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Tedd Koren, D.C.
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At various times people are scared into getting a flu shot. Why? Because the 1918 flu, often called the 1918 \u201cSpanish flu,\u201d could come back. Remember, that wasn\u2019t just an epidemic, it was a worldwide pandemic: millions died! We are warned that it could happen again and a flu shot will protect you and your loved ones. People are told, \u201cIf you don\u2019t vaccinate you could get very sick and die,\u201d and these scare tactics work.![\"flu](\"https:\/\/korenwellness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Killer-Flu-H1N1-needle-image-300x200.jpg\")
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For example. these tactics scared millions of people into getting a flu shot when the\u00a0H1N1 flu<\/a>\u00a0was coming because (so they were told) it looked like the 1918 flu virus.<\/p>\n But, why was the 1918 flu such a killer? Why was the death rate (mortality) so high? The answer can be given in one word: philosophy.<\/p>\n Regular MDs follow the philosophy of healing known as mechanism. Mechanistic healers, for example, believe that symptoms are bad and must be suppressed, usually with drugs.<\/p>\n There is, however, an alternative philosophy of healing known as vitalism. In 1918 practitioners of vitalistic healing arts were osteopaths, chiropractors and homeopathic MDs. Vitalistic healers, for example, believe that symptoms are what the body uses to heal and therefore serve a necessary purpose and are to be respected \u2013 and generally are not to be suppressed.<\/p>\n As mentioned earlier, mechanists reduce or eliminate (suppress) symptoms. However, when suppressing symptoms with drugs there is a down-side. The fever, inflammation, rash, aches, pains and other uncomfortable symptoms may appear to go away but they do not disappear. They are instead driven deeper into the body, into more critical organs.<\/p>\n Additionally, the cause(s) of the symptoms, such as body malfunction, toxicity and stress remains. It has long been observed that when symptoms are suppressed, the disease goes deeper. As a result, internal organs, as opposed to superficial organs, are affected.<\/p>\n The so-called Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 was little different from other flu epidemics that came and went year after year without much mortality. So why was Spanish Flu such a killer? The answer can be given in one word: aspirin.<\/p>\n Aspirin was a relatively new drug in 1918. MDs did not fully understand how to use it safely and its potential dangers. When the flu hit, patients\u2019 families demanded their medical doctor \u201cdo something.\u201d In response, he reached for the latest wonder drug that lowered fever and reduced aches and pains.<\/p>\n Years later it became a clich\u00e9 that MDs told patients, \u201cTake two aspirin and call me in the morning.\u201d But in 1918 MDs told patients to take aspirin by the handsful. In addition to aspirin poisoning, the patient\u2019s body couldn\u2019t generate a fever. Why is that so important?<\/p>\n Fever is a powerful health-restoring mechanism; its many benefits include:<\/p>\n A typical example of medical flu \u201cmanagement\u201d from those days:<\/p>\n In February 1919\u2026Edward\u2019s fever kept getting higher and higher\u2026aspirin\u2026was given to him by the 1\/2-handful over and over\u2026Edward sweated through his mattress\u2026Dr.\u2026could not save his patient. More medical management<\/strong><\/p>\n About the 1918 flu, according to Dr. Karen M. Starko (MD), an infectious disease specialist:<\/p>\n In 1918, the US Surgeon General, the US Navy, and the Journal of the American Medical Association recommended use of aspirin just before the October death spike. If these recommendations were followed, and if pulmonary edema occurred in 3% of persons, a significant proportion of the deaths may be attributable to aspirin. In another example, researcher Dr. Tsunetoshi Shimazu, in a letter in the\u00a0British Medical Journal,\u00a0<\/em>noted this observation:<\/p>\n Aspirin may have enhanced the virulence of the flu virus in the 1918 pandemic, which has implications for A\/H1N1 flu. In addition to aspirin use, medical treatment consisted of cough syrup to suppress cough. This resulted in an inability to clear the lungs and bronchi.<\/p>\n An article in the journal\u00a0Pharmacotherapy<\/em>\u00a0reveals that taking aspirin or Tylenol™ for the flu (both fever reducers) could prolong one\u2019s illness by up to 3\u00bd days! There is one drug which directly or indirectly was the cause of the loss of more lives than was influenza itself: aspirin.<\/em>\u00a0Aspirin was taken until prostration resulted and the patient developed pneumonia.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Frank L. Newton, MD What was the mortality (death) rate from the 1918 flu in US military hospitals? 36%! Mortality in US medical hospitals? 30%-40%! However, the mortality rate in medical hospitals in New York City gives us pause: a death rate of 68% was reported. However, the mortality rate under osteopathic care was a fraction of the mortality rate under medical care. For example, 2,445 osteopaths treating 110,122 patients with influenza reported a mortality rate of 0.25%. The 400-bed Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital, in Boston, also reported a mortality rate of 0.25%. Because of this physiological observation, those under chiropractic care were quite fortunate. For example, in Davenport, Iowa MDs reporting losing one patient out of every 15 (6,116 deaths from 93,590 patients \u2013\u00a0.65%) while Chiropractors at the Palmer School of Chiropractic (Davenport, Iowa) reported 1,635 cases of the flu with one death (.006%).\u00a0 Across the state, Iowa doctors of chiropractic reported 6 deaths out of 4,735 cases (.013%). Remember, the osteopathic and chiropractic approaches recognized fever as the body\u2019s response to an infection and did not reduce fever. Also, both DOs and DCs practiced spinal and manipulative care.<\/p>\n In addition to osteopaths and chiropractors, homeopaths do not suppress fever or other symptoms. As a result, according to W.A. Dewey, MD homeopathic physicians in Philadelphia reported a mortality rate of 1% for their 26,000 1918 flu patients. For example, reports from homeopaths about deaths from the 1918 flu bear this out (Note: at the time, most homeopaths were MDs) were reported:<\/p>\n In a plant of 8,000 workers we had only one death. The patients were not drugged to death. Gelsemium was practically the only remedy used. We used no aspirin and no vaccines.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Frank Wieland, MD<\/p>\n I did not lose a single case of influenza; my death rate in the pneumonias was 2.1%. Aspirin and quinine were almost the sole standbys of the old school and it was a common thing to hear them speaking of losing 60% of their pneumonias.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Dudley A. Williams, MD Julian Winston, a homeopathic historian, discusses a first-hand experience:<\/p>\n In reading the accounts of the epidemic it seems that most of the deaths were caused by a virulent pneumonia that was especially devastating to those who depressed their system with analgesics \u2013 the most common being aspirin.<\/em><\/p>\n The Physician from whom I first learned homeopathy, Raymond Seidel, MD, HMD, said that he decided to be a homeopathic doctor during the flu epidemic when he was a 10-year-old delivery boy for a homeopath in New Jersey. He said, \u2018I saw that the people who were taking aspirin were dying, about half those who were drinking a lot were dying, and those that received homeopathic remedies were living.\u2019 What do you do if you have the flu? Firstly, for complete healing avoid suppressive therapies such as aspirin, Tylenol™ and other drugs that prevent fever. Secondly, use suppressive therapies only in life-threatening situations. Thirdly, use natural methods because most cases of the flu will benefit most from expressive (vitalistic) healthcare that respects fever and the body\u2019s other healing mechanisms (symptoms).<\/p>\n Examples of expressive (vitalistic) healthcare approaches used today include (but are not limited to): chiropractic,\u00a0KST<\/a>\u00a0(Koren Specific Technique<\/a>), classical osteopathy, homeopathy, naturopathy, essential oils, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, hydration (oral and enema) and other procedures and disciplines that rebalance, detoxify, cleanse and improve function.<\/p>\n This man was a true believer \u2013 sacrificing himself to the MDs (i.e. medical deities):<\/p>\n NY Sen. Peralta dies after receiving a flu shot he was promoting.<\/strong>1918 flu: philosophy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
An old\/new battle<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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This dichotomy in healthcare is nothing new. For over 2,500 years these two competing philosophies of health have been battling over the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of the public and the powers-that-be.<\/p>\nWhat does this have to do with the Spanish Flu pandemic?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Aspirin & Spanish flu<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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But the MD overreached. Aspirin was a new drug and its effects were not known. Aspirin can be poisonous. Remember why \u201cchildproof\u201d aspirin bottles were designed? It was because kids would swallow the little white tablets, thinking they were candy. Aspirin became the leading cause of child deaths from poisoning.<\/p>\nThe benefits of fever<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Therefore, by artificially lowering fever with aspirin, infection multiplied and spread to internal organs. Aspirin also \u201cthins\u201d the blood causing the lungs to develop a dangerous buildup of fluid. Now we have a perfect medium for germ growth. Therefore, autopsies from 1918 flu or Spanish Flu victims did not reveal death from viral infection but from \u201cwet\u201d or \u201chemorrhagic\u201d lungs and pulmonary edema.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Clella B. Gregory, Pandemic Influenza Storybook, US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u00a0Pandemic influenza storybook: personal recollections from survivors, families, and friends.
\n<\/em>http:\/\/www.pandemicflu.gov\/storybook\/stories\/courage\/gregory\/index.html<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Starko KM. Salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, 1918\u20131919 pharmacology, pathology, and historic evidence.\u00a0Clinical Infectious Diseases.<\/em>\u00a015 November 2009;49(9):1405-1410. https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/article\/49\/9\/1405\/301441<\/p>\nDeath by aspirin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/em>Letters A\/H1N1 flu. Aspirin in the 1918 pandemic.\u00a0British Medical Journal.<\/em>\u00a015 June 2009;338:b2398. doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.b2398<\/p>\n
\nPlaisance KI et al. Effect of antipyretic therapy on the duration of illness in experimental influenza A, Shigella connei, and Rickettsia rickettsii infections.\u00a0Pharmacotherapy<\/em>. 2000;20(12):1417-1433.<\/p>\n
\nWinston J. Influenza-1918: homeopathy to the rescue.\u00a0The New England Journal of Homeopathy.<\/em>\u00a0Spring\/Summer 1998;7(1):112-115.<\/p>\nComparing body counts<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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However, there is no better way to assess the success of a healthcare approach than comparing body counts. Clinicians, researchers and epidemiologists may argue about diagnosis, but you can\u2019t hide a body. For example, let\u2019s compare body counts of patients under medical, osteopathic, chiropractic and homeopathic care. Fortunately for many, America in 1918 had more healthcare competition \u2013 to society\u2019s benefit.<\/p>\n1918 flu patients: mortality under medical care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nPatterson MM. Osteopathic methods and the great flu pandemic of 1917-1918.\u00a0J Am Osteopath Assoc.<\/em>\u00a02000;100:309-310.<\/p>\nMortality under osteopathic care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWalter GW.\u00a0The First School of Osteopathic Medicine.<\/em>\u00a0Kirksville, Mo: The Thomas Jefferson University Press at Northeast Missouri State University. 1992:95.
\nMagoun HI. More about the use of OMT during influenza epidemics.\u00a0JAOA<\/em>. 2004;104(10):406-407.<\/p>\nMortality under chiropractic care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nRhodes WR.\u00a0The Official History of Chiropractic in Texas<\/em>. Austin, TX: Texas Chiropractic Association. 1978. Chiropractic statistics. The Chiropractic Research and Review Service. Indianapolis, IN: Burton Shields Press. 1925.<\/p>\n1918 flu patients: mortality under homeopathic care<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWinston J. Influenza-1918: homeopathy to the rescue.\u00a0The New England Journal of Homeopathy.<\/em>\u00a0Spring\/Summer 1998;7(1):112-115.<\/p>\n
\nWinston J. Influenza-1918: homeopathy to the rescue.\u00a0The New England Journal of Homeopathy.<\/em>\u00a0Spring\/Summer 1998;7(1):112-115.<\/p>\nA ten-year-old delivery boy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/em>Winston J. Influenza-1918: homeopathy to the rescue.\u00a0The New England Journal of Homeopathy<\/em>. Spring\/Summer 1998;7(1):112-115.<\/p>\nWhat do you do for the flu?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nIrony<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nHere\u2019s the story:\u00a0https:\/\/saynotovaccines.org\/2018\/11\/24\/a-memorial-for-senator-peralta-of-ny-yet-another-tragedy-of-stupidity-brainwashing\/<\/a><\/p>\n