Influenza - Professor Dave's Amazing Molecules 7

The seventh in a series of podcasts exploring the amazing organic chemistry of the world around us. In this episode, Professor Dave explores swine flu. How have chemists come up with treatments for influenza? How does Tamiflu work? Find out here! To follow the series - subscribe!! For more information about Professor Dave, or to view his other videos, check out his YouTube channel - professordaveatyork. Music by Marillion (Happiness is the Road).

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[ProfessorDaveatYork]

I'm afraid I don't really go with the conspiracy theories on swine flu. Every so often a flu pandemic comes along - sometimes serious (1918, 1957, 1968) and sometimes less so (2009). There is nothing particularly unusual about swine flu - certainly no real reason to believe the government was involved in any conspiratorial way.

[Grahamintehpond]

@ProfessorDaveatYork Swine Flu is a hoax, a part of The UN's Agenda 21 program. The vaccines contain toxic levels of mercury in the guise of thimerosal. Squaline is another ingredient. Tamiflu is poisonous. I suggest you do your own research instead of reading white papers from Big Pharma. I am very disappointed to watch this video full of misinformation after viewing your excellent research chemical videos. The vaccine cannot be dumped as it is classed as toxic waste...food for thought

[ProfessorDaveatYork]

@Grahamintehpond Try telling some of those that died (>10,000 around the world) that swine flu was a hoax - it was a real influenze outbreak, which originated from farms in Mexico. HOWEVER, it is accurate to say that swine flu was no worse (and perhaps not even as bad) as a normal seasonal flu - although there is no way that governments could have known this until long after the outbreak had started.

[ProfessorDaveatYork]

@Grahamintehpond Tamiflu is not 'poisonous'. However, like all drugs, including paracetamol, aspirin, etc etc, Tamiflu does have some side effects. Nonetheless, there has never been a single patient who has died because of Tamiflu - therefore to label it as poisonous is inaccurate.

For this, and all my videos, my opinions are not collected from the pharma industry - but from reading the whole of the scientific literature published by a range of scientists working in different organisations.

[ProfessorDaveatYork]

@Grahamintehpond You are correct that thiomersal does cause some concerns. It was used historically as a preservative in vaccines, and the mercury within it could certainly potentially lead to toxic effects - at least in pricniple. It has now been phased out in all childhood and most other vaccines, but it is clear that the pharmaceutical industry does need to address the issues surrounding this additive and communicate more clearly on the issue.

[lilmissglentoran]

Hmmmm, I have my doubts on what government says about this lab flu. As a biological chemist I can see a wider picture, if I said what I know on here, there'd just be a MASSIVE argument!

Look in various journals and see yourself and therefore we get to the Prof Nutt incident where science and government DO NOT MIX!!