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  1. At the moment no one in France is forced to have the vaccination, let's hope it stays that way.

    Saw an interesting piece on how other European countries feel about the vaccine on Telematin this morning, apparently the take up of the vaccine in Germany is only 1 in 10, mainly due to this scandal.

  2. [quote user="5-element"][quote user="Richard"] If I get it, I get it. If I die from it, I die from it. C'est la vie.
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    Obviously, it's much easier for those of us not particularly at risk, to be philosophical about it...[6].
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    For me, it would depend on the type of risk. 

    In an occupation that exposed me to a greater risk of contracting the virus, then I would not take the jab.  If I suffered from anything that would make the risk of secondary infections particularly dangerous, than I would have the jab. 

    In fact, if I'm going to catch the damn thing, I'd prefer to do it sooner than later anyway.

  3. A revised version of the HADOPI law was voted in on May 13th, but then declared "unconstitutional" by the French constitutional council on June 10th, as they insisted that only a judge could impose the penalties.

    The bill was then altered, and resubmitted at the end of September, with the stipulation that file-swappers would receive 2 warnings, and then be referred to a judge for decision on fines and withdrawal of internet access.  The new bill has been accepted by the National Assembly and the Senate.

    It may still be challenged by the constitutional council.

     

  4. I think the real problem is that although farmers are not seeing a profit (or are making a loss) on their produce, the big supermarket chains still manage to cream off quite a nice percentage.  The farmers want the government to help them out with financial aid, but a fairer approach would be to force supermarket giants to pay a fair price for the produce in the first place.

    Why should the state subsidise supermarket profits?

  5. I've been using hydrocortisone 1% ointment on and off for the last 20 years, and it's the first I've heard of a 1 month bin by date. 

    A small tube lasts me at least six months, and still "does what it says on the tin" (and nothing has dropped off, withered away, or turned blue after the tube has been open for more than a month)  [:)]

  6. The vaccination campaign should start mid October, that's when the 1st deliveries of the vaccine will be delivered (and then on-screen text saying that the 1st doses were delivered 27th August, from Baxter, and then a recorded phone interview saying that the doses did come from Baxter).  Baxter (a pharmaceutical company) confirmed that they issued a product in February, accidentally contaminated with live H5N1 virus.  It was a mixture of seasonal flu virus and H5N1.  It was a sub-contractor that 1st realised the mistake, after ferrets that were injected with the vaccine died.

    EDIT, missed a bit:  Baxter patented a method of producing viral vaccines, including swine flu vaccine in August 2008, and a provisional application was lodged a year earlier in August 2007.  The first outbreak of identified swine flu in Mexico didn't occur until March 2009. 

    The video asks why did Mme Bachelot (French minister of health) order the vaccine from Baxter in July?  And also why the video "Danger, Baxter vaccine in France" was deleted from Dailymotion?

    The concern of the makers of the video is that a 2nd expected wave of outbreaks may be due to vaccinations themselves.

    The video mention that the facts are already known, and that a journalist, Helen Branswell, has published the information. 

    I found this http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/27/8560781.html

     

     

  7. [quote user="Dog"]

    The other quote from that sad episode was perhaps "Too little knowledge is a dangerous thing..."

    The 'scumbag' may not have acted in this way if the police had some time before advised him that he had no oustanding warrants.

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    If they couldn't find the "scumbag", who had disappeared whilst on bail for his previous offences (not having a valid driving license, reckless driving, resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon) to serve the arrest warrant, how could they have been expected to find him to advise him that it had been cancelled?

     

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