Will you get Tamiflu?

**Idaho** · 08-18-2009, 13:06

I think I may have had swine flu already.

A GP friend of mine said they had done sample tests on lots of people right at the start of the outbreak, and that people with a very wide variation of symptoms were coming back as positive - from full on flu, to just a cold, to just a temperature.

I just got a temperature and was very tired for a couple of days. I got it from my son who picked it up from school - where there had been some conformed cases.

**Fragony** · 08-18-2009, 13:24

Same, few weeks ago. My legs felt a bit weak and I have been a bit dizzy, didn't eat very much. Never have that, sometimes I feel bad for a day but I usually know why that is.

**Ronin** · 08-18-2009, 17:08

Originally Posted by Idaho

I think I may have had swine flu already.

A GP friend of mine said they had done sample tests on lots of people right at the start of the outbreak, and that people with a very wide variation of symptoms were coming back as positive - from full on flu, to just a cold, to just a temperature.

I just got a temperature and was very tired for a couple of days. I got it from my son who picked it up from school - where there had been some conformed cases.

I had those sympthoms during a weekend about a month and a half ago...but at that time there where almost no cases of swine flu in Portugal so it seems unlikely that it would be that.

**Kralizec** · 08-18-2009, 18:25

Now that you mention it, I woke up last sunday morning at 11.00 with a tremendous headache and nausea...

**AlexanderSextus** · 08-18-2009, 18:39

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**ICantSpellDawg** · 08-18-2009, 21:06

If you get the shots you make it less likely that others will get the flu. If not for yourself, then do it for others.

**HoreTore** · 08-18-2009, 21:11

Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff

If you get the shots you make it less likely that others will get the flu. If not for yourself, then do it for others.

And risk dying from the vaccine?

**Motep** · 08-18-2009, 21:32

Besides, if I get the vaccine, I'd miss out on my chance to be part of a global pandemic.

**caravel** · 08-18-2009, 21:32

Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff

If you get the shots you make it less likely that others will get the flu. If not for yourself, then do it for others.

Well even if you achieve immunity, either naturally or through immunisation you can still be a carrier - so the immunisation won't really help in that regard.

This is a case of mass media hysteria. This is really no different to normal seasonal flu, what is making a difference to the average person is that the deaths are being reported constantly via mass media, whereas normal seasonal flu deaths or indeed winter morality in general, deaths on the roads or deaths due to other diseases etc do not attract this kind of media attention. In reality the media loves a good epidemic/pandemic scaremongering episode as it boosts sales of newpapers and TV advertising revenue - and it's companies like Hoffmann–La Roche Pharmaceuticals (Tamiflu) that are getting rich off the back of it all.

**drone** · 08-18-2009, 22:19

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

Well even if you achieve immunity, either naturally or through immunisation you can still be a carrier - so the immunisation won't really help in that regard.

This is a case of mass media hysteria. This is really no different to normal seasonal flu, what is making a difference to the average person is that the deaths are being reported constantly via mass media, whereas normal seasonal flu deaths or indeed winter morality in general, deaths on the roads or deaths due to other diseases etc do not attract this kind of media attention. In reality the media loves a good epidemic/pandemic scaremongering episode as it boosts sales of newpapers and TV advertising revenue - and it's companies like Hoffmann–La Roche Pharmaceuticals (Tamiflu) that are getting rich off the back of it all.

Wasn't H5N1 supposed to pull a Spanish Flu on us a few years ago?

I'm more worried about canine influenza. There is an outbreak here on the east coast, the local shelters have shut temporarily in response. Can't have my team getting sick on me.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 08-18-2009, 23:17

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

Well even if you achieve immunity, either naturally or through immunisation you can still be a carrier - so the immunisation won't really help in that regard.

This is a case of mass media hysteria. This is really no different to normal seasonal flu, what is making a difference to the average person is that the deaths are being reported constantly via mass media, whereas normal seasonal flu deaths or indeed winter morality in general, deaths on the roads or deaths due to other diseases etc do not attract this kind of media attention. In reality the media loves a good epidemic/pandemic scaremongering episode as it boosts sales of newpapers and TV advertising revenue - and it's companies like Hoffmann–La Roche Pharmaceuticals (Tamiflu) that are getting rich off the back of it all.

Except, over here we aren't in our flu season yet. As I said, wait until winter hits before declaring it all "hype".

**Husar** · 08-19-2009, 02:20

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

Well even if you achieve immunity, either naturally or through immunisation you can still be a carrier - so the immunisation won't really help in that regard.

Not to forget that sitting in a doctor's waiting room with several other people, some of who may have swine flu already, is very likely to get you the disease in the first place.