Dammit Moe, stop stealing my thunder
OK, based solely upon
your sources (you have greater faith in Wikipedia than I, notwithstanding the changes happening to your source articles even today -- not involved in that, are you?)......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_heparin_contamination
The heparin was processed in China from pig's intestines by the American pharmaceutical firm Scientific Protein Laboratories. The company harvests heparin from pig's intestines in Changzhou City, China and supplies the crude heparin to Baxter Travenol.
Looks like SPL is the culprit, not Baxter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_International#2009_avian_flu_contamination
In early 2009 supplies of unintentionally contaminated vaccine material with Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 provided by Baxter International were sent to a series of European laboratories[18][19]. The deadly H5N1 strain was mixed with the less harmful H3N2 subtype of the seasonal flu virus, and was detected after it killed test animals in a lab in the Czech Republic. Though there was a risk of serious consequences,[20] Baxter claimed the controls over the distribution of the virus were stringent and there was little chance of the virus harming humans.[21]
Yep, guilty....but hardly worthy of "the sky is falling" efforts in this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_International#Dialyzer_crisis
On August 15, 2001, two elderly patients in Spain died within hours of receiving dialysis from Baxter products. Eventually 51 more patients would die; though the cause was unclear, the company issued a world-wide recall of two lines of filters, the sole common link between all the equipment used by the patients. Harry Kraemer, the company president at the time, apologized for the errors, shut down the factory producing filters, alerted competitors of the issue and took a 40% pay cut along with a 20% cut for other executives.[13] The company's earnings dropped by $189 million as a result of the issues. The company took quick action to reduce the impact of the event and prevent future recurrence and as a result suffered minimal damage to its reputation [...except in the mind of one army.ca poster, apparently]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_haemophilia_blood_products
Contaminated haemophilia blood products were a serious public heath problem in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These products caused large numbers of hemophiliacs to became infected with HIV and hepatitis C. Companies involved included (1) Armour Pharmaceutical Company, (2) Bayer Corporation and its (3) Cutter Biological division, (4) Baxter International and its (5) Hyland Pharmaceutical division and (6) Alpha Therapeutic Corporation.
By my count, Baxter is merely
one of six companies or subsidiaries involved.
The evidence you've provided does not support your premise that Baxter is some singular, evil empire which owns the US.
Xiang said:
Media sensationalism is why I am taking this "pandemic" one day at a time. I'm not breaking out the gas mask and MOP4 just yet..
Ah, seen. Cherry-picking Wiki to justify your dorm-room rant against Baxter is laudable, but
the media lacks crediblity here? Got it.
Say, you don't own stock in a Baxter rival, do you?
oh, and it's MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) by the way....