CLG_Flu_Oddities

DoD to carry out 'military missions' during pandemic, WMD attack

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:40:53 -0400

By Lori Price On Thursday, the Bush administration issued a directive which 'establishes a National Strategy for Public Health and Medical Preparedness (Strategy), which builds upon principles set forth in Biodefense for the 21st Century (April 2004) and will transform our national approach to protecting the health of the American people against [with] all disasters.' HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-21 states that within one year of the directive's date, 'the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, shall establish an academic Joint Program for Disaster Medicine and Public Health housed at a National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences... Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense authorities will be used to carry out respective civilian and military missions within this joint program.'

Troops, key doctors to get first U.S. bird flu shots

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:45:45 -0400

Deployed military troops, emergency workers, pregnant women and children will be among the first to get scarce vaccinations if a pandemic strain of flu breaks out, U.S. officials said. A long-awaited report to be issued on Tuesday lays out who would be first in line to get vaccinated against [with] H5N1 bird flu or any other strain of pandemic influenza.

Bush Greases Skids For UN Pandemic Power Grab

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:20:44 -0400

Bestselling author [Jerome Corsi] "wouldn't put it past" Globalists to release virus to capitalize on control By Paul Joseph Watson --The World Health Organization and the U.N. have been handed complete control over response procedures in the event of a pandemic outbreak in the U.S. after an agreement was signed by President [sic] Bush at the recent SPP meeting that bypasses congressional approval.

Bird flu shock

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:26:12 -0400

Up to 650,000 people could die in the UK if there was a worldwide outbreak of human or avian flu. A Home Office report outlines emergency plans for mass burials and morgues in refrigerated trucks.

Flu pandemic 'could kill 650,000'

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:26:43 -0400

Up to 650,000 people could die in England and Wales if there were a flu pandemic, according to a Home Office document that outlines plans for dealing with an outbreak, including measures for mass burials and refrigerated storage of bodies

Warning of new bird flu danger

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:27:05 -0400

Bird flu has spread between several humans, according to a new study of deaths in Indonesia last year.

Bush's SPP power grab sets stage for military to manage flu threats

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:27:32 -0400

U.S. under U.N. law in health emergency By Jerome R. Corsi --The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit in Canada released a plan that establishes U.N. law along with regulations by the World Trade Organization and World Health Organization as supreme over U.S. law during a pandemic and sets the stage for militarizing the management of continental health emergencies. The "North American Plan for Avian & Pandemic Influenza" was finalized at the SPP summit last week in Montebello, Quebec. At the same time, the U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, has created a webpage dedicated to avian flu and has been running exercises in preparation for the possible use of U.S. military forces in a continental domestic emergency involving avian flu or pandemic influenza.

Combatting Avian Flu in North America: The North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:28:43 -0400

The North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza was announced by the Presidents of the United States and Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada on August 21, 2007 in Montebello, Canada, at the North American Leaders Summit. The Plan was developed as part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). The SPP is a trilateral effort launched in March 2005 to increase security and enhance prosperity in Canada, Mexico and the United States through greater cooperation and information sharing.

NORTHCOM Prepares for Possible Pandemic

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:29:02 -0400

U.S. Northern Command recently hosted representatives from more than 40 international, federal and state agencies for an exercise designed to provoke discussion and determine what governmental actions, including military support [martial law, KBR detention cetnres], would be necessary in the event of an influenza pandemic in the United States... "NORTHCOM will not be running the show in the event of a pandemic," said Dave Wilkins, the NORTHCOM exercise facilitator. "We will be taking guidance and requests from other agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, via the secretary of defense."

Person-to-person bird flu confirmed

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:30:05 -0400

Bird flu has spread between humans on several occasions, a new study of deaths in Indonesia last year has found.

"No-Evacuation Required During a Bird Flu Outbreak"

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:30:30 -0400

Chlorine Dioxide Gas to Be Used to Create 'Virus-Free' Areas --Experimental data and practical applications of chlorine dioxide 'against' pandemic influenza to be presented at international bird flu summit in the US. (New-Fields) At the 5th International Bird Flu Summit organized by New-Fields Exhibition Inc., Dr. Norio Ogata of the Japanese Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is to present the company’s experimental data and practical applications of chlorine dioxide 'against' pandemic influenza. The product to be launched uses chlorine dioxide gas to create virus-free living spaces.

Killer flu recreated in the lab

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:31:43 -0400

UK Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions. A US team added two genes from a sample of the 1918 virus to a modern strain known to have no effect on mice. Animals exposed to this composite were dying within days of symptoms similar to those found in human victims of the 1918 pandemic.

1918 killer flu secrets revealed

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:34:01 -0400

Scientists have worked out how the virus which caused the world's worst flu epidemic infected man. They believe the virus, which claimed the lives of up to 50m people around the world, jumped from birds to humans. The breakthrough, published in Science, should help doctors identify which future bird viruses pose a threat to man at an earlier stage.

Flu 'Oddities'

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:34:20 -0400

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