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Profiting From the Swine Flu

The swine flu scare was a "false pandemic" led by drugs companies that stood to make billions from vaccines, a leading health expert said.

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, claimed major firms organised a "campaign of panic" to put pressure on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the pandemic, UK tabloid The Sun reports.

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 of Europe later this month.

The Council of Europe covers 47 European countries and seeks to develop common and democratic principles between the nations.

"It's just a normal kind of flu. It does not cause a tenth of deaths caused by the classic seasonal flu," Dr Wodarg said.

"The great pandemic 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."

"A group of people in the WHO is associated very closely with the pharmaceuticals industry." 
The WHO recently reaffirmed its stance that the pandemic is not over.

However, the number of swine flu deaths is dramatically lower than expected.

In an interview with France's L'Humanite on Sunday, Dr Wodarg also raised concerns about swine flu vaccines.

"The vaccines were developed too quickly. Some ingredients were insufficiently tested," he said.

"But there is worse to come. The vaccine developed by Novartis was produced in a bioreactor from cancerous cells, a technique that has 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."

Comment is being sought from the Department of Health and Ageing.

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The Spinal Centre's Comment:

The claims that the swine flu was going to be a ‘pandemic' of epic proportion has proven to be grossly misguided. In August last year, we were being warned that up to 1 in 80 of us would die from the H1N1 virus, with the ‘pig flu' being the virulent strain the world will ever see.

Ironically, not unlike the avian flu ‘pandemic' of 2004 or the swine flu ‘pandemic' of 1976 (of which the specially formulated vaccine paralysed thousands), this predicted flu catastrophe has failed to eventuate.

The hype, hysteria, fear mongering and misinformation that has been provided to the Australia public is far beyond the scope of the actual ‘emergency'. Certainly thousands of people have shown flu-like symptoms, however the media, the WHO, and our government would like us to believe that people are dropping like flies as soon as they are infected. Not only is this blowing the truth way out of perspective, it is also dangerous to encourage all Australians to have a vaccine that is largely untested.

Bring it into perspective - only a small number of the population contracted the swine flu, most with relatively minor (if any) symptoms. A small number suffered serious effects, however the vast majority also had underlying health issues (morbid obesity, diabetes etc). This adds up to a small percentage of the Australian public.

Twenty two million doses of the vaccine were ordered; enough for all of us. It should take years to test a vaccine to show any side-effects, however the H1N1 vaccines was ‘fast-tracked', meaning that no long term studies have been completed. In fact, the vaccine was only tested on a small number of people for a few weeks - nowhere near long enough to show the true side-effects. Add to this the fact that the group participants were of a similar age, it is dangerous to suggest that everyone (including babies, pregnant women and the elderly) can safely have the vaccine.

Wait a few years for the additives to take effect (‘thimerosal' (also known as mercury) as the main additive) and the vaccine itself will most likely result in a statistical rise in learning difficulties and other damage. And it's all thanks to a vaccine that was meant to protect against a ‘pandemic' that never eventuated.

In reality, we should learn to look as carefully on the labels of the vaccines as we do our food. It is human nature to heed warning, however when the warnings are false and materialised by the media, we should use common sense.

For most of us, the swine flu did not offer a threat. While we do convey our condolences for those that has passed as a result, it should stand as a warning to those that are obese and diabetic that something much change - the susceptibility of contracting a life-threatening illness is increased, and the immune system doesn't stand a chance. Eating well and choosing natural alternatives now can help you to live a longer, fuller life.

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