H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 21, in Today's News 07.23.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. Today's news brings us a new player in the H1N1 flu scare-scam: the National Institutes of Health. We haven't heard from them up to now, but it appears their assigned role is to convince the public that the H1N1 vaccine is safe. And so, they are asking for volunteers to test the vaccine.

An Associated Press release has a revealing quote: "The new swine flu strain is part of the H1N1 family of influenza viruses. We're used to that family. Some strain of H1N1 has been included in regular influenza vaccine for 33 years..." Oh, really!

Continuing: "The swine flu vaccine 'falls somewhere between a completely new vaccine and a strain change we do every year...", said Dr. John Treanor of the University of Rochester.

And so how would you read that quote? It would seem that to say the vaccine is only a strain change wouldn't be sufficient to promote the scare campaign. So, the problem is covered by saying it might be a new vaccine.