More Swine Flu Vaccine Concerns

Below is an excerpt from a very long article on my MSN homepage from a few days ago. This was near the very bottom.


"The H1N1 outbreak has resulted in mostly mild, if widespread, illness, said Fisher, who is critical of the intensive push to immunize half the nation against swine flu.
“In this country, I do think it’s an over-reaction to operate under a public health emergency when there’s no evidence that this is more virulent than seasonal flu,” she said.
Drugmakers have been granted immunity from liability for the H1N1 vaccine, Fisher noted. That means consumers harmed by the vaccines may have little recourse for injuries or death in the future.
In the long run, natural immunity conveyed by actually getting the virus may provide stronger, longer-lasting benefits, she added. It’s likely the reason that people older than 60 largely have been spared by H1N1, because they were exposed to similar strains years ago.
Allowing infection could create immunity — or it could spawn severe illness and death, health officials contend."

If you don't want to get the vaccine but don't want to get the flu either consider taking some of the following on a daily basis:

Probiotics
Couple teaspoons of colloidal silver
Grapefruit seed extract
Cayenne pepper in capsule
Eat lots of hot peppers and garlic
Olive Leaf powder
Vitamin D3 is essential
Multi Vitamin
Extra Vit C
All of the above will strengthen the immune system and create an environment within the body hostile to viruses. For more information see www.mercola.com Children can do many of the above in drop or powder form.

Recent photos of Elder Harris!!!

I love the look on Elder Fourtina's face. He's from Quebec and one of Kyle's favorite companions (and the source of Kyle's occasional French phrases.)

Spirit fingers or jazz hands?

The deal with the Segway's is that they ran after some couples riding them and asked them if they could try them out. They thought they'd be great for tracting.


Kyle said he's not this tan. It was the printers fault. Who's fault is the small shirt?

Carmel

In June I went to Carmel, CA with my good friends Heidi and Linda. We had a blast, though we missed our friend Liz! This is the little cottage where we have stayed several times in the past. That's fog in the beach shot. And yes, in Northern California one wears a jacket to the beach more often than a bathing suit. Still beautiful in its own rugged way, though.

Nutritional Nuggets

Low energy? Can't lose weight? Poor sleep? Poor concentration? Poor memory? Maybe you just need iodine. Low iodine levels can also increase your risk for certain kinds of cancer, too. The blurb below is from www.womentowomen.com website. One of my absolute favorites for women's health issues.

Iodine. If you are at all concerned about your thyroid function, I would strongly recommend talking to your healthcare practitioner about iodine. For decades now, women have limited or avoided salt, which is our primary source of iodine — and a limited one, at that. This avoidance, along with a generally low intake of seafood and sea vegetables, is just one reason for the current trend toward iodine deficiency in this country. According to a 2002 CDC nutrition evaluation, approximately 36% of women of childbearing age in the US may receive insufficient dietary iodine.
Your thyroid simply can’t function without this crucial trace element, and if you are iodine deficient, more iodine could make all the difference for your thyroid. The essential thyroid hormones that circulate in our bodies, known as T4 (also known as thyroxine) and the more active T3, are partially made of iodine and are the only iodine-containing hormones in humans. If we are deficient in iodine, the thyroid doesn’t have the most basic building blocks to make these key hormones, and all the tissues in the body are negatively impacted as a result.