Talk about willful blindness - from the Organic Consumers Association:
Ebola Can Be Prevented and Treated Naturally-so Why Are These Approaches Completely Ignored?
With Ebola panic taking hold of the country, we hear very little about the natural ways to prevent the disease or treat the patients. This becomes even more important when you consider that these natural ways are less expensive and can often be self-administered. In addition, they often build up the immune system, and people susceptible to Ebola are more likely to have compromised immune systems.
As we discussed last month in our article on Ebola and natural remedies, the "Catch-22" of drug economics-that no one will spend the exorbitant sums needed to run clinical trials if the product can't be patented and turned into a huge money-maker-practically ensures that natural treatments will be ignored.
The status quo in which government creates and protects drug company monopolies was always outrageous. Now with the threat of major and deadly pandemic in sight, it is completely unacceptable. It is essential that voters become aware of what is going on behind closed doors in Washington so they can speak up and move the political system-before millions of lives are needlessly lost and our economy also dealt a savage blow.
In our earlier article, we discussed how silver has been used as an antimicrobial for thousands of years and has the ability both to attack viruses and to inhibit their transmission. We also showed how intravenous vitamin C would be a tremendous benefit to patients in hospitals and clinics who have already contracted Ebola.
Wrong on so many different levels. If Ebola were a bacterial infection, I could possibly make the case for some kind of 'natural' cure but Ebola is viral. There is no known agent that can kill a virus during a viral infection. We can develop a vaccine that will boost the bodies own antibodies to prevent the virus gaining foothold and there are drugs that limit the bodies ability to shed new viruii -- but -- once the infection is underway, there is nothing that can kill the virus. To imply that some 'natural' agent can do this is downright criminal and un-ethical.
I am all for seeking out cures in the 'natural' realm - I am currently taking Elderberry tincture to ward off a cold - but Vitamin C to cure Ebola? Just no...