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They flock to the pharmacy, even if only to ask for a disinfectant for the hands or a sanitizing room spray. It's all to no avail because they're sold out, out of stock or backordered. They come to the studio on the other hand to receive information on how to deal with the H1N1 swine flu.
After reading the various articles on the subject, many people have realized that there is a component of marketing that has channeled all information in such a way as to generate fear. However, this awareness isn't enough to lift the psychological inducement created by suspicion. What's needed is direct communication with a doctor, just like in a shamanic rite, in order to restore people's confidence in themselves.
This is why somewhere, in the upper levels of the hierarchy, those who wanted to orchestrate the intricate marketing plan are gloating with satisfaction. As an expert in this field who is directly involved with the daily situation, I can say with all certainty that the information that was intended to arouse fear was maneuvered with excellent timing and the fear of the unknown, practically at all levels, is great.
The conflicting statements have had their effect, as in the case of the proposal by a government official (in August) to keep schools closed which was then overruled by another government official only three days later. In addition, there has been the media's focus on the number of deaths due to the flu, even though they never say that they are actually only a twentieth of the deaths that are usually anticipated during a normal winter. They also refer to the virus's strange mutations, without stating that not only has it not mutated, it has actually behaved quite well and has maintained a low level of aggressiveness, in contrast with the pandemic of 1918. Finally there has been the constant proposing of vaccines, together with the agonizing wait for the first doses, without issuing an official warning about even one of the possible dangers associated with the flu vaccination.
It seems as if it was more important to frighten people than to try to reassure them. On the one hand they say that the flu is actually mild, but they give instructions to schools that were previously unheard of, not even during cases of meningitis outbreaks... For the first time in history the ministry of education has joined together with the ministry of health to urge children to abandon class in the case of cold symptoms or a slight fever. It's like saying that all is well even though special measures are being taken all around us. This is where the fear begins, from the ambivalence of these messages that are intended to be reassuring, but only result in causing alarm.
In 1986 Rita Levi Montalcini was awarded for her studies on NGF (Nerve Growth Factor). During conditions of alarm, the body produces large quantities of this substance in order to preserve its most vital priorities. Fear is one of these conditions and the increase of NGF (whose growth is almost tangible in people at this moment) can lead to the development of allergies, but most of all to the weakening of the immune system. This gives rise to a vicious circle that could facilitate the viral infection.
If this state of alarm continues, it will contribute to the undermining of the immune defenses against a virus like this one. At this time we all feel like we're at war. We receive occasional reminders of the real war (Afghanistan, Iraq) in which we have been involved for years and our consciences are only awakened when the press decides to focus on a drama like that of the six Italian soldiers that were killed and the civilians murdered in a suicide bombing. But our body knows perfectly well that it's at war; it also perceives the political diatribes and continuous onslaught of ambivalent messages as war.
My suggestion to people who ask for my advice is to follow the instructions given in the article on H1N1 flu prevention. After that, I also start to vaccinate their fear so that their immune systems aren't deviated towards a situation of negative response to the secondary effects of pointless fear, so often the cause of poor functioning of the immune system.
Even the New York Times, in an article by Tara Parker-Pope foresees the coming winter season as being responsible for an unusual and dangerous stress, in a much different way than the flu-related stress of the past seasons. The author asks that families be helped to face the stress associated with the possibility of the illness, not the illness itself. Thus even the New York Times is critical of the difference between fear and the actual event and reality of the infection. This contrast doesn't seem to have an affect on the institutions that should be guaranteeing the validity of the information.
Oppression Free (a mixture of Australian bush flowers, at a dosage of 7-8 drops, 3 times daily), 1 measure of Oximix 4+, and 1 sublingual tablet of Dolisobios 16 or Datif-PC can help one to face the fear in a constructive way; to reassess the situation rationally and defend oneself from the risks of the winter season in the best way possible.
However we're not just facing a health problem; we're becoming aware of the fact if you can “sell a pandemic”, facilitating the irrational purchase of medicines and a blind race for vaccination, you can also sell (and make people buy) a president, a political opinion, or a thought up to the point that it becomes a common conviction.
Vaccinating the fear of this flu and facing it in a rational way also means striving to defend one's freedom of belief and not just one's health.
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