Epidemics

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Thanks to everyone for all the input and information. I check in here about every day or so, and I ALWAYS get new and useful information. Plus, of course, the comfort of a community of thought.

Last month I saw a post on a North forum about the epidemics that will ensue if there are system failures of even one week. I don't remember the details, but the writer said that the sewers backing up & trash piling up will be the sources of orgin for fun stuff like ecoli (sp?) and cholera. The hospitals, etc., will already be overwhelmed by the interruption of services and the volume of victims of exposure & accidents, and simply be unable to control the spread of such diseases.

Has anyone seen anything about this sort of prediction of massive fatalities due to such epidemics? We're already planning to have full medical & dental checkups prior to Y2k, but now I'm thinking of telling our doc to pretend we're going to spend New Year's Eve in Calcutta and get as many vaccinations as he'll give us.

Dumb idea? I'm a closet hypochondriac anyway (fewer germs in here!), but this line of thinking is really alarming!

Whatcha all think?

THanks!

-- Debbie (lavoierd@gisco.net), July 17, 1998

Answers

The last thing you want to do is fill your body full of questionable vaccines. The second to last thing you want to do is fill your body full of antibiotics. Let me briefly explain...

I've been to Russia a number of times. The first two times I got very sick (this is not good if you've even seen a Russian hospital).

So, I thought I'd be smart and take a 'nuclear' antibiotic called Floxin *before* I went the third time. (This was recommended to me by my physician.) It almost killed me. I was in bed for four months and it took me 2 years for my body to recover.

The key to staying healthy in any situation is having a strong immune system. No matter what epidemics hit the world in the past, not everyone died. Why? Because many had strong immune systems. The ones that didn't, died.

Learn what you have to do to build your immune system. There is plenty of info out there, and I can send you some if you like.

God gave us a body that will protect us from virtually anything it runs into if it is given what it needs to do the job. Incredible discoveries are being made every year now that give us what we need.

Don't rely on the 'white man witch doctor'. That may sound harsh and even disrespectful, but it is not intended that way. I have found some incredibly skilled physicians. But many just push pills and quick fixes. You don't need that. You need health. Find it in what God has already provided.

Blessings!

-Pastor Chris http://www.lifetel.com/y2k2000.htm

-- Pastor Chris (chrisbr@ptinet.net), July 17, 1998.


I agree with Debbie. Vaccinations kill and sicken an "acceptable number" of the populations to which they are given. Antibiotics will strip the friendly flora (acidophilus, bifidus) from your digestive tract and weaken your digestion and your immune response, killing you slowly and causing candida, chronic fatigue, etc. on the way. Antibiotics also breed stronger bugs, the same way insecticides do. Everybody who wants to build their immune system: look into phytochemicals, bioflavinoids, herbs like echinacea, astralagus, golden seal. Take a multivitamin and lots of antioxidants, like C, E, A, and S.O.D.. Some are to be used only sporadically, not everyday - read up, and follow directions. If you have had a big dose of antibiotics in the past, and feel fatigued, confused, get sick a lot, etc., then read up on candida and treatments for it. It is possible to cure it through diet, and ingestion of enzymes and friendly flora. Most people should be supplementing with enzymes. Oxygen therapy - ozone, dilute solutions of H202 taken orally- has cured many iatrogenic (doctor-caused) and chronic diseases. It is not quackery, but a suppressed therapy; investigate, and make your own decision. Stop eating crap, eat pure, low-fat, whole foods, nothing processed. Get 30 minutes of sweaty, heart-pumping exercise every day. And if your sewer system can't guarantee compliance, get out of your city. It is sadly ironic that many people who would buy a gas mask to protect themselves and their families from disease would not lift a finger to supercharge their immune function!

E.

-- E. Coli (nunoyew@beeswax.com), July 17, 1998.


I'm sorry to see anyone was given Floxin!!!! I think the nature of the epidemic scare is directed more to areas in the cities with concentrated population. If you live in a rural setting just remember some very important things. 1. Destroy all garbage, preferably by burning it. 2. Do not dump hazardouse chemicals on the ground or into streams, rivers, etc. Your dumping ground is probably someone elses' water supply. 3. Human waste, sorry to bring this up, should be sealed in baggies and buried. An outhouse would be the obvious solution. 4. Stock up on rat & mouse traps. They are the obvious carriers. Also, do not destroy snakes!!!! They are your friends in the rural settings when faced with epidemics elsewhere... Just some basic rules to follow, but I doubt that this will be an issue. But knowing the ground rules never hurts!

-- John Galt (jgaltfla@hotmail.com), July 18, 1998.

regarding the poor advice to burn garbage and also avoid toxins

burning plastic creates dioxins and many other ultrahazardous compounds -- it is bio-accummulative and mutation causing

better to buy foods in bulk and get a composting toilet much more hygenic than worrying about garbage or over flowing outhouses

-- mark robinowitz (mrobinowitz@igc.org), July 20, 1998.


As health researchers investigating promising (even radical) protocls for MS, we discovered something that will shock you. It did us. One of the predminath "theories" as tohow MS starts is through a long dormant virus. What kind? (Are you ready?) measles (along with a few more) The method of reporting on "side effects" for immunization is not only flawed, its downright criminal. Report (loudly) the sucesses (meagre, if any) and discard, bury, cover-up the failures. Ever try to get your child "exempted' from the school vaccination program? try it sometime, just for fun. I did. you will begin to sense the massive and endemic pressure. Most people don;t know that immunzation has never(!) been proven, in double blind tests (the gold standard in science) to do what they say they do. Malaria is now growing in the third world. A simple, inexpensive solution does exist, but where would we then dump all the useless "doses" we pawn off overseas. I invite you to look into Colloidal Silver. Even your health store maynot know of it. it is pre-1938 (before FDA). it is so damn effective, killing over 650 pathogens (the average antibiotic works on 8-10). Resistance never sets in. After you get your feet wet in this area....post your reply (please).

-- L. Christopher (peekpub@aol.com), July 21, 1998.


As health researchers investigating promising (even radical) protocls for MS, we discovered something that will shock you. It did us. One of the predminath "theories" as tohow MS starts is through a long dormant virus. What kind? (Are you ready?) measles (along with a few more) The method of reporting on "side effects" for immunization is not only flawed, its downright criminal. Report (loudly) the sucesses (meagre, if any) and discard, bury, cover-up the failures. Ever try to get your child "exempted' from the school vaccination program? try it sometime, just for fun. I did. you will begin to sense the massive and endemic pressure. Most people don;t know that immunzation has never(!) been proven, in double blind tests (the gold standard in science) to do what they say they do. Malaria is now growing in the third world. A simple, inexpensive solution does exist, but where would we then dump all the useless "doses" we pawn off overseas. I invite you to look into Colloidal Silver. Even your health store maynot know of it. it is pre-1938 (before FDA). it is so damn effective, killing over 650 pathogens (the average antibiotic works on 8-10). Resistance never sets in. After you get your feet wet in this area....post your reply (please).

-- L. Christopher (peekpub@aol.com), July 21, 1998.

We've found a great way to build the immunity system with glyconutrients & phytochemicals. I don't know if there will be any epidemics, but if you're concerned about them, contact me, I'll get you the information you'll need. The company is on the cutting edge of building the body's natural immune system. The company's called Mannatech. Debbie

-- Debbie L. MacLurg (maclurgs1@juno.com), July 23, 1998.

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