Yes, I am on Tamiflu. The doctor did not ask me to give a blood sample to test for H1N1 though. I think it is no longer necessary, as we are all surrounded by people who knowingly or unknowingly has it. I am not feeling too sick though.

Interesting though – one of the stated side effects – in younger people – may cause confusion and self-injury.

I wonder how all these drug manufacturers test for side effects…. get guinea pigs of course, but how do they monitor them? Keep them confined in a room? Follow them everywhere? Ask them to jot down stuff in a diary and do a survey? An interview session at the end of the prescribed dosage?

Virtual computers are computers that are stripped off their hardisk drives, running simply on programs and folders available online. All the excesses are eliminated and hence, the production costs are reduced as well. Those in third world countries can purchase them at a much reduced price and with that, governments can purchase more – to be installed in public areas such as libraries and schools. You can think of programmes such as Google Docs and all other freeware softwares.

However, I wonder whether this type of P2P sharing could lead to piracy, hacking into others’ accounts and of course the issue of – poorer countries tend to have poor Internet connections.

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