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Show Signpost Viewpoint Anti-virals are not so amazing of Oseltamivir detected was close With the recent H1N1 flu • to the concentration of drug that pandemic, the use of many anticauses 50 percent inhibition of virus viral drugs, especially Tamiflu replication, subsequently making (Oseltamivir), has increased dramatically. Just like the resistance the other 50 percent completely resistant. to antibiotics, resistance to antiviral treatments occurs, but at a Although the spike of Oseltamivir much faster rate. use is partly responsible for creating resistance, the NEJM believes that Oseltamivir is an inhibitor the misuse of personal stockpiles is of influenza's glycoprotein, what is most responsible. neuraminidase. Neuraminidase is an enzyme that removes sialic According to recent data acids from the surface of the cell collected in Japan by the so that newly formed virions can Neuraminidase Inhibitor be released. A Susceptibility neuraminidase Network, three of inhibitor, like 1,200 isolates from "Physicians Oseltamivir ill patients without and patients (Tamiflu and known exposure Relenza) functions to neuraminidase both need to by preventing inhibitors the removal of contained do their part to resistance sialic acid from the cell, and not mutations. This help slow the allowing newly data suggests thai formed virions to progression of these resistant be released. We viruses are resistance." currently rely on transmitted at a low neuraminidase level in humans, inhibitors as our and are not severely sole go-to drug in patients who biologically compromised. cannot use inhaled medication, or Although very low in patients infected with the H5N1 concentrations of Oseltamivir .can (influenza A) virus. According to the be detected year-round, resistance New England Journal ofMedicine is most probable duringfluseasons. (NEJM), a H5N1 OseltamivirIt seems the only known way to resistant virus is a reality, and H1N1 reduce most of Oseltamivirfromour is not far behind. water systems duringfluseasons When the H1N1 pandemic first will require a tertiary ozonation treatment. Although ozonation does started, the use of Oseltamivir not completely remove Osejtamivir, spiked, and now experts are it lowers the concentration level to worried it will no longer be a point that will, for the most part, useful when the next round of slow influenza resistance. ' flu comes around, whether it be seasonal or pandemic. A recent • Physicians and patients both " study has shown that low levels of need to do their part to help slow Oseltamivir are detectable in many the progression of resistance. like aquatic environments. According with antibiotics, patients with to a study out of the University of runny noses should not demand Cambridge, a series of experiments anti-virals. Using anti-virals when showed that the active ingredient they are not needed or saving a of Oseltamivir is excreted in urine, prescription to use for later is not and is not removed in normal acceptable and is rapidly creating sewage water treatments or less efficient treatments for the degraded substantially by UV light influenza virus itself. Physicians radiation. It is feared the overuse need to start explaining the of Oseltamivir raises the possibility dangers of anti-viral misuse and that aquatic birds harboring the use much more discretion with influenza virus could be exposed to their prescription pads. Although the low levels in their environment, resistance is inevitable, we all making drug-resistant viruses. need to do our part to help slow it down to ensure the future of viable Japan is the largest consumer of Tamiflu, and after testing the water treatments. supply in the Yodoriversystem, it Comment on this column at was confirmed that the amount wsusignpost. com. r • 1 / l WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY I HE SIGNPOST Editor-in-chief Frances Kelsey 626Managing Editor Gina Barker ;; 626- 7614 News Editor laron Neugebauer 626- 7655 Sports Editor Matthew Maynes 626- 7983 Bryan Butterfield 626- 6358 Features Editor ShayLynne Clark 626- 7621 jonah Napoli 626- 7105 Adviser Allison Hess 626- 8526 (Ppanager ^ 6359 Office Manager Georgia Edwards 626- 7974 ssicaSdamoe 626 Edi moving forward > Right Again Eminent Domain and its dangers Eminent Domain is a threat. It's a rare thing to disagree with the United States Constitution, but this is one of those instances. Eminent Domain is a serious threat to personal property rights, and it might not be a bad idea to abolish it altogether. Eminent Domain is the power the government has to expropriate a citizen's private property for public use;- with compensatioot but without the owner's consent. The property is ytben either^use.d by the government or delegated to a third party. Generally Eminent Domain is used to procure lands for things such as roads or public utilities. Eminent Domain isn't necessarily limited to real estate, and it can be used to seize patents, trade secrets, contract rights or other, goods. Court rulings and interpretations have broadened the power of Eminent Domain to allow property to be seized for the 'public good' such as economic development. The power of Eminent Domain is incredibly easy to abuse. The idea of'due compensation' in the case of Eminent Domain is flawed. It is impossible to give someone the fair value of his or her asset in the case of Eminent Domain. Market Price is whatever price two parties arrive at without coercion. In cases of Eminent Domain there is always coercion. There can be no real negotiation, because the citizen can't refuse whatever price is offered. The government gets to decide how much it is going to pay the citizen whose property is getting seized; there is no fairness, no true market value in that. lust in the past few years there have been some startling abuses of Eminent Domain across the country. An excellent example is NOW WERE BOTH STRANOED ON THIS PLANETl WE MUST FIND FOOD OR WELL STARVE/ SOURCE: WVVW.NORTONMA.ORG A Massachusetts highway is under construction and bulldozers move through the center of town. what happened in New London Connecticut. The city of New London decided to seize the lands and homes of many citizens, and turn them over to a private sector developer on the grounds of economic development constituting public use. The people whose homes were seized sued the state, and rightfully so. The case eventually went to the Supreme Court where the city of New London won. This case was one of a large corporation using the local government to force people out of their homes. Once the case was resolved, the city of New London said that since the Supreme Court had upheld the seizure, that the displaced landowners owed the city back rent for the time they had spent on the land during the litigation. Eminent Domain clearly favors the rich and well connected. The power of Eminent Domain is allowing one private citizen to use the government to seize the property of another citizen. Those most negatively affected HEY, MY SHOE LOOKS ED13LEI by this are the poor. Any company or individual with the capital to develop land could make the same case that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer did in New London and clutch people's homes and businesses in the name of economic development. Luckily this case was an eye opener to many. Many states have since then passed legislation and amendments to their constitutions severely restricting such abuses of Eminent Domain. Columbia University is trying to use Eminent Domain to seize land to expand their campus. Despite passing amendments, Eminent Domain is still a threat. As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court said, "The specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory"- and she's right. Comment on this column at wsusignpost.com. AT LEAST TAKE YOUR FOOT OUT FIRST. &REWSTER, DON'T THINK WERE THAT PESPERATEYET... -Vie Signpost is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during fall and spring semesters. Subscription is 518 a semester. First newspaper copy free, each additional copy $0.50. -The Signpost is a student publication, written, edited, and drafted by Weber State University students. 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