Isn't the purpose of it to whack up sales of Tamiflu?
In message <[log in to unmask]>, paul bromley
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>is the purpose of all of this coming out from the governemnet to whip up mass
>hysteria?? At least as a by-product we should easily meet our QOF targets this
>year - provided that we can get our vaccine supplies.
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>Paul Bromley
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>Quoting Chris Salter <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> Hello GP-UK,
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>> Unless I misheard, a Sky News correspondent was this afternoon
>> describing Tamiflu as a *vaccine*! :-( He had apparently been to some
>> Government briefing (I missed the intro). The 'new' news was HMG
>> intended to procure enough vaccine to treat the *whole* population,
>> the fly in the ointment being that a future avian flu pandemic may not
>> the current strain so there isn't a vaccine to procure at the moment
>> (nor one for H5N1 yet). HMG are putting out some form of test tender
>> for a vaccine (which I believe they already announced a while ago).
>> However, the correspondent stated that we had Tamiflu vaccine for the
>> current strain, H5N1!! I am willing to be corrected but I am sure
>> that's what he said, twice.
>>
>> Anyone in doubt as to what Tamiflu really *is* see:
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>> http://www.tamiflu.com/
>>
>> Chris
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