Posts Tagged ‘H1N1’

Swine Flu: no stranger to human immune system, not a new virus, immune system already prepared for it

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 22:36 By GSerrano

By now, the world has already realized that the dreaded pandemic-level disease called swine flu, also known as Influenza A (H1N1) ‘isn’t as contagious and deadly as feared.’ Unfortunately for Big Pharma and vaccine manufacturers who want to cash in on the intended pandemic paranoia (remember HIV/AIDS?), ‘the initial fear that swine flu is a [...]

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Kellogg’s cereal H1N1 ‘Immunity’ claim: misleading advertisement cashing in on the pandemic paranoia of swine flu?

Monday, November 16, 2009 13:58 By GSerrano

Blame it on the propagandized paranoia over the supposedly pandemic level of Influenza A (H1N1), otherwise known as swine flu. Parents’ fears may be sending them to the grocery store to stock on Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies that boasts in its advertising such immunity-boosting powers of its cereal product.
It seems that some companies are cashing in [...]

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Latest on the pandemic alert: Swine Flu more likely to cause Viral Pneumonia

Friday, October 16, 2009 23:56 By GSerrano

As compared to seasonal flu, swine flu has been found to be a more likely cause of potentially life-threatening viral pneumonia. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging doctors to immediately treat suspected swine flu cases, even the young and those who are otherwise healthy of the infected patients, with antiviral medicine. According to a [...]

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Off the rack starting Thursday: The Anti-H1N1 Suit

Friday, October 9, 2009 18:51 By GSerrano

It’s a most timely garb for the busy executive who just might be paranoid over the infectious spread of the dreaded Influenza A H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu. A Japanese menswear company named Haruyama Trading has produced some 50,000 pieces of said suit that is ‘coated with titanium dioxide, a chemical commonly used [...]

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Stylish Suit Protects You Against Swine Flu

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 21:02 By Jaiyant Cavale

If you were scared of getting infected by Swine Flu or the H1N1 virus, you would certainly be taking all the precautions in the book. Seems like there was one more that you did not know of and that happens to be a literal armour against the dreaded virus!
A company has produced about 50,000 suits [...]

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Seasonal Flu Vaccine May Increase Risk for H1N1

Friday, September 25, 2009 13:18 By GSerrano

An unpublished Canadian research study links seasonal flu vaccine shots with possible escalation of risks for swine flu or Influenza A (H1N1). The study has caused considerable international concern. Canadian health authorities are convening an expert panel to assess the data.
‘Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the findings appear [...]

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The Fear of the Flu

Monday, September 21, 2009 17:51 By GSerrano

Pandemic diseases, due largely to their alarmist and apocalyptic propaganda, have reduced some humans to a sorry showcase of fears and vulnerabilities. The virus has also revealed weak health care systems, as well as unprepared and incapable medical infrastructure and hospital systems. All these while some people concoct conspiracy theories and accuse giant pharmaceutical multinationals [...]

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Swine flu ‘could kill millions’ and cause anarchy in poor nations, UN warns

Monday, September 21, 2009 11:43 By GSerrano

A leaked ‘UN report says pandemic may result in anarchy unless the rich western countries pay for antiviral drugs and vaccines.’ The amount to shell out is $1.5 billion. The swine pandemic is expected to ‘kill millions’ which would ‘cause anarchy in the world’s poorest nations,’ thereby causing weak economies to completely collapse, unless the [...]

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Some Things You Might Want to Know About the Swine Flu Vaccine

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:03 By GSerrano

In 1976, swine flu vaccine failed, causing paralysis to hundreds of people. This irreparable damage to the nervous system has been named Guillain-Barre syndrome. To this day, medical experts are clueless as to why the 1976 swine flu vaccine paralyzed so many people. They are equally clueless if the 2009 swine flu vaccine can produce [...]

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UK nurses wary of untested swine flu vaccine

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:15 By GSerrano

Only 30 percent of UK nurses asked in a poll said they are willing to have the H1N1 vaccine. Even if the country’s Department of Health says, “They have a duty to themselves, they are at risk. They have a duty to their patients not to infect their patients and they have a duty to [...]

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