Colloidal Silver & Swine Flu: Dr. Mercola's Tacit Retreat (& A Short Tutorial)
Ken Adachi, Editor
September 7, 2009
On Sep. 4, I posted a Letter to the Editor from Ed responding to his inquiry about an unusual and alarming statement made by Dr Joseph Mercola concerning colloidal silver in an article Dr. Mercola posted to his web site dated Sep. 1, 2009 1 titled "Warning: Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Disease." In that article, Dr Mercola said that:
"there may be significant problems in using it [colloidla silver] for swine flu" and that "in many healthy individuals it is likely to elicit a severe cytokine storm reaction. This is basically a severe allergic inflammatory reaction that can occur in your lungs, and could be fatal. "
That's a very serious statement to make if it were true, but if it were not true, then it would be a highly erroneous and reckless thing to say, as it plays directly into the hands of the current crop of colloidal silver debunkers (aka pharmaceutical shills) who are flooding the internet with wholesale hokum about the many "dangers" and "toxicities" associated with colloidal silver. One such pharmaceutical shill is someone who calls herself Jennifer Lake of http://jenniferlake.wordpress.com/. Her August 17, 2009 blog posting is a virtual tour de force of condemnatory statements that would scare off even the most commited supporters of Nature-based medicine--if her statements were true--but since her highly deceptive rant is riddled with FALSEHOODS and contrived "scientific studies" paid for by the hidden hand of Big Pharma, it stands to reason that a physician, like Dr Joseph Mercola, who postures himself as a champion of natural medicne, needs to exercise far greater caution in making such alarmist statements about a subject of which he is obviously uninformed.
And since I came upon Jennifer Lake's blog as a result of a Google search linking to Dr Mercola's site, somehow I'm wondering if maybe Jennifer herself wasn't the advisory source of the "new" information which caused Dr Mercola to "change his mind" about colloidal silver in his first posted version of that article? Oh, yes, I forget to mention that the Sep. 7, 2009 version of the "Warning: Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Disease." article was changed from the Sep. 4 version that Ed referred to in his letter to me. The Sep. 7 version had now deleted all references to the "severe cytokine storm reaction" that colloidal silver was "likely" to elicit (see below).
I wonder if my two unanswered e-mails directed to Dr Mercola and my Sep. 4 posting of Ed's letter had anything to do with that?
Another "change" that I noticed on Sep. 7 when I went to the link of that article was that I was now able to access the article this time, instead of having my view blocked by a pop up window that wanted me to register my name and e-mail address with Dr. Mercola's markeitng department before I could see the article--as was the case on Sep. 4 Why was the pop up window no longer there to block my view? Maybe Dr Mercola wanted the article more readily accessible, now that he removed his absurd statements about colloidal silver and "cytokine storms" to which I had strongly objected to in my e-mails to him~ and he avoided replying to me?
Just to set the record straight, I've reposted below the Sep. 4 portion of Dr. Mercola's article that included his dire warings about colloidal silver (which I've indicated in bold type) and below that, the same section of the article taken from the Sep. 7 version, which has now removed the colloidal silver warning statements. Both versions start with the subheading of "How Vaccines Can Cause so Much Harm."
Excerpt from "Warning: Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Disease." by Dr. Mercola downloaded on Sep. 4, 2009:
(http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/01/Swine-Flu-Shot-Linked-to-Killer-Nerve-Disease.aspx)
"How Vaccines Can Cause so Much Harm
The intended effect of a vaccination is to help you build immunity to a potentially harmful organism. However, your body’s immune system is already designed to do this in response to organisms that invade your body naturally.
Most disease-causing organisms enter your body through the mucous membranes of your nose, mouth, pulmonary system or your digestive tract. These mucous membranes have their own immune system, called the IgA immune system, which fights off invading organisms at the point of entry, reducing or even eliminating the need for activation of your body’s immune system.
A vaccination, however, delivers either live or attenuated (dead) viruses directly into your tissues and blood stream through injection, completely bypassing your body’s first line of defense. And when combined with an immune adjuvant, your body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to the vaccination. If your immune system is too weak to deal with the assault, severe side effects can occur.
Injecting organisms into your body to provoke immunity is contrary to nature, and vaccination carries enormous potential to do serious damage to your health.
To emphasize this point further, when ingested, the vaccine adjuvant squalene is actually recognized by your immune system as an oil molecule native to your body. It has antioxidant properties and is found throughout your nervous system and brain.
The difference between “good” and “bad” squalene is the route by which it enters your body. Injection is an abnormal route of entry which incites your immune system to attack all the squalene in your body, not just the vaccine adjuvant.
As a result, your immune system will attempt to destroy the molecule wherever it finds it, including in places where it occurs naturally, and where it is vital to the health of your nervous system.
For more information about squalene, and the hazards it poses when included in flu shots, please review my recent special report on the topic, if you have not already done so.
Is Silver a Good Choice for the Swine Flu?
While I believe colloidal silver does have some merit, there may be significant problems in using it for swine flu. We were initially going to carry one of the finest silver products in our store, but I recently learned of new information that changed my mind.
While silver will likely work to kill the swine flu virus, in many healthy individuals it is likely to elicit a severe cytokine storm reaction. This is basically a severe allergic inflammatory reaction that can occur in your lungs, and could be fatal.
Additionally, silver is a heavy metal and there is no need for it in your body. So when used acutely it may have benefit, but in the long run you will need to eliminate the silver ions in your body with some type of detoxification process.
I am currently consulting with some of the leading experts on a swine flu product that I hope to have by the end of the year that will use completely natural ingredients that build your immune system, and will not result in a potentially fatal cytokine storm.
In the Meantime Consider Vitamin D as it Prevents Seasonal Flu"