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Posted By capn_caveman 1 year, 7 months 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, 7 months ago

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    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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      Dionys1 year, 7 months ago

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      Don't hold your breath. There won't be any excuse for the drug companies to rip you off if that were the case.

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        joeblowe1 year, 7 months ago

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        Ahhhh, but there is the COST of that machine (one in every drug store....) AND the cost of the various raw materials it would need. Once developed, they could charge plenty for raw materials and NOT need to spend those billions on ongoing research. MORE profits, not less.

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      panzerv1 year, 7 months ago

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

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        crghss1 year, 7 months ago

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        So you work for nothing.

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        Leemck021 year, 7 months ago

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        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, 7 months ago

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          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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