Quote, "Pigs that fly. Cashing in with foreknowledge of swine flu...
A few facts from history:
1976 a similar case of "swine-flu" occured in the States which ended in a disaster. A disaster, not as far as regarding the mortality rate of the illness - only one person died of swine flue, and even that case was questionable - but when the handling by the government is concerned.
The virus surfaced in February 76 at Fort Dix where 19-year-old Pvt. David Lewis told his drill instructor that he felt weak, although not sick enough to skip a training hike. Lewis died within 24 hours.
The autopsy revealed that Lewis had been killed by an influenza virus originating in pigs, therefor named "swine-flue". Government doctors became alarmed when they discovered that 500 soldiers more on the base seemed to have been infected, although not becoming ill.
Nation's health officials urged Ford to authorize a mass inoculation program that would cost the nation about $135 million (appr. $600 million in today's money).
Immediately, Prezi Gerald Ford gave orders for a nationwide vaccination program to prevent an epidemic. His various medical experts likely believed that they were dealing with a virus potentially as deadly as the one that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. Not to forget that among Ford's advizers we find the Minister of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, who later - what a "coincidence - found a cozy bed in the soft pillows of the pharmaceutical industry.
Mass vaccinations started in October 76, but within weeks reports started coming in of people developing the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a nerve disease, right after receiving the shot. Within two months, 500 people were affected, and some 50 had died. All at once, federal officials abruptly canceled the inoculation program.
Pending law suits were washed under the rug.
Business, as usual.
Finally, the "epedemic"-threat was canceled, but not before some 40 million American citizens were inoculated. Later, a more advanced examination of the virus revealed that it was nowhere near as deadly as the 1918 influenza virus.
The only recorded victim from swine flu itself had been our unfortunate Pvt. Lewis.
Fast forward:
The latest swine flu outbreak is likely to benefit - among others - a very special venture capital firm in the US: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB).
I write "very special" because we do find a lot of interesting people connected to this company. Al Gore, anyone? Or does the name Goldman & Sachs make some bells ring?
If we believe our PR-pundits of health we do live in one of the "best of all medical-supported worlds ever". If that is true why is a "farsighted" investment company like KPCB buying massively shares of "pandemic-fighting" pharma giants since 2006?
Although we are told that our health-situation is "best ever" KPCB is speaking of some "new market opportunities"?
See yourself! KPCB is speaking of Engineering New Markets and Strong Businesses!
And they are even that "farsighted" to name their subpage "pandemic".
How in the world did those people know some years ahead what's coming next to a household in our "healthy society", one may ask.
Simple answer: They may have the right kind of crystal ball.
But I have one as well.
And it keeps telling me...
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(Voltaire, 1694-1778)
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