RT-Drug companies responsible for swine flu outbreak
Lawsuit Charges Baxter Used Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines To Increase Profits
Questions remain over company chosen to develop swine flu vaccine
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A scandal dating from January 2008, that is continuing to unfold, raises more disturbing questions over the safety of U.S. pharmaceutical company Baxter International’s vaccines.
Last year Baxter recalled almost all of its injections of the blood thinning heparin drug in the US after some patients experienced extreme – and in some cases fatal – allergic reactions, after being administered the products.
There were similar recalls by other manufacturers of Chinese-sourced heparin in Denmark, Italy, France Germany and Japan, but initial investigations found that only Baxter’s heparin vaccines were tainted.
The FDA has accused two Chinese manufacturers of being responsible for the production and shipment of the tainted vaccines, suggesting that a cheaper synthetic heparin mimic, subsequently identified as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), was used to decrease costs.
However, in January 2009 a new lawsuit was filed specifically against Baxter for it’s role in the scandal.
The allegation is that the pharmaceutical giant purposefully altered an ingredient in heparin that flowed through heparin syringes to patients, resulting in pain and suffering, and sometimes death, to those affected, reported legal website Lawyers and Settlements
Somewhat ironically, the natural ingredient in heparin that was substituted in order to cut costs was a substance extracted from cooked swine intestines.
The lawsuit notes that OSCS is not found in nature, and is not approved in the United States. It accuses Baxter of using a more dangerous ingredient to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
(Article continues below)
As we reported earlier this week, Baxter has been chosen by the WHO to head up efforts to produce a vaccine for the Mexican swine flu that is spreading throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The decision was made despite further revelations last month that vaccines contaminated with deadly live H5N1 avian flu virus were recently distributed to 18 countries by a lab at an Austrian branch of Baxter.
Initially, the company attempted to stonewall questions by invoking trade secrets and refused to reveal how the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident.
However, as we have highlighted, the probability of mixing a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident is virtually impossible.
Duration : 0:2:39
Goodbye, Mr President (Original Song)
On the eve of Obama’s presidential inauguration, I felt it was fitting to write a short goodbye for President Bush.
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On the one hand, it would be preposterous to try and blame all of the nation’s woes on any one person, even the president. Yet, at the same time, the president is suppose to be the guardian of the nation and its people, and the current situation in the US leaves me with a lot of questions about areas in which President Bush may have done a poor job. Nothing could convince me to take the presidency. Yet, at the same time, I think it’s only right to hold those who do fight for and acheive the office to a very high standard.
I mentioned a couple of statistics in the song that I wasn’t able to explain clearly. The national debt is now closer to $11 trillion rather than $10 trillion, but the word eleven isn’t very easy to fit in a song. 
The other was inflation. During Bush’s two terms in office inflation has caused prices on goods to rise more than 20%, not accounting for the drop in the power of the dollar relative to other currencies.
The “Hello” at the end of the song is for President-Elect Obama. It’s hopeful, yet tentative: The way I feel about the incoming administration.
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Goodbye, Mr. President
You know that your people won’t forget you
Two wars, a ten trillion dollar debt
I think it’s time to say Goodbye, Mr. President
You know that when you’re the one in
Charge it’s all your fault, you’re gunna be blamed
But it’s not wrong to sing this song
This isn’t just some monumental game
It’s life, and it’s livelihood.
It’s hope and the American dream
We thank you for how you handled the attacks
On 9/11 and fought for us in Afghanistan
But why didn’t we just finish our job there
Instead of plunging ourselves deeper into warfare?
I kinda wonder ’bout defenses in the homeland
Wiretaps and waterboarding, secret spy plans
Detainees in Gitmo held in perpetuity
It’s kinda like trying to get through air security
You know that when you’re the one in
Charge it’s all your fault, you’re gunna be blamed
But it’s not wrong to sing this song
This isn’t just some monumental game
It’s life, and it’s livelihood.
It’s hope and the American dream
Why did you veto children’s healthcare?
Now there’s ten million uninsured kids out there
2012 the death of Social Security
Why didn’t you protect that annuity?
Second term is drawing to a close
Stop and look back, see how inflation rose
Banks crashed, our credit markets froze
Mr. President were you takin’ a doze?
You know that when you’re the one in
Charge it’s all your fault, you’re gunna be blamed
But it’s not wrong to sing this song
This isn’t just some monumental game
It’s life, and it’s livelihood.
It’s hope and the American dream
Hello, Mr. President
Duration : 0:2:34
RT-Drug companies responsible for swine flu outbreak?
Lawsuit Charges Baxter Used Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines To Increase Profits
Questions remain over company chosen to develop swine flu vaccine
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A scandal dating from January 2008, that is continuing to unfold, raises more disturbing questions over the safety of U.S. pharmaceutical company Baxter International’s vaccines.
Last year Baxter recalled almost all of its injections of the blood thinning heparin drug in the US after some patients experienced extreme – and in some cases fatal – allergic reactions, after being administered the products.
There were similar recalls by other manufacturers of Chinese-sourced heparin in Denmark, Italy, France Germany and Japan, but initial investigations found that only Baxter’s heparin vaccines were tainted.
The FDA has accused two Chinese manufacturers of being responsible for the production and shipment of the tainted vaccines, suggesting that a cheaper synthetic heparin mimic, subsequently identified as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), was used to decrease costs.
However, in January 2009 a new lawsuit was filed specifically against Baxter for it’s role in the scandal.
The allegation is that the pharmaceutical giant purposefully altered an ingredient in heparin that flowed through heparin syringes to patients, resulting in pain and suffering, and sometimes death, to those affected, reported legal website Lawyers and Settlements
Somewhat ironically, the natural ingredient in heparin that was substituted in order to cut costs was a substance extracted from cooked swine intestines.
The lawsuit notes that OSCS is not found in nature, and is not approved in the United States. It accuses Baxter of using a more dangerous ingredient to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
(Article continues below)
As we reported earlier this week, Baxter has been chosen by the WHO to head up efforts to produce a vaccine for the Mexican swine flu that is spreading throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The decision was made despite further revelations last month that vaccines contaminated with deadly live H5N1 avian flu virus were recently distributed to 18 countries by a lab at an Austrian branch of Baxter.
Initially, the company attempted to stonewall questions by invoking trade secrets and refused to reveal how the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident.
However, as we have highlighted, the probability of mixing a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident is virtually impossible.
Duration : 0:2:39
The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Private Pain and Public Compensation
March 6, 2007
Speaker: Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq., Managing Partner and Founder, The Feinberg Group, LLP
Presented by: CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution)
Summary: The CISCDR Distinguished Visitor Lecture
Mr. Feinberg was appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to serve as the Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. In this capacity, he developed and promulgated the Regulations governing the administration of the Fund and administered all aspects of the program, including evaluating applications, determining appropriate compensation and disseminating awards. The Fund ultimately paid over $7 billion to some 5,300 9/11 families and surviving physically injured victims of the terrorist attacks.
Mr. Feinberg is an attorney and one of the nation’s leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He is the managing partner and founder of The Feinberg Group, LLP. He has also had a distinguished teaching career as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, New York University School of Law, the University of Virginia Law School and Columbia Law School. Mr. Feinberg has been Court-Appointed Special Settlement Master, mediator and arbitrator in thousands of disputes involving such issues as mass torts, breach of contract, antitrust and civil RICO violations, civil fraud, product liability, insurance coverage, and various commercial and environmental matters. Mr. Feinberg was also one of three arbitrators selected to determine the fair market value of the original Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination and was one of two arbitrators selected to determine the allocation of legal fees in the Holocaust slave labor litigation.
Duration : 1:4:54