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Slide 1: Swine flu = Hoax flu
Slide 2: News is just “news”… Not the absolute truth. Let’s put swine flu (H1N1) into perspective
Slide 3: O believers, if an evildoer comes to you with some news, verify it (investigate to ascertain the truth), lest you should harm others unwittingly and then regret what you have done. (Surah Hujarat v 6)
Slide 4: But we are captivated by DRAMATIC headlines and catchy scare phrases DO NOT PANIC !!!
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Slide 6: So we ignore the real issues
Slide 8: The best protection Apply the face mask correctly
Slide 10: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” They caught us with Bird (Avian) flu and they doing it again
Slide 11: WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLUENZA A (HIN1)? • • • • • • • • Fever Headache Cough Sore throat Runny and stuffy nose Extreme fatigue Muscle aches Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea (these symptoms may also occur, but are more common in children).
Slide 12: So …. Just about anyone could have Swine Flu
Slide 13: WHO  ?   WHO also announced that it would stop giving figures on the numbers infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, in order to allow countries to channel resources into close monitoring of unexpected developments and patterns in the spread of the disease. It’s the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere have climbed to nearly 30,000 cases at this time. WHO Says Swine Flu Virus Could Delay World Economic Recovery
Slide 14: How do verify it? Expensive and difficult nasal swab that requires special virology tests.
Slide 15: Deaths  816 deaths world wide in 160 countries 16’556 case with 34 deaths  Europe  'Given that countries are no longer required to test and report individual cases, the number of cases reported actually understates the real number of cases.'
Slide 16: How dangerous is it??
Slide 17: Odds of … # death by assault in your lifetime: 331/1 # death by falling : 250/1 # death by firearm: 325/1 # death by poison: 1,400/1 # death in a plane crash # death in a car crash: 5,000/1 (SA 2700/1) # death by choking on food or something else: 5,000/1 # death by drowning: 9000/1 # death by murder: 20,000/1 (SA 1’800/1) # death by lightning: 71,000/1 # death by dog attack: 137,000/1 # death in the bathtub: 807,000/1 # death by a flood: 713,000/1 # death by falling out of bed: 2,000,000/1 # Odds of being killed in a terrorist WMD attack: 6,000,000/1
Slide 18: 1154 people died (worldwide) Odds 8’000’000/1
Slide 19: Yup, that’s right You at a greater risk from drowning in a bathtub
Slide 20: Some other facts
Slide 21: The regular run-of-the-mill strains of influenza kill more than 35 000 Americans every year  Bird flu – WHO reports (1 June 09) 436 cases and 262 deaths (was supposed to wipe us out)  More than 25m people have died from AIDS since 1981 (up to July 07)  1.6m died from TB in 2005  SARS (Severe adult respiratory distress syndrome)– 167 deaths up to 2003 (was also  supposed to kill millions)
Slide 22: Ignorance is a Leading Cause of Death...
Slide 23: So we have even changed the nursery rhymes
Slide 25: Why ?? Who benefits??
Slide 26: Some beneficiaries  Drug sold companies – more medications – patients with mild cold will not ‘take  Doctors  Medical any chances’ institutions  Media – more interest = more sales  Some politicians
Slide 27: Only treatment Tamiflu (also only treatment for bird flu)
Slide 28: Only licence for oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is to: Gilead Sciences inc Roche – manufacturers it under licence Patent protection till 2016
Slide 29: Tamiflu  USA ordered 25m doses  Total cost $2bn ($80 per course)  65 governments have ordered  Orders to 2008 – 200m doses  Price $70= R500 per course
Slide 30: So who makes the money??
Slide 31: Chairman of Gilead Since 1997 - 2001 Held major stocks
Slide 32: Resigned in
Slide 33: Donald Rumsfeld Former USA Secretary of defence
Slide 34: How much money!!
Slide 35:  Bush authorised $1.7Bn to fight bird flu – 14% went to Gilead inc (when stock markets fell 40%)  Gilead  Total shares rose 700% since 2005 revenue for 2nd quarter 09 up 29% over 2008  Net income for 2nd quarter 09 = $571.4m ($434m 2008)  Royalties from Roche ($78.8m)  10% of every vaccine to Rumsfeld
Slide 37: So lets understand..  Every month 50’000 people die from AIDS in South Africa  Every day nearly 1’600 people die from AIDS  Every year 18’000 people die on our roads  25’000 people are murdered  Every year 80’000 die of TB
Slide 38: But we are forced to focus on Influenza A (H1N1) Swine flu
Slide 39: Because the Powers Don’t make money from treating AIDS, TB, measles, malnutrition….
Slide 41: News is not news But what they want you to know!!!
Slide 42: Think, think again And learn!!