Posted on 01/15/2025 4:06:37 PM PST by daniel1212
A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic. [...] but health experts say HMPV is not like Covid, and point out it has been around for many years.
They say China and other countries are simply experiencing the seasonal increase in HMPV typically seen in winter.
First identified in the Netherlands in 2001, HMPV spreads through direct contact between people, or when someone touches a contaminated surface.
The virus leads to a mild upper respiratory tract infection for most people.
It is usually almost indistinguishable from flu.
Symptoms for most people include a cough, a fever and blocked nose.
The very young, including children under two, are most vulnerable to the virus.
It also poses a greater risk to those with weakened immune systems, including the elderly and those with advanced cancer, according to Hsu Li Yang, an infectious diseases specialist in Singapore.
If infected, a "small but significant proportion" of immunocompromised people can develop more severe disease where the lungs are affected, with wheezing, breathlessness and symptoms of croup. [...]
[...]Like many respiratory infections, HMPV is most active during late winter and spring.
Fears of a Covid-style pandemic are overblown, experts say, noting that such events are typically caused by new viruses, which is not the case with HMPV.
The disease is already globally present and has been around for decades. This means people across the world have "some degree of existing immunity due to previous exposure", Dr Hsu said.
"Almost every child will have at least one infection with HMPV by their fifth birthday and we can expect to go onto to have multiple reinfections throughout life," said Paul Hunter, a medical professor at University of East Anglia in England.
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“A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic.”
Too late, Trump has already been ELECTED and virtually no one will the Experimental ‘Vaccine’ that they’re pushing (or will be pushing).
Yawn.....
People have been getting this for years. UNLESS they have bioengineered a “gain of function” surprise for us, it’s nothing new.
Identified in 2001.. been around since mankind has.
I’m sure big pharma has a drug for it like everything else they make up.
Embargo of flights from China.
There is a precedent for this; in the 1970’s through the mid eighties, Massachusetts had a embargo of flights and shipping from Portugal.
Is that the monkey pox?
If anyone is worried or anyone has this i suggest Artemisinin- which is derived from sweet wormwood plant and used to treat malaria (sound familiar?).
I suffered for years with the residual effects of lymes disease and it really hit my lungs. I took this stuff and within a week it cleared it all up. I know of people who had lung issues from the kung flu and ditto- they took Artemisinin and it cleared their lungs up.
Can be purchased cheaply on Amazon and other vitamin outlets.
It spreads between gay men’s butt cheeks.
the latest Deep State attempt to take down Trump and the West.
I gotta look it up, but i think there are some precautions with wormwood- can’t recall them right now though
They say there could be an issue with kidneys but i don’t know- the stuff really works incredibly well. Too well for me to stop taking it.
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My goodness - what a difference - WIDE, WIDE DIFFERENCE - in responses here and responses to the above thread..worlds apart!!
Thanks, i couldn’t remember what it did- i think that is correct- I was taking it, but have kidney damage, and I stopped taking it because of that- it was a long time ago- so i couldn’t remember htough- I have had to stop a number of different herbs because of kidneys and other things- so they all kinda blend together and i forget lol
No.
Don’t worry! We have open borders!
When the virus sees how non racist we are, it’ll leave us alone. :)
Thanks. Others may weigh in.
So you had bad kidneys all along or your kidneys were damaged as a result of taking all this stuff?
Basically, it is a cold with a fancy name.
I didn’t know they were bad while i was taking it- it wasn’t until a bit later that i learned my kidneys were bad, the doc mentioned something i was taking that i should be careful with, magnesium or potassium or something- can’t recall now- anyway, i got looking into the things i was taking at the time, and came across the info on wormwood- which made me nervous- so i quit-
I think though that kidney stones are what damaged my kidneys- i passed over 60 of them one year, with a lot of ‘sand’ (unformed kidney stone material)- so I’m pretty sure it was the stones causing the damage- I doubt i took wormwood long enough or in large enough doses to damage the kidneys- I was stage 3 when i learned about the kidney damage, so i think it had been coming on for awhile- likely long before i took the wormwood
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