Will you get Tamiflu?

[HoreTore]

So......

The pork-cough is over us, our governments(most of us anyway) are buying millions of flu shots for us. We'll probably see mass vaccination soon, with pharmaceutical companies all over the world rubbing their hands in anticipation of the easiest wad of cash they'll ever make...

So, the question is simple; will you get vaccinated against the pig-cold, or not?




note: poll might be slightly biased...

[seireikhaan]

note: poll might be slightly biased...

Well, I'm actually seeing a slightly bigger problem with your poll.

edit: No, probably won't get it. Young and healthy after the sick and old/really young.

[Xiahou]

So......

The pork-cough is over us, our governments(most of us anyway) are buying millions of flu shots for us. We'll probably see mass vaccination soon, with pharmaceutical companies all over the world rubbing their hands in anticipation of the easiest wad of cash they'll ever make...

So, the question is simple; will you get vaccinated against the pig-cold, or not?




note: poll might be slightly biased...

Tamiflu isn't a vaccine.... so I'll leave the rest, including evaluations of people's intelligence alone.

[Fragony]

This samba-cough is such a dissapointment

[rory_20_uk]

Doctor + Asthma. I am at the head of the list. But give up 2 weeks off work?

[pevergreen]

My brother got given it on monday, after finding out he had swine flu.

He left for the UK on friday. Got in fine.

[Fragony]

But give up 2 weeks off work?

que? Side-effects?

[Beirut]

Doctor + Asthma. I am at the head of the list. But give up 2 weeks off work?

Yep, asthmatic here, too. They can give me double doses of any experimental crap they want.

I'm well aquainted with asphyxiation and I'm happy to take a needle/spray/pill/elephant suppository in order to avoid it.

[Hooahguy]

i dont see why it would hurt. missing a number of days off from school because of the swine flu is pretty bad,dont see how this vaccine is worse.

[Kralizec]

I'll happily get the vaccin once that has been developed. Not doing so seems pretty daft - unless there are downsides to vaccination that I'm not aware of, and I don't mean the conspiracy theories regarding vaccination in general.
Not tamiflu though - I'm not asthmatic, it only takes away one day of illness on average and it has side effects that barely weigh up against the alleviation of the symptons. So I won't bother.

I understand that you can get tamiflu for free over here once you've been diagnosed with the mexican flu, so I can understand why people would take it (especially since it minimizes the chance that you'll contaminate others)
But there are a few people here who have stashed their own private supplies beforehand, buying it for hundreds of bucks on the internet. Wich is a "little" silly.

[rory_20_uk]

que? Side-effects?

If I'm ill I can't go to work [sob, sob]. Why rush the first illness I'm going to get for ages that lets me patch up my relationshi with my X-Box / PC...

[InsaneApache]

My wife was 'diagnosed' as having swine flu by those lovely people who normally sell you mobile 'phones. She asked me to go get it for her, I refused. Apart from the fact that someone with a heart condition didn't want to be around others with the disease, everything I've read about it makes me sceptical of it's efficaciousness.

I also wonder at the side effects that are brushed under the carpet by the government. The usual crap about being seen to do summat. A mass trail of the drug inflicted on a unsuspecting populace.

Oh and Rumsfelt is the guy behind the company dealing the stuff. Tells me all I need to know.

IMHO of course.

PS. Wifey is fine and dandy and washing my socks (by hand of course) as we speak. You gotta let 'em know who's the gaffer.

Please dont tell her I said that!

[Ironside]

If the flu mutates into something more dangerous I would consider it, but for now I won't get Tammiflu.

[KukriKhan]

My 18 year old nephew fell ill Friday afternoon (announced it on his FaceBook page). Saturday, my brother took him to the Doc, who diagnosed swine flu. Sent him to the big hospital here, who did a big work-up on him, gave him a shot, and sent him home - 10 days quarantine, with daily telephone interviews by a nurse.

All that seems pretty heavy coverage, but I guess they're trying to track the spread, and the actual structure of the bug.

Oh... Mike Jr. reports feeling fine, and bored. Plans to kill prefectly-good Germans with his copy of CallOfDuty.

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Will I take the immunization later this year? Probably not. I fall out of the main demograph, I'm not a medic, don't have a compromised immune system, etc., so: no need.

[ICantSpellDawg]

Herd immunity only works if there is a majority taking part. If we all become "enligtened" we will all be worse off, which is ironic.

I have several immunological diseases and I plan to be in a 4 month close proximity training program during the height of flu season. I think i'll get it this year just because I havn't gotten it in a few years.

I had the flu 2 years ago, lost 20 lbs and stopped breathing. I then went to ICU and they found that the flu destroyed what I had left of a weakened adrenal cortex (That I had no idea about). If you are positive that nothing is wrong with you, then downplay immunization.

It would be wise to simply not talk about it rather than solicit dissent if you want to seem enlightened. By getting the shot, other people are immunizing you for no cost.

Long story short - each year people seem to be against the trend, your chances of contracting the Flu go up. Isn't that hilarious? Always stress the importance of getting the shot to others.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm not sure if the OP is talking about the vaccine or Tamiflu, but to both the answer is no.

I get all the flu things going round every year without fail. They don't kill me and I'm sure this one won't either. I've got asthma, but I seem to have outgrown it mostly in recent years and so though having these viral things make breathing a bit uncomfortable, I don't have to worry about dropping dead.

And who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and not get it in the first place.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Vaccine yes, Tamiflu no.

Why anyone would avoid a 'flu jab I can't possibly imagine.

[caravel]

I'm busy stocking up on the camel flu vaccine...

-Edit: As to why "anyone would avoid it", there are the serious side effects to consider.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Well I wouldn't go to the trouble of avoiding it if a doctor was sitting next to me right now, I'm just not going to bother going to wherever you need to go in order to get it.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I'm busy stocking up on the camel flu vaccine...

-Edit: As to why "anyone would avoid it", there are the serious side effects to consider.

Of the vaccine? I doubt it, Tamiflu maybe, but then I already said I wouldn't bother with that.

Well I wouldn't go to the trouble of avoiding it if a doctor was sitting next to me right now, I'm just not going to bother going to wherever you need to go in order to get it.

So you wouldn't take part in the immunisation program that's going to be starting shortly. Once again, I ask, why not?

[caravel]

The vaccine is actually untested and is similar to the one used in the US back in 1976 and the rare side affect is Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Despite being "rare" it managed to kill off more than the swine flu itself.

This pandemic is nothing more than big pharmaceuticals corporations making big money out of the fear and histeria generated. Four members of my extended family abroad have had this and none have been hospitalised and none have died. Those that get very sick or die usually have other health complications - the same goes with regular flu. You've more chance of being hit by a bus tomorrow so cheer up.

[drone]

Voted Gah! for old times sake, but I won't be getting Tamiflu or any flu jabs. I never do, and I never have any problems. Ever since I was young, I try to avoid taking medication if at all possible, and I think my immune system is better for it. Just say no to the medical-industrial complex!

[lars573]

^And that is why I've never goten a flu vaccine. Althoug this year my sister did, but she has a baby. Sick babies are not cool.

[Ronin]

I never take flu shots (nobody over here does unless you are a senior or seriously ill to begin with)...haven´t caught a flu in something like 10 years.

I´m not going to start now over something that seems more like media hype than anything else, yes the disease is out there, so far it has shown itself to not be a serious problem for healthy people...I´m not sweating it.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

The vaccine is actually untested and is similar to the one used in the US back in 1976 and the rare side affect is Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Despite being "rare" it managed to kill off more than the swine flu itself.

This pandemic is nothing more than big pharmaceuticals corporations making big money out of the fear and histeria generated. Four members of my extended family abroad have had this and none have been hospitalised and none have died. Those that get very sick or die usually have other health complications - the same goes with regular flu. You've more chance of being hit by a bus tomorrow so cheer up.

Ok, but you have a problem here: How many more people would have died if not for the vaccine in 1976? It's difficult to know, isn't it? One would have to go back to 1918.

The fact is, 'flu probably won't kill you as long as you can be treated. However, mass-infection might strain hospitals beyond capacity. At that point the potenial for fatalities rises sharply.

[Centurion1]

I never get sick. Never. Unfortunately that means i have had perfect attendance since kindergarten. Never had the flu and i doubt this could kill me unless i got the most serious strand. i am young and in shape so why worry about it.

[Fragony]

I never get sick. Never. Unfortunately that means i have had perfect attendance since kindergarten. Never had the flu and i doubt this could kill me unless i got the most serious strand. i am young and in shape so why worry about it.

You have the biggest risk of becomming sick then, congrats

[Rhyfelwyr]

So you wouldn't take part in the immunisation program that's going to be starting shortly. Once again, I ask, why not?

I didn't get a jab for the flu's going round last year, what's so special about this one? Most people here think it's just a lot of hype over nothing, and it seems like it to me.

[caravel]

Ok, but you have a problem here: How many more people would have died if not for the vaccine in 1976? It's difficult to know, isn't it? One would have to go back to 1918.

A valid point, but looking at the present stats for the UK: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/04April/...flulatest.aspx

It seems to me that the NHS stats are based on "flu" like illnesses and that these are being lumped into the main swine flu category? (with all of the misdiagnosis going on over here, it's hardly surprising)

Of cases reported (well over 100,000) and of the hundreds hospitalised, only 49 have died so far. UK winter mortality rates for last year (those dying of colds, flus and flue related illnesses) numbered in the tens of thousands according to national statistics. Are these deaths then simply part of the normal statistics? If these individuals had not contracted swine flu, would they then have suffered the same fate with regular seasonal flu anyway?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

A valid point, but looking at the present stats for the UK: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/04April/...flulatest.aspx

It seems to me that the NHS stats are based on "flu" like illnesses and that these are being lumped into the main swine flu category? (with all of the misdiagnosis going on over here, it's hardly surprising)

Of cases reported (well over 100,000) and of the hundreds hospitalised, only 49 have died so far. UK winter mortality rates for last year (those dying of colds, flus and flue related illnesses) numbered in the tens of thousands according to national statistics.

Well, it's fairly balmy here right now, not winter. Bear in mind, it is usually the old and mal-nourished that die; this outbreak has hit the young and middle-class. Against that backdrop 49 is significant.