In These Times

There are some basic flaws in this article. The first is that it is by no means agreed that Tamiflu will be effective in the treatment of any future mutation of avian flu into a human pandemic http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=113010 Secondly Roche does not hold the sole rights to distribution of Tamiflu, it is leased from Gilead, which recently won the right to share in distribution. http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Business&article=UPI-1-20051116-07130100-bc-us-tamiflu.xml Thirdly and far more troubling is the financial connection between senior members of the current American administration and Gilead, in particular Donald Rumsfeld. http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/ http://www.newstarget.com/015254.html Finally, the lack of concern with conditions that promote avian flu, …

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