Swine Flu - H1N1

According to Biosurveillance, itself part of Veratect, a US Pentagon and Government-linked epidemic reporting center, on April 6, 2009 local health officials declared a health alert due to a respiratory disease outbreak in La Gloria, Perote Municipality, Veracruz State, Mexico (Biosurveillance).� The outbreak was linked to subtype-A influenza, surprising for its occurrence during summer time as most influenzas strike during autumn. The symptoms of the purported Swine Flu are not at all clear according to virologists and public health experts, and little consensus exists. They are saying symptoms are general and nonspecific, including but not limited to fever, body aches, large amounts of phlegm, and coughing. One doctor interviewed by CNN said, "So many different things can cause these symptoms, it is a dilemma. There is not a perfect test right now to let a doctor know that a person has the Swine Flu" (CNN).

According to investigative journalist Wayne Madsen and his team of researchers, Swine Flu is an influenza of subtype-A. All subtype-A influenzas contain the enzyme polymerase, including seasonal flu, the so-called Swine Flu, and avian flu. In the Swine Flu strain, researchers discovered spliced sections of polymerase originating from two human strains, two swine strains, and one avian strain, raising questions about whether the virus is naturally occurring or manmade (synthesized). Madsen's team identified five locat

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erini). In the US, the National Schools Boards Association told the AP three-quarters of school districts nationwide agreed to allow vaccinations in school buildings (Quaid). At the First International Swine Flu Summit taking place August 19-21, attendees from federal, state, and local governments learned "continuity of government" planning: " When 50% of employees are out sick or taking care of sick ones," "To manage interruptions in food, fuel, and essential supply chains and establish stockpiles," "Protect police forces from falling ill and from being hurt in civil disturbances," and "Isolate prisons and other facilities" (International Swine Flu Conference 2009). Another government continuity plan is laid out in Readiness Exercise 1984, a program in which FEMA, along with 34 other federal and civil departments and agencies, tested the government's ability to detain large numbers of Americans in case of civil unrest or a national emergency (Wikipedia). Moreover, the Defense Authorization Act of 2006 empowers the President to impose martial law in the event of a terrorist "incident," if he or other federal officials perceive a shortfall of "public order" (Wikipedia). On August 10, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, i

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