Health Chiefs Admit “Pigs Ear” Over Swine Flu Pandemic

Global health chiefs have admitted, finally, that they may have ‘overreacted’ to the threat of a swine flu pandemic. This has left governments with millions of costly, unused vaccines.

WHO (World Health Organisation) has said that it may have failed to communicate its’ uncertainties surrounding the virulence of the new virus.

The UN agency was too quick to shout ‘pandemic’, critics claim, after the initial outbreak spread from Mexico. Top influenza expert, Keiji Fukuda admitted that the six-phase system for declaring a pandemic is confusing and the virus isn’t as deadly as bird flu. The scale takes into account the geographical spread of the virus, but not the severity, causing confusion. Mr Fukuda was addressing a meeting of medical experts, reviewing WHO’s handling of the first flu ‘pandemic’ in 40 years.

Britain alone wasted up to £300 million on vaccine that will never be used. The virus killed 17,770 people in 213 countries, says WHO. This is considerably lower than the estimates issued at the time.

Various Internet blogs and sites have put forth the thought that the ‘pandemic’ may have been created by drug companies, either unintentionally or to create a market for vaccines that remained sitting on shelves and were likely to do so until they expired. Drug companies are also accused of ‘cashing in’ on the outbreak, making billions from vaccines that are not actually needed.

I’ll let you decide for yourselve’s….