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Comment by truth on July 29, 2009 at 3:44am

Judge: Swine flu good cause to suspend some constitutional rights

Judge made ruling over objections of county public defender's office and alternate defender's office after special 90-minute hearing 28 Jul 2009 (CA) A Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that there is legal justification to keep the Central Men’s Jail under medical quarantine – at least for a couple of days – to control a swine flu outbreak. Judge Thomas Goethals said the "significant medical public health event" in the men’s jail is good cause to temporarily suspend constitutional guarantees to speedy trials, preliminary hearings and arraignments for some criminal case defendants.

Pandemic 'contingency planning': Govt may invoke emergency clause t...

Such action would be "tantamount to a government takeover". 29 Jul 2009 The BBC could be asked to clear its schedules to make way for educational programmes if schools have to close due to swine flu, it has emerged. Ministers are understood to have had discussions with BBC officials as part of "contingency planning" for the pandemic. Discussions have centred around government moves to invoke a clause in the BBC's agreement which states that, in the case of an emergency, the government has the power to make the BBC broadcast another announcement or programme than that scheduled. However, the proposal has attracted strong criticism, with one BBC source saying such action would be "tantamount to a government takeover". The insider also claimed the clause did not give the government the right to direct programming.

Senate Pages May Have Contracted Swine Flu, Says Top Official

The H1N1 virus has arrived on Congress's doorstep. 28 Jul 2009 Five Senate pages appear to have contracted the dreaded flu virus, which has been linked to more than 300 deaths, and they have been quarantined from their peers and lawmakers, Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer announced Tuesday night in an internal memo to senators and staff. Gainer, who oversees the page program, said the teenagers "are exhibiting flu-like symptoms -- slightly elevated temperature, cough, and sore throats -- and the Office of Attending Physician believes that they most likely have influenza, quite possibly the H1N1 virus."

NHS cannot cope with swine flu epidemic, report warns 28 Jul 2009 The NHS may not be able to cope with a swine flu epidemic this winter as intensive care beds will be overwhelmed, a Lords report has warned. While preparations for a flu pandemic in Britain are more advanced than in most countries, there is more that could have been done, peers said in a report. The Government has failed to offer reassurance that NHS services can deal with an expected "second wave" of swine flu in the autumn, The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee said.

Comment by Tara on July 28, 2009 at 2:08pm

Swine flu vaccine: Pregnant women to the head of the line

9:29 AM, July 28, 2009
Pregnant women are likely to be among the first groups recommended to receive the vaccine for the new H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, because of their unusually high risk of dying from an infection. Of the 266 U.S. swine-flu-related deaths for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detailed information, 15 were pregnant women, the Associated Press reported this morning. That amounts to 6% of the deaths, although pregnant women account for only 1% of the population. Most of the women were healthy before they contracted the virus.

The CDC's advisory committee on vaccination will meet in Atlanta on Wednesday to set priorities for who should receive the new vaccine, which may begin to be available by October. The group is expected to follow a recommendation from the World Health Organization that healthcare workers, who are on the front lines of caring for infected patients, be the first to receive the vaccine. It now seems likely that pregnant women will be next.

Pregnant women have long been known to be at increased risk for adverse effects from seasonal influenza, and health authorities recommend every year that all pregnant women be vaccinated. Even so, only about an estimated 15% receive the shots. The women are thought to be at risk of developing pneumonia -- and dying -- because of changes to their lungs and immune system that are a normal part of pregnancy, and many physicians fear that the risk is even higher with H1N1. In fact, British and Swiss health authorities have notoriously argued that women should pospone getting pregnant until after the pandemic has passed.

The vaccine protects not only the mother but also her baby. A study conducted in Bangladesh and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last year found that vaccination for seasonal flu reduced flu in infants by 63%.

-- Thomas H. Maugh II

Comment by truth on July 28, 2009 at 11:47am

Vaccines Far More Deadly Than Swine Flu

The Institute of Science in Society
July 28, 2009

The vaccines far more deadly than the swine flu; mass vaccinations a recipe for disaster Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins

This report has been submitted to Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer of the UK, and to the US Food and Drugs Administration

Critics point out that the ‘vaccination experts’ are dominated by the vaccine makers standing to gain from the enormously lucrative vaccine and antiviral contracts awarded by governments.

Please circulate widely, with all the hyperlinks included, to your elected representatives, wherever you are

Comment by Tara on July 28, 2009 at 1:28am

'Dangers' of the fast-track swine flu vaccine

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:58 AM on 28th July 2009

Plans to fast-track the swine flu vaccine have been attacked by the World Health Organisation.
The Department of Health plans to make the vaccine available at least two months earlier than in America after limited safety tests.
More than 132million doses have been ordered with the first batch due to arrive next month.
But WHO flu chief Dr Keiji, 'There are certain areas where you simply do not try to make any economies. One of the things which cannot be compromised is the safety of vaccines.'

The European Medicines Agency, the drug regulatory body for the EU, is accelerating the approval process for the vaccine, allowing firms to bypass large-scale human trials.
Countries including Britain, Greece, France and Sweden plan to start using it as soon as it is cleared.

Comment by Tara on July 28, 2009 at 1:21am

The latest on H1N1 (Swine Flu) in Maryland (check for recurring upd...

H1N1, or Swine Flu, is making a comeback in Maryland and across the U.S. There's fear the outbreak could become even more aggressive as students go back to school. Already, the CDC considers the outbreak "widespread" (the most serious category) in Maryland and five other states. For that reason, state health officials are preparing for the worst. Department of Health and Mental Hygeine Secretary, John M. Colmers stressed, "Students and pre-school children will likely be a priority when an H1N1 flu vaccine becomes available. Our health and education leaders need to be prepared and ready to act should this flu continue to spread and pose a more serious health risk this fall."

Comment by truth on July 27, 2009 at 7:35pm

New York Proposes Mandatory Vaccinations for Health Care Workers: Crain's Business New York | The new rule .. http://bit.ly/kdUci

Comment by truth on July 27, 2009 at 7:34pm

NGO Suggests Elderly Should Be the First to Go in a Pandemic: Herald | NGO says "age-specific prioritizatio.. http://bit.ly/4ZFFC

Comment by peter b dunn on July 27, 2009 at 6:58pm

U rock james keep on keepin on mate :-)

Comment by truth on July 27, 2009 at 1:43pm

H1N1 / swine flu News Blitz 27 July 09

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Comment by truth on July 27, 2009 at 10:46am

Government Swine Flu Advisor On Vaccine Maker Payroll

... one of the UK government’s top advisors on swine flu also happens to be a sitting board member of GlaxoSmithKline, the company selling dangerous and untested swine flu vaccines, as well as anti-viral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, to the NHS.

“Professor Sir Roy Anderson sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), a 20-strong task force drawing up the action plan for the virus. Yet he also holds a £116,000-a-year post on the board of GlaxoSmithKline,” reports the Daily Mail.

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