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Politics : Swine Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (456)	1/13/2010 2:19:55 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 463

"Last warning? Who the hell do you think you are? Hey ban me for this post if you dare, it will only show you for the mental midget that you are. Take you censorship and shove it up your .....!!! IF NO ONE CAN POST THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SWINE FLU THEN YOUR BOARD IS USELESS ================================ "A LEADING health expert says the swine flu scare was a "false pandemic" led by drugs companies that stood to make billions from vaccines. Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, claims major firms organised a "campaign of panic" to put pressure on the World Health Organisation to declare a pandemic. He believes it is "one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century" — and has called for an inquiry. An emergency debate on the issue will be held by the Council later this month. Dr Wodarg said: "It's just a normal kind of flu. It does not cause a tenth of deaths caused by the classic seasonal flu. "The great campaign of panic we have seen provided a golden opportunity for representatives from labs who knew they would hit the jackpot in the case of a pandemic being declared. "We want to clarify everything that brought about this massive operation of disinformation. We want to know who made decisions, on the basis of what evidence, and precisely how the influence of the pharmaceutical industry came to bear on the decision-making." He added: "A group of people in the WHO is associated very closely with the pharmaceutical industry." The WHO has recently reaffirmed its stance that the pandemic is not over. However, the number of swine flu deaths is dramatically lower than expected. Last year, Dr Wodarg raised concerns about swine flu vaccines, saying they could cause dangerous allergic reactions. In an interview with France's L'Humanite, he said: "The vaccines were developed too quickly. Some ingredients (adjuvants) were insufficiently tested. "But there is worse to come. The vaccine developed by Novartis was produced in a bioreactor from cancerous cells — a technique that had never been used until now. "This was not necessary. It has also led to a considerable mismanagement of public money. "The time has come at last for us to make demands on governments. The purpose of the inquiry is to prevent more false alarms of this type in the future. "We must make sure people can rely on the analysis and the expertise of national and international public institutions. The latter are now discredited, because millions of people have been vaccinated with products with inherent possible health risks." He added: "In Germany this has cost about 700million Euros. But it is very difficult to know the exact figures because we are talking about vaccines resold to foreign countries, and most firms do not communicate due to the principles of 'trade secrets'." It is believed the British government is desperately trying to offload up to £1billion of swine flu vaccine, ordered at the height of the scare. The Department of Health warned of 65,000 deaths and set up a special advice line and website. Anti-flu drugs were given out without prescription, and local health authorities were told to prepare for a major outbreak. Planners were ordered to get morgues ready for the sheer scale of deaths and there were warnings the Army could be called in to prevent riots as people fought to obtain drugs. But fewer than 5,000 caught the bug last week, and just 251 have died from it overall." Read more: thesun.co.uk ================== MORE FALSE PANDEMICS By CHRIS POLLARD OTHER major health scares that have come to nothing include: Bird flu In May 1997, hundreds in Hong Kong became infected with a strain of avian flu. Eighteen people were hospitalized, but only six died. Pandemic fears were fanned when it was discovered that the virus could be transmitted directly from poultry to people. Around 1.5million chickens were slaughtered in the hopes of containing the disease. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) A type of pneumonia that the Chinese government tried to hide from the rest of the world, SARS spread across continents quickly in 2003 thanks to globetrotting carriers of the virus. More than 8,000 people contracted SARS, leading to 774 deaths. SARS was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 2005. West Nile virus America's first reported case was in 1999. News of a virus that could infect horses, humans, and birds like magpies and crows caused panic. However, more people die annually from the flu, and mortality rates have steadily decreased since it was first discovered. Read more: thesun.co.uk

To: epicure who wrote (456)	1/13/2010 2:25:00 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Respond to of 463

SWINE FLU HOAX PREDICTED BACK IN APRIL Hey kid, you've killed us all! nowpublic.com When the avian flu scare arrived, no one questioned it. This time, things are different. Those with some brains, a memory and internet ingenuity are on the case. Let’s hope this message gets out. Tamiflu is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza. It will be the prime medication sold to protect citizens from swine flu as it was for avian flu. All healthcare workers, military and essential service workers will need a dose available and it will be bought with your tax dollars.Tamiflu is made and patented by Gilead Sciences and Donald Rumsfeld was the chairman of this company before he joined the Bush administration. When the Avian Flu scare flashed across the television sets of Americans, Gilead Sciences stock went through the roof. Rumsfeld refused to sell his stock when he joined the Bush administration and the increase in stock value made him the richest man in that administration. Moreover, Gilead Sciences successfully lobbied a billion dollar contract with the U.S. military during the avian flu scare, giving each soldier access to the drug. Now, with the swine flu scare, the same players are about to make an even bigger fortune. Who are these people? They are all hardcore neoconservatives with a long history of paying for neocon agendas and campaigns and they have far-reaching capabilities to manufacture a media-constructed, influenza hoax. The actual flu may be real, but the panic surrounding it is the product of those who waited for another opportunity to knock, or sneeze. The largest shareholder of Gilead Sciences is the FMR Corporation. This company is owned by Grover Glenn Norquist, a well-connected Republican activist with close ties to business and the media. Norquist was the Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee in the 1980's and he oversaw the transformation of the committee into a conservative grassroots powerhouse for the Reagan administration. His credentials and resume include being a: - Lobbyist for Microsoft - Member, board of directors, National Rifle Association - Member, board of directors, American Conservative Union - Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2001) - Consultant for Janus-Merritt Strategies, a lobbying firm As we sit on the eve of a new influenza scare, the question is: will anybody pay attention to the fact that the last influenza scare didn’t become a pandemic, but it sure made neoconservatives rich. Rumsfeld, Norquist and Goldman Sachs (another major shareholder) do not have the general public's best interest at heart. They will manipulate every connection they have in government, media and the health-care industry to make this a financial windfall. I'm not insinuating they created the swine flu itself -they are just capitalizing on a virus that just isn't that much of a threat. The regular run-of-the-mill strains of influenza kill more than 35 000 Americans every year and hospitalize another 200 000. Eighty people dying of disease in one of the dirtiest cities on earth is tragic, but it should not be used as an excuse to fill the coffers of a conservative faction that has already ripped off America of every penny it could during its time in office. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bush even stole the cutlery out of the White House before he left. The only hands that need washing are America's; washed of the filthy agenda of neoconservatives willing to exploit anything to make a buck. “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” Bibliography sourcewatch.org sourcewatch.org money.cnn.com globalresearch.ca