The Tamiflu Tug of War (Rumsfeld cashing in on flu vaccine)

[RagingInMiami]

"Among the beneficiaries of the run on Tamiflu is Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who was chairman of Gilead from 1997 to 2001 and owns at least $5 million of the stock, which has jumped from $35 in April to $47. Former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is on Gilead's board, has sold more than $7 million worth of Gilead in 2005."

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/investing/articles/0,15114,1124140,00.html?promoid=email

[katty]

1. Rummy, the walking Deathstar

[Nordmadr]

2. I watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta (sorry if mispelled) on Bill Maher's

show, and he outright admitted that having all these flu vaccines would likely make little difference due to the fact that if the flu is mutating and becoming transferable people to people, that it is likely mutating to where the existing vaccines would be of little use. He also replied that not everyone is "eating shit", which was just funny to hear come out of his mouth as he responded to comments from Bill about all the shit we put into our bodies these days. It was an instant classic, and Dr. Gupta seemed very knowledgeable while seemingly cutting through the B.S.

Olaf