O/T Swine Flu

[Lawman3]

Swine flu has hit Darlo according to the Echo. Anyone got it? Watch out for people sneezing and coughing on Thursday night.

[Quakerz]

Its in Newton Aycliffe too, at my sons school.

Most parents are keeping their kids away but I continue to send my son because I think you cannot avoid something like this. You'll either get it or not.

[Lawman3]

Probably best to have a dose now to build up your antibodies for when it mutates and becomes even more aggressive in the autumn.
Mind you, I said that with absolutely no scientific evidence to support it.

[Hilly]

The ground floor of the building I work in has 2 suspected cases, and one of our employees (London based) has a suspected case as well.

[darlolad1690]

Branksome school has one confirmed case also.

[divas]

Magnet has one confirmed case also, im not overly worried tbh, unless you have an underlying illness you should be okay.

[divas]

Probably best to have a dose now to build up your antibodies for when it mutates and becomes even more aggressive in the autumn.
Mind you, I said that with absolutely no scientific evidence to support it.

apart from if and when it mutates it becomes a different strain and you're still as prone.

[Jonny85]

someone at George dent nursery has it aswell.

[Ned_Flanders]

Hummersknott Comprehensive has a confirmed case too.

[TinShedDarloFan]

3 cases of it at Red Hall school

[jazzydfc]

The one at Magnet hasn't been confirmed as far as I know.

[Ned_Flanders]

Firth Moor School has it too.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4 ... on_school/

[weardarlo]

suspected case in Bishop Auckland too

[DIRTYDAVE]

barmaid at me local drinkinghole has it !

[darlo71]

I told my kids that the best way to fight the flu was to get plenty of sleep before hand in order to make a speedy recovery. RESULT - both in bed before 9 last night!!!

[TFDM]

Someone's husband in our office has it apparently.

I keep thinking I might have it but then I realise it is probably my body telling me I'd like a week or so off in bed.

[DL5]

Who's going to be the first on here to get it?

[darlotoon]

My friend's daughter has just been diagnosed ,Heathfield Primary now has a case.

[Lawman3]

My son has it! They closed his school today (High Coniscliffe) because about 60 kids and 5 teachers are off.
I'm feeling okay (at the moment). Unfortunately, I'm one of those people with "serious underlying health problems", so if I get it I'm fucked!

[Mattkips]

About 2 or 3 cases in the Sedgefield area.

[Mullet69]

What's an underlying health problem, and how do I know if I've got one?

That is a serious question by the way, kind of anyway.

[TFDM]

I think it means you have a long standing health problem. For example asthma (spelling?) or maybe heart issues something like that. I could be wrong.

Must admit this evening I'm not feeling too great. My shoulder is aching a bit (however my bag has been heavy today as I took my laptop to work) and I'm a bit tired. Didn't get much sleep last night though so it might be nothing more than just being a bit knackered.

I was also in London before the weekend which, if you believe the newspaper boards around Kings Cross, may as well be the land of the walking nearly dead.

[Jimmy]

For those interested - NHS have the symptoms etc on their site: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pandemic-f ... ptoms.aspx

I heard there was a case in Glaxo today - Barnard Castle.

[Hawkeye]

I read something somewhere about the government warning parents against holding "swine flu parties", where if one kid gets swine flu, a load of parents organise a get-together so that all their kids can catch the disease in its present (mild) form and be resistant to what will probably be a more virulent outbreak in the winter.

I see they're also planning vaccinations for the entire country now that healthy people have died from it, not sure how long that will take though.

[cameron-darlo]

its in the school i've only just left, hummersknott, thank fook i've left i'll be watchin out for people sneezing and coughin on thursday night too.

[TFDM]

Apparently that GP died of causes other than swine flu according to the BBC.

I don't think anything has been released about the young girl yet so it might be that she too had something else going on.

[comeondarlo]

I told my kids that the best way to fight the flu was to get plenty of sleep before hand in order to make a speedy recovery. RESULT - both in bed before 9 last night!!!

I did exactly the same thing tonight.
We've had it down here for awhile now, as Qz said if they're going to get they will.

[cameron-darlo]

i heard that it was a blood clot in his lungs that killed him.

[Hawkeye]

Has anybody seen anyone wearing face masks yet? I'm in Barcelona where it's nowhere near as bad as Britain (I think there's only 6 confirmed cases in the whole of Catalunya) and on my way to work the other day I saw somebody wearing one... could have been for some other reason but I'm not sure what that would be.

[comeondarlo]

I'm pretty certain that no one in Britain has died from swine flu (on it's own)

My Mrs is a Scientist and works in the flu field, it's just flu but a different strain.

PS It's obviously worse if you're a bloke!