>> Is there a bug going around - diarrhoea, stomach ache, feeling poorly, >> greenish face, loss of appetite?
> Swine flu?
Well, everyone who has anything these days says "I've had swine flu". I'm not quite sure why I've been offered a vaccination, but it seems a bit pointless seeing as I think I've had the disease already.
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Lyn wrote: > On 8 Nov, 20:23, The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> Edward Lilley wrote: >>> "Plum" <cheyw...@waitrose.com> writes: >>>> Is there a bug going around - diarrhoea, stomach ache, feeling poorly, >>>> greenish face, loss of appetite? >>> Swine flu? >> Labour government?
> Hello Np, > , > Very good! > Plum, sorry you are felling unwell.
> I guess us self employed folk should get the swine flu vaccination, > are we allowed it for free? > Lyn
Everyone gets it free… atm it's health professionals, pregnant women and those with underlying health problems (CVD, breathing problems, impaired immunity etc.) who have priority (I think they started vaccinating these groups a week or two ago). Of course, as vaccine's supposed to act as a prophylactic, there's no point if you've already had swine flu.
> Of course, as vaccine's supposed to act as a prophylactic, there's no > point if you've already had swine flu.
Indeed, but if you've had a mild virus illnes how do you know whether or not it was swine flu? What costs the NHS more, testing you for it or just giving the vaccine regardless?
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Tim Ward wrote: > "magwitch" <magwi...@invalid.net> wrote in message > news:hd7m15$voe$1@news.albasani.net... >> Of course, as vaccine's supposed to act as a prophylactic, there's no >> point if you've already had swine flu.
> Indeed, but if you've had a mild virus illnes how do you know whether or not > it was swine flu? What costs the NHS more, testing you for it or just giving > the vaccine regardless?
The former. They've already bought the doses.
Sounds to me as though Plum might actually have norovirus (Winter Vomiting Disease) rather than a flu, though. If you don't have a high temperature, at least for a while, it's most likely not flu.
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>Tim Ward wrote: >> "magwitch" <magwi...@invalid.net> wrote in message >> news:hd7m15$voe$1@news.albasani.net... >>> Of course, as vaccine's supposed to act as a prophylactic, there's no >>> point if you've already had swine flu.
>> Indeed, but if you've had a mild virus illnes how do you know whether or not >> it was swine flu? What costs the NHS more, testing you for it or just giving >> the vaccine regardless?
>The former. They've already bought the doses.
>Sounds to me as though Plum might actually have norovirus (Winter >Vomiting Disease) rather than a flu, though. If you don't have a high >temperature, at least for a while, it's most likely not flu.
>Jon
Influenza test sequence...
Get someone to leave a 20 or 50 pound note easily visible outside in somewhere like the garden where the patient under test can see it.
If the patient has the energy to go outside and pick it up, he or she does NOT have influenza, probably they just have a cold.
If they CANNOT find the energy to go outside to get it, then they do have Influenza.
> In article <kc6dnc6UIu8GZ2rXnZ2dnUVZ8r1i4...@brightview.co.uk>, Jon > Green <jo...@deadspam.com> scribeth thus >>Tim Ward wrote: >>> "magwitch" <magwi...@invalid.net> wrote in message >>> news:hd7m15$voe$1@news.albasani.net... >>>> Of course, as vaccine's supposed to act as a prophylactic, there's no >>>> point if you've already had swine flu.
>>> Indeed, but if you've had a mild virus illnes how do you know whether or >>> not >>> it was swine flu? What costs the NHS more, testing you for it or just >>> giving >>> the vaccine regardless?
>>The former. They've already bought the doses.
>>Sounds to me as though Plum might actually have norovirus (Winter >>Vomiting Disease) rather than a flu, though. If you don't have a high >>temperature, at least for a while, it's most likely not flu.
>>Jon
> Influenza test sequence...
> Get someone to leave a 20 or 50 pound note easily visible outside in > somewhere like the garden where the patient under test can see it.
> If the patient has the energy to go outside and pick it up, he or she > does NOT have influenza, probably they just have a cold.
> If they CANNOT find the energy to go outside to get it, then they do > have Influenza.
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:34 +0000, magwitch wrote: > Why not go the whole hog and tie them to a ducking stool and dip them > repeatedly in the Cam - until they confess they only had a cold all along?
It's times like this when I don't miss the NHS one bit...
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