Superflu Pandemic and Injectable Vitamin C
Q&A with Dr. Robert McCracken
Question:
What is a pandemic?
Answer:
A pandemic is an epidemic that extends over a wide geographical area, perhaps even worldwide.
Question:
Will there be one or more pandemics caused by viruses in humanity’s future?
Answer:
Yes. Scientists believe that the possibility of one or more viral pandemics occurring in the coming years is quite high.
Question:
Is there an influenza (flu) pandemic in humanity’s future?
Answer:
Yes. The chances are good that there will be an influenza pandemic in the next few years.
Question:
How serious will the pandemic be?
Answer:
No one knows for sure, but it could be catastrophic.
Question:
How do you know this?
Answer:
There have been 10 influenza pandemics in the last 300 years. The most recent ones were in 1957–58 and 1968–69. The former caused an estimated 70,000 deaths in the
United States
; the latter, 34,000. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918–19 was much more serious, causing an estimated 675,000 American deaths, and 50 to 100 million worldwide.
Question:
Tell me more about the possible flu pandemic.
Answer:
Many scientists believe the new flu pandemic that may be on its way will more likely resemble the Spanish flu in its impact than the later, milder flues of 1957–58 and 1968–69.
The origin and spread of influenza in a pandemic is fairly well understood by science. Many, if not most, of the world’s leading influenza researchers believe the virus that will likely be responsible for the next influenza pandemic is currently being incubated in a selected number of species of animals in
Asia
including ducks, chickens, and pigs.
The potentially highly virulent influenza virus that is currently being “designed” in this naturally occurring incubator in
Asia
may be nearing full term. This newly redesigned flu virus may be about ready to begin spreading rapidly from one human being to another.
This virus, known as influenza virus H5N1, will be “new” as far as the human immune system is concerned, and, unfortunately, most people will likely have little or no immunity to it. If the coming influenza pandemic turns out to be mild, it may kill no more than 100,000 in the
United States
and perhaps several million worldwide. If, however, it proves to be highly virulent, a superflu, it could kill 2 million or more Americans and several hundred million worldwide over a period of 2 or 3 years. There have been estimates as high as 1 billion deaths from this virus under the worst-case scenarios.
Question:
What do I need to know?
Answer:
Keep in mind that there may or may not be a vaccine available when the pandemic strikes. Even if an effective vaccine is developed and produced in time, there will not be enough vaccine to go around, even for Americans and residents of other industrialized nations. Tragically, under even the most optimistic scenario, there will be no vaccine available for the 5 billion human beings who live in poor nations.
There is evidence that Tamiflu and other antiviral drugs may not be effective on the influenza virus that is currently incubating, H5N1. Even if one or more of these antiviral drugs do provide some relief, as with a flu vaccine, even under the best scenarios supplies will be inadequate to treat all the sick in the rich countries, let alone those from the poorer nations. Conceivably, the antiviral drugs might help, but don’t count on them being available to you and your family.
Question:
What can I do?
Answer:
1) Don’t count on a vaccine to save you. If it is there for you, well and good; but you need an alternative strategy.
2) Don’t count on the antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu to pull you through if you get superflu. Again, you need an alternative strategy.
3) Using conventional medical thinking, there may not be a lot you can do or count on in a superflu pandemic where up to 50 percent of the population may be stricken: Yes, you should wash your hands frequently, avoid crowds, drink lots of liquids, and get plenty of rest to improve your odds. If you start to feel sick, you can go to bed. If your condition deteriorates, you can attempt to obtain competent medical attention. But hoping to find skilled medical attention in a deadly influenza pandemic and actually finding it are two different things.
4) One problem: Doctors’ offices will likely be swamped with sick people in a superflu pandemic. Many doctors and other healthcare personnel might themselves be sick, or even dead. The hospitals will be full. Temporary care facilities will be set up, and they may be overcrowded and probably staffed by low-level medical personnel and volunteers. If you get pneumonia, don’t count on having access to a respirator or any other type of medical equipment, and forget tests; there will not be enough of nearly everything to go around. There will likely be shortages of even low tech items such as masks and rubber gloves.
5) Don’t count on government rescue or action to make things right in the event of a superflu pandemic in the
United States
. There is not much government can do once the pandemic strikes. The secret to successfully fighting a superflu pandemic is in the planning, before a large number of people get sick. Only minimal planning at best is currently taking place. Look at the government’s response in
New Orleans
during the first week after Hurricane Katrina struck to understand what you can likely expect in the way of government help during a superflu pandemic.
Question:
Where does that leave me?
Answer:
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. Unless you think outside the box, your best hope for surviving the coming superflu pandemic will be to “hope for the best.” While positive thinking is important, there is another option.
There is a very good possibility that one or two 5-gram to 10-gram intravenous shots of vitamin C will completely cure pandemic superflu in one or two days. This statement is based on the experience of Dr. Fred Klenner and other physicians who have for 60 years cured a wide variety of viral diseases—and many other ailments—through intravenous injections of gram size quantities of vitamin C.
Dr. Klenner wrote extensively on his successful use of injectable vitamin C in treating diseases, including many types of viruses, and his articles, along with those written by several other physicians, are reprinted in the newly published book Injectable Vitamin C and the Treatment of Viral and Other Diseases, which is available through this Web site or can be ordered at bookstores (ISBN # 9639098-7-8). (All profits from this book go to injectable vitamin C research.)
Question:
What should I do?
Answer:
You need to do one of three things to protect yourself from a pandemic superflu.
1) If an effective vaccine for flu virus H5N1 becomes available to you, make sure you get your shot.
2) If there is no one in your family or close circle of friends you trust who is properly trained in safely giving intravenous injections, then locate at least one, and preferably two, three, or four medical professionals with offices near where you live who will be available to give you and those people important to you one or more intravenous shots of vitamin C should any of you come down with pandemic superflu. Make an agreement ahead of time with these physicians that they will treat you and those you care about with intravenous vitamin C in your time of need. Make arrangements with multiple physicians so you will have backup help when your need is greatest. Get your first shot of vitamin C at the first sign of pandemic superflu symptoms, 5 grams intravenous for adults, 1 gram intermuscular for small children.
3) If no vaccine is available and there is a medical professional in you family or circle of close friends who will be available to safely administer intravenous injections of vitamin C using disposable syringes, then lay in a supply of appropriate size syringes (the medical professional will know what size) and from 15 to 25 grams of injectable vitamin C per person to be treated. Make sure that syringes and injectable vitamin C are stored (and replaced) according to manufacturer’s instructions.
Question:
How can I get more information on injectable vitamin C?
Answer:
Read our book, Injectable Vitamin C and the Treatment of Viral and Other Diseases, Hygea Publishing Company, ISBN #0-9639098-7-8. Read Dr. Thomas Levy’s book, Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN #1-4010-6963-0.
Question:
How can I get more information on the H5N1 flu virus?
Answer:
Two of the world’s leading science journals, Nature and Science, have provided coverage on the development of the H5N1 flu virus over the last couple of years. The July/August 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs has a special section on the coming influenza pandemic. The section presents four original articles on the dynamics and dangers of this flu. These articles are highly authoritative and informative.
Question:
What is the bottom line?
Answer:
The Bottom Line Is This: A potentially catastrophic influenza pandemic may be on the way. There is a good chance that this flu will kill a great number of people worldwide. Odds are, there is not much the government can or will do to save you once the pandemic strikes. It is likely you will be pretty much on your own if you should get pandemic superflu.
We say, should you or someone important to you get pandemic superflu (or any flu, for that matter), intravenous vitamin C offers the best, and about the only, method for a safe, quick, reliable, and inexpensive cure.
Question:
How can I help?
Answer:
Help us compile a list of physicians and other medical professionals who can and will legally give intravenous injections of vitamin C for treatment of viral and other diseases; including, of course, pandemic superflu.
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