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Swine flu diverting resources and resources—Who's benefitting from this artificial plague?
The swine flu paranoia is good for fascists, drug companies and paranoiacs, but it is taking a terrible toll on freedom, peace of mind and economic security.
Here we go again with a frightening reaction to Pig flu. With a few cases, cities are shutting down, forting up as countries declare medical emergencies.
This sucker is mean, so mean that it has killed 80 people in Mexico City, a city of 20 million. Let's contrast this with an estimated US murder rate of 8 murders per 100,000 people. Using the US murder rate and multiply 8 by 20 times, you'd have 160 murders in a city of 20 million—contrast that with the murder rate of Detroit /year, or Chicago.
And this doesn't take into consideration the murderous madness that has taken place since the economy crashed in the country. No matter how you swing it, unless this thing does what the pessimists say it will do and turn into an epidemic of wildfire proportions, we are still more vulnerable to murder and domestic violence than swine flu—even if, as many suspect, this current version came out of some Frankenstein's laboratory and is a manufactured product.
The conspiracy nuts are losing their minds over this. Experts say this version of Swine flu contains several unnatural elements—which many say was artificially manufactured and came out of a lab. Now, we hear that the Army's premier biological warfare facility at Fort Mead may be missing a few nasty bugs.
An area newspaper is reporting that, “Chad Jones, spokesman for Fort Meade, said CID is investigating the possibility of missing virus samples from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.” (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=89293 )
Fear is turning this thing into a biblical plague. Cities are shutting down, forting up and preparing for catastrophe. Nations are declaring medical emergencies, preparing worse case scenarios, and, possibly readying their forces forces for martial law.
And, then, there is the other side of the coin. Cui bono. Who benefits?
Pharmaceutical companies are churning out vaccine as fast as their labs can cook it up. Governments around the world are reportedly massing huge stock piles of bird flu vaccine which some countries are avoiding because they say bird flu vaccine is useless against swine flu and could actually generate drug resistent versions of the flu. Certain fascist elements at home and abroad are foaming at the mouth over the idea of martial law—which could become more than a fantasy, should governments overreact, or the “flu” spread further.
Provacatures at home and abroad may come out of the woodwork and take advantage of the rising fear generated by this incarnation of flu. And, even if the bird flu vaccine is used, it may not only be ineffective against swine flu, but could actually breed drug resistent versions of bird or swine flu.
That said, scientists have tested two drugs which seem to be effective against swine flu in both prevention and treatment of the disease. And government labs have reportedly manufactured quantities of the vaccine.
However, the situation is rapidly evolving and what is effective today, may be useless tomorrow.
This poses a new set of problems.
Laboratory testing has found the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir and has issued interim guidance for the use of these drugs to treat and prevent infection with swine influenza viruses. CDC also has prepared interim guidance on how to care for people who are sick and interim guidance on the use of face masks in a community setting where spread of this swine flu virus has been detected. This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide new information as it becomes available. (CDC)
U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection
State
# of laboratory
confirmed cases
California
7 cases
Kansas
2 cases
New York City
8 cases
Ohio
1 case
Texas
2 cases
TOTAL COUNT
20 cases
International Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection
See: World Health Organization
As of April 26, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Now, why aren't we going this hysterical about lead flu, bullet flu, and tazer flu? Gun violence kills more than 25,000 people each year. This is real. Mexico City has more children die of malnutrition than it has succumb to swine flu. More people die after being hit by cars than have died because of bird flu or swine flu.
This is not to say this stuff isn't contagous/nasty/lethal. But, the hype and craziness including rumors of imminent martial law are getting a lot of play.
Except in areas where people are struggling to put food on the table, pay the rent, find a job or pray their 401k will survive until they retire. Few of the people I've talked to in the “inner city” are worried about swine flu. Many of them don't know anything about it. They are too busy trying to survive day to day.
And so as the government gears up to shut cities down and curtail this “epidemic”, as martial rumor morphs into fact, the nation may pay an awful price battling an enemy too small for the eye to see. And, the flu vaccine itself may be dangerous:
The swine flu was contained in the Fort Dix area. While there were several deaths attributed to the virus, the vaccine itself killed even more people -- about 25 -- by giving them Gillain-Barre syndrome. This was a neurological disease that caused polio-like paralysis and was found to be an unfortunate side effect of the vaccination. 4,000 claims were filed against the U.S. government. (http://www.askmen.com/sports/health_100/146_mens_health.html)
Meanwhile, a few drug companies will be laughing all the way to the bank—some selling vaccines that are about as useful as snot in a hailstorm.
About the author:
Monica Davis is an Indiana-based author/journalist/public speaker with an interest in land loss, economics and politics. Her author web site is: http://www.lulu.com/davis4000_2000
This sucker is mean, so mean that it has killed 80 people in Mexico City, a city of 20 million. Let's contrast this with an estimated US murder rate of 8 murders per 100,000 people. Using the US murder rate and multiply 8 by 20 times, you'd have 160 murders in a city of 20 million—contrast that with the murder rate of Detroit /year, or Chicago.
And this doesn't take into consideration the murderous madness that has taken place since the economy crashed in the country. No matter how you swing it, unless this thing does what the pessimists say it will do and turn into an epidemic of wildfire proportions, we are still more vulnerable to murder and domestic violence than swine flu—even if, as many suspect, this current version came out of some Frankenstein's laboratory and is a manufactured product.
The conspiracy nuts are losing their minds over this. Experts say this version of Swine flu contains several unnatural elements—which many say was artificially manufactured and came out of a lab. Now, we hear that the Army's premier biological warfare facility at Fort Mead may be missing a few nasty bugs.
An area newspaper is reporting that, “Chad Jones, spokesman for Fort Meade, said CID is investigating the possibility of missing virus samples from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.” (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=89293 )
Fear is turning this thing into a biblical plague. Cities are shutting down, forting up and preparing for catastrophe. Nations are declaring medical emergencies, preparing worse case scenarios, and, possibly readying their forces forces for martial law.
And, then, there is the other side of the coin. Cui bono. Who benefits?
Pharmaceutical companies are churning out vaccine as fast as their labs can cook it up. Governments around the world are reportedly massing huge stock piles of bird flu vaccine which some countries are avoiding because they say bird flu vaccine is useless against swine flu and could actually generate drug resistent versions of the flu. Certain fascist elements at home and abroad are foaming at the mouth over the idea of martial law—which could become more than a fantasy, should governments overreact, or the “flu” spread further.
Provacatures at home and abroad may come out of the woodwork and take advantage of the rising fear generated by this incarnation of flu. And, even if the bird flu vaccine is used, it may not only be ineffective against swine flu, but could actually breed drug resistent versions of bird or swine flu.
That said, scientists have tested two drugs which seem to be effective against swine flu in both prevention and treatment of the disease. And government labs have reportedly manufactured quantities of the vaccine.
However, the situation is rapidly evolving and what is effective today, may be useless tomorrow.
This poses a new set of problems.
Laboratory testing has found the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir and has issued interim guidance for the use of these drugs to treat and prevent infection with swine influenza viruses. CDC also has prepared interim guidance on how to care for people who are sick and interim guidance on the use of face masks in a community setting where spread of this swine flu virus has been detected. This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide new information as it becomes available. (CDC)
U.S. Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection
State
# of laboratory
confirmed cases
California
7 cases
Kansas
2 cases
New York City
8 cases
Ohio
1 case
Texas
2 cases
TOTAL COUNT
20 cases
International Human Cases of Swine Flu Infection
See: World Health Organization
As of April 26, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Now, why aren't we going this hysterical about lead flu, bullet flu, and tazer flu? Gun violence kills more than 25,000 people each year. This is real. Mexico City has more children die of malnutrition than it has succumb to swine flu. More people die after being hit by cars than have died because of bird flu or swine flu.
This is not to say this stuff isn't contagous/nasty/lethal. But, the hype and craziness including rumors of imminent martial law are getting a lot of play.
Except in areas where people are struggling to put food on the table, pay the rent, find a job or pray their 401k will survive until they retire. Few of the people I've talked to in the “inner city” are worried about swine flu. Many of them don't know anything about it. They are too busy trying to survive day to day.
And so as the government gears up to shut cities down and curtail this “epidemic”, as martial rumor morphs into fact, the nation may pay an awful price battling an enemy too small for the eye to see. And, the flu vaccine itself may be dangerous:
The swine flu was contained in the Fort Dix area. While there were several deaths attributed to the virus, the vaccine itself killed even more people -- about 25 -- by giving them Gillain-Barre syndrome. This was a neurological disease that caused polio-like paralysis and was found to be an unfortunate side effect of the vaccination. 4,000 claims were filed against the U.S. government. (http://www.askmen.com/sports/health_100/146_mens_health.html)
Meanwhile, a few drug companies will be laughing all the way to the bank—some selling vaccines that are about as useful as snot in a hailstorm.
About the author:
Monica Davis is an Indiana-based author/journalist/public speaker with an interest in land loss, economics and politics. Her author web site is: http://www.lulu.com/davis4000_2000
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Gilead owns the Tamiflu patent, and Gilead's ex-CEO was Donald Rumsfeld, who made $25 million off the bird flu scare and the stockpiling of Tamiflu (manufactured by Roche-Genetech under license to Gilead). Glaxo has a similar knockoff under patent:
Glaxo’s Relenza Beat Rival Tamiflu in Stockpile Sales (Update2)
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By Jason Gale, Trista Kelley and Simeon Bennett
"April 27 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s flu drug Relenza beat Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu in sales to governments for the first time last quarter, a sign authorities are seeking a broader range of medicines to protect against a pandemic."
"Government orders of Relenza were 20 percent higher than those for Tamiflu in the first quarter, according to data from both companies released before the current swine flu outbreak. Biota Holdings Ltd., which earns royalties on Relenza sales, jumped 82 percent today on speculation sales will gain as concerns mount that the flu may spread."
Now, shouldn't we get rid of patent rights on these critical drugs, if they really are critical? They only help if given within a day of exposure - so most people would get it too late.
I wouldn't put releasing swine flu in Mexico City in order to drum up profits past Rumsfeld.
Glaxo’s Relenza Beat Rival Tamiflu in Stockpile Sales (Update2)
Share | Email | Print | A A A
By Jason Gale, Trista Kelley and Simeon Bennett
"April 27 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s flu drug Relenza beat Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu in sales to governments for the first time last quarter, a sign authorities are seeking a broader range of medicines to protect against a pandemic."
"Government orders of Relenza were 20 percent higher than those for Tamiflu in the first quarter, according to data from both companies released before the current swine flu outbreak. Biota Holdings Ltd., which earns royalties on Relenza sales, jumped 82 percent today on speculation sales will gain as concerns mount that the flu may spread."
Now, shouldn't we get rid of patent rights on these critical drugs, if they really are critical? They only help if given within a day of exposure - so most people would get it too late.
I wouldn't put releasing swine flu in Mexico City in order to drum up profits past Rumsfeld.
All around my office, which is a very large number of people, there are people with symptoms of swine flu. No one is very ill, but we have sore throats, sniffles, horse voices, fatigue, and some even have diarrhea. I too am ill and have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. This is in Austin, Texas. I believe the actual number of flu cases is much larger than is being reported. As best I know, I'll be the first person in my office to see a doctor over it. Most people are just treating it like any other flu. My initial impression is that if this is the swine flu, it's not as bad as it's being made out to be.
The present state of preparedness for a pandemic caused by pigs, birds and other animals is wholly inadequate and if a pandemic happened today, hundreds of millions would undoubtedly perish.
Pigs are one of the closest matches to humans. That is why we use their organs for human transplantation operations. Therefore the mutation from pig influenza to human influenza, is probably the most dangerous of all due to the nearness of match.
The link between pig and human influenza has been known for a long time. Two important studies are Evolutionary pathways of N2 neuraminidases of swine and human influenza A Virus: origin of the neuraminidase genes of two reassortants (H1N2) isolate from pigs by Kuniaki Nerome et al, National Institute of Health, Japan – Journal of General Virology (1991), 72, 693-698/ and /Ito T, Couceiro JN, Kelm S, et al. Molecular basis for the generation in pigs of influenza A viruses with pandemic potential. J Virol 1998; 72:736773.
The problem with the present strategy is that it is predominantly targeted and dependent upon at a drug cure which is a totally false strategy. There are two main reasons for this.
1. Flu viruses are constantly remodelling themselves and where when a
new strain occurs, like the present state in Mexico, it will take
6 months to develop a drug to combat it. It has to be noted that
the Spanish flu (swine flu) that killed between 20 million and 100 million
nearly 100 years ago (there is no definitive statistic in this
respect as in 1918 the analysis was rudimentary, but where modern
pandemic statisticians estimate that it was somewhere between the
two huge figures), did its worst in the first 26 weeks. Therefore
an antidote would be a fool’s way of solving the problem.
2. Distribution of any new antidote would be a problem of enormous
proportions and all affected would be dead by the time it got to them.
Therefore the present strategy is futile.
But unfortunately now again, Tamiflu is in 99% of flu types, not resistant against the viruses.
I cite only a few points of information that confirm this fact.
(i) HONG KONG(Reuters) -- A strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that may unleash the next global flu pandemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug that countries around the world are now stockpiling to fend off the looming threat. Experts in Hong Kong said on Friday [30 Sep 2005] that the human H5N1 strain which surfaced in northern Viet Nam this year had proved to be resistant to Tamiflu, a powerful antiviral drug. – Reuters, 30 September 2005
(ii) U.S. health authorities (Center for Disease Control & Prevention) alerted doctors Friday that a prevalent strain of the flu is resistant to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu antiviral drug – Wall Street Journal: Health (December 19,2008).
(iii) Virtually all the dominant strain of flu in the United States this season is resistant to the leading antiviral drug Tamiflu…This season, 99 percent do… If a Tamiflu-resistant strain is suspected, the disease control agency suggests using a similar drug, Relenza. But Relenza is harder to take; it is a powder that must be inhaled and can cause lung spasms, and it is not recommended for children under 7…Relenza, made by GlaxoSmithKline, is known generically as zanamivir. Tamiflu, made by Roche, is known generically as oseltamivir… – The New York Times: Health (January 8, 2009).
(iv) Tamiflu found to be 99% ineffective against primary flu strain – USA Today (January 8, 2009).
(v) There is no provision for a vaccine for swine flu and it will take at least six months to identify, produce and manufacture a vaccine in large enough quantities. This was the statement by Dr Iain Stephenson, a consultant in Infectious Diseases at the University of Leicester who has just completed successful research on a pre-pandemic vaccine for bird flu. "We are in a position where if a swine flu virus becomes a pandemic we don't currently have a vaccine for it," he said. "I think that it is unlikely there will be widespread vaccine in less than six to eight months." – Daily Telegraph, 27 April 2009
(vi) Dr Ian Barr, from the WHO Influenza Center in Melbourne, said it was unlikely any existing vaccines would be effective against the new swine flu strain. – China View, 27 April 2009
There are only two modern-day drugs supposed to save human life from any pandemic. These are Relenza and Tamiflu as stated above. But both are ineffective (more-or-less totally ineffective in the case of Tamiflu) in certain areas when dealing with new strains. Unfortunately zanamivir (Relenza) is less active against influenza A/N2 neuraminidases (found in Pigs etc). For zanamivir is inhibitory for only certain influenza A neuraminidase variants but not A/N2 neuraminidases.
There are also some nasty side-effects with Tamiflu –
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:uNFhMaU3GLEJ:http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/tamiflu/T5T8TK967U6DPFEL8+usa+today+tamilflu+april+2009&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
Both these drugs have to be taken within 48hrs of infection, but where the prerequisite is that the host body has to be strong against infections at the time of the start of the dosage for survival (common sense really). After 48 hours, both become increasingly useless according to medical scientists working at the coal-face around the world. Therefore the question is, how does anyone identify that they have flu quick enough and get a dose within 48 hours ? For fully identified symptoms can take several days to raise their ugly head. Indeed, medical advice is to stay at home if you think that you have flu and to not visit surgeries. This means any flu infected people will have to wait until the doctor or nurse visits with medication. In proportion though, there are few doctors and nurses compared to the population and therefore if a pandemic happened, few would receive medication in time.
Therefore for all the above reasons an international and national strategy based upon a drugs solution is not the answer and where if we continue to pursue this as our primary strategy, there is no doubt that eventually more people will die than has ever been witnessed before in the history of humankind, and potentially over a billion people.
Considering these true facts we have to look at the ‘source’ and therefore not fight the war on the grounds of trying to find a drug solution that will never happen in time. This is common sense and governments should not be pursuing such a basically useless strategy to nowhere.
For this alternative strategy (the only one that will really work) we have to look at how animal flu jumps into humans.
In this respect there are predominantly two main reasons how killer flu spreads like this.
(a) In Asia, Mexico and the major rural areas of the world we are talking about cultures where a lot of roosters are used for cock fighting. It is very possible for those handling the roosters to get scratched and pecked with a little break in the skin which leads to bleeding. That's one way they get infected.
(b) Another way is that it is very common for villagers in these developing countries to have roosters, chickens and pigs (their livestock) tied up or running around freely. A lot of houses are on stilts and the pigs and poultry are tied up under the house. During cold tropical evenings it is also common to see people sleeping in hammocks, or whatever they use as beds, outside amongst the pigs and the poultry. This is very common.
Therefore the world’s resources should primarily be addressing good farm husbandry around the world and not a drug solution, but where it has to be said that the extremely powerful pharmaceutical company lobby group, do not want this. The reason, both Tamiflu and Relenza have realised for the multinational drug firms, billions upon billions of revenues. It is therefore about time that human life was placed above corporate profits and where in this case, it is fundamental to the survival of a large proportion of the human population.
Dr David Hill
World Innovation Foundation Charity
Bern, Switzerland
Ps. For anyone interested, one of the best websites for unbiased and independent information is
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:5r085nr4Hm0J:birdflubook.com/+bird+flu+by+dr+michael&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
Pigs are one of the closest matches to humans. That is why we use their organs for human transplantation operations. Therefore the mutation from pig influenza to human influenza, is probably the most dangerous of all due to the nearness of match.
The link between pig and human influenza has been known for a long time. Two important studies are Evolutionary pathways of N2 neuraminidases of swine and human influenza A Virus: origin of the neuraminidase genes of two reassortants (H1N2) isolate from pigs by Kuniaki Nerome et al, National Institute of Health, Japan – Journal of General Virology (1991), 72, 693-698/ and /Ito T, Couceiro JN, Kelm S, et al. Molecular basis for the generation in pigs of influenza A viruses with pandemic potential. J Virol 1998; 72:736773.
The problem with the present strategy is that it is predominantly targeted and dependent upon at a drug cure which is a totally false strategy. There are two main reasons for this.
1. Flu viruses are constantly remodelling themselves and where when a
new strain occurs, like the present state in Mexico, it will take
6 months to develop a drug to combat it. It has to be noted that
the Spanish flu (swine flu) that killed between 20 million and 100 million
nearly 100 years ago (there is no definitive statistic in this
respect as in 1918 the analysis was rudimentary, but where modern
pandemic statisticians estimate that it was somewhere between the
two huge figures), did its worst in the first 26 weeks. Therefore
an antidote would be a fool’s way of solving the problem.
2. Distribution of any new antidote would be a problem of enormous
proportions and all affected would be dead by the time it got to them.
Therefore the present strategy is futile.
But unfortunately now again, Tamiflu is in 99% of flu types, not resistant against the viruses.
I cite only a few points of information that confirm this fact.
(i) HONG KONG(Reuters) -- A strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that may unleash the next global flu pandemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug that countries around the world are now stockpiling to fend off the looming threat. Experts in Hong Kong said on Friday [30 Sep 2005] that the human H5N1 strain which surfaced in northern Viet Nam this year had proved to be resistant to Tamiflu, a powerful antiviral drug. – Reuters, 30 September 2005
(ii) U.S. health authorities (Center for Disease Control & Prevention) alerted doctors Friday that a prevalent strain of the flu is resistant to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu antiviral drug – Wall Street Journal: Health (December 19,2008).
(iii) Virtually all the dominant strain of flu in the United States this season is resistant to the leading antiviral drug Tamiflu…This season, 99 percent do… If a Tamiflu-resistant strain is suspected, the disease control agency suggests using a similar drug, Relenza. But Relenza is harder to take; it is a powder that must be inhaled and can cause lung spasms, and it is not recommended for children under 7…Relenza, made by GlaxoSmithKline, is known generically as zanamivir. Tamiflu, made by Roche, is known generically as oseltamivir… – The New York Times: Health (January 8, 2009).
(iv) Tamiflu found to be 99% ineffective against primary flu strain – USA Today (January 8, 2009).
(v) There is no provision for a vaccine for swine flu and it will take at least six months to identify, produce and manufacture a vaccine in large enough quantities. This was the statement by Dr Iain Stephenson, a consultant in Infectious Diseases at the University of Leicester who has just completed successful research on a pre-pandemic vaccine for bird flu. "We are in a position where if a swine flu virus becomes a pandemic we don't currently have a vaccine for it," he said. "I think that it is unlikely there will be widespread vaccine in less than six to eight months." – Daily Telegraph, 27 April 2009
(vi) Dr Ian Barr, from the WHO Influenza Center in Melbourne, said it was unlikely any existing vaccines would be effective against the new swine flu strain. – China View, 27 April 2009
There are only two modern-day drugs supposed to save human life from any pandemic. These are Relenza and Tamiflu as stated above. But both are ineffective (more-or-less totally ineffective in the case of Tamiflu) in certain areas when dealing with new strains. Unfortunately zanamivir (Relenza) is less active against influenza A/N2 neuraminidases (found in Pigs etc). For zanamivir is inhibitory for only certain influenza A neuraminidase variants but not A/N2 neuraminidases.
There are also some nasty side-effects with Tamiflu –
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:uNFhMaU3GLEJ:http://www.topix.com/forum/drug/tamiflu/T5T8TK967U6DPFEL8+usa+today+tamilflu+april+2009&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
Both these drugs have to be taken within 48hrs of infection, but where the prerequisite is that the host body has to be strong against infections at the time of the start of the dosage for survival (common sense really). After 48 hours, both become increasingly useless according to medical scientists working at the coal-face around the world. Therefore the question is, how does anyone identify that they have flu quick enough and get a dose within 48 hours ? For fully identified symptoms can take several days to raise their ugly head. Indeed, medical advice is to stay at home if you think that you have flu and to not visit surgeries. This means any flu infected people will have to wait until the doctor or nurse visits with medication. In proportion though, there are few doctors and nurses compared to the population and therefore if a pandemic happened, few would receive medication in time.
Therefore for all the above reasons an international and national strategy based upon a drugs solution is not the answer and where if we continue to pursue this as our primary strategy, there is no doubt that eventually more people will die than has ever been witnessed before in the history of humankind, and potentially over a billion people.
Considering these true facts we have to look at the ‘source’ and therefore not fight the war on the grounds of trying to find a drug solution that will never happen in time. This is common sense and governments should not be pursuing such a basically useless strategy to nowhere.
For this alternative strategy (the only one that will really work) we have to look at how animal flu jumps into humans.
In this respect there are predominantly two main reasons how killer flu spreads like this.
(a) In Asia, Mexico and the major rural areas of the world we are talking about cultures where a lot of roosters are used for cock fighting. It is very possible for those handling the roosters to get scratched and pecked with a little break in the skin which leads to bleeding. That's one way they get infected.
(b) Another way is that it is very common for villagers in these developing countries to have roosters, chickens and pigs (their livestock) tied up or running around freely. A lot of houses are on stilts and the pigs and poultry are tied up under the house. During cold tropical evenings it is also common to see people sleeping in hammocks, or whatever they use as beds, outside amongst the pigs and the poultry. This is very common.
Therefore the world’s resources should primarily be addressing good farm husbandry around the world and not a drug solution, but where it has to be said that the extremely powerful pharmaceutical company lobby group, do not want this. The reason, both Tamiflu and Relenza have realised for the multinational drug firms, billions upon billions of revenues. It is therefore about time that human life was placed above corporate profits and where in this case, it is fundamental to the survival of a large proportion of the human population.
Dr David Hill
World Innovation Foundation Charity
Bern, Switzerland
Ps. For anyone interested, one of the best websites for unbiased and independent information is
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:5r085nr4Hm0J:birdflubook.com/+bird+flu+by+dr+michael&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
For more information:
http://www.thewif.org.uk
You have: "...the Army's... biological warfare facility at Fort Meade ... missing a few nasty bugs." You got that wrong! The report of the possible loss came out of an investigative unit at Ft Meade--the medical research facility involved is at Fort Detrick.
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