Joking now?

[sqad617]

Early this year there were posters deriding the threat of H1N1 virus.....swine flu.

Well, stop laughing....the first case of swine flu resistent to tamiflu has been reported.

Is it changing it's antigenic structure (mutuating)?

[mccfluff]

i live in a bubble sqad, nowt's going to get me

[cazzz1975]

they are not giving out tamiflu where I live and there are a lot of cases

[sn�gs]

mccfluff... I have a pin here... be afraid...

[another-view]

There's no cure for the common cold either but it doesn't stop me from stepping outside.

[cazzz1975]

tamiflu reduces the symptoms severity and shortens the illness by 1 day, it does not cure it.

[mccfluff]

oh dear snags its a 'special' bubble, pins won't work.....

[sqad617]

cazz....I didn't say it did cure it.......can't you see what I am getting at?...........no...........well never mind.

Just that certain Aber's were joking about the threat of H1N1 some months ago and when I pointed................oh! forget it.

[another-view]

What threat. It's just a bad form of flu. No need to dig a bunker.

[Lore]

Is it changing it's antigenic structure?

Have you been accessing the copy and paste facility again, squad? :p

[redcrx]

sqad, does the oinkment still work? ;)

[cazzz1975]

sorry sqad, the phrasing of your post suggested that you were scaremongering

[DEN53]

You a bit grumpy today Sqad ? I noticed it in Body & Soul on sophie's post about a bruise on her arm.

Is it the time of the month ???????????

[sqad617]

Lore......I do have a working knowledge of antigenic structure and mutation without the help of copy and paste...thank you.

[whifffey]

Well consider this - White Leghorn chicks reared in a sterile environment never develop ABO blood groups. This suggests that some at least of our blood groups (e.g. "I am A+") are the result of an infection.

[craft1948]

I won't catch it...............I'm not allowed out

[Barmaid]

Well we all have to die of something. I just I don't die before Sqad treats me to dinner!!!!!

[sqad617]

Barmaid.......LOL...it would be a pleasure..........for me too.

[DEN53]

Menorca is a long way to go for MacDonalds, Barmaid !!
hee hee

[daffy654]

The only people who seem to be at risk of serious illness or death from swine flu are those with underlying health issues.Most who have had it have reported it as being like a mild form of normal flu.
I have emphysema and i'm still unconcerned about swine flu.If I get it then I will deal with it,until then I won't worry.

[sqad617]

Den....you must be joking.....sqad knows how to treat a lady. LOL