Is swine flu being used by politicians and big pharma?

Everybody has different opinions on the swine flu/H1N1 virus going around right now.

• There are some who want the vaccine, and can't wait for the medical personnel in the lab coat to give it to them, are using germ-x around the clock going into hyper-hygiene overdrive, and are scared that this is going to be a big killer.
• Then there are those who believe that the government and Big Pharma are using it as a scare tactic to make big money and get a health care bill passed and don't believe it is any different than any other flu.
• Then there are some who are ensuring everybody is exercising good hygiene in the household, aren't overly concerned about it, and in more of a "wait and see" mode.

I fall within the last two. While I am making sure my kids are washing their hands regularly (and as soon as they walk in the door from school so any germs they brought home from school don't get passed on too), I'm not panicking over it. I don't want any flu bug in the house if we can help it, not just the swine flu but seasonal flu as well. I believe the government and the pharmaceutical companies are making this seem worse for their own agendas.

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Lawsuit Against Swine Flu Vaccine

Emergency legal action has been filed against the swine flu vaccine. This is who filed it and the agencies and people who are the defendants:

Gary Null, PhD, Rima E. Laibow, MD, Susanne Field, RN,
Cherryl Robbins, CNA, Mary Kuchman, Heather Walker,
Natural Solutions Foundation Foundation for Health Choice

Plaintiffs,

vs.

U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES,
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS,
in her official capacity as
Secretary of Health and Human Services,
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services

MARGARET HAMBURG, M.D.,
in her official capacity as
Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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You can read the text of the Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-01924 here.


To summarize, they're asking for a temporary restraining order to stop "the distribution, licensing and use of four controversial vaccines -- including their use under an existing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) -- until there has been adequate safety testing and a full opportunity for public hearings."

They suit is "alleging that the FDA violated the law in its hurried approval by failing to determine the safety and efficacy of the vaccines as required by law since 1964."

They're saying they a law has been violated and that they haven't proven that the vaccine is safe or effective before giving it to the public. They also claim that the FDA has not produced any "scientific evidence documenting safety tests." Read more here.

Sure doesn't give me any warm fuzzies over running out and getting the vaccine.

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What party am I?

Do I call myself a Democrat, Republican or Independent?

Nope to all of the above. I've not latched on to any one party. Not yet. Not sure when I will make it official. Not sure it matters.

I have a mix of views and don't think I fall into any one category other than to say I know I'm not far left-leaning. I do not want socialism. I do not want the government micro-managing my life (does anybody like a micro-manager on the job). I do not want my income to pay for bigger government, long-term welfare recipients (especially without drug testing), or illegal individuals. I think big bail-outs are wrong. I think politicians who use tax dollars for irrelevant and frivolous special interest groups are wrong - they should raise their own funds for their own special interest groups and leave my money alone. Don't tell me I don't have the right to bear arms if I choose to or what insurance I have to have. I think politicians who associate with criminals, or behave criminally themselves, should be put out of office without the cushy retirement. I think the politicians' retirement plans are too much and a burden on the American people they shouldn't have. How is it right that we pay for such a nice retirement for the politicians yet many of us can barely put money away for our own retirement? I think we should be a multi-party country over a two-party system. I don't want religion involved in government or schools...religion is a personal choice and should stay personal. I think anybody who terrorizes us and tries to or succeeds in killing Americans in a terrorist act should be smited off the face of the earth (ok, maybe not totally turned into dust but you get the general idea)...don't turn the other cheek.

That's about all for my complaints tonight I think.

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Political News Today

It's been a few weeks since I've posted here. I got busy with a lot of other stuff.

Some of the current political headlines today:

• White House Escalates War of Words with FOX News
• Poor nations get swine flu jabs. (I post this on a political blog because I'm just not sure if the big push for the vaccine for the H1N1 (swine flu) has less to do with the public's health amd more to do with Big Pharma's pockets and the government's interests. Is this Big Pharma's way of cleaing up their image, by donating all these vaccines to poorer nations?)
• At least 25,000 more troops needed in Afghanistan.
• Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: A blessing or a curse?

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