Swine Flu Likely Already Infecting 100,000 Americans, Admits Cdc

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(NaturalNews) H1N1 influenza (swine flu) has spread beyond the ability of the CDC to track it, leading one of its health authorities (Daniel Jernigan) to admit that 100,000 Americans are likely already infected by the swine flu.

The CDC has only "confirmed" 4,714 cases of the flu so far, but by its own admission, the CDC's testing lab is so hopelessly overloaded that it has all but abandoned trying to identify every case of swine flu. All it can do now is estimate the likely number of infections through statistical modeling.

That modeling essentially says that swine flu is already at a pandemic stage, and it will eventually infect anywhere from one-third to one-half of the world population, depending on whose figures you believe.

So if swine flu is infecting so many people, why aren't more people dying?

Some people are dying from it, of course. The latest is an assistant principal of a NYC school, who just passed away yesterday (QUEENS ASST. PRINCIPAL MITCHELL WIENER DEAD FROM SWINE FLU - New York Post).

Beware of the "influenza winter of 2009"
But the lack of deaths from the swine flu at the moment doesn't mean the danger is over. In fact, the western world is right now experiencing the health benefits of Spring, which brings sunlight and vitamin D (a natural anti-viral vitamin) to the people.

Historically, influenza strikes in the Fall and Winter months when vitamin D levels are low. Winter, of course, means December - February in the Northern hemisphere, and June - July in the Southern hemisphere. So even if a pandemic strikes North America during the winter of 2009, it is unlikely to be as dangerous in Australia at the same time (because that's Australia's summer).

At the same time, the coming Summer in North America is a vitamin D deficient winter in Australia, so there may be increased risk of H1N1 influenza deaths throughout June, July and August in the Southern hemisphere.

The CDC and WHO, however, are most concerned about the coming winter in North America. The 1918 pandemic struck during the winter months, of course, hitting the population when people were most vulnerable with vitamin D deficiency.

With potentially millions of Americans carrying non-fatal H1N1 influenza into the regular winter flu season in late 2009, there is a very real chance that H1N1 genetic code could mix with various seasonal flu strains, creating a highly lethal and contagious strain that devastates the human population across the world.

It's impossible for anyone to accurately predict the risk of such a mutation occurring, but the elements are in place for precisely such a development. Importantly, should such a scenario unfold, vaccines will be totally useless because they only target whatever H1N1 strain was circulating eight months ago!

Remember this: A viral mutation instantly renders all vaccines completely useless.

Big Pharma making big bucks off influenza
That doesn't mean Big Pharma isn't trying to cash in on the vaccine money machine, of course. In fact, the drug companies have been busy negotiating with third world countries to take possession of viral genetic material found in those countries so that they can manufacture patented vaccines that they sell back to those very same countries (at monopoly prices). Read more here: Health negotiators narrowly miss virus sharing deal | Health | Reuters

In fact, Baxter Pharmaceuticals, the very company that was found to have accidentally (yeah, right!) inserted live influenza viruses into vaccine material distributed to 18 countries, is now cashing in on the H1N1 pandemic (Swine flu: Baxter to make vaccine for British government -- chicagotribune.com).

This profit motive has led some commentators on the 'net to wonder whether H1N1 was actually created in a laboratory and released in the wild based on a Big Pharma profit agenda. The flames under this theory were fanned recently when a top virologist announced that swine flu may have been created by "human error" in a vaccine factory (Report: World Health Organization Investigating Claims of Human Error Behind Swine Flu Virus - Infectious Disease - FOXNews.com). The WHO, predictably, was swift to dismiss such fears, claiming to have investigated and ruled out the claim.

Additional sources for this story include:

Washington Post: New Virus Appears to Be Factor in Unusual Flu Outbreak - washingtonpost.com

[Chloe]

Hopefully it doesn’t get worse… virus evolve through recombining with other sorts all the time. It infects all mammals on earth; consequently there are thousands of kinds. There is no scheme to make a more dangerous form.

[andrewmoquin]

Influenza spreads in cold moist climates during winter for various reasons.

1. All typical respiratory diseases are airborne and found in human respiratory emissions, snot and saliva to you. Airborn bacteria travels better in moist air. However if the temp is close to or below zero it will not survive nor transfer well to the respiratory tracts via air, buy you pick it up via hand to mouth contacts etc.

2. Nutrition may be low in winter for the elderly and young in winter, and fresh fruits and vegetables needed for the immune system may not be enough, so you you may have a harder time resisting any infection.

3. Closer contact with family members has not effect whatsoever.

4. People like you usually are brain dead all year round any way so stop worrying and go ack to sleep.

[may_annes]

So sad about what’s happening… my cousin had symptoms of this swine flu, he is living at Mexico, people take this like a simple illness, once a virus increase, it cannot be stopped… You could be exposed to the virus and never even know it.