Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic --
Fact or Fiction? (AA)
By Dr. Mercola
American
health officials declared a public health emergency
as cases of swine flu were confirmed in the U.S.
Health officials across the world fear this could be
the leading edge of a global pandemic emerging from
Mexico, where seven people are confirmed dead as a
result of the new virus.
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The
number of fatalities, and suspected and confirmed
cases across the world change depending on the
source, so your best bet -- if you want the latest
numbers -- is to use
Google Maps' Swine Flu Tracker.
Several
nations have imposed travel bans, or made plans to
quarantine air travelers2
that present symptoms of the swine flu, such as:
Fever of more than 100
Coughing
Runny nose and/or sore throat
Joint aches
Severe headache
Vomiting and/or diarrhea
Lethargy
Lack
of appetite
Top
global flu experts are trying to predict how
dangerous the new swine flu strain will be, as it
became clear that they had little information about
Mexico's outbreak. It is as yet unclear how many
cases occurred in the month or so before the
outbreak was detected. It's also unknown whether the
virus was mutating to be more lethal, or less.
Is This the Pandemic Health Officials Have Been
Waiting for?
Folks,
you can expect to see a lot of panic over this in
the near future. But I wouldn't be too hasty --
this isn't the first time the public has been warned
about swine flu. The last time was in 1976, right
before I entered medical school and I remember it
very clearly. It resulted in the massive swine flu
vaccine campaign.
Do you
happen to recall the result of this massive
campaign?
Within a
few months, claims totaling $1.3 billion had been
filed by victims who had suffered paralysis from the
vaccine. The vaccine was also blamed for 25 deaths.
However,
several hundred people developed crippling
Guillain-Barré Syndrome after they were injected
with the swine flu vaccine. Even healthy
20-year-olds ended up as paraplegics.
And the
swine flu pandemic itself? It never materialized.
More People Died From the Swine Flu Vaccine than
Swine Flu!
