Cross-contamination of vaccine raises concerns
Will Conroy
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Opinion
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The product was, according to Baxter, somehow "accidentally" contaminated with the H5N1 bird flu virus, essentially activating and weaponizing the virus through the cross contamination of the two products. Because of this discovery, a possible pandemic was avoided and fortunately no one was hurt.
The questions being asked now are along the lines of: "Why on earth was the product allowed to be shipped en masse to 18 different countries around the world before anything was done? Why are mistakes like these even happening with such potentially catastrophic agents? "
According to Mike Adams the "Health Ranger" and Natural News editor, this incident should have been prevented by Bio-Safety Level 3 safety protocols that are designed to prevent such cross-contaminations, making accidental contamination virtually impossible. These issues are leading speculators to a couple conclusions. It is more than likely that there was either a deliberate attempt to weaponize the avian virus, or the safety protocols and guidelines are not being followed. Both equally astonishing.
The most unfortunate part of the whole situation is that the global pharmaceutical giant Baxter has already been mixed up in a similar scenario. During the 1990s, it was uncovered that throughout the 1970s and 1980s Baxter, along with a few other pharmaceutical giants like Bayer, had shipped out clotting products throughout the world knowing that the product posed as an AIDS infection threat.
New York Times' Barry Meier details the scenario in an article titled Blood, Money and AIDS: Hemophiliacs Are Split: Liability Cases Bogged Down in Disputes, of exactly how this case came to light. At one point in the article Meier writes, "The National Hemophilia Foundation, a research and lobbying group, also understated infection in the early 1980's, according to a 1995 report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences."
Unfortunately in this case we weren't as lucky as to catch the "mistake" and tens of thousands would fall victim to the AIDS virus contaminated vaccines intended mainly for children. In an interview on MSNBC's Scarborough Country, attorney Mike Papantonio commented on the AIDS case. He commented how not only were the companies aware, but the government also knew and did nothing. According to Attorney Mike Papantonio, in an interview on Scarborough Country, the FDA would only say that they couldn't sell it in America and then play into the cover up asking for the companies to quietly solve the issue without alerting the congress, the medical community and the public. Executives would never face prosecution or be arrested in the US.