[cake_crumb]

"The plane took off from New York. It's here"

I now regret getting back on this thread....but I have to explain to all of you that 'it' was already here...in the form of atypical pneumonia hospitalizing and killing infants for the past two weeks.

I'm not trying to DOWNPLAY this, but you all must know the germs have been out there a while. Remain calm, because hysteria depresses the immune system and makes us more vulnurable to disease. Watch symptoms. Dont try to second guees yourself at the onset of fever and allow your imaginations to get the best of you.

This is not 'Captain Tripps' and it is not a threat to civilization. It's a BUG...like West Nile. It mutates within the hosts...and healthy hosts can beat it off. The so-called 'common cold' can kill under the right circumstances. The germs are already out there, and fear is your enemy, not your friend. Go to Dollar General and buy echnacea, an immune system stimulant. Keep parsley (boron...immune system stimulant) sage (makes you sweat) rosemary (antibiotic) and thyme (antibiotic) and gargle with salt water every night, LAST thing oyu do before going to bed should upper respiratory symptoms begin.

Yeah, I remember the Simon and Garfunkle song...and also know that THAT was only a rendition of a much older song, containing the wisdom of old wives (and herbalists, like me)

OK??

[Destro]

ring around the rosies, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down.

[twntaipan]

Are you referencing the 5 children who died in the Tidewater area of Virginia recently?

[ohmage]

Go to Dollar General and buy echnacea, an immune system stimulant. Keep parsley (boron...immune system stimulant) sage (makes you sweat) rosemary (antibiotic) and thyme (antibiotic) and gargle with salt water every night, LAST thing oyu do before going to bed should upper respiratory symptoms begin

Good advice.

FYI, there is a relatively new product out there that works to balance your immune system and is successfully addressing a whole range of immunological issues.

The information is found only on commercial sites so I'm not going to provide a link. If a product being listed in the Physicians Desk Reference is meaningful to you, this is.

If anyone wants to learn more about it, freep mail me and I'll send you the link. Tomorrow. I'm going to bed now.