MEPS ATTACK EU’S ‘DISPROPORTIONATE’ RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU
January 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) response to the swine flu epidemic has been attacked at the European Parliament as wasteful and "disproportionate". A meeting of the parliament's public health committee has called for an EU-wide study on spending to fight the H1N1virus, in a motion noting "a striking contrast between the number of deaths associated with H1N1 influenza and the number of deaths associated with seasonal influenza..." It said "the very sizeable costs incurred in the member states and at EU level", for ...
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