http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/06/through-the-looking-glass-darkly/

Through the Looking Glass Darkly

Government as we wish it or government as we will it

by Arthur D. Robbins / June 6th, 2014

... President George W. Bush sought to instill panic in the United States by telling us that a minimum of 200,000 people would die from the avian flu pandemic. But it could be as bad as 2 million deaths in this country alone, we were told.

This hoax was then used to justify the immediate purchase of 20 million doses of Tamiflu, at $100 per dose, for a total of $2 billion. Tamiflu is a drug of little known value in treating the disease and can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations.⁸ Coincidentally or not, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush’s Secretary of defense, was appointed Chairman of Gilead Sciences, Inc. in 1997, the company that developed the Tamiflu. He [Rumsfeld], the largest Gilead stockholder, was in a position to make a fortune on royalties, as the value of a share soared 700% in just a few weeks. In October 2005, the Pentagon ordered vaccination of all US military personnel worldwide against this same Avian Flu.

Then, in 2009, along came the swine flu pandemic scare, same cast of characters, same drug, same attempts at forced inoculation to the benefit of the drug companies. In this case, the disease itself seems to have been created in a laboratory, which makes sense. Create the disease, create the scare, force inoculation, “for your own good,” reap the profits. ...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_Sciences

... Riordan recruited Donald Rumsfeld to join the board of directors in 1988, followed by Benno C. Schmidt, Sr., Gordon Moore, and George P. Shultz. ...

... IIn January 1997, Donald Rumsfeld, a Board member since 1988, was appointed Chairman of the company.^[18] He stood down from the Board in January 2001 when appointed United States Secretary of Defense at the start of George W. Bush's first term as President. Federal disclosure forms indicate that Rumsfeld owned between US$5 million and US$25 million in Gilead stock. The rise in Gilead's share prices from US$35 to US$57 per share will have added between US$2.5 million to US$15.5 million to Rumsfeld's net worth.^[19] ...

... Also in 1999, Roche announced first approval of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for the treatment of influenza. Tamiflu was originally discovered by Gilead and licensed to Roche for late-phase development and marketing. ...

... n November 2005, George W. Bush urged Congress to pass $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for the possible bird flu pandemic, of which $1 billion is solely dedicated to the purchase, and distribution of Tamiflu. ...

http://www.muckety.com/Gilead-Sciences-Inc/5000792.muckety