Local Muslims against vaccine

By William R. Toler

Last week, WCTI-12 reported on a group of Muslims in Pitt County who are against the H1N1 vaccine.

“It’s a vaccination that has been placed out and not been fully experimented and may cause injury to those who are injected with that vaccination,” Remonia Muhammad told the New Bern-based television station. She believes that the vaccine was contrived purely for profit. “The question needs to be asked how much money are the pharmaceutical companies making off producing the vaccination…of course it’s a money making business.”

Muhammad is not alone in her assessment. Dr. Len Horowitz and Dr. Sherri Tenpenny have both issued their concerns about the swine flu vaccine as well as vaccinations in general. Nurses have also expressed concern over mandatory vaccinations and being threatened with their jobs should they refuse.

Swine flu sensationalism cause for control

By William R. Toler

As an adherent of alternative media and an employee of the mainstream media, I’ve heard enough about the swine flu to make anyone’s head spin.

With the rapid media attention and declarations that followed the initial outbreak in Mexico several months back, I began to question the whole scenario.

First off, the genetic makeup of the current strain contains elements of the regular flu, swine flu and avian flu. It seems a little inconceivable that this combination would manifest itself naturally.

Another aspect that seems mind-boggling is the media frenzy that ensued. Granted, the mainstream media is known for blowing things out of proportion, the public was whipped into mass paranoia of a virus that has killed less people than the regular flu. To top it off, those in America that died were already ill with something else.