applying The Luck Factor to bird flu

Lately I've been reading a fascinating
book: THE LUCK FACTOR by Richard Wiseman

That may not seem like a book that's
relevant to the subject of this blog,
but I believe that the 4 principles of
luck he describes, plus some of the
sub-principles, can help us in the
fight against bird flu -- and all
diseases.

Heck, one thing he mentions is that
lucky people use more creative and
innovative ways to solve problems
than nonlucky people -- so let's
be creative and innovative here, OK?

And you should read his book to
learn about these principles in
their entirety. I'm just summing
them up and applying them to bird
flu. I'm not pretending to be the
expert on good luck.

First Principle -- Creating Chance Opportunites

Lucky people maximize their opportunities
to win.

My first thought is that the bird flu
virus A/H5N1 is far better at this than
we are.

There're trillions upon trillions of them.

They're replicating themselves constantly
in each new host they infect.

Because they're RNA viruses, slight mutations
occur with every new replication -- speeding
up their evolution.

And the spread of the virus (now to many
countries in Europe and also to Nigeria
in Africa -- which is even more
frightening) maximizes the
chance that it will not only mutate into
a highly contagious form, but recombine
with ordinary contagious flu viruses in
sick people or pigs.

This constant change of virus genetics
also helps protect it against vaccines
and other medicines, because it changes
so rapidly.

One thing we need to learn is that we can
maximizing our odds of discovering that bird flu
has become contagious by maximizing
our contact with people who're sick.

So this includes more clinics and
hospitals, especially in such areas
as subSaharan Africa. More doctors and
nurses and more laboratories capable
of detecting bird flu from ordinary flu.

For us as individuals, I believe that
this principle validates the advice in
my book to minimize contact with other
people once bird flu becomes contagious.

This will minimize the chances for the
virus to infect you.

We should also maximize our defenses.

I give a complete description of this
in my book.

I can say now that the more ways you
keep your immune system strong and the
more medicine (natural or conventional)
that you have on hand to fight the flu,
the more chances that you have of
defeating it instead of dying from it.

That's why I think it's a mistake to
rely on Tamiflu as most of the world
is doing.

You cannot change the priorities of
government and conventional medicine,
but you can load yourself up with
proven vitamins, herbs and phytochemicals
that boost your immune system and
kill viruses or otherwise fight them.

The main ones I recommend, I call in
my book the Super Immunity 7.

I describe them, their benefits, how to
use them, how much to take (and when to
take them) and where to find them in
my book How to Protect Yourself and
Your Family From Bird Flu.

I also describe many other immune
enhancers -- some work, some don't.

Using as many as you can that work will
maximize your "good luck" in fighting
the bird flu pandemic.