RizzyKing

Yeah i am all for the call centre offering advice and suchlike just not sending out any medication more so to just anyone that is in this country at a given time. We are paying for this tamiflu and although i don't know for sure i would hazard a guess it is expensive to buy in other countries so this system we have right now is ripe for some organised manipulation.

We have the media to blame for a lot of the hysteria surrounding swine flu and most people that get it will have slightly worse symptoms then seasonal flu but it won't be a big deal according to most of the doctors and specialists i have seen on the tv so do we really need to be dishing out anti virals left and right.

I am sure the system could be streamlined so that those people with underlying problems could be prioritised by their local surgerys if they feel they have it involving a home visit from a gp to confirm diagnosis and prescption of tamiflu. That wouldn't have to involve much risk to the gp as didn't the government make a big thing about the masks and other things they had stockpiled to issue to health care staff.

This whole thing for me is more of the labour policy of "there's no problem you can't make better by throwing money at it" and i have big reservations about that and the pandering that is going on to certain people who if they see plauge on the tele will have it not long after. I think we need to get this in perspective stop getting alarmed by some of the media rubbish and wait and see how it affects each and everyone of us if and when we get it, and then make a decision on what to do rather then implement these large expensive programs that right now have questionable benefit.

I speak as someone in a high risk group if i get swine flu and even knowing that i can't help feeling that the reaction is completely ott.