Hi Health Activists,
The motivation for the current media hype scaring people into supporting a
series of contracts to Vaccine Manufacturers and Public Health
Infrastructure to administer vaccines is clear.
The recent economic stimulus bill also contained a decrease in funding for
bioterrorism and vaccine development in an economy move. The Vaccine
Manufacturers and Public Health Groups, were forced to show that they were
"essential services" and could not be cut. The Public Relations divisions of the
Center for Disease Control and local Public Health Departments went into
high gear to frighten the public. The result is nothing more than a "jobs
program for research scientists and public health departments".
After all if Banks and Automobile companies can get bailouts, why not drug
companies and public health scientists and doctors.
The only way to stop it is to call your Congessmember _www.house.gov_
(http://www.house.gov)
and two United States Senators _www.senate.gov_ (http://www.senate.gov)
and ask them not to fund new vaccines and infrastructure to administer
vaccines.
Some local governments are getting into the act too and may have to be
contacted,
The article below mentions programs in Massachusetts and Georgia are
examples.
Only when legislators hear from the public will they think, there is
support for more critical evaluation of the real data supposedly warranting
these preparations.
arnold



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From: CLG_News <_clg_news@..._ (mailto:clg_news@...) >
Subject: DHS Sets Guidelines For Possible Swine Flu Quarantines
To: "CLG News" <_clg_news@..._ (mailto:clg_news@...) >
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 12:04 PM


News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government
30 Apr 2009

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_DHS Sets Guidelines For Possible Swine Flu Quarantines_
(http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/28/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4975598\
.shtml)
--Federal quarantine authority is limited to diseases listed in presidential
executive orders; President [sic] Bush added "novel" forms of influenza with
the potential to create pandemics in _Executive Order 13375_
(http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-6907.pdf) . 28 Apr 2009 DHS
Assistant Secretary
Bridger McGaw circulated the swine flu memo, which was obtained by
CBSNews.com, on Monday night. It says: "The Department of Justice has
established
legal federal authorities pertaining to the implementation of a quarantine
and enforcement. Under approval from HHS, the Surgeon General has the
authority to issue quarantines." Anyone violating a quarantine order can be
punished by a _$250,000 fine_
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/nprm/docs/42CFR70_71.pdf) and a _one-year prison
term_
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00000271----000-.html) .
A Defense Department planning
document summarizing the military's contingency plan says the Pentagon is
prepared to assist in "quarantining groups of people in order to minimize the
spread of disease during an influenza pandemic" and aiding in "efforts to
restore and maintain order."

_Mass. Senate approves pandemic flu bill with quarantine powers_
(http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_04_28_Mass__Senate_approve\
s_pand
emic_flu_prep_bill/) --New Senate version allows public health
commissioner to close or evacuate buildings, enter private property for
investigations, and quarantine individuals --Measure requires registry for
volunteers to
be activated in emergency 28 Apr 2009 The Massachusetts Senate has
unanimously passed a pandemic flu preparation bill that has languished in the
Legislature before the recent swine flu outbreak. The 36-0 vote today sends
the measure to the House. The new Senate version would allow the public
health commissioner -- in a public health emergency -- to close or evacuate
buildings, enter private property for investigations, and quarantine
individuals. The measure also requires a registry for volunteers that would be
activated in an emergency and establishes fines of up to $1,000 for not
complying
with local public health orders.
_Ga. gov signs flu bill with 'state or emergency' for pandemic if 'phase 5
alert' is declared_
(http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/latest/lat_518640.shtml) --House Bill
217 allows Georgians to receive (deadly) vaccines
easier 28 Apr 2009 Georgia nurses and pharmacists have more authority to
respond to the spreading swine flu outbreak and the governor has more power as
the result of legislation Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) signed this morning. The
Access to Flu Vaccines Act cosponsored by the druggists in the House is
designed to make it easier for Georgians to receive shots and for the state to
respond quicker... At the same time, it lets the governor declare a state or
emergency for a pandemic influenza if the CDC or World Health
Organization declares a phase 5 alert.
_Fulton County 'Ready to Vaccinate a Million People In 48 Hours'_
(http://www.11alive.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=129571) --CDC has
passenger quarantine facilities at 20 US airports 30 Apr 2009 (GA) Ever since
all
of the bird flu cases four years ago, county health departments across Metro
Atlanta have been holding drills and meetings every month, practicing and
discussing every imaginable scenario of a flu pandemic. "We've been
planning for this for years," said Dr. Kim Turner, the director of public
health
in Fulton County. "We're prepared to vaccinate a million people within
Fulton County within 48 hours." Another line of defense is at
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport -- the CDC's medical
quarantine station at
the airport. CDC physicians are in contact with arriving flight crews, and
board every plane that has an ill passenger, as soon as the plane is parked
at the gate. The physicians determine on the spot whether to quarantine
that patient and all the other passengers. The CDC quarantines them at the
CDC's sealed rooms on E Concourse.
_US, Japanese Researchers Mix Samples of 1918 Flu Pandemic to Recreate
Deadly Code_
(http://www.legitgov.org/researchers_recreate_1918_flu_virus_301208.html)
Compiled By Lori Price 30 Dec 2008
(http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4BS56420081229) _Researchers
recreate 1918 flu pandemic
virus_ (http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4BS56420081229)
--Why? And, why is no one *asking* why? 29 Dec 2008 Researchers have found
out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that
lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. They mixed samples of
the 1918 influenza strain with modern seasonal flu viruses to find the
three genes and said their study might help in the development of new flu
drugs. The discovery, published in Tuesday's issue of the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, could also point to mutations that might turn
ordinary flu into a dangerous pandemic strain. Most flu experts agree that
a pandemic of influenza will almost certainly strike again. No one knows w
hen [the US unleashes it] or what strain it will be but one big suspect now
is the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
_Huge New Biodefense Lab Is Dedicated at Fort Detrick_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203082\
.html) 23 Oct
2008 The Department of Homeland Security dedicated a massive biodefense
laboratory in Frederick yesterday, moving toward the facility's opening
despite questions raised about the risks of deadly pathogens to be studied
there.
When the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort
Detrick is fully operational in March, about 150 scientists in the lab will
be tasked with 'protecting the country' from a bioterrorist attack... About
40,000 square feet will be taken up by Biosafety Level 3 labs, which
handle agents such as anthrax. In addition, 10,000 will be dedicated to the
Level 4 labs, which handle agents such as the Ebola virus.
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