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To: bentway who wrote (172735)	10/17/2005 10:01:04 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

"...The WHO stressed that Tamiflu could reduce the effect of the illness but was not a vaccine to prevent it.... "There is no indication at this stage for anyone to be taking this drug other than the very high-risk groups in areas in which the avian disease has become a problem," including poultry farmers and medical staff, he said. The manufacturer of Tamiflu, Swiss drugs company Roche, has said it would donate packs of the anti-influenza drug to Turkey and Romania, where bird flu has appeared, as well as to the WHO, and was stepping up production of the drug...." news.bbc.co.uk I still think we would do better to wear those face masks and wash our hands regularly and vigorously with soap and stay home when feeling sick.