[kj] OT swine flu

[Karen Weil]

I prefer just to be laid out for the vultures when I kick the bucket, myself. ; ) 
But I totally agree with your comments about the funeral industry, sade1. It's atrocious what they cost in the U.S. 

k.w.
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  From: sade1 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] OT swine flu


  > Actually tamiflu might not be a bad investment. The actual vaccine I mean.
  > $70 / each once every 2 years...in the event of a pandemic, if there's
  > still a shortage, each one would be worth a fortune.

  Plus you can also set up a two-tier system of prices the way funeral homes 
  do (here, anyway) where there is a "pre-need" rate for the stuff, and a higher rate 
  when a client has no choice.



  ... ... ... ... ... ... 

  [looking at the current state of things..]

  'Save me...
    save me from Tomorrow..
      I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'   






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  From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
  Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:57:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] OT swine flu

  I looked at getting it back in 2007, was more expensive then. Good to see
  price come down. You also had to get a doc's prescription, which raised
  the effective price considerably...I decided against it.

  >From memory it has a 2-year shelf life and doesn't provide lifelong
  immunity so needs to be kept handy and taken as soon as possible when
  there's a risk of infection...the sonner you take it (in relation to when
  you're infected) the more effective it is.

  Actually tamiflu might not be a bad investment. The actual vaccine I mean.
  $70 / each once every 2 years...in the event of a pandemic, if there's
  still a shortage, each one would be worth a fortune.

  > seems all the punters in nz want tamiflu, bit of a craze going round... as
  > of friday, it will become available as a non-prescription ('over the
  > counter') drug. $70 for 5 pills.
  > there's money in them thar swines . . .
  >
  > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Paul Gorman [Home]
  > <PaulGorman at ireland.com>wrote:
  >
  >>  “Any more info on the shareholding of Tamiflu, are they really
  >> **major**
  >> shareholders?...”
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> Can only find this on Rumsfeld and Bush:
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> In January 1997, Donald
  >> Rumsfeld<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donald_Rumsfeld>,
  >> a Board member since 1988, was appointed Chairman of the
  >> company.[7]<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences#_note-6>He
  >> stood down from the Board in January 2001 when appointed Secretary
  >> of
  >> Defense<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Secretary_of_Defense&action=edit>at
  >> the start of George
  >> W. Bush <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush>'s
  >> first term as President. Federal disclosure forms indicate that Rumsfeld
  >> owns between USD$5 million and USD$25 million in Gilead stock. The rise
  >> in
  >> Gilead's share prices from USD$35 to USD$57 per share will have added
  >> between USD$2.5 million to USD$15.5 million to Rumsfeld's net worth.
  >> [8]<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilead_Sciences#_note-7>
  >>
  >> In November 2005, George W. Bush urged Congress to pass $7.1 billion in
  >> emergency funding to prepare for the possible H5N1(bird flu) pandemic,
  >> of
  >> which one billion is solely dedicated to the purchase, and distribution
  >> of
  >> Tamiflu.
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >> dub
  >>
  >>
  >>
  >>
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