Sumerian!
This is an EXCELLENT article!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting this. > Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and > Swine Flu This is what makes me sick and I refuse to watch MSM, They dont give a crap about what REALLY goes on in our world. The question is always why does MSM want to keep people in the dark. > Other global pandemics include: 1.3 billion people live on less than $1 > dollar a day, including > over 500 million existing in "absolute poverty" according to the World > Bank; another three billion survive on about $2 a day; poverty this > extreme kills; starvation and famine kill about 15 million children annually; Thats hard to swallow. 15 MILLION children dying EVERY single year from starvation STILL and it continues. On May 12, 5:10 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and > Swine Flu > > by Stephen Lendman > > Monday, 4 May 2009 > > In his April 29 Global Research.ca article, F. William Engdahl discussed > "Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms" > and shed light on the current swine flu hysteria - hyped by the same > folks who engineered the 2006 (H5N1) Avian Flu scare that had more bark > than bite. But it proved hugely profitable for drug makers like Roche > and Gilead Sciences, the company Donald Rumsfeld led as chairman from > 1997 - 2001 and remains a major shareholder. Although he won't discuss > his "private finances," he's likely benefitting handsomely from the > current panic. > > Earlier Avian Flu reports were like the following: numerous ones from public > health journalists saying governments > are "thoroughly unprepared" for a pandemic flu outbreak; as a result, > it could lead to potential "societal breakdown, chaos, and panic;" Robert > Madelin, the EU's health and consumer protection department > director-general, cited scientists' predictions of a potential two - > seven million death toll worldwide, then saying: "It's when and not if;" the > World Bank estimating that an Avian Flu (H5N1) outbreak could > kill up to 70 million worldwide and cause $2 trillion in economic > losses; and a scary July 2006 consumeraffairs.com report citing information > like the above and more, then concluding: "There have so far been no > known cases of H5N1 (Avian Flu) in the US."When all was > said and done, the global tempest was no more than a teapot maximum few > hundred deaths, but, according to Engdahl, a Pentagon-initiated > biowarfare project threatens something far graver. In an August 2008 > article titled "The Pentagon's alarming project: Avian Flu Biowar > Vaccine," he cited "alarming evidence" of a cooperative pharmaceutical > industry-Pentagon effort to genetically weaponize the H5N1 virus, then > unleash a "selective pandemic through the process of mandatory > vaccination(s) with an alleged vaccine" offered as protection. > > If today's Swine Flu scare is for this purpose, indeed it is > worrisome, but that remains to be seen. What's known is what Engdahl > reported in his April 29 article: > that "In October 2005 the Pentagon ordered vaccination of all US > military personnel worldwide against what it called Avian Flu, H5N1 > (and) budgeted more than $1 billion to stockpile the drug Oseltamivir, > sold under the name Tamiflu. (At the time, George Bush asked) Congress > to appropriate another $2 billion for Tamiflu stocks." This drug "is no > mild candy to be taken lightly. It has heavy side effects" that > potentially can kill. > > Nonetheless, during the current panic, its sales have skyrocketed, > and that alone worries some enough to wonder what's more dangerous - > the flu or the combination of the FDA approving potentially deadly > drugs like Tamiflu, the dominant media hyping a non-existant threat, > public health organizations terrifying people with heightened alerts, > and government officials like Department of Homeland Security secretary > Janet Napolitano saying: "We are proceeding as if we are preparatory to > a full pandemic" even though: no evidence suggests one; flu epidemics are > extremely rare, certainly global ones with the potential to kill millions; > influenza (flu) is a common viral illness; it exists in numerous strains; > most remain infectious for about a week and produce symptoms > including fever, coughing, nausea and at times vomiting - annoying but > rarely life-threatening; and simple good health practices are more effective > than dangerous > drugs, including frequent hand washing, use of disinfectants and > detergents, and abstaining from high-risk foods like all GMO ones as > well as beef, poultry, and pork - raised under unsanitary conditions on > factory farms that "are notorious breeding grounds for toxic pathogens."That > said, major unreported or underreported pandemics abound, real ones. > None, however, make headlines or arouse public or media concern. Below > are some. > Wars, Massacres, Genocide, and Violence > Wars indeed are reported but not their toll, human or otherwise. In > the past century alone, scores of millions died and even greater > numbers of survivors suffered horrendously. > > Currently, and in recent > years alone, wars and conflicts continue globally, including in Iraq, > Afghanistan, Occupied Palestine, Pakistan, Somalia, the Democratic > Republic of Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Kashmir, Haiti, Ivory > Coast, Southern Nigeria, Colombia, and elsewhere plus the mounting "war > on terrorism" toll that's totally blacked out in news reports. > > Gideon Polya edits the Body Count web site, and in 2007 published a > book titled: "Body Count. Global avoidable mortality since 1950." As a > biological scientist, he calls it "a carefully researched (country by > country)" estimate totaling about 1.3 billion needless human deaths, > including 140,000 under-five American infants in the last seven years > alone according to UN demographic data. Globally 16 million avoidable > deaths occur annually, including 10 million under age-five ones. > > Polya states: "There is no public discussion of the actual human > cost of First World policies" that are the chief cause of global > carnage in all forms, including wars, other conflicts, massacres and > genocide, starvation and famine, disease, as well as preventable > poverty and neglect. He adds: "An apocalyptic quartet of violence, > deprivation, disease and LYING (including suppressing the truth) is > responsible for the continuing carnage. > Polya defines avoidable mortality as "the difference between the > actual deaths in a country and the deaths expected for a peaceful, > decently governed country with the same demographics." His main source > was UN Population Division data for "essentially every country in the > world since 1950 - (for) population, death rate, birth rate, population > breakdown, (and) under-5 infant mortality rate." > > As violent occupiers, offending countries include: Britain responsible for > 727 million deaths in dozens of countries, > including Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Iraq; France > responsible for 142 million deaths in many countries, including Algeria, > Vietnam, Haiti, and Ivory Coast; the US responsible for 82 million deaths in > Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere; and > Israel responsible for 24 million deaths in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and > Egypt.Polya > calls the occupations of Palestine, Afghanistan, and Iraq (among > others) genocide as defined under Article 2 of the 1948 Convention on > the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that states: > > "In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts > committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, > ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: > (a) Killing members of the group; > (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; > (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life > calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; > (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; > (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." > Post-1967, Palestine sustained 300,000 avoidable deaths. Post-1990, > Iraq had about four million, up to half that number since March 2003, > and since 2001, Afghanistan suffered three to seven million. These > tolls mount daily, yet are virtually blacked out in news reports. > > Numerous other pandemics abound as well, mostly below the radar. > Preventable Deadly Chronic Diseases > > They're numerous and include heart disease, cancer, malaria, > tuberculosis, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, HIV/AIDS, stroke, > and many others, the result of major risk factors like obesity, high > blood pressure, smoking, poor diet, stress, lack of exercise, poverty, > deprivation, and inadequate, unavailable, and/or poor quality public > health. > In two October 2005 articles titled "The neglected epidemic of > chronic disease" and "Preventing chronic diseases: how may lives can we > save," The (UK-based) Lancet (medical journal) stated that many of them > often "remain marginal to the mainstream of global action on health," > yet they "represent a huge proportion of human illness" and deaths. > > In 2005, around 35 million people died from heart disease, cancer, > stroke, lower respiratory infections, and numerous other illnesses for > lack of prevention, control, or effective effort to treat them. > > Annually, over a half million women die unnecessarily in childbirth, > and for every death another 20 suffer injury, infection or disease for > lack of available, affordable quality care - affecting about 10 million > women in total. As a result, one million children are left motherless > each year and become 10 times more likely to die within two years of > their mothers' death. The great majority of maternal deaths would be > preventable if a working health system were available to save lives. > > A 2005 World Health Report cited almost 11 million deaths among > children under five from largely avoidable causes, including four > million babies who don't survive their first month of life. Why aren't > world governments addressing this and acting to save lives! Why don't > the major media explain it! > > Including all chronic diseases, a mere 2% annual death reduction > "would avert 36 million deaths by 2015" or the equivalent of about "500 > million years of life over the 10" year span from 2006 - 2015, mostly > in low and middle income countries, and under half will be for people > younger than 70 years. > > By 2015, The Lancet projects around 64 million deaths categorized under three > major groupings: communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional; chronic, > non-communicable; and injuries.In 2005, chronic diseases accounted for 72% > of the global total for the older-30 aged population. The Lancet > concluded that "the serious consequences of chronic diseases and their > (preventable) risk factors are not recognised by the international > health community," at least in terms of financial commitment or concern. > > Further, although high-risk behavior (smoking, poor diet, etc.) > takes its toll, low-income countries experience a larger problem, > especially for the population segment without easy access to good > lifestyle choices, including the availability of quality health care. > > An "insidious myth" is that these conditions aren't preventable > because people bring them on themselves. "The reality could hardly be > more different" with numerous factors playing a part, including > environmental and economic pressures that take a huge toll on human > health. > Differences between high and low income countries are marked and > show the successful effects of intervention. From 1970 - 2000, around > 14 million heart disease deaths were averted in America alone. Overall, > a relatively small number of "modifiable risks" account for more than > half of all chronic disease deaths. Reducing them would have a dramatic > effect through: individual interventions; population-based ones; and > macroeconomic ones with enough desire and fiscal allocations to do it. > The > combination of all three are needed for chronic disease prevention and > control plus one more - widespread dominant media promotion the same > way it spreads fear by hyping scams like Avian and Swine Flu. The > Lancet also stated: > "Our vision for the future extends beyond measuring risk behavior > and counting the dead, and instead encourages all sectors of society > (including the media) to contribute effective ways of reducing health > risks and promoting longer, healthier lives." It's for those sectors to > get on with the task instead of acting counterproductively, pursuing > profits at the expense of human health, and ignoring the global > pandemic of preventable illnesses and diseases. > Other global pandemics include: 1.3 billion people live on less than $1 > dollar a day, including > over 500 million existing in "absolute poverty" according to the World > Bank; another three billion survive on about $2 a day; poverty this > extreme kills; starvation and famine kill about 15 million children annually; > according to the World Health Organization (WHO), one-third of the > world population is ill-fed and another one-third is starving; > malnutrition affects one in twelve people, including 160 million > children under age five; in America, one-sixth of the elderly > population is ill-fed, and one out of eight children under 12 endures > daily hunger; global hunger, starvation and famine persist in spite of a > plentiful world food supply; five million annual smoking-related deaths > occur; two million annual alcohol-related deaths; about one million annual > suicides; 400,000 annual auto and truck accident deaths; 200,000 annual > illicit drug-related deaths; two - three times that number die from legal > drugs; about 30,000 annual US gun-related deaths; unknown annual tens of > thousands of deaths from pollution, food > and water contamination, nuclear radiation exposure, and domestic > violence, especially to women, children and the elderly; and according to the > World Health Organization: "The world's biggest > killer and the greatest cause of ill health and suffering across the > globe is listed almost at the end of the International Classification > of Diseases (code Z59.5) -- extreme poverty."These are > real preventable pandemics, not fake ones like Swine Flu being hyped > for profit, to spread fear, and divert public attention from real > problems like the above-listed ones, the deepening global economic > holocaust, the systematic looting of national wealth, and the steady > path America is on to becoming a militarized banana republic police > state. > > Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on > Globalization. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at > [email protected]. > > Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to The Global > Research News Hour on RepublicBroadcasting.org > Mondays from 11AM to 1PM US Central time for cutting-edge discussions > with distinguished guests on world and national topics. All programs > are archived for easy listening. > Mr. Lendman's stories are republished in the Baltimore Chronicle with > permission of the author. > > http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2009/050409Lendman.shtml > ======= > S1000+ > ======= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
