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    Quote Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa View Post
    In the past yes, not in modern times though. It's the elderly the very young and those that have underlying health problems that are the most vulnerable. Irrespective of class. The same goes for seasonal flu.
    Except the deaths have not been among the very old, very young and very infirm.

    Pregnant mothers and older children with Asthma are also seriously affected, as are others.

    I'm not saying this is the end of the world, but winter has yet to arrive, and it will not be until December that we will know how this disease will spread compared to "regular" flu.
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    No one really builds up a resistance to the flu virus. It is really to do with exposure and certain physical conditions. I was just reading an article that said people with astham have a greater chance of contracting swine flu. any orgahs should get the vaccine, please.

    Like it has been said the ones who really need the vaccine are the old, sick, and very young. Much like a ship sinking, the women and children first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Except the deaths have not been among the very old, very young and very infirm.

    Pregnant mothers and older children with Asthma are also seriously affected, as are others.

    I'm not saying this is the end of the world, but winter has yet to arrive, and it will not be until December that we will know how this disease will spread compared to "regular" flu.
    Quote Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa View Post
    ...those that have underlying health problems that are the most vulnerable. Irrespective of class. The same goes for seasonal flu.
    I suppose pregnancy is not an "underlying health problem", but a pregnant women and her unborn child are still very vulnerable to illness. Asthma would count as a serious underlying health problem. A person can die from an asthma attack whether they get flu or not.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
    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.
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    Now that you mention it, I woke up last sunday morning at 11.00 with a tremendous headache and nausea...

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    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.
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