WHO  'recommends' global mandatory vaccination, Canada prepares
    
  President  Barack Obama holding a Homeland Security Council meeting about the swine flu  outbreak in the Cabinet Room, while Dr. Richard Bresser speaks, May 1, 2009.  (White House photo by Pete Souza)
  Why  are health ministers in places like British Columbia, Australia and Greece  telling the public that 'swine flu' is just ordinary H1N1 type A seasonal flu,  while at the same time they are preparing to vaccinate their entire populations  against H5N1 avian flu using untested vaccines that contain live avian flu?
 Why  are pandemic plans being laid to combat a more serious second wave of 'swine  flu' when it is already clear that such an outbreak is not happening in the  southern hemisphere, where the flu season is already under way? Both Australia  and Argentina report a normal flu season with no mutation of the 'swine flu'  virus.
 If  the world is really so concerned about a 'swine flu pandemic' this fall, why has  the World Health Organization stopped counting cases?
 These  are just some of the many questions being asked in the growing controversy over  the safety of 'pandemic flu' vaccinations that health officials everywhere are  planning for the entire global population.
 
  Disclaimer: We have extensively researched this subject  because it is so controversial and there is so little clear and accurate  information available. We were also inspired to look into the subject because of  the wide gap between public concern and media presentation, with most concerns  about vaccine safety being unaddressed by public health bodies and the media. We  have done our best to sort out all the conflicting information available, but do  not claim that the results of this research have revealed the complete truth. We  encourage you to check the links below and do your own research.
 
  WHO  launches global vaccination program
 The  World Health Organization has issued a binding 'recommendation' to all member  countries requiring them to institute mandatory vaccination programs. Under an  existing multilateral agreement this formally invokes each state's pandemic plan  and puts coordination under control of WHO. For some European states the  pandemic plan includes setting aside government as normal and ruling the country  by a special council under control of the EU and WHO. France has already  announced that it will effect a move to military rule beginning in  September.
 The  global pandemic vaccination program will begin somewhere around the end of  September and last about two months. Many countries are in the process of  acquiring from Baxter, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and other pharmaceutical  companies enough doses of vaccine to vaccinate their entire population twice.  They remain quiet about mandatory vaccination, simply saying they will make  vaccination 'available' to all on a priority basis. But Greece and Switzerland  have already announced that their programs will be mandatory and enforced by the  military. There are unconfirmed reports that Norway and Israel have done the  same. The United States is preparing for military 'assisted' mandatory  vaccination but has not explicitly declared its intentions to the public.
 Vaccine  safety concerns
 There  is huge controversy brewing over the lack of testing of these vaccines, whose  development has been fast-tracked. Czechoslovakia is not moving ahead with  vaccine purchases from Baxter because Baxter cannot guarantee their safety. In  Austria police are investigating Baxter on bioterrorism charges. There is  concern about reports that the vaccine (referred to in a Novartis patent as  "novel pandemic flu") is developed by infecting green monkeys, and that the U.S.  military helped with its development. Physicians and vaccine experts have  expressed grave concern about toxic substances that are already known to be in  these vaccines, such as mercury, squalene, mycoplasm and live H5N1 avian  flu.
 Many  are deeply troubled by the implications of mandatory (or effectively mandatory)  vaccination, especially given the known dangers of the vaccines. There have been  official statements that vaccination will be 'available' first to certain 'most  vulnerable' groups — health care workers, followed by children under two or  three and pregnant women, and then those with chronic health problems (including  obesity). These segments of the population are also the most likely to suffer  harm from vaccination. Some statements have been released generally prioritizing  everyone under 18 and over 65.
 Most  countries are acquiring enough vaccine to vaccinate their populations twice.  Vaccination is reported to consist of two separate injections about a month  apart — one for regular seasonal flu and one for 'swine flu' (both of which are  actually the same H1N1 type A seasonal influenza). It appears that the first  treatment will be traditional seasonal flu vaccine, while the second will be  some kind of "novel" flu vaccine containing different adjuvants (which are the  main safety concern).
 Registration
 Canada  has said that it may need to "verify eligibility" for vaccination.
    "Planners    need to develop methods of identifying the numbers for each population    subgroup and how best to confirm inclusion in a particular subgroup at the    level of the immunization clinic." (Canadian pandemic plan)
 Greece  has said that everyone will be required to register. So clearly there may be  some kind of identification and/or registration in Canada and possibly the  issuance of vaccination certificates, the non-possession of which some are  concerned could be used to deny various services — such as health insurance, day  care, or employment — and thus effectively force people to accept  vaccination.
 Economic  and social disruption
 There  is speculation that at least for the duration of the global vaccination program  there could be widespread chaos and disruption, which would undoubtedly have an  economic impact. Sick or quarantined people may not be able to work, people may  refuse to go to work for their own protection, and travel may be seriously  restricted, especially internationally. Some news stories have been encouraging  small businesses to make contingency plans. We already saw some examples of air  travel interruptions in April and May. It is not clear whether travel  restrictions, such as highway check points, might apply within countries. There  have also been hints from Sweden that the Internet may be shut down during the  vaccination program.
 New  Brunswick's pandemic plan anticipates "disruption of essential services."   U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has said that  "depending on the severity of the outbreak, community mitigation could involve  more systematic means of social distancing, including limits on large gatherings  and, if necessary and appropriate, temporary school or workplace  closures."
 The  disruption of business as usual will likely force people to make do with less,  to do more things for themselves, to obtain more goods and services locally, and  to spend more time at home — all things that perhaps we should be doing anyway,  for our health, for the environment, and for a better society.
 The  Canadian plan
 The  Canadian pandemic plan calls for vaccination of the entire population over a  period of (ideally) two months. Vaccinations would be administered through  workplace, school and community mass-immunization clinics.
 Canada  has ordered just over 50 million doses of H1N1 vaccine under its ten-year  sole-supplier contract with GlaxoSmithKline.
 To  put things in perspective, about 4,000 to 8,000 people can die annually in  Canada from seasonal influenza. This assumes the current level of protection. If  we did have a pandemic (of which there is currently no evidence), according to  the Public Health Agency of Canada website, a moderately severe  pandemicwithout any protection could kill between 11,000 and  58,000 Canadians — or 3 to 7 times as many as a normal flu year. But that is an  overstatement, because we would actually have anti-virals and vaccines the same  as now.
    "What    is the expected impact of an influenza pandemic in Canada? Just as we do not    know when the next pandemic will strike, we cannot predict how severe it will    be. That will depend on the influenza strain that emerges, how easily it    spreads, which groups of people are affected, and how effectively we respond.    Assuming a moderately severe pandemic, and in the absence of a pandemic    vaccine and antivirals, it is estimated that between 15 and 35 percent of    Canadians could become ill, 34,000 to 138,000 individuals may need to be    hospitalized; and between 11,000 and 58,000 deaths could  occur."
 A  poll carried out for the Public Health Agency of Canada indicates that only 60  per cent of Canadians would choose to take pandemic flu shots. Why is the 'swine  flu pandemic' so controversial? Why are so many people vowing they will not be  vaccinated? We will talk more about this in a second story about the safety of  the H1N1/H5N1 vaccine.
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