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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SG who wrote (2721)	10/15/2005 1:59:31 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 4232

IGG from survivors might be an emergency solution to help prevent H5N1 infections among front-line health care providers treating Bird Flu patients. Health care providers know how the recognize the life threatening side-effects caused by IGG, how to treat it, and why they have to be treated immediately. It might be possible to obtain enough plasma to treat a small group of those in daily contact with bird flu patients. There's no assurance it would help, but when you're drowning everything looks like a life-jacket. But if had heard there is not enough Tamiflu, you can't begin to imagine how restricted the supply of bird flu IGG would be. .

To: SG who wrote (2721)	10/15/2005 3:14:57 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 4232

I think you will discover that the public health care community is united behind the best long term response to pandemic. Vaccine development and production facilities and techniques need to be brought up to date. The technology currently used dates back to the 1950s. Investing enough money to incorporate the advances developed over the past fifty years is the key to preventing future pandemics. We have a well run reporting system, but our ability to respond has not been improved for decades. The problem we're faced with is that these improvements take time, while a bird flu pandemic might be here now. So we have to go down the list to those less good alternatives, B, C, D, E and F. Many of these alternatives are quite a bit less good. .

To: SG who wrote (2721)	10/16/2005 1:25:11 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4232

In addition to Tamiflu and one of the amantadines (flumadine seems to have much lower side effects) you might consider getting a small boat that you could carry on top or behind your car, and some paddles - possibly muffled with blankets in Massachuchtes tradition. Getting a night vision device - most marine stores have them - might be a good idea too. Then a drive around the river areas ahead of time could be useful. You may want to leave, or bring some one in. Or bring food in. I'm in the middle of Silicon Valley, so I am hosed...