Swine Flu

[MudRat]

After an outbreak at work I have now got a 10 day course of tablets, phoned up the NHS helpline and all i got was Crackling!!    :roll: :roll: :roll: seriously though, i have to take the tablets!

[andyhubbard]

Tamiflu at a guess.

[MudRat]

yep

[dxmedia]

No not at all. They've stopped giving it out up here since it does nothing, and the symptoms are pretty mild anyway.

Had it last week, and apart from 3 days of diaorrea, was just a pita to be honest.  Got it Sunday, buy Friday afternoon I was fine.

Took the missus out too, her symptoms were worse, but still nothing to write home about.  It's a 5 day incubation period, then 5 - 7 days of symptoms, once the symptoms stop your not longer contagious. Wait the first 5 days, nothing happens and you don't have it.

There's a LOT of media bull [!Expletive Deleted!] on the topic, and there's even more people who are world class experts who haven't a clue. NHS direct are very very cool about it all, and local health authorities also very good.

If you do have it, don't go to your doctors, just call instead, they will send someone round to visit.

[Saffy]

3 days of diaorrea, was just a pita

 :dance: softer paper  :dance:

[crazymac]

The latest one is "Swine Flu Parties"!!!

Seriously, some parents are congregating their kids where there is believed to be an outbreak! reasoning that its better to catch now than in the winter!???

[dxmedia]

It's what parents do with measels isn't it?

[crazymac]

It's what parents do with measels isn't it?

Never heard of it with measels? "in theory" kids are immunised against that anyway! Having said that, I have heard of that with mumps as its definately easier on the kids the younger they get it!

[Hightower]

Bearing in mind a 9 year old has just died of it, the last thing I'd want to do is expose my child to it!!

[mike142sl]

Bearing in mind a 9 year old has just died of it, the last thing I'd want to do is expose my child to it!!

NO - three people who had swine flu as well as other health issues have died - not necessarily of swine flu. You've been caught out by typical media reporting.

[dxmedia]

Bearing in mind a 9 year old has just died of it, the last thing I'd want to do is expose my child to it!!

NO - three people who had swine flu as well as other health issues have died - not necessarily of swine flu. You've been caught out by typical media reporting.

MEDIA FUD !!

NO ONE has died of swine flu, it's a mild cough, slight dizzyness and diorrea !!

Meant mumps above, don't have kids so not up on all the trying to get rid of them methods.

[dxmedia]

Sorry, think I might have been wrong, found that there might have been 7 confirmed deaths globaly due to swine flu.

36000 due to infuenza last year
777000 people died of measles worldwide in 2000
3000 of malaria last week
A guess of 123 000 000 have died in car accidents.


Still a big issue is it?

[V8MoneyPit]

I reckon a lot of people have it without even knowing it!

A bit of Delhi belly (after the take away) and felling groggy (after what washes the curry down) is a regular occurance for me  :lol:

But to be serious, it is interesting how something like this can travel around the world so quickly. There is no doubting it's a pandemic. But the media make the word 'pandemic' sound like it's the end of the world.