Re: Flu Vaccine studies


"Citizen Jimserac" <Jimserac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cff9b45e-bc7a-452d-8681-2605054d5bea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Nov 9, 3:22 pm, "Peter Moran" <pmo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jan Drew" <jdrew1...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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>http://docmja.blogspot.com/2008/11/flu-vaccine.html

>There is some evidence that flu shots cause Alzheimer's disease, most
>likely as a result of combining mercury with aluminum and formaldehyde.
>Mercury in vaccines has also been implicated as a cause of autism.

Shows the author's bias. Nevertheless flu vaccine does vary a lot in
potency due to the ability of the virus to mutate and the necessaity to try
and produce a new vaccine every season. It is possible that in some
seasons it has little effect.

Let's change that to - it is likely that in some seasons it has no
effect.


Vitamin D won't stop you getting the flu. This argument is nonsense.
Australian golfers get plenty of sunlight all year round and still get the
flu.

PM

Agreed.

Citizen Jimserac

Neither did the article state that.

*Might Influenza be Little More Than a symptom of Vitamin D Deficiency?


Vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin" may very well be one of the most
beneficial vitamins there is for disease prevention. Unfortunately it's also
one of the vitamins that a vast majority of people across the world are
deficient in due to lack of regular exposure to sunshine.


Published in the journal Epidemiology and infection in 2006, the hypothesis
presented by Dr. John Cannell and colleagues in the paper Epidemic Influenza
and Vitamin D actually makes a lot of sense.


They raise the possibility that influenza is a symptom of vitamin D
deficiency!


The vitamin D formed when your skin is exposed to sunlight regulates the
expression of more than 2,000 genes throughout your body, including ones
that influence you immune system to attack and destroy bacteria and viruses.
Hence, being overwhelmed by the "flu bug" could signal that your vitamin D
levels are too low, allowing the flu virus to overtake your immune system.*



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