In 2004, I was writing my book, “FOWL – Bird Flu Is Not What You Think” (out of print). The number of messages used to imbed the ‘necessity of the flu vaccine’ into our collective consciousness was massive. Early in 2004, a presentation given at the National Immunization Program by the Associate Director for Communications at the CDC, Glenn Nowak, PhD, revealed the extent to which the media is used to force consumers into believing in the necessity of the flu shot. The following stats were from 2004:
During the week of September 21–28, 2004, according to information provided by Dr. Nowak, the airwaves carried a whopping 1,056 messages—that’s approximately one every fifteen minutes—urging viewers or listeners to get their flu shots. The most intense reporting on influenza generally starts in early October and extends through mid-February, averaging 200 stories per week for 20 weeks. That’s at least 4,000 messages per season….