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<font color="#000080"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Towards common sense</font></b></font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2"><i>The commotion surrounding
vaccinations used for waging political battles will eventually turn against
communities.</i></font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">The 1918-1919 flu pandemic,
nicknamed “the Spanish flu”, was also caused by the A/H1N1 swine flu virus. Its
first wave had a similar course to the current incidence of disease. In spring
1918, the first wave of the pandemic hit. Although highly contagious, it did not
bring with it a significant death rate. The second outbreak, which commenced in
September 1918, was marked by an incredibly high number of fatalities, whilst
the third took place in 1919.</font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">The course of the current A/H1N1
pandemic without a great number of fatalities (if one can describe the death of
20,000 people in such a way) is not conducive to a rational assessment of the
preventive vaccination programme. For many politicians, populism and the desire
to win over voters are the only determinants of their actions. Such politicians
prey on the low awareness on the part of society, which notices only events, and
imagining what could potentially happen is outside their visible realm. Also, a
lack of knowledge about the course of the “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918-1919
and its death toll, estimated at between 50 million and 100 million people, is
not conducive to preventive vaccinations.</font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">If an anti-vaccination attitude is
reinforced in social beliefs, then the future may see the deaths of millions of
people as a result of abandoning general preventive vaccinations. The message to
inform people of the risk carried by an influenza pandemic is an important one.
Let us hope that the situation will be different from the regularity, which
often accompanies
<a href="http://www.polandsecurities.com/newsroom/event-press.htm">
<font color="#000080">capital markets</font></a>, where world crunches occur
within cycles every few decades or so, and awareness of the threat dies with the
generation.</font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">We find ourselves in a place and
time where the future of mankind’s existence in the conflict with mortal viruses
is clinched. Let us stop the feverish bus ride, fed with political populism and
short-sighted electoral perspective. Let us look at the warning signs, which
mankind encountered in his path in the years 1918-1919.</font></p>
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<font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">If you believe that it is worthwhile
doing something for the common good, <i><b>then forward this appeal to others or
link to: <a href="http://www.right-to-health.org">www.right-to-health.org</a>
</b></i>so that the information has a chance to spread. We are the ones who can
influence whether common sense prevails.</font></p>
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<i><font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">Sense is sometimes in the
minority and loses out to populism, but let us not give up just yet!</font></i></p>
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