CDC's whitewash of ideas on swine flu vaccine "consultation".

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

I belong to a group which includes a lot of the people who went to the many meetings the CDC organised in America about the flu vaccine.

The CDC's idea of consulation is to let everyone have their say, and then write what they want to do without reference to any dissenting voices, medical or lay.

Every single meeting was full of people against the swine flu vaccine, and their plans.

Naturally they were ignored.

Here's the result:

H1N1 Meeting Participant:



We are happy to announce that the final report from the Public Engagement Project on the H1N1 Vaccine Program is available. The report can be found at:
http (http://keystone.org/files/file/about/publications/Final-H1N1-Report-Sept-30-2009.pdf)://keystone.org/files/file/about/publications/Final-H1N1-Report-Sept-30-2009.pdf (http://keystone.org/files/file/about/publications/Final-H1N1-Report-Sept-30-2009.pdf)



The report is a comprehensive summary of all thirteen public and stakeholder sessions. In addition, it contains individual summaries in these appendices: Appendix C: public meeting summaries, Appendix D: online meeting summaries and Appendix E: stakeholder meeting summary.



Thank you for your commitment and participation in this important project.





Sincerely,
The Keystone Team

Michael Hughes

The Keystone Center

1600 Broadway #1920

Denver, CO 80202

303.468.8861

www.keystone.org (http://www.keystone.org/)

[MinorityView]

What you describe is a common technique, which has been refined over many years.

A good friend, 30 + years ago, lived in a neighborhood. Certain people wanted to do some major changes to said neighborhood. They had the various government agencies hold lots of meetings, people had a chance to say what they wanted to say. Then the government said: "We've listened. The best thing is to change this, that, and this." These changes, of course, served the interests of a small group and disregarded what the ordinary folks who actually lived in the neighborhood had said.

There are exceptions. I live in a small town. Very little gets slid through behind people's backs. Of course, it is nearly impossible to do anything :)