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Re: viruses develop resistance to flu drugs

Subject: Re: viruses develop resistance to flu drugs
From: Jim Chinnis
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:35:54 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.med, misc.health.alternative
"cathyb" <cathybeesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

>Yep. In The Australian today, the headline "Asian drug resistance adds
>to bird flu fears" was over a story saying that more than 70% of
>flu-sufferers in China and Hong Kong were drug-resistant because
>Chinese farmers had used cheap anti-viral drugs to try and keep their
>poultry disease-free.
>
>Idiots. Almost as stupid as feeding cows meat.
>
>Cathy

It's not the "flu-sufferers" who are drug resistant. It's the flu virus.

Another journalistic misinterpretation?
--
Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA

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