[kj] OT swine flu

[Brendan]

The death toll has been officially (WHO) lowered to 7...and no, not
because the 'dead' ones have come back as zombies:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-flu-deaths-not-152-says-who-20090429-aml1.html

So it may be that this is a lot less serious than first thought, which
would be great.


> seems all the punters in nz want tamiflu, bit of a craze going round... as

> of friday, it will become available as a non-prescription ('over the

> counter') drug. $70 for 5 pills.

> there's money in them thar swines . . .

>

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Paul Gorman [Home]

> <PaulGorman at ireland.com>wrote:

>

>>  “Any more info on the shareholding of Tamiflu, are they really

>> **major**

>> shareholders?...”

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>> Can only find this on Rumsfeld and Bush:

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>> http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences

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>> In January 1997, Donald

>> Rumsfeld<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donald_Rumsfeld>,

>> a Board member since 1988, was appointed Chairman of the

>> company.[7]<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences#_note-6>He

>> stood down from the Board in January 2001 when appointed Secretary

>> of

>> Defense<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Defense&action=edit>at

>> the start of George

>> W. Bush <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush>'s

>> first term as President. Federal disclosure forms indicate that Rumsfeld

>> owns between USD$5 million and USD$25 million in Gilead stock. The rise

>> in

>> Gilead's share prices from USD$35 to USD$57 per share will have added

>> between USD$2.5 million to USD$15.5 million to Rumsfeld's net worth.

>> [8]<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences#_note-7>

>>

>> In November 2005, George W. Bush urged Congress to pass $7.1 billion in

>> emergency funding to prepare for the possible H5N1(bird flu) pandemic,

>> of

>> which one billion is solely dedicated to the purchase, and distribution

>> of

>> Tamiflu.

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>> dub

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