Swine flu prompts blood donor plea

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Monday, August 03, 2009
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The number of swine flu sufferers could lead to a shortage of blood donors, the National Blood Service has warned.

In response to the flu pandemic reducing the number of eligible donors, the service is making an urgent appeal for new and existing donors.

Only four per cent of the eligible population can give blood yet hospitals in Lincolnshire need around 870 units a week to survive.

However donors cannot give blood for a week after they have shaken off the last symptoms of swine flu.

And with new statistics from NHS East Midlands revealing that more than 1,000 people have sought medical advice for flu-like symptoms in Lincolnshire over the past week, the number of donors is dwindling.

This, coupled with the fact that blood stocks traditionally drop during the summer months when people disrupt their routines to go on holiday, is causing the National Blood Service concern.

Spokesman for the service, Craig Taylor, said the message is to give blood now before you get sick or go on holiday.

"Our preparation for this winter includes a particular focus on recruiting new blood donors in Lincolnshire," said Mr Taylor.

"It is easy to donate and a single donation can help to save more than one life."

For more on the blood shortage, including how you can donate, see Monday's Echo.

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    by RM Hesselden, lincoln

    Tuesday, August 04 2009, 7:26AM

    “*Vaccination Myths And Truths*
    _*No one* should voluntarily or otherwise take *any* vaccine, let alone
    one as untested and dangerous as for H1N1....Just say NO!!..._

    Dispelling Vaccination Myths with Truths:

    Myth No. 1: Vaccines are safe...

    Truth No. 1: Vaccinations cause high numbers of severe reactions,
    permanent disabilities, and deaths as well as an enormous personal and
    public cost. Virtually none of this gets reported.


    Myth No. 2: Vaccines are very effective...

    Truth No. 2: Evidence shows that vaccinations are an unreliable and
    dangerous way to prevent illness and disease.


    Myth No. 3: Low US disease rates are attributable to vaccines...

    Truth No. 3: No evidence links vaccines with infectious disease
    declines. Proper hygiene and diet practices are far more effective.


    Myth No. 4: Sound immunization theory and practice prove the
    effectiveness of vaccines...

    Truth No. 4: Many supposed vaccine truths have, in fact, been proved false.


    Myth No. 5: Childhood diseases are extremely dangerous...

    Truth No. 5: Childhood disease dangers are greatly exaggerated, to scare
    parents into getting their children vaccinated with unsafe drugs.


    Myth No. 6: Polio vaccinations were very successful...

    Truth No. 6: The Salk vaccine proved highly dangerous. Information about
    it was suppressed, and declines in the disease were well underway when
    mass-immunizations were begun. In Europe, they occurred in countries
    that used, then rejected the vaccine proving it was never needed in the
    first place. Showing also that the same is true for other diseases,
    including Swine Flu with the WHO and CDC admitting that most cases are
    mild, unthreatening, and generally pass without treatment, let alone
    risking dangerous unneeded vaccines.


    Myth No. 7: Lack of an initial adverse reaction proves vaccines are safe...

    Truth No. 7: Long-term vaccination reactions have been suppressed and
    ignored, in spite of the alarming correlation between their use and the
    rise of autoimmune and other diseases. Vaccines aren't for protection.
    They're for profit and other nefarious purposes. Avoiding them is
    essential to protecting human health and well-being.


    Myth No. 8: Vaccines are the only available disease prevention option...

    Truth No. 8: Alternative treatments and remedies have been safe and
    effective for generations, yet the medical establishment and governments
    attack and spurn them.


    Myth No. 9: "Vaccinations are legally mandated and unavoidable..."...

    Truth No. 9: Some vaccines are mandated, but most, perhaps all, US
    citizens may use legal exemptions to avoid them. In a recent article,
    however, Phillips states: "All non-medical exemptions in the US are
    ultimately provided conditionally. That is, states have the right to
    require immunization for everyone, legally exempt or not, during an
    (emergency) outbreak, other than (for) those" with medical exemptions.


    Myth No. 10: Governments place public health concerns above all others...

    Truth No. 10: Public health officials approve dangerous vaccines on
    unsuspecting recipients, and profit handsomely for their efforts.


    Final Comments

    _All vaccines are biological weapons that weaken or destroy the human
    immune systems._ They often fail to protect against diseases they're
    designed to prevent, and often cause them. The H1N1 vaccine is
    experimental, untested, toxic, extremely dangerous, and essential to
    avoid, even if mandated.

    In a December 1994 Medical Post article, Dr. Guylaine Lanctot said: [One
    of the major reasons for the mandatory public vaccinations]

    "The medical authorities keep lying. Vaccinations have been a disaster
    on the immune system. They actually causes a lot of illnesses. _We are
    actually changing our genetic code through vaccination_...[YHWH warned
    his people by commandment to not adulterate themselves, including our
    blood a”

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