A friend just forwarded this to my email. I don't know the source or if it's accurate, but wouldn't be a bit surprised. I haven't thought twice about the bird flu hype, as it seemed
just another scare tactic that resulted in someone making a lot of money...a very common scenario these days.
And as long as I'm posting about scams, I've included another one I received from the same friend about Olive Oil...which Dr. Weil has agreed is true. This shocked me more than the bird flu scam.
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>> "Bird Flu"
>> Do you know that 'bird flu' was discovered in Vietnam 9 years ago?
>> Do you know that barely 100 people have died in the whole world in all
>> that time?
>> Do you know that it was the Americans who alerted us to the efficacy
>>of the human antiviral TAMIFLU as a preventative.
>> Do you know that TAMIFLU barely alleviates some symptoms of the common
>> flu?
>> Do you know that its efficacy against the common flu is questioned by
>> a great part of the scientific community?
>> Do you know that against a SUPPOSED mutant virus such as H5N1, TAMIFLU
>> barely alleviates the illness?
>> Do you know that to date Avian Flu affects birds only?
>> Do you know who markets TAMIFLU?
>> ROCHE LABORATORIES.
>> Do you know who bought the patent for TAMIFLU from ROCHE LABORATORIES
>> in 1996?
>> GILEAD SCIENCES INC.
>> Do you know who was the then president of GILEAD SCIENCES INC. and
>>remains a major shareholder?
>> DONALD RUMSFELD, the present Secretary of Defence of the USA.
>> Do you know that the base of TAMIFLU is crushed aniseed?
>> Do you know who controls 90% of the world's production of this tree?
>> ROCHE.
>> Do you know that sales of TAMIFLU were over $254 million in 2004 and
>>more than $1000 million in 2005?
>> Do you know how many more millions ROCHE can earn in the coming months
>>if the business of fear continues?
>> So the summary of the story is as follows:
>> Bush's friends decide that the medicine TAMIFLU is the solution for a
>>pandemic that has not yet occurred and that has caused a hundred deaths
>>worldwide in 9 years.
>> This medicine doesn't so much as cure the common flu.
>> In normal conditions the virus does not affect humans.
>> Rumsfeld sells the patent for TAMIFLU to ROCHE for which they pay him
>> a fortune. Roche acquires 90% of the global production of crushed
>>aniseed, the base for the antivirus.
>> The governments of the entire world threaten a pandemic and then buy
>>industrial quantities of the product from Roche.
>> So we end up paying for medicine while Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush do
>>the business as usual.
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DrWeil.com
Question:
I’ve heard that most of the olive oil sold in the United States isn’t really olive oil but something else passed off as “extra-virgin” or whatever. Is this true?
Answer:
Unfortunately, it appears to be true. I've been doing some research lately on the untold olive oil story, which is a scandal in need of widespread exposure and corrective measures. I'll be reporting on what I've learned this week in response to questions that I've been asked on the subject.
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Most of the olive oil sold in the United States is imported from Italy or Spain. While some Italian and Spanish olive oils are of very high quality, many products sold in the United States as "extra-virgin" may be a lesser grade of olive oil and some may be primarily canola or hazelnut oil to which a small amount of olive oil has been added for color and taste. Some olive oil we get here may come from pomace, the olive pulp left after pressing out the oil. Additional oil can be extracted from pomace by treating it with hexane, a chemical solvent - not a good practice. Even when the bottle contains genuine olive oil, it may not be from Italy or Spain as the labels suggest - both countries import huge quantities of cheaper olive oils from Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco or Libya, bottle them and label them "imported from" Italy or Spain. This is deceptive marketing.
Tomorrow, I'll discuss the loopholes in U.S. laws that allow the sale of substandard olive oils here.
http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA365370/