AUSTRALIA-NOTE Japan bans TAMIFLU for teenagers


	AUSTRALIA-NOTE Japan bans TAMIFLU for teenagers

leevardi

4-29-2009 6:52 PM

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leevardi says:

Well OK........I dont want my son jumping off the balcony or running in front of a bus

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