The benefits of this type of program may well extend to other types of infectious agents, including viruses and fungi. An additional complication of the 1918 influenza epidemic was the subsequent occurrence of neurological diseases, including a Parkinson-like syndrome known as encephalitis lethargica. Underappreciated research implicated a herpes-like virus in this illness. Swine flu vaccination triggered another set of neurological diseases, most prominently a Guillain Barre syndrome that are also consistent with a virus activation process. Viruses that are not effectively recognized by the immune system are prevalent within the community.

Termed stealth adapted viruses, they undoubtedly contribute to outbreaks of community acquired infectious illnesses with prominent neurological and/or psychiatric manifestations. Bacterial genes have been identified in cultures of stealth adapted viruses and atypical bacteria have been isolated from stealth adapted virus infected patients. The term viteria refers to viruses capable of breaching the genetic barrier between bacteria and human or animal cells.

They may well hasten the genetic intermixing between bacteria and also help facilitate the transmission of stealth adapted viruses back to humans. Hopefully, periodic cleansing of environments that pose a high risk of human infections with newly emerging viruses and bacteria will delay the emergence of devastating illnesses, such that mankind experienced with the 1918 pandemic. Additional information on this topic can be obtained by visiting www.s3support.com and www.progressiveuniversity.org