I've got swine flu

[redmosquito]

I think you should go. If you are finding the walk onto site a little difficult I'm sure some kind soul will give you a piggie back.

[LusciousLucy]

Mind you, there's one further factor .... I'd guess he's been prescribed Tamlflu, which I'm told by a friend whose daughter's school has been closed due to swine flu and so been given it that it gives people the squits. I think I'd maybe skip Glastonbury if I had the squits.

[redmosquito]

ull be fine, theres (s)nout wrong with you

[Wanderlei]

pork hasn't made an appearance yet, maybe you can use that

[a robot]

i think someones telling porkies

[sifi]

Oh, why don't you just go and...pork...something... No, i'm useless at this.

[Katster]

because I've been paying attention enough to know that if you have swine flu they don't quarantine you.

When I had flu at around the time of the first cases (swine flu? Who knows? The doctor I saw certainly didn't), I was told by the doctor to stay home to avoid infecting other people - it's the standard idea that you're meant to adhere to when you have flu, and the exact same thing you're meant to do if you have swine flu. Yet who really stays properly isolated when they have 'standard' flu? Very few I reckon - after all, if you need to buy in food, you still go shopping for it, etc.

All evidence to date strongly suggests that swine flu is harder to transmit to others than 'standard' flu.

It also suggests that it's a less dangerous version of flu than 'standard' flu, as the death rates to date from those infected is lower than for 'standard' seasonal flu (deaths from flu most normally happen to those with other health problems) .... however, it might be the case that the lower death rates are being caused because fewer than expected older people are getting it, currently thought to be because many of them got flu in a previous mild flu pandemic in the late 50s which appears to have given them some immunity to this latest version.

Did you know that in the first UK case of swine flu (the guy in Scotland), he'd been to a Doves gig in Edinburgh between returning from Mexico and starting to feel ill? - there were over 600 people at that Doves gig. The official response was "no person at that gig could have become infected by being at that gig" (along with telling him to keep quiet about having been to that gig, which he didn't), and that's despite people being most infectious prior to showing symptoms. As the health authorities had so little concern over possible cross-infections in an enclosed space, then they're taking the piss suggesting he stay at home and miss Glasto when the possibility of cross infection in the open air is far far lower.

While it's possible that he might infect others, he'll be past the time when he'd be most infectious by the time Glastonbury starts. If I were in his position, I'd probably go.

Mind you, there's one further factor .... I'd guess he's been prescribed Tamlflu, which I'm told by a friend whose daughter's school has been closed due to swine flu and so been given it that it gives people the squits. I think I'd maybe skip Glastonbury if I had the squits.

[redmosquito]

How is your appetite? Is it none existent or have you been pigging out?

[The Nal]

You certainly made a pig's ear of that.

Edited June 19, 2009 by The Nal

[Okky]

This basically exaplins exactlly what happend to me (I am Amir, in the hoodie)

[ThomThomDrum]

why, does it make your fingers fall off?

[redmosquito]

I bet he's not that ill really. I bet he's just hamming it up a bit!

[redmosquito]

My efforts to come up with some more pig puns have been a bit ham-pered over the last hour or sow.

[Okky]

Would be funny if I actually had swine flu

[SlartyBartfarst]

Been that long since i posted on here i'd forgotten my password, i really hope this is worth it.

You should be ok cos it only lasts about a WEEEeeeeK.

Guess you had to be there.

[MJMilz14]

You never know, you be bacon action by wednesday.

[thomj42]

Would be funny if I actually had swine flu

[cossie65]

why, does it make your fingers fall off?

[budvar]

Would be funny if I actually had swine flu

[kerplunk]

Would be funny if I actually had swine flu

you know what happened to the little boy who cried pig?

[Ashaz42]

*snort* I don't believe you!

[chillax]

you know what happened to the little boy who cried pig?

Edited June 19, 2009 by chillax

[mr_smiss]

You don't have it?!

I just knew this thread would turn out to be spam...

[Cheesey]

I just knew this thread would turn out to be spam...

[a robot]

You don't have it?!

I just knew this thread would turn out to be spam...