Swine flu “false pandemic” claim

Chris Pollard

1/11/2010

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, claims major firms organised a “campaign of panic” to put pressure on the World Health Organisation to declare a pandemic.

He believes it is “one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century” — and has called for an inquiry.

An emergency debate on the issue will be held by the Council later this month.

Dr Wodarg said: “It’s just a normal kind of flu. It does not cause a tenth of deaths caused by the classic seasonal flu.

“The great campaign of panic we have seen provided a golden opportunity for representatives from labs who knew they would hit the jackpot in the case of a pandemic being declared.

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