WHO fails to strike deal on sharing vaccines or data


	WHO fails to strike deal on sharing vaccines or data

gppixelworks

5-17-2009 8:27 AM

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swine flu, health, pandemic, greed, corporate, big business, drugs, vaccines, profits

gppixelworks says:

Sounds like corporate interests are, once again, valued more than human interests.

Reference: http://tinyurl.com/q5ubp7

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