Genetically Modified Flu

Several posts ago, I posited that this flu was a wee bit too convenient. It was a hunch based on available data at the time.

Now it appears that perhaps my hunch was correct.

The OIE (Organisation Mondiale de la Sante Animale), the preeminent animal health organization, has stated in this press release:

"It is not a classical human influenza virus called seasonal influenza, which causes every year millions of human cases of influenza worldwide but a virus which includes in its characteristics swine, avian and human virus components."

The press release further states:

"The virus has not been isolated in animals to date. Therefore, it is not justified to name this disease swine influenza."

Well, well, well....

We have a virus that mixes components of swine, avian, and human influenzas. Unless I miss my guess, I don't think there have been any reported cases in Mexico of people having sex with pigs in a chicken coop. If anyone has video, make sure you call Geraldo Rivera and Larry Flint, get a bidding war going.

So, just how did this happen?

Maybe Baxter was involved? Remember back in February of this year, Baxter released LIVE Avian H5N1 virus samples mixed in with Human H3N2 virus. Of course, the vials that were released to make flu shots were not labeled as having contained the Avian Flu virus. That was only discovered AFTER those flu shots were administered to over thirty people.

When this "accidental" release occurred Baxter was waiting for a Europe wide license to market and distribute an "Avian Flu Vaccine" it had developed. What a waste of research money if the "Bird Flu" never developed, much like the "Swine Flu" non-epidemic of 1976. Maybe someone decided that the marketing campaign just needed a little push...say, maybe thirty people coming down with the "Bird Flu".

Coincidence? You be the judge.

Sources: Toronto Sun, 27 Feb 2009 Yahoo Canada Wed, 25 Feb 2009

Maybe it was those always fun eggheads in the government labs.

The original "Swine Flu" non-epidemic of 1976 began at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Fort Dix is just a jaunt south of the infamous Plum Island. Rumors of bio-weapon experimentation at Plum Island go back years, with some people making references to it in the vein of "The Island Of Doctor Moreau". The Montauk Monster is rumored to have originated on the island with some dismissing the odd creature simply as a dead canine. What is important to note here is that soldiers have frequently been used as guinea pigs without their knowledge. Everything from studying the effects of radiation, and fallout, to nerve gas and experimental drugs. These issues are mainstream news.

What makes any of us think that they would not use an experimental bio-weapon on soldiers? Maybe testing a few hundred soldiers wasn't enough. Maybe they examined what happened back in 1976 and decided a larger field test was required to examine the propagation of the disease.

Or maybe...(sinister music playing)

This is a planned release with South American Countries and their populations being the target.

Now stick with me here.

We're at the end of the North American flu season. The available sunlight is increasing along with the ambient levels of UV radiation. UV light kills viruses which will limit the spread of the contagion. People spend more time out doors, and thus the levels of sun produced vitamin D increases in their bodies, making infection by the flu virus less likely.



Not so for those south of the equator, where they're beginning the plunge into their winter. The flu loves the cold, dark days with people crowded together indoors where it can spread like a wildfire. Pehaps Hugo Chavez has pissed someone off with his chummy behavior with the Russians and the Chinese.

Maybe the true propagation path is southward, and the few aberrant cases north of the border are just collateral damage and plausible deniability. Maybe it was given a good head start in Mexico in order to make that nation a wee bit more quiescent as it spins onward to full scale civil disorder.

You never know, the Mexican government may have released this on its own people. Mexico is an oligarchy and I'm sure the ruling families are loathe to lose their control to a group of feuding thugs known as the drug cartels, or even worse, the average people.

Our friends at Baxter are working on a vaccine as we speak. I'm sure it will be ready by the time we begin our slide into winter and the next flu season, if it isn't already. Maybe the timeline is just to make things look good. It wouldn't sit well with the conspiracy minded among us to see a vaccine just "magically" appear overnight.

Not to mention, they'd have to administer it to people who probably can't pay for it. No worries, I'm sure we, the American Taxpayer, would somehow get stuck with the bill. Just like the $15 Billion that went to Africa for AIDS.

Other points to consider: The faltering economy has taken a back seat to this story. The Somali Pirates have taken a back seat. The drug wars have taken a back seat. Illegal immigration has sort of taken a back seat. Obama's machiavellian schemes for domination have taken a back seat. Can you think of other things that have faded from view?

A Silver Lining?

Perhaps there's a silver lining to this in a manner of speaking. If we can get the vast majority of people out there to start referring to this as the "GM Flu" (genetically modified flu) and a GMO (genetically modified organism), there is the possibility that the public will make the connection with GM foods, or "Franken-foods".

This could possibly create a public backlash against Monsanto and other purveyors of things like part tomato / part fish type things that look like tomatoes. If people get the idea that there is a serious downside to genetically modified organisms, this could prove to be a public relations nightmare for these agri-giants, and will be better publicity than any money could have bought.

Stop referring to this as the "Swine Flu" since it has yet to have appeared in any pigs, and start calling it for what it is, the "GM Flu".