On June 9, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) said a “spike” in swine flu cases in Australia and possibly Canada (that is, the unusual swine/avian/human flu that emerged this spring), may “push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years.” Be aware that a “pandemic” decision is based on the extent of the spread of the virus, not on great numbers of affected people. In fact, great numbers have not been affected so far, and relatively few deaths have resulted. Media fear-mongering persists, though, and vaccines are being readied internationally.

Those who prefer to take preventive measures to maintain health, and those who would like to avoid vaccines which historically have not proven effective, may be interested to learn about voluntary self-quarantining during pandemics. What the flu and legal circumstances may be in future, no one can be certain, but information pertaining to self-quarantining may be useful. What follows are excerpts from a recent Natural Solutions Foundation (NSF) White Paper. A “white paper” is an authoritative report or guide often used in politics or business that addresses problems and how to solve them. They’re used to educate readers and help them make decisions. The report reads, in part:

The purpose of this White Paper is to set out the legal precedents and practical implementation of voluntary self-quarantine (also referred to as “self-shielding”). At the end of this article are quotations from various legal sources that tend to support the conclusion that voluntary, at-home self-quarantine is a viable, practical and easily available alternative to mandated vaccination, isolation or incarceration in relocation centers during a declared “pandemic emergency.” [Those quotations are not included in this Amazing Discoveries™report.] Since the process is entirely voluntary, it preserves the rights and freedoms of the people and families choosing to self-shield.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that “quarantine” is usually defined as “to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill.” (The proper term regarding persons who have already become ill is “Isolation.”)2

The Red Cross tells us, “. . . both quarantine and isolation may be compelled on a mandatory basis through legal authority as well as conducted on a voluntary basis.”

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts, “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home. . . . Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference. . . .”

The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza concludes “limitations on gatherings, or quarantine authority may be an appropriate public health intervention.”4

And the Red Cross also states, “Modern quarantine includes a range of disease control strategies that may be used individually or in combination, including: Short-term, voluntary home curfew. . . .”6

And finally, the Department of Defense, in its planning, states, “Quarantine… applies to the separation and restriction of movement of well persons presumed to have been exposed to a contagion. Quarantine may be enacted at a home or other residential facility. It may also be voluntary or mandatory.”5

Quarantine therefore has a significant legal foundation, and the law recognizes the existence of voluntary self-quarantine or self-shielding at home. The primary issue then is, “How does one prepare for at home self-shielding?”

The Natural Solutions Foundation previously posted the comments of an expert in biological weapons regarding this issue: Professional Advice Regarding Protecting Yourself in a Pandemic (including a Fourteen Point Checklist) - http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=752

The expert we consulted recommended in that posting: “The first and most basic stage is to go home, lock the doors, and stay there. DO NOT try to seal up your home with duct tape and plastic as you will not have enough oxygen to breathe within a very short time. This method is used for chemical events where you need to be indoors for a very short period of time. Most quarantines will last days, if not weeks and months. At this stage you can actually go out in to your front yard or back yard and breathe the air just fine just as long as you do not breathe someone else’s air that might be infected with an airborne communicable disease or virus. This could include certain animals and insects, all depending on the biological involved.”

The first four essential steps are:

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1. Have a Family Call-out Plan. When the pandemic starts, activate the call-out plan. Make calls out to every family member to get everyone home ASAP.
2. If still on the road and/or in public, pull out gas mask, with bio-filter, from kit in auto.
3. Keep radio tuned to local stations you trust for local updates.
4. Upon arriving home, start quarantine process by bringing everyone inside, including pets.
5. Put a “Quarantined” sign on front door.”

 

. . . As is nearly always the case, the vaccine itself will “choose” the strain of flu that will become epidemic, or in the case of a successful weaponized virus, pandemic. Annually, the CDC claims to be almost always “right” in choosing the flu strains for the annual flu vaccine, many months in advance. This is simply because some percentage of those vaccinated will shed live viruses, thereby creating the very epidemic the vaccine is supposed to prevent. In our opinion, vaccination does not work; what historically reduced the incidence of infectious disease was improvements in public awareness, hygiene and nutrition.

. . . Every family, every individual, has a right to refuse medical treatments that violate conscience. Self-shielding in one’s home, a location recognized in common law as inviolate except with proper judicial authority, is a right that should be respected by governments as they deal with the results of their public health policies.

Thus ends the NSF’s White Paper.

Obviously, one will need to have prepared food, water, and other necessary supplies in order to remain home for an extended period. Indeed, food supplies may be interrupted, anyway. The eight laws of health will serve people well in adverse times as well as good times. It makes sense to strengthen your immune system at all times, to combat any attacks on your health. But do not let fear or stress weaken your health or your faith. Let the “perfect love” of God for you, and of you for God, “cast out fear.” 1 John 4:18.