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juddy said:
Yesterday, my doc refused to give me a script to cover my family. Apparently had been refusing similar requests all day. Is this a directive from above?
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yr quack is just a tightarse.
it is a bit of a waste of money, but go to a scriptor(quack who is known to hand out scripts for anything) or use one of those dodgy internet quack cum pharmacy sites.
 
just spoke to the chemist about getting a tamiflu script filled. they had none in stock so rang the distributor......the distributor said someone bought 1000 units yesterday and cleaned them out.

whats the bet it was the government..?
 
metric said:
just spoke to the chemist about getting a tamiflu script filled. they had none in stock so rang the distributor......the distributor said someone bought 1000 units yesterday and cleaned them out.

whats the bet it was the government..?
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Sorry mate it was me


we at the New world order cult ( we dont like to call it a cult ) are stocking up bigtime .......

we have been waiting for this event for some time now and would like to formally invite all females aged between the age of 21- 42 to come join our happy little gathering in our compound based on top of a big hill in an undisclosed location .

please pc for further details i.e work duties and payment plans

thankyou

A.nun
 
juddy said:
Yesterday, my doc refused to give me a script to cover my family. Apparently had been refusing similar requests all day. Is this a directive from above?
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If GP's handed out scripts to everyone who thought maybe they might need them some time most of them would simply be wasted. Prospector said she had obtained some when going to China (very reasonable precaution ) but it has never been used and is now out of date.

Might be worth getting the basic flu vaccine which apparently could have some cross-over effect on the dreaded swine thing. No one quite knows, apparently.

The Queensland Health Minister was yesterday boasting that all is good in this fine State because we have a whole 20,000 courses stockpiled. That's probably fine for what may well turn out to be an overblown fear mongering hype, but if it does become a pandemic then 20,000 doses throughout the whole of Qld aren't going to be a hell of a lot of help!
 
All the deaths so far from swine flu have all been in Mexico. All cases identified as swine flu in the USA have been mild cases.

It seems to me that the answer to the outbreak and it's mortality lies in finding what do those who have died have in common that the mild cases do not share.
 
What must be very concerning for most countries is that Tamiflu, the antiviral drug that makes up most of their antiviral stockpiles, is becoming susceptible to increasing resistance of the influenza strands (e.g. bird).

Relenza, in comparison, seems not to suffer from resistance.

During the continuing evolution of the swine flu, will Tamiflu become useless?
 
The 'Smart Traveler' web site is obviously managed by a very experienced, and smart, person. Still no mention of the pig flu on their front page. Someone is going to be canned.
 
kennas said:
The 'Smart Treveler' web site is obviously managed by a very experienced, and smart, person. Still no mention of the pig flu on their front page. Someone is going to be canned.
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Hm no one mentioned RBY?



Rockeby Biomed (RBY) is a Singapore-based biotechnology company specialised in the research, development and marketing of rapid testing technologies for infectious diseases in animals and humans. The companys main market is in-vitro diagnostic testing which includes serology testing in hospitals as well as point of care rapid tests for use by healthcare professionals and consumers inside and outside of traditional healthcare environments. The companys current products include SysCan3, CanDia5, Avian Flu, OraQuick, and Pepp.

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/swineflu_guidance_labs_20090425.pdf

Thanks

MS
 

why then r all the gov's using tamiflu/oseltamivir then on infected cases and/or suspected cases? even ausralia where the alernative is made.
obviously over time bugs will become resistant. bacteria and viruses.
and i'm sure they r aware of that so not scarmongering people needlessly.
in events like this, u use yr best form of defence, tamiflu, to knock out yr infected area immediately.
 
Julia said:
Might be worth getting the basic flu vaccine which apparently could have some cross-over effect on the dreaded swine thing. No one quite knows, apparently.
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Experts say that the seasonal flu vaccines, freely administered here to the young and the aged( i.e the more vulnerable) are not believed to offer any protection against the swine flu.

And yet I heard on the radio this morning that in Mexico these same age groups who received these vaccines during their winter have had few fatalities. It is very unlikely that the young healthy adults who are succumbing would ever had the vaccine.
 

when i spoke to the chemist i said it was someone who was speculating on the price...to sell on ebay. she said 'no, it was probably the gov'.... i thought it made sense..
 
I'll say this again, everyone should go to the doc NOW and get Tamiflu, if this does get worse here it will all disappear overnight.
 
mr burns. i got our scripts filled today...after much ringing round. most chemists have none. if they have some, its one packet only. today is tuesday, this broke on mainstream over the weekend, (alternate media has watched it since mid last week) and most of the tamiflu has been bought YESTERDAY, so your chances of getting it after tomorrow are slim.especially if the gov is buying it from wholesalers like the chemist suggested....

oh, and its a bargain at $53 per script.....
 

Well done and if you look at the use by date you'll see it lasts for years, we bought ours during the bird flu drama and it's still good for the swine flu years later.
 
Ummm. Hate to dump on the party, but this is direct from the horses ar.. err... mouth - the World Health Organization website -


These startling statistics stand in stark contrast to the paltry few deaths caused by this small outbreak of "Swine" flu. 10 years of COMMON flu deaths = 5,000,000 or more!!

So, how come with such DEADLY outbreaks EVERY YEAR from annual COMMON flu epidemics, there is NO mass media hysteria & commotion? Hmmm? Let me guess.

This one is "less common" and therefore some newsworthy mileage may be gained in some sectors by making a big deal about it. Drug companies will soar, media profits will soar, political stocks will soar.

The common cold & flu is just too, well, COMMON to do anything about the mass deaths resulting from it.
 
The mainstream news media are just in a constant race to the bottom......
 
Just a word of caution on Tamiflu.

I have anaphylactic shock to egg or any egg by product.

After watching a programme on Tamiflu @ 3 years ago I asked my Specialist and Local GP if I could ever receive Tamiflu vaccaine as it is incubated in egg white. They strongly agreed that I SHOULD NOT EVER have the vaccine as it would more than likely send me into anaphylactic shock.

Even if they gave me the vaccine in ER with life support on hand, they could not guarantee I would live if a full blown attack happened.

If you have ever seen anaphylactic shock first hand full on you will understand.

Now - I am the exception. I have never met any one as allergic as me which is why I live in a bubble

But if you have misgivings with a child or friend who has severe reactions to egg or egg by product just ask them for the Doctor's advice before they inject.
 

I well remember the Asian flu epidemic in 1957, because I caught it. It was very debilitating. Two million people worldwide died in the outbreak. There were no special precautions then or any of the present hysteria that I can remember. There was no treatment except go to bed until it worked itself out.
 
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