Avian Flu Addendum, by Dr. Ogi Ressel

Warm hellos to everyone

Ok....lots of letters regarding the Avian flu fiasco - wonderful to hear from all of you!

Dr. Phil had this to say:
We all need to be aware of the symptoms of Avian/bird flu:
1.  High fever
2.  Chills
3.  Night sweats
4.  A sudden urge to run out and "do your business" on the windshield of the car.

And another doctor sent this in:
Do you know that 'bird flu' was discovered in Vietnam 9 years ago? 
That barely 100 people have died in the whole world in all  that time? 
That it was the Americans who alerted us to the efficacy of the human
antiviral TAMIFLU as a preventative?
That TAMIFLU barely alleviates some symptoms of the common flu? 
That its efficacy against the common flu is questioned by a great part of
the scientificcommunity? 
That against a SUPPOSED mutant virus such as H5N1, TAMIFLU  barely
alleviates theillness?
That to date Avian Flu affects birds only? ...But you've heard otherwise?
Do you know who markets TAMIFLU? - ROCHE LABORATORIES. 

Do you know who bought the patent for TAMIFLU from ROCHE LABORATORIES 
in 1996?
   GILEAD SCIENCES INC. 
Do you know who was the then president of GILEAD SCIENCES INC. and  r
emains amajor shareholder? - DONALD RUMSFELD, the present Secretary of
Defence of the USA. 
Do you know that the base of TAMIFLU is crushed aniseed? 
Do you know who controls 90% of the world's production of this tree? -  ROCHE. 
Do you know that sales of TAMIFLU were over $254 million in 2004 and more
than $1000 million in 2005? 
Do you know how many more millions ROCHE can earn in the coming months
if the business of fear continues? 
  
So the summary of the story is as follows: 
Bush's friends decide that the medicine TAMIFLU is the solution for a pandemic
that has not yet occurred and that has caused a hundred deaths worldwide in 9 years. 
This medicine doesn't so much as cure the common flu. 
In normal conditions the virus does not affect humans at all. 
Rumsfeld sells the patent for TAMIFLU to ROCHE for which they pay him a fortune. 
Roche acquires 90% of  the global production of crushed aniseed, the base for the antivirus. 
The governments of the entire world threaten a pandemic and then buy industrial
quantities of the product from Roche. 
So we end up paying for medicine while Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush do the business. 
It's expensive to be uninformed!

I felt that you should know, and I bet you feel better already!

My suggestion is to pass this on to your patients.

Warmest wishes,
Dr. Ogi Ressel