Awesome post Sofi!! I wish I could give you a magic cookie for this!

The IHR aspect of your post was especially upsetting, but not at all
surprising. I had no idea we had signed on. Of course in 2005 we had other "issues" on our mind. (i.e. the war, the 2004 election, Hurricanes Rita
& Katrina, the 7/7 bombings, etc.) I had been wondering, in my brief MSM watching of info on this flu, why all of a sudden it was called "H1N1" and
not swine flu.
I think that what upsets me the most right now is the push for vaccination with Tamiflu and other "viral" remedies. In a clear contradiction of
information, the MSM first reports the "importance" of getting vaccinated, yet two hours and one special report later, they are saying that H1N1 is
highly resistant to our current vaccines.
I understand and know why this is done, but it still upsets me because the majority of our populace wants to be
told what they should know,
relying on the easiest and least mind-numbing source available. A problem we here at ATS are well aware of.
While I was looking into how and if this virus has infected pigs on organic farms, I found this article by Dr. Michael Greger called
Swine Flu & Factory Farms: The Fast Track To Disaster . I found this portion of
the article very interesting:
... 1998, was the year North Carolina's pig population hit ten million, up from two million just six years before.[10] At the same time, the number
of hog farms was decreasing, from 15,000 in 1986 to 3,600 in 2000.[11] How do five times more animals fit on almost five times fewer farms? By
crowding about 25 times more pigs into each operation.
This, according to the article, is in direct relation to the appearance of H3N2, the triple reassortment of the H1N1 virus. Also stated in the
article is how many of the industrial pig farms are located in close proximity to poultry farms. It is an article worth checking out. I am still
searching for info of H1N1 in organic swine farms, but have yet to find anything significant. I am trying to find out what at what rate it appears, if
it does, and what is done
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