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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I think the swine flu call centre should be advisory only and not in anyway sending out medication it should be a case of call give what symptoms you have if any and then be advised whether you should contact your local surgery. Sorry Russ i am not questioning you or others at the centre but i don't believe this is the best way to effectively treat swine flu or the handing out of tamiflu as people will lie and for these poor sods in that call centre they have no way to tell yet will get slammed in the media it isn't fair to them or to people that may have it.
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Well the media will always find the negative angle, the flu service was a good idea because it hs have relieved the pressure on the health services and local GP's surgeries, it stopped NHS direct being swamped with calls, and in theory it may have stopped the spread by both offering advice and stopping people leaving their house.
People may lie, but most probably will not, and it saves a trip to the doctor. Imagine if a doctor had to examine everyone with suspected swine flu! That would certainly be the cause of complaints about ineffectiveness and accusations of not being prepared.
In the end the Flu Service has proven well placed to deal with large numbers of Swine Flu victims and the cost was a theoritcal loss of some tamiflu to people who lied. So not perfect but was there a better alternative?