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Comment by marc27 on July 24, 2009 at 9:43pm

We each have great personal power, together we are a mighty force, united we are invincible. -marc27

Comment by Tara on July 23, 2009 at 9:40am

Swine flu helpline gives NI jobs

A number of jobs are to be created in Northern Ireland as part of a service in England to help thousands of swine flu sufferers

The government is using recruitment agencies and call-centre firms to provide around 2,000 UK operators for the National Pandemic Flu Service.

Jobs will be created at Teleperformance UK's centres in Newry and Bangor as a result.

Swine flu sufferers will gain access to drugs without needing to consult a GP.

It has not been confirmed how many jobs will be created in Northern Ireland as a result of the phone and website service.

It has been designed to relieve pressure on the NHS and will use a checklist to diagnose cases.

Pregnant women, people with health conditions and the under-ones will still all be referred to GPs.

The Department of Health has accepted that the service could be abused by people giving the answers they believe will give them access to anti-flu drugs.

But Chief Medical Officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, said it was a price worth paying to help the NHS cope with its "biggest challenge in a generation".

A spokesperson for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland said the service "would only be available to patients in England initially due to the increased pressures on primary care services there".

"The current numbers of flu consultations in Northern Ireland remain relatively low and the present arrangements remain the best way to get treatment to all who need it quickly," the Department of Health NI spokesperson added.

"Northern Ireland will be able to use the National Pandemic Flu Service if the need arises locally. This situation is being kept under constant review."

The service will be staffed by 1,500 call handlers to start with, although there is already capacity for 2,000 people in the network of call centres.

Comment by illuminated-dj on July 20, 2009 at 10:12am

Comment by illuminated-dj on July 20, 2009 at 10:09am

UK terror threat downgraded to 'substantial'...That means the official assessment of the danger of an attack in the near future has shifted from "highly likely" to a "strong possibility"..lmao,is there any difference?ffs http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090720/tuk-uk-terror-threat-downgraded...

Comment by ron angell on July 19, 2009 at 4:43pm

Gillead Sciences, Tamiflu and Rumsfeld are connected..

http://xocaiartofliving.ning.com/profile/RonAngell

Gillead Sciences, Tamiflu and Rumsfeld are connected..

Please look at the comment Farida Magdalena Gallot posted in regards to the swine flu being totally man made. Remember Also Rumsfield has a shares in Gilliad Science corp-makers of Tamiflu.. worldwide

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=gilead+sciences+tamiflu+rumsfeld...

http://www.topix.com/com/gild/2009/05/tamiflu-scandal-gilead-scienc...

Tamiflu Scandal: Gilead Sciences' Donald Rumsfeld Connection
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by Tina Kells | May 1, 2009 at 02:02 pm
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Tamiflu is being touted as the best way to combat the H1N1 Swine Flu virus which has communities around the world in a pandemic panic, but is there a hidden agenda behind the push? Tamiflu is only one of two readily available anti-viral medications, yet Relenza isn't getting the same cure-it attention.

Could the fact that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has substantial interest in Gilead Sciences, the company that exclusively produces Tamiflu, be part of the reason that Relenza is taking a back seat in the H1N1 Swine Flu treatment plan?

The suggestion of a US government/Tamiflu conflict of interest is not new. It first surfaced in 2005 when then President George W. Bush pushed for and won $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for an influenza pandemic that was not even yet on the horizon.

George W. Bush pushed for the emergency funding to develop a strategy against a Bird Flu type pandemic in the US, more than 14% of which went to one company, Gilead Sciences, producer of Tamiflu. Not so scandalous in and of itself until you learn that prior to becoming Defense Secretary Donald Rumsleld was Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, a post he held from 1997 to 2001.

Comment by illuminated-dj on July 19, 2009 at 12:12pm

Hi paul sorry for late reply,sorry im not really into golf or sports at all for that matter so i wouldn't really know.it's intersting game tho.last time i was on a golf course was at illegal rave.good luck to your team tommorow~peace.

Comment by illuminated-dj on July 16, 2009 at 4:23pm

Comment by peter b dunn on July 15, 2009 at 7:16am

Ta james for the invite, just hope i can still call this public housing flat home afta tribunal tmrra. :-/ if yas dont hear from me... ya know they won

Comment by Rufus on July 14, 2009 at 9:16am

Thanks for the invite! Its time we Brits stopped fighting one another and started cooperating as the neighbours we are from the same Isles. Ironically if the Irish vote for the Lisbon Treaty, we will all be governed by former British PM, Tony Blair as EU President. Now that prospect alone is worth fighting against!

Comment by illuminated-dj on July 13, 2009 at 11:48pm

thank you P A Du Bose but we kinda dived and conquered here in ireland,but still some resistance regarding lisbon treaty.heres why we are divided http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8146817.stm

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