you are about to read below should shock and anger you. If they are telling us that the swine flu vaccine is not safe for children under 6 months of age, then why in the world would it be safe for pregnant women and their babies? That doesn’t make an ounce of sense, does it?
The following H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories are from a June 2010 birth club…..
EBWashington:
I am so upset. I was so excited to be pregnant after trying for a year. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I joined this birth club and I was due June 25th. We have two healthy boys with no history of miscarriage. Everything was going great. Last Monday, I got the H1N1 vaccine thimerosal reduced (mercury reduced for pregnant women). On Tuesday morning, I started cramping and on Wednesday I started bleeding heavily. My hcg was 50 on Wednesday and I was almost 6 weeks along so it was low. They still thought that I might be pregnant but on Friday my hcg was down to 22. I am an emotional wreck. I feel like I had a healthy baby and I caused this by getting the H1N1 vaccine. My doctors pushed it. I researched online and there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine but they haven’t been reported since it is hard to say what caused the miscarriages. I hope that I did not cause this. I wish everyone the best.
Tayla08:
I don’t have an answer for you, but a friend of a friend just had a miscarriage 2-3 days after getting the shot. She was 7weeks. She had no previous history of m/c… No one can answer if they’re related…it hasn’t been out long enough and there haven’t been any studies done on pregnant women. I will tell you, that it has made up my mind on getting it…I won’t and I’m not going to get it for my DD either. My daughter and I both had H1N1 last week, and although it truly sucks…I think I’ll take my chances. One doctor will tell you to get it and the next will tell you not too…you have to do what’s in your heart.
90707:
my heart goes out to you as i recently miscarried as well and was due in june. i had a healthy heart beat at 6wks. then at 7.5 wks my son got the h1n1 mist vaccine which has live vaccine in it. the nurse said to be careful b/c it could technically spread if he rubbed his nose and touched a surface etc. the next night i miscarried and 5 days later was diagnosed with h1n1. i work from home, kids are home, hadnt been anywhere during that time. so the chances that it is all related are very high. the flu mist vaccine warns for immunocompromised patients (which includes prego) to stay away from recipients of the flu mist for 21 days.
This next set of H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories is from an About.com page about miscarriage…..
Jo:
I got the flu vaccine (regular not H1N1) at 8 weeks pregnant. Three days later I miscarried. I am not going to get the H1N1.
Regrets:
I got both vaccines on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines. Now I wish I followed my gut feeling and not get them at ALL!
sad:
i work in a hospital like setting and was told ‘the benefits outweigh the risks” 1am i got the vaccine, 3am i started bleeding and craming, 3pm miscarried. you decide
sue:
I had the H1N1 vaccination and 24 hours later had a miscarriage.
Linda Hill:
My daughter in law was 10 weeks pregnant and had the H1N1 vaccine on Friday that night she miscarried.
SoSorry:
I was so ready to get the H1N1 vaccine last week and they were only giving them to pregnant women. I was 6 weeks along and got it and the next day I started cramping and miscarried. I already had two healthy pregnancies and never miscarried or had any problems. My doctors think I am crazy to think it was the H1N1 but if no one looks into this than other women will not know. I am so sorry that I got it.
Connie:
I also received the H1N1 vaccination on October 22nd, 2009 and went into labor on October 25th, at 16 weeks pregnant and we just heard the heartbeat and everything was fine with my pregnancy on October 16th, 2009, then on October 28th my water broke then on October 29th, I delivered a stillborn baby boy, and no one can tell me why…Everyone wants to say it did not come from the shot but I believe it did. My baby was growing at the correct pace and everyone wants to brush off the vaccination. I say if you have the vaccination and suffer a miscarriage if they are able to perform an autopsy have it done.
I also agree something needs to be done and looked more into with this vaccination because most women are being advised it’s just something that happens, but I also had two healthy children normal pregnancies and when I received this vaccination with my third pregnancy, my baby is gone.
sioux falls, south dakota:
I received the H1N1 vaccine on October 16th and started experiencing cramping on the 22nd. I was nearly 17 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby boy on the 23rd. Like many of the other women here, the first thing I suspected was the H1N1 vaccine. I immediately asked a nurse at the hospital if that would have anything to do with it. Without hesitation, she told me “absolutely not.” I had reservations about getting the vaccine, but followed the advice of my long trusted family doctor. In a follow up appointment with my doctor 3 days after I lost my baby, I asked him if the vaccine would have had any adverse effects on my baby. He also said that it was not possible. I don’t believe that my doctor was necessarily lying to me, he was simply following the accepted practices and opinions of his field. I do, however, believe that as a nation, we are being lied to. This vaccine is NOT safe during pregnancy. There has not been enough testing done to determine this and there are far too many “coincidences” for this to be anything but a result of a vaccine that was hastily pushed into production and distribution in an effort to stop widespread panic. I have read so many stories in defense of the vaccine that will talk about how common miscarriages are, but I would challenge you to ask ANY health care professional how common second trimester miscarriages are. My baby was doing perfect developmentally and I had felt him move earlier that day. My heart goes out to all of you out there who have had to go through the same heartache and loss that I have had in the last couple of weeks. There is no reason that any woman or family should have to go through this. Get the word out to all of the pregnant women that you know. I know that if I had heard that women had been losing their babies shortly after they received the vaccine, I would have followed my gut and not gotten it myself. Maybe then Wyatt would have had a chance at life.
Marina Rossi:
I recently got the H1N1 vaccine and miscarried 3 days later. I thought it could have been the vaccine but didnt ask. After finding this site I believe it was the vaccine. Sorry to everyone else out there who has just experienced a miscarriage.
kathy-sd:
I’m from a town of 2000 in SD, there are several women pregnant and we are all due within a few weeks of each other. Four of us got the H1N1 vaccine 2 weeks ago and one by one each of us started to have preterm contractions. We are all due in Nov and Dec so we are further along than most of the people that lost their babies. There is no way you can tell us that our preterm labor was not caused by the H1N1 vaccine. It may look like a “fluke” to some people when these women are scattered all over the country but we are talking about 4 of us in our small community. My heart goes out to all of you that lost your babies.
ashley:
Im not sure but not only myself, i know someone that withing 4 days of getting the shot we both miscarried, i was only 6 weeks and she was 4 months along, not sure if the shot caused it and cant find any other information but i am a little concerned about this coincidence.
Time Machine:
I got a flu shot in pregnancy, developed incredibly strange symptoms immediately (numb hands, feet and mouth, heart palpitations, sudden weakness in my legs, a bright red face), began bleeding and miscarried by 11 weeks. I had no idea there was mercury in most flu shots but once I found out after the fact, I was assured that I’d had the “mercury free” form. As it turned out, the shot wasn’t completely mercury free and, according to the EPA website, it still had 5,000 times the limit for mercury in drinking water– not to mention a list of other toxins (MSG, formaldehyde, etc.).
I’d had no idea the shots were so dirty. I guess I’d been under the impression they were something like sterile water and a dead virus, that’s it.
The strange symptoms– which I’d been told were “just pregnancy” lasted six months. No one could figure out what was wrong with me, why I couldn’t make stairs, why I felt like I’d been shot with novocaine. I learned later from a book by Jane Hightower that these were all symptoms of mercury exposure. I guess I’m one of those susceptible people. No one in my family is getting the H1N1– no one even gets regular flu shots anymore, we all read labels.
If you are a pregnant mother, please do not take the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. Instead, do everything that you can do to avoid public places and make sure to wash your hands more than you usually would. Take extra large doses of immunity building vitamins and research many of the great natural ways for fighting the flu that are out there on the Internet.
The truth is that if you do take the vaccine and then something happens, you will NOT be able to sue anyone (thanks to Congress). You will have to bear all the responsibility yourself. That doctor who kept pushing and pushing it on you will tell you that it could not have been the vaccine and that you probably would have miscarried anyway.
Do you honestly want to inject a vaccine that may contain mercury, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 (associated with infertility), triton X100 (a strong detergent), phenoxyethanol (antifreeze) and a whole bunch of other toxic ingredients into your system when you know that your baby will absorb it too and has no defenses against most of these things?
In the very short video posted below, you will see one health expert explain to Sean Hannity that even the swine flu vaccine package insert says that it is safe for pregnant women…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwaHxlHJuE
The following video highlights a retraction made by a medical doctor, Dr. Roby Mitchell, after he initially advised a group of nurses to take the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine. Once he had read the actual package insert which comes with the vaccine and realized that the vaccine makers themselves admit it is untested and may cause a myriad of disorders to include paralysis, neurological damage, possible sterilization and may cause fetal harm in pregnant women (one of the high priority groups targeted to get the vaccine), he retracted his advice so that they would have informed consent. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r051fXtfng8
Here are a few screen-shots from the FLUVIRIN package insert:
The reality is that if you are pregnant, you need to hear what both sides have to say before ever subjecting your baby to the swine flu vaccine. You do NOT want to end up like one of the mothers above. Please help us out by sharing this information with as many people as you can. If you know of any additional H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories please post them below in the comments section.
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MUST READ!A Surge of Miscarriage Reports From Pregnant Women After Taking Swine Flu Vaccine Hits The Internet – Tell Every Pregnant Woman You Know!
Organic Health AdvisorNovember 11, 2009
U.S. health authorities have made pregnant women one of the highest priority groups for getting the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, but is it actually safe for pregnant women and their babies? Well, the truth is that miscarriage reports from pregnant women who have taken the H1N1 swine flu vaccine are starting to pour in from all over the nation. Vaccines and pregnancy simply do not mix safely. In fact, the package inserts for the swine flu vaccines actually say that the safety of these vaccines for pregnant women has not been established.
What you are about to read below should shock and anger you. If they are telling us that the swine flu vaccine is not safe for children under 6 months of age, then why in the world would it be safe for pregnant women and their babies? That doesn’t make an ounce of sense, does it?
The following H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories are from a June 2010 birth club…..
EBWashington:
I am so upset. I was so excited to be pregnant after trying for a year. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I joined this birth club and I was due June 25th. We have two healthy boys with no history of miscarriage. Everything was going great. Last Monday, I got the H1N1 vaccine thimerosal reduced (mercury reduced for pregnant women). On Tuesday morning, I started cramping and on Wednesday I started bleeding heavily. My hcg was 50 on Wednesday and I was almost 6 weeks along so it was low. They still thought that I might be pregnant but on Friday my hcg was down to 22. I am an emotional wreck. I feel like I had a healthy baby and I caused this by getting the H1N1 vaccine. My doctors pushed it. I researched online and there have been many miscarriages after the H1N1 vaccine but they haven’t been reported since it is hard to say what caused the miscarriages. I hope that I did not cause this. I wish everyone the best.
Tayla08:
I don’t have an answer for you, but a friend of a friend just had a miscarriage 2-3 days after getting the shot. She was 7weeks. She had no previous history of m/c… No one can answer if they’re related…it hasn’t been out long enough and there haven’t been any studies done on pregnant women. I will tell you, that it has made up my mind on getting it…I won’t and I’m not going to get it for my DD either. My daughter and I both had H1N1 last week, and although it truly sucks…I think I’ll take my chances. One doctor will tell you to get it and the next will tell you not too…you have to do what’s in your heart.
90707:
my heart goes out to you as i recently miscarried as well and was due in june. i had a healthy heart beat at 6wks. then at 7.5 wks my son got the h1n1 mist vaccine which has live vaccine in it. the nurse said to be careful b/c it could technically spread if he rubbed his nose and touched a surface etc. the next night i miscarried and 5 days later was diagnosed with h1n1. i work from home, kids are home, hadnt been anywhere during that time. so the chances that it is all related are very high. the flu mist vaccine warns for immunocompromised patients (which includes prego) to stay away from recipients of the flu mist for 21 days.
This next set of H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories is from an About.com page about miscarriage…..
Jo:
I got the flu vaccine (regular not H1N1) at 8 weeks pregnant. Three days later I miscarried. I am not going to get the H1N1.
Regrets:
I got both vaccines on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines. Now I wish I followed my gut feeling and not get them at ALL!
sad:
i work in a hospital like setting and was told ‘the benefits outweigh the risks” 1am i got the vaccine, 3am i started bleeding and craming, 3pm miscarried. you decide
sue:
I had the H1N1 vaccination and 24 hours later had a miscarriage.
Linda Hill:
My daughter in law was 10 weeks pregnant and had the H1N1 vaccine on Friday that night she miscarried.
SoSorry:
I was so ready to get the H1N1 vaccine last week and they were only giving them to pregnant women. I was 6 weeks along and got it and the next day I started cramping and miscarried. I already had two healthy pregnancies and never miscarried or had any problems. My doctors think I am crazy to think it was the H1N1 but if no one looks into this than other women will not know. I am so sorry that I got it.
Connie:
I also received the H1N1 vaccination on October 22nd, 2009 and went into labor on October 25th, at 16 weeks pregnant and we just heard the heartbeat and everything was fine with my pregnancy on October 16th, 2009, then on October 28th my water broke then on October 29th, I delivered a stillborn baby boy, and no one can tell me why…Everyone wants to say it did not come from the shot but I believe it did. My baby was growing at the correct pace and everyone wants to brush off the vaccination. I say if you have the vaccination and suffer a miscarriage if they are able to perform an autopsy have it done.
I also agree something needs to be done and looked more into with this vaccination because most women are being advised it’s just something that happens, but I also had two healthy children normal pregnancies and when I received this vaccination with my third pregnancy, my baby is gone.
sioux falls, south dakota:
I received the H1N1 vaccine on October 16th and started experiencing cramping on the 22nd. I was nearly 17 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby boy on the 23rd. Like many of the other women here, the first thing I suspected was the H1N1 vaccine. I immediately asked a nurse at the hospital if that would have anything to do with it. Without hesitation, she told me “absolutely not.” I had reservations about getting the vaccine, but followed the advice of my long trusted family doctor. In a follow up appointment with my doctor 3 days after I lost my baby, I asked him if the vaccine would have had any adverse effects on my baby. He also said that it was not possible. I don’t believe that my doctor was necessarily lying to me, he was simply following the accepted practices and opinions of his field. I do, however, believe that as a nation, we are being lied to. This vaccine is NOT safe during pregnancy. There has not been enough testing done to determine this and there are far too many “coincidences” for this to be anything but a result of a vaccine that was hastily pushed into production and distribution in an effort to stop widespread panic. I have read so many stories in defense of the vaccine that will talk about how common miscarriages are, but I would challenge you to ask ANY health care professional how common second trimester miscarriages are. My baby was doing perfect developmentally and I had felt him move earlier that day. My heart goes out to all of you out there who have had to go through the same heartache and loss that I have had in the last couple of weeks. There is no reason that any woman or family should have to go through this. Get the word out to all of the pregnant women that you know. I know that if I had heard that women had been losing their babies shortly after they received the vaccine, I would have followed my gut and not gotten it myself. Maybe then Wyatt would have had a chance at life.
Marina Rossi:
I recently got the H1N1 vaccine and miscarried 3 days later. I thought it could have been the vaccine but didnt ask. After finding this site I believe it was the vaccine. Sorry to everyone else out there who has just experienced a miscarriage.
kathy-sd:
I’m from a town of 2000 in SD, there are several women pregnant and we are all due within a few weeks of each other. Four of us got the H1N1 vaccine 2 weeks ago and one by one each of us started to have preterm contractions. We are all due in Nov and Dec so we are further along than most of the people that lost their babies. There is no way you can tell us that our preterm labor was not caused by the H1N1 vaccine. It may look like a “fluke” to some people when these women are scattered all over the country but we are talking about 4 of us in our small community. My heart goes out to all of you that lost your babies.
ashley:
Im not sure but not only myself, i know someone that withing 4 days of getting the shot we both miscarried, i was only 6 weeks and she was 4 months along, not sure if the shot caused it and cant find any other information but i am a little concerned about this coincidence.
Time Machine:
I got a flu shot in pregnancy, developed incredibly strange symptoms immediately (numb hands, feet and mouth, heart palpitations, sudden weakness in my legs, a bright red face), began bleeding and miscarried by 11 weeks. I had no idea there was mercury in most flu shots but once I found out after the fact, I was assured that I’d had the “mercury free” form. As it turned out, the shot wasn’t completely mercury free and, according to the EPA website, it still had 5,000 times the limit for mercury in drinking water– not to mention a list of other toxins (MSG, formaldehyde, etc.).
I’d had no idea the shots were so dirty. I guess I’d been under the impression they were something like sterile water and a dead virus, that’s it.
The strange symptoms– which I’d been told were “just pregnancy” lasted six months. No one could figure out what was wrong with me, why I couldn’t make stairs, why I felt like I’d been shot with novocaine. I learned later from a book by Jane Hightower that these were all symptoms of mercury exposure. I guess I’m one of those susceptible people. No one in my family is getting the H1N1– no one even gets regular flu shots anymore, we all read labels.
If you are a pregnant mother, please do not take the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. Instead, do everything that you can do to avoid public places and make sure to wash your hands more than you usually would. Take extra large doses of immunity building vitamins and research many of the great natural ways for fighting the flu that are out there on the Internet.
The truth is that if you do take the vaccine and then something happens, you will NOT be able to sue anyone (thanks to Congress). You will have to bear all the responsibility yourself. That doctor who kept pushing and pushing it on you will tell you that it could not have been the vaccine and that you probably would have miscarried anyway.
Do you honestly want to inject a vaccine that may contain mercury, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 (associated with infertility), triton X100 (a strong detergent), phenoxyethanol (antifreeze) and a whole bunch of other toxic ingredients into your system when you know that your baby will absorb it too and has no defenses against most of these things?
In the very short video posted below, you will see one health expert explain to Sean Hannity that even the swine flu vaccine package insert says that it is safe for pregnant women…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwaHxlHJuE
The following video highlights a retraction made by a medical doctor, Dr. Roby Mitchell, after he initially advised a group of nurses to take the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine. Once he had read the actual package insert which comes with the vaccine and realized that the vaccine makers themselves admit it is untested and may cause a myriad of disorders to include paralysis, neurological damage, possible sterilization and may cause fetal harm in pregnant women (one of the high priority groups targeted to get the vaccine), he retracted his advice so that they would have informed consent. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r051fXtfng8
Here are a few screen-shots from the FLUVIRIN package insert:
The reality is that if you are pregnant, you need to hear what both sides have to say before ever subjecting your baby to the swine flu vaccine. You do NOT want to end up like one of the mothers above. Please help us out by sharing this information with as many people as you can. If you know of any additional H1N1 swine flu vaccine miscarriage horror stories please post them below in the comments section.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
H1N1 Vaccine Packages’ Inserts Ingredients and Warnings
H1N1 Vaccine Packages’ Inserts Ingredients and Warnings
The following are the ingredient lists, warnings and side effects for vaccines currently scheduled to be administered to populations worldwide for the H1N1 swine flu. Not one scientific study has ever established the long-term safety of adjuvants and none have ever been approved for use in vaccines for humans.H1N1 Vaccines' Immunotoxity, Neurotoxicity, Sterility and Carcinogenic Ingredients (REPORT)GlaxoSmithKline Arepanrix™ H1N1 AS03-Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (PDF)Analysis of Arepanrix H1N1 Vaccine and How It Can Harm Your Health (REPORT)Assessment Report For GlaxoSmithKlinePandemrix based on application to EMEA (PDF)Pandemic H1N1 Vaccines Authorized EMEA (PDF)Product Characteristics of Pandemrix H1N1 Vaccine 2009 (PDF)Focetria H1N1 Adjuvanted EMEA 2009GlaxoSmithKline Fluarix 2009-2010 Formula (PDF)
Sanofi-Pasteur Influenza A-2009 H1N1 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 1980 Approval for Fluzone (PDF)
Novartis FLUVIRIN Latest 2009 Package Insert (PDF)
Novartis A-H1N1 2009 Monvalent Vaccine Package Insert Based On 1980 Approvalfor Fluvirin (PDF)
Intranasal Spray MedImmune A-H1N1 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 2003 Approval for FluMist (PDF)
FLUARIX 2009 Latest Package Insert (PDF)CSL Product Information of PANVAX H1N1 Vaccine 2009 (PDF)
CSL Influenza A-H1N1 2009 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 2007 Approval for Afluria (PDF)
CSL 2009 Latest Afluria Package Insert (PDF)
BAXTER Patent Application Citing Monkey Kidney (VERO) Cell Culture (PDF)* Download PDF on H1N1 Flu VaccinesChemicals and Package Inserts of Common Vaccines
SUSTAINABLE FUTURES INTERVIEW: The Truth About the H1N1 Vaccine - please visit the site to listen to the streamed media
Email flu@preventdisease.com with any reports or comments regarding the flu pandemic in your area.
The following are the ingredient lists, warnings and side effects for vaccines currently scheduled to be administered to populations worldwide for the H1N1 swine flu. Not one scientific study has ever established the long-term safety of adjuvants and none have ever been approved for use in vaccines for humans.H1N1 Vaccines' Immunotoxity, Neurotoxicity, Sterility and Carcinogenic Ingredients (REPORT)GlaxoSmithKline Arepanrix™ H1N1 AS03-Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (PDF)Analysis of Arepanrix H1N1 Vaccine and How It Can Harm Your Health (REPORT)Assessment Report For GlaxoSmithKlinePandemrix based on application to EMEA (PDF)Pandemic H1N1 Vaccines Authorized EMEA (PDF)Product Characteristics of Pandemrix H1N1 Vaccine 2009 (PDF)Focetria H1N1 Adjuvanted EMEA 2009GlaxoSmithKline Fluarix 2009-2010 Formula (PDF)
Sanofi-Pasteur Influenza A-2009 H1N1 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 1980 Approval for Fluzone (PDF)
Novartis FLUVIRIN Latest 2009 Package Insert (PDF)
Novartis A-H1N1 2009 Monvalent Vaccine Package Insert Based On 1980 Approvalfor Fluvirin (PDF)
Intranasal Spray MedImmune A-H1N1 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 2003 Approval for FluMist (PDF)
FLUARIX 2009 Latest Package Insert (PDF)CSL Product Information of PANVAX H1N1 Vaccine 2009 (PDF)
CSL Influenza A-H1N1 2009 Vaccine Package Insert Based On 2007 Approval for Afluria (PDF)
CSL 2009 Latest Afluria Package Insert (PDF)
BAXTER Patent Application Citing Monkey Kidney (VERO) Cell Culture (PDF)* Download PDF on H1N1 Flu VaccinesChemicals and Package Inserts of Common Vaccines
SUSTAINABLE FUTURES INTERVIEW: The Truth About the H1N1 Vaccine - please visit the site to listen to the streamed media
Email flu@preventdisease.com with any reports or comments regarding the flu pandemic in your area.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
IBM Internal Document Outlines Knowledge of Planned Pandemic With 100% Certainty
IBM Internal Document Outlines Knowledge of Planned Pandemic With 100% Certainty
"Services & Global Procurement pan IOT Europe, Pandemic Plan Overview,"an official inter-departmental document was distributed to upper-level management of IBM, France in 2006. Disclosed in this secret document was the prediction of a "planned" pandemic described as having a "100% chance of occurring within the next 5 years."
The document also describes "quarantines"and operational procedures to be taken upon the official announcements of the "pandemic"by the World Health Organization. The foreknowledge of such an event could not exist, unless the pandemic was a planned event. Certainly, this document is the “smoking gun" which demonstrates the current bird/swine flu "pandemic"is an orchestrated event leading to mass vaccinations sponsored by the WHO and UN. This single document definitively proves there is international, corporate collusion behind the "bird/swine flu pandemic"and the intentional plan to create disease on a worldwide scale.
As evidenced by this document (see below), IBM's primary concerns are focused on maintaining their workforce, even under an official quarantine, and the continuation of sales and services to their clients.
IBM is considered to be one of the most powerful corporations in the world. They and their subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s which designed complex solutions for Adolf Hitler during this period.You can apply a simple search at www.ibm.com/us/en/ for additional documents. Query [pandemic 2006] or [pandemic 2005] for dozens of relevant results on pandemic preparedness and planning.
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"Services & Global Procurement pan IOT Europe, Pandemic Plan Overview,"an official inter-departmental document was distributed to upper-level management of IBM, France in 2006. Disclosed in this secret document was the prediction of a "planned" pandemic described as having a "100% chance of occurring within the next 5 years."
The document also describes "quarantines"and operational procedures to be taken upon the official announcements of the "pandemic"by the World Health Organization. The foreknowledge of such an event could not exist, unless the pandemic was a planned event. Certainly, this document is the “smoking gun" which demonstrates the current bird/swine flu "pandemic"is an orchestrated event leading to mass vaccinations sponsored by the WHO and UN. This single document definitively proves there is international, corporate collusion behind the "bird/swine flu pandemic"and the intentional plan to create disease on a worldwide scale.
As evidenced by this document (see below), IBM's primary concerns are focused on maintaining their workforce, even under an official quarantine, and the continuation of sales and services to their clients.
IBM is considered to be one of the most powerful corporations in the world. They and their subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s which designed complex solutions for Adolf Hitler during this period.You can apply a simple search at www.ibm.com/us/en/ for additional documents. Query [pandemic 2006] or [pandemic 2005] for dozens of relevant results on pandemic preparedness and planning.
Are Populations Being PrimedFor Nano-Microchips Inside Vaccines?
A full list of h1n1 vaccine ingredients, alerts and warnings.
More articles in the Flu Pandemic Archive
Friday, October 30, 2009
H1N1 and Misinformation
There's a lot of misinformation floating around about the H1N1 virus and the related vaccine. This interview by Linda Moulton Howe sheds some much needed light on the issue:
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Paul Glezen, M. D., is Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Pediatrics and Epidemiologist in the Influenza Research Center at Baylor.
Recently I talked with him about the second threat of H3N2 coming while H1N1 cases are doubling each week; why the novel H1N1 virus is hitting the young and
pregnant populations so hard and yet this time, older people seem to have some
immunity. Dr. Glezen begins with the link between the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
that killed 100 million people and this new H1N1 flu virus.
The 1918 pandemic virus was an H1N1 virus. But the hemagglutinin of the current H1N1 is much different from the 1918 H1N1. Certainly H1N1 from the earlier days (of 1918) is related to this new virus. But this H1N1 does not have the virulence
factors that 1918 did.
All Influenza A Viruses Originated in Birds 2009
Novel H1N1 is an Influenza A Virus
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT IF THIS IS A NOVEL VIRUS THAT HAS NORTH AMERICAN SWINE, HAS BIRDS, AVIAN, AND HUMANS IN THE GENETIC
MIX OF THE VIRUS – HOW COULD ANYONE FROM ANY TIME PERIOD HAVE ANTIBODIES TO SOMETHING THAT IS THIS STRANGE?
You have to realize that all Influenza A viruses started originally from birds. But then, they occasionally infect mammals of different species and eventually a virus emerges that will spread readily in humans.
Now, the pig is generally considered the mixing vessel because pigs have receptors for both avian viruses and human viruses.
Influenza viruses have a segmented genome. That is, their genetic material is
divided into eight different segments. It’s very easy then for the viruses to
re-assort and can re-assort in all kinds of combinations. Some of the gene
segments can come from pigs, some from birds and some from humans. That’s what’s happened in this new H1N1 virus. But let me stress that it is now a human virus because it is spreading very readily in human populations.
Another 2009-2010 Flu Threat: H3N2 “The H3N2 is a threat to the elderly population.” Then this winter, we might see seasonal flu – particularly H3N2 produce an outbreak this winter. We’re concerned about that because doctors discovered a
new variant of the virus in the Southern Hemisphere in our summer, their winter,
and that might get up here this winter at the usual time for seasonal flu
peaking in the middle of February 2010.
And H3N2 has been the major cause of mortality since it appeared in 1968. That virus has produced epidemics essentially every other year since it first appeared in 1968.
SO THE POSSIBILITY IS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE EVEN A BIGGER SPIKE IN MORTALITY IN THE H3N2 BECAUSE OF A NEW VARIANT IN ITS GENOME SEQUENCING THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND COULD BE UP HERE THIS WINTER.
Yes, that’s possible because as we have said, the older population, which usually make up the majority of people in the excess mortality category seem to be protected against the new H1N1, but for some reason, they have not acquired protection against the H3N2 variants that have appeared since 1968. So, most of the mortality – and this is largely in elderly people – that has occurred since 1968 has occurred in years when we have had H3N2 epidemics. GOING INTO THE WINTER OF 2009-2010, WE HAVE TWO INGREDIENTS: THE NEW H1N1 THAT IS FOCUSING ON CHILDREN AND PEOPLE IN THEIR 20S AND 30S. THEN WE HAVE THE H3N2 IN A NEW VARIANT THAT COULD BE HARDER
ON OLDER PEOPLE.
That’s correct. So, I think there is a good possibility that we’ll have an H3N2 outbreak in mid-winter of 2010. The H3N2 is a threat to the elderly population.
IS ONE OF THE IRONIES NOW THAT YOU AND OTHER VIROLOGISTS ARE ACTUALLY WORRIED MORE ABOUT H3N2’S IMPACT THIS YEAR THAN H1N1?
No, I wouldn’t say that. The impact is very different depending upon the
age of the person. I think this H1N1 is going to have a very heavy impact on
school age children and college students and there will be some tragic deaths
that occur in very young, healthy people. And that’s why it is important for
everyone now to get the seasonal vaccine as quickly as they can get it so they
will be prepared for this winter.
Safety of H1N1 New Vaccine
WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE SAFETY OF THE NEW H1N1 VACCINE?
The new vaccine is treated a strain change by the FDA. In other words, they have examined the virus and looked at its growth characteristics and preliminary data from all the vaccine manufacturers and they concluded this is like a strain change that we have every year with seasonal flu. The new H1N1 vaccine is produced in a manner that is no different than seasonal flu vaccines, which we have been using by millions of doses for the past fifty years. So, we have no concern about anything being special about this vaccine.
But, from all the data we have seen, we agree we can treat this
like a seasonal flu vaccine that has a change, but it’s manufactured in the same
way as a seasonal vaccine.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF
GETTING ANY VACCINATION OF EITHER OF THE FLU VACCINES (Novel H1N1 or 2009 seasonal flu vaccine)?
I think they need to look at the statistics on the number of people who have been ill and the number of people who have died with the new H1N1 virus. Then they have to weigh the risks and benefits. If those afraid think the risk of the vaccine is greater than risk from infection by the virus, then they can make their choice. But, personally, I think people are much better off if they take the vaccine and get protection against infection with this new virus.
Since August 30th, the U. S. Public Health Service has attributed over 10,000 hospitalizations to the new H1N1 virus and almost a thousand deaths. That’s only for September 2009. And the numbers have doubled each week since September 1, and we have seen skyrocketing change in the number of people who are presenting with influenza-like illness to clinics and emergency rooms. So, I think we can expect those numbers to increase.
It does not appear we have reached the peak of activity for this H1N1 wave yet. So, we’re still going to see a lot of illness before this fall is out.
No Mercury in H1N1 Vaccine for Pregnant Women and ChildrenThe H1N1 vaccine is produced the same way as the seasonal vaccine. The
vaccine that will be given to pregnant women and children will have no mercury
in it. The vaccine in multi-dose vials for older people will have the usual
amount of thimerosal in it.
[ Editor’s Note: National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) - “What is thimerosal, and why is it in some vaccines? Thimerosal is a compound that is 49.6% mercury by weight. Although it is not used in all vaccines (for example, it is not used in measles-mumps-rubella or chickenpox vaccines), it has been part of the
manufacture of many vaccines since the 1930s. Thimerosal has been used: to kill
the bacteria that make the vaccine itself (e.g., whole cell pertussis vaccine)
to kill bacteria that might enter the vaccine during the production process
(e.g., influenza vaccine) as a preservative to prevent bacterial and fungal
contamination of vaccines during their clinical use. In this case, thimerosal is
added at the end of the production process either to the liquid vaccine itself
or — in the case of dry powder vaccines — to the liquid used to dilute the
vaccine.” ]
Now, I want to say there is no evidence that thimerosal has any toxicity. Studies have shown that it is rapidly metabolized and excreted in the bile and does not accumulate and create toxic effects. It’s an ethyl mercury, which is very different than the mercury that causes poisoning, which is methylmercury that is not metabolized rapidly and tends to accumulate and produce toxicity. Methylmercury is found in seafood – particularly tuna and fish like that – and can accumulate and produce toxicity.
So, I don’t think anyone has to worry about the thimerosal in the influenza vaccine in the dose it is given. It’s not going to cause any harm.WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE H1N1 VACCINE IN THE UNITED STATES?
The goal is to immunize everyone in the country. But if it is the younger people who are having all the infections and are dying from it, it’s better if the new vaccine is targeted toward the younger population and pregnant women. Pregnant women have an excess mortality with this H1N1 that women of the same age who are notpregnant do not have. So, it’s important that we get an activated vaccine for pregnant women and a live or activated vaccine for school kids particularly because if we can get the school kids immunized rapidly, that will slow down the spread of the virus and we will be able to immunize the rest of the American population, hopefully before they have been infected.
How Does H1N1 Kill So Many Pregnant Women? WHY ARE
PREGNANT WOMEN SO VULNERABLE TO THE NEW VIRUS?
They are susceptible to it, that’s one thing. And pregnant women are vulnerable, not because they have a problem with their immunity. They respond to the vaccine very well. But, as the pregnancy progresses, the diaphragm is pushed up so their pulmonary reserve is compromised . And also their cardio-pulmonary reserve is less. Therefore, if they get pneumonia with influenza, they are more likely to die.
Another thing to remember is that if a pregnant woman takes the vaccine, she makes antibodies that are also passed to her new baby. It’s no use to vaccinate babies
before 6 months of age, so the only protection the babies can get against influenza infection are the antibodies they get from their mother. So, if the mother is vaccinated during pregnancy, she will not only protect herself, but she will provide protection for her baby that should last for the first six months of the baby’s life after birth. That is a very vulnerable period for the baby, too.
How Did H1N1 Vaccinations Get Turned Into A Political Football?
There are anti-vaccine groups that seem intent on doing this and it doesn’t matter whether it’s flu vaccine or some other vaccine. Whatever is popular is what they attack. All the studies show that vaccines are very safe and the amount of disease they prevent is amazing!
In this era of high cost of medical care, we should be doing everything we can to prevent illness and reduce costs of health care. Otherwise, we are going to drown in the cost of health care. So, to go against agents that are affective vaccines is againstthe national interest and our economy.
Could the Novel H1N1 Flu VirusMutate
to More Virulence?THE H1N1 VIRUS COULD JUST KEEP PERKING ALONG UNTIL WHAT?
I think it will produce a pretty sharp outbreak this fall of 2009. Then it might die out a little bit and then it might either re-occur in the winter or come back next year.WILL IT CHANGE THE HEMAGGLUTININ AGAIN SO THAT IT’S
MORE VIRULENT? OR LESS?
Well, it usually mutates in response to the immunity of the population. Partially, it will depend upon how quickly we distribute vaccine against the current H1N1 virus. Then we might see a change in the virus. But whether or not it will change the virulence, that’s really speculation.
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, WHAT MIGHT BE THE PROJECTED DEATHS
FROM THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO VIRUSES THIS YEAR? WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN?Normal seasonal flu is 50,000 excess deaths. That’s the average. The direct medical costs plus indirect costs due to disruption of social factors is $87 billion/ year just for seasonal flu. The cost is very high for flu every year.
HOW MANY MORE THAN 50,000 WOULD YOU EXPECT IN
DEATHS?
I would expect the total to be 70,000 to 80,000 excess deaths.
NOT QUITE DOUBLING, BUT GETTING UP THERE.
Yes, getting up there, but the age specific mortality will be different because there will be much higher mortality in younger people than we usually see.”
Novel H1N1
Virus Symptoms Differ Patient to Patient
Another aspect of this novel H1N1 are the differences in symptoms from patient to patient. Recent child deaths in
Indiana and New Mexico shocked the parents because each healthy girl had few
symptoms other than a sore throat and nausea until each suddenly declined, went
to emergency rooms and died without any evidence of other medical complications
other than lab-confirmed H1N1 virus.The more typical symptoms summarized in the
recent CDC research include:
- 39% had diarrhea or vomiting compared to
only 5% with normal seasonal flu- About 40% of H1N1 patients ended up with
pneumonia because the virus especially attacks lung tissue.- All had been put on
breathing machines, but 7% died. Weigh that higher mortality rate against the
fact that about 75% of all these patients in the CDC study had been given
antiviral medicines such as Tamiflu. This means even with the antivirals, mortalitywas higher than normal.
As Dr. Glezen pointed out, with the virulent strain of H3N2 now making its way north on top of the H1N1, deaths from influenza in the United States by February 2010, could nearly double. That’s why it is important for older people to get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible – and why those on the list to receive the H1N1 vaccine now being distributed should get that vaccine as soon as possible.
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