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WHO Investigates Claims That Swine Flu Resulted From Human Error
Tom DBA writes "Bloomberg reports on claims that the swine flu could have been accidentally made in a lab, which are now being investigated by the World Health Organization. Quoting: 'Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu drug, said in an interview today that he intends to publish a report suggesting the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines. Gibbs said that he came to his conclusion as part of an effort to trace the virus's origins by analyzing its genetic blueprint. ... Gibbs and two colleagues analyzed the publicly available sequences of hundreds of amino acids coded by each of the flu virus's eight genes. ... [The CDC's Nancy Cox says] since researchers don't have samples of swine flu viruses from South America and Africa, where the new strain may have evolved, those regions can't be ruled out as natural sources for the new flu.'"
Time has a related story evaluating the World Health Organization's response to H1N1.
I was prescribed Seroquel and took it on and off for a year and a half. It's actually classified as an atypical antipsychotic but is often used as an antidepressant and even a sleep aid.
They advise you to take it right before you go to sleep, but it gives you the munchies right before you crash. That explains the weight gain and diabetes. Dosages range from 25 mg to as much as 900 mg (200mg+ would make you a drooling vegetable).
I was prescribed higher and higher dosages until I topped out at 400 mg but ended up titrating my own dosages and eventually weaning myself off of the shit altogether after I decided I didn't like the sensation of my body shutting down on me. It's much more frightening than simply becoming tired and going to sleep. Higher dosages can also cause acute emotional symptoms which are as bad(if not worse) than using no medication at all.
Now I have mild tardive dyskenesia in the form of brief, highly-localized twitches that nobody notices. They feel like something is crawling around in my torso or head/neck.
Anyway, big pharma's solutions are temporary solutions. Why demonize the drug cartels while we have corporate-sponsored lifelong drug addiction with stuff like Vikes, OxyContins, and Xanax (by the way, acute Xanax withdrawals can kill you. Not even heroin withdrawal can do that!)?