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Swine flu and the Daily Fail

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David51 · 14/01/2011 16:47

Compare and contrast:

The £1.2billion spent on tackling the swine flu pandemic that never was may have saved as few as 26 lives at a cost of up to £46million each, an astonishing study has found....

Critics said the revelation was the final indictment of the panicked reaction to the flu outbreak by the Labour government

(Daily Mail Aug 2010)

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299495/1-2bn-spent-beat-swine-flu--just-26-lives-saved.html#ixzz1B1orptCD

Parents across the country were moved to tears by the haunting image of three-year-old Lana Ameen lying on a life support machine, one of the youngest victims of this winter?s deadly outbreak.

Now her father, registrar Dr Zana Ameen, has told how, with all his medical knowledge, he can see only one reason not to offer the swine flu vaccine to young children ? cost.

(Daily Mail today)

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346971/My-darling-daughter-died-lack-6-jab-Grief-anger-swine-flu-victims-doctor-father.html#ixzz1B1pFksYu

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CupcakesHay · 14/01/2011 19:15

Brilliant! good spot!

David51 · 15/01/2011 17:12

I did get a tip-off via Twitter (and this blog)

primlystable.blogspot.com/

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PlanetLizard · 15/01/2011 22:05

Doesn't surprise me!

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