NEW DELHI: Is there a western conspiracy behind bird flu outbreak? Is the panic reaction to the epidemic manipulated by western multinational companies to rake in quick moolah?
The CPM fears all these.
Going a step further, the party suspects a western conspiracy to undermine the Asian economy. “The panic over bird flu was triggered on the eve of reports of Asia emerging as an economic power,” said senior CPM leader Nilotpal Basu on Monday. The CPM leader said a spectre of fear was created across the world with media blowing the outbreak out of proportion in China, India and Vietnam.
Hinting at a scam, Basu said the government imported huge quantity of capsules to fight bird flu virus from Hedero Drugs, a subsidiary of Roche, even though not a single human case was reported.
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