Schizophrenic CDC pulls document admitting Ebola can spread via sneezes and doorknobs; see the original here

(NaturalNews) Just days after admitted it lied about how Ebola spreads and finally admitting the virus can spread through aerosolized particles propelled via sneezing or coughing, the CDC yanked its document off the web.

It replaced it with a new PDF that's almost entirely empty, except for the statement "Fact sheet is being updated and is currently unavailable." You can see that file at this CDC link.

As the editor of Natural News, I anticipated the CDC doing this, so I saved off a copy of the original PDF on Natural News servers, which you can access at the following link:
http://www.naturalnews.com/files/infections-...

"Ebola is spread through droplets" - admitted but now scrubbed

As you can see in the original document the CDC has now buried, it admitted "Ebola is spread through droplets," and stated "Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person."

The document also stated "Droplets can contaminate objects like doorknobs" and explained "A person might also get infected by touching a surface or object that has germs on it and then touching their mouth or nose."

This document was the first time the CDC admitted the truth about how Ebola can spread through indirect contact. (All along, the CDC has insisted Ebola can only spread through "direct contact," a claim based on pure medical quackery and a deliberate intention to deceive the American public.)

Here's a snapshot from the original CDC document, now scrubbed:

CDC goes from incompetent to schizophrenic

The CDC, which merely looked incompetent before all this, now looks downright schizophrenic.

The agency apparently can't decide which version of Ebola lies it really wants to push from day to day: should it claim Ebola can't spread through aerosolized particles? Should it claim sneezes only travel 3 feet? Should it claim Ebola can't contaminated surfaces? Every new day brings a bizarre new deviation from medical reality by the CDC, an out-of-control agency of anti-science quackery that puts us all at risk.

The CDC, of course, has a long history of scrubbing factual information it didn't want the public to see. About a year ago, the CDC scrubbed medical history information describing how 98 million Americans were accidentally injected with primate cancer viruses via polio vaccinations.

That page originally stated, "More than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine from 1955 to 1963 when a proportion of vaccine was contaminated with SV40."

Here's a screen shot of the page the CDC scrubbed on polio vaccines: (click it to see the hi-res version)



Today, of course, the CDC no longer admits that any such history actually took place. Revisionist history is so routine at the CDC that the agency smacks of George Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" where history is constantly rewritten to shape the minds of the masses into present-day political delusions.

When it comes to the CDC, those delusions include the CDC's longstanding ridiculous insistence that Ebola can't be spread through the air, Ebola can't contaminated surfaces, Ebola is difficult to catch, Ebola only has a 21-day incubation period and a long list of other assorted lies that contradict known epidemiological science.

An agency that can't decide which lies to stick with should never be trusted in the first place

What you are witnessing here with the CDC is an agency that's so incompetent it can't decide which set of lies to promote on any given day.

The really hilarious thing in all this is that every virologist in the world knows Ebola can be spread through indirect contact, and if it wasn't for the NIH controlling the purse strings of most virology research in the United States, you'd have hundreds of scientists publicly speaking out and condemning the CDC for its outrageous, deliberate misinformation.

This is the same agency that trained Nurse Hickox as an "intelligence officer" who just happened to wind up in a quarantine while having the kind of media training to make a huge fuss about it and get the quarantines shut down.

At every turn, instead of working on behalf of the safety of the American public, the CDC is deliberately working in the interests of the Ebola virus by downplaying its transmission vectors, lying to the public and actively dismantling sensible defensive measures like travel restrictions or 21-day quarantines.

More and more Americans are now realizing the CDC has become a disgrace. As I said weeks ago, the agency is a "clear and present danger to the safety of the American people," and the firing of Thomas Frieden is long overdue.

Until that happens, I wonder what lies the CDC will come up with tomorrow? Maybe they will claim Ebola can only spread if you don't keep your fingers crossed or some other such quackery. It is no exaggeration to say that the CDC has become the most anti-science, quackery-promoting agency in the U.S. government, and it clearly suffers from a some kind of institutionalized mental disorder.

Obviously, anyone who wishes to survive an Ebola outbreak in America needs to take matters into their own hands and learn pandemic preparedness. To do that, just download all the MP3 audio files right now from www.BioDefense.com

Sources for this story include:
[1] http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/infections-...

[2] http://www.naturalnews.com/files/infections-...

[3] http://www.naturalnews.com/041411_sv40_hidde...

http://www.naturalnews.com/047468_Ebola_outbreak_CDC_revisionist_history.html#ixzz3HkCSlnZb

Nobel Prize winner: Ebola can be spread by people who show no symptoms

(NaturalNews) Nearly 15 years ago, European and African scientists knew that the Ebola virus could infect a person without them knowing about it, meaning they can walk around with the virus in their system and never show any symptoms.

In 2000, The New York Times (archived here), cited the findings of a study published in a prestigious medical journal, reporting:

The possibility of asymptomatic infection was only suggested in earlier studies, they said in last week's issue of The Lancet, a medical journal published in London. Now they said they had documented such infections for the first time. They found that the Ebola virus could persist in the blood of asymptomatic infected individuals for two weeks after they were first exposed to an infected individual. How much longer the virus can persist is unknown.

The Times went on to report that the virus "usually spreads" from someone who is infected via contamination "in clinics or hospitals," generally through contact with materials contaminated with infected bodily fluids. At that time, however, based on the "new finding" at the time, "some" Ebola "cases may result from healthy carriers," though "[h]ow often is unknown."

The 13 percent

Fast-forward to the present. In the largest study of the current outbreak, scientists have further discovered that more than 1-in-10, 13 percent, of Ebola patients don't exhibit a fever or other symptoms. As reported by the Los Angeles Times:

The study, sponsored by the World Health Organization and published online late last month by the New England Journal of Medicine, analyzed data on 3,343 confirmed and 667 probable cases of Ebola.

The finding that 87.1% of those infected exhibited fever - but 12.9% did not - illustrates the challenges confronting health authorities as they struggle to contain the epidemic.

That finding has been echoed by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, as he voiced support for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's recent (now vacated) order to quarantine anyone returning from West Africa for 21 days. As reported by NJ.com:

Dr. [Bruce] Beutler, an American medical doctor and researcher, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 2011 for his work researching the cellular subsystem of the body's overall immune system - the part of it that defends the body from infection by other organisms, like Ebola.

In voicing support for Christie's quarantine, Dr. Beutler -- current director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas -- told the website, "I favor it," adding, "I favor it, because it's not entirely clear that they can't transmit the disease." He was referring to currently asymptomatic healthcare worker Kaci Hickox, a Doctors Without Borders nurse who recently returned to New Jersey after treating patients in Sierra Leone and was quarantined in the state for 65 hours. She was eventually taken to her home state of Maine.

'There's a lot of variation with viruses'

"It may not be absolutely true that those without symptoms can't transmit the disease, because we don't have the numbers to back that up," Dr. Beutler continued in his NJ.com interview. "It could be people develop significant viremia [where viruses enter the bloodstream and gain access to the rest of the body], and become able to transmit the disease before they have a fever, even.

"People may have said that without symptoms you can't transmit Ebola. I'm not sure about that being 100 percent true. There's a lot of variation with viruses," he added.

Despite the massive WHO study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to insist that the virus is not communicable in people without symptoms.

"There's some imperative to prevent panic among the public," Dr. Beutler said. "But to be honest, people have not examined that with transmissibility in mind. I don't completely trust people who'd say that as dogma."

Since Ebola came to the U.S., the CDC's chief, Dr. Thomas Frieden, has put out so much conflicting information that any reasonable person would conclude that's all it is: dogma.


Sources:

http://www.washingtonsblog.com

http://www.nytimes.com

http://www.latimes.com

http://www.nj.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

http://www.naturalnews.com/047455_Ebola_transmission_asymptomatic_carriers_no_symptoms.html

35 Personal Security Tips When Out And About

This list of personal security tips will help secure you in your daily life – while hopefully inspiring more awareness while you are out-and-about (and everywhere else).


Always be alert and aware of your surroundings and of the people around you.
Make casual eye contact with people when walking.
Do not be easily distracted or take your eyes off of someone you feel looks suspicious in a possibly dangerous situation.
Always carry ID and enough cash with you in case you need it for an emergency or to call a taxi, etc.
Whenever possible, buddy-up to walk out to dark parking lots.
Always inform family or friends if you are traveling, and give them itinerary dates and locations you will visit.
Try to stay away from the brush or trees when walking or running. Always be prepared to run away from an attacker and scream.
Turn and go in the opposite direction of the car if a stranger approaches offering a ride. If possible, write down the license plate and description of the car.
Do not respond to conversation from strangers on the street.
Walk confidently, at a steady pace, and have your keys ready in your hand.
Avoid being on a cell phone with an iPod in your other ear unaware of your surroundings, this makes you an easy target.
Avoid dangerous places at night time, visit them during day time hours.
Stop and look around if you feel unsafe entering an area. You may want to return at a different time. Trust your instincts.
Avoid isolated bus or train stops. Otherwise, continuously look all around you. Be aware.
Don’t stay in the same spot and make yourself an easy target if at a bus or train stop and feel unsafe, .
Don’t open you purse or wallet while boarding the bus; have your fare ready.
Keep flashy jewelry out of sight.
Sit as close to the bus driver as possible while on a bus during off-hours.
Check your purse or wallet if someone is jostling, crowding or pushing you.
Never leave your purse, backpack or briefcase in plain view. Lock it up when you leave your desk or office.
Keep the office door locked if you work alone or before/after normal business hours.
Try to find another worker or a security guard to walk out with you if you work late.
Do not get in the elevator with another person if you do not feel comfortable with that person; take the next one. If you have to get in, stand next to the control panel so that if you are attacked, you can press the alarm and as many of the control buttons as possible.
Be alert for pickpockets on crowded elevators.
Be aware of escape routes for emergencies, and post phone numbers of the Police and Fire Departments in your cell phone so you do not have to fumble pushing many numbers.
Avoid danger spots like quiet or badly-lit alleyways, subways or isolated car parks. Walk down the middle of the pavement if the street is deserted.
Consider heading for a public place; somewhere you know there will be other people, for example a garage or shop.
Avoid passing stationary cars with their engines running and people sitting in them.
Try to keep both hands free and don’t walk with your hands in your pockets.
Walk facing oncoming traffic whenever possible, to avoid curb crawlers.
Keep your mind on your surroundings – remember if you are chatting on your mobile phone or wearing a personal stereo, you will not hear trouble approaching.
Be extra careful when using ATM machines. Make sure nobody is hovering nearby and don’t count your money in the middle of the street.
Trust your instincts and take action if you think you are being followed. As confidently as you can, cross the road, turning to see who is behind you. If you are still being followed, keep moving. Make for a busy area and tell people what is happening.
Beware of someone who warns you of the danger of walking alone and then offers to accompany you. This is a ploy some attackers have been known to use.
Consider carrying a personal safety alarm, which can be used to shock and disorientate an attacker giving you vital seconds to get away.

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/security/35-personal-security-tips-when-out-and-about/ 

Anti-quarantine nurse Hickox was trained as intelligence officer by the CDC

(NaturalNews) Nurse Kaci Hickox, who has made headlines over the last few days by refusing to quarantine herself after returning from the Ebola front lines in Africa, turns out to have been trained as an "intelligence officer" under a two-year CDC program modeled after the U.S. military.

As you can see from the document below, Hickox graduated from a two-year CDC intelligence officer training program in 2012. This is the same nurse whose LinkedIn page was recently scrubbed to hide her ties to the CDC, an agency that stands to benefit tremendously in both political power and budgets if an Ebola outbreak sweeps across America.

The official intelligence designation granted to Nurse Hickox by the CDC was "Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer," and she is a graduate of the 2012 EIS program according to this CDC document (PDF). (See page 138 - 139 for her name and photo, or view photo below.)

That same year, the CDC graduated 81 such "intelligence officers" whose names and photos are also listed in the public document.

The CDC models its operations after the U.S. military

What is a CDC intelligence officer? To understand the answer, you first have to realize that the CDC models itself after the U.S. military which is why CDC "officers" wear military costumes when appearing before Congress, complete with shoulder stripes, stars and badges.

Just as with the U.S. Army, the CDC also has "intelligence officers" whose jobs include gathering intelligence, analyzing intelligence and conducting counterintelligence ops. The CDC's sanitized description of this job is found on this web page which states:

EIS officers are on the public health frontlines, conducting epidemiologic investigations, research, and public health surveillance both nationally and internationally.

That same page shows a photograph of a CDC intelligence officer wearing a military costume, complete with multiple stars on the shirt collar and a military-style name tag. These are symbols used to project the appearance of authority by adopting military dress even though the CDC isn't even under the command of the Dept. of Defense.

The uniforms are just one sign of the militarization of the CDC, an organization so steeped in delusional theatrics that it still won't admit sneeze particles can travel farther than 3 feet or that Ebola actually has a 42-day incubation period, not the 21 days we are repeatedly told.

Serving the public, or endangering it?

With all this said, why is a CDC-trained intelligence officer screaming so loudly about putting herself into a home quarantine for 21 days to reduce the risk of transmitting Ebola to other Americans? If the CDC is supposed to be serving the public, then why is this CDC-trained intelligence officer clearly abandoning any real concern for public safety by refusing to comply with a sensible self-quarantine rule?

"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," she said in a Today interview. [1] "I remain appalled by these home quarantine policies that have been forced upon me... I'm not going to sit around and be bullied around by politicians and be forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."

These are not the words of a concerned, ethically-driven epidemiologist. They are the words of a CDC intelligence operative who has been trained in the art of information warfare. Her words reflect the aims of the CDC which has openly opposed all sensible pandemic protections for Americans.

America's most important medical decisions, in other words, are right now being influenced by an intelligence operative trained by the CDC under a two-year program modeled after the military.

Are her actions and words now starting to make a lot more sense?



Sources for this article include:
[1] http://www.today.com/health/nurse-kaci-hicko...

[2] http://www.naturalnews.com/files/PDF-2013-EI...

http://www.naturalnews.com/047444_Ebola_quarantine_Kaci_Hickox_intelligence_officer.html

Ebola intentionally spread across USA as part of 'organized terror plot' says veterans news site

(NaturalNews) The potential for Ebola to be deployed as a weapon of terror has been on everyone's minds since the Dallas outbreak and the NYC doctor episode. One prominent online publication now believes that Ebola's deployment as a weapon is already under way (see below).

Virologists have long known that Ebola might be a so-called "perfect" weapon to be deployed in asymmetrical warfare. "Bioterror is among the most serious concerns for security experts, it is an ideal tool for the weaker parties in so-called asymmetrical warfare, where enemies differ significantly in the resources and firepower they can draw on for battle," says scientist Nathan Wolfe, author of The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age. [1]

He goes on to state:

Even a weak opponent, like a terrorist group, can wreak havoc with the right combination of microbe and dispersal. Microbes hold great potential for terror groups. They are much easier to gian access to than chemical or nuclear weapons, and critically, unlike either chemical or nuclear weapons, they can spread on their own. They can "go viral" which is something that neither deadly sarin gas nor a dirty bomb can accomplish.

Perhaps the only comparable situation is the long-term horror of some nuclear fallout expressing itself in generations of mutated offspring and high rates of cancer, as seen in Hiroshima. But those insidious effects are environmental and thus relatively slow. A fast-acting, fast-spreading viral weapon would have that impact over days, not decades.

It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk for bioterror, and most who study it contend that it is just a matter of time before it's unleashed on a human population. (Emphasis added)

Veterans Today declares Ebola bioterrorism now under way

Veterans Today senior editor Gordon Duff is now reporting "There is an organized terror plot on behalf of financial entities to spread Ebola through the United States." [2]

On the Veterans Today website, Duff explains:

We have information through private communication with a well known and sometimes maligned foreign intelligence agency that the US has been targeted. ...people are being purposefully infected with Ebola. We do not know for certain if this involved profit related to vaccinations but we do know that it involves the upcoming US election, oil price fluctuations and manipulation of the US stock markets.

The Veterans Today website came under attack immediately after the article was published, says Duff:

Veterans Today came under a massive assault from the US Army Signals/Hacker Corps at Ft. Huchuca after this was published.

Read the full post here.

What to make of this?

I've never spoken with Gordon Duff and I'm not all that familiar with the Veterans Today publication, but the threat of Ebola bioterrorism needs to be taken seriously by us all. There's no way for us to really know for sure whether Ebola has been intentionally released anywhere as a weapon, but here are some important things we do know which might be valuable clues:

• Ebola would be ridiculously easy to harvest right now and deploy as a bioterrorism weapon. There's almost no chance that a person intentionally carrying Ebola would be detected at U.S. entry points unless they were highly symptomatic.

• Ebola is the "perfect" weapon for evil-minded terrorists because it is untraceable, self-replicating and it does not damage the infrastructure of society. (It kills people but doesn't destroy refineries and bridges, in other words...) It also causes a very large psychological change in society, driving some people into a state of fear and others into a state of preparedness.

• There are many parties that would benefit enormously from an Ebola bioterrorism event. You can probably figure out all the usual suspects yourself, but the list would likely include vaccine companies, population control zealots and anyone in government that wanted to declare medical martial law and benefit from the concentration of power into the hands of the few.

• There is also a reasonable argument circulating now that says the banksters need a scapegoat for the massive market crash (and debt implosion) they've been staving off for years with the Fed's desperate cash pumping. If Ebola gets released, they can allow the crash to unravel while nullifying all financial contract claims because a viral pandemic would be deemed an "act of God." (There is specific language in nearly all contracts that provide a no-fault out for any such "act of God.")

• It's crystal clear right now that the White House is dictating the national media's downplaying of Ebola news. There might be multiple Ebola infections happening right now at hospitals across America, but news of those outbreaks might be censored in order to prevent the public from losing faith in government right before the mid-term elections. Once the elections are over, it will be interesting to see if there's an uptick in Ebola coverage.

If you don't think such a media blackout can occur in a nation with a supposed "free press," check out the recent nationwide media blackout on the CDC vaccine whistleblower story, which received absolutely zero coverage in the establishment media even though it was one of the largest medical stories of the decade. Make no mistake: When the media is ordered to censor a news story, they censor it across the board and immediately distract the public with something else, usually a juicy celebrity scandal of some kind.

• All the CDC's recent announcements that people are cleared of Ebola because they've been observed for 21 days is little more than medical theater. As everybody knows by now, the real incubation window for Ebola is 42 days, just as described by the World Health Organization in a story covered first here at Natural News.

Lots of theories, but few convincing answers

If anything, the Veterans Today article invokes more questions than answers, and the bioterrorism theory is just one of many theories being considered right now by critical thinkers across the alternative media.

The thing I love about the alternative media -- and this is how you know it's more intelligent than the droning mainstream media -- is that not everyone agrees on what's happening. While the mainstream media usually offers homogenized, "processed" news parroted from AP and the White House, independent media outlets often strongly disagree on the interpretation of what's happening.

For example, my colleague Jon Rappoport at www.NoMoreFakeNews.com is convinced the Ebola outbreak was staged and isn't even real. Although I differ from his conclusions on this subject, he brings up a lot of good points that need to be considered. Rappoport is very well informed on the history of fraud at the CDC, and his perspective on Ebola is a valuable contribution to the ongoing investigations.

What do I personally think of all this? I'm convinced Ebola is real and is really infecting people, but I'm highly skeptical of the government's disastrous response to the spread of the disease. In fact, I'm convinced they must be deliberately encouraging the spread of Ebola in the USA. Why else wouldn't all air traffic from infected nations be closed by now?

I still have a thousand questions on all this, and I don't feel any of us have a solid grip on exactly where this came from, why it's happening, and who might be behind it. Like you, I'm still asking questions, and as our knowledge of what's happening improves, we may reach different conclusions from the ones we presently hold.

Ebola may be a tool of powerful forces that play at a level you and I wouldn't even recognize

In truth, there are far more powerful and ruthless forces at work in the world than most of us can imagine. One way or another, Ebola is probably a tool of aggressive social or political change which has been optimized and released with a very specific goal in mind.

Although I don't have any concrete evidence to support the conclusion, I very much doubt this is just a "natural" outbreak which happened to show up in America by sheer coincidence. I've been around long enough to know that real coincidences are rare. Most things that appear to be coincidence are, in fact, deliberately engineered. Especially in an election year.

Arguably the most important question to ask in all this is, "Who benefits the most from an Ebola outbreak?" If you can somehow manage to nail the answer to that question, you'll probably identify the parties responsible for it. But be careful what you ask for. The last guy who claimed to have damning evidence against powerful parties was Andrew Breitbart. He is no longer living.

Until the truth gets revealed, get yourself prepared for a potential pandemic. My Ebola preparedness audio course is entirely free at www.BioDefense.com



Sources for this article include:
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Viral-Storm-Dawn-New-P...

[2] http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/10/15/vt-i...

http://www.naturalnews.com/047432_Ebola_outbreak_bioterrorism_weapon.html#ixzz3HX51Rss0

When Ebola comes to your town, will there be any nurses or doctors willing to treat it?

(NaturalNews) Uncertainty over the validity of the information regarding the Ebola virus being put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has led to outright fear among a growing number of American healthcare workers, and many of them are simply refusing to take care of the latest patient in New York City.

According to reports, nurses and medical staff at Bellevue Hospital in NYC have been calling in "sick" in what appears to be a naked refusal to deal with him, especially on the heels that a pair of nurses who took care of the first domestic patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, also tested positive for the deadly disease in Dallas.

In those cases, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden blamed the infections on the nurses, saying they violated protocols, but in reality, it appeared as though no protocols were in place yet, despite the fact that the institution where Duncan was initially treated, then sent home, then readmitted with symptoms, underwent hospital-wide Ebola training in the days before his first arrival.

In the case of the NYC patient, Dr. Craig Spencer, who just a few weeks ago was in West Africa treating Ebola patients as part of the Doctors Without Borders organization, he at first told health authorities that he "self-quarantined," only to reveal later that he had, in fact, been out in public - in ride-share cabs, in a bowling alley and on the subway -- the day before he developed symptoms.

'Sick-out? There's no sick-out'

With so much chaos surrounding the disease, is it any wonder that healthcare providers are becoming leery of treating anyone with the virus - especially when one of their own behaved so irresponsibly?

"It is a tragedy this doctor who gave of his time to help treat Ebola patients has been stricken with this deadly, contagious disease; however, he knew the risk," reads a blog entry at FreedomOutpost.com. "Instead of acting responsibly before leaving Guinea and after returning home, this man chose to go about life as usual. Now, he has potentially exposed and infected dozens of individuals. This is unacceptable. Spencer should be held personally responsible for any individuals who contracts [sic] the virus because of contact with him."

As reported by the New York Post, an "extraordinary" number of nurses called in after Spencer was admitted; sources say that those who have shown up to treat him are petrified to go inside his isolation ward.

"The nurses on the floor are miserable with a 'why me?' attitude, scared to death and overworked because all their co-workers called out sick," a source that was not identified by the Post said. "One nurse even went as far as to pretend she was having a stroke to get out of working there, but once they cleared her in the ER they sent her back up."

Ana Marengo, a spokeswoman for Health and Hospitals Corporation, denied that there was a sick-out. She said Spencer was being treated by nurses who work in teams of two, "with one serving as a buddy watching the other."

'Candidate for experimental treatments'

At the time of this writing, Dr. Spencer was listed as being in stable condition. The Post said sources report that he is advising staff taking care of him about how to do so properly and safely.

"As a doctor, he knows a lot about medicine, so he would call the nurses station all day and going back and forth with doctors on what to do," the source told the Post.

Dr. Spencer is not able to receive visitors, but sources told the paper that he will be able to Skype with friends once his room is set up with a video camera.

Also, medical staff and hospital officials refused to discuss his exact treatment, but current doctors are trying to keep him comfortable and hydrated.

"He will be a candidate for any experimental treatments that might be available," Dr. Irwin Redlener, an adviser to the mayor, told the Post.

Learn all these details and more at the FREE online Pandemic Preparedness course at www.BioDefense.com

Sources:

http://www.thedailysheeple.com

http://freedomoutpost.com

http://nypost.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

http://www.naturalnews.com/047439_Ebola_medical_professionals_Craig_Spencer.html

Boosting Your Immune System: What NOT to Eat

Tis the season for the flu shot propaganda machine to rev into high gear, as Big Pharma, the CDC, and the mainstream media urge people to roll up their sleeves and have toxins like mercury and formaldehyde injected into them, all in the name of “staying healthy this winter.”
There’s a much easier way to stay healthy that also involves toxins – the ones in our food supply. Only I recommend avoiding them instead of injecting them directly into your body.
If you consume processed foods on a regular basis, you’re forcing your immune system to work to protect you against the things you are ingesting, instead of fighting off viruses and germs.
Many people thoughtlessly poison themselves every single day. They have some white sugar and fluoride in the morning coffee. They have some MSG-laden, highly salted saturated fat at lunch and wash it down with a neurotoxic, artificially sweetened drink. Dinner gets picked up at a convenient drive-thru window, and it’s enriched with more MSG and some GMO high fructose corn syrup. Don’t even get me started on that late night snack in front of the TV. Most of what typical Americans eat can hardly even be considered actual food.
This isn’t just some far-fetched conspiracy theory. A recent study published in the Nutrition Journal focused on the effects of a junk food diet on the human immune system. Dr. Ian Miles, a physician at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, concluded that ingredients such as refined sugars, salt, saturated fat, artificial sweeteners, gluten, and genetically modified foods, all negatively impacted the human body, and led to to increased inflammation, reduced control of infection, increased rates of cancer, and increased risk for allergic and auto-inflammatory disease. On top of that, beneficial cut bacteria is disturbed, leading to a more vulnerable immune system.
The bottom line is, when you’re poisoning your system instead of nourishing it, you are working at cross-purposes with your body.

Here are the things to avoid if you want to stay healthy:

Hydrogenated fat
These are the highly processed “bad fats”. Anything that says “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” is a fat that has been processed to add hydrogen. This keeps the fat hard at room temperature and works as a cheap, less perishable substitute for butter in processed foods. The increased rigidity in these fat molecules causes them to get “stuck” in your arteries, and can lead to heart disease, cancer, and decreased immune function. The World’s Healthiest Foods, a not-for-profit website, explains further:

Unsaturated fats have various wavy or zigzag forms (called “cis-” forms) that contribute to more flexible arteries and other body structures. Hydrogenated fats also have bent molecular shapes, but hydrogenated fats are bent in the mirror-opposite direction (which is why they are called “trans-” forms) of naturally occurring unsaturated fats. For this reason, hydrogenated fats are difficult for the body to “grab onto” and metabolize, and can neither be incorporated into cell structures nor excreted in the normal fashion. Thus, hydrogenated or “trans-” fats tend to remain “stuck” in blood circulation, becoming oxidized and most importantly, contributing significantly to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and possibly also cancer.

Cottonseed, palm, soy, and corn oils are the most common hydrogenated fats. Margarine is also frequently made from hydrogenated fats.
Refined sugar
The bottom line is: refined sugar inhibits phagocytosis. This process that you may never have heard of is your immune system’s secret weapon. Encyclopedia Brittanica defines phagocytosis:

Living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles. The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a leukocyte (white blood cell). In some forms of animal life, such as amoebas and sponges, phagocytosis is a means of feeding; in higher animals phagocytosis is chiefly a defensive reaction against infection and invasion of the body by foreign substances (antigens).
The particles commonly phagocytosed by leukocytes include bacteria, dead tissue cells, protozoa, various dust particles, pigments, and other minute foreign bodies.

Renowned pediatrician Dr. Bill Sears discussed the immunity-sapping effects of processed sugar on his website.

Eating or drinking 100 grams (8 tbsp.) of sugar, the equivalent of two- and-a-half 12-ounce cans of soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by 40 percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours. In contrast, the ingestion of complex carbohydrates, or starches, has no effect on the immune system.

You can still indulge your sweet tooth with healthier options like honey, maple syrup, or minimally processed organic sugar (but never, never artificial sweetener – see the next entry!)
Artificial sweetener
The FDA doesn’t seem to agree, but artificial sweeteners are incredibly toxic. Currently approved are saccharine, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and acesulfame K. Despite their approval by the FDA, these highly processed additives are regarded with great suspicion. Studies show direct correlations to cancer, neurological issues, digestive problems and negative impact on gut flora. One artificial in particular, sucralose, causes the thymus gland to shrink, which can directly impact the immune system, according to Modern Alternative Health.

Research has shown sucralose can cause shrinking of the thymus gland, an important immune system regulator, and liver and kidney dysfunction. A recent study by Duke University found sucralose reduces healthy intestinal bacteria, which are needed for proper digestion and can impact the effectiveness of prescription and other drugs.

Dr. Joseph Mercola also points the finger at sucralose (aka Splenda):

The theory that Splenda may be a culprit in the rise of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appears to be a reasonable one, echoing the results from a 2008 study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health,2 which discovered that Splenda:

• Increases the pH level in your intestines, and
• Reduces the amount of good bacteria in your intestines by 50 percent!

In the featured paper, the author states that sucralose has a potent inhibitory effect on your gut bacteria and inactivates digestive protease. It also alters gut barrier function. All in all, this may help explain the pronounced increase in IBD in Canada since its introduction into the food supply.
Believe me, if you keep destroying up to half of your gut flora by regularly consuming Splenda, then poor health is virtually guaranteed! Making matters worse, most people are already deficient in healthy bacteria due to excessive consumption of highly processed foods, which is why a high quality probiotic supplement is a good idea for most people. If you add sucralose to an already unbalanced intestinal tract, health problems are very likely to ensue…

GMOs
Genetically engineered ingredients are in more than 80% of the processed offerings on grocery store shelves. Big Agri and the FDA insist that these items are not hazardous to your health, but many, many studies disagree. These studies aren’t the ones that are touted all over mainstream mouthpieces like Forbes Magazine, however, because there’s a vast amount of money to be made from GMOs.
Back in 2009, the Institute for Responsible Technology rang the warning bell with regard to GMO ingredients:

On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.”[They called for a moratorium on GM foods, long-term independent studies, and labeling. AAEM’s position paper stated, “Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food,” including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the gastrointestinal system. They conclude, “There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation,” as defined by recognized scientific criteria. “The strength of association and consistency between GM foods and disease is confirmed in several animal studies.”
…Among the population, biologist David Schubert of the Salk Institute warns that “children are the most likely to be adversely effected by toxins and other dietary problems” related to GM foods. He says without adequate studies, the children become “the experimental animals.”

Since there is no law requiring that GMO foods bear a warning label, the best way to avoid them is to limit processed foods, know the most likely GMOs (corn and soy), and look for the Non-GMO Verified label.
MSG
This popular additive can be found in…well, pretty much everything. It “enhances flavor” to make the cheapest ingredients seem delicious. MSG can increase the production of histamines (an allergic/immune response) and also increases inflammation. Not everyone is allergic to MSG, but on varying levels, most people are sensitive to it. There’s a direct link between histamine production, inflammation, and a weakened immune system. MSGtruth explains:

Recent research from Johns Hopkins links nervous system overstimulation to the immune response. Immune response includes the release of histamine and white blood cells. The immune response allows the blood vessels to become “leaky” so that the white blood cells can get to the site of the injury. This flood of fluid leaving the blood vessels and entering the tissue is what we recognize as swelling.

Fluoride
If your community “supplements” tap water with fluoride, it may be decreasing your immune function. The following excerpts are from a study published in the journal Complementary Medical Research.

“Fluoride is one of the most toxic inorganic chemicals in the Earth’s crust, but it is believed that at a concentration of 1ppm, or 1m g/mL in public water supplies, and at the concentrations used in dental preparations, it is both safe and beneficial to teeth. However, with increasing experience, doubts about both safety and efficacy have arisen. While there is evidence of harm to the stomach, kidneys, thyroid, bones and teeth at higher concentrations, evidence for harm at concentrations around 1m g/mL is controversial. A possible link between fluoridation of public water supplies and an increase in the cancer death rate has been debated for over 20 years and there is now no doubt that fluoride can cause genetic damage.
…concentrations of fluoride of 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 20.0 ppm significantly inhibit the ability of leukocytes to migrate after incubation for 3 hours at 37° C.
The immune system is our first line of defense against attack whether from the outside from bacteria, viruses and other parasites, or from within, from the spontaneous generation of potentially cancerous cells. Any agent which affects the ability of the immune system to function efficiently either by a direct toxic effect or by interfering with the release of cytokines will tend to reduce the resistance of the population to infection as well as increasing the susceptibility to cancer and immune depressed states such as the post-viral fatigue syndrome and AIDS. The effect on individuals already suffering from such immune-depressed conditions is likely to be serious.

Instead of getting needless vaccinations, avoid consuming immune system aggressors.

We live in a society that is always searching for easy, immediate gratification. We have pills to make us happy, pills to make us calm, pills to make us thin, pills to relieve pain, pills to wake us up, and pills to help us sleep. There are a lot of ways to avoid getting sick that don’t include popping a pill or getting a needle shoved in your arm, but many folks never consider taking those extra steps. It astonishes me that avoiding these ingredients causes people to consider my eating habits “extreme” but toxic chemical medications are perfectly normal and acceptable.
Before lining up for your flu shot or other “highly recommended” vaccine, put in the extra time and effort to remove these immune system aggressors from your diet. When your body isn’t busy fighting off neurotoxins, carcinogens, and good-tasting poison, you’ll be amazed at how effective it becomes at fighting off things like the flu or the common cold.

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/boosting-your-immune-system-what-not-to-eat_102014#sthash.YomgcbSU.dpuf

Ebola Unafraid: A Preliminary Ebola Treatment Protocol, by ShepherdFarmerGeek – Part 2

PROPOSED EBOLA TREATMENT PROTOCOL Disclaimer: There are many foods and supplements with antiviral properties; some of them are common (Garlic^[2]), some of them are exotic (Star Anise^[3]). What I’ve tried to do with the recommendations below is focus on the most common and highly recommended. Nobody knows what will work against Ebola, so try your own favorites to see what you can tolerate when ill. None of this is “medical advice” for purposes of federal obfuscation and interference. Consult your doctor, who will have no idea what to do. The information below is not exhaustive; it is not authoritative; and it is untested. Do your own research and be responsible for making your own decisions. I have no personal interest or investment in any product or item mentioned.
I wrote this up for my own use and for my family’s use. If it can help you, then great, but these are my personal notes that I’ve modified a bit for others to use. You have a favorite herb or supplement? Make your own treatment plan. If new research comes out about some product, add it to your protocol. If the CDC or WHO or UN announces dosage recommendations for melatonin or some other medication, follow those guidelines. However, until then, we’re on our own.

Before Exposure

Before exposure, once Ebola is in your region / town^[5], review hand hygiene practices^[6] and begin taking the following:

1. Elderberry extract, low dose (1 or 2tsp or lozenge), daily
2. Daily multivitamin (includes zinc)
3. Vitamin D3 @ 4,000 units/day (2 gel caps with Costco brand)^[7]
4. Vitamin C @ 1,000mg/day (2 500mg tablets, divided morning & evening)
5. 5. Milk Thistle / Silymarin^[8] 1 capsule at bedtime
6. Probiotics^[9]
7. Garlic oil capsules as directed or desired (fresh crushed garlic with food is best!^[10])

List musical preferences, audio books (Bible reading), radio stations, books, games and hobbies, et cetera for morale if incapacitated. (You will need to dispose of equipment and books afterwards.) Review your Will and Power of Attorney paperwork for medical care. Make sure you have plenty of blankets and sheets on hand, bed pads, pillows, thermometer, heavy re-usable rubber/plastic gloves, trash can, and construction-sized trash bags, towels and paper towels, and bleach. Review hygiene plans^[11]. Pick a spot to burn/bury your medical waste. If you really want to be efficient, dig the hole in advance, keeping it as far away from your well head as possible. Have lime on hand to dust waste. Have small water bottles on hand (lightweight) with caps with straw holes, bottle holders, straws, and 11 one-gallon water bottles to make ORS. Then, fill small bottles in the hot zone. (Discard gallon; don’t reuse!)^[12]

If Someone Is Showing Possible Signs of Illness

Consume high-nutrition, low/no sugar foods and coconut oil (at least 1 Tbs/day)^[13]. Also, eat fresh garlic, follow excellent hydration practice, and engage in moderate exercise1. If medical care is still available GO TO THE HOSPITAL. (Call first to see where they want you to go, which entrance to use, et cetera.) Take your supplements with you and insist that the hospital allow your patient to take them; they should not interfere with the supportive treatment they will provide. Take along the melatonin treatment article, in case they are unfamiliar with that approach. Someone should stay with the patient (outside of isolation) to be a patient advocate (be prepared to stay). Be firm with the hospital staff. If treatment collapses, be prepared to take your patient back home and continue treatment there.^[4] Pray. No, seriously, pray. If you don’t know where to start, just talk with God about what these verses say to you: Philippians 4:6; Psalm 18:2, 27:14, 46:1-3; Isaiah 41:13, 43:2.

Upon Suspected Exposure but No Symptoms

You may not have symptoms for 8-10 days after exposure to the virus. (On average, symptoms could be delayed for as long as 21 days)^[14] Begin taking the following:

1. Elderberry to full recommended dosage (usually 2 tsp four times a day, depends on the brand, might add more)
2. Daily multivitamin
3. Vitamin D3 @ 10,000 units/day
4. Vitamin C @ 5,000 mg/day^[15] (NOTE! A lot of Vitamin C can trigger diarrhea or loose stools, so lower your dose until the diarrhea stops)
5. Increase Milk Thistle / Silymarin to 2 capsules (morning and evening),
6. Probiotics
7. Fresh crushed garlic with meals, as much as can be tolerated^[16]
8. Vitamin A, follow directions
9. Olive Leaf extract capsules, follow directions^[17]

Add to the supplements being given above:

• Colloidal silver solution as directed on bottle, separated from probiotics by several hours or you’ll just kill off your probiotics^[18]
• Zinc @ 50mg/day
• One gel cap of Vitamin E (no dosing recommendation), AND
• a Tbs of granulated Lecithin^[19] with your twice-daily Silymarin capsule
• Seriously consider other supplements such as Echinacea, Goldenseal, Astragalus, Kan Jang, Andrographis Paniculata, Feverfew, et cetera. Follow the directions on the bottle or package.

Consume high-nutrition foods, coconut oil (4 Tbs/day minimum), fresh garlic, and pure water for excellent hydration. Also engage in moderate exercise (walking).
Live in semi-quarantine environment: dust mask WITHOUT exhalation valve (unless walking outside by yourself), no touching items outside of sick room, temperature checks throughout the day, unless outdoors walking for exercise or reading/fresh air/sunlight, should be in sickroom.

Symptoms Present or Positively Exposed

When symptoms start or when positively exposed to Ebola, symptoms are mild and non-specific to Ebola for 5-6 days. The symptoms may just resemble a cold or flu, and you won’t know for sure (without testing) until around day six.

1. Stop Elderberry after you’ve had symptoms for four days^[20]
2. Daily multivitamin, if tolerated
3. Vitamin D @ 50,000 units if tolerated^[21]
4. Vitamin C (If you already know what dose triggers loose stools, do not exceed that dose.)
5. Increase Milk Thistle / Silymarin to four capsules/day (two morning, two evening) + Vitamin E + 1 Tbs Lecithin
6. Probiotics
7. Fresh, crushed garlic with meals, as much as can be tolerated. If fresh cannot be tolerated, then try garlic capsules.
8. Colloidal silver, follow directions
9. Zinc @ 50mg
10. Vitamin A^[22] @ 8,000 IU (160% RDA)

Grind tablets between two spoons (or use a mortar and pestle). Mix crushed tablets with soups/broth or Oral Rehydration Solution (recipe found later in article). This should be tolerated better than swallowing a bunch of pills. Spread supplements out throughout the day.
Add the following to the supplements being given above: (Note: there are prescription medications that probably do a better job, but these are the over-the-counter meds that are available to all of us now.)

• Melatonin 20mg every 6 hours (4x/day). This supplement could be a big deal in treating Ebola. Read the Endnotes!^[23]
• Opiates, if available, for muscle pain (NOT aspirin, Aleve, or Ibuprofin, as these all cause bleeding.) Tylenol’s normal dose (but see important Endnote!)^[24]
• Loperamide for diarrhea, follow directions^[25]
• Meclazine for nausea^[26], follow directions (Ginger root tea might help as well! Or try Emetrol, a phosphorated carbohydrate solution^[27])
• Consider starting Vitamin K2 supplementation (see Point 5, below)
• Push hydration, not just water but Oral Rehydration Solution (see the recipe below)
• Use portable potty (and liners, on a tarp) in sickroom

During illness, maintain full isolation and proper hygiene. Also, assist as needed with music/morale support. Patient should consume easy-to-digest, high-nutrition food, served in frequent small meals, if possible; include coconut oil and eggs, as well as Bone Broth.
Recipe for WHO Oral Rehydration Solution^[28]

• Table Salt (NaCl) 1/2 tsp.*
• Salt Substitute (KCl) 1/2 tsp.*
• [Potassium Chloride] Baking Soda 1/2 tsp.
• Table Sugar 2 tablespoons
• Tap Water 1 Liter (= 1 Qt. + 2 tablespoons)

Chill. This solution can be served with fresh lemon squeezed into it. One can also mix it with Crystal Light or “sugar-free Kool-Aid”. (Don’t use regular Kool-Aid, as it requires extra sugar that can worsen diarrhea.)

If Patient Dramatically Worsens

At about day six, some people begin to get better while most dramatically worsen. As of this writing (October 2014) the mortality rate is 7 out of 10 die, but that is based on the large number of basically untreated patients in Africa. We do not know enough about what the mortality rate can be for a patient who is receiving excellent supportive care. Do NOT give up hope!

1. Discontinue the elderberry, if you haven’t already. Ebola stimulates your immune system to release dangerous amounts of immune system cytokines, and elderberry may make that worse. Continue all supplements and drugs, as tolerated.
2. If all food/ORS is being vomited up, then experiment with eliminating one supplement/drug at a time, and then multiples, to try to identify if the problem is one or a few of the supplements. Give as many as can be tolerated.
3. Increase melatonin to 20mg every 4 hours (6x/day), ground and mixed with ORS.
4. Give Oral Rehydration Solution in small sips as frequently as possible. Also, use IV rehydration, if possible

Add the following:

• Superoxide dismutase (SOD), follow directions^[29]
• Oxygen supplementation if possible
• “Cholera bed” if diarrhea is uncontrollable or patient is too weak to use portable toilet by bed^[30]
• Antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections. Don’t let them get away from you and make things worse, but realize that antibiotics do NOT treat Ebola virus infections.
• Vitamin K2^[31], follow directions. The human body uses it to regulate blood clotting. Note also if you’re giving antibiotics, they can reduce the levels of Vitamin K and Vitamin C in the blood. Don’t wait for uncontrolled bleeding to start, supplement with K2 when you start antibiotics.

Maintain hygiene: wash to prevent rash^[32], treat secondary infections topically and internally Frequently turn patient (every couple of hours during the day) to avoid pressure sores^[33]. Provide music and morale support.
Provide patient with liquid food supplementation, such as bone broth^[34], soups, Ensure^[35] or similar medical liquid food^[36], coconut oil, and mashed or blended easy-to-digest food.

Warnings

Be aware of three more things:

1. Ebola patients in the final stages of this illness can become confused and agitated. They might grab at your face/respirator or your gloved hands or thrash. They might still be able to get up and move around somewhat. This is an added complication that you’re going to have to prepare for, and one more reason to have your equipment firmly attached to your body.
2. The body of an Ebola patient is highly contagious for many hours and maybe longer, and every fluid that comes off it and out of it is deadly dangerous. Don’t assume that if they’ve died that the virus is dead as well.
3. If your patient has died, I’m very sorry for your loss. This has been a traumatic experience for you, but you must stay focused long enough to finish decontamination and make no rash decisions. It will take time, up to a year or so, for you to sort out your loss and work through your emotions. Give yourself time. Get help; find a pastor or counselor. No one should have to face the death of a loved one alone.^[37]

PLEASE READ THESE ENDNOTES. There is valuable information here, and at least give a quick look over the pages that the Internet links lead to:

References

^[1]http://www.naturalnews.com/047232_ebola_natural_immunity_virus.html

^[2]http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/ART00364

^[3]http://www.livestrong.com/article/367860-health-uses-benefits-and-risks-of-star-anise/

^[4]http://www.biodefense.com/ is an audio series you can download as MP3 files to listen to offline. They will give you an exhaustive look at preparing for and treating Ebola in a non-hospital setting. See also http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21878

^[5]The measures in this first category might need to be done for many months while Ebola works its way through the population. We just want to prime the immune system, not keep it at Red Alert level.

^[6]http://clinidirect.co.uk/knowledge-centre/21/hand-washing/0/16/patient-carer-section AND http://www.pathtoradianthealth.com/PathToRadiantHealth/For%20Your%20Health/Health%20Tips/Most-Frequently-Missed-Areas-Hand-Washing.html AND http://survivalblog.com/personal_hygiene_in_a_biowarfa/

^[7]http://www.naturalnews.com/024982.html

^[8]http://www.lef.org/magazine/2014/1/novel-method-boosts-milk-thistle-liver-concentration-10-fold/page-01

^[9]http://www.naturalnews.com/026265.html keeping your good bowel bacteria healthy is essential

^[10]Take a garlic oil capsule when your meals that day cannot include fresh garlic

^[11]Make a written PLAN, step-by-step, of how you’re going to “gown up” and enter the sickroom and how to take your protective equipment off so it doesn’t get contaminated. This usually takes two people. Focus on good respiratory protection, good eye protection, good gloves (and Nitrile disposable under-gloves), and splash protection for your clothes.

^[12]As much as possible we want disposable items that go into the hot zone and don’t need to be taken back out, but can just be discarded once contaminated.

^[13]http://www.naturalnews.com/026624_oil_coconut.html

^[14]http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/clinician-information-us-healthcare-settings.html gives information about the symptoms and the course of the disease

^[15]http://blog.drbrownstein.com/what-can-you-do-to-preventtreat-ebola/

^[16]Fresh is always better than capsules!

^[17]http://drhoffman.com/article/olive-leaf-extract-2/

^[18]http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/hi-ho-silver/ while there are NO studies that would support the use of silver as an antibiotic (read the article), with Ebola we’re in uncharted waters. Since moderate doses aren’t going to harm you it’s probably something I would try if I knew I was infected. Lots of people swear by it.

^[19]To add the phosphatidylcholine referenced in endnote “viii”

^[20]We’ve used Elderberry to prime the immune system with cytokines but once (if) symptoms turn severe it’s partially due to an OVERproduction of cytokines and we don’t want Elderberry to contribute to that problem

^[21]Long term high-dose Vitamin D can start to accumulate in a person’s body and become toxic. Use this high dose only when symptoms are severe.

^[22]Vitamin A is another oil-soluble vitamin that can accumulate in the body, it is not as strongly associated with fighting viruses as high dose vitamin D, but it has a role in fighting infections.

^[23]http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpi.12186/pdf

^[24]Fever helps inactivate viruses, but too high of a fever is a destructive over-reaction by the patient’s immune system. Keep their temperature under 103 with Tylenol, cool towels or fans. Exceeding the maximum Tylenol dosage is toxic to the liver under normal circumstances. It. Kills. Your. Liver. There are no studies of administering Tylenol to Ebola patients, whose livers are already stressed and diseased, so it’s possible that even normal Tylenol doses could become toxic. If the patient is not getting pain relief from a regular dose, I recommend just stopping Tylenol all together. What they really need (I suppose) are opiate painkillers to do any good.

^[25]We don’t want to stop the diarrhea entirely. It’s the body’s tool for flushing the virus and toxins from the digestive tract. But too much diarrhea can seriously dehydrate your patient, and that can be deadly all by itself.

^[26]http://www.drugs.com/comments/meclizine/for-nausea-vomiting.html and http://ear.emedtv.com/meclizine/what-is-meclizine-used-for.html It’s not just for motion sickness!

^[27]http://emetrol.com/

^[28]See http://clearingmyemptynest.blogspot.com/2009/02/oral-rehydration-solution-homemade.html You can also buy it premixed, in packets, if you have a huge budget, at places like http://www.moreprepared.com/emergency-preparedness-supplies/oral-rehydration-salt-packet.html?gclid=CLbA1p6Hr8ECFQemaQodfGoA7w

^[29]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9071427 Notice it needs to be combined with lecithin (which you should already be taking with your milk thistle.

^[30]A “cholera bed” (Google it for a picture) is a cot with a large round hole cut into the fabric to allow the patient to discharge their diarrhea into a bucket or tub placed below the cot. Commercial cholera beds have reinforcement around the hole to be sure the material doesn’t tear. Some commercial beds are padded – you might try a foam camping pad glued to a plywood sheet. Make sure the cot is tall enough to put a bucket under it!

^[31]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K

^[32]A zinc oxide cream like Desitin might help prevent or treat “diaper rash”

^[33]http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/pressure-sores-treatment-overview

^[34]http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-9890/10-benefits-of-bone-broth-gut-healing-recipe.html

^[35]Ensure is mostly corn oil and sugar, NOT ideal. But it might be the only thing you have on hand that your patient will sip.

^[36]http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/resource-2.0-medical-food-complete-liquid-nutrition-vanilla/ID=prod3085033-product

^[37]http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-about-death/

http://survivalblog.com/

Breakthrough: A Cup Of Cocoa A Day Keeps Memory Loss Away

It’s all about cocoa ‘flavanols’.
An amazing new report in the journal Nature Neuroscience reveals that a test group of volunteers aged from 50 to 69, after having a daily cup of cocoa* (details below), “after three months that person on average had the memory of a typical 30- or 40-year-old.”
The study has revealed that cocoa contains ingredients that reverse age-related memory decline. But not just any cocoa:


Columbia University Medical Center scientists published the results of a dietary experiment (the effects of flavanols extracted from cocoa beans) on the aging human brain.
The results were remarkable.
A group of 37 healthy volunteers aged from 50 to 69 was randomly divided in two. Each day for three months, they had a specially-prepared cocoa drink. One group consumed the drink with 900mg of flavanols, and the other with only 10mg of these compounds.
For those who consumed the high-cocoa-flavanol drink, “If a participant had the memory of a typical 60-year-old at the beginning of the study, after three months that person on average had the memory of a typical 30- or 40-year-old,” said senior author Scott Small.

The Cocoa
A cocoa flavanol-containing test drink prepared specifically for research purposes was produced using a proprietary process to extract flavanols from cocoa beans.
Most methods of processing cocoa remove many of the flavanols found in the raw plant whereas other specific processing does not.
Chocolate or Cocoa comes from the cacao bean (pronounced, cah-cow), which are the dried seeds of a South American evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao). It is also referred to as the cocoa bean.
Pure organic cocoa powder that has not been roasted or processed at high temperatures have the highest levels of flavanols and ORAC antioxidant power.
One reason that flavanols found in cocoa powder are often removed from commercial cocoas is because they tend to have a bitter taste.

For our cocoa consumption desires, we have been purchasing the following organic raw cocoa for years. It’s not your typical processed sweet cocoa, but instead is rather bitter due to it’s cold-press process from the bean rather than a heat process. I’ve learned to enjoy the unique taste in a hot natural organic cocoa drink (or in cookies )
I don’t know the numeric or measured level of flavanols (as in the 900mg study via a proprietary extraction process) but given the ‘cold press’ method used for the Navitus organic powder, it’s probably pretty good…
So – if you’re in that age group above 50, you might want to consider adding a cup of ‘real’ cocoa to your daily diet to (reportedly) help keep your mind sharp as a 30 or 40-something…

UPDATE: I have contacted Navitus Naturals and asked them regarding the flavanoid levels in their cold-pressed cocoa powder. This is their response:

Thank you for contacting us and for your question about flavanols in our Cacao products.
Flavanols are a sub-category of the major antioxidant category of flavonoids. Navitas Naturals uses a third party lab to test for the flavonoid content of our Cacao products.
Cacao Powder: 11% (Serving size of 14g = 1540 mg of flavonoids)
Cacao Beans: 6.8% (Serving size of 28g = 1904 mg of flavonoids)
Cacao Nibs: 3.4% (Serving size of 28g = 952 mg of flavonoids)

I have calculated (using my digital scale) the equivalent amount of their Cacao Powder to equate to 900mg of flavanoids (used in the test above) and is as follows:
2 Tablespoons Cacao Powder = 900mg flavanoids
14g = 1540mg (flavanoids)
8.2g = 900mg (flavanoids)
(1 Tablespoon cacao powder weighs 4g)

Sources:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/cumc-dfr102314.php
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.3850.html

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/health/breakthrough-a-cup-of-cocoa-a-day-keeps-memory-loss-away/

Ebola As Biological Warfare

Before I begin, let me put this out there. Ebola is most assuredly a deadly virus but I am not afraid nor am I in fear of the virus itself. I have prepared the best that I know how and will do what needs to be done to isolate myself if Ebola moves into the neighborhood.

Now that we have put that aside, I will tell you what I do fear: Biological Warfare. That scares the heck out of me.

At the risk of being overly dramatic, today I share another aspect of Ebola and other potential pandemic agents. Biological warfare, or bioterrorism, is one of those disasters that we should fear and whereas it has not yet happened on a global basis, the possibility is out there.

Ebola in the Western World

A few days ago, during our weekly call, George Ure and I discussed Ebola as it relates to internet marketing. Within days of Ebola landing on US soil, eBooks, video courses, and pandemic kits were being pitched by those wanting to make a buck on the backs of Ebola and pandemic-related fears. Even now, my email box is cluttered with daily reminders of what I need to do now to prepared – so long as I have $99.95 to spend on some video training, of course.

Sarcasm aside, we noted that without discussing it in advance, we had each posted a few Ebola related articles but then moved on to our normal fare of economic and coping news (Urban Survival) and prepping and lifestyle tips (Backdoor Survival).

Coming full circle, we agreed that in our opinion, most Ebola victims in the US and other western countries would stand a good chance of recovery. We attribute this belief to better hydration with clean, pure water, the availability of state-of-the-art medical treatments, and sophisticated isolation and quarantine procedures (CDC protocol goofs notwithstanding).
If that is the case, what is the big deal?

The big deal and the cause for concern is the potential use of Ebola or other deadly agent as a tool for biological warfare. What is to stop an infected bioterrorist from walking across our boarder, getting on a plane headed to a major metropolitan area, and coughing up a storm to spread the Ebola virus? Or introducing bodily fluids into the water supply of an urban area? Or simply adding Anthrax to the salt shaker in a popular restaurant?

Now that, the act of bioterrorism itself, is something to fear.

So here is the deal. Contributing Author Dr. Joe Alton, has written a thoughtful article that goes through the history of biological warfare and why we should or should not be concerned. He has asked that I distribute this article so that you can learn and become better educated relative to bilogical weapons.

I agree that information is power and leave it up to you to come to your own conclusions. Could Ebola be used as form of biological warfare?

Ebola as Biological Weapon?

With Ebola in the news, there are some that have pointed out the possibility that some nations may attempt to weaponize the virus. This is a concern that deserves discussion, so let’s talk about something that few consider a likely cause of a collapse scenario: biological warfare.
Biological warfare is the use of infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or their by-products to wreak death and havoc among a specific population. The user’s goal is to achieve control over an area or a segment of the population by weakening the ability to resist. Biological weapons don’t necessarily have to directly kill: unleashing a horde of locusts to destroy crops or agents that kill an area’s livestock can be just as effective.

HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

This type of weapon has been used since ancient times, and even appears in the bible as some of the plagues visited upon Pharaoh by a wrathful God. Medieval accounts of diseased corpses catapulted into besieged cities abound; this method was used as late at 1710, when the Russians attacked the Swedish city of Reval (present day Tallinn) in this manner.
The Western hemisphere was changed forever by the inadvertent introduction of smallpox into the Native American population, killing 90% in some areas and opening vast swaths of land for European colonization. In addition, purposeful biological warfare occurred against Native Americans when the British presented a large “gift” of infected blankets as a “peace” offering during Pontiac’s War in the mid-1700s.
As time progressed, new methods and infectious agents such as Anthrax were used in certain situations during World War I. As a result, use of biological weapons was banned by the Geneva Protocol in 1925, but research and production was still carried out by both sides during World War II. Research into the use of Anthrax by the United Kingdom left their laboratory area in Scotland contaminated for the next five decades.
Eventually, the storage, production, and transport of such agents was banned in 1972 by the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Despite this, there are a number of violations that have been documented in the former Soviet Union and Iraq, and various others suspected. Presently, 170 countries have signed the BWC pact.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERFECT BIO-WEAPON

The perfect biological weapon would have these characteristics:
• Be infectious and contagious in a large percentage of those exposed
• Cause severe long-term debilitation or death of the infected organism
• Have few available antidotes, preventives or cures
• Be easily deliverable to the area or population targeted
• Have low likelihood of causing damage to those using the agent

THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Some candidates for use as biological warfare agents include Anthrax, Smallpox, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Ebola, etc.), and Pneumonic Plague.

ANTHRAX

Anthrax is a bacterium that can be contracted in several ways: Skin contact, inhalation, and through the gut. More common in livestock than people, Anthrax may be transmitted through the air, but isn’t perfect as a weapon. A “cloud” of Anthrax would be necessary to affect a large population. Large numbers of infected livestock, however, could result in an epidemic of the disease in humans.
Having said this, Anthrax has been the biological weapon of choice. Why? It is exceptionally hardy and can survive for centuries in the ground despites weather extremes.
Although Penicillin, Doxycycline, and Ciprofloxacin (Fish-Pen, Bird-Biotic, and Fish-Flox) are effective against this bacteria if treated early, full-blown inhalation Anthrax is deadly.

PNEUMONIC PLAGUE

“Pneumonic” is one of three types of plague and, by far, the most contagious, easily spread by coughing bacteria into the air. It is caused by a bacterium known as Yersinia Pestis, usually found in rodents and other small animals and their fleas.
Unlike inhalation Anthrax, which may take weeks to develop symptoms, patients with Pneumonic plague may be dead in 2-4 days if not treated early. Tetracycline (Fish-Cycline), Doxycycline (Bird-Biotic) and Ciprofloxacin (Fish-Flox), and IV Gentamycin are common treatments.

SMALLPOX

Smallpox is another viral illness that is highly contagious and was responsible for the decimation of the Native American population in the Americas . Once infected, there is no cure. Although rare in developed countries now, FEMA is still thought to stockpile Smallpox vaccines in enough quantity to vaccinate every U.S. citizen.

EBOLA AS BIOLOGICAL WEAPON

The candidate in the news today is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. The current strain of the virus in West Africa has a 55-60% death rate and is out of control in the epidemic areas. You would think that Ebola would, therefore, be an excellent choice as a biological weapon.
It isn’t. Ebola virus is very sensitive to its environment and just doesn’t last long outside a host. It doesn’t tolerate sunlight and needs high temperature and humidity to survive. Most cities in developed countries don’t have the climate conducive to Ebola’s survival.
It’s, also, not easy to work with. Even if a terrorist kidnapped an Ebola victim, working with the virus in anything less than an advanced microbiology lab (called a “Biosafety Level 4”) would likely result in the terrorist dying from the disease. As well, Ebola virus is too sensitive to survive the complex process of refining, enriching, etc. that is necessary for weaponization.
So don’t panic the next time you read about “Ebola Gas” or “Ebola Bombs”. Be aware of the virus, have supplies available that will help in a crisis, and use your most important survival tool: Your mind. Do you own research, get the facts, and come to your own conclusions.

. . . Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones the Disaster Doctor

The Final Word

In many respects, preparing for a pandemic is no different than preparing for any other disruptive event. The only difference, in my view, is an increased focus on sick room supplies, shelter in place tactics, and a what-if lockdown strategy.

As I said at the onset, I do not fear an Ebola pandemic per se, but I do fear biological terrorism regardless of the actual weapon used to evoke the mass destruction of humanity. Ebola as biological warfare? It could happen.

My advice to you? If you have not done so already, read the article Preparing to Hunker Down in Place and ensure that you have at least a month’s worth of extra food and water supplies. Be mindful of your surrounding and the people around you, and, as always, be a responsibly prepper and citizen of the world.

Enjoy your next adventure through common sense and thoughtful preparation!Gaye

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