Swine Flu in Dulwich SE22

[monyvibescu]

According to the BBC, the school the siblings of the Alleyn's kids go to is Dolphin School in Battersea - two siblings there have tested positive.

[KalamityKel]

Oh dear we're all DOOMED! plz! *sighs*

[LegalEagle-ish]

I have a cold so am going to stay home just incase. I'm feel really bad if it turned out to be swine flu and i was responsible for spreading it all over the place.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

You have swine flu, because it is just like a cold according to the Alleyn school pupil!:))

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1176873/Swine-flu-Its-just-like-cold-says-girl-12-hit-public-school.html

[KalamityKel]

She don't look ill to me :-|

[LegalEagle-ish]

I was at the EDF drinks on Friday, so wonder if i got sneezed on by any of the people from the private school who were infected. Or when i was wandering around LL on Saturday.

[Penguin68]

I was at the EDF drinks on Friday, so wonder if i got sneezed on by any of the people from the private school who were infected. Or when i was wandering around LL on Saturday.

I doubt whether even the EDF lets in Year 7 pupils as drinking customers.

[LegalEagle-ish]

No, but the parents or friends of the parents may have been there spreading the love!

[Fuschia]

zephyr Wrote:

> 'Immune > Pregnancy can cause increased susceptability to

> certain infections

Isn't that what Heidihi said?

>

> With most infections in pregnancy it is not the

> effect that it has on you that is the problem -

> its the effect that it has on the baby. Even then,

> the problem is the bacterial infections that are

> the problem and not the viral.

Eh? But aren't rubella, parvovirus, Chicken Pox etc, all problematic in pregnancy, viruses rather than bacteria?

[ratty]

I would imagine we will all be dead by teatime!

Shame as I was looking forward to the match tonight!

[fractionater]

If this form of the swine flu is not deadly then why don't we encourage its spread? Surely this will build up our own natural immunity and prepare us for when the supposedly nasty form comes back later in the year?!

[dullwitch]

Does anyone know the incubation period of this flu? How long after would you be likely to get the Flu if you'd been in contact with someone infected?

[LegalEagle-ish]

I Think i read on the NHS website that it's 1 day before you start getting symptoms and a week after that you are contagious, but not sure how soon after you are in contact you start showing symptoms.

[Administrator]

Please find attached the NHS leaflet about Swine Flu, please refer to that for information and telephone numbers. I will also attach it to the first post in this thread for easy reference.

[dullwitch]

Administrator Wrote:

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> Please find attached the NHS leaflet about Swine

> Flu, please refer to that for information and

> telephone numbers. I will also attach it to the

> first post in this thread for easy reference.

Thanks. I looked there but couldn't find the info. Shall look again. Xx

[TJ]

Can we all wear bio-hazard suits now?

I have some with day-glo paint from my early rave days which are also happily bang on-trend right now.

[antijen]

http://health.howstuffworks.com/health-illness/treatment/medicine/medications/tamiflu1.htm Tamiflu is partly synthenised from star anise, please click link.

[Mick Mac]

i have been away for the weekend so have not been keeping up. is this more dangerous than normal flu or is its ability to spread that concerns everyone? I have children at goodrich so potentially it will progress to there soon so perhaps someone who knows what they are talking about could let me know. Thanks.

[antijen]

Heidi hi There is conflicting opinions about taking star anise when pregnant, think it up to individuals, google "star anise pregnancy", but there are other herbs which contain Shikimic acid, one of the properties from star anise. Have a look at link above. Roche is buying up the star anise, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1128_051128_star_anise.html

[lenk]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> i have been away for the weekend so have not been

> keeping up. is this more dangerous than normal flu

> or is its ability to spread that concerns

> everyone? I have children at goodrich so

> potentially it will progress to there soon so

> perhaps someone who knows what they are talking

> about could let me know. Thanks.

That's the thing - no-one DOES really know what they're talking about.

The usual scientific realists, such as the likes of Ben Goldacre, rather than say 'it's a load of rubbish' or 'we're all doomed' have sensibly said 'it's still too early to tell'.

By all accounts anyone who's had it has suffered with nothing more than a normal bout of 'flu, no more life-threatening than the usual yearly 'flu that does the rounds.

[Sherwick]

jctg Wrote:

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> We're all going to die.

RUN FOR THE HILLS!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

[antijen]

Think swine flu has been a clever distraction from the usual "the anarchists are coming" headlines, that we're usually hit with round the protests at May day, no coverage in the papers of demos held, or have I missed it.

[bawdy-nan]

re protests - you've missed it - there was a load of stuff about them in that esteemed journal, Metro

[antijen]

And did the police behave??

[Administrator]

Please stay on topic