October 22, 2005

Stockpiling of Bird Flu Drug Tamiflu Has Some Worried

What fallout shelters were to worries about the Bomb, and duct tape and plastic sheeting were to fears of terrorism after Sept. 11, Tamiflu is starting to be for the specter of pandemic influenza.

Across the country, people appear to be building home stockpiles of the prescription antiviral medicine, according to reports by drugstores, pharmaceutical benefit managers and physicians. (Washington Post)

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Bird Flu