Read this and let me know what you think?

[teresa]

I received this from my son this morning in a email sent to him,
be interesting to hear replies from all of you.

Bird Flu and TAMIFLU

ARE YOU SURPRISED??

Do you know that 'bird flu' was discovered in Vietnam 9 years ago?
Do you know that barely 100 people have died in the whole world in
 all that time?
Do you know that it was the Americans who alerted us to the
 efficacy of the human antiviral TAMIFLU as a preventative
Do you know that TAMIFLU barely alleviates some symptoms of the
common flu?
Do you know that its efficacy against the common flu is questioned by
a great part of the scientific community?
Do you know that against a SUPPOSED mutant virus such as H5N1,
 TAMIFLU barely alleviates the illness?
Do you know that to date Avian Flu affects birds only?
Do you know who markets TAMIFLU?
ROCHE LABORATORIES
Do you know who bought the patent for TAMIFLU from ROCHE
LABORATORIES in 1996?
GILEAD SCIENCES INC
Do you know who was the then president of GILEAD SCIENCES INC.
and remains a major shareholder?
DONALD RUMSFELD, the present Secretary of Defence of the USA
Do you know that the base of TAMIFLU is crushed aniseed?
Do you know who controls 90% of the world's production of this tree?
ROCHE.
Do you know that sales of TAMIFLU were over $254 million in 2004
and more than $1000 million in 2005?
Bush's friends decide that the medicine TAMIFLU is the solution
for a pandemic that has not yet occurred and that has caused a
hundred deaths worldwide in 9 years.
This medicine doesn't so much as cure the common flu.
In normal conditions the virus does not affect humans
Rumsfeld sells the patent for TAMIFLU to ROCHE for which they pay
him a fortune. Roche acquires 90% of the global production of crushed
aniseed, the base for the antivirus.
The governments of the entire world threaten a pandemic and then
buy industrial quantities of the product from Roche.
So we end up paying for medicine while Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush do
the business.
ARE WE CRAZY!!? OR ARE WE IDIOTS!!? (both apparently)
AT LEAST PASS THIS ON SO THAT IT CAN BE KNOWN!!!!!!!

[OliveOil]

That would not surprise me in the slightest!

I am a great believer in conspracy theories - you only have to look at Bush and Blair together.

Unfortunately this is the world we live in.

The sooner we all start to take matters into our own hands and become more self sufficient the better the world would be.

Imagine if every house in britain bought a wind turbine or solar panelling and did away with the national grid???

I often wonder these things and more.  I do hope in generations to come our children will have more success in changing the world and the way it thinks. I do think it is possible!

[Heldi]

Not surprised either. 

When I feel uneasy about the avian flu thing I remind myself about how long ago it was discovered and how little deaths world wide there have been.

Oliveoil my OH has wanted his own wind turbine for years,but the councils would object etc etc.   

[Rosyred]

Its a shame really that the world takes what the news says as the truth....

I would love to be like that prog on TV 'Its not easy being green'

[teresa]

I posted this on the PPoultry site.
Yes these are facts not fiction or media blowing out of size.
Would make sence to have a virurs spread across a country and cheeper than another war like Iraq or a nuclear one  that what worries me.
The super powers can do this and cover it up as well.

[OliveOil]

i LOVE that program - its not easy being green.

They are always laughing and smiling and getting on with their jobs... what a life!

Except the mum who has turned vegetarian... my OH is like that, i would be more like the Dad - tucking into homemade chorizo sausage and being very practical about the whole thing.

But just imagine if we all went that way... I wonder what would happen to the economy LOL.

Anyway back to politics... The American government allowed all those people to die/become homeless from Hurricane Katrina - WHY??? because they were black lower class! What a great way to wipe out what they don't want! grrrrrrrrrr

[Money_Bunny]

i LOVE that program - its not easy being green.

They are always laughing and smiling and getting on with their jobs... what a life!

Except the mum who has turned vegetarian... my OH is like that, i would be more like the Dad - tucking into homemade chorizo sausage and being very practical about the whole thing.

But just imagine if we all went that way... I wonder what would happen to the economy LOL.

We love that programme too and have watched it throughout the series so far. Just need to find the recipe for homemade chorizo next! mmmm

[Meg]

Would not surprise me in the least. We are all human (well...) and it is easy to see how these scares get around on pure hype.
Wish I had seen that program on TV I watch so little then miss anything that could be good. Need to train some one up to tell me what is good.

[MrsKP]

if i had just one bullet, i'd stand bliar in front of bush and make it count.

they are both rotten and crooked to the core and this doesn't surprise or shock me in the slightest.