Yes, they're all coming in with (suspected, but probably not)swine flu, and it's all the government's fault, apparently. They've been castigated for not running an advertising campaign (not much use as we and most other practices have run out of vaccine) and generally for not warning the public or profession. What a load of crap!
For once I don't blame the government for our woes.
Personally, I blame the media. They want a story, and they aren't going to let a bit of truth get in their way. They love to emphasise the numbers dying, conveniently overlooking the fact that in Britain, 2000 people die every day (nearly the same number are born, by the way) and it is scarcely surprising if the cause of their final demise in a few cases is going to be a flu like illness. In my opinion the only real at-risk group are pregnant women, who do seem to have been dying disproportionately, thereby killing 2 people. So these I encourage to have the vaccine: no others need it. Certainly not the crew I saw today, with symptoms no worse than your average cold. Most of them haven't even taken time off work, so they can't be that ill, can they?
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