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Swine-Flu Panic in Ukraine: Crisis or Political Ploy?
James Marson
Time Magazine
Friday, November 6, 2009
Ukraine is in the midst of what some might call swine-flu hysteria. The country is in virtual lockdown mode, with the government closing schools, universities and movie theaters and banning all public gatherings until the end of November. Pharmacies have run out of protective masks; those who missed the rush are improvising with scarves or homemade facsimiles. And rumors are running rampant, much as they did during Soviet times when the authorities tried to cover up disasters like the Chernobyl nuclear-plant meltdown. “We are worried that the swine flu has mutated and is killing scores of people,” says Nina Sokolovska as she stands in line at a pharmacy.
To be sure, flu is spreading in Ukraine, with the government reporting more than 600,000 cases in the last week. The Health Ministry said Thursday that 95 people have died from the flu or respiratory infections, although it’s uncertain how many of these deaths have been caused by the H1N1 virus and how many have been the result of seasonal flu. The World Health Organization says it’s safe to assume the H1N1 virus is widespread.
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Given the persistent rumors and the country’s volatile political situation, however, some Ukrainians have suggested that the gravity of the situation is being exaggerated by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for political gain ahead of the January presidential elections. “What has happened is hysteria and panic, which is being provoked,” says Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a presidential candidate currently running third in the polls. He accused Tymoshenko of whipping up a frenzy to distract people from the government’s failings. “Is anyone talking about wages? No. Is anyone talking about the 4 million unemployed? No. Is anyone talking about the gas we haven’t paid for? No,” he says. The media have also questioned Tymoshenko’s motives. A headline on one Ukrainian news website, Ukrayinska Pravda, read: “Who needs swine flu and who needs a high rating?”
Others are taking the flu pandemic more seriously and are blaming Tymoshenko for mishandling the government’s response efforts. Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the opposition and front-runner in the presidential race, has called for the Health Minister to be fired and accused Tymoshenko of putting people’s health at risk by launching her own presidential campaign with a rally just six days before the ban on public gatherings was announced. “Tymoshenko knew she shouldn’t bring such a large number of people to Kiev. It was a feast at the time of a plague,” he says. Current President Viktor Yushchenko — Tymoshenko’s former partner in the 2004 Orange Revolution and now her bitter rival — also attacked her for holding a campaign rally, saying it was “criminal irresponsibility” if it allowed the disease to spread.
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November 6th, 2009 at 10:24 am
very cool and interesting film about martial law and gun rights and the bill of rights watch! the republic strikes back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dqf88ZBnLM
November 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Another stinking fish here. What about the planes were seen spraying something over the city? I don’t know what’s happening here for certain. One thing I do know though is that what’s being reported is far from the truth.
GrumbleTroll Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 8:36 am
When you see the white unmarked planes overhead, get indoors!
November 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
interesting film about martial law and gun rights and the bill of rights watch! the republic strikes back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dqf88ZBnLM
November 6th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Swine flu panic in Ukraine is used by politicians for fight before elections. Everyone wants to presented in media as national “care taker”
Artyom Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I’ve already mentioned the 2010 elections in previous articles here. I am sure they are using it to a political advantage regardless of the reality on the ground.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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November 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Realize this is a little off topic but after I wrote it up I thought this might be of interest here so I’ll mention it a few times here. The write-up looks back at how Australian genetic researchers accidentally created a mousepox virus of incredible virulence, it begins,
“In Michael Creighton’s 1969 best selling thriller, “The Andomeda Strain” a satellite crashes back to Earth carrying with it an extraterrestrial pathogen that threatens all human life. For genetic researchers in Canberra Australia no such dramatic entrance was needed to come face to face with a similar scenario, instead they just tried to create a mouse contraceptive.”
If you’re interested you can read the rest here,
http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/
November 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
a powerful movie that will move your heart and make you think, short film about love freedom hope- gunrights martial law, rfid, jfk, you gotta see it ! the first light of dawn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUY7dl7X_vo
November 7th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Everyone needs to watch these videos and pass the information to everyone you know. One thing that has happened since these came out is Obama declared a federal emergency.
WHO changed the definition of a “pandemic” so that it can incorporate even the normal flu. But the politics did not change! WHO can demand all members of the UN take these shots even if there is no danger!
Please, spread around FASTER then the speed of sound?
http://www.thehamsterwheelanal…..-link.html
November 7th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
To watch H11! flu vaccine videos on Baxter (lawsuit accusing of bioweapons and WHO) google:
Bell Tolling for the Swine Flu (campanas por la gripe a)
November 7th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Yesterday someone put a link on here for a video on youtube. It was called “tolling bells for the swine flu”, or something along those lines….I started watching, then had to stop because of a sudden death in the family, and now i cannot find the full version i was watching…please if you have the link please post it again.
Thanks so much
November 8th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Google tolling bells for the swine flu with Dr.Teresa Forcades, a nun from Spain. The video explains the lawsuit against Baxter and WHO due to possible bioweapons in the form of a vaccine.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Conflicting stories coming out of the Ukraine. Someone from there said over a million people have been exposed (Not H1N1) to pneumonic plague. Then someone else said none of that was true.
If a bioweapon has been released, a lot of people will die because there is no cure. If you watch the video suggested above, you will understand about all the hype concerning the vaccine.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
there is an very scarey pandemic comming in dec according to
fourwinds10.com you can do a search ,commentary pandemic.the date is nov.5 2009
November 8th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
get them all crying wolf and the wolf can just walk right in when everybody is tired of hearing it. is that what all this confusion is about?
November 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
After watching a lot of videos, (esp: strange case of Josephe Moshe, Trolling for swine flu, debate fema camps trains trucks buses coffins swine flu and martial law) reading and corresponding on this site, it all seems to be coming together!
I went to to veteran’s cemetery here when it was reported (on pp) plastic coffins had arrived in our city of Houston and sure thing, they were there. There are over a thousand FEMA camps ready for business, trains outfitted for prisoners, buses and our soldiers and the UN soldiers are being trained for martial law.
All of this equipment was ordered years ago!!!!! Mainstream media says nothing!
The H1N! vaccines are going to be used as a bioweapon by plan at this time so martial law can be called, the bank holiday is coming soon, the new currency is here and they have to devalue the dollar and all hell will break loose at the same time all by design.
Oh yea, and culling the population at the same time!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:02 am
politicians need to stop using potential health related hysteria for their own political gains. majority of the public don’t know that regular flu can be just as deadly and think that anyone dying from the flu has the swine flu. the differences should be made clear to them.
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November 9th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Hey Americans…Canada here CTV news confirms after …?……was faking vaccine shortage and having thousands of shots ready at large centers no one showed up…must be the flouride…I was to tired to get there.