Jun 22, 2010

Was swine flu really a pandemic?

There is evidence that the swine flu was not really a pandemic as many in the health community claimed.

Scientists who advised the World Health Organization on its influenza policies and recommendations -- including the decision to proclaim the so-called swine flu a "pandemic" had close ties to companies that manufacture vaccines and antiviral medicines like Tamiflu, a fact that WHO did not publicly disclose.

The links between the advisors and the companies that make money from vaccines and flu treatments were detailed in a report published online by the British medical journal BMJ, which investigated the advisors' role in WHO's policy.

The report acknowledged that flu experts do "need to work with industry to develop the best possible drugs for illnesses," but said that allowing industry experts to have a role in the formulation of public health policy was a slippery slope.

Worse was the failure of WHO officials to disclose the conflicts of interest or even identify the members of its advisory committee.

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P.S.
This guy knew swine flu wasn't a pandemic all along.