Re: [Marxism] More detail on the homeopathic vaccine in Cuba

[Jason <jg001k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why do you keep sending out messages on homeopathy? There is no plausible way 
in the world that homeopathy could work.  Homeopathic treatments are diluted to 
such a degree that  it equates to giving people nothing more than WATER.  I 
thought Marxists were supposed to be materialists...homeopathy is one of the 
biggest mumbo-jumbo "alternative medicines" out there. Please look into the 
evidence. 

- Jason

> From: sabocat59@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:17:49 +0000
> Subject: [Marxism] More detail on the homeopathic vaccine in Cuba
> To: jg001k@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Imagine if such an approach were taken in the USA.  It would bankrupt our 
> profit-driven medical system overnight!
> 
> Greg
> 
> http://homeopathyresource.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/successful-use-of-homeopathy-in-over-5-million-people-reported-from-cuba/
> 
> Successful Use of Homeopathy In Over 2.5 Million People 
> 
> Reported From Cuba Posted on January 1, 2009 by homeopathyresource 
> 
>  A remarkable successful use of homeopathic prophylaxis was reported from a 
> Cuban conference. Of course, the exact numbers and results are still to be 
> published. Cuba has its own vaccine production and instead of using a 
> conventional medical vaccine homeopathic remedies were distributed to prevent 
> the usual Leptospirosis outbreak after tropical flooding. The results were 
> phenomenally excellent! 
> 
> The CDC describes Leptospirosis as: “Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease 
> that affects humans and animals. It is caused by bacteria of the genus 
> Leptospira. In humans it causes a wide range of symptoms, and some infected 
> persons may have no symptoms at all. Symptoms of leptospirosis include high 
> fever, severe headache, chills, muscle aches, and vomiting, and may include 
> jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), red eyes, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or a 
> rash. If the disease is not treated, the patient could develop kidney damage, 
> meningitis (inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord), 
> liver failure, and respiratory distress.” 
> 
> Here is a report from an attendee of  a recent conference in Cuba:
> 
>  A historical and inspiring event took place 10-12 December 2008 in Havana 
> Cuba that I had the honour to attend. There, the Carlos J Finlay Institute 
> under the guidance of its director-general, Dra. Conception Campa Huergo and 
> Dr. Gustavo Bravo and others hosted NOSODES 2008, an International Meeting on 
> Homeoprophilaxis, Homeopathic Immunization and Nosodes against Epidemics. 
> Homeopaths from Cuba, S America, Canada, Australia, UK, and Kenya (yours 
> truly) made presentations on the wide varieties of successful disease 
> prevention using homeopathy and more specifically, nosodes. Each presentation 
> was more amazing than the previous. All were very remarkable and notable in 
> the field of research and science. Some of the topics included Childhood 
> Disease Prevention, Homeopathic prophylaxis as an aspect of gov’tal programs, 
> Nosodes Genus Epidemicus and Compexes, Homeoprophylaxis on Agronomy, 
> Homeoprophylaxis on Veternary, Homeoprophylaxis in TB, Homeoprophylaxis in 
> Chagas disease, Homeoprophylaxis in hepatitis, Homeoprophylaxis in Malaria 
> (yours truly, again) and the list of presentations goes on. (I am sorry for 
> my lack of variety of adjectives for this email - “remarkable”, “awesome” and 
> “amazing” will be repeated often because I have no other way to express my 
> opinion of this conference) 
> 
> THE PREVENTION OF EPIDEMIC LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CUBA
> 
> But none of these remarkable speakers, each presenting their amazing work in 
> disease prevention and use of nosodes could not hold a candle to the 
> historical accomplishment of the Cubans in their presentation of controlling 
> the local endemic-epidemic disease of Leptospirosis. Now, the Finlay 
> Institute is primarily the Cuban research institute that produces allopathic 
> vaccinations for their country. Since Cuba is outcasted by the USA 
> government, they have come to depend on themselves for the making of 
> medicines, health care programs, etc. And since the Cuba is not under the 
> yoke of the international pharmaceutical juggernaut, they are not held back 
> from adopting homeopathy and other alternative medicines wholeheartedly into 
> their national health programmes. The Finlay director-general herself is very 
> pro-homeopathy (not to mention, besides, a macrobiotic vegetarian). To put it 
> simply, what they presented is this: Cuba goes through a yearly cycle of 
> Leptospirosis epidemic, especially after the hurricanes flood the countryside 
> and water pollution reaches its height. (Leptospirosis: infectious disease 
> caused by the spirochaete Leptospira transmitted to humans from rats, giving 
> jaundice and kidney damage. Can cause death) Annually the population is 
> exposed to the disease, most especially after hurricanes. Until Aug 2007, the 
> Finlay Institute (a part of the Ministry of Public Health, Cuba) has been 
> distributing its own allopathic Lepto vaccination. August is the height of 
> the hurricane season. Annually, many are left homeless, flooded out and under 
> the stress of disaster situation. There is a sharp rise in the lepto 
> epidemic. The usual expectacy of infection even with allopathic vaccination 
> would have been around a few thousands, with some deaths included. Part of 
> the reason for this is that the high cost of vaccination prevents putting but 
> the most at-risk populations (ie children, pregnant women, elderly) on 
> vaccination. The cost of such limited vaccination is about US$3,000.000. But 
> in Aug 2007, Finlay put approximately [2,500,000] people (yes! 5 million 
> doses!) in 2 provinces on homoepathic nosode prophylaxis at the cost of about 
> only US$ 200,000. That figure represents the entire population of the 2 
> provinces. The prophylaxis consisted of 2 single doses about 2 weeks apart. 
> Included in the dose was the Lepto nosode + some Bach flower remedies to 
> address the mental distress of the disaster situation. How very amazing it 
> was to watch this presentation being made. Up to the point, the presenters 
> were showing us graph after graph of the usual rise of the epidemic, year 
> after year, even with the use of allopathic vaccination. Each year the graphs 
> would edge higher and higher towards the year-end, reaching up to the 
> thousands of infected. But this time, within 2 weeks after Aug 2007, the 
> rising lines literally dropped off the chart to ZERO-Ten infections only! 
> Yes. Near-zero infections, zero deaths from leptospirosis after Aug 2007. And 
> in 2008, no deaths, infections less than 10 a month. 
> 
> HISTORY MADE for Homeopathy
> 
> This mass treatment of 2.5 million people with homeopathy, I don’t believe, 
> has been done anywhere else in the world, not even in India, where homeopathy 
> enjoys the shelter of the government. And the awesome results of going from 
> hundreds of infected to near-zero in the period of a few weeks, also is 
> historical. My jaw dropped as I watched the graphs demonstrate their success. 
> The Cuban team readily admits that they have not invented anything new as far 
> as homeopathic philosophy or application. They have simply followed what we 
> homeopaths know to work. 
> 
> And since they have no pharmaceutical multi-nationals to stop them, they were 
> able to do it on a massive scale unknown in the history of homeopathy. What 
> is remarkable is their application to such a large population, and its 
> dramatic success, with full scientific verification. The results are 
> incontrovertible and undeniable even by the most rabid of anti-homeopaths. 
> =======
> 
> A word or two about Dra Heurgo, Dr. Bravo and the rest of the Cuban team. 
> Truly remarkable people. “Concita” as Dra Heurgo is lovingly known by the 
> people of Cuba, is well known and loved as a woman who has done remarkable 
> work to improve the health of the population. I found her to be a remarkable 
> person - untiring, passionate about her work and compassionate in her 
> motivation to serve her fellow human beings. I should like to nominate her 
> for the Nobel Prize. [This post was edited to show and correct that there 
> were 5 million doses and to 2.5 million people] 
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