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People who recover from swine flu may be left with an extraordinary natural ability to fight off flu viruses, findings suggests.

In beating a bout of H1N1 the body makes antibodies that can kill many other flu strains, a study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine shows.

Doctors hope to harness this power to make a universal flu vaccine that would protect against any type of influenza.

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Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 10:42 CET

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Key scientists behind World Health Organization advice on stockpiling of pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit, an investigation has found.

The British Medical Journal says the scientists had openly declared these interests in other publications yet WHO made no mention of the links.

It comes as a report from the Council of Europe criticised the lack of transparency around the handling of the swine flu pandemic.

A spokesman for WHO said the drug industry did not influence its decisions on swine flu.

Guidelines recommending governments stockpile antiviral drugs were issued by WHO in 2004.

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Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 15:35 MEST

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More than half of patients being offered the swine flu vaccine are turning it down over safety concerns and the perception that the disease is mild, according to a survey.

People were concerned about possible side-effects of the jab, it found.

Family doctors are currently vaccinating people at high risk from swine flu, including pregnant women, health workers and those with asthma, heart disease and diabetes.

The poll of 107 GPs in England, for Pulse magazine, found resistance to the jab was particularly high among pregnant women and, overall, only 46 per cent of patients offered the vaccine have said yes.

One family doctor estimated that as few as 1 in 20 pregnant women were opting to have the vaccine.

Last week, the Government published online information and leaflets aimed at persuading pregnant women to have the vaccine.

Some reports have also suggested that frontline health workers may be reluctant to be vaccinated as well.

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Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 19:17 CET

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WHO Admits to Releasing Pandemic Virus into Population via 'Mock-Up' Vaccines

The document on the WHO website linked below states that it is common procedure to release pandemic viruses into the population in order to get a jump ahead of the real pandemic, so as to fast track the vaccine for when it is needed.

In Europe, some manufacturers have conducted advance studies using a so-called "mock-up" vaccine. Mock-up vaccines contain an active ingredient for an influenza virus that has not circulated recently in human populations and thus mimics the novelty of a pandemic virus.

According to the website, “Such advance studies can greatly expedite regulatory approval.”

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Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 21:53 MEST

Updated: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:53 MEST

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Today trials of a Swine Flu vaccine begun in Australia and results are expected to take six weeks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8163127.stm

If this is the case then why did GlaxoSmithKline begin to issue tablet form vaccine to their staff and immediate family in the UK last week?

A quote from GSK website: (22/07/09) -

"The company has several interventions of value to help protect populations against the H1N1 influenza virus.  Following more than ten years of investment in research and development of pandemic influenza vaccines, and the successful registration of its pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine, the company is making rapid progress to produce an A (H1N1) adjuvanted influenza vaccine".

http://www.gsk.com/media/pressreleases/2009/2009_pressrelease_10077.htm 

I'll let you make up your own mind!

Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 16:57 MEST

Updated: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 18:03 MEST

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‘The whole industry is waiting for a pandemic’. A top epidemiologist has slammed the “dangerous fearmongering” behind the swine flu scare and dismissed it as nothing more than the product of an industry licking its lips at the prospect of a profitable pandemic. In an interview with German news outlet Spiegel Online, epidemiologist Tom Jefferson chastised doomsday predictions about pandemics ...

http://www.prisonplanet.com/top-epidemiologist-slams-swine-flu-fearmongering.html

Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 12:24 MEST

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David Icke says that if you only do one thing to protect yourself and your family – do this – don’t take the swine flu vaccine. There is a war on the human immune system and it is being waged by eugenicists.

Posted by Neil Bartlett DHyp M.A.E.P.H at 22:12 MEST

Updated: Tuesday, 21 July 2009 22:17 MEST

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