Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Thanks, China!

StarNewsOnline.com: The Voice of Southeastern North Carolina:

"China's current leaders eventually may kill more people than Mao Tse-Tung. And not just in China. Tens of millions worldwide could die because the Chinese ruined a drug that could have treated a deadly new form of influenza.

Chalk this suicidal stupidity up to the usual suspects: greed and secrecy.

Instead of saving the antiviral drug amantadine for humans, as international guidelines prescribe, the Chinese government told farmers to use it on chickens.

Chinese officials deny it, of course."

The World Health Organization needs to crack down hard on these Chinese farms...