So, with all the controversy on this thread surrounding the validity of the data from the WHO and the controversey about Big Pharma's involvement,
and illegal contracts, I decided to do some research.
Now, here in the states, I know that Big Pharma funds just about every kind of medical education you can find...medical schools, pharmacy schools,
nursing schools, continuing education. They're all funded by Big Pharma.
(Which is why I refuse to go to continuing education seminars and dinners anymore, and quit my job as Education Program Manager for a pharmacy
association....but that's another story....)
So, I figured, knowing Big Pharma's history here in the US, my guess is that they also fund the WHO....which would make sense of why WHO is making
everything sound like H1N1 and pushing for the vaccine.
So, first, I did a quick google on the WHO:
I went to wikipedia, and I found this:
The WHO is financed by contributions from member states and from donors. In recent years, the WHO's work has involved more collaboration; there are
currently around 80 such partnerships with NGOs and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as with foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Voluntary contributions to the WHO from national and local governments, foundations and NGOs, other UN
organizations, and the private sector, now exceed that of assessed contributions (dues) from the 193 member nations. [14]PDF (30.1 KB)
Then, I went to the partnerships section, and lo and behold, take a look at all the partnerships with vaccine initiatives. Who do you think funds the
vaccine initiatives?
Private sector partnerships
Aeras: Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation
DNDi: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
IASP: International Association for Suicide Prevention
IAVI: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IOWH: Institute for One World Health
IPM: International Partnership for Microbicides
MMV: Medicines for Malaria Venture
MVI: Malaria Vaccine Initiative
PATH: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
PDVI: Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative
TB Alliance: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
GAVI Alliance: Global alliance for vaccines
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
And that's an incomplete list. And that's a very, very, very rudimentary study of who funds the WHO.
Follow the money.
The WHO is partially (mostly?) funded by the drug manufacturers. Just like the FDA. Which is why we can't trust either group anymore.
I stopped trusting the FDA and the CDC a long time ago. I can now add the WHO to my list of entities that can not be trusted.
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