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Bird Flu Could Destroy Economy WHO Warns

October 12, 2005
USA Today

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Prepare for Avian Influenza!
(Updated 10/12/2005)

Various U.S. and U.N. agencies and the Council on Foreign Relations are spreading the word that the Avian Influenza, if it breaks out this fall or winter, could be as severe as the worldwide Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, and they are predicting hundreds of millions of deaths worldwide.

This influenza, currently isolated in China, is a hemorrhagic illness. It kills half of its victims by rapidly depleting ascorbate (vitamin C) stores in the body, inducing scurvy and collapse of the arterial blood supply, causing internal hemorrhaging of the lungs and sinus cavities.

Most people today have barely enough vitamin C in their bodies (typically 60 mg per day) to prevent scurvy under normal living conditions, and are not prepared for this kind of illness. (Vitamin C deficiency is the root cause of many infant and childhood deaths worldwide, and it is the root cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - SIDS.)

The way to prepare yourself and protect your family from this influenza is not a vaccine or anti-viral drug. If vaccines and/or anti-viral drugs are offered to you, please refuse them. These actually reduce your immunity; vaccines contain many toxic components, such as aluminum and mercury, and anti-viral drugs interfere with critical body processes. Historical evidence of vaccinations has shown that they actually increase the chances of becoming severely ill. The best way to prepare for influenza is by enhancing your immune system and increasing the amount of vitamin C in your body.

1. Begin increasing the amount of vitamin C that you take each day to very high levels, spread over the course of the day, in divided doses taken with meals. Start at 1000 mg per meal, and increase slowly to 2000-4000 mg per meal. (These are adult doses, modify by body weight for children.) Your optimal dose is just below the point where your body complains by giving you mild diarrhea. This is called the "bowel tolerance dose." Such doses are perfectly safe - vitamin C is natural to our bodies and needed for many body processes. Most people don't get nearly enough. Stock up on this vital nutrient - buy in powder form, 1-pound or 3-pound canisters (ascorbic acid form). Mix with water or fruit juice. Be sure to take vitamin C with food that will coat your stomach to prevent stomach upset, such as organic soymilk.

2. Take 6000 mg of the amino acid lysine per day, 2000 mg per meal (adult dose, modify by body weight for children). Lysine is a natural protease inhibitor - it prevents bacteria and viruses from spreading in your body. You can obtain it in tablet, capsule, or powder form. The latter form is the least expensive; buy several pound containers of it.

3. Take a high-potency multivitamin/multimineral tab, and a calcium/magnesium supplement, every day.

4. Drink at least 2 quarts (8 cups, 2 liters) of non-caffeinated liquids per day. Spring water and/or decaffeinated green tea made with spring water are best. Do not drink diet soda or consume anything with aspartame or other artificial sweeteners.

5. Stock up on other anti-viral agents and nutrients: l-proline and l-glycine (amino acids - at least one pound of each, in powder form), turmeric extract capsules, ginger capsules, garlic capsules, 15-mg zinc/1-mg copper capsules or tabs, oil of oregano (Gaia Herbs brand is a good one), decaffeinated green tea extract, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), and non-gmo or organic soy protein drink concentrate. (Note to expectant mothers: Do not use oregano oil, as it is an abortofactant, and please obtain Chi Organic Green Tea Extract, available from vitaminlady.com, to avoid fluoride.)

6. In advance (right now), find a chelation or alternative health clinic that is willing to administer intravenous vitamin C infusions. This may be necessary if you are stricken by the Avian Flu and find that you cannot keep up with it with the oral dosage. (Refer to Dr. Robert Cathcart's intravenous vitamin C preparation document if the clinic needs this information: http://www.orthomed.com/civprep.htm)

7. If you do become ill, start increasing your vitamin C dosage dramatically - your bowel tolerance dose will rise as it is used to detoxify your body from the virus toxins; it may rise to as much as 100,000-200,000 mg (100 to 200 grams) per day (adult dose). Take up to 4000 mg per dose, with increased number of dosages. Start taking 12,000 mg of each of l-lysine, l-proline and l-glycine per day, in divided doses. Take 1000 mg oregano, 4000 mg turmeric extract, 4000 mg ginger, 4000 mg garlic, 45 mg zinc/3 mg copper, 1500 mg N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), and 2000 mg green tea per day, in divided doses. Increase fluid intake to 3-4 quarts (liters) per day. (These are the adult doses, modify by weight for children.) Eat easily-digestable meals complemented with 1/2-scoop soy protein shakes. Continue this regimen until all signs of illness have subsided. If the illness is not controlled by the regimen, obtain a series (2-3 per week) of 30-gram Vitamin C intravenous infusions at a chelation or alternative health clinic, with higher dosages if necessary for pneumonia or previously compromised immunity (e.g., AIDS or CFIDS). (Important: See note above regarding use of this regimen during pregnancy; do not use oregano oil during pregnancy.)

8. If you are currently taking Lipitor or another cholesterol-lowering (statin) drug, stop taking it immediately. These drugs are very damaging to the immune system. The above vitamin C and lysine regimen will (through a completely different mechanism) naturally balance your cholesterol and protect you from heart disease. If you continue to take a maintenance dose of 6000 mg of vitamin C and 6000 mg of lysine per day, you will never need to take statin drugs ever again. (For more information on this, click here for an article about statin side effects, and an excellent article at Dr. Mercola's website http://www.mercola.com/article/statins.htm)

9. You must take the regimen above every day, consistently. After the danger period has passed, I recommend that you continue the regimen at the level of 6000 mg vitamin C and 6000 mg lysine per day (adult dose, modify by weight for children). You will enjoy better health, lose fewer days to illness, and protect yourself against heart disease. (If you choose not to continue the regimen, please taper off gradually.) Use your stocks of anti-viral nutrients for any illness you may encounter.

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Cathcart R. Preparation of Sodium Ascorbate for IV and IM Use. http://www.orthomed.com/civprep.htm. Los Altos, CA

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From frozen Alaska to the lab: a virus 39,000 times more virulent than flu

Tight security to prevent 'select agent' escaping
· Publication of its genetic code raises fears of misuse

Ian Sample, science correspondent
Thursday October 6, 2005
The Guardian


Only a handful of scientists have security clearance to access the laboratory at 1600 Clifton Road in Atlanta, Georgia, home to the US government's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Before entering, they must pull on a protective hood, don breathing apparatus and pass through electronic fingerprint and retina scanners to prove their identity.
Inside the lab lies a batch of a virus, designated a "select agent", that more than justifies the extreme level of security. Resurrected nearly 90 years after it spread around the globe, leaving an estimated 50 million people dead, it is a replica of the 1918 Spanish flu virus.

The recreation of the virus, which was driven by an urge to unravel why the 1918 pandemic was so devastating, has raised as many fears as it has hopes. While the researchers argue the work will hugely improve protection against natural flu viruses, critics say there is a real danger the virus will escape, with potentially disastrous consequences.
The recreation process was laborious. Scientists collected fragments of the virus from lung tissue taken from victims at the time and preserved in formalin or, in one case, isolated from the lungs of a woman victim whose body had later become frozen in the Alaskan permafrost. Using the fragments, they painstakingly pieced together and read the complete genetic code before using the sequence to rebuild the virus from scratch.

By injecting it into mice, the team led by Dr Jeffery Taubenberger at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Maryland was able to establish just how ferociously effective it was, compared with more common flu strains. All the mice infected died within a few days; all infected with contemporary strains recovered. "I didn't expect it to be as lethal as it was," Dr Terrence Tumpey, a scientist on the project from the US Centres of Disease Control and Prevention, told the journal Nature.

By creating flu strains with only certain parts of the 1918 virus, researchers investigated which of the eight genes that make up the virus were most responsible for its virulence. They discovered that rather than being caused by one or two genes, they all played a part, which suggests that the virus had completely adapted to cause disease in humans, something they say could happen again with avian flu strains.

In a second paper, published in Nature today, Dr Taubenberger and colleagues at the US Centres for Disease Control and Protection analysed the genetic make-up of the recreated virus. Surprisingly, they found it had no similarities to any of the human viruses in circulation, suggesting that the Spanish strain had jumped from birds to humans, and didn't mix with a human virus first, as had been believed.

The finding that Spanish flu came straight from birds has raised concerns among scientists. Previously, a pandemic was only thought likely if an avian strain merged with a human flu virus. "For me, it raises even more concern than I already had about the pending potential of a flu pandemic," said Professor Ronald Atlas, co-director of the centre for the deterrence of biowarfare and bioterrorism at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. "It looks as though an avian strain evolved in 1918 and that led to the deadly outbreak, in much the same way as we're now seeing the Asian avian flu strains evolve."

According to Dr Taubenberger, knowing what mutations gave rise to the 1918 Spanish flu virus will help scientists check viruses to work out which, if any, are evolving to the point where a pandemic is possible. The H5N1 strain of bird flu in Asia is already mutating to make it more suited to humans, he said.

Despite the new insights given by the project, many scientists were alarmed at the recreation itself and particularly that the full genetic sequence was to be made public on an online genetic database.

"Assuming this is a replicant of the 1918 flu strain, if it got out, it could initiate disease in humans and given the work they've done, one had to say it would be infectious," said Prof Atlas.

Viruses have escaped from high-security labs before. During the recent Sars outbreak the virus escaped at least twice, once in Taiwan and once in Singapore, when researchers became contaminated.

Other scientists warned that the 1918 virus's genetic code could easily be misused. Such has been the pace of progress in genetic science that companies now build genes to order for customers who send in details of sequences they want.

"If the genetic sequence is out there on a database, then that is a clear security risk," said Dr John Wood, a virologist at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, in Potters Bar.

According to Dr Julie Gerberding, director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Protection, a pandemic is unlikely even if the virus escapes because of most people's natural immunities and the availability of antiviral drugs and flu vaccines.

Publication of the research still raises questions about the powers of academic journals who take ultimate responsibility for publishing the papers, said Dr Wood. "That is some responsibility," he said.

The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity concluded at an emergency meeting last week to discuss the possible publication of the papers that their benefits outweighed their risks.

FAQ: 1918 flu pandemic

Why was the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic so lethal?

The worst pandemic in human history, the 1918 strain killed an estimated 50 million people. Because flu viruses were unknown at the time, no isolates of the pathogen were made, making it impossible for scientists to study. Scientists believe the virus was originally found only in birds but jumped to humans and evolved to become very infectious

Whom did the 1918 flu virus kill?

Most flu viruses kill the very young, the old and the infirm. But the Spanish flu was unusual in striking young, fit people extremely hard. Even with good healthcare, up to one third of those who picked up the infection died, many within days

What is a select agent?

Its designation as a 'select agent' by US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention puts it on a list of controlled pathogens and toxins including ricin, smallpox virus, anthrax and ebola

How secure is the virus?

It is held in a biosafety level 3 enhanced laboratory, kept at a negative pressure to prevent air escaping. Workers must wear protective clothing, breathing apparatus and gain entry via fingerprint and retina scans

and yet there is more:

16th H5N1 Fatality
Transferred 20
Min Before Death
By Dr. Henry L. Niman, PhD
Recombinomics.com
10-12-5

"The patient of various male gender died, on Sunday (9/10/2005) struck 22.30 WIB. he just entered RSPI to struck 22.10 WIB. Cahyadi was the reconciliation patient from RS Budhi Asih that has treated for 3 days."

The machine translation above on the 12th bird flu fatality in Jakarta and 16th fatality in Indonesia (see map) is cause for concern. The reported suspected bird flu cases in Indonesia are largely drawn from the infectious disease hospitals that transfer patients from primary care facilities. The primary care facilities do not test for H5N1, so many patients are H5N1 negative because by the time they are transferred, the H5N1 has moved from the throat and nose to the lungs, and the nose/throat swabs are then negative.

Since many of the Indonesian cases are mild, these patients are never admitted to the infectious disease hospitals. This was seen when 115 Ragunan zoo visitors were denied admission because they had mild bird flu symptoms.

In the above case, holding the patient three days at the primary facility led to his death 20 minutes after transfer.

The testing procedures in Indonesia are poorly conceived for identification of H5N1 patients.
The procedures are very effective at generating false negatives.
Monitoring of H5N1 remains scandalously poor.


webmaster@recombinomics.com
© 2005 Recombinomics. All rights reserved.

Stock up on your vitamins as the fear mongering continues.

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Scientists warn of possibility of drug-resistant avian flu
By Justin Teo, RSI
First published 11 October 2005

US scientists warn that a drug-resistant Avian flu strain could arise with unrestrained and improper use of available drugs.

The warning came as governments around the world are stockpiling antiviral drugs and the H5N1 avian flu strain threatens to break out into a flu pandemic.

The virus has killed 65 people in Asia since late 2003 and recent reports of an outbreak amongst poultry in Turkey are unnerving European states.

How could improper or unrestrained use of antiviral drugs affect the battle against Avian flu?

Justin Teo spoke to Dr. Jeffrey Staples, Senior Medical Advisor at International SOS, for more.

JS: Well, there are actually two ways that it could affect that I can see. Firstly, the anti-viral drugs are already in limited supply, so improper or unrestrained use of them could already reduce the supply significantly. Also there’s the issue of drug resistance to develop and as proven with other anti-viral medication and bacteria, the unrestrained use of anti-viral drugs can lead to drug resistance. If the avian flu does become pandemic, then these two anti-viral drugs will be effective against avian flu to an extent. The concern is that people will be using the medication improperly, maybe when they don’t have the virus or maybe they’ll be using it improperly when they do and some resistance could develop. I think that it’s safe to say that the anti-viral drugs will continue to be effective but if resistance develops, that resistance is likely to decrease.

JT: If resistance against the virus does decrease, and in the case of Vietnam where a patient did not respond to the drug Tamiflu, would a higher dosage work?

JS: It’s certainly possible although I’ve not seen any studies out there with conclusive evidence but it’s certainly possible that a higher dosage or a longer treatment course could be effective. Now unfortunately if this is the case, it’ll put a further strain on the supplies of the medication.

JT: Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert advising the US government, mentioned that if the H5N1 bird flu virus infects humans, it will move too quickly for drugs and vaccines to be of much use. How true is this?

JS: I think he is absolutely correct in a lot of ways. First and foremost, on the vaccine front, there is no vaccine against the avian flu virus. The US has developed one in experimental stages, but that’s just a vaccine out there currently in birds. If this virus mutates into a human pandemic form, we’ll not have a vaccine for that virus probably for six to nine months because we don’t know what the virus looks like yet and so we can’t make a vaccine for it. In terms of the medication, again, the supplies of the medication are limited and the distribution of the medication is probably going to lag behind the spread of the virus, even in our best efforts. In the current phase, where the virus seems to be having great difficulty infecting humans, we are probably well able to catch up and contain it. But if it mutates into a full pandemic form, it will probably spread beyond our capabilities to contain it with medication.

JT: All this reflects the world’s reliance on vaccines and drugs to combat the avian flu. What alternatives are there to fight the virus?

JS: I think the world in general is looking for a sure thing, quick-easy fix, in terms of vaccine and medication. Where there certainly is a reasonable component of a preparedness pandemic plan, they are not going to be in of itself be able to stop the pandemic should the pandemic occur. So alternatives are really good, comprehensive planning for infrastructure, communications, transportation, logistics and supplies, and planning alternative sources and alternative means of getting critical operations done. We basically have to figure out how we can operate our society should a pandemic occur and we shouldn’t just rely on vaccines and drugs. - RSI

ok this is the last one for today and hardly anyone is reading these articles on ALIPAC I bet. I must just be adding to the fear LOL. IF it hits it hits if not than oh well at least my body has vitamins in it and I have stock of food etc just in case a huge BLIZZARD hits Colorado. Back to fight against illegal immigration.

Scandal: Substandard
Poultry H5N1
Vaccine, Indonesia
Corruption Sparks Bird Flu Vaccine Test
From Patricia Doyle, PhD
dr_p_doyle@hotmail.com
10-11-5

Corruption Sparks Bird Flu Vaccine Test

(AFP) -- Indonesia would run tests on its stock of bird flu vaccine after a corruption scandal involving production of sub-standard doses, an official said today [10 Oct 2005]. Government auditors suspect local companies assigned to make the vaccine produced doses of inferior quality to inflate profits, with the collusion of some ministry officials.

The disease has killed at least 3 Indonesians and 59 others elsewhere in South East Asia since 2003.

The agriculture ministry's director for animal health, Syamsul Bahri, said his office would test vaccine now in stock or in circulation to determine whether it met minimum specifications. "Our laboratory capacity is limited, so we will gradually test samples and decide which vaccine can continue to be used and which (will) have to be withdrawn from circulation," Mr Bahri said. He could not immediately estimate the number of samples involved or the time needed for all of the necessary tests.

Ministry spokesman Suprahtomo said the suspected corruption case was now in the hands of state prosecutors, and the ministry would abide by whatever decision was made.

Yesterday [9 Oct 2005], agriculture minister April Aprijantono said there were 9 suspected corruption cases involving his ministry last year [2004] totaling 733 billion rupiah (USD 96.2 million) in lost funds for the ministry, including the bird flu case, which cost 56.9 billion rupiah (USD 5.64 million). "This not only caused losses to the state in material form, it also reduced the effectiveness of vaccines or led to low vaccine protection levels," Aprijantono said. The minister said some testing conducted in Java last year [2004] showed the vaccine's protection level was only about 11.8 to 28 per cent.

Zainal Baharuddin, inspector general at the ministry, has said local producers intentionally lowered the vaccine quality to make more profits from the contract. He said farmers across the country had also complained they had not received compensation for culling flocks because officials had embezzled the money.

Health officials have said that since the 1st human case of bird flu infection was found in June 2005 in Indonesia, 85 people had been admitted to the hospital with suspected or confirmed infections. The main hospital treating suspected cases was due later today [10 Oct 2005] to discharge 6 children and one adult after tests showed they did not have the virus, doctor Ilham Patu said. After they leave, Sulianti Saroso hospital will have 8 patients under observation for suspected bird flu. Dr Patu said no new suspected cases had been admitted in the past 2 days.

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ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org

According to the last follow-up report of Indonesia to the OIE, dated 2 Aug 2005, there had not been any outbreaks of avian influenza with clinical signs in Tangerang district -- where fatal cases in humans were reported -- since April 2005. It will be interesting to note whether the current reported suspicion, related to deficient poultry vaccines, is based upon clinical observations. One might wonder whether the suspicions are related to last week's information (20051005.2905) on the Indonesian health authorities' discovery of asymptomatic chickens which tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus. One of the suggested explanations to this finding was immunity of the tested chickens to H5N1, conferred by an heterologous H5 virus (vaccine strain?!). Further explanations will be welcomed. - Mod.AS


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Airports With Quarantine Stations
Oct 13 4:00 PM US/Eastern
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By The Associated Press
Airports with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quarantine


stations:



Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Miami International Airport

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

New York John F. Kennedy International Airport

Honolulu International Airport

San Francisco International Airport

Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Anchorage International Airport

Boston Logan International Airport

Detroit Metropolitan International Airport

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

San Diego International Airport

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

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U.S Health Secretary Warns of Flu Pandemic

Published: 10/11/05

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The likelihood of a human flu pandemic is very high, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt warned Monday as he sought Southeast Asian cooperation to combat the spread of bird flu.

Leavitt and the director of the World Health
Organization are touring Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to seek their collaboration in preparing for the anticipated public health emergency linked to the H5N1 strain of the disease.

That strain has swept through poultry populations in many parts of Asia since 2003 and jumped to humans, killing 65 people, mostly through direct contact with sick fowl.

While there have been no known cases of person-to-person transmission, World Health Organization officials and other experts have been warning that the virus could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. In a worst-case scenario, millions could die.

Three influenza pandemics have occurred over the last century and "the likelihood of another is very high, some say even certain," Leavitt said after meeting with Thai health officials to review the their preparations.

"Whether or not H5N1 is the virus that will ultimately trigger such a pandemic is unknown to us," he said at a news conference. "The probability is uncertain. But the warning signs are troubling. Hence we are responding in a robust way."

Leavitt's tour comes after President Bush last month established the "International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza" to coordinate a global strategy against bird flu and other types of influenza.

Leavitt said "containment" was the first line of defense against the illness, encouraging countries to step up development and production of vaccines and strengthen efforts to detect any cases of human transmission early.

Thai Public Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul said Thailand would contribute at least 5 percent of its antiviral drug supplies to a proposed Southeast Asian regional stockpile.

World Heath Organization Director General Dr. Lee Jong-wook said preparation was the key to preventing a flu epidemic such as the one that struck in 1918, killing an estimated 40 million to 50 million people.

"Now we know in advance what is happening and we have to prepare ourselves. That is our duty," he said.

Also Monday, Turkey and Romania slaughtered thousands of birds after both countries said they detected the disease, and the European Union and other countries banned the import of poultry from the two nations. Bird flu has not been confirmed by expert laboratories, however, and it is unknown whether the poultry deaths in either location involve the H5N1 strain.

Nonetheless, some 40,000 birds in eastern Romania were to be slaughtered in coming days, authorities said.
"I think it's better to take these preventive measures now," even without confirmation of H5N1, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Sunday.

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