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NickFitz replied

9 July 2009, 16:14
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

I've got my own stockpiles of Tamiflu and Relenza.

Viagra and Cialis
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d000hg replied

9 July 2009, 14:36
[QUOTE=KentPhilip;887750]

Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

How about CH3CH2OH swine flu? that'd be good.

Caught from drinking pig vodka?
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KentPhilip replied

9 July 2009, 14:17
[QUOTE=EternalOptimist;887275]

Originally posted by KpMrJ View Post

I had 10 out of the 12 symptoms for H1N1 Swine Flu .
QUOTE]

I too, have been feeling a bit rough, but have been diagnosed as H2O Swine Flu
It's like the real thing but watered down a little

How about CH3CH2OH swine flu? that'd be good.
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EternalOptimist replied

9 July 2009, 12:16
Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post

The only point of taking Tamiflu is to boost the profits of the manufacturers - I hear a certain M D Rumsfield is one of the Key Directors of this company ?

Well Alf, dont know much about Rumsfield, but last night when I thought I had it(the flu), the missus was talking about moving to her sisters for a couple of weeks.
Then she changed her mind and decided to stick with me. She'd had a shot of TamiWynette
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DimPrawn replied

9 July 2009, 12:14
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Talk about closing the sty door after the porker has bolted. What on earth is the point of taking tamiflu *after* you've caught the dreaded lurgie and had it for several days?

Wrong. Tamiflu is a flu treatment as well as preventative.

http://www.tamiflu.com/treat.aspx
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AlfredJPruffock replied

9 July 2009, 12:01
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Talk about closing the sty door after the porker has bolted. What on earth is the point of taking tamiflu *after* you've caught the dreaded lurgie and had it for several days?

The only point of taking Tamiflu is to boost the profits of the manufacturers - I hear a certain M D Rumsfield is one of the Key Directors of this company ?
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OwlHoot replied

9 July 2009, 11:59
Originally posted by KpMrJ View Post

.. and this TamiFlu makes you feel even worse than the pig flu itself

Talk about closing the sty door after the porker has bolted. What on earth is the point of taking tamiflu *after* you've caught the dreaded lurgie and had it for several days?
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d000hg replied

9 July 2009, 11:45
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

A true contractor! He had the damn thing for days and just kept on billing - respect.

Get well soon.

idiot
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Zippy replied

9 July 2009, 11:24
A true contractor! He had the damn thing for days and just kept on billing - respect.

Get well soon.
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Ken Dodd replied

9 July 2009, 11:17
Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post

Would you mind not posting on here for the duration, I dont want it.

Can you get infected via the internet?

If you can, this excuse will get me out of a whole lot of trouble with the wife!
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minestrone replied

9 July 2009, 11:12
ooops wrong thread

Last edited by minestrone; 9 July 2009, 11:17.
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DimPrawn replied

9 July 2009, 11:03
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

They have stopped swabbing, stopped treatment with tamiflu except in high fever vulnerable patients.
The number one symptom now is high fever (38c).

Hence why I've got my own stockpiles of Tamiflu and Relenza.
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EternalOptimist replied

9 July 2009, 10:59
I've been feeling like a sac-de-merde for a couple of days, and rang my doctor an hour ago.

They have stopped swabbing, stopped treatment with tamiflu except in high fever vulnerable patients.
The number one symptom now is high fever (38c).

Interestingly he asked me what I thought it was, when I said tonsillitis, he said he was 99% sure I was right. 'People know their own bodies'

Doctors didnt used to say stuff like that.

Anyways, I aint taking any time off
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NotAllThere replied

9 July 2009, 10:58
Originally posted by realityhack View Post

Time for the gas masks again.

I've been wearing mine for months now, so I'll be safe.
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Pogle replied

9 July 2009, 10:46
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

Mmm, I guess it is (not intentionally). Many contractors here talk about going in regardless of being ill. That implies deliberately exposing their work-place to infection which could cost the company far more than a couple of days' pay.

I took a week off last week - due to a confirmed bout of flu - was not tested for piggy flu as my doctor said they are not bothering to test anymore (!?).
I have not had any time off sick for 3 years and as a contractor I have never had a whole week off. I was conscious of not passing it round clientco, but someone else round here has a confirmed case of it.
Whatever type of flu it was, It's really knocked me for 6, a fortnight since first symptons appeared and I'm still not 100% again.
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