[FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/31/05 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the mindset. Having bought into the propaganda being distributed right now, which IMO is *intended to* create a sense of fear in the population. T'would seem that it worked. You don't think the bird flu thing is a real threat? At least one person is coming forth saying it is nothing more than a) a plan to keep the fear going b) moneymaking for the same ol' people http://www.mercola.com/2005/oct/25/avian_flu_epidemic_is_a_hoax.htm Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/31/05 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the mindset. Having bought into the propaganda being distributed right now, which IMO is *intended to* create a sense of fear in the population. T'would seem that it worked. You don't think the bird flu thing is a real threat? Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Last week, President Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of 200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic but it could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone. This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations. So the U.S. placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug at a price of $100 per dose. That comes to a staggering $2 billion. We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, in yesterday's New York Times, they were battling whether or not they would allow generic drug companies to help increase their production. But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually developed by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the exclusive rights to market and sell Tamiflu. Ahh, The Plot Thickens... If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997. Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/31/05 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the mindset. Having bought into the propaganda being distributed right now, which IMO is *intended to* create a sense of fear in the population. T'would seem that it worked. You don't think the bird flu thing is a real threat? It might become one, but it is being hyped by the media to inspire fear. The fear is not justified by the current state of the disease, but is being exploited because it money for the media. Bad news sells. The badder the news, the more fear it inspires, the more money you make. Simple as that. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/31/05 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the mindset. Having bought into the propaganda being distributed right now, which IMO is *intended to* create a sense of fear in the population. T'would seem that it worked. You don't think the bird flu thing is a real threat? At least one person is coming forth saying it is nothing more than a) a plan to keep the fear going b) moneymaking for the same ol' people http://www.mercola.com/2005/oct/25/avian_flu_epidemic_is_a_hoax.htm He makes a few good points, but he misses (I can't believe it's inadvertent) the *main* point, which is the threat that the bird flu virus will mutate to human-to-human transmission. A virus that is passed from birds to humans is not a major threat; one that passes from humans to humans, against which humans do not have immunity, is a potential global disaster--not just from the illness itself but from the large-scale breakdowns of essential services and even international order that are likely to occur as a result. Independent epidemology and infectious disease experts generally agree that the likelihood of mutation to human-to-human transmission is high. Everything else is just speculation at this point: when it will happen, how virulent and lethal the mutated virus will be. But not to prepare for the worst-case scenario is a little like telling a heavy smoker that he doesn't need to quit because it's possible he won't get lung cancer. Moreover, even if this particular strain of avian flu doesn't mutate into a real killer, there are plenty of other animal diseases which could also mutate at some point and cause a pandemic. The experts say it's not a matter of if but when. (These experts, by the way, are not all employed by companies that make vaccines and antiviral medications, nor are they all employed by the government or the media. There's good reason to think the government *does* want us to be afraid, and the pharma companies *do* want to sell lots of drugs, and the media *do* want to attract maximum eyeballs--but this does NOT mean there is no threat. It simply means the drug companies and the government and the media are opportunists who aim to take advantage of the threat to advance their own goals.) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
Remember the duct tape and plastic sheets episode? Turns out the companies that make both those things donated heavily to Bush et al in the first campaign. On Oct 31, 2005, at 10:21 AM, anonymousff wrote: Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bird Flu, was: Florida News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/31/05 2:44 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm talking about the mindset. Having bought into the propaganda being distributed right now, which IMO is *intended to* create a sense of fear in the population. T'would seem that it worked. You don't think the bird flu thing is a real threat? Rumsfeld To Profit From Avian Flu Hoax Finally, the pieces of the puzzle start to add up. Last week, President Bush sought to instill panic in this country by telling us a minimum of 200,000 people will die from the avian flu pandemic but it could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone. This hoax is then used to justify the immediate purchase of 80 million doses of Tamiflu, a worthless drug that in no way shape or form treats the avian flu, but only decreases the amount of days one is sick and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations. So the U.S. placed an order for 20 million doses of this worthless drug at a price of $100 per dose. That comes to a staggering $2 billion. We are being told that Roche manufactures Tamiflu and, in yesterday's New York Times, they were battling whether or not they would allow generic drug companies to help increase their production. But if you dig further you will find that a drug was actually developed by a company called Gilead that 10 years ago gave Roche the exclusive rights to market and sell Tamiflu. Ahh, The Plot Thickens... If you read the link below from Gilead, you'll discover Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made the chairman of Gilead in 1997. Since Rumsfeld holds major portions of stock in Gilead, he will handsomely profit from the scare tactics of the government that is being used to justify the purchase of $2 billion of Tamiflu. Yea, that conspiracy sounds so plausible. Lets see, how would that unfold. The cabinet is sitting around and Rummie says: Hey guys, its my turn to profit from some scam. I gave my Gilead stock to my private foundatation, but its now fighting to get the rights back for manufacturing Tamiflu. It may or may not be successful, and if it does, it may or may not make no more money from Tamiflu than by simply licencing it from Roche -- since Roche is offering that now. But hey, why don't you guys in Health and all stir up this big scar -- and then we can spend more money we don't have for nothing useful -- even tho we have a huge budget crunch, and even tho this would be a huge scandal if uncovered and would sink the administration and disgrace all of us eternally, and Gilead may or may not profit, so fucking what, because my foundation might then have some more money to spend on public service things. And somehow, that makes me happy -- even though with my existing 35-135 million that I have, I could just give more to the foundation if I want to do more foundation work, but what the hell, you guys have nothing better to do. So please guys do one for the Rummie. yea, that makes a lot of sense. Got any more good ones to run by us. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
