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To: tejek who wrote (255684)	10/16/2005 8:01:23 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572507

RE: "its important for everyone to get some Tamiflu or Relenza and keep it on hand [please note some are claiming that Relenza is better" You can't get it from your doctor. They are witholding the Rx. I asked last year when no one needed it, so I wouldn't be one of those people that demand it at the last minute. I was surprised the doctor refused to write the Rx more than a year ago during the summer. In fact, if all doctors were preventive and wrote out Rx last year or the year before, you would have a smooth curve for demand and wouldn't have a situation where everyone asks for it at the last minute. I think consumers should be allowed to purchase what they want. If people want to spend $20 to reserve a flu shot or $100 for tamiflu, people should have that right to do so - no doctor should block people's preventive measures - but that's very typcial of the USA system - everything has to be an emergency. The USA has a flu vaccine problem because they do not get a "guaranteed demand", according to vaccine CEOs. Well, if these vaccine companies took orders from consumer retail directly so and made consumers pay in advance for their order that would fix that particular problem. The system should allow any person to buy their own flu shot in advance. Tamiflu requires a prescription, but the medical industry should allow a patient to get the Rx and pay for it yourself even if the medical clinic refuses to pay for it. Like you said, it'll be the healthy people the flu will target and believe it or not - not every doctor realizes that's how it was with the prior flu pandemic. Apparently pandemic wasn't required reading in medical school. Regards, Amy J