The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims Euro health chief

The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims
Euro health chief

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...lth-chief.html

The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that
stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare, a leading health
expert has claimed.

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers
of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's
decision to declare a pandemic.

This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while
countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with
millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease.


A resolution proposed by Dr Wodarg calling for an investigation into the
role of drug firms has been passed by the Council of Europe, the
Strasbourg-based 'senate' responsible for the European Court of Human
Rights.

An emergency debate on the issue will be held later this month.

Dr Wodarg's claims come as it emerged the British government is desperately
trying to offload up to £1billion of swine flu vaccine, ordered at the
height of the scare.


Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson last year ordered the NHS to plan
for up to 65,000 deaths
The Department of Health warned of 65,000 deaths, set up a special advice
line and website, suspended normal rules so anti-flu drugs could be given
out without prescription and told health and local authorities to prepare
for a major pandemic.

Planners were told to get morgues ready for the sheer scale of deaths and
there were warnings that the Army could be called in to prevent riots as
people fought to obtain drugs.

But with fewer than 5,000 in England catching the disease last week and just
251 deaths overall, Dr Wodarg has branded the H1N1 outbreak as 'one of the
greatest medical scandals of the century'.

He said: 'We have had a mild flu - and a false pandemic.'

He added the seeds of the scare were sown five years ago, when it was feared
the much more lethal bird flu virus would mutate into a human form.

The 'atmosphere of panic' led to governments stockpiling the anti-flu drug
Tamiflu and putting in place 'sleeping contracts' for millions of doses of
vaccine

Dr Wodarg said: 'The governments have sealed contracts with vaccine
producers where they secure orders in advance and take upon themselves
almost all the responsibility.

'In this way the producers of vaccines are sure of enormous gains without
having any financial risks.

'So they just wait, until WHO says "pandemic" and activate the contracts.'

He also claims that to further push their interests, leading drug companies
placed 'their people' in the 'cogs' of the WHO and other influential
organisations.


Sue Armitage with her children Daisy and Ralph who could not go on holiday
after catching swine flu
He added that their influence could have led the WHO to soften its
definition of a pandemic - leading to the declaration of a worldwide
outbreak last June.

Dr Wodarg said: 'In order to promote their patented drugs and vaccines
against flu, pharmaceutical companies have influenced scientists and
official agencies, responsible for public health standards, to alarm
governments worldwide.

'They have made them squander tight healthcare resources for inefficient
vaccine strategies and needlessly exposed millions of healthy people to the
risk of unknown side-effects of insufficiently tested vaccines.'
He does not name any Britons with conflicts of interest.

But last year, the Daily Mail revealed that Sir Roy Anderson, a scientist
who advises the Government on swine flu, also holds a £116,000-a-year post
on the board of GlaxoSmithKline.

GSK makes anti-flu drugs and vaccines and is predicted to be one of the
biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic.


A young girl is given an inoculation at a medical centre in Cockermouth,
England. Millions were given vaccines against swine flu, with pharmaceutical
companies being paid huge sums by the government
The Department of Health says that although the disease appears to be on the
wane, it cannot rule out a third surge and urges all those entitled to the
jab to have it.

Professor David Salisbury, the Government's head of immunisation said there
were 'no grounds whatsoever' for Dr Wodarg's claims, saying people with
conflicts of interest were kept out of the decision-making process.

A GSK spokesman said: 'Allegations of undue influence are misguided and
unfounded. The WHO declared that H1N1 swine flu met the criteria for a
pandemic.

'As WHO have stated, legal regulations and numerous safeguards are in place
to manage possible conflicts of interest.'

The company, which still employs Sir Roy, said he had declared his
commercial interests and had not attended any meetings related to the
purchase of drugs or vaccine for either the Government or GSK.



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On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:10:41 -0000, "john" wrote:

The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims
Euro health chief

He isn't the "Euro Health Chief" or even "a" health chief, he is a
full time politician.

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe,

Wodarg is a German politician, chairman of the health committee in
the German parliament and chairman of the Health sub-committee of the
Social Health and Family Affairs committee of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) consists of
a number of individual representatives from each member State chosen
by their political parties with a President elected each year from
among them for a maximum period of three sessions. It is a talking
shop for self important politicians of minor influence in their
national parliaments and should not be confused with the EU Parliament
which is a gravy train for self important politicians who are too
corrupt and incompetent even for their national parliaments.

The present President is Lluís Maria De Puig, who I'm sure you have
all heard of.

It passes such important resolutions as "Resolution 1686
Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of
the parliamentary delegation of Moldova "

and if that didn't excite you enough it then passed a day later

"Resolution 1687 Reconsideration on substantive grounds of previously
ratified credentials of the Russian delegation (Rule 9 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Assembly) "

It is so busy it meets 4 times every year.

A resolution proposed by Dr Wodarg calling for an investigation into the
role of drug firms has been passed by the Council of Europe

More correctly it has been nodded through because 10 people signed it.
Some may even have read it.

The resolution will now be examined by the PACE Bureau which proposes
to the Assembly to refer it or not to the relevant committee. A
rapporteur will be appointed and the draft report examined by the
committee. Following this discussion, the committee adopts a draft
resolution or draft recommendation. That will then go to one of the
quarterly assembly meetings where those awake will debate it.
At the end of the debate the report will be voted on, printed in many
languages and filed. (PACE has no powers other than to write
reports).

Exciting isn't it?

"john" wrote in message
news
The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu,
claims Euro health chief


How quickly you forget the truth of it all.

It was deemed a pandemic due to the world wide scope of those that had
the flu, not the literal numbers. It fit the rational of the policies in
place for a flu endemic/pandemic so they all started the ball rolling
knowing it could go either way. Better safe than sorry as many would
say. Then the politicians got involved and re-enforced the issues and
people such as Obama took advantage of the situation.

All the time they were saying this round might be mild, and the *next*
round WILL be severe.

Read your news article about the UK and the very real possibility or
major riots if there were not enough Vac's to go around, and now they
cry as their "funds" are depleted and they are short on cash. The shots
were not that expensive. If it was enough to break the bank then it sure
doesn't say much for public health care now, does it?

This is a good example of why Americans should stay away, far, far away
from government health plans. They will be the death of you.

They have been doing this for years, eg 1921
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/sf4.html

http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Wo.../EDOC12110.pdf
[2009 Dec pdf] Faked Pandemics -- a threat for health (Council of Europe)
In order to promote their patented drugs and vaccines against flu,
pharmaceutical companies have influenced scientists and official agencies,
responsible for public health standards, to alarm governments worldwide.
They have made them squander tight health care resources for inefficient
vaccine strategies and needlessly exposed millions of healthy people to the
risk of unknown side-effects of insufficiently tested vaccines.
The "birds-flu“-campaign (2005/06) combined with the "swine-flu“-campaign
seem to have caused a great deal of damage not only to some vaccinated
patients and to public health budgets, but also to the credibility and
accountability of important international health agencies. The definition of
an alarming pandemic must not be under the influence of drug-sellers. The
member states of the Council of Europe should ask for immediate
investigations on the consequences at national as well as European level.

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:28:58 -0000, "john" wrote:

http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Wo.../EDOC12110.pdf

You forgot this bit :-

"This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only
the members who have signed it " (all 14 of them).

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:22:35 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:


and as to the logic behind why we should not have health care, look
around. Read the very article that was used for this post. Look at the
50 or more % reduction in prostate surgeries due to UK cutbacks

No one seems to have noticed this reduction, where was it mentioned?

as well as the huge reductions in booby surgeries deemed necessary to reduce
costs

I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here but if it is to
cosmetic breast reduction/enlargement relatively few are ever carried
out by the NHS and reducing the number to zero would not exactly save
a lot of money.

Those are real statistics,

I'd like to see the source of them as they do not appear to be.

"Peter Parry" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:22:35 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:


and as to the logic behind why we should not have health care, look
around. Read the very article that was used for this post. Look at the
50 or more % reduction in prostate surgeries due to UK cutbacks

No one seems to have noticed this reduction, where was it mentioned?


The prostate surgeries were a couple years ago, it stands on its own,
The sentance preceding it stands on its own.

as well as the huge reductions in booby surgeries deemed necessary to
reduce
costs

I'm not quite sure what you are referring to here but if it is to
cosmetic breast reduction/enlargement relatively few are ever carried
out by the NHS and reducing the number to zero would not exactly save
a lot of money.


It was for cancer surgeries, booby smashing X-rays and the like.
Elective surgeries put the women on their own already unless they were
in the government.


Those are real statistics,

I'd like to see the source of them as they do not appear to be.


Then you haven't been keeping up with the news, but if you are less than
18 I wouldn't blame you for not knowing because very few kids get
involved with such matters.

"john" wrote in message
...
They have been doing this for years, eg 1921
http://www.whale.to/vaccine/sf4.html

http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Wo.../EDOC12110.pdf
[2009 Dec pdf] Faked Pandemics -- a threat for health (Council of
Europe) In order to promote their patented drugs and vaccines against
flu, pharmaceutical companies have influenced scientists and official
agencies, responsible for public health standards, to alarm
governments worldwide. They have made them squander tight health care
resources for inefficient vaccine strategies and needlessly exposed
millions of healthy people to the risk of unknown side-effects of
insufficiently tested vaccines.
The "birds-flu"-campaign (2005/06) combined with the
"swine-flu"-campaign seem to have caused a great deal of damage not
only to some vaccinated patients and to public health budgets, but
also to the credibility and accountability of important international
health agencies. The definition of an alarming pandemic must not be
under the influence of drug-sellers. The member states of the Council
of Europe should ask for immediate investigations on the consequences
at national as well as European level.


Not very cool of you to call those in government Dummies, John. I see
you've cashed in on this cash cow as well, you sly old fox.

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:04:09 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:

"Peter Parry" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:22:35 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:

and as to the logic behind why we should not have health care, look
around. Read the very article that was used for this post. Look at the
50 or more % reduction in prostate surgeries due to UK cutbacks

No one seems to have noticed this reduction, where was it mentioned?

The prostate surgeries were a couple years ago, it stands on its own,
The sentance preceding it stands on its own.

I can't find any mention of such reduction, if it has occurred it
doesn't appear to have had any effect upon treatments or treatment
times. If you do have any references I would be interested in reading
them.

It was for cancer surgeries, booby smashing X-rays and the like.
Elective surgeries put the women on their own already unless they were
in the government.

I think we have a language problem in that I'm still not sure what you
mean. There has been a significant increase in breast cancer service
provision in the last 10 years, certainly not a decrease.

I'd like to see the source of them as they do not appear to be.

Then you haven't been keeping up with the news,

Always possible, hence if you have references to said news I would
appreciate reading them.

but if you are less than 18

Nope.

"Peter Parry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:04:09 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:

"Peter Parry" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:22:35 -0800, "Peter B"
wrote:

and as to the logic behind why we should not have health care, look
around. Read the very article that was used for this post. Look at
the
50 or more % reduction in prostate surgeries due to UK cutbacks

No one seems to have noticed this reduction, where was it mentioned?

The prostate surgeries were a couple years ago, it stands on its own,
The sentance preceding it stands on its own.

I can't find any mention of such reduction, if it has occurred it
doesn't appear to have had any effect upon treatments or treatment
times. If you do have any references I would be interested in reading
them.


OK, guess I'll have to look it up. It was also denied at the time in
spite of the furor it caused, but when linked too then excuses were
made.

The booby stuff is more recent.

It was for cancer surgeries, booby smashing X-rays and the like.
Elective surgeries put the women on their own already unless they were
in the government.

I think we have a language problem in that I'm still not sure what you
mean. There has been a significant increase in breast cancer service
provision in the last 10 years, certainly not a decrease.

I'd like to see the source of them as they do not appear to be.

Then you haven't been keeping up with the news,

Always possible, hence if you have references to said news I would
appreciate reading them.

but if you are less than 18

Nope.


Hopefully I will have it tracked down within the next several days.