Reply #2: All of those countries are making it for government stockpiles...

[Karmakaze]

and this decision does NOT affect supplies to the US government stockpile.

Stupidity is causing people to hoard a drug that can be misued and result in drug resistant flu strains, not to mention causing a scarcity for no good reason that is preventing people from getting it who need it to fight REAL flu, rather than this over hyped "bird flu" that doesnt even EXIST yet.

Im never a defender of the pharma companies, but the media overhyping this has put the makers in a bad postion (well sort of) they simply can't supply enough to cover demand by people who don't need it AND people who do.

If people stopped hyping Bird FLu this wouldnt have happened. But now, it is likely that this years death toll from REAL human flu is going to be higher simply because of irrational fears of a disease that doesn't even exist.