The vaccine’s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, is asking governments to stop using vaccine doses from one particular lot shipment issued in late October.

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Ten GTA Clinics will open to the public.  Line ups have been small to nil, durring the priority group only vaccination program.   However, line ups may increase to hign levels again now that the general public has access to the vaccine.

In recent weeks, it has been reported that there is a lower intrest and desire by Ontario residents to get the swine flu vaccine.

In the WHO Western Pacific region, which includes Japan, the number of cases is over 118,702, with at least 432 deaths.

The global agency emphasized that these figures represent a great underestimate of the real situation, given that “countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases”.

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(Conspiracy theory) : The vaccine is really a global government conspiracy to inject potentially  deadly substances, which will have lethal side effects in the future in order to control the increasing human population. 

Comment : This seems to be a very inefficient way to accomplish a population decrease – why not just let people die from the virus itself then, why count on an optional vaccine??

(Myth):  The H1N1 vaccine can cause you to get the actual H1N1 virus and fall ill.

Comment : This is false, and thus would prove to expensive in treating all new and ultimately vast number of infected people – remember that governments (and health insurance companies)  main task is o reduce health care costs – I.e. the governments recent efforts to eliminate the mass populace of smoking tobacco products to do the impact on the health care system.

Our h1n1 virus theory here 

-More myths and theories coming soon

Thus, its important to realize that countries and officials are not really expecting or preparing for many people actually dying from the h1n1 virus

Actually, the government(s) are concerned with:

1)    The total health care costs (and resources) that a highly amount of infected persons (with mild to medium symptoms)  that would be involved in a winter long h1n1 pandemic.  Doctors and hospitals would be continuously overwhelmed with mild cases of h1n1 related patients causing a major strain on the health care system both in human power and financial costs (CNN reports huge increases to U.S. hospital visitations with more even expected)– Thus if they can get as many people vaccinated, then the overall amount of mild to medium cases that would require walk in clinic attention, family doctor or even hospital resources would be greatly reduced.

2)    The effect of a “panic” physiological atmosphere of a highly contagious virus with a potential lethal effect within a society could cause major negative local economic effects.  This was witnessed in Mexico in the spring of 2009, where citizens were requested to stay home and schools and businesses were closed for a number of days.

3)    Similar to above; individual countries do no want a serious H1N1 outbreak due to the obvious affects to tourism and travel into the respected countries.  Any country that is know for a high swine flu deaths, contaminations, or lack of efforts to reduce and control the spread of the h1n1 virus my be adversely viewed by other countries and their citizens as an undesirable place to visit.

If goverments really were trying to prevent massive deaths, then most of the upper hemisphere countries would not be getting the vaccine last minute, they would have been vaccinated in the middle of the summer if needed to ensure safety, and the administration of the vaccine would not have been optional.

Governments were  waiting (back in the northern hemishere summer) before they made any purchases or committed to any contracts for large quantizes of vaccine (and antivirals) for the upcoming flu season.  The (northern hemisphere) governments waited to see what the southern hemisphere cases and infection rate was, they followed closely countries (i.e New Zealand, Argentina, Australia) with similar heath care systems to see what affects and costs the flu season had of those countries.

The government’s main concern was and is “costs” and minimizing costs to their health care systems and local/ national economies. 

With this observed data, they made decisions on attaining the vaccine and antivirals.

The government’s main concern was and is “costs” and minimizing costs to their health care systems and local/ national economies.  The greatest and most effective way to reduce this potential cost was to have a certain amount of the population (not necessarily as many citizens as possible- as there are costs to that too)  that would ensure a low amount of per capital of infected people requiring health care attention.

Even in the administration process of the vaccine,  the actaul overriding and trumping variable is and still is “costs” – that is why vaccine clinics are operated in a manner to “cost effectively”  vaccine the populous. 

 In Canada,  (not officially confirmed), local MDs and doctors need to purchase the vaccine to administer to their patients (and in turn charge back the nation wide health care system).  However there is a minimum purchase quantity of 500 vaccine units for doctors and walk in clinics. (not officially confirmed).  Notice that governments were not willing to have highly paid doctors administer the vaccine in order to reduce line ups and wait times, even though it may mean that the general population starts to become vaccinated earlier than having to wait for their turn at overcrowded vaccine clinics.  Again the costs involved in having the vaccines shipped individually to doctors scattered throughout out the country and doctors been paid by the medical health systems to administer the vaccine, would be extremely expensive.

So in actuality, the actions (or lack off) of governments really revolve around minimizing costs related to control, prevention, treatment and internal effects of a h1n1 virus outbreak to the mass population.

We think that the current advice right now is “We can’t stress enough that most people need to get thir vacination”

BUT and in a month or so it will change to “We can’t stress enough that most people don’t need to come to the ER” and infected people living at home with H1N1 (with mild to medium) will be the norm, and within a week or so they will be better.

-Provinces are reporting a shortage of vaccine inventory, may accept only high risk groups in order to ration the vaccines.   These provinces include Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Quebec (and Ontario). - Oct 31-09

-Toronto Officials are asking only high risk groups to come to vaccine clinics - Oct 30-09

High Risk/Priority groups are

• Pregnant women.
• Children from six months to five years of age.
• People who live with children under six months old.
• People under 65 with underlying medical conditions.
• Immuno-compromised people and those caring for them.
• People living in remote and isolated communities.

-As of Oct. 24, 92 deaths (In Canada) from swine flu have been reported since the spring, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Ontario News:

• Officials asking healthy people not to come to clinics next week due to shortage- Oct 31-09
• Toronto clinics open earlier for general public for high risk people only  – Oct 29-09
• Long waits are been reported in Toronto (north York) vaccine clinics Oct-29-09
• Vaccines only available at vaccine clinics, not a walk in clinics or family doctors office Oct-28-09
• New approved batch of non boaster vaccine will be available for pregnant woman Oct-27-09
• No vaccines to be administered at schools for kids – Oct 27-09

A healthy, strong and active immune system is the key to warding of a viral attack, with or without the flu vaccine been administered.

 Thus, although the most common way to fight (not to be confused with contracting the virus) any flu may be believed to be a flu shot or vaccine, this may not be entirely the “only” or best defense.  A healthy, strong and active immune system is the key to warding of a viral attack, with or without the flu shot been administered.  Even when a person does take the swine flu (H1N1) vaccine, that person should still maintain certain positive lifestyle habits that ensure a healthy and strong immune system and a natural bodily defense. 

The main concern with global governments and their public “push” for vaccination of the H1N1 flu is that a healthy person may actually have the virus (yet show no symptoms) but may not fall victim to it or become sick; due to a strong immune system.  Instead the infected person may pass it on to others (during the dormancy, but still contagious stage lasting 2-3 days), yet beat the virus before it reproduces enough to show symptoms.   Whereas, the newly infected person may not be able to fight the virus and in term fall ill.  C Even when one has taken the H1N1 flu (swine flu) vaccine, to teach the body’s immune system to fight the H1N1 virus, the key is still a healthy immune system.

What are healthy choices, lifestyles and diet that actually promote a strong immune system?

-Cardiovascular system – Not only does our muscles, lungs and heart benefit from a well exercised cardiovascular system, but so to does the active agents of our immune system.  By providing a healthy blood pressure and blood flow along with necessary oxygen, the immune system, composed of white blood cells and antibodies, are able to efficiently produce and travel within our bodies.  Thus, keeping fit and active will help insure a strong defense against the H1N1 (swine flu) and other intrusions to our body.

-Proper sleeps – Although often widely overlooked; bountiful sleep does wonders for the mind and body.  Insufficient sleep on the other hand has been proven to greatly reduce the human immune system and cause stress deep with the body.  It is therefore very important to ensure you are getting the proper amount of sleep needed for your body to maintain stress free and fight any type of bug or flu.

-Stress & Anxiety – Without question stress is one of the most influential strains on the immune system.  Stress can be caused by many contributors within and outside of the body.  Unhealthy diets that contribute to headaches, stomach or liver complications can cause the body stress.  Injuries and traumas can cause the body to also deal with undesired stress.  Furthermore, stress from work, relationships and finical problems can bring on major stresses that affect the body and in turn can leave a weakened immune system that is susceptible to the H1N1 (swine flu).

Even sudden changes in temperature can bring on a surprisingly high amount of stress to the body (so avoid just stepping out for that quick minute without the coat in the middle of winter)

The body’s immune system can be thought of like an army, it works best with preparation, in greater numbers, needs reinforcements, supplies and time to regroup. 

Sometimes one has to remember that the body’s defenses & immune system are not “unlimited” and can’t just take on any amount of “attacks to the body”.   Sometimes too many health issues that occupy the immune system’s resources allow for easier access of further attacks to the body to succeed.  That is why it is often learned that many cases of death deriving from the swine flu (H1N1), that the victim had “underlying health” issues – In other words, the immune system itself was very worn down, preoccupied with another health issue to mend, or was itself weakened and beat by the time the H1N1 virus entered the body.  The body’s immune system can be thought of like an army, it works best with preparation, in greater numbers, needs reinforcements, supplies and time to regroup. 

Diet – Of course, as mentioned above, there are many types of food that can produce negative effects on the body, but some foods will actually help ensure and build up your immune system.

-Nutrients – Of course most of all foods are nutritious; however, some foods hold more nutrients than others.  Highly processed foods tend to be reduced of natural nutrients and vitamins due to the refining or manufacturing process.  Also, processed food are jammed packed with many chemicals and ingredients that tend to only prevent food from turning bad, instead of providing any actual nutritious value.  Even cooked foods tend to loose precious enzymes that assist in the breakdown of nutrients and in the digestive process.  Examples of  healthy non-processed food choices are, fresh fruits (shakes and smoothies too) and vegetables including squashes, salads and spinach (uncooked),  some oils and vinegars, herbs and spices, fish (filets), chicken (whole or parts not nuggets), red meat (in moderation), nuts and seeds…again, in general, the more natural the food the less processed.   In addition note that the food labels do not have a measure for “Total Nutrient”…but you can judge the food by looking at the overall make up of the various nutrients and vitamins…look for a natural balance and the amount of varying nutrients For example take a look one day at the nutrient label of baby formula, compared to pasta.  The baby formula has about 10 times more different nutrients and vitamins.

Vitamin C is not stored in the body and needs to be replenished every day

 

Vitamin C – yes of course this particular vitamin is known for its excellent affect on the immune system, however many people do not know the lemons & strawberries contain more vitamin c than oranges.

Also note that most orange juice bought at stores is processed.  Although it may have been freshly squeezed, it then is stored in large drums and chemicals added to prevent the juice from going bad.  This process allows for the public to have orange juice in the middle of winter or during its off season.  The best orange juice is from oranges that you freshly squeeze at home and have that moment –usually during the orange season.

More so, Vitamin C is not stored in the body and needs to be replenished every day.

Because vitamin C is water soluble, it is extremely delicate and can easily be lost through improper cooking or storage. Fresh, raw fruits and vegetables are best sources of Vitamin C. If the foods must be cooked, they should be cooked as briefly as possible at only moderate temperatures – high heat can destroy Vitamin C. Boiling, freezing, and canning also deplete the nutrient, and heavily processed fruits and vegetables may lose up to 70 percent of their Vitamin C before being consumed.

Substance abuse and drugs – Known substance abuse such as abuse of alcohol, the use of corticosteroids, and the ingestion of stimulants such as cocaine can contribute to a weakened immune system.

Your body needs your help in order to maintain its fighting force to combat virus such as the H1N1 (swine) flu.  Contributors such as a stress free life, healthy & natural diet combined with regular and sufficient rest and sleep will ensure your body is up to the task of warding off intrusions such as the H1N1 influenza strain without the need of a vaccine at all.

Northwest Territories, for example, has already received the vaccine supply it needs, the official, who did not want to be named, told The Canadian Press. PHAC has said it plans to give local health authorities until early November to organize the vaccination program.

News reports Sunday said the federal government is expected to approve the vaccine as early as this week and have it ready for distribution within a couple of days.

But PHAC spokesman Robert Paterson said the plan to have the vaccine available in early November has not changed.

“We’re not speculating about any early availability and certainly any sort of speculation about an earlier time is not particularly helpful right now,” Paterson said in an interview.

“So we are aiming for early November. And that’s been our position all along and that’s the position that we have right now.”

The early batches will be earmarked for pregnant women and very young children.

So far British Columbia has been the hardest hit with the second wave of the swine flu, with eight deaths.

Health officials are concerned that similar outbreaks will happen in other parts of the country before a vaccine is available.

Timing is crucial since outbreaks last up to 12 weeks, so the goal is to get the vaccine to as many people as they can before the worst over.

After vaccination, it takes up to two weeks to develop an antibody to the virus.

Canada has been criticized for not getting out the vaccine quickly enough when it is already available in the United States and other countries.

But health officials said last week that while Canada may be behind other countries in rolling out its swine flu vaccine, Canadians will be immunized faster than people in other parts of the world.

The country’s chief public health officer David Butler-Jones said on Wednesday that three million doses a week will be available in Canada once clinical trials and quality tests are complete.

By The Canadian Press By The Canadian Press