Don't buy into hysteria over H1N1

All this hysteria about the swine flu is enough to make one sick.

Now obviously the flu can be deadly, particularly for someone with a weakened immune system. However as flus go, contrary to all the media hype, for individuals with a healthy immune system this flu is relatively mild. So the question is: Are you more at risk from the vaccination then you are from the disease?

We've been told that the vaccine has been tested and is safe. But in reality the testing lasts about two weeks, and is only looking for glaring signs of illnesses. There have been no tests done to determine its long-term safety, and autoimmune disorders can take years to develop and be diagnosed. Again contrary to what we have been lead to believe the vaccines do contain many toxic ingredients such as mercury, aluminum, squalene, and these have been linked to long-term problems.

But don't worry the drug companies are fully protected in that they cannot be held liable for unfortunate side effects that you may experience.

Meanwhile, we have no idea just how many cases of H1N1 there actually are because the swine flu was declared a pandemic. So now whenever anyone shows any flu like symptoms it is automatically assumed to be the H1N1 thus no actually testing is required. Thus the numbers of confirmed cases are anything but confirmed.

So what is really going on here? First we have a flu that has only killed a few hundred people worldwide, meanwhile the ordinary seasonal flu kills 25,000 to 30,000. This is being sold as the deadliest flu outbreak in years. Why? Might it have something more to do with 1.5 billion dollars in vaccine sales rather then with public health?

Richard Gideon

Schaumburg