The Council of Europe Praises Poland's Choice to Reject H1N1 Vaccine

by Allene Edwards on 5/22/2010

Social Media Paradigm Shift Poland's Health Minister, Ewa Kopacz, was heavily criticized for her decision not to purchase the swine flu vaccines. The Polish Ombudsman, Janusz Kochanowski (appointed as the mediary for citizen rights) threatened to sue Kopacz for her decision.

Kapacz considered purchasing the vaccines for Poland, but decided the pharmaceutical company's terms were unacceptable. Instead, she adopted an anti-swine flu strategy that resulted in the virus being less virulent in Poland than other countries.

The European council's Committee on Social Health and Family Affairs said Ewa Kopacz's decision was the right decision.

Allene Edwards is a contributing writer and the editor for both Organic Lifestyle Magazine and Green Lifestyle Magazine. She first became interested in alternative medicine and holistic treatment modalities when she successfully used diet therapy to manage her children’s ADHD. Later when she became chronically ill with an auto-immune disease that multiple doctors could not identify, much less cure, she successfully treated both the symptoms and the cause through naturopathic treatment and nutrition. Read more about Allene Edwards