[TaxRelief]

Tamiflu must be administered within the first 24 hours of onset.

Note to Vietnamese doctor: READ THE DIRECTIONS.

Tamiflu must be administered within the first 24 hours of onset.
Tamiflu must be administered within the first 24 hours of onset.
Tamiflu must be administered within the first 24 hours of onset.

[conservative cat]

Tamiflu must be administered within the first 24 hours of onset.

I wonder how fast the onset of severe symptoms are with bird flu. Do you go straight into check-into-the-hospital sick or do you start with a headache and a tingle in your throat that takes a day to manifest itself into something worse?

[Clara Lou]

That seems like a real problem to me. Everyone [who has any] will be taking Tamiflu at the first symptom they think is a flu symptom. There won't be enough tamiflu for everyone. Also, it has a pretty short shelf-life, doesn't it? This is just not a good situation.

[Termite_Commander]

Not as easy as it sounds. H5N1 sneaks up pretty quickly, and the first symptoms seem like the flu, or even a bad case of the common cold.

Many people don't come into the hospital for such things, and so when they do, it's progressed to a severe stage and Tamiflu may no longer be effective. Also, this strain of avian flu seems to be entering patients, and they are asymptomatic until it's too late to do anything.