minimum tax. this is something that people don t know that much about, but more than 30 million americans could get hit with this amt at about $3,000 extra on your tax bill. these are some of the things you need to sit down and be aware of and back to your point, kelly, that s up to you to take control. kelly: so, get educated. caroline, i wish we had more time to talk to you. that s a very he interesting topic there, amt and fear uncertainty and thank you for joining us, merry christmas. merry christmas. there s a new health warning to tell you about, a growing number of states are reporting the worst flu season in years and the f.d.a. has expanded its approval of the most widely described flu medication, tamiflu. you may have heard it. listen up, for children as young as two weeks old. our medical team is on.
cost 40% of those in retail or hospitality say yes. 15% of transportation and utilities, a fifth of healthcare companies and about 15% in financial supervisors and manufacturing. now, in response, the administration says this law will redee crease cross, streb our businesses and make it easier for employees to provide coverage for their workers. the provision requiring workers to employers to provide coverage to their workers is 2015. shepard: rich edson on capitol hill. thank you. the maker of a widely used flu medication no word it actually works at awesome the drug is tamiflu. you have probably heard of it. prescription medicine governments worldwide have stockpiled in case of a world flew outbreak. they used it. -out the officials at the centers for disease control and prevention in the u.s. recommend tamiflu two medications for treating regular flu. but researchers linked to the
hey, welcome back to morning joe. a live shot of the capitol where i wish the guys and the women inside that chamber could get along and have a decent calm conversation like howard dean and i just had. if people could just learn to disagree without being i m sorry, i m on flu medication if i was a little more hostile than usual. this is obviously something i feel very strongly about, and i have felt strongly about for 15 years. i was just saying i know you do, as well. and what i what i would love for you to do is you need to come to us come with us, we re going to be going to new jersey. we re going to be doing a show from new jersey on education reform, and we d love to have you there talking about it. thad be great. and let s do one in east new york. i love that. we do a lot of shows harlem village academies, we love that. willie, your mom also has been involved in charter schools in
looking at. they don t say in the study was it if they had taken flu medication. that would obviously make it when i take medications i nod off. there s a rap term called sipping the scissor. have you heard it? no, had you heard that before you investigated just curious? no, but rap terms are amazing. i heard the word dope d-o-p-e. that i have heard. but the other is having codeine. so obviously in a flu or cold you might be sipping the scissor, and that would alter your mood incrementally. apparently this study was done with people who hadn t necessarily taken medication. they test your braking and your basic reflexes and how you went around a curve. they found people who had a cold or flu were literally as impaired as somebody who had been drinking. that s the study. and again with all of the studies, are they definitive? what it s saying, gary, is let s
in the united kingdom an insurance company and a university ha come together with a study that driving with a cold or flu could be just as dangerous as driving drunk. they say it the equivalent of having four double shots of whiskey! well, that s obviously dangerous when you have four double shots of whiskey to drive. but obviously if you have a minor cold it is not as severe as if you have a major cold and are hacking and wheezing and sneezings. all of these studies are not totally finite. but it is certainly making people aware that having a cold or flu can impair your judgment, mood and concentration and those are the things that they are looking at. they don t actually say in the study if they had taken some kind of flu medication. that would obviously i know when i take heavy medications i m nodding off. there is a term called sipping the scissor. have you heard that? i can t say i have.