In this case, the NHS acted properly and with due care and diligence. Stocks were high enough to ensure adequate supplies for all, and mechanisms were in place to support the take up.
When you are dealing with the unpredictability of an emergent pandemic, cutting corners or just "hoping for the best" is not an option. Millions of lives were at stake, and IMHO, the NHS acted responsibly.
Swine flu is not "just a sniffle", it's a blimming nasty illness that is made worse by other underlying health issues.
Being immuno-compromised, I have no doubt that swine flu would have severely harmed me, leading to hospitalisation or worse.
The first jab was awful, as it contains a part of the virus, albeit inert. I was ill for 3 days and wanted to crawl up and die.
The nurse explained that I was suffering a tenth of what could be expected had I got real swine flu.
When I had my follow up jab 3 weeks later, she said "you won't suffer an symptoms at all apart from a sore arm. This indicates that the jab 3 weeks ago has afforded you immunity."
She was right 100%.
Sorry Ardesco, but I disagree based on my own personal experiences and also working in the health arena. The response by the NHS was proportionate for such a dreadful illness. They got this one right. Ignore the media nay-sayers.
When you are dealing with the unpredictability of an emergent pandemic, cutting corners or just "hoping for the best" is not an option. Millions of lives were at stake, and IMHO, the NHS acted responsibly.
Swine flu is not "just a sniffle", it's a blimming nasty illness that is made worse by other underlying health issues.
Being immuno-compromised, I have no doubt that swine flu would have severely harmed me, leading to hospitalisation or worse.
The first jab was awful, as it contains a part of the virus, albeit inert. I was ill for 3 days and wanted to crawl up and die.
The nurse explained that I was suffering a tenth of what could be expected had I got real swine flu.
When I had my follow up jab 3 weeks later, she said "you won't suffer an symptoms at all apart from a sore arm. This indicates that the jab 3 weeks ago has afforded you immunity."
She was right 100%.
Sorry Ardesco, but I disagree based on my own personal experiences and also working in the health arena. The response by the NHS was proportionate for such a dreadful illness. They got this one right. Ignore the media nay-sayers.
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