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Swine flu 'could kill millions unless rich nations give £900

hypocritexposer

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The reason for the fearmongering is becoming clearer.

The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world's poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich countries to pay for vaccines and antiviral medicines, says a UN report leaked to the Observer.

The disclosure will provoke concerns that health officials will not be able to stem the growth of the worldwide H1N1 pandemic in developing countries. If the virus takes hold in the poorest nations, millions could die and the economies of fragile countries could be destroyed.

Health ministers around the globe were sent the warning on Thursday in a report on the costs of averting a humanitarian disaster in the next few months. It comes as officials inside the World Health Organisation, the UN's public health body, said they feared they would not be able to raise half that amount because of the global downturn.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/20/swine-flu-costs-un-report/print
 

Steve

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Northern hemisphere countries have so far ordered more than one billion doses of swine flu vaccine, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, sparking warnings over shortages.

Some countries -- notably Greece, The Netherlands, Canada and Israel -- have ordered enough double doses to inoculate their entire populations.

Others, such as Germany, the United States, Britain and France, have put in orders that would cover between 30 and 78 percent of people.

"Pandemic vaccine orders put in by northern hemisphere countries stand at over one billion," WHO spokeswoman Melinda Henry told AFP.

"In the early days, there will be a very limited supply of vaccine. There won't be sufficient supply to vaccinate whole populations, or even huge proportions of populations,"

A shortfall in supply would essentially oblige national health authorities to ration the vaccine.

US health officials said Tuesday they expected a large shortfall in swine flu vaccines, with only 45 million doses due to be ready in time for the start of a vaccination programme in mid-October.

"Individual countries have to look at their own conditions and adapt. They have to decide whether they want to stop transmission, protect essential infrastructure, or reduce illness and death,"
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/152097/swine-flu-vaccine-orders-pass-one-billion-who

if they get the money... will there be vaccines available to buy?
 

aplusmnt

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I have yet to see a swine flu related death that the person who died did not have other medical problems. Normal healthy people do not die from flu in today's modern times! Flu scares is the same as Global Warming hoax it is all about the money and the power!
 
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