All Videos Tagged think-tank (12160 Social Network) - 12160 Social Network2024-05-04T01:37:35Zhttps://12160.info/video/video/listTagged?tag=think-tank&rss=yes&xn_auth=noCFR Recording Suggests Creating False Scarcity To Drive Up Demand For H1N1 Vaccinetag:12160.info,2011-11-26:2649739:Video:7143492011-11-26T20:22:50.060ZMaashttps://12160.info/profile/Massanova
A recording of a recent Council On Foreign Relations symposium<br></br>
reveals attendees discussing ways and means of getting the public<br></br>
to take the H1N1 flu vaccine in spite of the mass resistance<br></br>
that has arisen due to questions over it's safety.<br></br>
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<p align="left">The recording dates from October 16 when the CFR held a Symposium in New York entitled <strong><a href="http://www.cfr.org/project/1442/cfr_symposium_on_pandemic_influenza.html" target="_blank">Pandemic…</a></strong></p>
A recording of a recent Council On Foreign Relations symposium<br />
reveals attendees discussing ways and means of getting the public<br />
to take the H1N1 flu vaccine in spite of the mass resistance<br />
that has arisen due to questions over it's safety.<br />
<p></p>
<p align="left">The recording dates from October 16 when the CFR held a Symposium in New York entitled <strong><a href="http://www.cfr.org/project/1442/cfr_symposium_on_pandemic_influenza.html" target="_blank">Pandemic Influenza: Science, Economics, and Foreign Policy</a>.</strong>
</p>
<p align="left">The meeting was held in order to encourage a consensus for policy to present to the federal government concerning the so called swine flu pandemic.
</p>
<p align="left">In attendance were professors and doctors from several influential universities and medical schools, along with media representatives from Science Magazine, The
Canadian Press and The Financial Times.<br />
</p>
<p align="left">Other notable attendees included Robert E. Rubin, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and current Co-Chair of the CFR, along with John Lange, Senior Program Officer of the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Program.<br />
</p>
<p align="left">During part of the discussion (<strong><a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/20442/session_i_of_a_council_on_foreign_relations_symposium_on_pandemic_influenza.html" target="_blank">see transcript</a></strong>) on whether or not the vaccine should be made mandatory for health workers and school children, Lone
Simonsen, Research Professor and Research Director at the Department<br />
of Global Health, George Washington University, suggests creating<br />
an artificial scarcity in order to ramp up demand for the vaccine.<br />
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<p align="left">"I think what would work better would be to say that there was a shortage and people tend to buy more of something that's in demand. (Laughter.) We saw that -- there
was one season where, really, people lined up all night to get<br />
a flu shot." Simonsen says, much to the amusement of the<br />
other attendees at the symposium.<br />
</p>
<p align="left">The entire recording is on the CFR website <strong><a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/20439/pandemic_influenza.html" target="_blank">here</a></strong></p>