10 things you're not supposed to know about the swine flu vaccine

While we fidget at the edge of our seats for the swine flu vaccine to be made available here, there are 10 things you ought to know about it that drug companies probably don’t want you to know, according to Mike Adams, NaturalNews editor of the Health Ranger. These are:

1. The vaccine production was “rushed” and the vaccine has never been tested on humans. Do you like to play guinea pig for Big Pharma? If so, line up for your swine flu vaccine this October.

2. Swine flu vaccines contain dangerous adjuvants that cause an inflammatory response in the body. This is why they are suspected of causing autism and other neurological disorders.

3. The swine flu vaccine could actually increase your risk of death from swine flu by altering (or suppressing) your immune system response. There is zero evidence that even seasonal flu shots offer any meaningful protection for people who take the jabs. Vaccines are the snake oil of modern medicine.

4. Doctors still don’t know why the 1976 swine flu vaccines paralyzed so many people. And that means they really have no clue whether the upcoming vaccine might cause the same devastating side effects. (And they’re not testing it, either,)

5. Even if the swine flu vaccine kills you, the drug companies aren’t responsible. The US government has granted drug companies complete immunity against vaccine product liability. Thanks to that blanket immunity, drug companies have no incentive to make safe vaccines, because they only get paid based on quantity, not safety (zero liability).

6. No swine flu vaccine works as well as vitamin D to protect you from influenza. That’s an inconvenient scientific fact that the US government, the FDA, and Big Pharma hope the people never realize.

7. Even if the swine flu vaccine actually works, mathematically speaking if everyone else around you gets the vaccine, you don’t need one! (Because it can’t spread through the population you hang with.) So even if you believe in the vaccine, all you need to do is encourage your friends to go get vaccinated.

8. Drug companies are making billions of dollars from the production of swine flu vaccines. That money comes out of your pocket — even if you don’t get the jab — because it’s all paid by the taxpayers.

9. When people start dying in larger numbers from the swine flu, rest assured that many of them will be the very people who got the swine flu vaccine. Doctors will explain this away with their typical Big Pharma logic: “The number saved is far greater than the number lost.” Of course, the number “saved” is entirely fictional ... imaginary ... and exists only in their own warped heads.

10. The swine flu vaccine centers that will crop up all over the world in the coming months aren’t completely useless: They will provide an easy way to identify large groups of really stupid people. (Too bad there isn’t some sort of blue dye that we could tag ‘em with for future reference.)

Adams gives this parting shot: “The lottery, they say, is a tax on people who can’t do math. Similarly, flu vaccines are a tax on people who don’t understand health.”

Waiting for Cory

So where were you last Wednesday, Aug. 5? Of course, we were at the funeral of President Cory Aquino. We joined the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who trooped to the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque partly on foot. Call it an instant marathon. We started waiting for Cory’s cortege at half past 12 in a compound across the gate of Manila Memorial. A lot of people had beat us to it though, camping out at the Memorial grounds as early as the night before. Bless their persevering souls!

A battalion of families came — father, mother, children, even babies, Lolo and Lola, a lot of them wearing something Cory yellow. Mila Mallari, who lived nearby, brought her daughter Rivel, a UP student who wasn’t even born yet when the EDSA Revolution took place. Prim old ladies wearing Cory pins either stood or sat wherever they could. Men and young boys were precariously perched on rooftops, ledges, and awnings.

Lolo Jose Burgos, Jr., 75, flew in that morning via Cebu Pacific just to attend Cory’s funeral. Others came from as far as Quezon province, Baguio, and Ilocos.

By 1 p.m., some of the streets had become impassable due to massive human traffic. And the harder the rains fell, the more the crowds swelled. We found a nice spot on a pavement, which we guarded with our lives. As the crowds started chanting “Cory, Cory!” and our stomachs began grumbling, we fished a pack of Skyflakes crackers and a bottle of mineral water from our bags. Those who did not bring baon did not go hungry as long as they brought some cash to buy food from the assorted enterprising vendors. There were fishballs, taho, balut, ice cream. There was even Inasal, but I wondered: How do you eat chicken inasal and rice standing up while jostling with humanity?

As they waited to catch one last glimpse of Cory, even total strangers found themselves sharing food, stories, their joys and pains like they’d known each other forever. 

Several packs of Skyflakes and a filling dinner at Serye later, we finally caught sight of the huge flower-bedecked truck carrying Cory’s casket. Cries of “Cory! Cory!” filled the night air as the procession sliced across a sea of humanity. Following the hearse were coaches bearing the Aquino children and relatives. They flashed the L sign (for laban, not “Yaya, you’re a loser”) and waved to the crowds. Pinky Abellada was telling colleague Bum Tenorio that she hoped the people could hear her profuse “thank-yous” from the bus’ glass window. Yes, Pinky, we heard you! 

“There’ll never be another one like this (or Ninoy Aquino’s funeral in 1983),” the visibly moved and teary-eyed Bum tells me. “Aren’t you proud to be part of history?”

Yes, we kept our date with history. My arms were sore from holding up an umbrella too long, my back was aching from having sat on a cold pavement too long, and my feet were blistered from having walked too far, but you know what? Deep down inside me, it felt so good to have been part of it all.

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The buzz on the dengue mosquito trap

The mosquito trap recipe to ward off the dreaded dengue that we published not too long ago created quite a buzz. To answer the stream of inquiries from readers that continues to pour in, here’s a letter from the sender of the recipe:

You know I just received the picture instructions myself. But looking carefully at the pictures and the numbers in the foreign language instructions, I believe the measurements would/could be like this: Mix 50 ml. brown sugar in 200 ml. of water and one tablespoon of yeast.

Sorry if I am not much help, but I would try the above proportions and see if it works.

Sally tesoro

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