Flu Virus Resistant to 2 Drugs.

According the The Washington Post, treating the flu this winter may prove to be much more difficult than it has in the past. A whopping 91 percent of virus samples tested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have proved to be resistant to rimantadine and amantadine. The strain of the virus has built up high levels of resistance to these two antiviral drugs commonly used to fight influenza. CDC officials called a Saturday news conference to announce that the predominant strain this season, the type A H3N2 influenza strain, was resistant to the older drugs, to warn the public. The CDC is trying to come up with newer drugs to defeat the strain, and hoping to use the older drugs to battle weaker forms of the flu.

Does anybody else sense an epidemic erupting pretty soon?

I know that at the moment the flu isn't even borderline deadly, but I can't help but recall the outbreaks of sickness and disease in American history which had no cure. A disease that ravaged USA beginning in the early 80's, and has continued to kill, is AIDS. Most researchers believe that HIV originated in the sub-Saharan Africa, during the twentieth century. It is now a global epidemic. The World Health Organization estimates that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people in the US since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. AIDS has proven to be resistant to all types and forms of drugs developed over the years to battle it.