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Super! Overuse Of Flu Vaccine Antiviral Creating Vaccine Antiviral-Resistant Bird Flu (Plus: It's The Jews' Fault)

Original: Oh well that's just great:

Scientists in Sweden have found that Tamiflu, the frontline drug for fighting a pandemic, survives unscathed as it passes through the human body. It could then be taken in by waterfowl, which are often found near sewage outlets and are potential incubators of avian flu virus. Repeated exposure to oseltamivir, the generic name for Tamiflu, could make those viruses resistant to it. Tamiflu-resistant avian virus could then quite possibly infect a person already suffering from human flu. Rolling the dice again, the two viruses could combine to create a hybrid virus embodying the worst of all possible worlds: virulent, transmissible and resistant to the only therapy that can avert a catastrophe. Dr Jerker Fick, from Umea University, cautions that countries should curtail their use of the drug to stop it becoming ineffective. Japan, in particular, needs to rethink; one in three flu patients there receives oseltamivir.

And wouldn't you know it, it's the Jews' fault. That and everything else. Seriously, between running the Iraq war, killing Hezbollah MPs, and filling the world with disease - where do Jews still find to convince the Palestinians to become suicide bombers in order to undermine the noble cause of Palestinian statehood?

Update: Tamiflu's an antiviral not a vaccine. Thanks to MR reader Paul for the gentle correction.

References:
* Flu-free winter is down the pan [Times]
* Bird Flu: Another Israeli weapon? [Simply Jews]
* Mere Rhetoric: Hezbollah: Israel Is Killing All Of The Anti-Syrian Lebanese MKs (Plus: Most Eye Roll Inducing Pro-Hezbollah Media Spin Ever) [MR]

Previously:
* Jimmy Carter: The Only Reason It Seems Like I Ignore Darfur And Obsess About Israel Is Because Darfur Isn't A Genocide
* Va. Tech Anti-Conspiracy Theory Intervention
* Anti-Semitism As Obsession (The "What Would Make You Care About That" Question)

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