On October 5, 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified by that none of the 50 million doses of this year’s influenza vaccine Fluvirin®, manufactured by Chiron Corporation, would be available for distribution in the United States. This will reduce by approximately one half the expected supply of the flu shot available in the United States for the 2004-05 influenza season. The CDC was hoping to vaccinate 100 million people. Now only 54 million doses will be available.

The Chiron Corporation indicated that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom, where Chiron's Fluvirin vaccine is produced, has suspended the company's license to manufacture Fluvirin vaccine apparently due to the discovery of a contaminant found in the vaccine.

The remaining supply of influenza vaccine that is expected to be available in the United States this season is about 54 million doses of Fluzone®, manufactured Aventis Pasteur. Of these doses, approximately only 30 million doses have been distributed by Aventis Pasteur. In addition, approximately 1.1 million doses of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV/Flumist®) manufactured by MedImmnune will be available this season.

Because of this urgent situation, CDC, in coordination with its Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), is issuing interim recommendations for influenza vaccination during the 2004-05 season to be given only to the very young, the old, and the very ill.

Dr. Hansen Says “Nobody should get the Flu Shot! There is a healthier alternative.”

Last year the CDC documented 215 different strains of the influenza virus in the U.S. Of those, 25% were similar to A/Panama/2007/99 (H3N2) flu virus that was included in the vaccine. The remaining 75% of flu cases last year were due the A/Fujian/411/2002 that was not included in the vaccine.

Each year scientists try to predict 6-12 months in advance which flu strains will be most likely to infect humans in the US. Unfortunately they are often wrong, as was the case last year.

Flu types A or B viruses cause the majority of epidemics almost every winter in the United States, causing illness in 10- 20% of the population and are associated with an average of 20,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations per year. Last year there were 200,000 hospitalizations and approximately 36,000 deaths in spite of the fact that more than 84 million people got the vaccine.

Most people were not aware that the annual death toll from the flu in America was so high until last year when the CDC and the media began publishing the statistics. The evidence indicates that those who so succumb to the Flu in the US every year are the weaker ones with stressed immune systems due to other illnesses.

What’s worse is the fact that every year approximately 1 million Americans actually get the flu from the vaccine. Some of them even die from it, including Audrey Eleanor Menzie, 82, of Fort Collins, Colorado, who had the flu shot last fall, but died from flu complication nonetheless. She had suffered from emphysema and cancer, but influenza was listed as the cause of her death.

Why doesn’t the CDC just recommend the flu vaccine to everyone? It’s too dangerous. There are too many side effects. It would cause the flu in approximately 2.5 million Americans directly and threaten the lives of several thousand others unnecessarily. When the match between the virus strains in the vaccine and the circulating viruses is close, the vaccine prevents illness in up to 90% of healthy people under the age of 65. However, among the elderly, the vaccine is only about 30-70% effective.

What Does Dr. Hansen recommend?

First and foremost, Dr. Hansen recommends getting plenty of rest, keeping hydrated and avoiding sugar. A mere 100 grams of common table sugar can suppress the immune system by 50% and last for 5 hours. That much sugar is easily consumed by eating one candy bar and a soda. Choose healthy alternatives to white sugar and white flour products.

Secondly, I recommend natural homeopathic flu vaccine, known as Influenzinum,™ instead of a Flu shot. Influenzinum™ is an oral homeopathic vaccine prepared according to the standards of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, containing a dilution of the same three main viral strains as the conventional vaccine. However, the homeopathic vaccine dilutes these same viral strains to 1 part per billion. This homeopathic method of preparing the vaccine greatly reduces the risk of side effects.

Natural Homeopathic Alternative to the Flu Shot

Influenzinum™ has been proven to be up to 90% effective and safe for all ages. In clinical trials, no side effects were noted in 97% of the cases, while 3% experienced only minor nasal discharge. It has been used throughout the world by millions for decades.

The homeopathic vaccine is an oral medication that easily dissolves in the mouth. The recommended dose is 3 small granules dissolved under the tongue once per week for 4 weeks, followed by one last dose of 3 granules dissolved under the tongue 4 weeks later.

Flu Solution for Variant Strains of the Flu

For prevention of the Flu due to strains not contained in the Flu Vaccine, Dr. Hansen recommends taking Flu Solution,™ a homeopathic medicine developed in France more than 60 years ago. Flu Solution™, known as Oscillococcinum in Europe, is the number one over-the-counter flu medication in France. As prevention against the Flu this year Dr. Hansen recommends taking both the Flu Solution and Influenzinum orally.

What should you do if you get the Flu?

First of all, don’t panic, you body has the most powerful pharmacy in the world built right inside you. You can help it do its job by keeping it well hydrated and getting plenty of rest. Remember, most complications and deaths occur from dehydration and secondary infections.

If you get the Flu, here is what Dr. Hansen recommends:

First, take Flu Solution: 3 granules every 6 hours dissolved in the mouth. If take at the first onset of symptoms of the Flu, it can It stops the fever, chills, body aches and pain of the within a few short hours. I have used it with dramatic success for nearly 20 years.

Second, take Phytobiotic: 3 capsules 3 times daily for adults, or 2 capsules 3 times daily for children. For children who cannot swallow pills, give 4 ml of liquid Echinacea and Elderberry 4 times daily. (For more information about Phytobiotic, including its key ingredients: Echinacea and Elderberry, click here: