Teresa Binstock
Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy
November 17, 2009
Prelude: Nothing in this essay is intended to provide medical advice.
Indeed, the purpose here is to report two findings that have appeared
in peer-reviewed journals and to place those findings in their societal
context. One article is free online; the other isn't.
Thimerosal is present in many influenza vaccines and in many H1N1
vaccines. Although the ethylmercury in vaccinal thimerosal enters the
brain of primates (1) and is associated with autism and with the need
for special education services (2-3), many spokespersons for vaccine
orthodoxy proclaim thimerosal injections to be harmless (eg, 4).
As a result of findings linking thimerosal with autism (eg, 2), some
parents turn away from vaccines that may contain thimerosal. Such
individuals may not appreciate the role of transsubstantiation (5),
whereby (regarding thimerosal) injected ethylmercury is converted into
a harmless substance via a physician's or nurse's sanctified handling
of the fully loaded vaccine-injection device.
Be that as it may, two findings regarding H1N1 merit attention amid
encouragement to be injected with thimerosal during H1N1 vaccinations.
First, Roschek and colleagues reported that " Elderberry flavonoids
bind to and prevent H1N1 infection in vitro" (6). Second and more
recently, Pleschka et al offered: "Human H1N1-type IV..., as well as
swine origin IV (S-OIV, H1N1), were all inactivated in cell culture
assays by the EF preparation at concentrations ranging from the
recommended dose for oral consumption to several orders of magnitude
lower." (7)
Ponderable points:
a) Far be it from me to suggest that the physician- and nurse-induced
transsubstantiation of mercury into something harmless does not occur
(despite ethylmercury's entry into the brain, persistence therein, and
association with autism).
b) Despite increasing evidence of thimerosal's adverse effects, the CDC
and FDA want Americans to accept influenza- and H1N1-vaccinations and,
while so doing, to accept the injecting of mythically transubstantiated
ethylmercury.
c) The CDC and FDA would prefer that we ignore findings regarding
Elderberry and Echinacea.
d) The lucrativity of media-hyped pandemics helps us place into
perspective lamentations rooted in hope that science someday will trump
the orthodoxy of vaccinationism (eg, 8-10, see also 11-13).
References:
1. Comparison of blood and brain mercury levels in
infant monkeys exposed to methylmercury or vaccines containing
thimerosal
Burbacher TM et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2005
Aug;113(8):1015-21.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1280342/pdf/ehp0113-001015.pdf
2. Hepatitis B vaccination of male neonates
and autism
[conference abstract as published]
CM Gallagher, MS Goodman, Graduate Program in Public
Health, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Annals of Epidemiology, p659
Vol. 19, No. 9 Abstracts (ACE) September 2009: 651–680.
3. Hepatitis B triple series vaccine and
developmental disability in US children aged 1-9
years
Gallagher C, Goodman M. Toxicol Environ Chem 2008 90(5):997-1008.
{free online}
http://fourteenstudies.org/pdf/hep_b.pdf
4. Did
NIAID's Anthony Fauci commit fraud or did US News & World Report
misquote Dr. Fauci?
Teresa Binstock, Aug 29, 2009
5. Transsubstantiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation
6. Elderberry flavonoids bind to and
prevent H1N1 infection in vitro
Roschek B Jr, Fink RC, McMichael MD, Li D, Alberte RS.
Phytochemistry. 2009 Jul;70(10):1255-61.
http://tinyurl.com/yecmzgd
A ionization technique in mass spectrometry called Direct Analysis in
Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART TOF-MS) coupled with a Direct Binding
Assay was used to identify and characterize anti-viral components of an
elderberry fruit (Sambucus nigra L.) extract without either
derivatization or separation by standard chromatographic techniques.
The elderberry extract inhibited Human Influenza A (H1N1) infection in
vitro with an IC(50) value of 252+/-34 microg/mL. The Direct Binding
Assay established that flavonoids from the elderberry extract bind to
H1N1 virions and, when bound, block the ability of the viruses to
infect host cells. Two compounds were identified,
5,7,3',4'-tetra-O-methylquercetin (1) and
5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chroman-3-yl-3,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexanecarboxylate
(2), as H1N1-bound chemical species. Compound 1 and dihydromyricetin
(3), the corresponding 3-hydroxyflavonone of 2, were synthesized and
shown to inhibit H1N1 infection in vitro by binding to H1N1 virions,
blocking host cell entry and/or recognition. Compound 1 gave an IC(50)
of 0.13 microg/mL (0.36 microM) for H1N1 infection inhibition, while
dihydromyricetin (3) achieved an IC(50) of 2.8 microg/mL (8.7 microM).
The H1N1 inhibition activities of the elderberry flavonoids compare
favorably to the known anti-influenza activities of Oseltamivir
(Tamiflu; 0.32 microM) and Amantadine (27 microM).
7. Anti-viral properties and mode of action
of standardized Echinacea purpurea extract against highly pathogenic
avian Influenza virus (H5N1, H7N7) and swine-origin H1N1 (S-OIV)
Pleschka S, Stein M, Schoop R, Hudson JB
Virology Journal 2009, 6:197 (13 November 2009)
Abstract
Provisional
PDF
8. Expert Pediatrician Exposes Vaccine
Myths
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/14/Expert-Pediatrician-Exposes-Vaccine-Myths.aspx
9. Mercola
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/17/Obama-Administration-Launches-Deceptive-Swine-Flu-Propaganda-Blitz.aspx
10. Mercola
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/03/What-We-Have-Learned-About-the-Great-Swine-Flu-Pandemic.aspx
11. Federal Health Agencies Continue to
Deceive Americans on a Vaccine-Autism Link: Congressional Report
Ignored for Six Years
Richard Gale and Gary Null, Ph.D
Progressive Radio Network, November 12, 2009
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/24923
12. How Wired Magazine’s Amy Wallace
Endangers Our Kids
J.B. Handley,
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/11/how-wired-magazines-amy-wallace-endangers-our-kids.html
13. Drug Giant Merck – “Destroy” Critical
Doctors “Where They Live”
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/merckdestroydoccritics/
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