Where are the names Margaret?
Dr Margaret Chan, director general of WHO, said today that the 2009 H1N1 virus had "largely run its course". Six weeks ago she told me that she could not publish the names of those who were responsible for the scare-mongering because 'the pandemic was not over'.
As chair of the health sub-committee of the Council of Europe I had asked for the names and the interests of the members of the Emergency WHO committee who declared the 'pandemic that never was' in June last year. Their identity is still secret. As their declaration vastly exaggerated the threat, the suspicion remains that Big Pharma may have had a Big Interests in frightening the world witless.
Margaret Chan said today, "Globally, the levels and patterns of H1N1 transmission now being seen differ significantly from what was observed during the pandemic. Out-of-season outbreaks are no longer being reported in either the northern or southern hemisphere." That was obvious from the Southern Hemisphere nine months ago.
Not a word of regret from the WHO for the great cost and damage done by their ludicrously inflated fears. The WHO are conducting their own investigation under a distinguished independent expert. Dr Harvey Fineberg will not report until next year. Almost all other investigations have positions to defend. Fineberg may surprise us with the truth.
Con Con hits rich
The Mail is alarmed because the pensions of the middle and upper classes are under threat. With horror they report that 'Plans to shake up final salary pension schemes will cut payouts by up to 25 per cent.'
The coalition government’s decision to change the way benefits are calculated will prove a ‘nightmare for millions’. Under the coalition’s proposals - which are being imposed without consultation - pension scheme payments would no longer have to keep pace with the Retail Prices Index.
Instead firms would be allowed to use the Consumer Prices Index, which is usually lower.
Surprise, surprise. This is the con that the Tories have imposed on basic pensioners without a peep of complaint from the Mail. Now that the CPI is replacing RP1 on fatter private pension, the sago hits the fan.
Strange that.