> I would much rather have some Tamiflu than not, even if it's effectiveness varied for patient to patient. At the time Tamiflu was believed to work well, and

> I would much rather have some Tamiflu than not, even if it's effectiveness varied for patient to patient. At the time Tamiflu was believed to work well, and must have had studies that backed this up (otherwise it wouldn't have got past NICE). If it is in fact no better than paracetamol then with hindsight you could argue it was a mistake to stockpile, however I was reassured that my government had prepared, which in itself could have avoided some additional panic and bad press.