Swine Flu

i reckon theyre saving most of the tamiflu and stuff for the autumn when more people are likely to get it. and arent they hoping to start vaccinating people in september?

how many in total has died from this now?

According to the BBC, there were 84 deaths in the UK to 1st October.

In Europe there have been at least 261 deaths and 63000 reported cases to 18th October according to the World Health Organisation

Worldwide 5000 people have died.

While we were on vacation/holiday I had a letter from our medical center that I qualify for free flu shots.. after I have that I can have the "swine/mexican flu" vacination,, ( 2 weeks after the reg.flu shot ) Tomorrow me and my partner are going in for the first shots..Not sure if I will have a reaction or not , 10 yrs ago I had a sore arm and mild flu symptoms,, I am 10 yrs older now so who knows how this OLD battered body will react :searchme:

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Originally Posted by Abigail

Worldwide 5000 people have died.

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40,000 American's (not worldwide) die from regular flu each year so I don't know how this is different

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Originally Posted by Siobhan

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Originally Posted by Abigail

Worldwide 5000 people have died.

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40,000 American's (not worldwide) die from regular flu each year so I don't know how this is different

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Neither do I. This whole pandemic thing is over hyped. No organisation would say seasonal flu is pandemic, it's just a fact of life that we have flu in winter.

Swine flu is just a mutation of seasonal flu.

I went to Mexico in July.
My mum caught swine flu (lol, i knew she would)
Me and my dad were around her and were not even affected by it.
My mum didn't even feel that bad.

She said that normal flu was worse.
Its all been made waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to big of a deal.

I have got Swine Flu.

Felt terrible today so my boyfriend rung that pandemic flu line number and I had majority of symptoms, so he was given a code so he could go collect the Tamiflu's from a local pharmacy.

It's awful, just awful!!

Poor you. I've had it recently, too, and I promise you it doesn't last long. You'll feel a lot better in a couple of days, especially with Tamiflu.

I hope so.

I don't like this feeling at all :-(