I expound a text that has attracted much attention I have received by mail:
while ago I heard the press conference health secretary on the swine flu epidemic and I noticed that the antiviral drug that is being used to combat the Oseltamivir, better known by its trade name Tamiflu produced by Roche (also referred to zanamivir, marketed as Relenza by Glaxo Smith Kline, but said that serving "less"). Tamiflu was much talk in 2005-2006 when the bird flu epidemic, and nobody in the aforementioned press conference asked if a little medicine for the avian influenza virus (H5N1) was also used for swine influenza (H1N1), I searched online and found something about it the following, I want to share with you.
Between 2005 and 2006 the governments of many parts of the world bought huge quantities of Tamiflu, although the number of cases reported to WHO as of 2006 were 115 (of them, 79 deaths), and a combined day total of 421 (257 deaths).
( http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2009_04_23/en/index.html).
Considering that so far in Mexico are already 68 deaths (20 virologically confirmed), I get the impression that the number of bird flu cases reported in 2005 did not justify the immense publicity that was done or the excessive purchases of Tamiflu to governments did. Some examples of these purchases:
- U.S.: In July 2005 the Pentagon bought Tamiflu stocks worth 58 million dollars. At that time Donald Rumsfeld was still secretary of defense, siendo accionista mayoritario de Gilead Sciences, propietaria de la patente de Tamiflu ( http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2008/09/response-attacks)
(Más sobre esto, con lujo de detalle, en: http://www.astrodreams.com/foros/viewtopic.php?p=16503&sid=ad2504218b4cac7cc6fba98aea47173c).
En ese año el precio de las acciones de Gilead Sciences aumentó de 35 a 57 dólares por acción, y el valor de la tajada de la compañía para Rumsfeld subió de 2.5 a 15.5 millones de dólares ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseltamivir).
- Germany: In June 2005 Roche bought 150 million Euros of Tamiflu (12 million treatment courses) ( http://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/Die-Dritte- 3Bart705 Seite%, 2,261,507).
- World Health Organization: Roche in August 2005 he "gave" the WHO's 3 million treatment courses (30 million doses). WHO, diligently, encouraged all countries to stockpile antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu ( http://www.roche.es/portal/eipf/Spain/spain_portal/roche_es/2005?paf_gear_id=17400002&paf_dm = full & DOC_EN = re7300002/re76100002/re77200005/re752003/article/Article_eWep_03244.headline & paf_pageId = re7188183 & soak up = 1)
- Mexico: In October 2005, announced that Roche would buy more than 400 million pesos in Tamiflu (do not know if 1 million doses, or treatments) ( http:/ / www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?idc=208310 ) This must be, of course, the million doses to the health secretary made reference today.
- Spain: In mid-2006 it bought 1 million Tamiflu three hundred thousand Euros (116.000 treatments) ( http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20070923/navarra/que-fue-tamiflu.html?not = idnot = 2007092302575898 & 2007092302575898 & day = 20070923 & section = Navarre & section2 = society & chnl = 10)
El precio del Tamiflu subió de unos 40 Euros en 1999 (fecha en que Roche lo sacó al mercado) a 377 Euros en 2005. ( http://www.uce.es/DEVERDAD/ARCHIVO_2005/24_05/DV24_05_28sanidad.html)
Gracias al Tamiflu, las acciones de Roche subieron muchísimo entre 2005 y 2007; obviamente, el día de hoy también subieron considerablemente. ( http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ROG.VX).
Lo curioso del caso es que el Tamiflu, al menos el que viene en pastillas, tiene a shelf life of 4 years (which comes in powder has doubled, but as far as I understand, nearly all bought tablets)
( http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20070923/navarra/la-caducidad- range-between-4-8-years-but-this-time-can-ampliar.html? not = 2007092302575895 & idnot = 2007092302575895 & day = 20070923 & section = Navarre & section2 = society & chnl = 10).
So they bought the million treatments in 2005 countries, including Mexico, are about to expire. What aim that right now the epidemic has broken out, "unless evil that we are prepared. " "We will reach there to buy drugs or WHO or other countries with huge reserves, Roche or itself?
I'm not saying that the epidemic is a story or that Tamiflu not used to fight at all. Say that public health is one of the biggest business there. I remember that after arms and drugs, the pharmaceutical industry is moving more money in the world. As such, production of medicines and vaccines is much more profit oriented than we imagine. If anyone is familiar with the system of purchasing drugs and IMSS ISSSTE MNCs of the drug, you know the cute "gifts" received by doctors who decide which drugs are purchased on a large scale (but of course, that in the first world is called corruption.) If we consider these things, say that in addition to official, there are at least two other possible scenarios (all well represented on the Internet):
a) That the same virus are produced by makers of drugs or governments. That is the position of the Canadian Global Research, Conspiranoids not be for lack of reason:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9833
b) The real risk is not so serious. Fear itself is big business and, well fueled, enough to encourage purchases of antivirals and vaccines. That is the position of this article on bird flu (which ultimately went out, at least the outbreak of 2005):
http://www.uce.es/DEVERDAD/ARCHIVO_2005/24_05/DV24_05_28sanidad . html
Fear itself is a major producer of diseases and docile citizens, besides being an excellent mechanism to divert social care. The moral of all this is simply NOT HAVE TO BE AFRAID. Whatever real risk, the best way to address it is also making r basic precautions, adopting a critical attitude towards the media and official explanations (which are always out of context), a great strength, and confidence that one is primarily responsible for their own health. As for children, for nothing else to be well tuned, well cared for they have great resilience, and it seems that those most affected so far are being people between 20 and 40. QFB
Axel Cervantes Sánchez
Master student in Biochemical Sciences, UNAM Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
Medical and Nutrition (INNSZ)
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