my doctor wrote me out a prescription for tamiflu last year. it was unsolicited but he did it because when i asked for my annual flu shot, he said they didn't have any. we (america) have for at least the last two years effed up on ordering flu shots. i tore up the prescription once i got outside.

in a team meeting at work the other day, it was brought up that my international company DID INDEED HAVE PLANS FOR THE BIRD FLU. (whew, i could finally sleep finding THAT out). it was a long and convoluted story but that was the gist of it. i had to bite my tongue

 

doesn't surprise me at all. the people in charge of the western world are the scum of the earth

 

I reckon the UK media gleefully await more Bird Flu instances, just so that they can be in on the action.
Pretty soon we'll see Bush and Blair standing up together announcing "War on Birdflu", finding some common ground on which to deliver their forthcoming policy plans....
"Citizens of the peace loving democracies, stand up against birdflu! Show this destructive enemy that we will not be defeated by its saddistic meaures! Prepare yourselves to fight birdflu!" -- Swith to Tamiflu ad...

 

I think many Americans researched the bird flu thing and became wise to the scam, but there is a lot of pressure from the Bu$hcos for the Tamiflu to be force sold to pharmacies and other countries. I, fo one do not get flu shots, nor am I slightly interested in their hokey solutions. Good post, thumper.

 

Good research! Another example of the medicalisation of society. Demand creation for just profits. I must note though that these guys accuse tubthumper for antiamericanism, in www.blowupyournation.org

 

I invented birdflu in 1983 when I invented Hot Pockets when I folded my sandwich over.

American's get blamed for birdflu... damn. that's crazy.

 

over on that site it says that in this post 'I' say all of these things.

this neatly avoids what i said at the start of the post.. to reiterate..

"I got this as an email. Not making any judgements about it - it is just interesting..."

he doesn't deny any of the things mentioned in the post either. it is like they are saying i am suggesting the US invented bird flu - which is ridiculous.

also, i have made plenty of points about stupid brits and other nationalities as well.

as far as anti-americanism goes i think it is a weird concept. it is a concept that you don't see outside of totalitarian socitieties. anti-soviet was a big crime, anti-nazi was too. go to sweden and see if they are accusing each other of being anti-swedish or un-swedish. it is an absurd proposition to begin with.

as to being a political joke...well, partly. i preface about 30% of my posts with 'i think this is funny' (see above post)

thanks for the pointer charles.

 

Ever read Orynx and Crake by Margaret Atwood? You never know what might be in those pills.