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Will any country mandate any group of it's population submit to H1N1 Flu Vaccine shots this year?

Background: Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccination Alert - by Stephen Lendman

On July 13, a World Health Organization (WHO) Global Alert headlined, "WHO recommendations on pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccinations" suggest that universally mandated ones are coming. It stated that on July 7, the pharmaceutical industry-dominated Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization held an "extraordinary meeting in Geneva to discuss issues and make recommendations related to vaccine for the pandemic (H1N1) 2009."
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Mandatory-Swine-Flu-Vaccin-by-Stephen-Lendman-090714-608.html

Will any country heed this advice and make the vaccine mandatory for any or all of their populace this year?

Settlement date is fixed.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Category Editor Clarification: please note that the author wishes to keep this market open until the suspend date, meaning that it will not necessarily settle on the first occurrence of any such mandated vaccinations.

 
Forecast history %
North America country
13%
South America country
2%
Asian country
2%
European country
7%
Country on another continent
1%
Combo of above
18%
The H1N1 Flu Vaccine is not mandated anywhere
58%
Question suspends in 5 weeks

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: North America country: 10%, South America country: 10%, Asian country: 10%, European country: 10%, Country on another continent: 10%, Combo of above: 15%, The H1N1 Flu Vaccine is not mandated anywhere: 35%

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Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go) details

 

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Comments (11)

We might want to keep an eye on this story in San Diego. It seems the entire jail population is at risk. Whether or not it's legal to order the vaccination of inmates I don't know. However, I think it is worth paying attention to. http://www.10news.com/news/20051052/detail.html
http://www.cbs8.com/global/story.asp?s=10720214
posted 18 weeks ago
Any nation that mandates country-wide vaccination is not a place that's worthy of existence.
posted 16 weeks ago
Or even 'any group of its population' ... OMG that would be even worse from a human rights perspective.
posted 16 weeks ago
Under no circumstances would I submit to this or probably any other vaccine.
posted 16 weeks ago
Flu shot isn't for H1N1
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-flu-vaccine27-2009jul27,0,978514.story
The approved seasonal vaccine doesn't protect against swine flu. But you should get it anyway.
With the so-called swine flu continuing to spread across the United States and the world, the Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it has given the go-ahead for the final preparation and distribution of a vaccine for the coming flu season.

But that vaccine will not protect against swine flu, more officially known as the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. That virus has sickened almost 45,000 and killed more than 300 in the United States since the spring. Those numbers are only confirmed cases, however; the true number of people affected is much higher.
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[More at the link...]


So - now you can get the "flu shot" and the flu! Sounds like a government style "solution" to me :-)
posted 16 weeks ago
Here's a short (run time 1:31) video on getting your flu shot back in 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASibLqwVbsk
posted 11 weeks ago
Massachusetts is closing in on making the shot mandatory.....
posted 10 weeks ago
  8 nyharel
I don't understand why commenters consider the possibility of forced vacination so remote. Forcing vaccination of the whole population, or a group in the population, sounds very undemocratic, but heck, there are many undemocratic countries out there... Also, many countries already force vaccinations of all sorts on one specific population group: soliders. It would be surprising if no country insisted that their soldiers be vaccinated - even if they don't call it forcing ("if you don't vaccinate you will be repremanded and/or dishonorably discharged, but do what you want - we're not forcing you").
posted 8 weeks ago
  9 pics4d
does this only concern a federal law? i know here in the u.s. new york state is requiring all health-care workers to get shots...just a li'l plug: http://www.hubdub.com/m53127/how_many_states_will_pass_laws_requiring_flu_shots_for_health_workers
posted 8 weeks ago
  11 nyharel
pics4d: excellent question! health-care workers are also a part of the population, isn't it?
Sounds like we might have trouble settling this question :-(
posted 8 weeks ago

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