Swine Flu virus is man-made claims Australian researcher
WHO workers ship out antiviral drugs
The World Health Organization is investigating a claim by an Australian researcher that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error, Australian newspaper The Age reported Wednesday.
“Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Roche’s Tamiflu drug, said in an interview that he intends to publish a report suggesting the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines,” the newspaper said.
The report added the World Health Organization is studying the claim that the virus that has so far killed dozens and made thousands sick may have been created in a lab by mistake.
The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that 33 countries have now reported 5728 confirmed cases of the Swine Flu virus.
The United States leads in confirmed cases with 3009 lab confirmed infections and three deaths. However, a research study released in the science magazine online reports Mexico’s current figure of 2059 cases with 56 confirmed deaths is a gross underestimation. The peer reviewed study said the number of infected people in Mexico at the end of April was most likely at around 23,000.
Costa Rica and Canada are the only two other countries to report deaths as a result of complications caused by the virus. WHO said Canada has reported 358 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death. Costa Rica has reported eight laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths – Argentina (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (8), China (3, comprising 1 in China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and 2 in mainland China), Colombia (6), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (4), Finland (2), France (13), Germany (12), Guatemala (3), Ireland (1), Israel (7), Italy (9), Japan (4), Netherlands (3), New Zealand (7), Norway (2), Panama (29), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (3), Spain (98), Sweden (2), Switzerland (1), Thailand (2), and the United Kingdom (68).
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I believe the premise of dirty tricks in the H1N1 problem A number of years back, it was found that US Gov’t agents went upstream from a place where US Citizens were swimming, and floated pieces of styrofoam laden with cold or flu germs down amongst them to see how many would catch the disease.
They were also complicit in injecting a group of black males with syphilis to observe the reaction on their bodies. I believe the men were paid, but they were not treated…and they died. I don’t remember the year this was done, quite a long while back, but documented. AC
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Good on you, Adrian….please do speak out about this Swine Flu before the government implement this Swine Flu Vaccine and save the billion for Tamiflu. Only those drug company will benefit it. Anyone trust the Vaccine? What is in the Vaccine anyway? I rather have the flu than the ‘created’ vaccine.
Folks, be vigilant!!!!….it is our life.
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I am not at all surprised to hear it was developed in a laboratory. As I am sure the real criminals who rule us are behind many of these issues, in order to bring the population of the word down to as they say, “a sustainable level”.