[et_pb_section bb_built="1″ admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label="Tekst"]One year ago, in April 2009, the discovery in Mexico and the US of a previously unknown virus, A H1N1, raised the spectre of a deadly pandemic.A year ago, in April 2009, the discovery in Mexico and the US of a previously unknown virus, A H1N1, raised the spectre of a deadly pandemic and unleashed an unprecedented chain of actions by the authorities, the cost of which has been criticised to the tune of billions of euros.
One year later, we still do not have the answer to the question of whether the decision of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the first pandemic of the 21st century was an over-dramatisation or even whether it was driven by commercial interests.
Governments spent huge amounts on vaccines that turned out to be a waste as the response of the population to be vaccinated was minimal.
In the name of transparency and to respond to criticism, the WHO, which denies any laboratory interference in its decisions, set up an independent committee to assess how the pandemic was handled, the outcome of which will be known this spring.
Influenza A H1N1 caused 16,900 deaths worldwide. In Mexico, where the virus was discovered, 1,200 people died and 72,000 were infected.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section].
