I've also read that Donald Rumsfeld has financial ties to the makers of Tamiflu.
Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: Joaw9 at aol.com
To: celata at pacifier.com ; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Bird Flu


In a message dated 11/8/2005 7:47:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, celata at pacifier.com writes:
Is bird flu being hyped? Of course it is. The media loves
these kinds of stories.
Anyone who watches mainstream television news has been subjected to a flood of pharmaceutical commercials. I am just cynical enough to believe that drug companies not only delight in avian influenza news stories, but that they insist the media (that they finance) air these stories frequently to generate fear and prime their potential customers.

Jo Waldron
Edmonds, WA
joaw9 at aol.com



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