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By WILLIAM IDNES thing we of course knew(c) 1976Chicago Sun- immediately that it wasTimes earth-shaking."W~SHlNGTON _ The It was earth-shlfking he-discovery ilfst February cause (Goldfield again)t'we have never in
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by Dr. Martil1 Goldfield of world doc.umented a sin-the New Jersey sta,te gle fmite population thlfthealth department of a was circulating two radi-new infective agent now cally different st~ains of known as the swine flu influenza A."virus hit the public health \..'-
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By PAUL SMALL spring and summer months, the 1918influenza hithumal1ity irIthe fall and winter like a giant, unseen_scythe.
REPRODUCED HERE ARE A FEW OFTHOUSANDS OF ARTICLES WHICHMADE MILLIONS BELIEVE ONLYSOME NEW GOVERNMENT VACCINECOULD SAVE THEIR LIVES.IT WAS ALMOST ALL LIES ••
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project because it believe~, shot. .Dear Ann Landers: in preventive medicine. It IS strongly recom·Please tell me (an'd There may be no e idemi mended that adults ~ver 18millions of others) what bu lone s ou occur
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shots (~o ... ~sense answers to the follow- 1957-56, over 70.000 people J:rseyI76l. For the..lJ.i.gh;""ing questions: in the U.S~f the ASian fisk
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flu claimed 30 000 • heart dise»e, respIratoryment spending $135 ml IOn ~lrv'es. ~ J.U:2,blems. dIabetes _ o.ron a project when there is hno evidence that there will -"TIie swine flu shots will • cancer pallents w o.are. Inbe a swine flu epidemic? be available by Oct. 1. treatment), a combInatIOnWhen will the shots be Assistant HEW Secretary of the sWi~e lIu vacCIne andavailable to the public' Dr. Theodore Cooper esti- A-VictorIal75 IS recom-Is there a chance that a mates that the shots should mended.person can get swine flu protect ahout 85 e cen of There is no reason wh afrom the shot? t ose w
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take them, (T e renant W? _ notWho should take the other 15per cent should get a e the SWIneflu shot. .shol? Who should NOT take milder cases than if they It has been emphaSizedit? had no shot at all.) that the shot should NOT beIs the shot safe for preg- There is NO change that takeu by individuals whonanl women? a person will get the flu are allergiC to eggs (thISHow effective will the from the shot because the includes pregnant women).shot be? yaccjoe is made of a killed The shots may be o?taIn-What are the possible virus. The only significant ed from your phySICIan,side effects'
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effec~ MAYbe a sore who may charge for anWhere will the swine flu ;rrn anera fever. (The office visit but NOT for theshots be given? government ran an experi- vaccine. (He gets
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freeHow much will they cost? ment on 6,000 volunteers. After Oct. I', phone your,Are YOU going to have a Out of those who recelve~ local health departmentswine flu shot' (the swine v.ccine, 1.9 per and askwhere and when theThanks for your help. It's cent developed a fever that shots WIllbeoHered m yourwonderful to have somebo- lasted about 24 hours or city. They WIllbe free.dy to turn to for reliable less.) Am! takIng the sWl~e fluinformation. - We Ap- Should children get the shot? You b~t 1 am ..1 II bepreciate You In New York shot? The researchers are one of the
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still working on dosages for moment they are available.Dear N.Y.: The U.S. children under 18,government is spending However, those children$135million on the swine flU, who are inclined to get--- - fevers should NOT get t~e
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I ns of people beginning next year.Scientists or .de are rushing to find a IloNEBIJ.LION people fell ill- one of every three~Vaccine to halt the possible outhreak. -So far they ~ m ffie world. Although governmen'f-'\ are unsuccessful. authorities worldwide played down the statistics"The virus is very much like the Ol1ethat caused a it was-well known in medical circles that theworldwide flu epidemic in.J3lL Twenty million epidemic ranked with the Black Plague of the •••..Reop!. died. 600,000 of them in the U.S. Middle Ages as the
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disease disa~r to ./ It is Jllllthe.2!!!!t. virus that has caused more hit mankind.than
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deaths in the U.S. during the past few Death and suffering in the U.S. was inunense,monlliS. - but compared to other nations, America got off The new virus, discovered in February at Fort rather easily.Dix~ i$ called 'j}Vinevirus beeause it usually In Indllr,lor instance, 12,500.ooo~ople suc.striKes only hogs. cwnlircr=One out of every
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public health authorities have alerted the death rate' was one of 140.World Health Organization to the danger. That In Eurape, ~ who had survived thegroup has ordered Its. laboratories all over the murderous bloodbath of trench warfare for four
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;.vorld to be on the lookout for the virus. years died by tile thousands in military hospitals
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THE HUNT for a vaccine h~op priority. If an Most flu epidemic~~ early in~and~ '-. outbreak comes, it probably will strike .Ilftl!in 1976.. suhside by spring. But kl er epidemics are not so• .,.,. Qitr~':.':
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predictable. They can break out any time of year.
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Drug manufacturers already were at work on THE DEADLIEST epidemics hit much harder \ two types of flu vaccine w~en w.ord came from. the at YOung adu~than normal outbreaks, whICh.government about the sWine VIruS. The vaccmes "!lenerally take their biggest toll among ~w~r.eeffective ag~inst the Hong Kong-type flu, but and old people. 1111918, the rate of flu among •not the new stram. ~peoPle aged 20 to 40 was twice as high as in otherTheAjHdden appeara~of the
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virus has groups. .cause<! a drastiC SWitching of pnonties. Health "If the swil1e flu should hit hard at this ageoffi.cials now must decide wh.ether. t~ pour allJ group-which is the'largestage group in the U.S. _available m~ney and reseB:rch
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An ere are only a ew sort weeks Ie Ito eel e, Atlanta Ga.beca~ it :akesmany m?nths to make enOl1@. t\ltha:;gh there is no vaccine yet ready for
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~J!!;l:llle-to ward off an epidemic. , JflU, other medical advances since 1916 c~uld cutthe·death toll.~ :ruE s~ine. viru~ is. as ~ as some Existing flu vaccines might work in isolatedsCientists believe It to be, It aTreadymay be
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cases. Antibiotics might be of even more value..!1!!l:.1.Oprevent an epidemic - even if a vaccine is '~Toiiiid tomorrow. ANTffiThe 19~8 epidemic struck jus~ a~ Wo!Jd War 1 fluenza' butwas commg to~ Many ViCtims m Europe eco . . s that result in a weaker,died because their bodies already were weakel1ed physical condition iillowing swine flu to strikeby the deprivations of war. harder
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'!tgjpnjng af "It i~ a dangerous waiting game," said the~ betweel1 the 1918 ~!denuc a..ndthe)/< health spokesman. "You never can be sure about
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1918,the killer of the disease was preceded by time.a milder epidemic such as the U.S. is experiel1cing "We can only hope that swine flu does not take~, hold. If it does, then we must hope that medicalTHE NATIONAL INSIDER April11,1976 science can quickly find a way to combat it."Ann Landers,P.T. Box 1400, Elgin, Ill.60120.
T H E A B O V E IS O N L Y A T IN Y S A ~ 1 P L E
FOR OVER SIX MONTHS ALL OF AMERICA WAS DELUGED WITHDAILY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, TELEVISION NEWS, RADIO SPOTS,FEATURE ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES, ETC" IN A PROPAGANDAEFFORT UNPARALLELD OUTSIDE OF RED COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.THEIR LIES WERE SO FRIGHTENING THAT MILLIONS LINED UPTHE FIRST WEEK TO GET THE FLU SHOTS,EVEN WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO DIE, THE SCARESTILL PROVED SO POWERFUL THAT THIRTY MILLIONGOT SHOTS AEIERTHEY KNEW SOME DIED FROM THEPROPAGANDAAMERICANSVACCINE,
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