[kj] OT swine flu

[sade1]

> Actually tamiflu might not be a bad investment. The actual vaccine I mean.

> $70 / each once every 2 years...in the event of a pandemic, if there's

> still a shortage, each one would be worth a fortune.


Plus you can also set up a two-tier system of prices the way funeral homes 
do (here, anyway) where there is a "pre-need" rate for the stuff, and a higher rate 
when a client has no choice.



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From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:57:28 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT swine flu

I looked at getting it back in 2007, was more expensive then. Good to see
price come down. You also had to get a doc's prescription, which raised
the effective price considerably...I decided against it.


>From memory it has a 2-year shelf life and doesn't provide lifelong

immunity so needs to be kept handy and taken as soon as possible when
there's a risk of infection...the sonner you take it (in relation to when
you're infected) the more effective it is.

Actually tamiflu might not be a bad investment. The actual vaccine I mean.
$70 / each once every 2 years...in the event of a pandemic, if there's
still a shortage, each one would be worth a fortune.


> 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?...”

>>

>>

>>

>> Can only find this on Rumsfeld and Bush:

>>

>>

>>

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

>>

>>

>>

>> 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.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> dub

>>

>>

>>

>>

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