us flu reaching epidemic levels, page-32

From the CDC advice today. Even Nimans jumped on Board what we have all known for years.

"We at CDC have looked very carefully at the use of influenza drugs in the clinical setting and our conclusion is quite clearly that when given promptly, they work. They can reduce symptoms, shorten the duration of illness and prevent serious complications, including hospitalization and death. In fact in studies of very sick patients we have seen death rate cut by 50 to 75 percent or even more through the prompt use of antiviral drugs. So for high/risk patients antiviral treatment really can mean the difference between a milder illness and a stay in the hospital or in the intensive care unit or even death. The drugs clearly work much better if they're started soon after onset of illness in the first 48 hours. "