Swine Flu Antiviral Medication Being Sent to States: Tamiflu Shipments On The Way

The federal government began shipping out its stockpiled Tamiflu drugs to certain states in response to the rapidly spreading Swine Flu virus. Tamiflu had recently been stockpiled by the federal government in case of an emergency of this kind and it appears that choosing to keep a reserve of it was an excellent idea.

The federal government has decided to move forward with enough shipments to treat up to 11 million people with all states getting a nearly equal share. It was unclear though whether each state would get the same amount or whether it would be based on the population in the state.

At the current time all states have plenty of Tamiflu supply and all regular pharmacies have plenty in stock but the government wanted to play it save and have more supplies ready in case the Swine influenza virus starts spreading and rocket ship speeds.

Government officials, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) are now gearing up for what they expect to be a marathon. They expect the Swine flu to continue to spread at a fairly high rate for quite some time and don't expect this problem to go away. In fact, the CDC went as far as to say that Americans should expect that there will be deaths related to the swine flu and that there is nothing anyone can do to stop some deaths from happening.

Health officials throughout the world are still trying to gather as much information about the mutated swine flu virus so that they can figure out how to better control the rapid outbreaks that we are seeing. At this time the only suggestions are to avoid public places, wash your hands often, eat well, sleep enough, and keep your stress levels low.

In other news Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, Great Britain, and Germany have all now had confirmed cases of the swine flu virus.

Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, Britain and Germany also have reported cases of swine flu sickness. Deaths reported so far have been limited to Mexico, and now the U.S.