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(NaturalNews) It's emblazoned across the front page of USA Today, just underneath a subhead declaring Michael Jackson was, indeed, killed by a drug overdose: "Flu could infect half of USA." The article goes on to describe the predicted number of deaths expected in the U.S. (30,000 - 90,000 Americans) as well as the actions being taken by the government to protect Americans from the coming swine flu pandemic.

That advice reads sort of like a comic book of health care advice for kindergarteners: Wash your hands, cover your mouth if you cough and let "the grownups" take care of the rest by injecting you with a vaccine. Curiously absent from all the health advice being handed out on the swine flu by the White House, the CDC, the WHO and even the FDA is any mention of Vitamin D or other natural remedies that offer enormous protections from influenza infections.

The absence of this information from virtually all the advice being handed out to the American public is increasingly suspicious. If a pandemic flu is, indeed, threatening to infect half the U.S. population, and if most of the population is deficient in a nutrient known to strongly prevent influenza infections, wouldn't it make good sense to make a few announcements encouraging Americans to raise their vitamin D levels throughout the coming winter?

It is a well-known medical fact, of course, that influenza always gets worse during the winter months North of the equator and the summer months South of the equator (which are really called their "winter" months). This is because as sunlight hours lessen during the winter, the people living there become vitamin D deficient and are susceptible to influenza infections of all kinds.

The information resources backing this are easy to find. Even our own NaturalPedia.com website reveals a large amount of information on natural defenses against influenza (http://www.naturalpedia.com/influen...). NaturalNews.com, of course, offers a wealth of articles on Vitamin D (http://www.naturalnews.com/vitamin_...).

In the realm of peer-reviewed medical literature, searching Google Scholar for "influenza" and "vitamin D" returns tens of thousands of results (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q...). In particular, one study appearing in these search results is entitled Epidemic influenza and vitamin D. It was published in 2006 in the journal Epidemiology and Infection (2006, 134:6:1129-1140 Cambridge University Press) and its abstract reads as follows:

In 1981, R. Edgar Hope-Simpson proposed that a 'seasonal stimulus' intimately associated with solar radiation explained the remarkable seasonality of epidemic influenza. Solar radiation triggers robust seasonal vitamin D production in the skin; vitamin D deficiency is common in the winter, and activated vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D, a steroid hormone, has profound effects on human immunity. 1,25(OH)2D acts as an immune system modulator, preventing excessive expression of inflammatory cytokines and increasing the 'oxidative burst' potential of macrophages. Perhaps most importantly, it dramatically stimulates the expression of potent anti-microbial peptides, which exist in neutrophils, monocytes, natural killer cells, and in epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract where they play a major role in protecting the lung from infection. Volunteers inoculated with live attenuated influenza virus are more likely to develop fever and serological evidence of an immune response in the winter. Vitamin D deficiency predisposes children to respiratory infections. Ultraviolet radiation (either from artificial sources or from sunlight) reduces the incidence of viral respiratory infections, as does cod liver oil (which contains vitamin D). An interventional study showed that vitamin D reduces the incidence of respiratory infections in children. We conclude that vitamin D, or lack of it, may be Hope-Simpson's 'seasonal stimulus'.

Swine Flu Advanced Preparedness Audio Program with the Health Ranger (Audio CDs)

As the Swine Flu continues to spread, people are becoming increasingly concerned about how to protect themselves from being infected or harmed by the virus. Because no vaccine is available, and stockpiled government-supplied anti-viral medicines can only cover a very small percentage of the population (health care workers, mostly), the general public is vulnerable to infection.

Concerned citizens around the world are now asking questions like:

• What are the best anti-viral herbal remedies available now, and where can I get them?

• What is likely to happen in my city, state or country if this swine flu becomes a global pandemic?

• What can I count on my government doing -- or NOT doing -- to help protect citizens from infection?

• What's the chance of government-declared quarantine zones, forced vaccinations or even Martial Law? (And how can I protect my freedom if such scenarios unfold?)

• Should I keep my children out of school? Should I avoid going to work or traveling? Does a face mask protect me from swine flu?

To help answer these questions, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) has recorded audio CDs sharing his most recent, advanced strategies for infectious disease preparedness and protection.

What the Swine Flu Advanced Preparedness Strategies audio CDs cover

• Possible scenarios that may unfold if the swine flu goes pandemic.

• Why health care resources will be quickly overwhelmed, leaving people to fend for themselves.

• Why hospitals will likely become "death zones" where infections are spread, not stopped.

• The specific recipe of an ancient Chinese Medicine formula for expelling viral infections (and where to buy the ingredients yourself).

• Why "flu masks" such as N95 or N99 masks are utterly worthless at preventing you from being infected by swine flu (and what to buy that actually works).

• Which online retailers offer anti-viral tinctures, seeds for anti-viral plants, long-term storable foods, water filters and other preparedness gear.

• The best gear to buy for preparedness: Water filters, safety tools, first-aid medical kits, face masks, LED lights and more.

• Sources for colloidal silver and other affordable, highly-effective antiviral / antibacterial solutions you can make at home (for sanitizing surfaces).

• Advice on how to restructure your day-to-day living to minimize chances for infection.

• How to interpret government announcements about the swine flu: How to know when they're telling the truth and when they're lying.

• Which books and DVDs can help teach you simple, effective preparedness techniques.

• How to live without food, electricity, heat or water on a temporary basis (may be necessary of basic infrastructure services are interrupted).

• How to grow powerful anti-viral foods in your own kitchen for pennies a day using nothing but a bowl of water.

• Which anti-viral nutritional supplements are wise to stock up on right now, before the rush!

... and much more. This is a completely uncensored, information-dense presentation based on real-world preparedness knowledge.

The presenter, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) is a world traveler with tremendous first-hand experience "roughing it" on the trail in both developing nations and high-density urban environments. He reviews and uses a wide assortment of preparedness gear suitable for preparedness in both urban and rural environments. He literally wrote the book on Bird Flu Preparedness and has been warning readers about the possibility of a pandemic outbreak for more than five years.

Adams is one of the most forward-looking thinkers on topics like the structure of modern civilization as well as its many vulnerabilities. He understands better than most the risk that widespread infectious disease poses to a society built on complex specialization and just-in-time logistics. The more advanced a nation, Adams says, the more vulnerable it is to systemic failure caused by work stoppage due to pandemics.

These vulnerabilities are never admitted by the nations most at risk, creating a situation where the People are told everything is fine, but in reality the government has no safety net for dealing with large-scale infectious disease. "If this Swine Flu becomes pandemic," says Adams, "the ensuing chaos in America will make the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina look like a walk in the park."

To learn how to protect yourself and your family from both infectious disease and the likely societal ramifications, order the Health Ranger's Swine Flu Advanced Preparedness audio CDs.

Note: Everything presented in this audio program is 100% compatible with advice from the CDC. This is not "against" the government or against health authorities. It simply goes way beyond what they are willing to tell the people. Followers of the information presented in this course will not only greatly minimize their own chances of contracting swine flu (or other such infectious diseases), they will also be less likely to infect others if they become infected themselves. This audio program teaches responsible self reliance, not defiance.