not neolithic Britain yet then?
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so, the allegeation is that big business is guilty of manipualting the public in order to boost profits. That can't be true, surely. A more moral and upright group of people than big business it's not possible to find...
those that died of "swine flu" probably died because of normal flu that claims lives every year anyway.
I seem to remembera few years ago Nestle selling milk powder to 3rd world countries...then telling them the water was clean enough so the milk formula would be ok....causing thousands of children to die!
Big business companies are scum!
They also gave free samples of baby formula to young mums in Africa, when the mothers had stopped lactating and could no longer breastfeed as a result of swapping to formula Nestle continued the supply of formula but charged the going rate for it. The net result was 1000s of starving babies!
I'm unconvinced about the Swine Flu conspiracy though. In the absence of hype I still get letters from SEERAD advising me to get bird flu vaccinations (as a poutry keeper). I think uptake of vaccinations by the whole population are a good idea. Have you seen any kids crippled by polio recently?
robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Well it's hardly news is it, I remember hearing within days of the first talk of swine flu about the boost to shares in the tamiflu producers. Here is a reuters news report from April last year. Methinks the mail are a bit behind http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLR144642
I don't believe anything reported in the daily fail. they seem to go out of there way to make rediculous noise about ordinary things, if i wanted to foam at the mouth due to a news article i'll make sure its actual news and not some half heard gibberish twisted into something juicy.
You know i don't read any newspaper when it comes down to it, all full of scaremongering sensationalist tosh.
You know i don't read any newspaper when it comes down to it, all full of scaremongering sensationalist tosh.
Usual drivel from the Daily Wail.
However, if the media employed journalists who were experts (ie had at least a Masters in their specialism) then perhaps we wouldn't have all these idiotic stories in the first place.
It is in the interestes of the media owners to hype these things, although the BBC's total inability to do anything but follow what the Murdoch media are leading with is inexcusable.
However, if the media employed journalists who were experts (ie had at least a Masters in their specialism) then perhaps we wouldn't have all these idiotic stories in the first place.
It is in the interestes of the media owners to hype these things, although the BBC's total inability to do anything but follow what the Murdoch media are leading with is inexcusable.
I agree - gave up papers many years ago.
But............they cannot be totally ignored.
With the media control over government and their ability to dictate policy and public opinion it's frightening the power they wield.
NO! Swine 'flu was the deliberate release of a relatively innocuous but new virus strain in a very populous city.
Why?
to allow the authorities a dry run to see how they will cope with a pandemic outbreak of a real killer virus.
Don't forget, the black death, which was not a straightforward outbreak of bubonic plague, it travelled too quickly, and was probably a combination of outbreaks including an influenza virus, wiped out half the population of europe.
Bird 'flu is still a real threat should it mutate.
Bubonic plague mortality rate (without treatment) about 30-75%
pneumonic plague, mortality rate (without treatment) close to 100%
Bird 'flu Mortality rate close to 60% but it hasn't yet mutated.
The real threat to human civilization is disease, particularly viruses.
Removing tongue from cheek.
I'll get my coat.
Why?
to allow the authorities a dry run to see how they will cope with a pandemic outbreak of a real killer virus.
Don't forget, the black death, which was not a straightforward outbreak of bubonic plague, it travelled too quickly, and was probably a combination of outbreaks including an influenza virus, wiped out half the population of europe.
Bird 'flu is still a real threat should it mutate.
Bubonic plague mortality rate (without treatment) about 30-75%
pneumonic plague, mortality rate (without treatment) close to 100%
Bird 'flu Mortality rate close to 60% but it hasn't yet mutated.
The real threat to human civilization is disease, particularly viruses.
Removing tongue from cheek.
I'll get my coat.
Never a truer word said, look at the knife amnesties for just one example, the news latches on to knife wielding gangs and stabbings (which statistically had not risen or changed in recent years) and bang we're suddenly anti-knife and we're all handing sharp pointy things in to the police etc.
the media really do have amazing power, its just a shame they lie to keep it and the masses happily swallow the garbage. thankfully there is a growing number of people who are wising up to this, i reckon its the old british stiff upper lip making a resurgence.
okenest:
4 yrs ago, yr of the cow- Mad Cow disease. 3 yrs ago, yr of the bird- Avian flu. Last yr, yr of the pig- Swine flu. This yr: Yr of the cock - Anybody worried?