Here I sit, with an extraordinary headache and definite nausea, wondering if somehow I’ve already caught IT in remote Powell River, as I wait for my daughter to step off the plane from attending one of the biggest conferences on the continent, ‘way down in sticky-hot Atlanta. A zillion people attended this event—and she’s had a chance of catching something from every one of them. Cheery thought!

Who isn’t worrying about swine flu this season? The Powers That Be have spent enough advertisement dollars scaring us to death about it—what’s really going on?

I’ve done hours of reading and listening online, and here’s what I’ve come up with so far.

Swine flu isn’t appreciably more dangerous than the regular flu we’ve come to know and love. You’ll probably get over it, no problem, unless you’re already sick or compromised by a weak immune system. When this flu variety is talking tough, it seems to kill two types of people: young adults, and unhealthy people. So, if you’re obese, diabetic, or saddled with a chronic illness, consider boosting your immune system. The swine flu is odd: it’s a mix of our old familiar flu, the good old swine flu from past pandemics, and avian flu. How the heck can that happen?—outside a laboratory, that is. Were the birds and the pigs getting it on in some corner of the world? I feel so dumb about the “science”. The immunity you achieve from suffering a bout of this flu is far, far stronger than the immunity provided by a vaccine, and lasts longer, according to some medics. There’s also a mountain of concern over the safety and efficacy of the vaccine which is supposed to protect people against this flu. Might the vaccine be worse than the disease? In 1976, the swine-flu vaccine gave more people Guillain-Barre Syndrome—a very serious condition including paralysis—than the flu killed, a scandal uncovered by Sixty Minutes in 1979. Some claim the current vaccine, again, has not been properly tested, uses live virus, contains thimerosal (implicated in autism), does not target this new flu specifically, and may contain other adjuvants harmful to people. Some go so far as to say the vaccine has been “weaponised” in the interests of depopulation and population control. Forty-four states in the US have passed legislation enabling mandatory vaccinations. Canada has not yet done that, but has ordered fifty million doses of the vaccine—enough to jab each and every one of us, except the bush rats and the health nuts, twice. At the same time, steps are being taken to restrict the individual’s right to take supplements—the very substances intended to repair an impaired immune system. Imagining what it must be like to try to govern even a small part of the almost seven billion humans raging across the planet, I find it easy to imagine that some Powers That Be must have turned their minds to population control, ways to cut health care, and depopulation. Clearly, a smaller, healthier, saner human population is desirable if we are to survive as a species and if the ecology is to live to see another century. Equally clearly, disease technology is a tempting tool to achieve such desirable ends. Some years ago I also tripped over a snippet of evidence of the existence of a depopulation program since at least 1978. I hope I’m wrong. So far, though, I’m not persuaded to take that “vaccine”. Instead, I’m going to build, build, BUILD that cranky immune system of mine, if I have to become a certified Health Nut to do it. One important prophylactic (preventative) part of the immune-system-repair protocol is Vitamin D3 and a Magnesium-Calcium combination. I’ve read that 90% of North Americans are deficient in Vitamin D—we just don’t get out that often! Another important bit, for therapeutic (treatment) purposes if rather massive amounts of Vitamins C and E, coupled with stuff like zinc, cat’s claw, and certain mushrooms. Don’t take my word for it. Go to www.healthfreedomusa.org or www.healthranger.org to start your own journey to the truths huddled in the midst of this mess. Find out for yourself the best route to maximum health.