October 15, 2009
Because of the recent swine flu scare, people have been all about keeping well and away from the H1N1 virus. While many people are afraid of the virus, other try to exploit it by selling fake pills over the internet for large amounts of money. The actual pill is called Tamiflu. As people become more frightened of swine flu, they turn to the internet for answers. When these fake drug ads pop-ups, these people jump on these "deals" and get their fix of "Tamiflu". Currently, the FDA is tracking down all of these fake-drug dealers and making people aware of the fake drugs. Now in all honesty, I believe what they are doing is wrong but if people are dumb enough to by the stuff, so be it. People should be a little frightened of the H1N1 virus, but not scared enough to buy whatever product that pop-up first. That's just ignorant and people should be able to think right before they act on those fears. For the people selling, they shouldn't be exploiting people of their paranoia. It just make people trust the internet even less and people being to even distrust the drug itself. On this topic, I believe no one is right and that people need to use their brains before they make decisions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#33318491
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