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This thread demonstrates aptly the public hysteria to something whose symptoms are like a bad cold, something which will kill 90% LESS people than normal seasonal influenza (which we get every year without mass hysteria) and something which, if the government had said was “a nasty bug is doing the rounds” rather than give it a name, most people wouldnt be bothered with.
MORE people will die because the public are in meltdown and swamping the NHS (therefore those who genuinely need treatment for other much more serious complaints are having to wait…and die) than will actually die from swine flu
There is no such thing as a “confirmed” case anymore unless you are admitted to hospital. If you have a temperature and have one symptom (ie runny nose), you are considered to have swine flu- you are NOT confirmed. High temp and runny nose? Feck me, thats every time I get a cold. 75% of the current “confirmed” cases will NOT have swine flu BUT will not be allowed Tamiflu again should they suddenly have another bad cold, or even actually catch swine flu
Totally mismanaged by the government, total over reaction by the public and whipped up by the media who glorify in this type of worse case scenario story.
WHY do you think there is no where else in the WORLD, which has seen a spread on infection similar to ours? Why, because no country has a media and public which over react in the way the Brits do.
Get a grip people- it’s flu, you are more likely to die getting in your car tomorrow than die of swine flu.
Nuff said
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It is indeed :D
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ordinary flu ??? its all flu with different strains , there has been worse strains than this , bejing flu in the 90,s etc , its a knee jerk reaction , ppl are being diagnosed over the fone , maybe it isnt even swine flu they have
Down Here.. A young girl had suspected Swine Flu, and the paramedics were called, but when hey got there, they had refused to treat her, or take her to hospital.
Again it’s a possible second wave that would be the killer not unlike the three pandemics in the last 100 yrs
@woohoo wrote:
Down Here.. A young girl had suspected Swine Flu, and the paramedics were called, but when hey got there, they had refused to treat her, or take her to hospital.
In the nicest possible way, unless she had underlying health issues what were they expected to do?
If they had taken her to hospital how many more peeps could of potentially been infected? Not to mention taking up an isolation room.
As far as I’m aware paramedics aren’t able to perscribe Tamiflu. The usual treatment for flu is rest, plenty of fluids & regular paracetamol.
Sadly flu kills approx 8,000 peeps every year. They have given it a new title & pressed the panic button.
This may be more worrying than swine flu
Deadly Pneumonic Plague Hits Northwest China
In a town in northwest China, three people have died and another is near death from pneumonic plague, the Associated Press reports. The infectious lung disease was first detected in late July in Ziketan, a farming town in Qinghai province, the AP says. Twelve infections have been confirmed in Ziketan. The first person infected was a herdsman who got sick after burying his dog, according to the AP. China is among many of the nations worldwide that report cases of plague each year; pneumonic plague is the least common form of the disease. In northwest China, hunters are most often infected from contact with infected animals, the AP reports. (Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. The most well-known form is bubonic plague, which ravaged much of the world starting in the 14th century.)
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