Dear Reader,

Its time once again for our annual holiday event of parents, children and the elderly waiting in long lines at shopping malls, supermarkets, hospitals and clinics to get the flu shot recommended by our doctors and government.
The madness of this scenario is that flu vaccines:
1. Are made to combat a false, trumped-up danger
2. Are ineffective
3. Are dangerously toxic

Trumped-Up Danger
Myth: Government (CDC) publicity releases claim that "Influenza kills 30,000 to 40,000 Americans every year." I believe that this is a ruse designed to scare patients into taking vaccines.

Reality: CDC publicity releases regularly exaggerate flu deaths by 40 to 50 times. As an example, 753 people actually were reported by the CDC to have died of flu in 2002. Even this number exaggerates the deaths caused by the flu. Please refer to Liddell's detailed report about this flu hoax titled The Inadequate Coverage of the Flu Vaccine by clicking here.

Ineffectivity of Flu Vaccines

Study 1 below was just-published in the British Medical Journal. It is a wide ranging review of many previous studies conducted to support current flu vaccination policies. It found that:
1. The methodology used in virtually all of the previous studies was terribly flawed
2. The studies “lacked convincing evidence of positive effects”
3. The lack of safety data was "surprising"

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Study 2 below reports on the Impact of Influenza Vaccination on death rates in the US Elderly Population. It found that vaccination rates among the elderly increased from 15% before 1980, to 65% in 2001. During this time, death rates for those 65 and older remained unchanged throughout.

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Study 3 below looked at Influenza-related mortality in the Italian elderly between 1970 and 2001. It found no decline in death rates associated with the dramatic increase in vaccination coverage.

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Study 4 below: Universal vaccination of children against influenza: are there indirect benefits to the community? The study concluded that, while there may be potential benefits to vaccinating all children, they could not quantify any.

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Dangerous Toxicity: Why would anyone want these ingredients of both the injectable and FluMist nasal spray forms of the vaccine in their bloodstream?

• Ethylene glycol - antifreeze

• Phenol (carbolic acid) - disinfectant, dye

• Formaldehyde - a known cancer-causing agent

• Aluminum - associated with Alzheimer's disease, seizures and cancer in laboratory mice (it is used to promote antibody response)

• Mercury (Thimerosal) - disinfectant/preservative that can result in brain injury and autoimmune disease

• Neomycin and Streptomycin – antibiotics that have caused allergic reactions in many people.

Yet these toxic ingredients and others are in today’s flu vaccines.

If flu vaccines are not the answer, what are the options?
There are several common sense actions we can all take:

• Eat Better – Support better immunity and health by reducing or stopping: junk and fast foods, sugary foods, processed grains, and trans-fats. Increase: healthy and essential fats like the omega-3 found in fish oils; good carbohydrates like those in vegetables, and healthy proteins like those in clean, naturally raised meats like organic beef and organic, free range, chicken.

• Wash Your Hands - Washing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people.

• Get Enough Rest - Regular rest will keep you strong and ensure that your body has the strength to fight off any potential invaders. If you need help sleeping, Liddell offers a very effective, non-narcotic Insomnia remedy.

• Use a Natural Anti-Viral Agent – We highly recommend our Cold + Flu remedy. We have watched it reduce the length as well as the severity of cold and flu symptoms. While homeopathic medicines are not supposed to marketed as a preventative, I regularly use it as a preventative in crowded, stressful situations like flying, trade shows, etc. Vitamin supplements such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin D and Zinc are also helpful in fighting the flu.

• Have Tools for Stress - It has been estimated that up to 90 percent of illness and disease is stress-related. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health, consider using our Anxiety & Tension or Feeling Overwhelmed products. They are safe, non-drowsy, non-narcotic and effective.

• Exercise - When you exercise, you increase your circulation throughout your body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, helping your immune system find an illness before it has a chance to spread.

Yours in good health,

Randy Powers
President, Liddell Laboratories

Study 1:
"Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence." The British Medical Journal, 28 October 2006. BMJ 2006;333:912-915 (28 October)

This important paper was funded by an independent non-profit foundation, the Cochrane Collaboration. It scientifically examined many studies that address the safety and efficacy of the current flu vaccine recommended policy.

Today’s rationale for recommending flu vaccines to healthy adults and children rests on the assumed heavy burden that influenza imposes on the population and the assumed benefits of vaccination. Assumed benefits of flu vaccination are reductions: in number of cases, admissions to hospitals, mortality of elderly people in families with children, contacts with healthcare professionals, antibiotic prescriptions, and absenteeism for children and household contacts.

The authors found many studies supporting the use of inactivated vaccines for seasonal influenza. In total, these studies included over 2,000,000 participants.

After careful review, the report found 4 major flaws with all of these studies:

• Studies were non-randomised – in one study the vaccine was administered to healthy, ambulatory elderly; with the placebo being administered to more feeble, non-ambulatory elderly.

• Studies were of such poor quality that the suggested benefits of vaccination could not even be adequately measured.

• The studies lacked convincing evidence of positive effects. Examples: In children under 2 years, inactivated vaccines had the same efficacy as placebo; and in healthy people under 65, vaccination did not affect hospital stay, time off work, or death from influenza and its complications.

• The studies lacked safety data on inactivated vaccines, which the authors found surprising given their longstanding and widespread use. The report found only one old trial with data from 35 participants aged 12-28 months. In elderly people, despite studies that include several million observations, safety was only reported in five randomised controlled trials.

Summary of Report Conclusions

• Public policy worldwide recommends the use of inactivated influenza vaccines to prevent seasonal outbreaks

• Evidence from systematic reviews shows that inactivated vaccines have little or no effect on the effects measured

• Most studies are of poor methodological quality and the impact of confounders is high

• Little comparative evidence exists on the safety of these vaccines

Reasons for the current gap between policy and evidence are unclear, but given the huge resources involved, a re-evaluation should be urgently undertaken.

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Study 3: Influenza-related mortality in the Italian elderly: No decline associated with increasing vaccination coverage; 7 July 2006 Caterina Rizzo, Cécile Viboud, Emanuele Montomoli, Lone Simonsen and Mark A. Miller

Abstract:
We investigated trends in influenza-related mortality among the elderly population in Italy associated with increased vaccination coverage. Using Italian vital statistics data, we studied monthly death rates for pneumonia and influenza and all-cause for persons ≥65 years of age by 5-year age groups for 1970–2001. Using a classic seasonal regression modelling approach, we estimated the age-specific seasonal excess mortality rates among Italian elderly as a measure of influenza-related deaths. We studied trends in excess mortality after adjusting for population aging and analyzing separately seasons dominated by the severe A/H3N2 subtype and those dominated by other circulating influenza subtypes. After the late 1980s, no decline in age-adjusted excess mortality was associated with increasing influenza vaccination distribution primarily targeted for the elderly. These findings suggest that either the vaccine failed to protect the elderly against mortality (possibly due to immune senescence), and/or the vaccination efforts did not adequately target the frailest elderly. As in the US, our study challenges current strategies to best protect the elderly against mortality, warranting the need for better controlled trials with alternative vaccination strategies.

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Study 4: Universal vaccination of children against influenza: are there indirect benefits to the community? A systematic review of the evidence. Jordan R, Connock M, et al.

We present a systematic review of the effectiveness of vaccinating healthy children to protect others. Primary studies were identified by searching standard electronic databases, internet sites, trials registers and citation lists to January 2004 and subjected to critical appraisal. Eight randomised controlled trials, three community studies and three economic evaluations met the inclusion criteria. The evidence suggests that vaccinating healthy children against influenza has the potential for reducing the impact of influenza epidemics. However, further evidence is needed as limitations of study design or execution mean that the community benefits are difficult to quantify.

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