The whole swine flu hype is starting to get seriously annoying.  Apparently swine flu is moving about the world waiting for its chance to get real nasty when the weather gets cold in the Northern Hemisphere.

The weather is already cold in Argentina where it is now winter.  The swine flu is making itself known but it seems to pack more bark then bite.  Here is a NYT article from early July 09…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/americas/04argentina.html?_r=1

It reports 2800 confirmed cases  of the swine flu (perhaps up to 100K unconfirmed).  Officials contribute 44 deaths to swine flu.  Whew!  That’s not exactly scary sounding.   It just does not sound scary enough to justify the hype.   However, from a drug manufacturer’s perspective the hype is helping to  create wealth on an enormous scale.

Governments all over the world are ordering swine flu vaccine even though there is no evidence that the vaccine will prevent anyone from getting sick.  Also the vaccine has not been properly tested and presents a risk for the vaccinated.  The vaccine may well do more harm then good but who really cares about risk as long as the pharmaceutical companies bag a fortune during the supposed crisis?

It’s interesting to note that it is the governments that are buying the vaccine to use on the peoples of the world.  If it were left up to world citizens to pay for their own shots I think that much less money would probably be made by the pharmaceuticals and their political minions.  By governments jumping in to save the day we all pay, regardless of whether we want a shot or not.   We pay and the drug companies and their cronies profit.

To make the whole mess smell even worse, there is talk of forcing people to receive the vaccine.  The vaccine has not been properly tested to ensure it does what it is supposed to do.  It has not been tested to ensure that it does not cause harmful side effects.  If your children are harmed by the vaccine your legal options are limited by law.  If the vaccine harms you your legal options are limited by law.

It’s a sweet deal for the drug companies as they offer a product that consumers are possibly forced to consume.  They are protected from lawsuits by the government. They make a boat load of money while doing it.

Here are some links to related websites…

http://vaccinerights.com/index.html
http://www.pandemicfluonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/truth-about-flu-shot.pdf
http://drtenpenny.com/default.aspx