With Avian bird flu about to awaken from it's annual sleep cycle what is the best approach for protection. Is it to inoculate now 'priming' the immune systems of potential victims such as taking place in Asia. Or to stockpile anti-viral drugs ready for a pandemic outbreak - the Swedish example.
And just what will happen if the world stockpile of two-day lasting Tamiflu (Oseltamivir phosphate) is suddenly ingested by the healthy population.
Given that most of the drug taken at commencement of a pandemic will be excreted and find it's way into the sewer systems and eventually the worlds waterways, what effect will that have on the bird population using those waterways.
Is it conceivable that the success of preventing the first pandemic using anti-viral drugs will ultimately lead to a more devastating pandemic in subsequent years due to drug resistant mutations occurring - like those expected today.
What other damage and mutations will this widespread environmental dispersal of Tamiflu cause.
Research on collateral damage reported by Medical Newstoday
Bird Flu Symptoms
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