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Bird Flu May Be Developing Drug Resistance

Posted by Zonk on

Pingular writes "The virus currently causing bird flu in humans may be developing resistance to the only drug that can so far combat the infection. From the article: 'A previous paper in the journal Nature described a single case of drug resistance in a patient being treated for avian flu. However, in this case the patient had been given low doses of Tamiflu before becoming infected, as a family member had been stricken. Lead researcher Dr Jeremy Farrar described the latest findings as "very worrying" - but said they were not surprising.'"

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  1. head for the hills... by jollyroger1210 · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, when this is less than, oh, id say 6,000 miles away, i think ill start to panic. There haven't been any cases except in Asia (I think). Is there a need to worry?

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    Purple, because ice cream has no bones.
  2. I don't believe in developing resistance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    there's no mention of this in the bible, evolving resistance is just a theory of atheist scientists

  3. Christmas Gift by mattwarden · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's what you get when you wage war on Christmas, America.