300 days
14,750,612 deaths from cardiovascular disease
6, 408, 451 deaths from cancer
2, 734, 371 deaths from AIDS, HIV, & STD Combined
1, 734, 589 deaths from Respiratory disease
1, 050, 358 deaths from Traffic Accidents
868, 077 deaths from diabetic complications
770,590 deaths from Suicide
345,549 deaths from falls
336, 999 deaths from drowning
151,017 deaths from War
138,099 deaths from Hepatitis (combined Hbv C, D, F, G, H, I, Sma 1, TT)
16, 385 deaths from Dengue Fever
5,850 deaths from Swine Flu (593 deaths in the US, 80 Canada)
Note: Assume that there are less than 100 deaths from neurological disease resulting from vaccination. The true number will not be known for years.
Does this mean the vaccination program worked?
As of December, 2009, depending on the estimates you go by, 46 million, 56 million or 60 million have received the vaccination in the US.
A Harvard study found that 55 percent of US adults did not want to get the vaccine. Additionally about 35 percent of parents did not want the immunize for their children.
If indeed the vaccine worked, there needs to be an adjustment for the time when the vaccine was not available but lets not.
This means you have a…..
1 in 260,000,000 million chance of getting and dying from swine flu in the US.
That is not what is interesting. If you look at the number who have developed the neurological disease Guillain-Barre syndrome some interesting numbers arise. One source indicates that there was an 8 fold increase the last time the flu shot missed the mark. Time will tell this round of vaccinations. Lets go with the lesser number.
Lets say only 25 died. That means you have a one in 6,180,000 chance of dyeing from the vaccine in the US.
Math is not my strong suit. If my numbers are wrong, please educate me.
Of the total US population, 15,450,000 would comprise the 5% that is allowed for error. Lets assume that a number less than than is clinically insignificant. Lets add, for the sake of the families who have lost loved ones, that the number is not clinically insignificant to them.
So, except for those affected, then the risk of getting a crippling neurological disease is insignificant.
Compared to all the other causes of death, should not the rate of death of H1N1 also be insignificant. Remember, a number of deaths occurred before the vaccine was available.
Do a simpler math. If the vaccine was effective, then only half of the people died that would have. That means a total of 11,700 would have died had we not had the vaccine, again less than 5% of the population. What if there was a cheaper way to care for this.
Ooops, there was. It was reported on PubMed a few years ago. A simple dietary supplement was found to work in the at risk groups currently being vaccinated. There are a number of studies on this. Some are about boosting your glutathione.
Please note that it is not enough to just avoid the vaccine. You must take positive steps to boost your immunity. Things like dietary considerations, avoiding toxic food additives and getting adequate exercise and sunlight exposure all play a part of boosting immunity.
This is not to encourage you to avoid the vaccine. It is to encourage you to take charge of your health.
Good Health to you.
PS. And buy pharm stocks. They must be doing something right as they are making a killing in the stock market. Why not have some good economic health at the same time?