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New Bill to Mandate Flu Vaccine for New Jersey Health Care Workers
Thanks to a new bill currently going through New Jersey legislature, employees working at health care facilities such as general or special hospitals, nursing homes, or home health care agencies may be ‘mandatorily’ required to receive the flu vaccine. The bill, recently approved by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee, may be voted on this week. Needless to say, this bill is not the first to call for mandatory flu vaccines.
Vitamin D Deficiency in 1/4 Toddlers Could Delay Walking
According to a new research, one in four toddlers in the UK do not have sufficient vitamin D levels, and the deficiency could be causing the kids to experience a delay in walking, muscle weakness, and bone pains. The importance of vitamin D seems to be spreading at a fast pace, but many parents and even health professionals still need to do a little bit more research when it comes to obtaining and maintaining sufficient vitamin D levels.
Sunlight and Vitamin D Shown to Reduce Chickenpox Risk
Although the chickenpox is usually a mild disease with little complications in healthy individuals, you probably want to rid your child of this spotty intrusion. What you may not know is that letting your child outside when the sun is out and strong may be the best remedy and preventative measure to take to avoid coming down with the chickenpox. This is mainly due exposure to ultraviolet light and the vitamin D that is absorbed from it.
How Flu Shots Could Make You Prone to Disease
In the winter months, it’s easier to become susceptible to various diseases, especially the flu. A lack of sun exposure prevents you from taking in adequate amounts of vitamin D, which has powerful disease prevention properties. With the onset of colder months, you may consider flu shots as one of many ways to boost your immune system and avoid contracting the seasonal flu. But you should know that flu shots actually make you prone to disease.
9 Ways to Boost Your Immune System and Avoid Being a Victim of the Flu Season
Drugstores and Wallmarts are promoting walk-in flu shots for the “flu season.” The late and early months of each year seem to be when more of us catch colds and come down with the flu. So what measures can you take to ensure you are not sidelined with nagging colds or a debilitating flu episode without turning to dangerous flu shots?
Even Low Dose Vitamin D Slashes Flu Risk by Nearly Half
Vitamin D3, even when taken in low daily dosages, has been found to slash your risk of developing the flu by 42%. If optimal ranges of vitamin D intake were utilized, the percentage would most likely climb much higher. While conducting the study, Mitsuyoshi Urashima and colleagues at the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo administered only 1,200 IU of vitamin D daily to study participants.
Scientists Weaponize Deadly Bird Flu, Consider Releasing Results Necessary to Create Bioweapon
It sounds like something out of a bizarre science fiction comic book. Scientists have weaponized the H5N1 bird flu virus, and are actually considering releasing the research. The experiments, which involved mutating the virus a total of 5 times, made the strain highly contagious between ferrets — the very animal model used to study human flu infection. Of course many scientists are now warning that if such research was made public it could result in the construction of deadly bioweapons.
Federal Committee Calls for Mandatory Flu Vaccines in Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities
Are you opposed to the H1N1-loaded seasonal flu shot? If you are a healthcare worker, it may soon be mandated that you receive the shot. A federal advisory committee has called on hospitals and healthcare clinics to make the seasonal flu shot mandatory for all employees.
A Flu Vaccine Timeline | The Recent History Revolving Around Vaccine Dangers
If you thought you were safe from the flu after receiving a flu vaccine, think again. It’s hard to keep up with all the false claims and corruption revolving around flu vaccination, but if you were to piece the massive puzzle together, everything may suddenly become crystal clear. Not only are people risking their health by subjecting themselves to the almighty prick, but it turns out that all of the effort is for nothing.
Ineffective Flu Shots Backed by Faulty Science and Corporate Marketing
Flu season is approaching, and it’s been a tradition of sorts to prepare with a flu shot. It’s almost ingrained in American culture that the answer to preempt disease is with a ‘harmless’ immunization.
Flu Vaccine Insert Admits it Causes Deadly Nerve Disease, Paralysis, and Death
Experts have asserted that the H1N1 vaccine, now been added to the regular seasonal flu shot, can lead to a killer nerve disease known as Guillain-Barre Syndrome and even death. The link has been confirmed by studies, anecdotal evidence, and even the vaccine insert itself.
Flu Shots Contain More than 250 Times the EPA’s Safety Limit for Mercury
Thimerosal is a widely used vaccine preservative that is present in the majority of flu shots and other vaccines. Thimerosal is 49% mercury by volume, an extremely toxic chemical element that wreaks havoc on the nervous system, neurological function, and overall biological function.
3 Reasons to Reconsider Flu Shots
The fact of the matter is that seasonal flu shots are simply not backed by reputable science, in fact a number of major studies have shown that the seasonal flu shot is not effective at all in preventing the flu.
Green Tea More Effective in Preventing Flu than Vaccines
Drinking green tea can slash your risk of influenza, as it contains powerful antiviral components that a new study has associated with a lower risk of flu infection. Researchers examined more than 2,000 elementary school students who were given questionnaires about their green tea consumption and illness during influenza season.
Immune System Protects Against Flu, Not Vaccines
Preventing the flu may not come down to hand sanitizers and risky vaccinations. A new study has found that only half of all individuals affected with the flu virus actually get sick, highlighting the necessity of a powerful immune system that is able to respond to the flu virus appropriately.
Vaccine Makers Immune to Legal Repercussions
Under a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, both vaccine makers and federal officials have complete legal immunity from any repercussions — regardless of whether or not the case is valid.
Vaccine Information Week to Launch October 1st
In an effort to educate millions worldwide, leading natural health experts from around the globe are teaming up to launch a new campaign entitled Vaccine Information Week. Launching on the 1st of October 2011.
