Further to the bird flu entry here, there's another article here that talks about the bird flu hoax.
Interestingly, the intelligence analysis by Stratfor has these particular comments…
An uncomfortable but undeniable fact is that there are a great many people and institutions in this world that have a vested interest in feeding the bird flu scare.
My own research into this has found the following information:
- Gilead developed Tamiflu in 1996 and used F. Hoffman-La Roche for global development and marketing in exchange for royalties (link)
- US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was made Chairman of Gilead in 1997 (link)
- In 2003, Roche begins increasing Tamiflu production "in preparation for massive orders", with up to $2 billion from the US government (particularly the US Department of Defense, of which Rumsfeld is head of) (link)
- It wasn't until December 2004 that WHO issued a warning "that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to 7 million people" (link). (I'm curious as to how the US government knew there would be a 'bird flu pandemic' and order Tamiflu a year before the World Health Organisation started warning people.)
- 2005, and the US government advises that "a super flu could kill up to" 2 million Americans. The Bush administration advises it's spent a year updating its plan on how to fight the next flu pandemic. Again, this update apparently started a full year after Roche began preparing for massive orders…. (link).
People around the world start going into panic mode. International governments begin stocking up on their supply of Tamiflu (link). Donald Rumsfeld, the US Secretary of Defense and also Chairman of Gilead, the creator of Tamiflu, rakes in the money from his shares in Gilead. I'm sure it's a coincidence that the US Department of Defense, of which Rumsfeld is head of, is behind most of the movement within America of causing panic about the bird flu, and stocking up on supplies to combat it.
Let's revisit what Stratfor's intelligence analysis says:
An uncomfortable but undeniable fact is that there are a great many people and institutions in this world that have a vested interest in feeding the bird flu scare.
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