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acknowledged that the figures being collected on doctors who graduated in Cuba. A combined total of 930 "confirmed and probable cases" contained no separation Cuban health professionals make Cuba's the largest between "confirmed" and "probable". In fact, only a medical contingent on the ground in Haiti. Another small percentage of the reported cases were "confirmed" —_ batch of 200 Cuban-trained doctors from 24 countries in by laboratory tests. This faulty data—and much more Africa and Latin America, and a dozen American doctors like it from around the globe—was given to the WHO, — who graduated from medical schools in Havana, went to which in turn used the numbers to justify a pandemic. Haiti to provide reinforcement to existing Cuban medical The need for a perfected method of diagnosing and teams. By comparison, the internationally renowned counting infected people was demonstrated when the Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF, or Doctors without WHO's "data" caused a wave of inaccurate conclusions __ Borders) has approximately 269 health professionals as to the severity of the flu and the distance it had working in Haiti. MSF is much better funded and has far spread. The inaccurate data collection exaggerated the — more extensive medical supplies than the Cuban team. numbers of infected people due to the CDC's The media have ignored not just the Cuban quantitative model created in July 2009. From 15 April contribution but also the efforts made by other Latin to 24 July 2009, US states reported a total of 43,771 American countries. Brazil is providing $70 million in confirmed and probable cases of novel influenza A funding for 10 urgent care units, 50 mobile units for (HIN1) infection. Of these reported cases, 5,011 people = emergency care, a laboratory and a hospital, among were hospitalised and 302 died. other health services. Venezuela has cancelled all of On 24 July 2009, the CDC Haiti's debt and has promised discontinued counts. Instead o supply oil, free of charge, of collecting data that could until the country has recovered have provided empirical ! rom the disaster. backing for assessments of The CDC's data was then Western NGOs employ how the HINI virus was used to justify massive media officers to ensure that spreading, the CDC . . . he world knows what they are announced that it had vaccinations, which created doing. The western media developed its model to huge profits for the ave grown accustomed to dealing with such NGOs, enabling a relationship of mutual assistance to develop. The CDC further stated that Cuban medical teams, "[t]he model took the number owever, are outside this of cases reported by states and adjusted the figure to predominantly western humanitarian—media loop and account for known sources of underestimation" such as ___ are therefore only likely to receive attention from Latin accounting for people who had never reported their American media and Spanish-language broadcasters illness, despite no proof that these infected people — and print media. existed. These estimates caused an inaccurate and basically made-up figure of infections. The CDC's data 13. Obama Cuts Domestic Spending and Increases was then used to justify massive vaccinations, which _ Military Corporate Welfare created huge profits for the pharmaceutical industry. President Obama's decision to increase military determine the true number of novel HINI flu cases in the United States. pharmaceutical industry. used to justify massive vaccinations, which created huge profits for the 13. Obama Cuts Domestic Spending and Increases Military Corporate Welfare President Obama's decision to increase military spending this year and in the future will result in the greatest administrative military spending since World War Il. This decision is being made in spite o continued evidence of extreme waste, fraud, abuse and corporate welfare in the military budget. At the same time, spending on "non-security" domestic programs such as education, nutrition, energy and transportation will be frozen, resulting in inflationary cuts to essentia services for the US public over the upcoming years. While these domestic programs constitute only 17 per cent of the total federal spending, they will sustain all o the proposed cuts. The public never hears about war spending in the corporate media and how much everything actually costs. Several examples highlight the extent of abuse. A single future weapons system is now estimated to cost the American taxpayer almost one-third of what the 12. Cuba Provided the Greatest Medical Aid to Haiti after the Earthquake Cuba was the first to come into Haiti with medical aid when the 12 January 2010 earthquake struck. Among the many donor nations, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating Haiti's earthquake victims. Public health experts say that the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck. Tia. wal at nett wins an tha: However, in reporting on the international aid effort, western media have generally not ranked Cuba high on the list of donor nations. One major international news agency's list of donor nations credited Cuba with sending over 30 doctors to Haiti, whereas the real figure stands at more than 350, including 280 young Haitian 16 * NEXUS The CDC's data was then pharmaceutical industry. DECEMBER 2010 - JANUARY 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com