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It will definitely be an advantage to contract the virus now - currently the antiviral drugs are active against this strain.


You would then gain some sort of immunity to H1N1. Yes the flu might mutate but the main skeleton of the viral structure will be H1N1. You would then either not get it or get it mildly compared to those who had never been exposed to the virus before. It's just like a flu jab, but as no flu jab has been invented / manufactured yet, we can't get it on nhs.


HOWEVER, you DON'T want to get it when pregnant for two reasons~:

Firstly, your immune system is down when you're pregnant (so you don't reject your baby) and you will suffer much more (that woman who died was pregnant) and so will your baby.

Secondly the antivirals could harm your baby (tamiflu)


So PLEASE if you do get it please keep it to yourself by sneezing into tissues etc

Please, unless you are a health professional please don't comment on the medical aspects of this infection! Misinformation and rumours can cost lives!!


R&A, just for the record the lady who died in Glasgow had underlying health problems (stroke in her mid-30s) in conjunction with being pregnant. Women do not have "lower immune" systems during pregnancy but changed immune systems - fight bacterial infections better, less well at fighting viral infections.


If anyone has any questions about symptoms, risks and treatments please refer to this website.

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