However, while this may seem like good news on the surface, there is a bit of recent stained credibility that follows Baxter’s reputation and has effectively colored the company as worthless for the public who are in the know. While the United States corporate controlled media sat on this story, it was reported elsewhere in the world from Canada, Austria, the UK and Japan.
Apparently, in March 2009 Baxter sent flu vaccine that was “accidentally” contaminated with Avian Bird Flu to 18 different countries . The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabeled H5N1 viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company. The Austrian firm, Avir Green Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to sub-contractors in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Germany.
Baxter hasn’t shed much light — at least not publicly — on how the accident happened. Earlier this week Bona called the mistake the result of a combination of “just the process itself, (and) technical and human error in this procedure.”
He said he couldn’t reveal more information because it would give away proprietary information about Baxter’s production process. 8561066.html
Swine Flu in Mexico from U.S. Ex-Pat’s Perspective
Posted April 30th, 2009 by Caron. .
My good friend, writer and photographer Paula McDonald, has lived in Mexico for decades, first in Rosarito and now in Puerto Escondido, a small coastal village in Central Mexico. She sent me a note today about what’s happening in Mexico and I thought it was worth sharing:
A bit of truth from the local scene down here: Evidently, the way this whole swine flu thing started was a small epidemic in a village called La Gloria near Jalapa, Veracruz. (Jalapa, as in where the jalapeno peppers originated). A U.S.-owned multi-national company, Sheffield Foods, has an enormous pig farm there. 450 villagers got sick after complaining for some time about the contamination of the local water by the pig farm. They were diagnosed with “acute respiratory infections.” During the outbreak, Sheffield treated the locals with anti-flu vaccines but never reported it. Three infants/toddlers died. Turns out that a substantial number of the villagers work during the week in Mexico City and return home for the weekends. It wasn’t until the flu spread to Mexico City that it hit the fan, and the rest is history. The Jalapa outbreak was over a month ago, in late February, and the entire epidemic most likely could have been prevented if Sheffield had notified the World Health Organization at that time. Let’s see what happens next.
Nobody seems to know why people are dying in Mexico City and not elsewhere, but speculation is that, since this is a respiratory-based influenza, the combination of high altitude and the horrible air quality in one of the most polluted cities in the world is what’s causing the fatal combo. Most of the deaths in Mexico City from this are from severe pneumonia complications. Let’s hope that’s it, and that the rest of the world keeps this thing under control. I’d hate for the world to end just when we’ve moved to Puerto and gotten most of our boxes unpacked.
Armando’s son lives in Mexico City and was here for the weekend (no water in the house, of course, thanks to the city water system not delivering any to us Friday). He says all the restaurants and bars are closed, and now they’ve closed all the taco stands and street food stands. No church services, no gatherings of any kind. The professional soccer game on Sunday was played in an empty stadium. Nobody is on the streets and the parks are empty. People are really scared, but I agree that more people die each year of regular flu, and this has been blown out of all proportion by the media. I hope it passes quickly and doesn’t turn into a world crisis. We have enough crisises gong on right now.
And, to put it in perspective, our Baja renter’s son, 18, who is in Argentina right now, is trying desparately to get out of there because of the widespread outbreak of Dengue Fever, which is killing a lot of people, so it all depends on where you are. They finally got him a flight two days from now and he’s just holed up in his hotel room with bottles of mosquito spray, also afraid to go outside.
So pick your plague, I guess.
I wasn’t very surprised to read this. Now, will the truth of this come out?
V: Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine – the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone’s death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
With the government being told to watch out for “right wing extremists” You know those people who have chosen one cause to speak out against like abortion, even the recent tea parties would fall under this.
Even America’s historic forefathers would fall under this.
It only serves to make me wonder…does some part of this fictitional message apply…
As a citizen in the United States… I have freedom …but for how long?How long till some of my ideas are not mainstream enough to warrant? How long til one of my ideas are tread upon for the sake of uniformity and peace?
A lot of people say to a degree this has already happened. The “strange” has been silenced (I.E. The Branch Davidian, FLDS, Muslim (removal of garb), Mennonites (removal of Head Covering), Amish (Requirement of flashy orange triangle on buggies despite beliefs) and even further back the Japanese concentration camps in World War 2 (but not only them Asians in general were placed in camps)
All these were done for said “safety of the American people”
Some believe that there were times the government lied to us for the common good
Let’s See what the fictional chacter V of V is for Vendetta would says to Us
Good evening, Americans. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine – the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any Person.Lets take some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while weapons may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the proclamation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance (under the guise of tolerance) and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the government as you moral guide. It promised you order, It promised you peace, and all It demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. I need to remind this country of what it has forgotten. My hope is to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest that you go on with your lives. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me. Beside me declaring FREEDOM FOREVER!
Wendi T.
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