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INTERVIEW WITH EPIDEMIOLOGIST TOM JEFFERSON
The world has been gripped with fears of swine flu in recent weeks. In an interview with SPIEGEL, epidemiologist Tom Jefferson speaks about dangerous fear-mongering, misguided, money-driven research and why we should all be washing our hands a lot more often.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/wor ... 19,00.html

Another article about how the Swine flu has spurred the Church of England to revive a rule drawn up more than 450 years ago when bubonic plague swept the land.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67c135fc-7630 ... abdc0.html

This is just way to much common sense for goverment and big pharm too understand!
After reading the Spiegal article and other articles you may have read regarding the flu please respond to the poll.

Quote taken from Spiegal article:

Jefferson: Not particularly good. An influenza vaccine is not working for the majority of influenza-like illnesses because it is only designed to combat influenza viruses. For that reason, the vaccine changes nothing when it comes to the heightened mortality rate during the winter months. And, even in the best of cases, the vaccine only works against influenza viruses to a limited degree. Among other things, there is always the danger that the flu virus in circulation will have changed by the time that the vaccine product is finished with the result that, in the worst case, the vaccine will be totally ineffectual. In the best of cases, the few decent studies that exist show that the vaccine mainly works with healthy young adults. With children and the elderly, it only helps a little, if at all.