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Bird Flu or Cash Cow?- The Pandemic Some Want to Have WHO’s Behind Designer Germs? Part 2 [Click here for Part 1] by Eve Hillary ~ © 2005 Released November 15, 2005 ~ Sydney Australia |
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Bird Flu – Pandemic of Greed
Since my trip I wondered why the first SARS deaths involved Asian scientists working in a biohazard lab with west Nile virus and bird flu. The bird flu has made its rounds yearly, severely affecting Asian countries where 117 people have allegedly been infected and 60 have allegedly died since 1997. Most deaths occurred in Vietnam, where scientific facilities are barely adequate to make a definitive diagnosis. Prior to 1997, the wild bird flu was a rare and relatively mild virus affecting only birds. The first case of bird flu affecting a human appeared in Asia in 1997. Apparently the wild virus had mysteriously changed to H5N1 strain, a variety that could very rarely affect humans when ingesting infected meat or in very close contact with birds. The “high path” H5N1 strain appeared suddenly and has been known to be located in many bio-hazard labs around the world. When the Associated Press reported the death of a 60-year-old woman allegedly of bird flu, the U.S. Government halted "all chicken imports from China in a move to curb the spread of the virus." Shortly after, the first wave of slaughter began with 1.2 million Asian chickens. By 2003, 40 million birds had been slaughtered and Tyson foods, the Arkansas based largest meat producer and packer in the world has been making steady inroads into the previously closed Asian poultry market, filling the gap in production. The “high path” H5N1 strain hit the Asian countries hardest, such as Thailand, Japan, Vietnam and China who rely on poultry products for export and pose a real competition to giant US based meant processing corporations. These countries have had strong independent markets catering to domestic poultry needs, traditionally impenetrable to western imports. Meanwhile the US reported a “low path” H5N2 outbreak of bird flu in Texas in 2004, which has not disrupted US exports. Tyson Foods chief administrative officer, Greg Lee, is reported by Reuters to have said: "We are seeing and do expect to see some positive benefit as a result of disruptions in some of the Asian production," (11) Meanwhile, since May 2005, new outbreaks of high path H5N1 bird flu strain has cut a swathe across poultry in Russia, Greece, Holland, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Romania, Mongolia and Croatia, where massive poultry exterminations have begun. The poultry infection near the eastern block has caused widespread suspicion. A member of the Liberal Democratic faction of the Russian State Duma, Aleksei Mitrofanov, has said in a parliamentary speech that bird flu was invented by Americans who wanted to dominate the world’s poultry markets. (13) Dr. Len Horowitz, US independent public health expert writes; ‘According to USA Today (October 9, 2005), “European health officials are working to contain the [avian flu] virus, which so far has not infected anyone in the region.” Although, allegedly “more than 140 million birds have died or been destroyed, . . . and financial losses to the poultry sector have topped $10 billion.” This propaganda actually admits, “the current virus, known as H5N1, has not yet mutated to the point at which it can easily spread from person to person.” In fact, it is likely to have never spread from person to person other than during laboratory handling!’ He further states: “In not a single case has human-to-human communicability been confirmed. So long as that remains the case, there is no bird flu threat to the human population of places such as Vietnam, much less the United States.” DR. Nancy Cox, Chief, Influenza Branch, CDC (Centers for Disease Control) has said during a February 2004
news conference, “ …As you've already heard, avian influenza viruses usually do not infect humans.“
Meanwhile, the prestigious British Medical Journal editorial October 2005 Quotes; “The lack of sustained
human-to-human transmission suggests that this H5N1 avian virus does not currently have the
capacity to cause a human pandemic”. Despite the scientific evidence to the contrary, US and global health officials insist on calling the Meanwhile panic is being spread globally. An October 31, 2005 article in the Australian Age newspaper states; “DISASTER experts from the Asia-Pacific region will meet in Brisbane today to discuss how to cope with a global outbreak of deadly bird flu, amid warnings that international travel would be virtually wiped out in a pandemic.” While the Canberra Times reported: “Health Minister Tony Abbott yesterday said overseas travel would almost cease for a "significant period" if avian flu broke out in the region. “ (18) Australia, regarded by some as the Asia Pacific regional policeman for implementing global policies, has not had a case of bird flu to date. Without a sign of a human epidemic, on October 28, 2005 the US Senate passed an $8 billion emergency bill to fund research, drugs and vaccines, based on no scientific evidence that bird flu constitutes a significant human threat and overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The administration is seeking an additional $6 billion to $10 billion from US taxpayers, according to a current Business Week report. "President Bush this week asked the leaders of the world's top vaccine manufacturers - Chiron, Sanofi-Aventis, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck - to come to the White House on Friday to discuss preparations for pandemic flu," reports the New York Times in October. Meanwhile taxpayer billions will also flow into the coffers of selected pharmaceutical giants such as Roche, which holds the sole license to manufacture Tamiflu, an anti viral drug that is meant only for reducing the symptoms of the seasonal influenza and has never been tested for use for the bird flu. Thousands of Americans are lining up for their dose when there has not been a single case of H5N1bird flu in the US. Without a single human case of H5N1, Tamiflu is in such demand that a new US factory is being planned to ensure there is more of the drug available by the 2006 flu season. Meanwhile President Bush is discussing the use of the military to enforce quarantine of suspected bird flu carriers.
The US plans to install a new quarantine station at Logan International Airport to diagnose travelers. Preliminary
discussions include plans to impose 10 year jail terms on people who breach orders to stay at home, in hospital or
within their city during an influenza outbreak. This has resulted in heavy
opposition among independent thinkers. The Boston Globe quotes on October 8, 2005, “On Tuesday, the president suggested that the United States should
confront the risk of a bird flu pandemic by giving him the power to use the US military to quarantine ''part[s] of
the country" experiencing an ''outbreak." So we have moved quickly in the past month, at least metaphorically,
from the global war on terror to a proposed war on hurricanes, to a proposed war on the bird flu.” (14)
Quotes an editorial on Freemarketnews.com: “President Bush's recent remarks about mandating vaccinations for
avian flu is further evidence of the militarization of public health care and would also seem to reflect a dangerous
misunderstanding about disease and palliative methodologies.” Many qualified doctors would agree, including
Dr. Lorraine Day MD who states; “It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to get sick if your immune system is functioning
properly”. SOLUTIONS – Are Already Here For example, it is increasingly known that main stream medicine is becoming the leading cause of death because it is dominated by improper drug company and bio-tech influences. Health professionals and ethical scientists are now reporting truth in medicine and science from independent websites and alternative news publications, and millions are clicking on to get important health and scientific information. Lawyers are now tracking legal and Constitutional abuses. Activists and independent consumer advocates are now reaching millions of people, spawning a host of information and support organizations, ethical companies and investment opportunities. Scores of former main stream journalists are becoming independent, reporting news on alternative news sites, with some creating their own popular identities as ethical broadcasters, investigative writers and filmmakers. This alternative media is attracting millions of readers each day who have abandoned mainstream media sources. This has caused a massive resurgence of grass roots health care, activism, literature, democracy, family values, morality and spirituality, which is threatening to rattle the cages of those in power.“Things have changed.” Writes Ignacio Ramonet in La Monde. “…even the “masters of the world” are not free of trouble... the G8 leaders were besieged and publicly upstaged by upwards of 200,000 demonstrators…people are not impressed. Democratic election does not justify presidents when they betray their electoral promises and the public interest, or embark on wholesale privatization … Nor does it entitle them to move heaven and earth to service the demands of the companies that financed their electoral campaigns.” Some Independent Sources
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