Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Hi everyone, Avian Flu is said to have killed 131 people in the last *several years*, mainly those who work with chickens in unusual circumstances such as unsanitary conditions. Does it strike you as odd that they are saying they know it will become not just an epidemic but a pandemic?- an epidemic of global proportions? Even making plans for 30% of the population to get sick?! Flu pandemic plan prepares for potential 30 percent infection rate http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/260893 All of this fear for a virus that has not even been proven to mutuate yet. Lots of fear, lots of profit- to be sure. But is there more going on than just profit and scaring the public silly? Will some virus come along that massively affects the population- well draw your own conclusions from this link and article: Dying In 30 Mos - 14 Billion To One http://www.rense.com/general62/odds.htm Best Wishes, Misty L. Trepke http://www..com U.S. signs deal to stockpile anti-bird-flu drug July 1, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2006/07/01/MNGDMJNKP21.DTL & hw=swiss+drugmaker & sn=001 & sc=1000 Federal health authorities have signed a two-year deal to help states buy more than half a billion dollars worth of the antiviral drug Tamiflu as a hedge against a pandemic of deadly avian influenza, but there is a catch: States will have to pay for three- quarters of it. Under terms of the deal negotiated with Roche by the Department of Health and Human Services, the states can order up to 31 million packets of Tamiflu -- each containing a 10-pill course of treatment -- for a total cost of $596 million over the next two years. The Bush administration announced late Friday that it had contracted with Swiss drugmaker Roche Laboratories Inc. to supply Tamiflu for stockpiles in all 50 states. The federal government, meanwhile, plans to build its own centralized stockpile. The plan is to have enough antiviral drug in state and federal warehouses by December 2008 to treat 81 million people. Tamiflu is considered by scientists to be the first line of defense against the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The disease is currently confined primarily to chickens, ducks and some wild waterfowl, but researchers fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among humans. Note: No mention is made here that Donald Rumsfeld has already made millions from sales of Tamiflu, and that he was on the board of the company that developed the drug. Many top researchers also believe there is little chance of avian flu mutating. Why are we spending hundreds of millions of dollars to combat a virus which has not even mutated yet? To verify these and other vital facts, see http://www.WantToKnow.info/avianflu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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