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Save Swine Flu Drugs for Younger Patients, Study Urges
Yahoo! News ^ | 28 July 2009 | Op-Ed

Posted on 07/28/2009 3:55:37 PM PDT by maine-iac7

"Antiviral drug treatment of swine flu may be wasted on the elderly and should be reserved for young people, suggest researchers who created a model of the effect of antiviral treatment on the spread of the H1N1 virus."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elderly; flu; h1n1; healthcare; influenza; obamacare; patients; rationing; study; swineflu; younger
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And so it begins - this is also a major tenet in the national health insurance bill = the slide into "Solent Green"... Condition society to a mind-set that the elderly are a drag on society and should go quietly into the night... of course, the makers of these rules/bills are exempt - they will retain their best of the best health coverage, paid for by you and me.
1 posted on 07/28/2009 3:55:38 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7

ObamaCare has already been started apparently


2 posted on 07/28/2009 3:56:50 PM PDT by GeronL (Guilty of the crime of deviationism.)
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To: maine-iac7

git em while they are young and pliant


3 posted on 07/28/2009 3:57:04 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: maine-iac7

I don’t want it. They’ll put it in little kids so their immune systems can suffer, just like with other shots. Who really knows what’s in them? If they can make more retarded children or sick children, there will be less of them to rise up against them later on. Yes, I DO believe that.


4 posted on 07/28/2009 3:58:23 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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So, all you survivors of the greatest generation, Korean Police Action, and the Vietnam era...look at this America that you spent your lives defending, working for, and trusting in


5 posted on 07/28/2009 3:58:31 PM PDT by silverleaf (If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
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To tell you the truth, I don't want my grandchildren anywhere near a goddam government developed/promoted vaccine.

When I came back in 76 after 8 years overseas, the 'swine' flu was also a big thing....like a dumbass I went down and got a shot...if screwed me up for years, never felt right....

I don't trust the government, CDC or local health officials anymore and I damn sure ain't gonna gamble with my grandchildren....

6 posted on 07/28/2009 3:58:46 PM PDT by Gaffer
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How bout we just save it for people who actually want the vaccination? The young can have mine.


7 posted on 07/28/2009 3:59:53 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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Comprehensive Obamacare for the hoi polloi elderly:

1) Throw under bus

2) Place on Obamacare Iceberg, shove iceberg out to sea.

3) Congratulate Obama on his wisdom and empathy.

8 posted on 07/28/2009 4:00:23 PM PDT by La Lydia ( Enoch Powell was right.)
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So, all you survivors of the greatest generation, Korean Police Action, and the Vietnam era...look at this America that you spent your lives defending, working for, and trusting in

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You are so right. This is an outrage.

9 posted on 07/28/2009 4:01:15 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: maine-iac7

eugenics.


10 posted on 07/28/2009 4:01:19 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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The pandemic of 1918 killed the young and healthy in greater numbers than older persons. The reason was that the immune response of the young was stronger and flooded the lungs with fluid. This might be part of the reason, but I’m not suggesting we take it at face value.


11 posted on 07/28/2009 4:01:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: maine-iac7

All those elderly people who voted for “change” aren’t going to like this.


12 posted on 07/28/2009 4:04:34 PM PDT by pray4liberty (http://www.aroodawakening.tv)
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To: cripplecreek

They’re not talking about a vaccine. It’s about anti-virals, like Tamiflu. The thought is the same, though.


13 posted on 07/28/2009 4:05:52 PM PDT by CH3CN
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If they can make more retarded children or sick children, there will be less of them to rise up against them later on. Yes, I DO believe that.

You mean killing them in the womb just isn't enough? /sarc

14 posted on 07/28/2009 4:06:11 PM PDT by pray4liberty (http://www.aroodawakening.tv)
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I don’t want it.

Actually, I agree with you on this. I NEVER get the shots - after my first one decades ago, following which I got sick for 2 weeks.

And for decades, before retirement, I watched the younger folk, sheep-like, get the 'free' shots at work, chastise me for not getting them and then wondering why THEY got sick and I didn't.

I use natural preventive measures and haven't had any flu for decades...

What is disturbing, VERY, is the mindset of 'rationing' medicine...

15 posted on 07/28/2009 4:08:07 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Gaffer

I agree - see my post #15


16 posted on 07/28/2009 4:10:22 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: maine-iac7

Make sure your vitamin D levels are high enough to boost your immune system. This is one theory as to why the flu strikes in fall/winter not summer. I take 2000 i.u.s a day to maintain normal blood levels.

Also, Tamiflu’s key ingredient is the Chinese herb, Star Anise. It is skyrocketing in price due to heavy demand. It may be prudent to have some on hand just in case.


17 posted on 07/28/2009 4:18:19 PM PDT by mpstan
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To: maine-iac7

Don’t jump to conclusions. Flus like this cause a cytokine storm which is more deadly in younger people, those with healthy immune systems, which as the article link below states can be a liability, not an asset.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm


18 posted on 07/28/2009 4:19:57 PM PDT by dawn53
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I use natural preventive measures and haven't had any flu for decades...

I've always gone the direction of preventative measures as well ... according to this doctor (where I've gotten some excellent magnesium powder in the past), lavender oil is the secret to fighting off severe illness ... I think I'm going to order some ... (he also suggests oil of oregano) ...

Link
19 posted on 07/28/2009 4:22:26 PM PDT by mlizzy
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I am always being hassled by my doctors and dialysis nurses to get shots but I won’t do it. Neither does my husband and we haven’t ever gotten the flu. I wash my hands a lot during flu season and try not to kiss all my friends at church, LOL. This rationing medicine is very scary to me, too. I’m 70 and considered too old by some.


20 posted on 07/28/2009 4:27:06 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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