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Montana Town Occupied By Private Paramilitary Security Force: http://t.co/HM5GvUSl via @youtube Tuesday, September 29, 2009 A private security force whose biggest role is helping the U.S. government to combat terrorism is now patrolling the streets of a town in Montana, acting as law enforcement but accountable to nobody and operating completely outside the limitations of the U.S. constitution in a chilling throwback to the brownshirts of Nazi Germany. The American Police Force organization is a paramilitary unit that provides surveillance, investigative, and military services across the world, according to its website, which shows men dressed in military fatigues carrying machine guns. As part of our mission, APF plays a critical role in helping the U.S. government meet vital homeland security and national defense needs. Within the last 5 years the United States has been far and away our #1 client. Technologies, programs, and services performed by APF have played a very important role in U.S. military and civilian efforts to protect our homeland and combat terrorism, the website states. APF were originally contracted to provide security at a previously empty jail in Hardin, a small town in Montana, but are now patrolling the streets driving SUVs with Police Department printed on them despite the fact that Hardin doesnt have a police department. American Police Force has no jurisdiction in the area because it is a private organization, not a police force. According to Two Rivers Authority officials, having the private security force patrol the streets was not part of the contract. I have no idea. I really dont because thats not been a part of any of the discussions weve had with any of them, Two Rivers Authoritys Al Peterson told KULR 8 News. Peterson said that patrolling the streets was on the wishlist of APFs what Captain Michael. The American Police Force is a shady outfit shrouded in suspicion. According to an Associated Press report, questions over the legitimacy of the organization abound. Government contract databases show no record of the company. Security industry representatives and federal officials said they had never heard of it. On its Web site, the company lists as its headquarters a building in Washington near the White House that holds virtual offices. A spokeswoman for the building said American Police Force never completed its application to use the address, reports AP. Furthermore, APF was tasked with filling the empty Hardin jail with inmates, without any clear indication of where those prisoners would come from. Its unclear where the company will get the inmates for the jail. Montana says its not sending inmates to the jail, and neither are federal officials in the state, according to the report. Maybe the inmates will be the local population of Hardin if American Police Force is allowed to continue to pose as a law enforcement outfit in the town, which is exactly what they intend to do for at least another month. Having a private security force whose stated mission is to help the U.S. government combat terrorism patrol the streets of small towns in America without even having the authority to do so from local authorities is obviously a frightening pretext and harks back to the private paramilitary forces that helped Adolf Hitler rise to power in Nazi Germany. Many fear that if martial law is declared in response to a flu pandemic or other emergency, private security forces such as APF will be used by the government to oppress citizens by operating outside of the law. This is completely unconstitutional and a flagrant threat to the liberty and security of the population of Hardin The County Sheriff is effectively breaking the law if he doesnt immediately kick APF out of the area and end the occupation of the town by a private paramilitary army. Link - Trackbacks

Universities participate in flu pandemic drill Tuesday http://t.co/xcGhAoFb Students from Arizona’s three universities will participate in a statewide flu pandemic exercise. As KJZZ’s Peter O’Dowd reports, Tuesday's drill will include up to 500 people. Link - Trackbacks

Preventing a Flu Pandemic With Just a Single Dose http://t.co/W2kAeHqD Researchers recently found that a single dose of a vaccine being developed by Medicago, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, could protect against not only the avian influenza (H5N1) strain it was designed for, but also another H5N1 strain and a strain of a different flu subtype, called H2N2. Link - Trackbacks

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Pandemic Information News: New vaccine may give lifelong protection from flu 25 November 2012 by Debora Mackenzie Flu season has come early this year in parts of the northern hemisphere, and many people are scrambling to get their annual vaccination. That ritual may someday be history. In a first for any infectious disease, a vaccine against flu has been made out of messenger RNA (mRNA) – the genetic material that controls the production of proteins. Unlike its predecessors, the new vaccine may work for life, and it may be possible to manufacture it quickly enough to stop a pandemic. We become immune to a flu strain when our immune system learns to recognise key proteins, called HA and NA, on the surface of the flu virus. This can happen either because we have caught and fought off that strain of flu, or because we received one of the standard vaccines, most of which contain killed flu virus. Link - Trackbacks

Why is seasonal #flu #vaccine uptake in Germany so low? http://t.co/iUXmGOB3 In Germany, annual vaccination against seasonal influenza is recommended for certain target groups (e.g. persons aged [greater than or equal to]60 years, chronically ill persons, healthcare workers (HCW)). In season 2009/10, vaccination against pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, which was controversially discussed in the public, was recommended for the whole population. The objectives of this study were to assess vaccination coverage for seasonal (seasons 2008/09-2010/11) and pandemic influenza (season 2009/10), to identify predictors of and barriers to pandemic vaccine uptake and whether the controversial discussions on pandemic vaccination has had a negative impact on seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in Germany. Link - Trackbacks

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Vaccine checks 'to control polio' http://t.co/1HMkkW6w The body which monitors attempts to eradicate polio says people from Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan should not be allowed to leave their country unless they can show they have been vaccinated against the disease. Link - Trackbacks

Saw "Contagion" the other night. Can't imagine what will happen to the PLHIV community once a breakout of a real flu pandemic happen. #HIV Saw "Contagion" the other night. Can't imagine what will happen to the PLHIV community once a breakout of a real flu pandemic happen. #HIV Link - Trackbacks

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Couldn't find the cure to bird flu or mad cow in time. #pandemic #tabletop cc: wilw @geekandsundry http://t.co/0LnVbpYF Couldn't find the cure to bird flu or mad cow in time. #pandemic #tabletop cc: wilw @geekandsundry http://t.co/0LnVbpYF Link - Trackbacks

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New vaccine may give lifelong protection from flu: Flu season has come early this year in parts o... http://t.co/1nrUwsHf #Science #News Flu season has come early this year in parts of the northern hemisphere, and many people are scrambling to get their annual vaccination. That ritual may someday be history. In a first for any infectious disease, a vaccine against flu has been made out of messenger RNA (mRNA) – the genetic material that controls the production of proteins. Unlike its predecessors, the new vaccine may work for life, and it may be possible to manufacture it quickly enough to stop a pandemic. Link - Trackbacks

German research points way to faster flu vaccines: LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine based on a molecul... http://t.co/x9OQJgYZ From Yahoo! News: LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine based on a molecule related to DNA protects animals against influenza and may one day offer an ultra-rapid way to develop new shots for humans, German scientists reported on Sunday. Assuming it also works in people, the new approach could allow commercial flu vaccines to be designed and manufactured in weeks rather than months. Making vaccines quickly is critical in fighting flu, particularly during a pandemic when health authorities and drugmakers are in a race to keep up with mutating strains of virus. ... Link - Trackbacks

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Single dose of new vaccine may help prevent flu pandemic - http://t.co/JtqXVTEV Read full story of Single dose of new vaccine may help prevent flu pandemic - Just a single dose of a vaccine being developed by Medicago, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, could protect against not only the avian influenza (H5N1) strain it was designed for, but also another H5N1 strain and a strain of a different flu subtype, called H2N2, researchers have found. Link - Trackbacks

Single dose of new vaccine may help prevent flu pandemic | @scoopit http://t.co/dl7ENMms "Just a single dose of a vaccine being developed by Medicago, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, could protect against not only the avian influenza (H5N1) strain it was designed for, but also another H5N1 strain and a strain of a different flu subtype, called H2N2, researchers have found. This phenomenon, known as "cross-protection," is highly desirable in an influenza vaccine, especially when the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak looms. That's because influenza strains often mutate, rendering stockpiled vaccines ineffective. Medicago has a special advantage in this regard, because the company can rapidly produce a vaccine in less than a month after the identification of a flu strain. This speed results from Medicago's use of entities known as virus-like particles (VLPs) to create its vaccines. Medicago is a worldwide leader in the development of VLP vaccines using a transient expression system, which produces recombinant vaccine antigens in plants. The accelerated production time frame gives the potential to vaccinate the general public before the first wave of a pandemic." Going green...you know the rest. Flu viruses mixing by Russell Kightley Media Link - Trackbacks

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