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This message is from Dr. Vinay Goyal a renowned doctor who lectured on the topic H1N1 (SWINE FLU), its origin and precautions.

From : Dr. Vinay Goyal

Dr. Vinay Goyal is an MBBS, DRM, DNB (Intensivist and Thyroid specialist) having clinical experience of over 20 years. He has worked in institutions like Hinduja Hospital, Bombay Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Tata Memorial etc. Presently, he is heading our Nuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid clinic at Riddhivinayak Cardiac and Critical Centre, Malad (W).

The Message………..

Thanks to media hype about H1N1, several people who trust me have either approached or called me to advice. The hype in media about the utility of face masks and N95 respirators as a tool for general protection against H1N1 can’t be deplored enough. Yesterday, a friend who listened wanted me to write down briefly what I advised so that he could tell others in similar words. Hence this short email to friends whom I have advised recently (and others whom I haven’t yet). Please realize that this is not an official advice, especially the one about face masks or N95.

Most N95 respirators are designed to filter 95% particulates of 0.3µ, while the size of H1N1 virus is about 0.1µ. Hence, dependence on N95 to protect against H1N1 is like protecting against rain with an umbrella made of mosquito net.

I spent part of this evening bumbling around YouTube for opinions and information on seasonal flu vaccines and swine flu (H1N1) vaccination. My general sense is that the evidence that flu vaccinations are beneficial, especially to healthy adults seems pretty underwhelming and the case for avoiding them rather compelling. I’d love to hear peoples’ thoughts on the subject either in the comments of this post OR in an anonymous, 2 question Survey Monkey I set up. I’ll post the Survey Monkey results in a while after enough people have had a chance to leave their thoughts.

Here are a couple videos that mainstream media would probably call conspiratorial but are nonetheless interesting data points on the map of reasons not to get vaccinated:

CLICK HERE to take the anonymous survey!

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