I'm copying the article I just got from Dr. Bruce West's Health Alert
newsletter
January 2006, volume 23, issue 1

The Bird Flu Giant Money-Grab

By now you've probably already heard some of the world's top scientists
whispering that Avian flu is a giant hoax. This while other scientists are
predicting that "200 million people could die in the U.S. with 200,000 dying
for sure from a cataclysmic bird flu pandemic that will bring Western
civilization to its knees". As usual the media are willing dupes on the
scare story--big-time. But when I witnessed the President's plans for
preparing for the disaster, I had to shudder--this is going to be the
greatest pharmaceutical rip-off of all time.

It's all about the money. Imagine--guaranteed purchases, guaranteed new
contracts, tax incentives, no product viability needed, and total immunity
from product liability! This is a pharmaceutical company's dream come true.
And even better--it is the opportunity of a lifetime--a vaccine for EVERY
PERSON ON EARTH!

The backbone of the plan starts with 20 million doses of the Tamiflu vaccine
which is barely effective at treating regular flu, and will most likely be
useless against the bird flu strain (H5N1). What it will do is garner about
$100 a poke, or a $2 BILLION GIVEAWAY, paid for--you guessed it--by you and
me. And the kicker is that thanks to our friends in the U.S. senate, senate
bill S. 1873 is out of committee and ready to be voted into law.

This new bill is being called "a drug company's dream and a consumer's worst
nightmare". This will make the pharmaceutical companies COMPLETELY IMMUNE
from any and all corporate liability for side effects form any of the drugs
and vaccines being made to fight the bird flu. And you can be assured there
will be hundreds if not thousands of paralyzing cases of GUILLAIN BARRE
SYNDROME generated by this vaccine frenzy.

Guillain Barre is a paralyzing side effect that can leave you crippled for
life. It accompanies to one degree or another all flu vaccine
programs-although you have probably never heard of it. But you can sleep at
night now because once S.1873 passes, if you or one of your loved ones is
crippled for life, the companies ripping off the public for useless vaccines
will not have to compensate you.

Think that no one in their right mind could pull off a $2 billion (and just
getting started!!) false alarm? Well, according to the WHO (World Health
Organization) reporting in February of 2003 "there have already been a half
dozen pandemic false alarms in the last 30 years.". That is ONE EVERY FIVE
YEARS.

Lots of real scientists and journalists are well aware of this type of scam.
Top award-winning and leading investigative journalists Ida Honorof writes
about the flu frenzy. "It is the most brazen, obscene electioneering ploy".
And that it is proposed by the President "and his coterie of scientific
hacks, fabricated to cause pure, unadulterated panic and guarantee political
capital, rammed through without consideration of people's health and lives,
and approved by a bandwagon Congress eager to make the nation's "health" a
bipartisan concern."

This quote was not about the bird flu pandemic, but instead about the 5
MILLION SHOT swine flu program some 30 years ago. Another false alarm, this
one raked in millions, caused hundreds of paralysis victims and countless
deaths for a flu pandemic that never materialized. The cost of the bird flu
program is estimated to be at least 3,000% greater than the swine flu fiasco


Without the hype and scare, here is what we do know--and what you will never
hear---
First the death rate of 51% is recklessly incorrect. There are 121
confirmed cases, and 62 have died--making 51%. But these were the worst
cases, the most sick, and almost all were bird handlers. No one knows how
many thousands have had the bird flu and recovered--even estimates are
impossible. But if there were 10,000 (a number suggested by many
scientists) and 62 died, the death rate would be slightly more than ONE HALF
OF ONE PERCENT.

As of now the virus has barely infected humans on a worldwide scale. There
has been no confirmed person-to-person transmission of the virus. Cases
found in Southeast Asia showed many mild cases and infections in older
people. There is also evidence already that humans are developing their own
resistance to the virus. And whether the virus will mutate into a strain
that can easily pass between humans is nothing more than conjecture. As
discussed, we have had 5 previous "pandemics" in the past 30 years that were
all false alarms. In all cases, the alarm about a virus that can jump
species has been confined to a handful of people and has not been lethal.

It is unknown whether Tamiflu will stop the spread of any infection.
Clinical trials show that at best Tmaiflu lessens the effects of the flu
symptoms. Any suggestion that this would have any major effect on a bird
flu pandemic is theory and has not been tested. Additionally flu becomes
resistant to vaccines easily and quickly. This was learned with the flu
drugs amatadine and rimantadine. Up to 16% of the flu sufferers have shown
virus resistance to Tamiflu already. And finally almost 10% of people
cannot take Tamiflu because of persistent side effects of nausea.

Relenza, another new drug, is having its own problems. Inhaled as a powder,
it is causing bronchospasm, wheezing, and other serious breathing problems.
In people with previous breathing problems, it has caused death. It also is
not proving effective against bird flu.

Chasing the virus to produce a vaccine is proving as elusive as ever. As of
October 2005, the WHO has reported that the bird flu virus has already
evolved and is now different from the prototype strain selected for vaccine
development. In spite of this, and in typical political style, WHO still
recommends not changing the strain or vaccine preparation! The CDC reports
that if the vaccine is developed without a good match, it will be less
effective, producing illness, hospitalizations, and death.

The big winners will be the pharmaceutical industry which will benefit from
a major and litigation-protected welfare exchange of cash from you and me to
them. Other big winners will be bureaucrats at the UN and WHO as they
develop plans to become entrenched in "affected countries". And the big
losers will be, as usual--you and me.

In order to keep the fear and frenzy pitched, you will no hear any of the
facts in this article, nor the following---
For starters, the bird flu is easier to kill than other flu viruses. It
is very sensitive to detergents and soap. So when you are in public places,
wash your hands before you touch your face.

The present vaccine is probably useless and can cause you damage.
Nonetheless, it will be pushed hard. This will start with an intense drive
to vaccinate everyone this winter for the typical flu. This will be used to
"help the public get used to lining up for vaccinations". And most critical
of all--we may all be FEDERALLY MANDATED to be vaccinated. Now there's a
sales program!

And finally you will never be told that the strong survive the flu best.
That means healthy diet, exercise, pure water, no immune-damaging drugs
unless desperately needed, and (dare we say it)--supplements. The mainstay
products from Standard Process are Immuplex (3-4 x a day) and Congaplex
(6-12 x a day). and if things really get going in your neighborhood I
recommend the addition of the full antiviral protocol of Arginex (6 x day),
Cataplex E (6 x day) and Cyruta-Plus (9 x day).

Watching this whole thing unfold will be interesting to say the least. And
the real data is difficult to get, hard to research and tough to dig out.
But intrepid researchers like Dr. Sherri Tenpenny do just that. Much of
this information is available thanks to Dr. Tenpenny. And much of it was
first published on www.RedFlagsDaily.com Dr. Tenpenny is finishing up a
book with the real details on the bird flu. It is called FOWL, and when it
is ready for purchase, I will let you know.

end of article
so, if the strong have a better chance than surviving (against what was
stated about the early century influenza) then it would be best to start
building a good immune system now. No matter what was stated from that
early influenza, I believe you MUST have a good immune system. How else can
you fight anything? And even though the other influenza settled in the
lungs, that's not to say the bird flu does that. And perhaps there's more
guessing going on about the last great pandemic in America because back then
our testing wasn't as good as it is now, so all we have now to go on are the
various reports of sudden death and what seemed to be settling in the lungs.
Did it? Who knows for sure now? I say get healthy now, have a Godzilla on
hand, have Vit. C and CS and garlic and echinacea in the house, maybe some
of the homeopathic flu remedies, and start treating any illness immediately.
Don't wait to see if it's the flu or not. As soon as you feel symptoms,
get busy killing that virus. (ps--I remember the hype about the swine flu.
My mom-in-law was scared spitless and got the vaccine they gave out free, as
did my husband. I refused. All I can say is that I am thankful no illness
came from them getting that vaccine. But now that my husband knows more
about this type of thing he will refuse the vaccine for this bird flu
garbage)

samala
Renee
"tossed down to live among angels, who have forgotten what they are, I
strive to remember" RLV 1998