Yep. -- ME2
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Campbell, Rob < rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net> wrote: > Ever notice that when you read about someone getting deathly ill from > eColi, it’s somebody that lives in the city, but you never hear about > farmers and ranchers who work around cattle and manure spreaders every day > getting sick from it? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:24 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip > > > > +1 > > > > My science teacher in HS back in the mid-to-late 80's taught me the hows > and whys that [the over use of] anti-bacterial products would probably be > the death of a lot of people. Doctors and scientists know this, yet industry > and the [not so] mighty $ keep pushing us toward self-extinction. > > -- > ME2 > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jay Dale <jd...@xpresstel.com> wrote: > > All I know is, the stores here in Houston are running out of > > Anti-bacterial products left and right. > > That's scary. Not the swine flu -- the fact that so many people > think antibiotics will do anything for a viral infection. We laugh at > the snake oil peddlers of the 1800's, saying we've come so far, that > people would never be fooled by that today, but snake oil would be > just as effective. > > Below are a few facts, with references. Those so interested may > want to forward this to others. Kind of the like the opposite of your > typical Internet chain letter -- knowledge instead of rumor. > > * Antibiotics do nothing against the viruses that cause the common > cold and the flu. Antibiotics do, however, become less effective when > overused. So by taking antibiotics for viral infections, you're > actually decreasing overall health. > > http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/know-and-do.htm > > * The US CDC recommends the following as the major action people > should take: Wash your hands, especially before eating or after > inter-personal contact. Note the distinct lack of drugs or isolation > in that recommendation. > > http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm > > * The "regular" flu kills approximately 36,000 people per year in the > United States alone. This latest H1N1 strain can infect both pigs and > humans, which is less common, so it gets classified as "swine flu". > The media goes bonkers over this because they can't report the same > old 36,000 deaths/year stat as "news", but they *can* report 150 swine > flu deaths as news. > > http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm > > * By WHO definitions, "pandemic" does not mean "everybody is going to > die", it means they're seeing a disease manifest in multiple regions. > With modern air travel, this is not really an exceptional situation. > > http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html > > -- Ben > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > > ************************************************************************************************** > Note: > The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential > and > protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > ************************************************************************************************** > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
