Reply to: London - Swine Flu death

[_V_]

So is everyone still buying the "the patient who died had other serious health conditions" line?

You'll be fine as long as you are not young, or old, or pregnant, or have any medical conditions and are as fit as an Olympic athlete.

The rest of you. Don't bother booking a holiday for next year.

[Menelaus]

Actually, chronic liver disease = me.

****.

[Cyberman]

What rot - Tough guys don't mind a bit of swine flu, and in any case it must be better to catch it in summer.

Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise if it confers some resistance to some really bad flu that may be on the way before long.

Edit: On second thoughts, tough guys _do_ mind catching swine flu if it means they lose a week's pay. So I wonder if once the old, the young, the pregnant, and any other especially vulnerable people have had their jabs whether the self-employed may be able to claim a higher priority if stocks are in limited supply.

Agreed. The football season starts at the beginning of August. I'm certainly not going to avoid going to matches and as far as I'm concerned the sooner I catch it the better. We're all going to get it eventually so let's get it over with and get some immunity.

[Ruprect]

So is everyone still buying the "the patient who died had other serious health conditions" line?

[OwlHoot]

Facemasks on on the tube from now on - link

What rot - Tough guys don't mind a bit of swine flu, and in any case it must be better to catch it in summer.

Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise if it confers some resistance to some really bad flu that may be on the way before long.

Edit: On second thoughts, tough guys _do_ mind catching swine flu if it means they lose a week's pay. So I wonder if once the old, the young, the pregnant, and any other especially vulnerable people have had their jabs whether the self-employed may be able to claim a higher priority if stocks are in limited supply.

[PRC1964]

<shock jock>
It's terribly sad for the family & friends, but the Human race didn't get where it is today by allowing survival of the weakest.
</shock jock>

Surely it could be argued that it did. We have become so numerous precisely because we have helped the weakest to survive alongside the fittest.

[Moscow Mule]

<shock jock>
It's terribly sad for the family & friends, but the Human race didn't get where it is today by allowing survival of the weakest.
</shock jock>

[Benno]

It'll be just my luck that if I get a job after three months on the bench I'll catch it. Might lose some weight off my face though so there'll be silver linings to it if it happens...

Why do they only say xx,xxx cases? Never tell you about those that got it and recovered, or how long they were laid up for.

[NotAllThere]

Anyone taking it seriously yet?

The youngster, from south London, had "serious underlying health problems", according to a spokesman for NHS London.

It brings the total number of deaths of people with swine flu in the UK to five.

No.

[Alf W]

Another one - sadly a nine year old child this time.

London, along with the West Midlands, is a swine flu hotspot.

Anyone taking it seriously yet?

[snaw]

You'd better stop in for 12 months then....

LOL

I reckon I'll catch it, I've two young kids in nursery, which are basically disease factories (Can't count how many times I've been sick in the last 2 years). Seems like the key is get to the Dr early and get the antivirals in ya (I got asthma so in one of those risk groups).

Imagine we did this every year for normal flu's ...

Don't panic, don't panic ...

[Moscow Mule]

Hate the whole doom mongering thing about this, but underlying health issues would be (According to nhs website):

* people with:
- chronic lung disease,
- chronic heart disease,
- chronic kidney disease,
- chronic liver disease,
- chronic neurological disease,
- immunosuppression (whether caused by
disease or treatment) and
- diabetes mellitus,
* patients who have had drug treatment for
asthma within the past three years,
* pregnant women,
* people aged 65 years and older, and
* young children under five years old.


That's 3/4 of my family (inc me).


Dooomed.

You'd better stop in for 12 months then....

[snaw]

Only if you've got serious underlying health problems...

Hate the whole doom mongering thing about this, but underlying health issues would be (According to nhs website):

* people with:
- chronic lung disease,
- chronic heart disease,
- chronic kidney disease,
- chronic liver disease,
- chronic neurological disease,
- immunosuppression (whether caused by
disease or treatment) and
- diabetes mellitus,
* patients who have had drug treatment for
asthma within the past three years,
* pregnant women,
* people aged 65 years and older, and
* young children under five years old.


That's 3/4 of my family (inc me).


Dooomed.

[PM-Junkie]

Only if you've got serious underlying health problems...

I do - politicians make me sick.

Does that count?

[Moscow Mule]

Facemasks on on the tube from now on - link

Only if you've got serious underlying health problems...