In 1976, the US government declared that there was going to be an epidemic of swine flu that had the potential to infect millions and kill tens of thousands.

This claim was based on the fact that 1 soldier at Fort Dix in New Jersey had died and blood testing
had shown evidence that he was infected with a strain of flu normally found in pigs.
Approximately 200 other soldiers at the same base came down with the same strain of the flu virus but recovered with no ill effects.
There were no cases reported in any other location.
The US government, fearing a repeat of the worldwide swine flu epidemic in the early part of the 20th century, rushed through a vaccine which,
within a period of a few short months, was administered to nearly 25% of the US adult population.
Despite the fact that the swine flu epidemic never eventuated,
more than 500 vaccine recipients were reported to have developed Guillaine-Barre Syndrome
a form of paralysis which is clinically indistinguishable from polio.
Twenty-fiveAmericans died as a result. It is thought that many more cases and deaths occurred but were never reported.
At the time, the swine flu fiasco was held up as a precautionary example of how a
government that panics can do more harm to its population than any infectious disease.
Despite this, governments around the world today are rushing to repeat the mistakes of 1976.
They are working to fast-track the development of a swine flu (H1N1) vaccine and in some cases,
discussing the need to mandate this shot.
Before we submit to yet another unnecessary and possibly deadly vaccine, there are several questions that need to be answered:

1. Is there any possibility that the H1N1 virus occurred naturally? Being a combination of 2 types of swine flu, avian influenza and human flu, isn't it more likely that this was an accidental release from a vaccine laboratory?

2. How many of the 'suspected' cases of H1N1 are actually confirmed by laboratory testing?

3. How many deaths have been reported in Australia from this virus? Over the same period that we have been tracking H1N1, how many deaths have occurred from the naturally-circulating flu virus?

4. Since reassortment (combining of viral strains from one species with viruses from other species to create newer and potentially more virulent strains) is a real possibility, why is it that the H1N1 vaccine is being prepared using chick embryos? Couldn't this sort of technology lead to even stronger strains of avian influenza?

In the US, the Obama administration is proposing a 3-vaccine schedule for the coming (Northern Hemisphere)
winter flu season - 2 shots of H1N1 (swine)flu vaccine and 1 shot of human flu vaccine.
Australia's own CSL Labs has promised to complete development of the H1N1 vaccine by this time
and has been talking up the fact that they may not be able to produce enough to cover
worldwide demand so bidding for the 'honour' of supplying a country's population with these shots promises to be interesting.
What is the real risk? As we saw in 1976, the real risk lies, not with the flu
virus which,after all, will only be a problem for those whose immune systems are compromised,
but with the attempts to prevent this disease using untested vaccines cultured
on animal tissue and administered en masse regardless of the health status of the vaccinees.
Twice in the last few years, we were warned of deadly outbreaks (three times in the
United States since they were told they faced a potentially life-threatening West Nile Virus epidemic).
SARS and Avian Influenza turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
It seems that governments and drug companies do not intend to allow the same thing to happen with H1N1.
We have a lot more to fear from the efforts to prevent this disease then we do from the disease itself.
It is up to each one of us to be vigilant and to ensure that our government does not use this
disease as an excuse to take away our rights to reject vaccination.
While mandatory quarantine and dosing with Tamiflu is already taking place in Australia,
the writing is on the wall for future efforts to restrict our rights even further.
Please forward this information to friends and family and ask them to write to their local and federal members of parliament
(you can find their contact details on your state or federal government websites) to ask them to test our flu vaccines for H1N1 contamination
and to ensure that those who choose not to vaccinate will not be used as scapegoats by the medical community and the media.