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Online Stock Market Trading Recently, Utah's epidemiologist, Dr. Robert Rolfs, injected his entire state with a heavy dose of complacency and told them not to worry about bird flu.

By By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Tuesday to recommend approval of the first bird flu vaccine, even though it would protect only 45 percent of people exposed to the virus. The vote came after FDA officials said that the vaccine could still play an important role in protecting against the likelihood of a flu pandemic, despite its limited effectiveness.

Stock Investing Course He said, "Avian influenza means bird influenza. It's a problem for birds right now in other parts of the world, and it is a problem for birds there." He was persuading KSL-TV reporter Shelley Osterloh that there was nothing to worry about in Utah. In fact, he told her "Utah has other health threats we should be concerned about." You can read Rolfs comments at http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=185817

3. Is there a treatment for bird flu Professionals currently researching the Avian bird flu claim that rimantidine and amantidine, two cheap and popular flu drugs, have no power over the bird flu, but Relenza and Tamiflu, two other flu drugs, can indeed effectively treat the viral disease. 4. Is there a risk of a bird flu epidemic Experts in this area suggest that rapid and extensive culling and quarantining of potentially infected animals is the best way to prevent an epidemic. Another option is vaccination of birds against the bird flu virus.

Stock Market Game Rolfs in effect sedated the entire Utah population.

However, no state has met the target for physical activity, eating fruits and vegetables daily, and flu and pneumonia vaccines, - Colorado, Hawaii, - have met the target for lowering obesity.

Stock Investing Game Nevermind that former Utah governor, Mike Leavitt, and now Human Health Secretary, recently came to Utah and said it's time to get prepared for what could be the most devastating pandemic in our history.

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Journal Prime Rate Street Wall Never mind that Dr. Robert Webster -- the scientist who discovered H5N1 -- has called avian influenza the "most frightening virus" he has ever seen.

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Stock Market News Never mind that the CDC, the WHO, and scientists worldwide are trying desperately to find a solution to save whole nations.

Stock Investing Basics One can almost visualize Osterloh addressing a gathered crowd of Roman citizens in 165 B.C. when the Antonine Plague was about to begin killing 5,000 Romans a day. "Do not fear, my fellow Romans. Harken unto me...these rumors of a plague are but whispers in the wind. Go about your business. I have spoken with Rome's greatest physician and he says Rome will never fall to plague."

Stock Investing Software Rolfs wants Utah residents to forget about bird flu and worry about something else, like pertussis. Reporter Osterloh abandons her objectivity and sidles up to Rolfs and proudly agrees that "The bird flu isn't in the USA." The inference is that Utah residents shouldn't worry. Not one bit. How could it possibly get over the mighty Wasatch mountains and hurt us? Well, Ms. Osterloh, I guess we should wait until it takes wing on the thousands of Utah seagulls and one of them drops a gift on your shoulder before Utah residents should take action.

Stock Market Trading This false sense of well-being spouted by Rolfs may soon invade other states, other epidemiologists. Be wary of this state-sponsored vaccine of serenity. It's a vaccine your local government wants you to take so you won't worry so much. But it could kill you.

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Title: Utah Offers Vaccine Of Serenity For Bird Flu By: John Hart

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