Health officials, both in the US and in Africa,
initially ignored the exploding epidemics in
Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
The US government developed the UN resolution
calling for no restrictions on international travel
from Ebola-stricken countries, which allowed an
infected passenger to travel from Liberia to Texas
CDC officials have passed out incorrect and/or
incomplete information on how Ebola spreads, even
though they knew, or should have known, their
statements could be false
By Dr. Mercola
The video above features Barbara Loe-Fisher, co-founder and
president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a
non-profit charity dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and
deaths through public education and defending the legal right for
everyone to make vaccine choices.
In her video, Barbara discusses how "a localized Ebola outbreak
has been turned into a global public health emergency," and why
there's reason to suspect that American and international
authorities did not actually want Ebola to be confined to a few
African nations.
US public health officials now warn that Ebola—a highly
contagious and deadly hemorrhagic fever-type disease—might become as
widespread as HIV/AIDS.
And while public health officials have alternative downplayed and
hyped up fears about Ebola, there are actually few reasons why Ebola
should turn into a full-blown deadly epidemic in developed countries
like the US with strong health care infrastructures.
So far, only one Ebola infected person, a citizen from Liberia
visiting the U.S., has died on American soil. He was originally
misdiagnosed at a Dallas community hospital, which delayed treatment
and there are questions about whether the inappropriate antibiotics
he was given may have contributed to his early demise.
Regardless, by rousing fears about Ebola (which had killed about
5,000 people in West Africa by Nov. 1, 2014), vaccine manufacturers
co-developing experimental genetically engineered Ebola vaccines
with federal health agencies are now in a better position to
fast-track licensure of Ebola vaccines.1
If Ebola vaccine makers are shielded from product liability lawsuits2
in the event people are injured or killed by their vaccine, their
profits will be substantial.3
But, in order to get indemnification for a fast-tracked vaccine,
the government must recommend the vaccine for universal use in
children or adults or designate it as a “bioterrorism” vaccine
needed to protect national security — as was the case with the
2009 swine flu pandemic H1N1 vaccine.
How Ebola Kills
The current Ebola outbreak involves Zaire ebolavirus,
which leads to severe immunosuppression. Many deaths, however, are
attributed to dehydration and lack of adequate treatment, which is
in part why the mortality rate is so high in Africa (on average
40-50 percent) and sometimes as high as 70 percent.
Early signs of infection include non-specific flu-like symptoms;
sudden onset of fever, diarrhea, headache, muscle pain, vomiting,
and abdominal pains. As the infection sets in, shock, cerebral edema
(fluid on the brain), blood coagulation disorders that cause
uncontrollable bleeding and secondary bacterial infections may
occur.
As explained by Dr. Robert Rowen, Ebola is very efficient at
hijacking your immune system and suppressing it. Once your immune
system realizes the virus is there, it launches a cytokine storm,
and it is this cytokine storm that leads to massive tissue
destruction and capillary leakage.
This is what causes the lethal hemorrhaging associated with
Ebola, so part of successful treatment of Ebola hinges on preventing
the cytokine storm from occurring. According to Dr. Rowen, ozone
therapy may be the answer the world has been looking for.
Ozone not only inactivates viruses, it also acts very similarly
to the experimental drug ZMapp in that it dramatically boosts your
immune function, allowing your body to eliminate the viral infection
on its own accord—without having to launch a cytokine storm.
Dr. Rowen is currently in Sierra Leone, teaching health care
workers how to administer ozone therapy to Ebola patients, and I
look forward to getting an update upon his return.
If you missed my recent interview with him, in which we discuss
ozone therapy for Ebola, I highly recommend taking the time to
listen to it now.
Ebola Spread Raises Questions About Disease Containment Procedures
So, just how did Ebola land on American soil? In her video and
accompanying referenced commentary,4
Barbara summarizes the chain of events that led to the spread of the
virus from the African continent to the US.
She notes a number of instances where the actions and decisions
of US government officials and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) run contrary to what you'd expect in a
disease-containment situation:
In the spring of 2014, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
began reporting a surge in Ebola cases. By summer, African
missionary workers repeatedly contacted US health officials,
calling for an immediate response to the rapid spread of Ebola.
So why did CDC officials, both in the US and in Africa,
ignore the exploding epidemic?
By the beginning of August, an American missionary infected
with Ebola was flown from Liberia to Atlanta for treatment with
the experimental drug ZMapp.
A second aid worker is also flown back to the US for
treatment around that same time, and in early September, a third
American doctor infected with Ebola is flown back to the US,
this time to Nebraska, for treatment. All three quickly improved
and have since fully recovered.
But why did US government officials fly infected patients to
the US, thereby risking the spread of infection among American
hospital personnel, when they could have treated them with ZMapp
in Africa?
On September 18, the United Nations Security Council adopted
a US-developed resolution that lifted travel and border
restrictions on African citizens living in Ebola-stricken areas.
This allowed everyone to travel freely between nations,
including into the US...A mere two days later, a Liberian
citizen infected with Ebola flew from Liberia to Texas, where he
exposed family members, health care workers, and other patients
at a Dallas hospital to the virus after falling ill.
The hospital initially misdiagnosed his symptoms and sent him
back home. Two days after that, he’s diagnosed with Ebola, but
public health officials failed to immediately employ appropriate
infection control measures, again exposing others to infection.
As Barbara asks,5
“Why did the US government press the United Nations to adopt a
resolution calling for no restrictions on international travel
from Liberia and other Ebola-stricken countries?”
And “why did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
supposedly the world’s leading infection control agency, fail to
immediately assist Texas health officials when the first case of
Ebola was diagnosed on US soil to guarantee that, at a minimum,
the kind of infection control measures used in most nursing
homes in America would be carried out?”
On September 30, CDC officials held a press conference
stating that the only time a person infected with Ebola is
contagious is when they’re symptomatic. They also claimed the
only way you can contract the disease is via direct contact with
body fluids of an infected person, but that “under no
circumstances is Ebola airborne.” But why was this done when the
Director of the CDC knew, or should have known, that such
statements might be false?6
For example, back in 2000, scientists reported that the Ebola
virus has the capacity to cause asymptomatic infection, and
could persist in the bloodstream of an asymptomatic carrier for
at least two weeks after exposure.7,
8 Research suggests an asymptomatic carrier can still
transmit infection via saliva, stool, semen, breast milk, tears,
and blood.9
Just over a week later, on October 8, top disease control and
Ebola infection experts went on the record admitting that,
really, scientists are not sure how Ebola is transmitted, and
that there’s a possibility the virus could be transmitted
through the air, should an infected person cough or sneeze. They
also confirmed that an asymptomatic carrier may be able to
infect others, and noted that screening for Ebola at airports
using fever as a guide may be ineffective, as fever and other
mild symptoms can be masked taking over-the-counter medication,
such as Tylenol.
So, again, why did the director of the CDC fail to address
any of this available scientific evidence?
Last but not least, Barbara raises the important question of
“why are experimental Ebola vaccines being fast tracked into
human trials and promoted as the final solution rather than
ramping up testing and production of the experimental ZMapp drug
that has already saved the lives of several Ebola infected
Americans?”
Indeed, why a vaccine and not a drug? Could it be because
“universal use” and “bioterrorism” and other types of
government-designated vaccines used in “public health emergency”
situations are indemnified from legal ramifications should
people be harmed or die from the vaccine? Drugs do not have the
same kind of legal protection.
Some People Are Sure to Benefit from the Spread of Ebola...
The chain of events Barbara summarizes in her commentary (and
video) highlights what appears to be more than incompetence or
intermittent slips of judgment. There appears to be orchestrated
“failures” permitting the disease to easily spread beyond borders,
while still allowing government officials to fall back on excuses
and plausible deniability.
"A logical conclusion is that some people in industry,
government and the World Health Organization did not want the
Ebola outbreak to be confined to several nations in Africa
because that would fail to create a lucrative global market for
mandated use of fast tracked Ebola vaccines by every one of the
seven billion human beings living on this planet," Barbara
writes. "Will there be an Ebola outbreak in America? Ask the
CDC, WHO, DOD, NIH and Congress."
Ozone Therapy—A Promising Option for the Prevention and/or Treatment
of Ebola
Working with Ebola patients in Africa, Dr. Rowen is locating
clinicians who can administer oxidative therapies. I certainly agree
this could be a promising option for prevention and/or treatment of
this and perhaps other serious diseases and deserves much further
attention by health officials. Ebola is but one infectious disease
that has the potential to be treated in this manner. Oxidative
therapies work by stimulating your immune system, enhancing
mitochondrial processes, and facilitating healing with virtually no
side effects, and can be used either as treatment or prevention.
They can also be used as a potent anti-aging health strategy for
general wellness. Of the various oxidative therapies available, like
IV vitamin C, or hydrogen peroxide, or hyperbaric oxygen, ozone
appears to be the best overall, as it's the most versatile. It's
particularly beneficial for blood treatments and infection. To learn
more about the general use of oxidative medicine, which include
ozone therapy, ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy, and
intravenous hydrogen peroxide therapy, please see my previous
interview with Dr. Rowen.
To locate a clinician who can administer oxidative therapy you
can try the following sources:
Dr. Rowen's website
has a list of oxidation doctors, trained by Dr. Rowen and his
team
From November 8th - 14th we launch
Vaccine-Awareness Week.
We set aside an entire week dedicated to advocating vaccine safety
and informed consent in the public health system.
Internet Resources Where You Can Learn More
I encourage you to visit the website of the non-profit charity,
the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), at
www.NVIC.org:
NVIC Memorial for Vaccine Victims: View
descriptions and photos of children and adults, who have
suffered vaccine reactions, injuries, and deaths. If you or your
child experiences an adverse vaccine event, please consider
posting and sharing your story here.
Vaccine Freedom Wall: View or post
descriptions of harassment and sanctions by doctors, employers,
and school and health officials for making independent vaccine
choices.
Together, Let's Help NVIC Get to the Finish Line
This is the week we can get NVIC the funding it deserves. I have
found few NGOs as effective and efficient, as NVIC. Its small team
has led the charge on vaccines and informed consent and will
continue to do so with our help!
So I am stepping up with the challenge. For the fourth year in a
row, I will match the funds you give. This year, I believe a
$100,000 match is the right thing to do. Please give, and all
dollars received up to $100,000 will be matched by Natural Health
Research Foundation, which I founded.
Also check out the documentary
Bought from now until November 21st, that
exposes the inner workings of the food and healthcare systems,
exploring the truth about the manufacture and sales of vaccines and
drugs. All proceeds from sales of the video (minus $1 for the
distributor) will be donated to the NVIC.
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