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The Guardian writes:

The World Health Organisation has raised concerns about the fast-track production of the swine flu vaccine in Europe, where the treatment is due to be made available at least two months earlier than in the US. Britain is expected to be the first country in Europe to provide the vaccine, with the first of 132 million ordered doses due to be administered next month.

Some believe the vaccines will be safe once they rush through the procedures, but I wonder, will that be enough?

Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, added: “I’m sure the vaccine programme won’t be allowed to commence until adequate safety checks have been carried out.”

Some have expressed doubt, and rightfully so:

But some US officials believe the European approach is the best option. “The consequences of not having a vaccine if this virus gets worse are very high,” said Leonard Marcus, a public health expert at Harvard University. “If [regulatory authorities] took all the time that was necessary to make sure there are no side effects, ironically, in the effort to save a few lives, many lives could be lost.”

If the vaccines will be safe, why have the manufacturers sought legal immunity against any damages?

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has just signed a decree granting vaccine makers total legal immunity from any lawsuits that result from any new “Swine Flu” vaccine. Moreover, the $7 billion US Government fast-track program to rush vaccines onto the market in time for the Autumn flu season is being done without even normal safety testing. Is there another agenda at work in the official WHO hysteria campaign to declare so-called H1N1 virus—which has yet to be rigorously scientifically isolated, characterized and photographed with an electron microscope—the scientifically accepted procedure—a global “pandemic” threat?

Of course, this is assuming the swine flu is Cappo di banda of flus, but there is no convicing evidence so far, that that is the case. More people die of “regular” flu (various types of influenza) each year. It’s estimated that around 30.000 people in US alone and almost 500.000 people die because of influenza yearly. So far, the swine flu took a heavy toll on respiratory patients, people with compromised immune systems and obese people.