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Prophylactic Tamiflu: A bad idea?

Posted on June 11, 2008

Via Homeland Security Today.us: Prophylactic Use of Tamiflu Bad Idea, Leading Virologist Says. Excerpt:The US government s new proposal to use drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza as a prophylaxis to prevent infection by a pandemic strain of influenza is wrongheaded, says Dr. Graeme Laver, a former professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University in Canberra.Laver, who played a key role in the development of both drugs, has been studying influenza viruses for nearly 40 years. He and Dr. Robert Webster (another world...

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