Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Influenza Shots


Getting your yearly shot for influenza has always presented a dichotomy of disconnect for me.  As I listen to the radio and the current discussion of why I should get a shot, I puzzle at the reasons presented.

First question; Who should get the shot? The young, the old, and hopefully everyone is what I heard.
Second question; Why should we get the shots yearly? To avoid the flu is what I heard.

Now here is where the logic starts to decay.

Third question; Can I get the flu if I get the shot?  Yes.  What is this? It takes two weeks to build up antibodies to the shot.  So the door is open for two weeks after I get the shot.  ALSO, there is viral drift.  This is when the yearly flu virus drifts from the viral form found in the vaccine from interacting in the wild.  OK, so the vaccine is only effective for a small number of people two weeks after they get a shot and before the virus starts to mutate if they aren't around other sick people?

Fourth question; Who is most at risk to get the flu?  People with compromised immune systems.  OK, I'm asking you to follow me here.  Did I not hear that vaccines were to get people with "compromised immune system" to produce antibodies?  I am STRETCHING here to understand.  Doesn't "compromised immune system" mean that the body is struggling to produce antibodies in the first place?  I thought torturing prisoners of war didn't work.

So, healthy person gets dosed by the flu virus.  His adenoids and tonsils send the message and samples to the spleen.  There antibodies are made and sent to the body inside of an hour.

 OR

An immune compromised person is injected with a quasi dead virus, if a non-living virus can be dead,  skipping the filters of the adenoids and tonsils.  Then their spleen is supposed to do what that is different from the normal way of working?

I see a disconnect from logic.  Wouldn't fixing the compromised immune system work better?  I see a vaccine as an expensive risky placebo at best.

No! I see mineral dense grain fed chicken slow roasted, bones and skin, with lots of mineral dense sage and herbs, salt and butter to taste, combined with celery, carrots. peas, and rice flour in a real nice soup a better flu shot.  And this is why; if the cell membrane is strong then the cell will resist a viral invasion.  Cell membranes are made of lipids or fat.  Slow cooked animal fat toughens the cell membranes.  Minerals are needed for dense bones, which are part of the endocrine system, hence a required resource for making hormones, enzymes, and antibodies.   So, if we combine tough cell defenses with an on-slot of antibody warriors we don't get sick.

If you do not want to get sick the secret is eating good food! and/or fixing any lingering digestive problems from eating bad foods in the past.