Mulling over herpes viruses and their connection to Morgellons

[tcmgpt13]

A recent visit to a conventional doctor who specializes in infectious diseases has left me with quite a few questions. Upon seeing the small lesions on my back and spinal areas he said it was caused by the herpes virus. And indeed using the medication for two days has started to dry up these places. Unfortunately I am very sensitive to drugs (why I do not go to doctors very often) and so am now off for three days. I will start up very slowly according to the doctor's instructions and the addition of benadryl at night if amy symptoms start again (mostly depression, which can just be a side effect of the drug. Benadryl I say to myself? Allergies? What? Benadryl would not control a side effect, would it? So is it an allery to the drug itself the doctor suspects or is it to what the drug is releasing into my body, maybe aside from the herpes virus itself, rather maybe what has been done to the herpes virus and the allergic particles which may be attached to this maybe not already in my body herpes virus? All very mysterious. This doctor has had the CDC send him morgellons patients (this according to him or his wife, sorry my morgellons memory has me mix up things at times), although this was not the way I found him. It was through an article on lyme and then some other statements which said this doctor, who is very well educated and looks about ready for retirement, is very good at diagnosing diseases others misdiagnose. All of which was interesting, but what caught my attention on further digging was the fact that he had about thirty years earlier written a book on parasites. Hmmm. Well, I was interested and that is why I went to see him.

So upon returning have just been looking at some things, mostly to do what is happening with viruses and food. Which led to more questions. Here is a bit of what I am locating, by no means complete:

http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/bardeenscholars_01_02.html

"Christopher H. Hsu
veterinary pathlobiology

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PSEUDORABIES VIRUS IN WILD MICE
Medicine is using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in two ways: gene therapy and vaccines. Herpes viruses are being considered in gene therapy to deliver and incorporate large, therapeutic DNA fragments to the central nervous system in the treatment of neurological diseases. Genetically modified herpes viruses have been developed as vaccines to protect animals and humans against infections. The uses of herpes virus GMO therefore seem broad in terms of treatment and prevention of disease, yet the risks are not completely understood. This project addresses three concerns. First, the possibility of genetic recombination between a viral GMO and a wildtype strain to produce new strains. Humans are commonly infected with wildtype herpes viruses throughout their lives. Recombination between a genetically modified organism and a wildtype herpes virus can potentially form new, virulent strains. Consequences of this in gene therapy and vaccination could be severe. A second concern is random incorporation of GMO genes into the host genome; this can disrupt normal genes, leading to cancer or other genetic diseases. A third concern is the transmission of GMO through the consumption of meat. Domestic animals are commonly vaccinated to protect against viral infections; yet little is known about whether the GMO is transmitted to humans upon consumption of meat. Hsu will address these concerns with a model using wildtype and genetically modified pseudorabies virus, injected into a host outside its normal range (wild mice, Mus). He aims to determine the conditions that promote recombination between the vaccine and wildtype virus in Mus, determine if the viral GMO DNA integrates into Mus genomes, and assess if the GMO is transmitted to another host that consumes a vaccinated mouse.
chhsu@students.uiuc.edu"

I have a big hmmm when I read about gene manipulation as a cause of cancer, as the herbal salves I have used on my lesions have worked, indicating possible cancer cells.

PDF file on GMO vaccinating trials on cattle in Australia:

www.ogtr.gov.au/pdf/gmorec/dir050lic.pdf

Next is a long and interesting article on GMO foods and companies working on them--I have put two excerpts from this page here:

Say No To GMOs! - Molecular Pharming

“Human lysosomal proteins (glucocerebrosidase, iduronidase), human serum albumin, urokinase, sIGA/G (secretory monoclonal antibody hybrid), bacterial enterotoxins, hepatitis B virus surface antigen, Norwalk virus capsid protein, human insulin, glycoproteins. Preferred crop: tobacco. Several clinical trials are in progress. Solicits contracts with pharmaceutical companies for small-scale (non-field) production. Developing techniques to make plant-derived pharmaceuticals more compatible with human cells.(25) EPIcyte (San Diego, CA.)

Partnered with Dow Chemical to develop and produce monoclonal antibodies in plants. Five antibody products in development, using technology licensed from Scripps Research Institute. Working to develop plant-produced topical microbicides against HIV and herpes and a topical contraceptive. Goal is to produce 10,000 kg annually of plant-derived monoclonals.(26) In an independent effort, Dow is also working on a corn-derived "natural" plastic.(27)”

Here is another eyebrow raising excerpt from the same page:

“The Starlink corn scandal in the United States raises the further question of whether crops engineered to produce industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals can be successfully isolated from the food supply. While Aventis quickly attempted to recall stocks of Starlink corn, it is clear that farmers and grain silos had already commingled this potentially allergenic corn with much larger quantities of approved varieties, as well as with non-GMO corn. There is growing evidence that the particular variety of Bt toxin that is expressed in Starlink may be allergenic to humans, but in the case of plants that contain pharmaceuticals and other animal and viral proteins, the consequences may be much more severe.

The introduction into the food supply of byproducts from these new generation GM crops may indeed prove crucial to the commercial success of this technology, as the cost of purifying proteins from plant tissues is often quite prohibitive. Glynis Giddings and colleagues, from the Institute of Biological Sciences at the University of Wales, recently reviewed the purported benefits of GM plant-derived pharmaceuticals in the journal Nature Biotechnology, and discussed ways of overcoming difficulties with extraction and purification:

"An alternative approach is to cover the costs of purification with the income from the extraction of conventional products, such as meal, oil, or starch."(9)

Tony Laos, president of Stauffer Seeds, the company that has pioneered the commercialization of this technology, told a reporter that "The actual grain becomes a by-product in the protein production," further suggesting that such products will inevitably find their way into the food supply.(10)"

Well, doesn’t this make us all wonder? What exactly are they doing with the food supply? How much of it is being eaten in non grain foods fed to other animals, beef especially, but maybe also pigs, chickens and farmed fish? How many of us are more genetically sensitive to foods carrying these genes? Might some of them may even contain the genes from insects as well as bacteria and viruses? Might that be the exudate this doctor mentioned would form insects (yeah I really believe the herpes virus can form insect shaped exudate, but hey, as I already said it seems a great bedtime story). Who knows what has been added to the food genetically? The biotech field sounds like the old Wild West as far as law and order, both words here being a huge oxymoron. Rather than curing or preventing diseases could this vast experiment with food be causing us to become sick? Not just a little sick, but very sick? Why did my doctor mention being genetically susceptible to the herpes virus? Herpes has been around for eons without causing morgellons type symptoms in so many people. Is there something which is known about this disease and is being hushed up so big companies may hide possible ecological disasters which they may have created? All questions.

[Kritters]

Hey TCM,

Great thinking! I wonder if a bio-engineered organism has been released that can interact with the herpes virus already present in so many people (99% of those who took our poll have it and those who say they don't may possibly have it without their knowing).

There are so many recombinant bio-engineered organisms they are experimenting with ( I lost so much in my puter crash ) such as cotton/bacteria, wormsilk/bacteria, cotton/polyester/bacteria, plants grown with natural pesiticides inclusive....

Have they NO UNDERSTANDING of the workings of parasites and the human body risks??? This just blows my mind.

Your doctor sounds very promising. I really do think the herpes virus could be very much implicated.

Another thing I was thinking about was the fungus among us as well. I'm wondering, along with what we've been learning as far as possible implications....fungus is a natural decomposition stage for all matter. I'm wondering if this is why it is present in so many of us, either in the form of candida or yeast or so many other things. It may be a result of the degradation in our bodies brought on by the parasites, whether herpes, borrellia, bio-human waste treated bacterium, mutated bryozoan, mutated sponge, whatever.

I mentioned last year about Dr. Robert Young who developed Super Greens and this guy has several phD's related to biology....really smart cookie....and he explained how the pH in our blood determines disease as acidic environment degrades cells to fungus, mold, death...

xoo
Kritts