Mysterious Deaths in Perak: Swine Flu May Have Been Probagated By Religion

A Malaysian acquaintence shared with me over dinner how he lost an uncle to Swine Influenza. He mentioned some very compelling details with regard to how errant Muslim members of government service might have contributed to the global-wide Swine Flu Crisis. While I cannot ascertain the authenticity of his claims, his account is highly plausible. I don't think a anyone would just lie about a relative dying. Allow me to share with you just what he told me. I hope I won't be forced to remove this post. Regardless, it does bring up some very valid points and measures that need to be carefully observed in management and future prevention of this disruptive epidemic.

Ivan (not his real name), who lived in the countryside in Perak, had two relatives who were farmers. 5 years ago, he already predicted that a crisis of this magnitude would happen, should swine (pig) issues be improperly handled. As you know, Swine Flu includes strains of influenza that has been spread from pig to human. The two relatives saw that 3 members of the nearby pig farms died. His exact words, “dropping dead”. Health conscious, fit, healthy people, dying mysteriously.

Health and environment officials were summoned to inspect the case, but dismissed any possibility of a potential epidemic, instead blaming the deaths on medical causes.

People who had contact with the pigs were continued to die similarly over the next two years. It became apparent that the pigs were the cause of the problem. The two relatives attempted to speak with the farmers on their suspicion. On their visit, despite their concerns being shrugged off, they discovered a few things:

1)Pigs were dying too.
2)Dead pigs were deemed as wasteful, and their carcasses were processed on-site by farm handlers to feed the live pigs.
3)Farm handlers involved in food preparation and feeding were also ill with influenza.

With these findings, they made another report to the health and environment authorities. While the authorities finally agreed they had a case, nothing was done. Specifically, while the authorities deemed that the pigs needed to be exterminated, their representatives involved were Muslim, and not wanting to come in contact with the pigs either, they paid the farmers money to get rid of the pigs themselves.

What do you think the farmers did with the money? It's obvious isn't it? They didn't exterminate the pigs. They kept the “extermination expense money” and re-invested it in their colony of sick pigs.

A handler died, but was replaced by a new hire. These deaths went un-reported in the national press, which Ivan described as peace-seeking.

Ivan's relatives were obviously disgruntled about the apathetic authorities. But, without having any other form of recourse, rallied more support from neighbours in the countryside to petition to the authorities for action to be taken. The authorities did respond this time. But foolishly, and carelessly, they sent out notices of warning to the pig farmers that they would be exterminating their swine for health measure, and they even gave the dates that this would be done.

What do you think happened? Obviously, the farmers didn't want their life's work to be killed and buried. These were their “Cash-Machines” so to speak. Many of the farmers and pigs fled to other parts of the country, like Serembun. Clearly, it was a failed attempt to contain the problem.

For the pigs that remained in that part of Perak, the pigs would be killed and buried. But killed and buried they weren't. There are guidelines to how deep a pit should be, and the maximum volume of carcasses to a pit. But these guidelines were flouted. A deeper excavation requires more man hours and thus more cost to the authorities. Ivan said that they dug shallower pits, and more pigs than stipulated were dumped into them.

[Picture Taken from: http://www.magickriver.net/pigs.htm]

Some of the pigs weren't dead when buried. And because the pits weren't deep enough, and were also overloaded, a handful of live pigs, that were compressed amid diseased pigs escaped into the wilds. Since that day, 1 of Ivan's relatives who actively lobbied for the removal of these pigs actually died, of an uncommon Influenza.

Ivan is unsure if these deaths and the spread of the Swine Influenza has also manifested in Serembun. If it did, it probably went un-reported as well.