Flu Drugs Don't Work

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A study indicates that Tamiflu and Relenza, the two antiviral flu drugs intended to be lynchpin of the world-wide defense against the flu, are ineffective against seasonal flu outbreaks, and may not be sufficient to combat an epidemic or pandemic.

The study suggested additional measures such as masks, gowns, gloves, quarantine and hand washing should an epidemic occur.

Tamiflu's maker, Roche, disagreed with the study's findings, and recommended that Tamiflu should still be used even for seasonal influenza.

The flu has increasingly become a concern worldwide as the possibility of an avian flu pandemic has loomed in the public mind.

Vaccines have traditionally been the first line of defense against seasonal flu, but antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu and Relenza have been used with greater and greater frequency.

Their use, however, is potentially problematic; both Tamiflu and Relenza, for example, actually increase viral shedding from the nose, which could worsen a pandemic.
http://www.mercola.com/2006/feb/4/flu_drugs_dont_work.htm
 
It really amuses me to see pharmaceutical spend million$ and million$ on research to develop flu vaccines when there is 2 simple vitamins you can take every night to produce the same effect. I been doing this for 10 yrs and i havent even caught the flu since then whilst many people around me have.

Vitamin C and Zinc - 2 tablets of each at bedtime does the trick.

And the million$ could have been better spent on social services instead.

Richard
 
That's evolution!

Nothing is 100% guaranteed for life.

The flu was a big thing years ago. Now, they offer vaccines for people who don't even have the flu... just to avoid getting the flu. When those people never get the flu (those who took the vaccine and wouldn't have needed the vaccine in the first place), their kids will be a bit different. It might be a different that doesn't matter or a difference that does matter. Either way, years later... there will be a generation where their bodies will respond to the flu differently at the point where the vaccine doesn't work.

I read an article about how some of the shots we take as kids may not be good enough for future generations since our bodies have changed because of those shots.
 
Heath,

Who is this doctor Joseph Mercola and who is he affiliated with? What are his credentials? Until anyone here knows this man's credentials, I need to tell everyone to err on the side of caution on this one until it can be substantiated.
 
Dr. Mercola's background.

http://www.mercola.com/forms/background.htm#education

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Now, why does that not surprise me?

There have been years that I got the flu shot and I still got the flu! Of course, it could have worst and the flu shot did prevent some of it or it could been a variant that the flu shot couldn't handle. Then on the other hand, there have been many times that I didn't get the flu shot and I didn't have any problems with the flu. It is a catch-22...sometimes you do the right thing and get nailed anyway and other times you don't and you are just fine.

As Vampyrox said, there are no guarantees...
 
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