No Flu Season.
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| No season for a jab |
So recently, there has been lots of talk about ‘Flu
Season’. People urging others to get the
flu shot, other people pleading with others not to. What is a holistic practitioner to do?
Typically flu ‘season’ is from October to May, with a peak
in February. Like ‘Fire Season’ there
is really no set dates it all of the sudden starts and stops. You can get the flu virus infection literally
any time of the year.
In fact, I got a doozy of the flu last August! I had to close the office for almost a week to
recover, but that is another story I will tell you later.
Influenza is a virus.
Antibiotics do not work on a virus.
Remember, in 1918 (100 years ago) there was NO antibiotics,
no antivirals, none of the common chemical and technological conveniences we
now have. In fact, many people in the
United States had no indoor toilets, or electricity. (The light bulb was barely
40 years old). Some accounts state up to
100 million people died of this flu outbreak.
Today, even though the effectiveness of the flu shot is as
low as 10% and possibly as good as 60% they (‘they’ as in pharmaceutical
companies, and health organizations) still keep saying it is not too late nor
too risky to get the flu shot.
Let’s take a look at the numbers. Just the math… New strains of shots are developed twice a
year, and sometimes they miss the mark on which strain would be active. In 2016-17 the CDC stated that the
effectiveness was 42%. But what you
didn’t know is that many people use natural or alternative methods
(complimentary methods like herbs, vitamins, and home remedies) as well as had
the shot. How many of them are accounted
for? None. Therefore the total effectiveness of the flu
shot cannot possibly be as high as stated.
The influenza virus is a living being.
Therefore it has the ‘will’ to survive and adapt, hide or
get around regardless of our efforts. If
you don’t believe that, just try and get rid of bed bugs, cockroaches, mice or
even garden weeds. You can see how
difficult it is. The vaccination you get
has either been deactivated or killed but there is still something out there
that is at work…
In 2016-17 the CDC reported that 34% of adults 18 years old
to 64 years old got the flu shot (some reports show 42 %+/-) so let’s see what
that actually means.
There are 325,719,178 +/- people in the United States (last
census, accounting for growth etc. to 2017) 28% under the age of 18, 15% over
the age of 65… that leaves 57% between the ages of 18-65. Accounting for about 186,659,951 people in
that range… whew… (Almost done)… if 40% (let’s be generous) got the shot. That is 74,400,000!
But wait… there’s more.
About 83% of people in the age group (18-65) take supplements… On the
other hand… There are about 2% of those that got the shot that have a serious
problem with it… Guillain-Barre Syndrome (basically get paralyzed) (Site for
reference:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793
) that is about 7-14 MILLION people… WHAT????
Check the math… Don’t freak out yet.
There are many ways you can get this condition, including just having
the flu…
(Can we not win?)
Only about 3% will die from GBS… well, too
many indeed.
That is, IF it is diagnosed
and reported as GBS and not some other disease.
Other bad reactions to the flu shot can be found ad-nauseum
all over the web. But let’s take a step
back. How can you not get the flu? Number one, stay away from other people and
all the things they touch, wash, don’t breathe, live in a bubble etc.… c’mon you see the trend? We are closing the door after the horse has
escaped.
OK, so what else? The
CDC does not keep records on those that have died AND took the flu shot, and
most death certificates have no place nor ability to determine such cases. Largely they are written in as complications
of the flu. (Pneumonia).
But back to math… guhhhhh…
Deaths from the flu last year were about 36,000… Seeing that 40% got the
flu shot, you are looking at about 12,600 that died even though they got the
shot. It is not a serious help. Commonly it is blamed on a different
strain, co-morbidity etc. However, we
have to look logically and not so emotionally nor ‘scientifically dogmatic’ (I
put the math in for those people.)
Taking all that into account, you will either get the flu or
not, you will either die from it or not.
It is funny to me that when people get the flu and have had the shot it
is always stated that ‘at least it wasn’t as bad as if you didn’t get the shot’
how the hell do you know? Parallel
universe travel!?
So, don’t get the flu!
Anything you can do to help, helps your odds. So what can you do?
In Acupuncture and Oriental medicine there are plenty of
ways to fight it. From exercises (Qi
Gong) to herbal stews, teas and patches to one of my favorites, CUPPING.
Cupping has been touted as ‘The Chinese Flu Shot’ but I hate
using that term, because it is not just China but all over the world that
cupping is used. Cupping before or
during a flu season helps you fight it off naturally, and if you do get it, it
does make you feel better. No side
effects!
Chiropractic for the flu?
Well, no. Any chiropractic
treatment for the flu itself is just a dumb idea. Getting adjustments for general health is a great
idea. It is a pretty well known among
both chiropractors and osteopaths that manipulations helped during the 1918
Spanish Flu epidemic. Many cite really
good results and even fewer deaths than allopaths. I don’t know how much of it is myth and how
much is truth. I cannot find any
documentation, it has been mostly handed down to osteopaths and chiropractors
in story.
Getting adjustments does help the immune system as well as
your own resilience to emotional, mental, chemical and physical stress.
Here is one example of how chiropractic
manipulations of the spine can affect immunity.
https://www.danmurphydc.com/Rhodes_Flu.pdf
Wash your hands, cover your mouth, stay warm and dry, get
good rest, eat good food, drink water.
Stay away from things that reduce your immune response; stress, cold,
over work, alcohol, and other vices. In
other words, the best defense is a good offense. Stay well…
Also take plenty of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and vitamin D3
(it helps with hormone, and immune factors that your body builds and needs to
fight infections)
Physiology
and practice guidelines for pneumatic cupping. I do explain a bit about how it
works.
Here is a recap: The cup is placed on the back usually, with an
active infection you put more on the upper back near the lung fields. The suction pulls the skin up and causes a
negative pressure vacuum. This draws the
skin up and fluids out of their places; veins, venuoles, arterioles,
capillaries, interstitial spaces, lymph spaces, and intercellular spaces. This fluid being brought into the ‘wrong’
place makes the body react with a response of inflammation regulation,
swelling, and new fluid flow into the area.
The flu is a respiratory dis ease process. It affects the whole body but the lungs are
especially affected. In acupuncture
theory we say it is an invasion of cold wind or air into the usually hot
interior of the body. When this happens.
Recently, there is new info on the measles outbreaks in both
Western United States as well as in the central Phillipines (Visaya). Everyone wants to blame a few people who
have not been vaccinated when that is really not a correct stance. Remember when I mentioned that a virus is a
living being with a ‘will’ to survive?
Well it wants to continue on and will adapts where and when it can. For example, in 1987 in Texas an outbreak of
measles happened in a vaccinated community.
Statistics showed 99 percent of that population was vaccinated for
measles. Yet, NOT every non vaccinated
person got the measles, and as many as 12% of the students that were vaccinated
came down with the measles. Of course,
there is a waning effect on all vaccines, but that cannot be determined and is
not the reason for that and other outbreaks.
There are many conditions to consider not only in a community of people
but also in individuals, the environment as well as the season. This year, 2019 there have been just over
80 cases of measles reported (remember the population of the United States is
over 300 million) With the current vaccination rates around only 70% of the
population, that puts about 100 million at risk, but only 80 or so cases have
been reported. Why?
Well, one reason is the general vitality and health of the
individuals, the cleanliness of communities compared to ‘the past’ and other
factors such as improving treatment (even though typical treatment is to rest
and wait it out…)
This outbreak was both a battle cry for both pro vaccine
people that simply wanted more vaccinations.
(Often fueled by panic and well worded press releases from
pharmaceutical bodies) as well as for the so called anti-vaxxers that claim all
sorts of mishaps because of vaccinations.
We also have to look at the history of disease to determine
the communal anxiety surrounding them.
The Flu was highlighted by the 1918 outbreak that did kill
millions.
Vaccines were not available
then.
Diets were relatively terrible and
sanitation was an issue for many in the United States.
Remember, most people were still rather rural
and horses still outnumbered cars.
Then
there is measles, which if you look back at the word ‘measles’ means pustule in
old Dutch and eventually became synonymous with Leprosy.
Leprosy is a terribly disfiguring disease
that caused many societies to ban those infected to islands or areas away from
the general public.
We still have a hint
of that panic in us today.
Leprosy
(also known as Hansen’s disease)
https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.html
is from a slow growing bacterium, not a virus.
It is highly contagious but much more treatable now.
Only about 60 cases were even reported in the
United States in 2015.
Again, it is
largely due to better hygiene, living conditions, diet and sanitation.
There is and has been no vaccine for
Leprosy.
There are many non-allopathic (that is the term for Western
medicine doctors, allopath) treatments for any ailment. Some are complete hooey, and some are well
known and even studied. However, one you
can make money on is by far more studied and ‘verified’ than any ‘folk remedy’
or wives tale.
I would suggest using both.
It is fine to use a screw driver to put in a screw but easier if you use
an electric one or a drill with a screw driver bit. Right? Use the best tool available, but don’t only
rely on that. There are far more risks
in doing nothing than there are going to an allopath, getting a medication and
using the tried and true traditional remedies.
It is the result you are after not the process.
In the end, you are the one responsible for your own
health. If there is an outbreak of
something, don’t go there. Stay healthy
in the first place. Get the shots if you
want, but don’t assume anyone else should or has and don’t assume that it
worked if they did. Having ‘blind faith’
is no more a cure than doing nothing.
Keep yourself healthy. That is
the best start.
Many times the vaccines are no where close to being as effective as a placebo. For example, this year 2019 the CDC published, like it always does, the stats on effectiveness. There is some good info and stats there. Check it out here.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6806a2.htm
I am not saying get a jab or not, it is totally your decision. However, having blind faith in 'science' because it is scientific is as dumb as listening to a seer to determine your future. Good food for thought but that should be about it.
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How to smudge yourself and your space: To become centered, stabilized and cleared. 
Start anywhere in your house, go to each corner and waft the smoke in three clock-wise circles, then, move to the next corner (clockwise)… You can go to each room this way, ending in the same room you started in. It helps to keep the intention when wafting the smoke, repeat it quietly or to yourself. When you are done with the space smudging, grasp (with a cupped hand) the smoke and ‘wash’ your entire body, starting and ending with the area around your heart. Continue repeating your intention, BE with that intention in your heart or mind. Once done you can let the Sage or Palo Santo burn a little longer or tamp it out with sand…do not use water.