catalyst -abc thursday evening 17th- contagion

A free kick for Relenza / BTA tonight

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/another-deadly-pandemic-a-matter-of-when-not-if-20120515-1you5.html

Dr Graham Phillips is the host of ABC TV's Catalyst program which is screening a report on this issue May 17 at 8pm.


.........."These antiviral drugs are stockpiled for the next pandemic, but the issue is whether they could be distributed quickly enough to people who need them. The problem in Australia is antivirals are not regularly prescribed by doctors, so we don't have a good system for getting the medications to patients as quickly as possible. Contrast that with Japan, where they are used routinely for seasonal flu, so a robust working system is in place."..........