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Old 2009-04-30, 04:04 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter View Post
I think the normal treatment at the moment is do-nothing unless the symptoms are really bad. This flu isn't that deadly at the moment. If symptoms are bad (pneumonia.etc.) then the pneumonia is treated appropriately and anti-viral drugs are administered. Tamiflu is the brandname of the stuff that the US has stockpiled (50M courses I think). Give the Bush-43 Admin. credit (rare) for spending $B's on pandemic preparedness.
You mean "give the Bush crew credit for spending $B's on the company Donald Rumsfeld was the chairman of the board for"? Gotcha.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/tamiflu.asp
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