The 'New' Flu

So, all of a sudden there's this "new" flu going around; a never-before-seen hybrid/mutant swine/bird/human influenza virus. How this flu came into being is (almost) anybody's guess; I'm sure I'm not the only one who believes this could be a manufactured pandemic-in-the-making.

Either way, you can keep from getting the flu, and you can treat it if you *do* get it. "Conventional wisdom" says you treat the flu with medication, try to get the fever down and control the symptoms. Yet we know that those symptoms are actually the body's immune system response designed to kill the virus and rid the body of it. I read an article today, written a year ago when the avian flu was the most-feared possible cause of a new pandemic; it is at least just as relevant today with this new possible outbreak happening.

Anyway, here is the article: How to Beat and Prevent the Avian Flu and Other Influenzas. It's a long but very worthwhile read.