The dreadful spectre of swine flu has reared its terrible head in the media once more, causing a number of (apparently) perfectly healthy people with mild cold symptoms to come in for me to make sure they're not going to die shortly. I offer one example:
An extremely attractive young woman from New Zealand, who also seemed to be positively glowing with youth and vitality, tells me she has had a persitent cough, sore throat, muscle aches and feeling hot and cold, and wishes me to check her out. I cannot find a single thing wrong with her, and intimate that I think she probably has a "severe cold" ( I can't just say "cold", because that might humiliate them) and offer to give a sick note to cover her for the week. She declines, saying she is much too busy to have time off. Then she asks me: "Is it all right to continue going to the gym. I like to go every day after work. I ask her if she really feels well enough to take on strenuous exercise. "Oh sure" she replies. So, tell me: what exactly is she doing here?
You know, when I retire, this is the sort of scenario I shall not miss one little bit.
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