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Poland and Swine Flu Vaccine

It would appear the Polish Prime Minister has respect for the health and safety of his countrymen and women.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government won't buy vaccines for swine flu which have not been properly tested or from producers who won't take responsibility for possible side effects.

He told reporters that vaccine producers were pressuring governments to buy, but were also demanding that all responsibility and compensation for possible side effects should fall upon governments purchasing the medicine.

He stressed that the few dozen swine flu cases in Poland had been mild and no deaths have been reported.

I should think since he made his remarks on Friday, there have been more than a few phone calls from Brussels telling him he was bang out of order. Heads of government shouldn't tell the people the truth should they? The truth in this case could cost their friends, in the pharmaceutical industry, big money.

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Italians Warned Off

The Italian government is recommending that Italians avoid travelling to places with high numbers of the swine flu infection.

As the UK has had by far the highest number of confirmed cases in Europe to date, this means Italy is telling its citizens to avoid the UK this summer.

Despite the relatively low level of mortality, it appears the Italian government is seriously concerned that the situation in Italy could take a turn for the worse.

How many more governments will warn their citizens against travelling to the UK? I suspect quite a few in the coming months.

This will damage our economy, not only the tourist economy, but the English language teaching business which relies greatly on European business.

Reference: blog from Italy

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