Russia could withdraw from WHO over flu-scare corruption
December 1, 2009 by Mi Kai Lee
Filed under Business, Global issues, Health, Medicine, Safety, World News
Igor Barinov, Member of the Commission of the State Parliament (Duma) in Charge of Corruption. 'They suspect the organization (WHO) of corruption. We should conduct a thorough comprehensive investigation before making any decision.' (Photo by newsru.com)
A November 27 article on the Russian-language news site Новости России (newsru.com) reports that a deputy in the Dumas has called for Russia to withdraw from the WHO if an investigation into the alleged collusion between the WHO and pharmaceutical companies on the swine flu scandal proves to be accurate.
Россия может остановить членство в ВОЗ в случае подтверждения сговора организации с фармкомпаниями http://www.newsru.com/russia/27nov2009/vozz.html
The issue was raised following Danish media reports that consultants to WHO had received money from pharmaceutical companies, which could influence WHO’s decisions in favor of big pharma.
Danish journalists at Information who studied the connections between WHO experts and major pharmaceutical companies that are profiting from vaccine and antiviral sales, reported that the swine flu ‘pandemic’ may be the worst case of corruption in recent times. The WHO raised its alert status to level 6 for the first time in some 40 years for a disease that was neither widespread nor fast-spreading.
The story is summarized in English and French on Jane Burgermeister’s website The Flu Case. http://theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2100%3Arussia-could-withdraw-from-who-over-swine-flu-corruption&catid=41%3Ahighlighted-news&Itemid=105〈=en
Alternative media have covered this story, but we could not find any English-language reports in western mainstream media.
