Merck is pushing for a dog flu epidemic this year and it could be because human flu numbers as well as flu vaccinations are way down. The big pharma company has started to put up signs warning that “dogs can get flu, too.” They clearly hope that by putting up signs people will be encouraged to take their beloved pets in for a flu shot. TruthKings reports Does anyone actually believe that it is a coincidence that we have a dog flu epidemic in the same year we have lower flu shot turnout from people and lower instances of the flu for people in general? I mean, it seems rather convenient, right? Take this article from Chicago Now which overdramatizes a situation in an effort to push a flu shot agenda. Veterinarians were overwhelmed with an epidemic of the dog flu in the Chicago area (including Northwest Indiana) this past Spring. Veterinarians quickly realized this flu strain is different than the dog flu first discovered in the U.S. in 2004, and identified it as new flu strain, H3N2. Oddly, a strain of flu which somehow arrived into the U.S. from Southeast Asia. Of course, dogs travel and soon the virus [...]