Reply #6: I've got 2 doses of Tamiflu, so far... [View All]

for our family of four.

Who knows if we need it?

Are we being conned or is this for real?

I've read a great deal about bird flu, and the possibility of a pandemic is likely. This H5N1 strain is practically a genetic twin to the 1918 flu that wiped out millions around the globe.
The 1918 flu had a mortality rate of 10 percent. This bird flu kills 50 percent of humans who are infected. Those facts leave me wanting to prepare.

The $64,000 question is...will it mutate and be transmittable from human--->human? Bird flu sure is spreading. If you're a bird...it's a pandemic, that's for sure. The ease with which bird flu is spreading around the globe in birds--suggests that this a tough bug. WHO experts and many reputable virologists and researchers say that it's real--and that the US isn't taking it seriously. I can see a bit of LIHOP going on here.

However, I read that Rumsfeld and George Schultz sat on the BOD of Roche--the company that manufactures Tamiflu--and I'm wondering, is this real?

I do know that when Junior first spoke about bird flu--the first idea out of his mouth was military-enforced quarantines. The man wants to declare Marshall Law and he's just chomping at the bit to declare it. I know that I must be prepared--especially with small children. We all saw what happened to Katrina victims. No way in hell am I taking any chances with these thugs.

People think that BushCo is spreading fear with bird flu. I say, it's probably a very real threat and that mutation is likely. Junior will capitalize on this disaster to further erode our freedoms and position himself as the savior---but it is real.

I'm planning on being prepared--I hope others on DU are really thinking this through as well.