The Ultimate Swine Flu Survival Guide
 
First of all, let me say that my prayers go out to the people of Haiti.  There are number of organizations that are taking donations online.  One that I recommend is yelehaiti, a charity created by Wyclef Jean.

The swine flu "pandemic" has come to a head, and we can now look at the past year and analyze what was, and what wasn't.  It seems that the swine flu was the pandemic that never was.  I think the influential voices at the WHO and CDC need to own up to that, rather than continue to live in denial and justification of their actions.  50 Million people died worldwide during the 1918 flu pandemic, whereas only 12,000 people worldwide have so far died from the swine flu.   The Council of Europe is looking into the possible influence of the drug companies on the WHO.  Regardless of the facts, we know for sure that the pharmaceuticals that created and sold H1N1 vaccines to countries worldwide made out like bandits in profits.  In addition, the scientific counsel that advises the WHO on its decisions, has connections to the pharmaceutical industry.  With that connection, objectivity (as hard as one may try to maintain) is hard to sustain.  The pharmaceutical industry has developed very sophisticated ways to influence the decisions doctors make, and there is no reason to believe that they would not want to influence such a decision, as it holds a huge financial benefit for them.  Sure, the WHO had to react quickly, but perhaps it reacted rashly and was fueled by the worldwide panic.  The next fear campaign pushing people to get the vaccine is predicting another wave of this (for the most part) mild flu.  If there is another wave, I am predicting it is going to be relatively mild, since most flu cases have already played out in the first three waves (I include the first wave in April/May, the second in October, and the third in November). 

Hopefully in the future, the world will move towards more reality-based predictions, or at least acknowledge the influence of fear in predictions about catastrophes and its potential to create errors in thinking.  No one is infallible.  We need to move away from the politics of fear to push certain agendas.  The refusal of the majority of the people to get vaccinated simply shows that the population is skeptical of the propaganda.  The problem is that if the WHO continues to cry wolf, as it did with the swine flu, the bird flu, and SARS -- no one's going to believe them when the real pandemic arrives.  I think it is necessary to investigate the potential influence the pharmaceutical industry has on the WHO, and that any scientist sitting on their scientific advisory board with connections to the drug companies be immediately replaced by someone who has absolutely no ties.  These decisions need to be made free of financial interests. 
 


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