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	<title>Comments on: Dr. Vinay Goyal offers simple tips for combatting H1N1</title>
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		<title>By: Roy</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-1500</link>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think swine flu is simply a conspiracy controlled the vaccination companies. But many of my friends also think that it was ment to eradicate people, however I think it was hyped by the media who were controlled by all those international companies and corporations who were the ones that sold the vaccines to the many different governments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think swine flu is simply a conspiracy controlled the vaccination companies. But many of my friends also think that it was ment to eradicate people, however I think it was hyped by the media who were controlled by all those international companies and corporations who were the ones that sold the vaccines to the many different governments.</p>
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		<title>By: Dominick Zamarron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dominick Zamarron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the info contained here is extraordinarily helpful.</description>
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		<title>By: Vojtech Mezera</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vojtech Mezera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Carolyn (message from November 2, 2009 at 9:06 pm).

Dr. Vinay Goyal is a neurologist, as you can check on scientific database PubMed by typing &quot;goyal v&quot;

http://www.pubmed.gov

Regards,
Vojtech Mezera
medical student, Czech Republic</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Carolyn (message from November 2, 2009 at 9:06 pm).</p>
<p>Dr. Vinay Goyal is a neurologist, as you can check on scientific database PubMed by typing &#8220;goyal v&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pubmed.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.pubmed.gov</a></p>
<p>Regards,<br />
Vojtech Mezera<br />
medical student, Czech Republic</p>
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		<title>By: carolyn</title>
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		<dc:creator>carolyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course it&#039;s a hoax. Dr. Vinay is real, but the content of the message isn&#039;t his.   Yes, there are some good things &amp; not so good things.  But why is it being perpetuated, especially beyond individuals forwarding various versions in emails?    

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course it&#8217;s a hoax. Dr. Vinay is real, but the content of the message isn&#8217;t his.   Yes, there are some good things &amp; not so good things.  But why is it being perpetuated, especially beyond individuals forwarding various versions in emails?    </p>
<p><a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: louis</title>
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		<dc:creator>louis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This message about Dr. Vinay it&#039;s a haox, you can find out at:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This message about Dr. Vinay it&#8217;s a haox, you can find out at:<br />
<a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/dr_vinay_goyal_swine_flu_2.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: James Maas</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Maas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve observed this post, and the comments following it with an air of bemused interest, watching the &quot;trust your government&quot; advocates mumble obscure threats intermixed with hey, there are some good ideas here.

Perhaps the real issue here is whether or not we should trust a government busily appointing Czars, and other autocratic operatives to carry out the agendas of those who pull the strings in D.C., and elsewhere. Whatever happened to the free exchange of information, as opposed to carefully worded PR intended to lead a trusting populace wherever those &#039;string pullers&#039; dictate?    

Be that as it may, I found an interesting post today, while doing further research into the H1N1 subject and want to share it with the thousands of folks who have already read this article, as well as those who will read it in the future. I make no claims as to authenticity, source, or government approval of the piece, as I have a rather old fashioned idea that people, given enough information, will make their own decisions, even if they don&#039;t agree with the current trend from on high.

In reference to the huge government propaganda campaign being waged over the H1N1 issue is an excerpt from an article by Joel Skousen of “World Affairs Brief,” in which he is quoted as saying, &quot;This has all the markings of a propaganda campaign benefiting the huge pharmaceutical firms producing vaccines. It’s more than monetary motives that are driving this push. There seems to be a long-term agenda of making people totally dependent upon government money and actions to manage health.&quot;

Imagine that, from a government that enslaves future generations with trillions of dollars in debt in order to bailout banks and other institutions, who&#039;s corrupt and questionable practices were threatening to flush the whole system down the crapper.

Skousen goes on further to state, &quot;The media is highly complicit in the campaign to push vaccines and government health care reform, going so far as to reject paid advertising spots warning about vaccine problems. ABC and NBC refused to run national ads critical of President Obama’s health care reform plan as well.&quot;

Well folks, guess what? We are neither NBC nor ABC, nor any of the other wholly owned subsidiaries of the government &quot;news&quot; agency. 7Bends will publish what, in our estimation, seems to point to the truth on every issue that time and resources permit us to cover, and leave it to you, our readers, to sort out the information and make your decisions as you deem best for yourselves and your families.   

Enough of my rambling, here&#039;s the link, and I hope you will find it interesting, if not thought provoking and possibly even disturbing. I believe that if one takes the time to read it through (it&#039;s more notes and summery of several articles relating to the subject,) and take the time to check out the sources used, it puts the whole issue in a completely different perspective. 

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timharrisblog.com/?p=135&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.timharrisblog.com/?p=135&lt;/a&gt;   Enjoy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve observed this post, and the comments following it with an air of bemused interest, watching the &#8220;trust your government&#8221; advocates mumble obscure threats intermixed with hey, there are some good ideas here.</p>
<p>Perhaps the real issue here is whether or not we should trust a government busily appointing Czars, and other autocratic operatives to carry out the agendas of those who pull the strings in D.C., and elsewhere. Whatever happened to the free exchange of information, as opposed to carefully worded PR intended to lead a trusting populace wherever those &#8217;string pullers&#8217; dictate?    </p>
<p>Be that as it may, I found an interesting post today, while doing further research into the H1N1 subject and want to share it with the thousands of folks who have already read this article, as well as those who will read it in the future. I make no claims as to authenticity, source, or government approval of the piece, as I have a rather old fashioned idea that people, given enough information, will make their own decisions, even if they don&#8217;t agree with the current trend from on high.</p>
<p>In reference to the huge government propaganda campaign being waged over the H1N1 issue is an excerpt from an article by Joel Skousen of “World Affairs Brief,” in which he is quoted as saying, &#8220;This has all the markings of a propaganda campaign benefiting the huge pharmaceutical firms producing vaccines. It’s more than monetary motives that are driving this push. There seems to be a long-term agenda of making people totally dependent upon government money and actions to manage health.&#8221;</p>
<p>Imagine that, from a government that enslaves future generations with trillions of dollars in debt in order to bailout banks and other institutions, who&#8217;s corrupt and questionable practices were threatening to flush the whole system down the crapper.</p>
<p>Skousen goes on further to state, &#8220;The media is highly complicit in the campaign to push vaccines and government health care reform, going so far as to reject paid advertising spots warning about vaccine problems. ABC and NBC refused to run national ads critical of President Obama’s health care reform plan as well.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well folks, guess what? We are neither NBC nor ABC, nor any of the other wholly owned subsidiaries of the government &#8220;news&#8221; agency. 7Bends will publish what, in our estimation, seems to point to the truth on every issue that time and resources permit us to cover, and leave it to you, our readers, to sort out the information and make your decisions as you deem best for yourselves and your families.   </p>
<p>Enough of my rambling, here&#8217;s the link, and I hope you will find it interesting, if not thought provoking and possibly even disturbing. I believe that if one takes the time to read it through (it&#8217;s more notes and summery of several articles relating to the subject,) and take the time to check out the sources used, it puts the whole issue in a completely different perspective. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.timharrisblog.com/?p=135" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.timharrisblog.com/?p=135</a>   Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>By: BKM</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-357</link>
		<dc:creator>BKM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this link help authenticate the supposed author?
http://www.aiims.ac.in/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/vinay-g.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this link help authenticate the supposed author?<br />
<a href="http://www.aiims.ac.in/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/vinay-g.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.aiims.ac.in/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/vinay-g.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-355</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem with this advice is that it 1) confuses the issue with recommendations that may or may not be helpful, 2) leads people to take actions with little efficacy at the expense of others that are proven effective, 3) often gives a false sense of security that can actually increase the risk of becoming infected, and 4) does not even mention immunization, which is clearly the #1 means of prevention.  Stick with proven prevention methods.  Go to www.cdc.gov/flu.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with this advice is that it 1) confuses the issue with recommendations that may or may not be helpful, 2) leads people to take actions with little efficacy at the expense of others that are proven effective, 3) often gives a false sense of security that can actually increase the risk of becoming infected, and 4) does not even mention immunization, which is clearly the #1 means of prevention.  Stick with proven prevention methods.  Go to <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/flu" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdc.gov/flu</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: rich</title>
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		<dc:creator>rich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some versions of this start with &#039;the mouth and the nose are the only entry points for the virus.  BUT, all the info I have read says that the eyes are also an entry point</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some versions of this start with &#8216;the mouth and the nose are the only entry points for the virus.  BUT, all the info I have read says that the eyes are also an entry point</p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-348</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely does not exist!! Why do we get these posts from fictional persons.  There a reason this is all over the internet and if no one is willing to actually take credit for the advice, then I believe the reason must be suspect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely does not exist!! Why do we get these posts from fictional persons.  There a reason this is all over the internet and if no one is willing to actually take credit for the advice, then I believe the reason must be suspect.</p>
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		<title>By: don</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-347</link>
		<dc:creator>don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, folks, here is another link that may give some information or maybe just add you to a mailing list?

http://meramd.com/find/doctors/details/vinay-goyal-2

It has this Dr. as a Dentist at:

&quot;Aesthetic Dental Care Centre,
 51- SCF,
 Market Complex,
 Leela Bhawan, Patiala&quot;

Quoted from the above webpage.
CU L8R,
Lxcee</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, folks, here is another link that may give some information or maybe just add you to a mailing list?</p>
<p><a href="http://meramd.com/find/doctors/details/vinay-goyal-2" rel="nofollow">http://meramd.com/find/doctors/details/vinay-goyal-2</a></p>
<p>It has this Dr. as a Dentist at:</p>
<p>&#8220;Aesthetic Dental Care Centre,<br />
 51- SCF,<br />
 Market Complex,<br />
 Leela Bhawan, Patiala&#8221;</p>
<p>Quoted from the above webpage.<br />
CU L8R,<br />
Lxcee</p>
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		<title>By: don</title>
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		<dc:creator>don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not being of any medical training just the school-of-hard-knocks, I use mostly my own knowledge and whatever I can learn from reading other opinions, after doing some research into claims and recommendations for validity.

The copy I received has a little different wording than the ones I have seen on the web, after doing a Google on Dr. Vinay Goyal.  I find the following quote from my copy going against conventional knowledge and suggestions from Medically trained people.

&quot;*Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction.  They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.&quot;

Not going into picking it apart word by word, just not good since to me.

Plus: &quot;6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.&quot;

Drinking concentrates is not recommended to replace consumption of good clean H2O (water).  And plenty of that will do much to keep one a little healthier, not to the point of drowning though.

On the FLU shot, I have not had one since about 1974 and have not had the FLU since, always got the shot and always had the FLU, not any longer.  So far so good for me anyway, no smoking, no dinking, and keeping myself in as best HEALTH as I can.

I also have seen where many have their own ideas as to what this FLU scare is about and that is good but some are just a little far fetched in my opinion.  I take each outbreak and handle it to the best I can to keep myself and family going.

Thank you for reading my ramble message and good luck with each keeping themselves HEALTHY,
CU L8R,
LxCee</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not being of any medical training just the school-of-hard-knocks, I use mostly my own knowledge and whatever I can learn from reading other opinions, after doing some research into claims and recommendations for validity.</p>
<p>The copy I received has a little different wording than the ones I have seen on the web, after doing a Google on Dr. Vinay Goyal.  I find the following quote from my copy going against conventional knowledge and suggestions from Medically trained people.</p>
<p>&#8220;*Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction.  They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not going into picking it apart word by word, just not good since to me.</p>
<p>Plus: &#8220;6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.&#8221;</p>
<p>Drinking concentrates is not recommended to replace consumption of good clean H2O (water).  And plenty of that will do much to keep one a little healthier, not to the point of drowning though.</p>
<p>On the FLU shot, I have not had one since about 1974 and have not had the FLU since, always got the shot and always had the FLU, not any longer.  So far so good for me anyway, no smoking, no dinking, and keeping myself in as best HEALTH as I can.</p>
<p>I also have seen where many have their own ideas as to what this FLU scare is about and that is good but some are just a little far fetched in my opinion.  I take each outbreak and handle it to the best I can to keep myself and family going.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading my ramble message and good luck with each keeping themselves HEALTHY,<br />
CU L8R,<br />
LxCee</p>
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		<title>By: Sander</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sander</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got this same information forwarded to me by my mother in law. She tends to get this kind of &#039;free but questionable&#039; medical advise from friends and then spreads that around like, well, a virus :)

I think the only risk of these recommendations (besides the hard blowing) is that people will do this and use it as an excuse not to get inoculated. I&#039;ve heard the craziest excuses already. Probably most are simply afraid of needles but won&#039;t admit it.

Anyway, I already have a Neilmed nose rinse kit and will start doing this daily. It feels nice anyway and won&#039;t hurt a thing. I save a bit of salty water in the bottle and gargle with it. Already washing my hands and trying not to touch my face. Tricky sometimes as my eyes tend to get itchy easily. Generally trying to not touch anything around you in public places (hand rails, door handles etc) and cleaning your hands if you have to is probably good advise, regardless of H1N1. I mean who wants a cold or other infection?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got this same information forwarded to me by my mother in law. She tends to get this kind of &#8216;free but questionable&#8217; medical advise from friends and then spreads that around like, well, a virus :)</p>
<p>I think the only risk of these recommendations (besides the hard blowing) is that people will do this and use it as an excuse not to get inoculated. I&#8217;ve heard the craziest excuses already. Probably most are simply afraid of needles but won&#8217;t admit it.</p>
<p>Anyway, I already have a Neilmed nose rinse kit and will start doing this daily. It feels nice anyway and won&#8217;t hurt a thing. I save a bit of salty water in the bottle and gargle with it. Already washing my hands and trying not to touch my face. Tricky sometimes as my eyes tend to get itchy easily. Generally trying to not touch anything around you in public places (hand rails, door handles etc) and cleaning your hands if you have to is probably good advise, regardless of H1N1. I mean who wants a cold or other infection?</p>
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		<title>By: Ted</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.... authenticity of this article..... I was thinking the same however as what is said doesn&#039;t put anyone at harm, what&#039;s the problem with washing your hands, keeping them off your face, gargling with salt water, cleaning your nose with a cotton swab dipped in salt water (you get much more if you go for a swim in the ocean), taking vitamin C and or drinking plenty of warm liquids.... The only bad thing is suggesting to blow the nose hard, which can cause the infection to go to the surrounding areas such as sinuses and ears.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;. authenticity of this article&#8230;.. I was thinking the same however as what is said doesn&#8217;t put anyone at harm, what&#8217;s the problem with washing your hands, keeping them off your face, gargling with salt water, cleaning your nose with a cotton swab dipped in salt water (you get much more if you go for a swim in the ocean), taking vitamin C and or drinking plenty of warm liquids&#8230;. The only bad thing is suggesting to blow the nose hard, which can cause the infection to go to the surrounding areas such as sinuses and ears.</p>
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		<title>By: Martha H</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martha H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will send a message to Sec. Sebelius via flu.gov including the 6 recommended preventive H1N1 actions and ask her to verify or not verify these recommendations, as well as see that her statement is posted so as to appear in the top 10 Google responses to a search on Dr. Vinay Goyal. Should these apparently sensible recommendations be recommended as is, or corrected as Kari suggested here, official comment is in order.    **And in particular, any additional recommended action deemed valid by HHS but which is not currently recommended by HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services), should be posted ASAP to flu.gov and hhs.gov/flu at least.**</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will send a message to Sec. Sebelius via flu.gov including the 6 recommended preventive H1N1 actions and ask her to verify or not verify these recommendations, as well as see that her statement is posted so as to appear in the top 10 Google responses to a search on Dr. Vinay Goyal. Should these apparently sensible recommendations be recommended as is, or corrected as Kari suggested here, official comment is in order.    **And in particular, any additional recommended action deemed valid by HHS but which is not currently recommended by HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services), should be posted ASAP to flu.gov and hhs.gov/flu at least.**</p>
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		<title>By: Robb</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-323</link>
		<dc:creator>Robb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I have the same problem, when I researched Dr Goyal to verify his licence as a physician he was not found not in India or anywhere in the world. The advice IS pretty general and IS general common sense practices; do you really need a doctor to tell you to wash your hands? But then again if this guy is NOT a doctor of any kind then who is HE to tell people what to do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I have the same problem, when I researched Dr Goyal to verify his licence as a physician he was not found not in India or anywhere in the world. The advice IS pretty general and IS general common sense practices; do you really need a doctor to tell you to wash your hands? But then again if this guy is NOT a doctor of any kind then who is HE to tell people what to do?</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-318</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to know the authenticity of this article. It is all over the Internet, yet I can find no confirmation that Dr Goyal and his advice actually exist. 

Web pages attribute this advice to &quot;a lecture&quot; he gave in Molokai, HI, in August 2009, but I cannot validate this. They also link to a Vinay Goyal who is an associate professor, but in Neurology, not in respiratory diseases.  

There appears to be zero corroborating evidence that he exists, that he delivered this information, and that it is shared by the medical community.

Can you validate this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to know the authenticity of this article. It is all over the Internet, yet I can find no confirmation that Dr Goyal and his advice actually exist. </p>
<p>Web pages attribute this advice to &#8220;a lecture&#8221; he gave in Molokai, HI, in August 2009, but I cannot validate this. They also link to a Vinay Goyal who is an associate professor, but in Neurology, not in respiratory diseases.  </p>
<p>There appears to be zero corroborating evidence that he exists, that he delivered this information, and that it is shared by the medical community.</p>
<p>Can you validate this?</p>
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		<title>By: Kari</title>
		<link>http://7bends.com/2009/10/20/goyal-offers-simple-h1n1-precautions/comment-page-1/#comment-313</link>
		<dc:creator>Kari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Under #4 ...&quot;blowing the nose hard&quot;... should be corrected, I believe.  On another presentation of Dr. Vinay Goyal recommendations blowing hard is NOT included, and, if you research this you will find there are studies that indicate this can put you at risk.  Google &#039;how to blow your nose&#039;  for proper procedure [gently, one nostril at a time, use tissue, dispose of it immediately and wash hands].</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Under #4 &#8230;&#8221;blowing the nose hard&#8221;&#8230; should be corrected, I believe.  On another presentation of Dr. Vinay Goyal recommendations blowing hard is NOT included, and, if you research this you will find there are studies that indicate this can put you at risk.  Google &#8216;how to blow your nose&#8217;  for proper procedure [gently, one nostril at a time, use tissue, dispose of it immediately and wash hands].</p>
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