Swine Flu in Dulwich SE22

[will dex]

its OK snorky, i have a bad cough now too.

and also took great pleasure in coughing/sweating/sneezing on the 5 people who thought theyd get on the train even though it was blatantly already full the other day...

[macroban]

Which schools have the five new cases seemingly contracted from Alleyn's pupils?

[hellosailor]

It's spreading...100 Acre Wood in Swine flu scare...

:))

[sillywoman]

Another 2 at Alleyns according to the beeb website. They must mix it up in that school.

[Narnia]

Well, someone has survived!A Song by a student

[sillywoman]

Another 4 cases associated with Alleyns today. This brings their total cases to something like 17 out of 85 in the UK. They seem to be doing a good job of spreading it slowly but surely.

[Mikecg]

So with 17 confirmed at Alleyn's how many adults relatives etc etc have touched the trolleys at Sainsbury's pushed a pub door open or coughed in your face on the train?. Do the Math the 17 have all had contact with people who have contact with other people who have contact with even more people etc etc etc OINK!.

[intexasatthe moment]

But if you have flu and your link is deemed tenuous ,ie you've caught flu from someone who has been in contact with an Alleyn's year 7 pupil ,then you are told that you won't be swabbed/tested.

And it's fine for your 3 year old sibling to carry on attending nursery.

So who knows how many cases ?

Always did think it unlikely that there would be sufficient resources to allow for everyone with flu or flu like symptoms to be tested.

And if you do have flu and a refusal to test ,how can you convince your school / examination body thar you're not faking it ?

[R&A]

robbo*uk Wrote:

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> Personally I think that in this recession hit time

> the drug companies are using the media to fully

> cover themselves. Media terrorism is a

> fantastically prevalent disease in countries like

> ours and I am in no doubt that Tamiflu are

> receiving astounding profits from our latest dose

> of terror. This is a sickness which is less potent

> than common flu and has so far made a few people

> slightly ill for a few days in England, yet when

> it hits Alleyns the ENTIRE school is given

> medication. Make up your own minds, but please

> dont read the Daily Mail.

GILEAD / ROCHE make Tamiflu. The profits from the Tamiflu stocks have already been booked years ago when the government bought a huge batch of the drug for UK residents. It is not a particularly profitable drug for these companies - far from it. Gilead actually make most of their profits from HIV drugs. Their HIV drug has turned what used to be a death sentence into a chronic disease. Hats of to them. Roche make their profits from cancer drugs mostly - and they reinvest 50% of those profits to discover new cancer drugs. If the drug companies that make Tamiflu were being sneaky they would want to dampen the media hype as each time Tamiflu is used, resistance will be around the corner. Ideally the drug is only used when it is absolutely necessary - ie. in a pandemic. (in terms of profits for both companies)

I don't work for drug companies but i'm baffled by the hatred of them. Fag companies have a better reputation yet they don't put any of their profits towards medical research - they purely profit from killing people.

grrr - rant over

[trinity]

Japs have now closed for the week as a pupil has been diagnosed with swine flu. Pre-prep and Jags are still open.

[Jeremy]

R&A... reinvestment of profits is good business sense, not charity. e.g. Microsoft reinvested all their profits, up until 5 years ago. (I don't think drug companies are "evil", just providing balance to the argument).

[Mikecg]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> R&A... reinvestment of profits is good business

> sense, not charity. e.g. Microsoft reinvested all

> their profits, up until 5 years ago. (I don't

> think drug companies are "evil", just providing

> balance to the argument).

The problem I have with drug companies is, do they develop disease to further their companys prosperity?. For example, take swine flu why is it that up until the past 10 years ago I had never heard of all the kinds of killer flu that we have now, is it hype over nothing or is it a man made bio hazard?.

[Jeremy]

Increase in air travel? Globalisation?

[Mikecg]

Or is it Glaxoisation?.

[Townleygreen]

I see JAPS has now shut - one case in year 6. Tamiflu only issued to close contacts.

[HonaloochieB]

I've been told that having a bacon sandwich each morning builds immunity.

My source on this is Dave The Plumber.

And to be fair he was a bit pissed at the time.

[Otto]

DCPS is not letting the JAPS girls in the door to pick up siblings. They have also been banned from the DCPS school breakfast. The girls were standing forlornly outside this afternoon...

On the other hand, the headmaster is continuing to shake every child's hand every morning at the nursery...

[Mick Mac]

Quite funny - are state schools still exempt from this flu?

[Mikecg]

Yes because the kids come from poorer backgrounds and their parents travel no further that the Bookies or Netto's never abroad.

[lenk]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Quite funny - are state schools still exempt from

> this flu?

I guess state schools don't often have school trips that involve travel to Mexico*

*disclaimer, I have no idea if this stems from that, there's no way I'm reading through 6 pages of thread to find out though

[vinceayre]

People may think that Mikecg is being a tad unfair but when we recently asked all of our staff for passports or picture ID for proof of who they are (more legislation) a good proportion of then have never had a passport.

Vincent Ayre

[KalamityKel]

Vince... who is "we"? Where are you from?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Vince is da main man in Nunhead, innit.

[KalamityKel]

::O theres a main man? good god!

[zephyr]

Ayre's the Bakers