Opinions On Mexican/swine Flu. |
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Nov 1 2009, 11:43 PM
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QUOTE (NoSkill @ Nov 1 2009, 11:28 PM)  This should be done from reliable sources which exclude our friends on websites and the news media. You need to ask these questions of the department of public health in YOUR country. Well said! I decided to not be my own doctor, since I'm not qualified, and listen to the right authorities for guidance. Sometimes we have to accept others know better and we listen to them 
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Nov 2 2009, 12:07 AM
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TRUE THAT!!! no skill.....maybe because all my tats, she might of thought my skin was like leather..LOL
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Nov 2 2009, 02:38 AM
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Dunno, it's happening here with delay (same as everything else
 ). There are "only" 150 people contaminated, and although there is a hype going on, I will keep myself extra careful in the next 6 months or so. Vaccination crossed my mind, but I'm not planning to go for one, unless it is needed. I keep myself safe whenever I can, and hope the virus will go around me and all the people I know.
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Nov 2 2009, 09:36 AM
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I'm keeping myself alert, and taking procotions like washing my hands often etc.. But I'm not taking the vaccine either. Part because I'm not in any riskgroups, and part because I think this entire thing is overhyped. More people die of heat stroke in Norway in a year then swine flu
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Nov 2 2009, 10:21 AM
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If everyone took the vaccine the spreading would come to a full stop. In my belife the vaccine isn't mainly to protect the ones with perfect health but to protect the risk groups, if also all the healthy ones took the shot it would stop from spreading to the risk groups aswell.
I don't think this angle ever was in the media; that one should take the shot to protect others and not themselves first. The angle has been to scare people into taking it, which makes folks evaluate "do I really need it for my own sake?". But probably led to a lot more taking the vaccine compared to saying "99% of the population don't need it t protect their own health, but please take the vaccine anyway to protect the risk groups". Who's number one? Appealing to peoples sympathy for others would probably lead to noone except the risk groups themselves taking the vaccine. Sad as it seems.  From that aspect NOT taking the vaccine concidering one doesn't need it is very selfish. Maybe not realizing the purpose is to fully stop the spread and not protect you and you and you and you who already are healthy but to stop it from spreading to risk groups where there for a fact will be causalties. People will die. I urge everyone who can think further than to themselves to take the vaccine. Because if everyone does that, we can later pat our backs and say we helped saving XX or XXX number of people from dying. It takes 30-60 minutes until you're back home again, I think it's worth it. I usually don't tell people what they should do but in this case I see too many who has interpreted it as being all about themselves and their own health when it's actually about stopping the spread from reaching others. Everyone that doesn't take the shot gives the flu free passage. Put yourselves aside and take the vaccine for the sake of the people who for a fact will die if they get the flu, even if you don't know them! 
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Nov 2 2009, 11:57 AM
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Mick's got a good point, so take them flu shots!
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Nov 3 2009, 11:57 AM
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Went to doc for my cough (it's stuck:P) and got antibiotics:) -------------------- Don't just play it. Feel it!
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Nov 3 2009, 11:06 PM
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That flu is so popular in Serbia, all day long they are talking about it on all TV stations...
I saw women wearing a mask yesterday! -------------------- |
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Nov 4 2009, 01:11 AM
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I posted in my previous post that I don't plan to take the vaccine unless it is needed. I'm just reading about other posts in more detail, and just want to state that I will take a vaccine as soon as I can, cause now I realize it will help preventing the virus spreading. Didn't think of it that way, and sorry if I offended anyone.
The thing is that I do not know when will this happen, or even if my country has vaccines for everybody. I will phone the medical center tomorrow and ask them. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 8 2009, 11:29 AM
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In my opinion it is nothing but a huge media hype to make people spend money on medicines... I talked to my doctor about it, and he absolutely agrees...
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Nov 8 2009, 01:37 PM
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Like MickeM I have a notified COPD (I'm alpha 1 -ATD). So two possible reasons for healthy people to take Tamiflu:
1 - Flu viruses mutate in the wild. If only those with a major COPD and thus particularly susceptible to them took Tamiflu then it would serve little purpose due to the mutation. Others would contract and spread it and the virus would mutate leaving those with a COPD who took Tamiflu back at square one. (TBH we'll be back at square one soon anyway as another strain of flu will rear up and start of some new pandemic anyway. All we're doing is dealing with one strain here...) 2 - Just taking the Tamiflu will leave me out of it for several weeks whilst my immune system tries to recover. Just taking Tamiflu will actually reduce my life expectancy because of how it affects my COPD. For those with normal health that isn't the case. You take it, maybe feel a bit off colour for a day or so then you're back to normal. Having said all that I do agree that there is a degree of hype surrounding Swine Flu and the makers of Tamiflu will make quite a lot of money. Also as said elsewhere on this thread there are lots of strains of flu which also result in major issues that haven't received anything like as much attention - perhaps because they haven't been given such a media friendly and emotive pseudonym as 'swine flu'. Will I take Tamiflu? Not yet. I live in a small rural community and as such there is little exposure risk. If the risk increases I may change my mind but it isn't there yet. Am I being selfish and or naive - see reason 2: at the moment there is more risk to my health and long term consequence in taking it then not doing so. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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