PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE FLU

RE: The Douglass Report 10.14.09 [Dr. William C. Douglass]

Dr. Douglass already a doubter about the 'pandemic' flu threat says: "Forget rolling up

your sleeves for a questionable and costly H1N1 vaccine. Protecting against the swine flu or any flu for that matter can be as simple as washing your hands.

Big Pharma might tell you differently, but plain old good hygiene and a dose of common sense are the best ways to keep yourself healthy -- and a recent review of 59 studies on strategies to reduce viral germs proves just that.

The study, published online in BMJ, finds that simple things like washing your hands throughout the day and keeping your distance from sick people can lower your risk of getting or spreading viruses

The same study finds that you can also lower your risk of getting the flu or any other viral infection by wearing a mask and gloves.

The researchers even found that the simplest of masks -- the kind you can buy by the dozen for just a couple of bucks -- are nearly as good as the more expensive (and far less comfortable) "N95" masks that are being marketed for the swine flu.

It should come as no surprise to you that the most effective strategies are also the simplest and cheapest. I've always carried my own mask with me, especially when I fly or take a train, and you should do the same any time you head into the herd. "

Hatman recommends several common sense strategies:

Stay away from crowds as much as you can.

Avoid closed rooms filled with others.

Postpone commercial airline flights.

Take at least 35 Units of Vitamin D or D3 per pound of your body weight daily.

Take at least 500 mg of Vitamin C daily.

Keep some echinacea capsules handy at the first suspected symptom.

H1N1 is spread in the air from coughs and sneezes so be alert.

Keep hands away from nose and mouth.

Virus loses its ability to infect after 4 hours.

What is a virus?

Actually it is nothing. It is not living matter, but just information with a coating of protein. It is 100 times smaller than a bacteria and can be seen only with an

electron microscope. Virus infections are usually diagnosed by noting the antibodies produced by the infection. The virus must find a host to survive and does not cause infectious disease until it finds a cell of real matter with which to invade or glop onto.

Definition of virus from Answers.com:Any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms.

Only recently scientists' re-examination of the 1918 flu pandemic virus note that the virus was not directly responsible for the deaths of so many. In truth, many died of pneumonia and hemorrhaging in lungs largely brought on by huge doses of aspirin then prescribed. The epidemic probably started in Ft. Riley, Kansas, a staging post for soldiers to be sent to the trenches of WWI, and then spread globally.

This seems likely as does the lack of overall health and life style of homosexuals with drugs,alcohol, promiscuity and dirty needles being more responsible for their illness than is the so-called AIDS virus.

The flu virus is nothing to scoff at, as it can bring illness or even death to some; but common sense precautions will go a long way in keeping us healthy.

With Love and Kindness,

THE HATMAN