Preface

“There are Only Two Sides, and Two Sides Only; which are Life, and the Void.

Existence designates your Allegiance; and there is Work to do.”

K.A.H.

A story is circulating that we are living in an enlightened time; an age of medical breakthroughs; and we have long moved on from the dark centuries of ignorance and superstition.

You will soon discover in the following pages, that this notion is a mirage; both manipulated, and as result of a vacant space.

The effect of this shimmering image is to drain away caution and resistance; leaving us defenseless to marauding invaders which are steadily amassing; finding all gates, doors and windows mysteriously unlocked for them.

In the Dark Ages, your chances of expiring from disease, was not much higher than by the hand of supposed healers; and prevention was fate or witchcraft. People were poisoned with substances falsely labeled, “medicine”; and were experimented upon by incompetent impostors, psychotic butchers, and thieves.

Despite what we have been told, this situation has not changed; - with regards to the end results - the only deviation being that death’s partners have become entrenched and fortified with framed permits, licenses and diplomas.

As prime example, we only need focus in on Germs:

During a time when pathogenic micro-organisms,  - germs: the number one killer of human beings worldwide - are on an alarming upsurge in the western world; devouring the false data that deceptively demotes them from First to Third position; and climbing up manmade chemical lattices; our current path has never been so treacherous; our time to alter course never more crucial.

Pharmaceuticals, - the officially appointed front-line guardians of our lives – are clearly out of their league; as not only are the accepted wisdoms of planning and defense ignored; their weapons aim is so poor that Legal Drugs are appallingly guilty of 20 to 25% of the overall annual casualties against our side.

Though this startling revelation is both devastating and mind numbing, there is little time to stand in shock. When it is clear that we are on our own, and fighting on two fronts; we must act to locate a protected, defensible, and strategic position on the field.

Fortunately for us, - unlike the poor souls that came before - there exist a tool from which to gain a bird’s eye view with global expansiveness; able to see past, present, and any distance or direction. This is the true potential power of the information age.

The results, gathered over 12 years of vigilant assessment reveals:

We have been under constant and devastating attack from the time we congregated into large enough groups to pass along dissimilar organisms; and we would not have survived as a species if not for two rescuers; which we have not clearly and collectively noted, understood, developed or treasured.

Those allies are: Natural Plant compounds and Human Ingenuity.

Plants: grateful gifts of existence on this Earth; an immense potential life extending source to tap into; yet so few in our Western Culture are aware; and though no country is fully versed, there is verified and ample information accessible to save millions of precious lives; which are now being wasted.

Drug companies selfishly comprehend the power of plants; and their products are simply patentable cash cow versions of plant abilities. Though their crude imitations in comparison to the real thing are like compressed and painted glass shards in the image of fruit, their awe inspiring model is nature. 

The source of their inspiration however, is open for us all to reach into directly; we need not accept the middlemen’s wares of primitive and lethal fakes.

The substantiation of plant elegance and power is documented here in science; the ways we utilized these tools are revealed in our scattered cultures: categorizing, combining, updating and innovating is a job for Life Allegiance.

Our Life Allegiance proficiency: The ability to examine existence from a distance, without losing our connectivity to the mass of humanity we love. - And as it turns out, we are an amazing species stock full of information about what ails and cures us -.

Armed with our vast storehouse of ancient knowledge, combined with elegant innovation and insight from today, we can finally reach a place of sanctuary; creating by intention, what has occurred throughout history as if by miracle, a bountiful orchard of the diversity which richly rewards sharing and cooperation over manmade borders that would keep us separate and segmented; thus severely limited in our alternatives, and restricted in our strength.

This is a how-to manual; that gives anyone the data and tools required to move from the precarious, crumbling cliff edge of a symptom masking drug victim, to the strong, active, defensive and for the First time, offensive position of stable supremacy over the germs of cold and flu.

We reveal to you the how; but also hand you all the secrets, without patents or monopoly designs; fully in the adage of: “teach a person to fish and feed them for a lifetime” versus: “give a fish and feed them for a day”.

Content Guide

Section One – The Great Wall of the West

“Captive Consumers and Quality Goods & Services Never Shall Meet.” K.A.H.

“Knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

Louis Pasteur

We accept the viruses of Colds and Flu with the gray days and nights of miserable suffering several times per year, as if they are a natural part of existence; though something inside of us rages, and wonders why in today's age a cure has not been discovered.

Some of us know the deadly outcomes that these infections can lead to, and fear for our children, our families, and our friends. Yet most of us have our backs turned to the insidious dangers of these advance germs; which detonate openings for more deadly diseases to enter our bodies, in horde like invasions which mount casualties every year by the millions.

Whenever you read that the infections which bring about the common cold are impossible to stop; that you can only wait and hope them out while using drugs to mask the pain; you probably accept it as fact without a second thought.

If someone told you however, that an all natural answer was available to make it exceedingly difficult to nearly impossible for these viruses to gain a foothold; or to help clear them out of your system quickly, at times in a matter of hours; {and not just pathogens of the cold but the flu but many other invasions of the respiratory tract and beyond} you would probably dismiss the claim outright.

Well, everything we are taught is not always accurate or up to date; and after you examine what we have discovered, uncovered, combined and developed; never again will you believe what you have before today.

Unlike most of what you read or hear, we are not making loud but empty statements. Utilizing precious life energy for us has a definite well defined goal; which is to apply it in purpose with itself: Logically, Life is for protecting & enhancing Life. Thus, everything we state and present is proven with studies and reports here in this book; with additional backups online and in libraries all across the globe.

Step into our sky craft and rise above the land for a Birdseye view of a clear path to health.

The information we have gathered proves that safe and effective methods to assist the immune system in its fight to neutralize invasions of the respiratory, and digestive tracts, and beyond, had already been partially discovered in pieces; however, the puzzle had simply not been properly put together; and a key section was missing.

…Until now

Many scientific papers posted here will attest to this fact; and you will have the ability to try our methodology for yourself without prescriptions, dangers, drugs, or a high cost.

A BirdsEye View

It is our strong conviction that many of the problems which face humanity can be solved with an aerial view; and a strong belief that simple, sustainable, and natural solutions exist to all predicaments; and this situation was no different.

Once we gained some elevation over this quandary however, we could see a long circular wall, similar to the Great Wall of China, except that it encircles the western world. A wall that it seems was built not to protect our ideas; but to keep natural cures from the rest of the world, out.

We all wondered of course, who constructed the wall that blocked our views, and why it was done; however negative speculation - we believe - is usually inaccurate and a waste of precious energy; so we continue past this mind trap and on to making positive contributions.

One thing is clear however, that natural cures are not found in their proper place within our systems; which is curious because natural remedies were once a part of us: from our diverse historical cultural infusions, native contributions, slaves, immigrants and even invaders, who carried their cultural folk cures with them. Our adventurers of world travel and wars brought back cures from the far corners of the earth; and our bold innovators used the science of the time to understand how and why.

With the rich multitude of cultures that call America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia home, we should all boast the most sophisticated native plant databases and corresponding health systems in the history of the world. However, intentional or not, the knowledge of medicinal plants, an ancient wisdom going back through one hundred thousand years of human history, essential information that is an integral part of any culture’s survival, was burned on bonfires, replaced with a synthetic drug culture, and protected by barricades.

Though the fortification would not be breached, it could be flown over to see beyond to the natural world; when at last we realize with surprise, that the answers were right in front of our faces; sitting not in our medicine cabinets, but in our kitchen cabinets.

Finally, for the first time we can fully utilize nature to our benefit. We can take control over key areas of our own health; and without the associated mortal dangers and mounting monetary expenses which are tied to pharmaceutical chemicals; additionally, since the key ingredients we will re-introduce you to, which safely prevent pathogenic micro-organisms from consuming our bodies, are readily available and easily obtainable; drug companies cannot lock, block, or manipulate cost. This places the power back where it belongs, into your own hands.

Please take special note of this, as it’s a keystone in understanding why we are, where we are; and how it is that most of us in the Western world have completely lost control over even the most basic aspects of our own health; and with it, the ability to avoid that unmarked pre-dug grave down the dark road. When an outside driver holds the wheel to our lives, we are steered into chaos; as there is not a system, organization or business in the world, which can navigate health for our full populations to a degree which will give us, or our children, any assurance of a healthy tomorrow; but in fact the opposite, a guarantee of a hideous and unnecessary death.

Once a system has burned the map of natural alternative paths and preventatives, - as confirmed in section 5 – then the individual needs to wrest control over the wheel; or lose their life to a negligent, greed distracted driver. 

It also matters not the amount of health coverage one may have, for without prevention a more attentive nurse or private bed is of little relief from the pain and regret when one is dying from having been driven straight on into diseases which could have been avoided; then kept on that same southbound road towards a final collision by scalpel wielding, drug dispensing systems.

This one of the darkest horrors of our time; where the focus is to surgically remove end result growths, versus preventing; to mask symptoms, versus addressing causes; resulting in hospitals full of amputated, disease ridden victims who are provisioned drugs to quiet their moans and screams; then invoiced for every milligram, every syringe, cotton ball and band aid. 

All due to neurotic delusion or criminal refusal to admit that we as human beings, are eons from the ability to improve upon nature; indeed, that we have only scratched the surface of a deep well of knowledge; and lastly that goals of patented protected profit with synthetic drugs are in direct conflict with the natural world, and therefore with human health; - as we are but a conscious extension of nature herself -.

Enough is Enough; Time to fly up and over into Natural Sunlight

Escape from Manmade for profit; into Nature made for Survival

No permission or revolution required; Our Birth Given Rights of Respect and Self Determination are simply reached for over the imitation.

The 21^st Century of medicine is now accessible; we can finally take back possession of our own bodies; and in doing so, - what could turn out to be - the future of the human race; as we can little afford to be at war against two foes; especially when one of them, was once one of us.

All you need to make the change is some elusive but key information and a few tools to do the job.

We begin your self -empowerment with some key insight into one of our primary and most deadly enemies,..

Next,….Germs 101

Know your Enemy – Know your Ally

“Since Nice to meet you, or to see you, means more than just your visage and personality, but also the deadly germs that have hitched a ride on your body, there is a strong need for an alternate path; because we human beings are affectionate by nature.” K.A.H.

What is a Germ and what is the Antidote?

As Volume I is concentrating on the prevention and destruction of the germs which bring us Colds and Flu, we will focus in on those viruses in particular; however, we will not turn our backs on the other opportunistic micro-organisms, which follow in their tracks.

‘Germ’, is a general term for the major groups of four separate organisms: Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa and Viruses.

It is important to note a distinction between classifications of germs. Bacteria Fungi and Protozoa are living organisms; though Viruses are not living. This detail makes viruses much more resistant, exacting to deal with; and as a result, much more populous, diverse, and deadly. HIV, Ebola, Sars, Malaria, Anthrax, 

Cholera, Plague, Typhoid, Colds, Flu, Pneumonia, are all viruses. 

The list grows as viruses mutate away from animals and jump to humans and we are also negligently creating a variety of new super viruses with antiviral drugs.

Another factor which makes viruses so difficult to deal with is that they cannot survive outside of the body and instead do their dirty work internally, from places we have not had until today, legal safe and natural methods to reach.

A virus is like a machine that takes over a living cell, and uses it to replicate. It cannot be 'killed', though can be rendered non-infectious; if you have the tools and the know-how.

The virus operates a successful campaign, by overwhelming the immune system in a race to place combatants on the field. It accomplishes this feat, by reprogramming our own cells to act out its diabolic agenda; this eliminates the materials and time required to build soldiers; and in this manner it is able to reproduce at amazing speeds and more times than not, win the war.

Cold and Flu viruses hide in the nasal cavities; and is from there that they build bases and launches their attacks against us, sending their armies down our throats and lungs; while simultaneously blowing opening in our defenses for other diseases to invade. As you will discover in section 5, drugs actually assist them in that process.

Now however, we can safely but effectively deal with these hard to reach, difficult to deal with viruses. We can accomplish our goals with natural plant compounds used in direct, and indirect confrontation with these deadly pathogens. In their full and natural form, plant compounds are The most powerful antimicrobial agents in existence, accomplishing what drug designers can only dream of; but cannot patent, thus cannot monopolize; and therefore want to suppress.

While natural plants match our needs and fit our requirements like a glove; manmade drugs go into us like little jagged blocks of dice in a spherical realm risking our lives while attempting to mimic with stick figure outlines, a single ability of a particular plant via a single compound molecule.

Cousins to the variety of herbs and spices that we consume daily are safe, and extremely powerful for germ eradication when used in the proper manners and dilutions. Viruses also cannot grow immune to their powers due to complicated chemical compositions that contain hundreds of synergistic compounds; created by nature over hundreds of millions of years, - or billions, if you consider the ocean world - and designed for protection against pathogenic micro-organisms. Plant allies are also inexpensive and work to super boost the immune system; unlike the false claims of any dead vitamin supplement that you can purchase; which means that they can protect, and defend all at once, offering both offense and defense from a wide, full spectrum stance.

Thousands of clinical scientific research studies - some of which are posted in this manual - have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that many plants have developed the means and compounds to effectively deal with viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa simultaneously, and can accomplish these feats with safety and effectiveness proven over thousands of years having been used for food, spices, and as medicines. 

There is documented scientific data both historical and current from doctors around the world, which are utilizing these herbs against diseases daily in their own countries, and having done so for centuries. These studies which demonstrate the amazing power of plants is what prompted drug companies to attempt replicating plant abilities in synthetic form; for the main purpose of financial monopoly. See the posted research in section 6 of this book; which is but a drop in the bucket of what is available out there for you to view.

Let’s zoom in on a couple of the fantastic aspects of utilizing natural extracts.

One is an uncanny ability to work hand in hand and back to back with the immune system. Plant essences actually assist the body by slowing down or halting the virus from reproducing itself - something that antiviral drugs attempt to mimic, but in many cases, fail, due to body’s resistance to foreign objects - . Another is how they can resupply the immune system with the fuel it requires to build soldiers of its own; while also adding antioxidants to shore up the openings in defense – the polar opposite of what drugs render - .

This multiple front collaboration is what makes natural plant essences the strongest and most comprehensive immune support system available.

That is not all however: a wonderful gift of the natural system, is allowing the body to take note of a virus and keep a file of the antidote; and without the complications and dangers of vaccines.

Some of you already know, read or were told about plant essences, however were thrown off by certain suggested uses like 'Aromatherapy'; which seems on the surface like implausible new age quackery. You also may have been put off by the numerous essential oil sites with unprofessional appearances that pepper the web; though within a few of them are remnants of ancient plant knowledge.

Know however, that we are not advising aromatherapy or essential oils here; we are more direct and complete, yet safer in our methodologies; leaving no room for doubt, and no prisoners taken. Last but not at all least, we fully understand the limitations and dangers of extracts of any kind.

Some are dissuaded by misunderstandings, confusion or mixed messages about safety, or by the mandatory FDA disclaimers which in essence takes sole possession and control over healing; proven to be a responsibility much too heavy for any organization; when throughout human history, healers were born, not manufactured. They are a type of problem solver, combined with a scientific mind and a strong internal desire to cure; and they appear without fail in every geographical area, culture or time. Western Schools do not have a monopoly on these people; and - from our stand point - actually turn out many, whom are motivated by money and status; which we believe is in direct opposition to the historical and multicultural values of the humble healer.

Further, in the western medical education system an ever growing span of the agenda revolves around prescribing and the use of drugs. This alarming trend leaves most of the world’s knowledge of natural plants to hide away or die away with the cultures that have been utilizing them for thousands of years.

As further evidence of our western medicine system's downward spiral, there is a report that places physician error in the US as the Third leading cause of overall annual deaths.

Did you catch that?

Right under heart disease and cancer, Doctor Error is placed as the 3^rd leading cause of death.

The report from Barbara Starfield, M.D. states that on average 225,000 people die each year from medical mistakes, out of which 106,000 die due to the negative effects of pharmaceutical drugs.

America's Healthcare System is the Third Leading Cause of Death
Barbara Starfield, M.D. (2000)
Summary by Kah Ying Choo

This Journal of the American Medical Association article illuminates the failure of the U.S. medical system in providing decent medical care for Americans.

In spite of the rising health care costs that provide the illusion of improving health care, the American people do not enjoy good health, compared with their counterparts in the industrialized nations.  Among thirteen countries including Japan, Sweden, France and Canada, the U.S. was ranked 12th, based on the measurement of 16 health indicators such as life expectancy, low-birth-weight averages and infant mortality. 

In another comparison reported by the World Health Organization that used a different set of health indicators, the U.S. also fared poorly with a ranking of 15 among 25 industrialized nations.

Although many people attribute poor health to the bad habits of the American public, Starfield (2000) points out that the Americans do not lead an unhealthy lifestyle compared to their counterparts.  For example, only 28 percent of the male population in the U.S. smoked, thus making it the third best nation in the category of smoking among the 13 industrialized nations.

The U.S. population also achieved a high ranking (5th best) for alcohol consumption.  In the category of men aged 50 to 70 years, the U.S. had the third lowest mean cholesterol concentrations among 13 industrialized nations. Therefore, the perception that the American public’s poor health is a result of their negative health habits is false.

Even more significantly, the medical system has played a large role in undermining the health of Americans.  According to several research studies in the last decade, a total of 225,000 Americans per year have died as a result of their medical treatments:

• 12,000 deaths per year due to unnecessary surgery

• 7000 deaths per year due to medication errors in hospitals

• 20,000 deaths per year due to other errors in hospitals

• 80,000 deaths per year due to infections in hospitals

• 106,000 deaths per year due to negative effects of drugs

Thus, America's healthcare-system-induced deaths are the third leading cause of the death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer.

By citing these statistics, Starfield (2000) highlights the need to examine the type of health care provided to the U.S. population.  The traditional medical paradigm that emphasizes the use of prescription medicine and medical treatment has not only failed to improve the health of Americans, but also led to the decline in the overall well-being of Americans.  Starfield’s (2000) comparison of the medical systems of Japan and the U.S. captures the fundamental differences in the treatment approach.

Unlike the U.S., Japan has the healthiest population among the industrialized nations.  Instead of relying on sophisticated technology and professional personnel for medical treatment as in the U.S., Japan uses its technology solely for diagnostic purposes.  Furthermore, in Japan, family members, rather than hospital staff, are involved in caring for the patients.

The success of the Japanese medical system testifies to the dire need for Americans to alter their philosophical approach towards health and treatment.  In the blind reliance on drugs, surgery, technology and medical establishments, the American medical system has inflicted more harm than good on the U.S. population.

Starfield’s (2000) article is invaluable in unveiling the catastrophic effects of the medical treatments provided to the American people.  In order to improve the medical system, American policymakers and the medical establishment need to adopt a comprehensive approach and critically examine the failure of the richest country in the world to provide decent health care for its people.

Starfield, B. (2000, July 26). Is US health really the best in the world? Journal of the American Medical Association, 284(4), 483-485.

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Drugs are a profit driven engine not a health oriented one. While right under our noses the cures are available; if only the information on their proper use could be made available to the degrees necessary for safe and effective use.

As of now for us in the west, less than one percent of the tropical rainforest species have been analyzed for their medicinal value.

Who pays the price for this? We all do, with our very lives.

There is light however at the end of the tunnel,..

Since the our governing agencies have approved these herbs and spices for use in food and in other forms of use on, or in the human body, you no longer have to worry about the past; because your answers are here and now.

Before you delve into the basics of internal prevention, you do need to know a few absolute facts about external preventatives; and just how effective or not, they can be.

With all the energy and finances that are being thrown at the problem, it’s good to know what is worth the effort and expense, and what is not. More importantly, it’s essential to be aware what leaves us open and vulnerable while claiming to protect; like a shield made of paper, a false sense of security is much more dangerous than being naked and knowing it.

Being without body armor however need not equate to being defenseless; though in the beginning it requires a navigator to show us the way.

Follow us in the next chapter as we guide you through the thorn bush maze of this convoluted field…

Next... The impossible task of attempting to Contain Contagion

Trying to Navigate a clear path through a Cloud of Pathogenic Microbes

“To the memory Howard Hughes, who attempted to barricade himself against an invisible enemy, which few understood at the time.” K.A.H.

Talking Openly about Prevention

Prevention is a frustrating subject, due to the complexity of the task, combined with all the misinformation and myth that passes as truth. As a matter of fact, most of us are so overwhelmed, that simply with a shrug of shoulders we do what is so easy - since these germs are not usually visible - which is to act as though they don’t exist, - at least for us - or that they are actually a necessary part of a lethally misrepresented immune body building process; which openly exposes our children especially, to constant, serious risk. 

This head in the sand attitude regarding germs is as dangerous to your loved ones, as to yourself; and is playing Russian roulette with lives all around you.

We understand the frustration and have developed a more intuitive path to get us through; however, we all must first get a grasp on this handle; and once we do, it will assist us all in dealing with everyday life, and hopefully will prevent some invasions before they take root. 

As in all pitfalls, prevention is the intelligent way to go in primary, then tweezers as secondary, eliminating the need for: the scalpel, pain muting drugs, and the shovel.

Let us start with hand sanitizers; because we are told time and time again that disinfecting our hands is number one, in countering germ attacks.

For alcohol based hand sanitizers, the current information for an effective deterrent is an alcohol content of between 60 to 95%. However others say that between 70 and 95% alcohol content is required to kill bacteria and the live germs {though viruses are not alive thus cannot be killed}. This is also supported by a report posted by the CDC {linked in references}.

What is interesting about the CDC report is that it took a 95% ethanol concentration to reduce the influenza virus to acceptable levels.

This jives with the study below:

In-vivo efficacy of hand sanitizers against feline calicivirus: a surrogate for norovirus
Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 159-163
S. Lages, M. Ramakrishnan, S. Goyal

Hand disinfection is considered important in preventing the transmission of viruses, including norovirus.

We investigated the virucidal efficacy of nine hand sanitisers (four alcohol-based sanitisers, three non-alcoholic sanitisers and two triclosan-containing antimicrobial liquid soaps) against feline calicivirus, a surrogate for norovirus, on artificially contaminated fingertips for 30s and 2min contact periods.

Among alcohol-based sanitisers, a product containing 99.5% ethanol was more effective than those containing 62% ethanol, 70% isopropanol or 91% isopropanol.

A log₁₀ virus reduction factor of 1.00–1.30 was achieved with 99.5% ethanol but those containing a lower alcohol concentration only achieved a log₁₀ reduction factor of ≤0.67.

We find this interesting, because alcohol based hand-sanitizing companies use a high average alcohol content of 62%.

The virus on skin question is a dilemma however since we know that viruses are not living; so when these companies are confronted with the viral question of how their product actually ‘kills’ 99.99 % of the germs as advertised on their bottles and in commercials, they shuffle their feet; some saying that their products make it easier to remove viruses from your hands.

However again, since these sanitizers are leave on and not wash off, it only means that they will make the transfer of the viruses to your nose or other objects easier for the virus. This creates a false sense of security; and many do eat with their hands and feel free to touch their eyes, nose, and mouths after applying these products.

In either case, it all adds up to mean that these products may not work against cold & flu germs or any microorganisms for which they are purchased and used.

The Opposite Point of View:

On the other hand, there are experts who say that this whole hand sanitizer business is purely a profit driven machine; one that preys on the fears of the public, in a losing cause.

Dr. Arthur Reingold, an infectious disease specialist who has advised on vaccine policy for the World Health Organization, states that it’s impossible to get influenza from hand contacts. He then points to studies done 40 and 50 years ago that prove that influenza is obtained through the air; not from the hands. Dr. Peter Palese, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, agrees with him.

Dr. Arthur Reingold also states that the most effective way to remove viruses from your hands, is to apply a generous amount of soap - and do not forget the nails, which some have difficulty with due to the length; so nail brushes are key - suds for at least 30 seconds, - though some doctors recommend one minute - before rinsing; this will allow you to detach some of the viruses from your skin and from under and around the nails to wash down the drain.

What we are not told however, is that the type of soap is key. They must be antibacterial soaps and must contain at least 4% of the chemical Chlorhexidine Gluconate. Though a chemical called Triclosan seems to be more effective.

Again however we are back to chemicals; and all of them eventually migrate into the body especially when there are cuts or scrapes in the skin; and to what affect?

On the Front Line against Pathogenic Organisms

We say for the record: that we agree that clean hands are so important, and further, would like to see an herbal wash come into existence.

That said however, even with this knowledge and even if people would take the time to wash in the prescribed manner, – which is not and never will be the case - it still would not be nearly enough.

Why?

Because viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa are everywhere and on every surface we touch.

They are so small that they are carried in the air through any wind or fan; which means that most air conditioning units are doing double duty, heating or cooling and circulating germs; giving them an automatic way to reach their breeding grounds in our respiratory systems via: our nose, ears, eyes, and mouth. Thus all public air conditioned environments are potentially deadly.

Everything we eat or touch from grocers or restaurants have been handled by infected hands, talked over, sneezed and coughed on. It all has had the very air contaminate it with millions of germs.

A perfect example is going to a restaurant: After sitting and applying hand sanitizer and carefully wiping your hands on a clean cloth, you must then touch everything all around you which has not been sterilized: handled by unknown hands that have touched mouths ears and noses, and all manner of body parts; from the table {that has been wiped with the same germy rag which was used on every table in the room}, to silverware, plate ware, condiment containers, salt, pepper, the glass you are drinking from, and the very seat you pulled out to sit on.

So there you are again, back at square one with germs on your hands; probably more germs than when you walked into the place.

Even if you waited to clean your hands until your food was served and seasoned; even if you attempted to clean your silverware and glass and could care less about the stares you would most definitely receive, it still would not be enough.

The very food you are eating is made or handled by: germ carrying cooks, kitchen staff, and waiters; and or God forbid sitting in that buffet line while everyone talks over it, where spittle flies, sneezes spray; where everyone handles the same serving utensils that are re-dipped into re-used plates.

If that is not bad enough consider this: 99% of people including the restaurant staff go into public restrooms using their hands to open germ laden door handles. After their business in complete, having handled: stall doors, their own genitalia, body waste residues, toilet seats, flushing handles on toilets that when flushed, spray fecal waste infused water into the air covering everyone and the whole room; they use those hands, - if they have any sense of propriety, which not all do - to turn on and off horribly dirty and germy faucet handles; and finally to touch another set of filthy and pathogen smeared door handles. This occurs several times a day interspersed with wipes of their hands on aprons possibly infected by toilet flush and sinks particles, but definitely infected by the hand itself.

A Reality of Life: Germ Avoidance is Impossible

Public Cook Mary Mallon 1869-1938, called "Typhoid Mary, The Spreader of Disease”, was responsible for at least 53 Typhoid infections.

Attempting to avoid germs like trying to cover 365 holes in a dam, with 10 fingers.

You now understand why we continue to fall ill; especially our children who are always at an extra serious risk in schools infested with germs and forced into close contact with other children who cannot do what we adults ask of them.

No matter what we tell our children about prevention, it’s not sufficient or possible to achieve.

“Keep your hands away from your face” we are to tell them. Have you ever tried to prevent a child from touching his nose mouth or eyes? Though it is important, it remains an impossible task even for most adults; in that time of sudden or persistent itch, most of us react to without even thinking.