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To: Henry Niman who wrote (55558)	11/4/2004 3:30:11 PM
From: jrhana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Tami-flu still works?

To: Henry Niman who wrote (55558)	11/4/2004 5:11:17 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Henry, as with the Twin Towers attacks, after the horse has bolted, the government will lumber into gear, shut the cockpit door, conduct an inquiry into how H5N1 got on the loose, find out how it happened, and make sure it never happens again. Because what is going to happen is so obvious, the panic and locking of cockpit doors and stable doors should be done BEFORE the horse bolts. It's not one of Rumsfeld's unknown unknowns. Nor even a known unknown. This is a known known. The right flu kills and if it can spread quickly, it kills a lot. H5N1 and recombination to virulent flus is a known known. Like the aircraft hijacking through open cockpit doors, it's staring us in the face. But being almost ignored. Nobody should act surprised if 1 billion people are dead two years from now. Meanwhile, people go on worrying about their SUV fuel bill, shopping for make up, and swapping carbon credits to avoid a sea level rise of a metre or two over half a century. Plus ca change, Mqurice