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Vaccine Scandal Rocks China As Citizens Accuse Government Of Genocide

Outraged citizens in China are demanding to know why the Chinese government allowed potentially lethal vaccines to be distributed to millions of children, risking their health and lives.  News of a huge vaccine scandal emerged after an illegal vaccine ring was discovered by the government in April 2015, which had been operating since 2011, distributing $88 million worth of dangerous vaccines to the public. It is unknown how widespread the vaccine program was, nor how many people died or will die as a result. Angry citizens have accused the government of ‘genocide’ due to the fact authorities did nothing about the illegal vaccine ring until this March – almost a year after it was originally discovered. Naturalnews.com reports: “It’s been nearly a year and then they reveal this!” said one angry user on the micro-blogging network Sina Weibo. “Isn’t this genocide? Words cannot express how angry I am!” Unknown how many children harmed According to state officials, the illegal ring was headed up by a mother and daughter – recently arrested in Shandong province – who illegally purchased vaccines from more than 100 separate pharmaceutical salesmen, some of them unlicensed, then resold them to disease control and prevention centers or to unauthorized sales [...]