Who is making a profit from swine flu?

[Pharaoh]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/Swine_flu/article6737507.ece



Who knew that misplaced mucus could be such a moneyspinner? The rel-entless headlines about swine flu, and the seemingly contradictory public health advice — to shut or not to shut schools, whether pregnant women should or shouldn’t venture on public transport — has provided a window of commercial opportunity for enterprising souls. While it has instigated panic in some quarters, the pandemic has been a business bonanza for others.

So who is fattening up their piggy banks on the back of swine flu, and who else might be rubbing their hands with glee (and antibacterial handwash, of course)?

Drug companies

In terms of the share price, Roche is rocketing and GSK might as well stand for Great Swine flu Killing. The profits being reaped by these companies in the wake of the pandemic have been rising faster than the mercury in an old-fashioned thermometer.

[bbinacan]

1. The media. n/t

[NightWatcher]

2. I read of a strain that's resistant to Tamiflu in Mexico

screw you Rumsfeld

[TexasObserver]

3. Drug companies. Hey, they have product to move!

Get in line and get a shot, whether you want one or not. They have stockholders to satisfy.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

4. K&R

[soverywendy]

5. Big Phrama-republica-cootical???

Second post!!!!I am so great!

[Peregrine]

6. Who should be making the profit?

Don't worry the alt-med woomeisters will be making their profit as well. Zycam will recover in time for the pandemic hits the US, but of course all those customers will have lost their sense of smell.

[Fire1]

7. Pharmaceuticals, of course. n/t

[mzteris]

8. "Great Swine Killing"

Let's hope that's not a prescient statement.

While some may be "making a profit" - let's remember that there ARE people dying of this everyday.

[stray cat]

9. They profit from antibiotics as well - should we get rid of those also?