Swine Flu Part II

You must watch the video to the right on the swine flu and the way history tends to repeat itself.

Science, Philosophy and Art Weekend

We just had a fantastic weekend at S.P.A. days for chiropractic licensure. It was awesome! There is so much energy and buzz going around about the chiropractic approach to health, and so many excited chiropractors out there--so why are people still crawling to the pharmacies? It is OUR fault, the chiropractors. We are the ones acting like we are doctors of pain (not optimal health) and we use our hands to heal the pain, not a prescription pad and pen. We often times become expensive ibuprofen.

Listen. In chiropractic care, our focus needs to be on prevention and correction by removing vertebral subluxations of the spine. Most often, we should be having patients doing exercises and sustained traction so that they can hold the adjustment longer and have long-term results. End of story. Yet, we think that all we can treat is pain. We are the ones with the problem!

As health care comes around in full circle, as allopathic approaches to health change to holistic, and as the world finally turns against the ones telling us how OUR own health should be managed, we in chiropractic need to stand a little taller and join hands and hearts and be united.

Let's change our thinking as a society to prevention--focus now on our health and not rely on an emergency vehicle later. Do you change your oil every 3-5 thousand miles, even without an oil light on? Do you go to the dentist every 6 mos even without a tooth ache? That is prevention thinking folks, and if you haven't (including all chiropractors out there) had your spine checked for a subluxation in a while I suggest it is time, because that is prevention of disease.

Let's all jump on board and aim for the cause of prevention. Seize the day.

Study: Parents Skeptical About Swine Flu Vaccine

Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive U.S. vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu.But if their parents are hearing the rallying cry to have their kids vaccinated, they're not buying it, says a new national survey.
In a poll of 1,678 U.S. parents conducted by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 40% said they would get their children immunized against the H1N1 virus -- even as 54% indicated they would get their kids vaccinated against regular seasonal flu.Among those who said they do not intend to have their kids vaccinated against H1N1, almost half -- 46% -- indicated they're not worried about their children becoming ill with the pandemic virus. Twenty percent said they do not believe the H1N1 flu is a serious disease.
There were differences along racial and ethnic lines in parents' responses, which were collected Aug. 13 to Aug. 31. More than half of Latino parents said they would bring their kids to get vaccinated against H1N1. Among white parents, 38% said they would do so. African American parents were the least inclined to vaccinate: 30% said they planned to do so.
About half of the parents who said they'd pass on the H1N1 flu shot for their kids expressed concern about possible side effects of the vaccine.The chatter about seasonal flu and novel H1N1 flu, and the differences in their relative virulence, has certainly confused parents, the survey suggests. Half of respondents said they believe that, for children, seasonal and H1N1 flu pose roughly equivalent risks.
"That perception may not match the actual risks," Dr. Matthew Davis, the poll director, said in a statement. Davis is a University of Michigan professor of pediatrics and internal medicine.
Not surprisingly, parents who believe that the H1N1 flu will be worse for children were most likely to say they will have their own children vaccinated.