Measles Mania And What To Do About It

 

There is no doubt that measles outbreaks are making headlines.

While mainstream media pushes vaccination as the answer, critics claim that news sources like NBC are using photo-shopped stock footage with measles added to add to the hysteria.

So, who is telling the truth?  And what sources can we trust? The following are a few basic facts to help you know “what to do about it”.

1. God’s plan for “none of these diseases” of the Egyptians cited in Exodus 15:26 was not based on immunization, but on obeying God’s health laws.

2.  Although it is hard to tell from an archaeological perspective if the Egyptians had measles, some of the symptoms are listed in Bible records.  Deut. 28:22 lists “fever” and “inflammation” while Deut. 28:27 lists “the botch of Egypt, ... with the scab, and with the itch…” This pretty much covers the symptoms of measles—high fever, cough, runny nose and a characteristic rash. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/photos.html

3.  Sometimes, especially in immunosuppressed people, (those who have HIV, or are taking immunosuppressive drugs like chemotherapy or corticosteroids) measles can cause complications that may sometimes in turn lead to death—these include pneumonia, middle-ear infections, bronchitis and encephalitis (swelling of the brain).  “In developed countries, death occurs in one to two cases out of every 1,000 (0.1–0.2%).[73] In populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate healthcare, mortality can be as high as 10%.” ¹

4.  Vaccination is less than 100% effective against measles, even if everyone has been vaccinated. For example, during a 1984 “outbreak” of 21 measles cases in Illinois: “The outbreak involved 16 high school students, all of whom had histories of measles vaccination after 15 months of age documented in their school health records.”  In fact, the school population had a documented immunization level of 100%. ²

1. The Best Defense is a Good Offense—Boost your immune system. Get plenty of sunshine, rest, and fresh air and nutrition.

Vitamin C boosting foods are always a good choice. Ginger, garlic, elderberry and elderflower are antiviral. If you know you’ve been exposed, boost your immune system with a cold mitten friction.

If you still get the measles, try natural remedies.  Boost your Vitamin A.  The Mayo Clinic states, “Children with low levels of vitamin A are more likely to have a more severe case of measles. Giving vitamin A may lessen the severity of the measles. It's generally given as a large dose of 200,000 international units (IU) for children older than a year.”³ That is at least 1 whole baked sweet potato in its skin, or a cup of boiled spinach or  1 cup of raw carrots daily.⁴

Also try these comfort measures: Make sure you get rest, drink plenty of water and herbal teas or fruit juice to replace fluids lost by fever and sweating.  Rest your eyes and protect them from bright light. For the fever, “simply sponge the child lightly with hot water or give a brief hot bath (100-104°F or 38-40°C) about one minute for each year of the child’s age, to draw the blood to the skin for cooling. 

Repeat every two hours until the fever has finished.” ⁵ Adding finely ground oatmeal and or cornstarch to your bathwater may help alleviate itching. Recommended herbs include:  Peppermint, Chamomile, Yarrow, and Ginger. ⁶

More herbs: Licorice, Olive Leaf,

Also, Vitamin E oil.

Cover affected skin with a light paste comprised of coconut oil and lime juice. Another home remedy for itching rashes that involves coconut is to mix coconut juice with tomato to create a healing solution.

Wrap a washcloth around a handful of ice cubes and directly apply to itchy skin. This should ease daily itching and reduce the appearance of a rash. An effective substitute for ice is to press a bag of frozen vegetables to your skin.

Combine an equal amount of lemon extract, aloe vera, and vitamin E oil. Apply the mixture to affected skin for soothing relief from itching. A suggested amount of ingredients is one to two tablespoons.

Mix vitamin C powder and water together to create a soothing home remedy for itchy rashes that is applied directly to the skin. The vitamin offers relief in the form of antioxidants.

1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles

2.  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm

3.  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20374862

4.  https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamina-healthprofessional/

5.  Thrash, M.D., Home Remedies, pg. 58,118    

6.  Kloss, Back to Eden, pg. 392,393

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