This week's award goes to Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, as reported in The Mail who has "accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic."
What do you mean? Follow the money! "No shit, Sherlock!"
Remember that "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 there were "just 251 deaths overall"
"Dr Wodarg has branded the H1N1 outbreak as 'one of the greatest medical scandals of the century'." A second "No shit, Sherlock"
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And I don't think the relatively low number of deaths can be attributed to either Tamiflu or the vaccine.
I was offered the jab quite early on and my enquiries showed that of all my acquaintances in my pensioner's group, only one had opted to have it. And as for Tamiflu, the general consensus appeared to be that left alone, (except for regular doses of "Famous Grouse" or the equivalent) one would be over the worst of the flu within 7 days, with Tamiflu it would take a week!
I also noticed the phraseology in the letter from the surgery. In the usual letter inviting us to come along for the annual flu jab, it is usually phrased "The doctors in this practice advise you.....". With the swine flu jab it read "The Government's Chief Medical Officer advises that .........".
Or perhaps it was just a new secretary!
Not much more deadly than the fabled 'small earthquake in Peru'.
Oink!
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