Reply #61: I have great healthcare providers. [View All]

[wildeyed]

I have faith in both their technical abilities and their compassion as human beings. But I take final responsibility for my health and the health of my children. Docs can say whatever they want, but if something goes wrong, I will be the one to live with the results, not them.

If the bird flu comes, I have no doubt that my healthcare providers will want to help and be happy to prescribe tamiflu or whatever else is appropriate. I just don't think there will be any to prescribe, or if there is, the distribution will be massively screwed up a la Katrina. It is important to begin taking anti-virals as soon as symptoms appear.

I really hope I am wrong about these things. I hope bird flu never happens or if it does, our government functions smoothly and efficiently. But I just don't trust them.