Pharma
 |
Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicago's Poor
as Guinea Pigs |
Drug firms 'drove swine flu pandemic warning to recoup £billions spent on research'
The World Health Organization said it plans to conduct a review of
its response to swine flu as policymakers in Europe prepare for an
burgent debateb on the influenza pandemic. Yesterday, the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe said bfalse pandemics, a threat
to healthb will be a major theme of its next plenary session. Health
authorities worldwide are assessing whether their response to swine
flu is justified by its threat as cases retreat in the U.S. and
Western Europe. The new H1N1 virus, which has targeted children and
younger adults, has so far resulted in fewer deaths than attributed
to seasonal strains, which kills mostly the frail elderly. Council
of Europe parliamentarian Wolfgang Wodarg said last week he and
several colleagues had called for a commission of inquiry into a
bfalse pandemicb and the way it was handled at national and European
levels, claiming pressure from pharmaceutical firms. The WHO moved
to the top level of its six-step pandemic alert in June after the
discovery of swine flu in Mexico and the U.S. in April.
Note: BusinessWeek deleted this article days after posting it. Could
someone have pressured them to do this? If you click the above link,
the article is gone, though you can still see a promo
here<http://bx.businessweek.com/swine-flu/who-to-study-h1n1-response-amid-false-pandemic-debate-update1/164140083365922960-7f30ff5fcc4eff04871c03aa385a4915/>
and read it on BusinessWeek in the Google cache available
here<http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:HtWmu2mzAkoJ:www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-12/who-to-review-swine-flu-response-amid-false-pandemics-debate.html+%22WHO+to+Study+H1N1+Response+Amid+False+Pandemic+Debate%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a>.
For a link to the article on the Bloomberg website, click
here<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=apLmvalOKn0Q>.
For
revealing reports of the corruption surrounding the swine flu and
previous health scares, click
here<http://www.wanttoknow.info/avianflubirdnewsarticles>.
Pharma Shuts Down Healthcare Debate
About the H1N1 Vaccine (video. about 6 minutes.)
A Brief History of mandatory vaccinations in the US.