Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Coral Cross: The World’s First Global Flu Pandemic Alternate Reality Game; But Just Weeks Before The Scheduled Launch, An Extraordinary Coincidence Occurred…
May 2nd, 2009“The flu crisis in now real. And so is Coral Cross.” Via: Alternate Reality Gaming Network: Dystopic literature often turns to the threat of pandemics for inspiration. From Albert Camus’ La Peste to Stephen King’s The Stand, authors create global pandemics in their stories to confront issues raised by a threat to human survival that […]
Mexico Outbreak Traced to ‘Manure Lagoons’ at Pig Farm
April 28th, 2009This is an interesting story. Of course, it doesn’t mention the fact that, back in February, Panasonic knew that a pandemic flu event was going to happen. Via: Times Online: The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell […]
Flashback: CDC to Mix Avian, Human Flu Viruses in Pandemic Study
April 28th, 2009Via: CIDRAP: One of the worst fears of infectious disease experts is that the H5N1 avian influenza virus now circulating in parts of Asia will combine with a human-adapted flu virus to create a deadly new flu virus that could spread around the world. That could happen, scientists predict, if someone who is already infected […]
Container of Swine Virus Explodes on Swiss Train
April 28th, 2009Via: Reuters: A container of flu virus samples packed in dry ice exploded on a Swiss train, injuring one person but posing no other risks to humans, police said on Tuesday. Skip related content The box held vials of swine flu virus, although a different strain than the H1N1 variety that has caused about 150 […]
What Do You Call it When a Four-Week Civil Contingency Exercise, to Prepare for a Flu Pandemic, Has to Be Cancelled Due to the Outbreak of a Flu Pandemic? A “Sheer Coincidence”
April 27th, 2009This was in the Scotsman last week: Rehearsal of Flu Pandemic Set to Begin: A FOUR-WEEK exercise to prepare Scotland for a flu pandemic is to start next week, it was announced yesterday. The Scottish Government will be running the emergency exercise, called Cauld Craw, involving health boards, the ambulance services and other organisations who […]
Flashback: Panasonic to Fly Home Workers’ Families “Well Ahead of Possible Confusion at the Outbreak of a Global Pandemic”
April 26th, 2009Remember this one from February? Via: AFP: Panasonic Corp. has ordered Japanese employees in some foreign countries to send their families home to Japan in preparation for a possible bird flu pandemic, a spokesman said Tuesday. Family members of Japanese employees in parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, former Soviet states and Latin […]
April 14-15: FEMA’s Interagency Continuity Influenza Pandemic Tabletop Exercise
April 26th, 2009Via: Imperial Valley News: Most people recognize the value of a fire drill. Adults and children alike recognize the usual fire drill steps include evacuating the building and reaching a pre-designated spot. What most people do not recognize is that a fire drill is really an emergency evacuation plan and emergency evacuation plans are growing […]
Archeologist Who Greeted Obama in Mexico City, “Died the Following Day from Symptoms Similar to Flu” (Update: This Story is Bullshit)
April 26th, 2009Update: Archaeologist’s Family Refutes Obama Swine Flu Rumor Via: Houston Chronicle: Was President Barack Obama infected with Mexico’s swine flu? No, the White House has said repeatedly since Saturday. Obama visited Mexico City on April 16 and 17, three days after the first case of swine flu was confirmed in Mexico. Mexican newspapers reported last […]
U.S. Army Biological Warfare Lab Missing Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Samples; 21 Polo Ponies from Venezuela Died at Event in Florida
April 23rd, 2009According to CBS News, the people investigating the deaths of the horses in Florida are focusing on the possibility that a tainted batch of a vitamin supplement called Biodyl might be to blame. All of the horses that died received the supplement. The five horses that didn’t receive the Biodyl are fine. Ok. Maybe that’s […]
Freddie Mac Acting Chief Financial Officer David Kellermann Found Dead; Apparent Suicide
April 22nd, 2009Update: Hanging or Gunshot? Not Clear, Apparently Suicide, though. Definitely a suicide. Trust us. Via: AHN: Police are not speculating on the cause of death of Freddie Mac’s acting head, David Kellermann, at this point and will leave it up to the medical examiner, Fairfax County Police Public Information Officer Lucy Caldwell told AHN Media. […]
