Bird flu pandemic seen needing multiple drugs »

Posted By capn_caveman 1 year, 1 month ago in Style

Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs -- not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu -- to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday.

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    joeblowe1 year, 1 month ago

    Hopefully the day will soon come when a virus or bacteria can be scanned, a weakness immediately identified, and a drug synthesized pretty much on the spot that will destroy it ... but not the human host.

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    panzerv1 year, 1 month ago

    Yeah, and maybe a day will come when things like this aren't manufactured to make a profit.

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    Leemck021 year, 1 month ago

    In my book, this out ranks many of the discussions that are on the news. The spin doctors have taken over telling the nation who is going to get this vote or that vote, wining one state or the other instead of presenting this sort of issue for intelligent decisions. I would like to know CDC is working better than FEMA, and two can respond if this sort of thing looks as if will get out of hand.

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      truthiness1 year, 1 month ago

      we've had several outbreaks of birdflew around the world over the last few years and they have always remained contained. At what point has been long enough for us to accept that this fear, thankfully, isnt going to materialize?

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