Avian flu epidemic: The best antidote may be natural

Good piece in Ode magazine (look for it on independent bookstore stands) on the unlikelihood of a bird flu epidemic, and some "natural" (round here we call 'em "green") strategies for fighting the flu if it ever does get out of hand. Have you heard of sambucol? Might be worth tracking down a source locally just in case. In the meantime we at Green for Good will try to locate a source for ordering!

From the article: "In an effort to prevent this pandemic, governments are furiously stockpiling antiviral medicines—primarily the drug Tamiflu manufactured by Roche. But is there really a pandemic at hand? And if so, will Tamiflu help?

"The answer to both questions is “no,” according to the respected British alternative-health newsletter What Doctors Don’t Tell You (December 2005), among other sources. Why? Because the specific virus involved (H5N1) was discovered 45 years ago, when terns in South Africa were infected, and has never posed a serious threat to humans in all that time."

And there are links between Tamiflu (which is generally proving to be worthless) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, further sullying the authenticity of any real danger while raising more Halliburton/Cheney-like questions about this corrupt administration: http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2005/1101_b.html

— Paul Andrews, Green for Good

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