October 23rd, 2009 By Chloe Melas
CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) — New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials announced Thursday, prompted by a vaccine shortage.
A statement from Gov. David Paterson announced the policy change on behalf of State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines.
Daines had [...]
August 17th, 2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/16/health-rationing-by-other-names/
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a key presidential health care adviser, told The Washington Times on Thursday that his “thinking has evolved” on the subject of health care rationing, he was making a distinction without a difference. Even his “evolved” ideas amount to nothing more than government rationing by another name.
Here’s what Dr. Emanuel [...]
August 5th, 2009 By: Josh Gerstein
August 5, 2009 04:12 AM EST The Obama administration is quietly dusting off an effort to impose new federal quarantine regulations, which were vigorously resisted by civil liberties organizations and the airline industry when the rules were first proposed by the Bush administration nearly four years ago.
White House officials aren’t saying [...]
August 5th, 2009
By Steve Sternberg
USA TODAY
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano asserted Tuesday that pandemic flu is likely to flare up soon after schools open in the fall, well before any vaccine is available.
Napolitano also acknowledged that there would not be enough pandemic flu vaccine for everyone, at least in the early stages [...]
August 3rd, 2009 by Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
“By 1853, Parliament began passing laws to make the untested vaccine compulsory throughout the British Empire. Other countries of Europe followed suit. Once the economic implications of compulsory vaccinations were realized, few dared to disagree. Then, as now, the media were controlled by the vaccine manufacturers and the government, who stood [...]
July 31st, 2009 Militarization of public health in the case of emergency is now official
By Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, July 31, 2009
According to CNN, the Pentagon is “to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.”
“The proposal [...]
July 30th, 2009 ScienceDaily (July 4, 2007) — The effort to find preserved samples of the 1918 influenza virus has been a pursuit of both historical and medical importance. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most devastating single disease outbreak in modern history, and examining the virus that caused it may help prepare for, and possibly prevent, future [...]
July 26th, 2009 8:46AM Monday Jul 27, 2009
By Jeremy Laurence
There have been 150 reports of suspected adverse reactions to the Tamiflu treatment for swine flu in Britain. Photo / AP
Swine Flu
Fears for kids as swine flu cases double
Airline blames swine flu
The agency that licenses medicines in Britain has received 150 reports of suspected adverse reactions to [...]
July 25th, 2009 Posted by slowsmile July 24, 2009
According to the CDC, approximately 36,000 people die each year in the U.S. from the regular flu. That averages to about 100 people a day. The total number of confirmed mortalities in the U.S. from the swine flu since the virus was identified in March is less than 200, So, [...]
