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I may be a bit cynical, but I believe there is concerted effort to not “Spook the cattle”. The major new stations have backed the topic of the swine flue pandemic off their lead stories. Mexico death tolls have been adjusted downward. Many press releases stating that it is a mild form of the flu, which may be true today. All the while, the virus is spreading exponentially across the world and the WHO is quietly stating that they expect to go to a Level 6 status as a pandemic risk index. Once the virus moves into the third world countries which is already underway, there will be far less control over the mitigations that have been implemented in the US and other well organized nations. CDC reversal on Tamiflu policy is just another step along this conspiracy theory, IMO.
Once the CDC has contract with NNVC in the form of a grant, many options open up.
Mixing Swine Flu with HIV now the concern.
The stakes just jumped several orders of magnitude. And again, NNVC has the solution.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2516414.htm
HIV patients at higher risk from flu, WHO says 02 May 2009 11:53:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
* HIV patients at high risk from flu, need antivirals most
* WHO fears complications if HIV and H1N1 viruses combine
(Adds background on HIV, seasonal influenza, antivirals)
By Laura MacInnis
GENEVA, May 2 (Reuters) - People with HIV are at high risk from the new flu strain that the World Health Organisation said is on the verge of a pandemic, the WHO said on Saturday.
The United Nations agency said people with immunodeficiency diseases -- including the AIDS virus -- will most likely be vulnerable to health complications from the H1N1 strain, as they are from regular seasonal flu, which kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people a year.
HIV and the new flu strain could also mix together in a dangerous way, as has occurred with HIV and tuberculosis, the WHO said in guidance for health workers on its website.
"Although there are inadequate data to predict the impact of a possible human influenza pandemic on HIV-affected populations, interactions between HIV/AIDS and A(H1N1) influenza could be significant," it said.
"HIV-infected persons should be considered as a high risk and a priority population for preventive and therapeutic strategies against influenza including emerging influenza A(H1N1) virus infection," it said.
The virus widely known as "swine flu" has been most severe in Mexico, where government authorities say it has killed more than 100 people, and caused more mild symptoms as it spread around the world to countries including the United States, Austria, Israel, New Zealand and South Korea. [L2430119]
Although the outbreak remains tiny in scale compared to other epidemics such as malaria, hepatitis, and meningitis, the WHO has raised its pandemic alert level to 5 out of 6 due to its rapid spread as well as the possibility that the flu could cause more devastation in poor and disease-prone communities.
Countries with high rates of HIV -- most of which are in Africa -- should work to ensure that vulnerable people get the drugs they need to fight off the flu infection, the WHO said.
Antiviral medicines such as Tamiflu and Relenza decrease the duration of virus excretion and the severity of illness when used for treatment of ill patients, and may also prevent illness when used for prophylaxis.
"Patients at higher risk for complications of influenza including those with HIV infection should be among those prioritised for antiviral treatment with oseltamivir or zanamivir which shortens illness duration and severity in seasonal influenza," the WHO guidance read.
It is best if people infected with the flu strain start to take the antivirals within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, according to the WHO. There are no known problems with taking those drugs alongside the anti-retrovirals that HIV patients take to suppress their virus.
According to WHO estimates, there are 33 million people infected with immune-weakening HIV worldwide. (For the full WHO guidance for HIV patient care, see: http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/influenza_hiv.pdf) (For a factbox on global diseases, click on [ID:nL2430119]) (For more Reuters swine flu coverage, please click here: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/swineflu )
Mixing Swine Flu with HIV now the concern.
The stakes just jumped several orders of magnitude. And again, NNVC has the solution.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2516414.htm
HIV patients at higher risk from flu, WHO says 02 May 2009 11:53:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
* HIV patients at high risk from flu, need antivirals most
* WHO fears complications if HIV and H1N1 viruses combine
(Adds background on HIV, seasonal influenza, antivirals)
By Laura MacInnis
GENEVA, May 2 (Reuters) - People with HIV are at high risk from the new flu strain that the World Health Organisation said is on the verge of a pandemic, the WHO said on Saturday.
The United Nations agency said people with immunodeficiency diseases -- including the AIDS virus -- will most likely be vulnerable to health complications from the H1N1 strain, as they are from regular seasonal flu, which kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people a year.
HIV and the new flu strain could also mix together in a dangerous way, as has occurred with HIV and tuberculosis, the WHO said in guidance for health workers on its website.
"Although there are inadequate data to predict the impact of a possible human influenza pandemic on HIV-affected populations, interactions between HIV/AIDS and A(H1N1) influenza could be significant," it said.
"HIV-infected persons should be considered as a high risk and a priority population for preventive and therapeutic strategies against influenza including emerging influenza A(H1N1) virus infection," it said.
The virus widely known as "swine flu" has been most severe in Mexico, where government authorities say it has killed more than 100 people, and caused more mild symptoms as it spread around the world to countries including the United States, Austria, Israel, New Zealand and South Korea. [L2430119]
Although the outbreak remains tiny in scale compared to other epidemics such as malaria, hepatitis, and meningitis, the WHO has raised its pandemic alert level to 5 out of 6 due to its rapid spread as well as the possibility that the flu could cause more devastation in poor and disease-prone communities.
Countries with high rates of HIV -- most of which are in Africa -- should work to ensure that vulnerable people get the drugs they need to fight off the flu infection, the WHO said.
Antiviral medicines such as Tamiflu and Relenza decrease the duration of virus excretion and the severity of illness when used for treatment of ill patients, and may also prevent illness when used for prophylaxis.
"Patients at higher risk for complications of influenza including those with HIV infection should be among those prioritised for antiviral treatment with oseltamivir or zanamivir which shortens illness duration and severity in seasonal influenza," the WHO guidance read.
It is best if people infected with the flu strain start to take the antivirals within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, according to the WHO. There are no known problems with taking those drugs alongside the anti-retrovirals that HIV patients take to suppress their virus.
According to WHO estimates, there are 33 million people infected with immune-weakening HIV worldwide. (For the full WHO guidance for HIV patient care, see: http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/influenza_hiv.pdf) (For a factbox on global diseases, click on [ID:nL2430119]) (For more Reuters swine flu coverage, please click here: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/swineflu )
Doc,
Are you sure that Flucide drugs cannot be produced any sooner than October 2009?. With all the government agencies studying all the various _cides, couldn't the government make some doses? I would think that testing of Flucide now, in a few urgent cases would give the government the empriacle data they need to authorize the mass production and treatment in October.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
But, you can make them thirsty!
NNVC FluCide highly effective against H1N1.
http://www.nanoviricides.com/pipeline.html
"We already have the Americans talking about the H1N1 strain, which is a new strain they haven't seen before .… If you had evidence that this strain was also in Mexico, you would have further evidence that something new has shown up which has the ability to go person-to-person and has crossed borders as well."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24524032.htm
"Our concern has grown as of yesterday," U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/23/respiratory-illness-flu-mexico.html
It first looked mostly like a swine virus but closer analysis showed it is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses, according to the CDC. [nN24420522].
"We do not have enough information to fully assess the health threat posed by this new swine flu virus," Besser said.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NanoViricides-Inc-Summarizes-bw-14855477.html?.v=1
The Company is presently in discussions with an independent research facility to perform anti-H5N1 animal studies with the Company’s drug candidates that were highly successful against H5N1 Clade 1 and Clade 2 in cell cultures. These nanoviricides were also found to be highly effective against common influenza (H1N1) in animal models.
FluCide highly effective against H1N1.
"We already have the Americans talking about the H1N1 strain, which is a new strain they haven't seen before .… If you had evidence that this strain was also in Mexico, you would have further evidence that something new has shown up which has the ability to go person-to-person and has crossed borders as well."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24524032.htm
"Our concern has grown as of yesterday," U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acting director Dr. Richard Besser told reporters in a telephone briefing.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/23/respiratory-illness-flu-mexico.html
It first looked mostly like a swine virus but closer analysis showed it is a never-before-seen mixture of swine, human and avian viruses, according to the CDC. [nN24420522].
"We do not have enough information to fully assess the health threat posed by this new swine flu virus," Besser said.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NanoViricides-Inc-Summarizes-bw-14855477.html?.v=1
The Company is presently in discussions with an independent research facility to perform anti-H5N1 animal studies with the Company’s drug candidates that were highly successful against H5N1 Clade 1 and Clade 2 in cell cultures. These nanoviricides were also found to be highly effective against common influenza (H1N1) in animal models.
I would not say that my Bentley stock cost nothing.
Are you ignoring the letter to shareholders dated 9/12/07?
See below:
http://www.bentleycommerce.com/page/page/4728076.htm
Yes, we are in case 1) of the two possibilities that I listed. If nothing changes or if the Bentley Board of Directors do not follow through with filing Form 10, then that is it, and you are right.
However, you seem to ignore the Bentley letter to shareholders, sited above, in your responses. If you have read it, is there some reason that you think that case 2) is not going to happen?
Like I said, my read is that the matter is entirely in the hands of the Bentley Commerce Corp. Board of Directors to follow through with the plan outlined in their letter. I also believe that given the current state of affairs, the situation is actually very optimistic.
Bentley has acquited a new company (RFN), that seems to have the potential of growing towards profitability. They suggest in their letter that we will all be a part of that new and growing venture. There is a very positive scenario ahead for us if things go well. Compared to case 1), we are fortunate to have something to hope for.
So let’s have a Happier New Year
Merry Christmas!
The future of Bentley is completely in the hands of the Bentley Commerce Board of Directors. No amount of speculation will change anything. There are only two possible outcomes:
1) All Bentley stockholders loose everything, or;
2) Bentley goes forward with new life.
Most of this message board is in the #1 camp. Good for you, you will never be disappointed. Although, all of us Bentley stockholders have reason to be disgruntled, why take the time to spread your gloom and doom. So quick to declare game over. Why? I can only assume you have more than a personal agenda.
I, for one, am willing to risk being disappointed while we hear what the real decision makers choose to do.
“The game is not over until it is over.”
220 and counting.
211 Radio Stations and counting.
The only thing I can see is from the BLYC web site.
They now have 190 radio stations signed up. They have been adding 1-5 radio stations per week over the last few months.
http://radioforecastnetwork.net/cgi-bin/rfn/ratecard.cgi
Nope. You scared'm off.
There is no where but up from here.
Back to work!
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BLYC.PK
Bla Bla Bla Bla
Be where-we, where-we quiet… I’m wabbit (CEO) hunting…
I really like the price / volume pattern I see above. That is a classic buy signal. PPS and volume down for a long time, then one hump of acitivity just before it takes off.
Bid .001 , Ask .0018, Last .0014
Spread is more than half of the PPS.
So, someone either has to dump, or buy hard.
So what do we know?
1) More shares were bought than sold over the last two weeks. (Not to mention over the last year, someone could have made a bundle just bottom feeding.)
2) Volume was fairly steady until Thursday when "excessive exuberance” started to set in.
3) The PPS is still up about 300% since the last PR.
4) The sell off was sudden, and not really typical of someone taking profits.
So what don’t we know?
1) Who was doing the buying and selling?
2) What is the future of this company?
3) What’s in the settlement agreement? Does anyone live in Florida to find out?
I think we saw MM action at the bell. The last transaction went from .0027 to .0023 in a blink of an eye in the last 15 minutes of the trading day. On top of that, the spread (Bid / Ask)was from .0023 to .0027. That's basically a lock out spread. My read is the MMs want the price to go up at a prescribed rate.
Could mean a big bounce tomorrow.
I'm sure I speak for many, that we are tired of the same old complaining or defense of Bruce and BLYC management. I agree that we should be skeptical of a failed BLYC business plan and those that brought it to us. I also agree that we have not heard the whole story and may never. I have my own theories, but that is the past. Let's hear about the present or estimates of the future.
At this point the chips are starting to accumulate on the table. Let it ride!
JKing:
I disagree. There was plenty of time to see whether the software would catch on and whether it would generate revenue. BLYC stopped posting how many total sites were using the software; mainly because no new sites were being added and, in fact, the total was dropping. Revenues were pathetic. Expenditures were unexplainable.
It's was good riddance.
My questions are still unanswered.
It's all moot. Bruce's software and business plan failed. His software is not needed. Anna is gone. Bruce is back but not CEO. This is as good as it gets for now.
The questions are:
1) Is BLYC buying up shares? If so, why?
2) Who is buying up shares?
3) Does this have anything to do with the settlement?