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Old 29-04-2009, 15:08   #276
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Re: Pandemic Flu - This one could be for real......

I thought you were big on insisting people examine the evidence properly. How come you didn't notice that your first link contains an interview in which the doctor points out his comments have been gleefully taken out of context by conspiracy nutters? In fact the doctor, when directly asked about this, states emphatically that the virus was not made in a lab:

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to be honest, I didn't see how that impression had been directed. But, of course, at this point, this is something completely natural. There should be no consideration this is man-made. This is something that has happened throughout history. Swine flu isn't rare. We see it every other year in the U.S. The point was, it's a completely new virus and something not seen before anywhere -- this particular strain of swine flu."

For those needing further elucidation -- say, anyone who's never watched a television medical drama or been to a doctor -- when Carlo said the strain had been cultured in a lab, he just meant: "They took the swab off the individual infected with the illness and grew it in the lab," he says. "It's confusing, but it certainly wasn't created in a lab. I guess it seems obvious for the medical professionals. I'm working with my advisers to make it clear on the messaging. We definitely don't want to convey that it was created in the lab."
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