| Revisiting the Swine Flu Lies and Hysteria | | Print | |
| Written by Karen DeCoster | |
| Monday, 04 January 2010 13:50 | |
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The war on the swine flu has been an ongoing affair for the government-media partnership that turned this issue into the most overrated story of 2009. Government officials, up to and including the president, have placed a disproportionate amount of emphasis on a barely notable strain of flu and have used it as justification for embarking on a health jihad that has come to dominate American society. Thanks to this latest offensive, America is chock-full of hallway hand sanitizers in corporate and public buildings; mini-hand sanitizers being passed around like a tin of mints; and posters stuck everywhere telling you how to sneeze, cough, breathe, and properly wash your hands. The Henson Company even produced a collectivist and creepy propaganda piece for children, urging them to get a flu shot for the good of the community. It is true that a gaggle of faithful followers lined up to offer their bodies — and the bodies of their children — as guinea pigs for the H1N1 vaccine that had never been fully tested. They lined up at sites where the vaccine first became available. As time went on, however, public opinion was swayed by an abundance of evidence that the issue was being oversold in order to build a watershed of crisis and fear. Americans began to refuse the vaccinations, and in fact, many people started speaking out against them as they questioned the vaccine’s necessity and safety. The swine flu frenzy that was commenced and amplified by the U.S. government and its hordes of international lackeys has been a splendid example of misusing propaganda to build hysteria to such an excessive degree that it not only becomes ineffective, but it becomes counterproductive. The mingling of tempered reality with unrestrained fantasy to a degree where the assertions become almost comical leads those who are being propagandized to view the embellishments as serving a divergent and possibly sinister cause. For instance, in August of 2009, the CDC released a report that stated the swine flu pandemic could cause up to 90,000 deaths. This report would help to serve as justification for the government’s massive fear mongering campaign, including early indications that there would be mandatory vaccinations. In late October, the CDC reported about 1,000 deaths from the swine flu, and two weeks later the CDC reported 4,000 deaths. How is that possible? Did 3,000 people die between late October and early November? The CDC spun the story this way: earlier numbers being used were giving the government “an incomplete story of the pandemic.” The CDC’s original count included only laboratory confirmed cases, while its new numbers included estimates from epidemiologists. This way, the numbers could be gamed and a story of far greater severity could be peddled to the public. This all came about at a time when the swine flu numbers were already taking a nosedive and not living up to the government’s bullish pandemic predictions. Perhaps the most comical scaremongering ruse in the whole swine flu circus was the Department of Homeland Security’s contingency plans to ration Internet bandwidth and block websites to avoid a possible overrun of Internet provider capacity should too many Americans come down with the swine flu and stay home to surf the Internet all day. As the flu tizzy has wound down and started to disappear from the media headlines, I have been waiting patiently for a perspective to appear in mainstream print that refuses to let go of the hysteria, and instead attempts to amplify it. The Wall Street "Swine Flu" Journal doesn’t disappoint: Global health officials' response to the swine-flu pandemic reflects major improvements in flu-fighting capabilities in recent years, but limited vaccine supplies, crowded emergency rooms, and other challenges show they still aren't fully equipped to combat a deadlier scourge, the World Health Organization's chief said. While a second wave of infections caused by the H1N1 virus has ebbed in North America and Western Europe, transmission of flu remains intense in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of southern Asia, and health authorities must monitor its spread for another year or more, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said in an interview this week. "It is premature to say the pandemic has peaked world-wide," she said. "The situation needs to be watched and monitored at least another six to 12 months." The virus could still mutate to become more severe, she warned. State bureaucrats 'round the world, and especially in the U.S., can't stand it. They are absolutely disappointed that their perfidious pandemic was a bust, a flop, and a non-pandemic. Of course, there are no limited vaccine supplies or overwhelmed emergency rooms — that was a liar's cacophony for the purpose of using the swine flu epidemic as a control mechanism. A study recently concluded by researchers at Harvard University and the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit in the U.K revealed that the spring 2009 flu cases signaled a flu season that might be only slightly worse than normal. Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics From the Black Death to Avian Flu, while commenting on this study, stated in an interview on ABC News, "I think that it was, from the very beginning, created as a crisis and overstated as a real threat," he said, adding that he did not want to understate the seriousness of influenza. "Flu is a serious illness, it kills people," he said. But, he added, "It does a disservice to public health when, in the name of a preparedness crusade, people create a narrative of crisis or catastrophe before we have enough data that this is happening." The swine flu panic was a profligate hoax on the part of government autocrats and special interests — spearheaded by Big Pharma and the medical establishment — that stood to profit from its existence. A strain of flu was defined as a death-dealing pandemic in order to develop a rationale for launching a sweeping campaign of health tyranny against American citizens while corporate state interests stood to benefit hugely from the terror campaign. In spite of holding all the cards, the government’s swine flu scheme failed miserably. It failed because enough people had the backbone to stop listening to the tripe that dominated the public airwaves. The fizzle and flop was similar to the one that occurred, recently, in a Nigerian's underwear somewhere over Detroit. The whole thing fell flat on its face because the totalitarian government of Washington D.C. overplayed the drama and fear, and, like a broken record, its orders, advice, and dictates began to sound more and more like vaudeville one-liners.
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No vaccination
Two weeks ago I was at the doctor office for a follow up visit. The doctor asked me if I was interested in the swine flu shot. I resoundly replied, "No!". The doctor then said, "Good! Wise choice. The main office just requires me to ask."
H1N1 Vaccination mandatory in Puerto Rico public school system
The Puerto Rico Department of Health is pushing the H1N1 vaccine by declaring it mandatory to kids that attend the public school systems. Shockingly, if objecting parents do not consent to their kid being vaccinated but are not present on the day of vaccination their kids may still receive the shot. Also, about a month ago, the government advised that many lots of the vaccine had to be returned because the mix of the ingredients of the vaccine contained in those lots was not correct (apparently not strong enough) but no further details were given to the public. This vaccine recall was made after thousands were already vaccinated with the "wrong" mix. I bet, enough to make a good sample of study. On the other hand, in Puerto Rico, suddenly started to "appear" a lot of cases of the swine flu (most unconfirmed) but also as suddenly, the former State Epidemiologist who was informing the public with numbers and predictions of the disease was told to shut up. Actually, he demoted and removed from his position in the Health Department. October, November and December not much of the swine flu or vaccination have been discussed over the media. Puerto Rican population once again used for studies without consent? Some keep wondering.
Another Wonderful Commentary By Karen DeCoster!
Another Wonderful Commentary By Karen DeCoster!
Viet Nam Vet
Thanks for great analysis on the H1N1 Scam! But this is minute compared to our lied into destruction of Iraq and escalation in "AF/PAK". The Wall Street Swindle of possibly trillions of dollars is ongoing. Can you imagine the outrage when life-long "contributors" to Social Security have their pensions delayed and reduced? How will disabled war veterans respond to America's need to reduce "Entitlements" when absolute gifts to big banks and Wall Street by the Fed and Treasury are fully exposed?
Europe is saddled with surplus vaccines
WSJ's claim that "transmission of flu remains intense in Central and Eastern Europe" is belied by headlines running in France and Switzerland (you can't get much more "central" in Europe than Switzerland!) to the effect that their governments are fretting over the millions of taxpayer-funded surplus vaccines declined by the predominantly flu-free public.
WHO Official Bribed By H1N1 Manufacturer
"A Finnish member of the WHO board, an advisor on vaccines, has received 46 million crowns (6 million euros) for his research centre from the vaccine manufactures, GlaxoSmithKline."
Where does the money come from?
What's amazing is that the big media outlets that trumpet these doom and gloom pandemics seem to exist against all logic and reason. CBS for instance has lost billions of dollars over the last few years. After the Janet Jackson indecency scandal they tried to make nice with the government by letting Howard Stern walk away, a move that cost them billions of dollars and their entire radio division. Same goes for Dan Rather, whose replacement, Katie Couric couldn't get Helen Keller to watch her by accident. Yet despite bankruptcies and multibillion dollar losses stemming from these moves, they continue to toe the line on any government agenda, propagada or character assassinations even at the further expense of their business. Thus the obvious question: As CBS shucks their talent and credibility pandering to the government and FCC, and their stock continues to plummet, how they manage find the money to stay in business and on air? The numbers just don't add up and the many many struggling businesses in the rest of the country are certainly receiving no such miracles.
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Way back when schools didn't have any computers and kids learned from books, I was taught that an epidemic was when a large number of people got sick from a disease, and so many were sick or dying that it caused serious disruption or collapse of a society. Implicit was the notion that this happened in so short a span of time that it overwhelmed the social norm. By this definition neither swine flu, bird flu, nor AIDs are epidemic. The flus could become epidemic after mutating, but they aren't now. AIDs is a disease that is so hard to catch that you have to have sex or other fluid transfer to catch it. |
Along with the U.S. government’s numerous military entanglements, there are a series of “smaller” wars that the state carries out against the people who reside within its borders. These “wars” all bear the crisis logo, and they are always targeted at protecting you from something — real, exaggerated, or contrived — that requires massive government intervention and the curtailment of liberties in order to win the war.
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