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The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims Euro health chief

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The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare, a leading health expert has claimed.

Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic.

This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242147/The-false-pandemic-Drug-firms-ca...
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