What happend with all the victims of the
H1N1 swine flu virus? Is it possible that
a bit of the hype was generated and
exaggerated by the pharmaceutical industry
itself to sell a bit more swine flu vaccine?
The swine flu vaccine has recently been
approved and bought by governments around
the world, certainly a multi-million dollar business.
Somehow, the hype was largest when the
vaccine was under development and nearly
finished.
This makes me wonder if it is possible
that the pharmaceutical industry generates
the threat of a possible pandemic to make
money, just as the industrial-military complex
is able to generate the threat of WMDs
to create revenue. A ministry of defense which
triggers a war and a ministry of health which
causes a pandemic - this sounds like George
Orwell. Is our fate in the hand of evil global
corporations?
-J.
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