Panic! You're all going to die! This is serious! We're trying to protect you! (etc)
I'm always deeply suspicious & cynical about these 'health drives' . When the 'powers-that-shouldn't-be' (as James Corbett calls them - @corbettreport) use emotive language designed to elicit a fear response from the public, there's a pretty good chance we're being lied to.
See, we get the word 'horror' in the title, AND the death of a child?
And immediately in the first sentence we're getting urged to get a 'flu vaccination. Oh, now we get the name of a 'young dad' that died of the 'flu. This is a rather obvious attempt to make this 'horror' appear more personal & real. They are hoping the public will respond with a shrill: 'IT COULD HAPPEN TO MY SON/HUSBAND! HE'S A YOUNG DAD TOO! I MUST URGE HIM TO GET THIS VACCINE')
I'd just like to quote a part of the article:
“"What it does show us is that we have a horror flu season on our hands,” Hennessy told media on Monday."The number of people with influenza has doubled. People are not just getting the flu, they’re getting very, very sick with this flu."
I don't believe ANY official figures around these infectious diseases anymore. A measles case doesn't get recorded as 'measles' by the doctor if they've been vaccinated. They'll call it 'viral rash' or some euphemism - then say 'see measles rates are down 95% since the introduction of...'. It's Bullshit. And when there is a vaccine 'push' on, they'll diagnose a lot more cases in that area. So, HOW do they know 'flu incidence has doubled? They don't.
Then there's the assertion that 'people are getting very sick with this 'flu' (fear! fear! It's a bad one)
“Do not underestimate how serious ... influenza can be. Don’t dismiss your symptoms."
Fear! Fear! etc
“The reality is we can’t beat nature. The ongoing lesson is we have just got to keep trying to make sure that we are better protecting and better supporting people through better vaccines and care and support.”
This line is very telling. They're still trying to 'beat' nature, rather than live in harmony with it. 'Beat nature', what an absurd concept. The implication is clear - nature is dangerous, only government & science & daddy can protect you! This taps into our primal fears of when nature WAS dangerous, when we were living in small groups surrounded by vast, unknowable nature full of predators.
"There have been more than 13,000 flu cases in Victoria over the past few months, including 95 deaths, many of which were at aged care facilities."
And there you go. The people who die from 'flu are the very elderly & people who are severely immuno-compromised. Will the 'flu vacc 'protect' these people? Well, the drug-pushers & government haven't provided any evidence that it will (The Cochrane Report couldn't find any evidence that 'flu vaccines were effective in elderly populations for example).
When public health has become fear-based propaganda to sell ineffective & dangerous drugs made by corrupt & evil corporations, something has gone very wrong. Don't fall for their bullshit. Take some immune-supporting (and patent free) supplements & tell the government to take a running jump.