The 1976 Swine Flu Scare and 1979 CBS 60 minutes report

[chivo]

On November 4, 1979, the CBS news program 60 Minutes broadcast a segment led by investigative reporter Mike Wallace focusing on the fallout from the U.S. government's aborted 1976 swine flu mass inoculation campaign and subsequent legal claims of vaccine-related injuries.
 

• The 1976 Precedent: Following a minor outbreak at Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. officials feared a catastrophic pandemic mirroring the 1918 Spanish flu. President Gerald Ford launched a massive $135 million nationwide vaccination program.
  

• The Fallout: The anticipated pandemic never materialized, but roughly 46 million Americans received the shot. A small percentage developed a neurological condition known as Guillain-Barré syndrome, leading thousands of citizens to file multibillion-dollar damage claims against the federal government.
  

• The 60 Minutes Segment: Produced by Norman Gorin, Wallace’s report examined the public health miscalculations, grilled officials like CDC Director David Sencer on the rush to vaccinate, and highlighted citizens suffering from severe health setbacks following the government campaign.
  

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[LightAngel]

Humanity repeats what it refuses to look at honestly. 
 
So fear, ignorance, and propaganda keep the past just blurry enough to repeat.

I don't know if humanity will ever learn. 

If people won't face the truth, they will repeat it.


Some people do wake up, and when they do, it's rarely a gentle process. It's more like something in them refuses to keep participating in the collective madness! 

[chr0naut]

On November 4, 1979, the CBS news program 60 Minutes broadcast a segment led by investigative reporter Mike Wallace focusing on the fallout from the U.S. government's aborted 1976 swine flu mass inoculation campaign and subsequent legal claims of vaccine-related injuries.
 

• The 1976 Precedent: Following a minor outbreak at Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. officials feared a catastrophic pandemic mirroring the 1918 Spanish flu. President Gerald Ford launched a massive $135 million nationwide vaccination program.
  

• The Fallout: The anticipated pandemic never materialized, but roughly 46 million Americans received the shot. A small percentage developed a neurological condition known as Guillain-Barré syndrome, leading thousands of citizens to file multibillion-dollar damage claims against the federal government.
  

• The 60 Minutes Segment: Produced by Norman Gorin, Wallace’s report examined the public health miscalculations, grilled officials like CDC Director David Sencer on the rush to vaccinate, and highlighted citizens suffering from severe health setbacks following the government campaign.
  

[Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Su4NCjAvY]


Looking forward to your opinions and comments

Have a good day

Despite the fact that 460 of the 46 million immunized people developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, only a single person died from Guillain-Barré syndrome back in '76.

Considering the potential danger that H1N1 appeared to have posed, and the fact that those immunizations probably had some effect on preventing the outbreak from becoming epidemic.

You do know that the 1918 "Spanish" flu, that killed 675,000 Americans was H1N1, too, the same as in 1976.

H1N1 also recurred in 2009, where it killed 12,469 Americans.

The threat, which 46 million people were immunized against, was quite real.

- In 1918, Americans protested against medical attempts, like masking, sanitizing and quarantine, to protect them against the flu.
- In 1979 Americans inflated a story about very few adverse reactions to an immunization campaign that had probably saved potentially tens of thousands of lives.
- In 2020, Americans protested about every effort to protect them against COVID-19, which has killed about 1,1 million Americans.

None of it makes any sense.

[fwki]

- In 2020, Americans protested about every effort to protect them against COVID-19, which has killed about 1,1 million Americans.

2020.... Oh yeah, I remember that year. That's the year nobody died from the flu...

[chivo]

Despite the fact that 460 of the 46 million immunized people developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, only a single person died from Guillain-Barré syndrome back in '76.

Considering the potential danger that H1N1 appeared to have posed, and the fact that those immunizations probably had some effect on preventing the outbreak from becoming epidemic.

You do know that the 1918 "Spanish" flu, that killed 675,000 Americans was H1N1, too, the same as in 1976.

H1N1 also recurred in 2009, where it killed 12,469 Americans.

The threat, which 46 million people were immunized against, was quite real.

- In 1918, Americans protested against medical attempts, like masking, sanitizing and quarantine, to protect them against the flu.
- In 1979 Americans inflated a story about very few adverse reactions to an immunization campaign that had probably saved potentially tens of thousands of lives.
- In 2020, Americans protested about every effort to protect them against COVID-19, which has killed about 1,1 million Americans.

None of it makes any sense.

Did you watched the video? It's only 15 mins long. If you did you would see how they interviewed a vax injured and survivor, as in not dead... Go watch the thing and tell me what is the difference between being dead and the living hell that woman went through to have a kind of a "normal life". Being dead seems very preferable in comparison mate. 

Do a favor? watch the video first and THEN comeback and say that "none of it makes sense"

You will also see how the head of the CDC at the time could not say truthfully that they were ANY confirmed cases of the flu.

15 minutes long. I guarantee you it's worth it. It is not on rumble or has any trump on it so don't be afraid mate

[BeyondKnowledge]

Despite the fact that 460 of the 46 million immunized people developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, only a single person died from Guillain-Barré syndrome back in '76.

Considering the potential danger that H1N1 appeared to have posed, and the fact that those immunizations probably had some effect on preventing the outbreak from becoming epidemic.

You do know that the 1918 "Spanish" flu, that killed 675,000 Americans was H1N1, too, the same as in 1976.

H1N1 also recurred in 2009, where it killed 12,469 Americans.

The threat, which 46 million people were immunized against, was quite real.

- In 1918, Americans protested against medical attempts, like masking, sanitizing and quarantine, to protect them against the flu.
- In 1979 Americans inflated a story about very few adverse reactions to an immunization campaign that had probably saved potentially tens of thousands of lives.
- In 2020, Americans protested about every effort to protect them against COVID-19, which has killed about 1,1 million Americans.

None of it makes any sense.

You are right that none of it makes any sense. 

The CDC at the time not disclosing possible reactions to an untested vaccine. The circumstances of the death that triggered the governments panic were not known to the public. Only the story that a healthy young man died of this but not why. 

And all you speculation about how it could have been much worse without the vaccine. That makes the least sense of all. Only one died of the vax you say. But only one may have possibly died of the flu which was not even proven. 

What do you expect when you force march someone that is suffering from any strain of flu.

None of the things you brought up have anything to do with the video.

I remember getting that shot because that is the only time I got one in elementary school by a pneumatic injection gun.

[EXETER]

2020.... Oh yeah, I remember that year. That's the year nobody died from the flu...

That's because:

1) The influenza virus is less contagious than the Covid-19 virus, so that measures like social distancing, mask wearing, and disinfecting of surfaces that would only slow down the spread of Covid would stop the spread of influenza. Very few people died from the flu in 2020 partly because very few people got infected with it. For some reason, people seem to think that all viruses are equally contagious.  That's not even close to reality.

2) In 2020, influenza infections had a lower mortality rate than Covid infections by about a factor of 4 or 5 for the elderly.  Among other reasons, that's because the Covid virus was a novel virus.  That means that it had not appeared in the human population before, which means that nobody had any pre-existing specific antibodies to it.  That means that when people did contract a Covid infection, their immune systems were fighting it off for the first time.  It takes about 14 days for a healthy immune system to build up a strong enough response to a virus to end its infection, when it hasn't seen that virus before.  The influenza virus was and is endemic.  That means it's been around in the human population practically forever.  That means that almost everybody had some pre-existing antibodies to it by 2020.  That means that when someone did manage to contract an influenza infection, they built up a very strong immune response in only about 3 days.  That's another reason Covid was a lot more contagious than influenza--people who have the flu aren't shedding viruses for as long a period of time as they would if they had Covid. The difference between 14 days of active infection and 3 days is why people were much less likely to die from influenza. 

Covid is now an endemic virus, with a much lower mortality rate than in 2020, so we wouldn't expect to see such a big difference between Covid and influenza, today.

[chivo]

You are right that none of it makes any sense. 

The CDC at the time not disclosing possible reactions to an untested vaccine. The circumstances of the death that triggered the governments panic were not known to the public. Only the story that a healthy young man died of this but not why. 

And all you speculation about how it could have been much worse without the vaccine. That makes the least sense of all. Only one died of the vax you say. But only one may have possibly died of the flu which was not even proven. 

What do you expect when you force march someone that is suffering from any strain of flu.

None of the things you brought up have anything to do with the video.

I remember getting that shot because that is the only time I got one in elementary school by a pneumatic injection gun.

"None of the things you brought up have anything to do with the video"

Because he didn't watched it. In fact I'm pretty sure non of the people in this site who are still defending mass "immunizations" campaigns will not watch the video because they assume that is either false or antivax garbage or far right/hillbilly or any derogative term they use for people who don't  conform or consent to unnatural ideologies that only serve to corporate interests and their paid shills (politicians and government employees, like CDC guy in the video)

It shows the character, when people dismiss something because of prejudices. The character is one that is afraid of their dogma being challenged. This is not being intelligent quite the opposite.

"I remember getting that shot because that is the only time I got one in elementary school by a pneumatic injection gun."

Wow haha. Talk about treating people like livestock!!

[chr0naut]

2020.... Oh yeah, I remember that year. That's the year nobody died from the flu...

That was untrue. Thousands died from flu in the USA, and many more in other countries, in that year.

The truth was that in the 2019-2020 flu season, in the USA, there were 22,000 deaths from flu and in the 2020-2021 flu season there were 5,000 deaths from flu.

The usually given reason for the lower numbers of flu deaths is that masking, social distancing, lockdowns and sanitization were highly effective against flu and that flu deaths also fluctuate season to season (for instance, the 2011-2012 USA flu season was also quite low, at 13,000 deaths from flu).

Estimated Flu Disease Burden 2019–2020 Flu Season - CDC archive

2021-2022 Season - CDC

Number of influenza deaths in the United States from 2010 to 2025 - Statista

[BeyondKnowledge]

That was untrue. Thousands died from flu in the USA, and many more in other countries, in that year.

The truth was that in the 2019-2020 flu season, in the USA, there were 22,000 deaths from flu and in the 2020-2021 flu season there were 5,000 deaths from flu.

The usually given reason for the lower numbers of flu deaths is that masking, social distancing, lockdowns and sanitization were highly effective against flu and that flu deaths also fluctuate season to season (for instance, the 2011-2012 USA flu season was also quite low, at 13,000 deaths from flu).

Estimated Flu Disease Burden 2019–2020 Flu Season - CDC archive

2021-2022 Season - CDC

Number of influenza deaths in the United States from 2010 to 2025 - Statista

You are going by the numbers available now. In 2020 to 2021, if you died and had the sniffles, it was COVID. If you were hit by a bus and tested positive, it was COVID you died from. If you were electrocuted and tested positive, it was COVID.

They changed the numbers later to not look so conspicuous.