H1N1 kills 6 people, leaves 14 critically ill in Greater Houston area

Captain Crips.......

Cannabis can help prevent deaths if this become widespread. Really, no shillery-cannabis reduces wheezing, relieves cough and may very well save your life by keeping your lungs from being overwhelmed by the immune response if this virus becomes a pandemic and there is a breakdown in our hospital system.

If you have to resort to home treatment of this deadly virus, consider adding cannabis preparations to your natural pharmacopeia:


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Researchers who studied lung tissue samples from 50 people who died of pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza infections in 2009 say they found clear evidence that the intense immune response known as a cytokine storm played a role in their demise

[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, enough evidence exists to suggest that the cannabinoid system significantly impacts the functioning of the cytokine network, and this association may provide clues to the mechanisms of certain immune diseases and form the basis for new immunotherapies.

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The evaluation of the biological consequences of these drug-induced cytokine changes has also dramatically become important considering not only the impact of cytokines on immune system per se but also envisaging their influence in cancer, inflammation, autoimmune disease, brain injury, hematopoietic colony formation in which cannabinoids have demonstrated a clear role as important modulators

Vaporizing works quickly for lung congestion, and tea is safest for children.

Looks like big pharma started a little epidemic to create some fear and boost uptake of the flu shot and make lots of money

Dont get the shot! Its what they want

Untested, full of shit, most likely dont work

The flu shot will not protect you from this flu. It will actually make you more likely to get it and to die from it! The CDC even admitted that. The CDC missing the flu strain has become an annual ritual. Most years is the flu shot is worthless and it's alway dangerous. The vaccine has killed more people, over the years, than it has saved. When they miss a potential pandemic variety, they actually disable your body's defenses, making you more likely to get it. That is what happened this year. Getting vaccine less than 2 days before exposure is also very dangerous. You will have no defense from the vaccine for a couple of days.

Bingo, I worked in Health WA for 14 years... as an Exec Trainer... we were supposed to get the 'shot'... I never did... everyone I knew that got it took days out from being Ill from it... don't be a guinea pig...........

The Andromeda strain from comet I-sob.

Hello fellow texan many of us on here

If anyone decides to get The Jab, please do one simple thing. Ask the Country of Origin and verify it.

Influenza vaccines may be imported from China and India again this year. If it's not labeled Made in USA or Made in Canada, reconsider.

I'm not saying the doses from China/India are inferior. 2007/2008/2009 had an uptick of side-effects directly related to the carrier bases. The side-effects were written up as "flu-like symptoms post injection". The clinic I worked with thought the carrier bases had suffered freeze/thaw cycles during transport...and possibly degraded the batches.

Because of my travels, I took The Jab from 1969 to 2007. No more for me...if I aint built up immunity or resistance I aint never gonna LoL

Goofy, hope you and yours fare well; and everyone living in areas where influenza is rearing it's ugly head.

According to CDC, this years flu virus strains in the shot:

Influenza A (H1N1) viruses, influenza A (H3N2) viruses, and influenza B viruses

[link to www.cdc.gov]


Yes Texas as well :)

I just ordered Vitamin C, Zinc lozenges, Colloidal Silver, Garlic capsules, Bayberry Bark, Ginger Root capsules, Elderberry (Sambucus) capsules.
Will go to the store first thing in the morning and get Apple cider vinegar, cinnamon (bark) and Lemon Juice. Mix the vinegar 3 cups, cinnamon grated 1 TBSP, lemon juice 1/2 cup and honey lots to taste. Drink up. This isn't a daily recommendation, it is strong to prevent viruses particularly the flu in this subject. A much weaker tea daily is a great overall health booster.

All of those boost the immune system, increase white blood cells, kill viruses and microbes.

Keep a humidifier going with ONION chopped finely in the reservoir (you can add something that smells good like lavender). The virus hates it, the humidity makes it harder for the virus to travel and the onion also helps mucus and chest congestion.

If you are exposed to the flu, the Vitamin C is invaluable against all viruses. Put 10-15 1000mg or 1500mg capsules in easy reach for the day. Take 3 right off. About once every hour take another one throughout the day. Continue for several days. It is water soluble and cannot build up. It is Ascorbic Acid and boosts your immune system, builds white blood cells. As a bonus vitamin C is said to fight cancer. This was my grandmothers remedy (she was an RN) and all I know is IT WORKS. She believed it to be that it acidifies your PH and the virus can't survive.

This flu in lower Texas has a high death rate, don't be embarrassed to wear a flu or germ mask. It may save your life.

My best friend died November 30th of "pneumonia" in Pueblo, CO.

Oh, and she was only 43.

Yep, and: [link to www.nytimes.com]

"Not since the Black Death of the 14th century had the world seen an epidemic like the 1918 flu, which killed 675,000 people in this country, and 43,000 United States servicemen. About half of the deaths of United States servicemen in World War I were caused not by battle but by the flu. Young healthy people would fall ill and die within a few days."

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Lysol, bleach, and common sense! Don't touch your face until you have cleaned your hands. That's the first thing, second, if people are hacking up a storm next to you, move over.

Still not proof. Not enough sick to prove any good from the flu shot. Also for all we know there are others with a less severe case of this and going uncounted. Need more data before I'd get jabbed, a lot more!

There's another flu vaccine with 4 strains but small percentage of total vaccine numbers.

I read, years ago, a study about how a mismatched flu vaccine can actually make you less able to fight off the flu as your body will mount a defense against the strain from the shot and produce less antibodies against the strain you are sick with.

I wish I had a link to that, maybe someone here does.

Have you looked into Asafoetida? Onion was the traditional substitute for fumigation when they could not get Asafoetida.

One reason Texas may seem to have more flu is that Texas has a better state health care system and more accurate reporting than many states. Its also a border state, so they are supposed to be more wary.

There could be even more flu in your state, going unreported. People could be lying dead of the flu all over Southeastern North Carolina and somebody might notice by spring.

I'm not trying to fear-monger. Why the hell would they dig up and reconstruct such a deadly bug?? This world has gone mad. I posted this because the 1918 variety was a subtype of the H1N1. You know what I'm thinking.


"Flu epidemic of 1918 infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—3 to 5 percent of the world's population —making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history....An effort to recreate the 1918 flu strain (a subtype of avian strain H1N1) was a collaboration among the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. The effort resulted in the announcement (on 5 October 2005) that the group had successfully determined the virus's genetic sequence, using historic tissue samples recovered by pathologist Johan Hultin from a female flu victim buried in the Alaskan permafrost and samples preserved from American soldiers."
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

"Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have successfully reconstructed the influenza virus strain responsible for the 1918 pandemic, a project that greatly advances preparedness efforts for the next pandemic. This groundbreaking research helps unlock the mystery of the 1918 flu pandemic and is critically important in our efforts to prepare for pandemic influenza,” said CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding. “We need to know much more about pandemic influenza viruses. Research such as this helps us understand what makes some influenza viruses more harmful than others. It also provides us information that may help us identify, early on, influenza viruses that could cause a pandemic....“By identifying the characteristics that made the 1918 influenza virus so harmful, we have information that will help us develop new vaccines and treatments,” said Dr. Terrence Tumpey, the CDC senior microbiologist who recreated the virus. “Influenza viruses are constantly evolving, and that means our science needs to evolve if we want to protect as many people as possible from pandemic influenza.””
[link to www.cdc.gov]

Question.... How do you put the onion in? I have a hot/cold mist humidifier. Do I just drop it in?

Exactly!!! That's what I said!

I use a garlic press and juice it in, but the OP may have a less fiddly method.

I'm in austin, tx and this is the second day of my illness. I don't believe it's the flu and it didn't seem to be so bad at first, but now it's getting worse and I'm starting to hurt. It better not be h1n1.

In the little tray where you would put Vicks.


From modern studies we know that onions have antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties. It has also been found useful as a diuretic and as an effective expectorant (this would make it helpful for fighting coughs, colds and flu bugs)tor site’s many sulfur compounds are responsible, not only for their wonderful smell and irritation to eyes, but also for their powerful antimicrobial properties that effectively battle numerous bacteria, including subtilis, salmonella, and E. coli.
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The sulfur releases are why it's effective in the humidifier AGAINST the virus plus you get the benefits as well. And yes, zeno this flu could be much more widespread before they get a grip on it. That's why I'm worried as hell. I live with my mother who likely wouldn't survive or would definitely have a very hard time with it. She already has lung issues from a lifetime of asthma.

Don't despair ahead of time. It could just be bad turkey from Thanksgiving.

please go in and be tested

Ac did you get a shot this year keep us posted

Technically I'm in the outskirts of Harris Co. but I know of at least 10 people who have contracted the flu in the past month. I know someone somewhere mentioned pneumonia, but I can't recall the details.

My immune system is really weakened from my RA, I get sick easily and it really hits me extremely hard. I am seriously thinking of wearing a face mask, but I wish people who are sick would stay the hell home.

Please keep posting home remedies like the onion and garlic stuff, if possible.

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Look through the threads by Emerald Eye. I think she did one on the flu. She brings a real medical back ground, and common sense to any thread. I haven't seen her on here lately, but I'm sure she is still lurking. Her threads are all backed by research, and she usually gives links.

Had a patient admitted today with acute respiratory failure. His mother found him in the middle of the night with severe shortness of breath. Two days ago he was having cold like symptoms. 52 years old. He has multiple health issues, his mother is his caregiver. His lungs looked crappy on xray and they were swabbing him for the flu. He was placed on a ventilator. Might or might not be the swine flu. I live in Dallas. Be ready!

Good place to follow the H1N1 problem:

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