| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is | | | | Saturday the FDA aannounced that Tamiflu was |
| investigating reports that the deaths of 12 | | | | safe. Of course, this is the same agency that |
| Japanese children may be linked to the anti-viral | | | | gave Vioxx its safetly blessing before it killed |
| drug Tamiflu. The possibility has caused alarm, | | | | 55,000 people. |
| since millions of doses of the drug are currently | | | | When Tamiflu kills U.S. children, Roche will plead |
| being stockpiled for use in a potential flu pandemic. | | | | that they had no idea it could do such a thing! |
| Also Linked to Seizures | | | | They will claim reports such as this one out of |
| Tamiflu has also been linked to neuropsychiatric | | | | Japan were unverified, and that there was no |
| incidents in children, including seizures, loss of | | | | way they could have known it was a problem. |
| consciousness, and delirium. | | | | It just doesn't get much worse than that.When |
| Jumping Off of Roofs | | | | will America wake up and say enough is enough? |
| The reportsmention incidents including: | | | | If this bothers you as much as it does me, you |
| - A14-year-old boy with flu took a dose of | | | | will want to be on the alert for a special animation |
| Tamiflu and two hours later fell from the ninth | | | | I have created that could make a major |
| floor of his apartment building | | | | difference in this country by helping people realize |
| - Another child, hours after taking a dose, jumped | | | | that we are not hopeless and that we can make |
| from the second floor of his house into deep | | | | a difference. I plan on releasing the video the first |
| snow | | | | week of January, and we hope it will gain as |
| Tamiflu Used FAR More Frequently in Japan | | | | much national attention as the Jib Jab video did |
| However, it is important to realize that the | | | | last year. |
| reasonTamiflu side effects may show up earlier in | | | | Not that they will make any great efforts to find |
| Japan is thatTamiflu is used12 times more | | | | out if it is a problem -- if you've been paying |
| frequentlyin Japan than in the United States-- 11.6 | | | | attention to the way the drug companies operate, |
| million prescriptions for children in Japan between | | | | you know that any potential problem with their |
| 2001 and 2005, compared to about 872,000 | | | | drugs is something they want to find out about |
| during that same period in the United States. | | | | after it has been sold to millions of people, not |
| USA Today November 17, 2005USA Today | | | | before. |
| November 19, 2005 | | | | As you probably understand by now, drugs are |
| Dr. Mercola's Comment: | | | | rarely the answer to your health problems. And |
| I swear this whole bird flu saga is something | | | | vaccinations are a dangerous alternative to simply |
| straight from some television mini-series or fiction | | | | taking care of yourself. |
| novel. However, as you know, you couldn't make | | | | Vaccines, which often contain mercury, are linked |
| up a story like this tale of greed and political | | | | to several chronic illnesses including: |
| corruption. | | | | - Autism |
| Earlier this year the United Statesplaced an order | | | | - Allergies |
| for 20 million doses of this worthless drug at a | | | | - Behavioral disorders |
| price of $100 per dose. That comes to a | | | | - Ear infections |
| staggering $2 billion.It was abundantly clear that | | | | An essential resource for anyone interested in |
| this drug was not going to help anyone with the | | | | protecting their health and the health of their |
| flu, and now we find out that this drug has a | | | | loved ones is Vaccines: What CDC Documents |
| serious potential of killing children that take it. | | | | and Science Reveal, a two-hour video by |
| To add insult to injury, the drug companies have | | | | world-renowned vaccine expert Dr. Sherri |
| made a sweet arrangement with the U.S. | | | | Tenpenny. The video is the culmination of Dr. |
| government that they are not liable for any ofthe | | | | Tenpenny's three-year investigation into the real |
| side effects from the drugs. President Bush's | | | | story behind vaccines. The facts on several crucial |
| $7.1-billion pandemic flu plan seeks broad limits on | | | | areas are covered including: |
| lawsuits against producers of vaccines and antiviral | | | | - How vaccines can cause illnesses |
| drugs, but is silent on how those injured or killed | | | | - The very real link between vaccines and |
| by adverse reactions might be compensated. | | | | developmental learning and behavioral disorders in |
| The liability shield is contained in the Pandemic Flu | | | | children |
| Countermeasure Liability Protection Act of 2005. | | | | - How vaccines have never been proven safe |
| It would protect producers and distributors of | | | | - The ingredients and contaminants in vaccines |
| emergency vaccines from injury suits except in | | | | and why they're detrimental to your health |
| cases of "willful misconduct," a term to be defined | | | | - How vaccine studies are seriously flawed |
| later by the attorney general and the secretary | | | | If you want to avoid catching the flu, drugs and |
| of Health and Human Services. | | | | vaccinesare not the answer. Your body and health |
| So,even if these drugs or vaccineswind up killing | | | | are better served by addressing the reasons why |
| innocent children, these companies will not be held | | | | the immune system is impaired, which allows it to |
| liable. But you don't have to worry as on | | | | acquire the infection to begin with. |