I know nothing about this sort of situation, but from reading stories on swine flu over the past few weeks, I do have the impression that “they” are recommending that Tamiflu only be used when a case becomes out of the ordinary in some way. Kind of decided there was a “save it for later” attitude since there is still a possibility swine flu could mutate and become more deadly, and the supply of Tamiflu is still limited in terms of the needs of a real pandemic of a deadly flu.
Also read one story where a young person was not given Tamiflu, then died and the parents were questioning that decision.
You have to take tamiflu when you first get it within 24-48 hours. You can’t wait until it gets bad.
I think they are only giving it to high risk patients now.