Flu Vaccine Not Working--CDC Admits. What are Your Options?

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Flu Vaccine Not Working--CDC Admits. What are Your Options?

 

 

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had two choices when it

came down to which flu formula to use for winter 2003. Should they stick with

the same formula used last year in 2002, knowing that a new strain of the bug

was developing? Or should they attempt to make a new vaccine that could possibly

come with complications or delays and that could result in a shortage?

 

The first sign of the new flu bug showed up just two weeks before the committee

was scheduled to meet. The scientists who track the flu had noticed a new strain

was gathering mass. The overall decision to bring back the older version was

decided on the fact that there wasn’t enough time to produce a new flu vaccine.

 

The committee met this past February and was told that the current vaccine might

not work in protecting people from the new strain.

 

Even though the committee voted 17-1 to bring back last year’s version, they all

have admitted that they made the wrong decision.

 

ABC News December 15, 2003

 

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment:

For years now I have been informing you that the flu vaccine is not the answer

to avoiding the flu.

 

When I first started practicing medicine over 20 years ago, the flu vaccine was

only indicated for those over 60 years of age or with chronic health conditions.

Then experts predicted that we would see even more flu vaccinations recommended

than we have already seen. Now, finally the CDC admitted the obvious, the flu

vaccine does not work.

 

What you MUST understand is that people are dying from the flu because they are

already sick and have compromised immune systems. The ultimate treatment for the

flu is proactive prevention. Eat the right foods, avoid the junk, get plenty of

rest and stay emotionally balanced--all presented in detail in my new book--and

you and the flu symptoms will likely never meet.

 

Start focusing NOW on eating properly. That means STOP with the junk foods and

fast foods, STOP with the sugary foods, the processed grains, and the

trans-fats. That means INCREASE the healthy and essential fats like the omega-3

found in cod liver oil, the good carbohydrates like those in vegetables, and the

healthy proteins like those in clean, naturally raised meats (i.e., NOT the kind

you typically find in grocery stores) like free-range chicken. That means learn

your metabolic type as soon as possible so you know what proportion of fats,

carbs and proteins are ideal to build YOUR immune system (and help you optimize

your weight, and increase energy, and avoid premature aging).

 

I guarantee that this and not vaccines and pills are the answer. I have spent

over two decades developing my dietary program, and through my respected clinic

it has proven to help tens of thousands of people build their immunity, overcome

disease (most far more serious than the flu), optimize their weight and increase

their energy.

 

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