Pandemonium about the pandemic
Most people who get sick never know if its caused by a bacteria or virus. Influenza statistics are therefore unlikely to be correct. The fear instilled by media coverage of swine flu or A/H1N1 is on the other hand increasing the numbers of reported flu cases. So what would normally be treated with a little extra rest and a few pain killers is turning into world statistics.
The relentless A/H1N1 headlines have caused panic in many parts of the world. In Sweden vaccines were ordered for the entire population by the zealous medical authorities - but they acted before consulting the government, who it turned out were not ready to pay up. Maybe the government did a little research before being taken in by the hype...
On June 11th 2009 The World Health Organisation raised the pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6. But WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, reassured the world at the same time that "On present evidence, the overwhelming majority of patients experience mild symptoms and make a rapid and full recovery, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment." In other words a pandemic of a mild virus!
In Australia, where winter is already at its height, Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, reassures Australians that the swine flu is no more dangerous than regular seasonal flu. "Most people, including children, will experience very mild symptoms and recover without any medical intervention," she said.
Meanwhile in Austria, investigative journalist Jane Burgermeister has filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) concerning bioterrorism and attempts to commit mass murder. She has also prepared an injunction against forced vaccination. These actions follow her charges filed in April against Baxter AG and Avir Green Hills Biotechnology of Austria for producing contaminated bird flu vaccine, alleging this was a deliberate act to cause and profit from a pandemic. She charges that the entire "swine flu" pandemic business is premised on a massive lie that there is no natural virus out there that poses a threat to the population. She presents evidence leading to the belief that the bird flu and swine flu viruses have, in fact, been bioengineered in laboratories using funding supplied by the WHO and other government agencies, among others. This "swine flu" is a hybrid of part swine flu, part human flu and part bird flu, something that can only come from laboratories according to many experts.. Jane Burgermeister is a dual Irish/Austrian who has written for Nature, the British Medical Journal, and American Prospect. She is the European Correspondent of the Renewable Energy World website.
Which all leads to a question that many of us are asking and The Times Online has attempted to answer - what are the real reasons behind the pandemonium over the pandemic that is raising stocks and shares for drug companies and other groups?
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