Do you realize that in this case, drugs did not cure anything but only allowed the surgery to be performed more conveniently?

Of course I realize that. Are you saying that you would refuse the anesthesia if you needed to be cut open?

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

10/26/2009
On Saturday, President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic to be a national emergency. The statement from Obama issued by the White House reads as follows:

“Pursuant to section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621), I hereby report that I have exercised my authority to declare a national emergency in order to be prepared in the event of a rapid increase in illness across the Nation that may overburden health care resources. This declaration will allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if necessary, to temporarily waive certain standard Federal requirements in order to enable U.S. health care facilities to implement emergency operations plans to deal with the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the United States. A copy of my proclamation is attached. Further, I have authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exercise the authority under section 1135 of the Social Security Act to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance programs and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule as necessary to respond to the pandemic throughout the duration of the public health emergency declared in response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.”

The declaration means that Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, now has authority to bypass the human rights standard federal rules and implement any or all of the emergency actions the government wants to impose.

Here's an excerpt from a news piece I found online:



I liked the underlined part there. What is wrong with profit? This is capitalistic America, isn't it? Do you think Big Brother could tell us with a straight and honest face that the vaccine companies do NOT have this motivation for profit? It looks to me as though the government is just protecting its side business here--as usual, big pharma has good lobbyists.

I have seen it reported that the Swine Flu has proven fatal to fewer people than the average fatalities for the common seasonal influenza. Emergency?!

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

What is disturbing about the H1N1 flu is that the fatalities happen more among young people than among elderly people. This is both intriguing and scaring.

Rosangela,

Did you watch the video here?

http://www.mercola.com/LT/track.asp?l=1324

It is VERY interesting and pertinent to Swine Flu. It is very educational. So interesting, in fact, that it seems in the past 6 days, the site has had about 400,000 hits. The lady explains the reason younger people are hit harder with this flu.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

I'm a little confused here. Are you talking about, "Drugs never cure disease"? I thought you were as you introduced the spleen right after quoting Ellen White about being able to recover without one grain of medicine.

GC,

I had already heard the explanation that people over 65 already have antibodies against the H1N1 flu because of the 1918 pandemic. But wouldn't this be true only of people in their eighties?
Another thing is, the complication most people die of is pneumonia. I understand it to be bacterial pneumonia, not viral pneumonia. So why aren't antibiotics working in these cases?

kland,

I too am confused, I guess. I thought you were talking about the anesthesia as a drug in your following post. The question here is, what, in your mind, is a "drug?" It appears that any unnatural liquid, pill, substance, supplement or potion would be classed as a "drug" by some here, and I had been led to see you as among them.

That Ellen White did not take such a radical view is evident when reading her teachings on the subject in their entirety--accepting both the more radical statements and their balancing ones on the other side. I agree she made some dramatic statements in regards to "drugs." However, from others of her statements I understand her scope of "drugs" to be more narrowly defined than some here choose to apply it.

Specifically, Mrs. White also speaks of "remedies" (including "natural remedies" but not limited to them) as being beneficial. It appears from the record we have, Mrs. White would have viewed vaccines as being "remedies" and not "drugs."

The Swine Flu vaccine, however, was not yet concocted in her day, and I make no attempt to say she would have advocated its use. To the contrary, I believe she would have put the balance to the issue of vaccines, and not advocated their injudicious use.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.