Drug companies face European inquiry over swine flu vaccine stockpiles

The Guardian | Jan. 11, 2010 (News)

Council of Europe to discuss whether pharmaceutical firms spread alarm over pandemic to boost orders of medicines European health chiefs are to hold emergency talks about whether pharmaceutical giants have unduly influenced governments into squandering public money on vast stockpiles of unnecessary swine flu drugs. The Council of Europe will debate a resolution that accuses drug companies of leaning on public health officials to alarm governments about the ... Full Story »

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This article features news in Europe that has not reached or interested U.S. media, featuring a leading vaccine authority stating the swine flu pandemic was a hoax by the WHO to help pharmaceutical firms.

I was the reporter who broke the story in 1976 that the swine flu shot caused Guillain-Barre syndrome and wrote about swine flu deja vu last year for The Washington Post. Other links also verify what I had written concerning the claim by the CDC that the vaccine was produced just like seasonal flu. Authorities in Europe now report one company made it from cancer cells. The main source here claims it can pose a health risk.

“In this way, the producers of vaccines are sure of enormous gains without having any financial risks. So they just wait, until WHO says ... More »

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