To think that it's wrong to name people diagnosed with swine flu as it makes them sound likecriminals?

[wannaBe]

Every time I hear of someone in the UK being diagnosed with swine flu, the newsreader says "they have been named as xxx." Wtf do we need to know? It just makes them sound like criminals, or as if they are being labelled in some way.

Papers are making them out to be social outcasts .
As if they are the "unclean", paint their door with a red cross......give me strenght.

I agree, it's a pisser to catch swine flu in the first place let alone have it reported nationally.

Whatever happened to medical in confidence?

I also agree. I know it's important for people who have been near them to know but there's limits.

The Scottish couple are pictured in the tablod trash today after leaving hospital. They don't look too bothered tbh.

the scottish couple have signed with Max Clifford to sell their story!!

here

Totally agree
its wrong that they are named
People don`t forget and its as if they are outcasts

i'd want to know who had it so i could keep away from them.

sell their story? wtf is there to tell?

I don't think it makes them sound like criminals at all.

They will make a fortune from selling their story.

Snout wrong with having swineflu.

young couple, on honeymoon, first british couple to get the pig lurgy. Tabloids will be able to write loads on that

I have to say I'd usually agree - but when you're trying to contain a pandemic I think it does help, especially if ou're been in contact with the person that's got it, but hadn't realised.

Ie - it might not be someone you speak to regularly so may not hear that they've had their flu confirmed as swine flu so may not be as alert to your own symptoms if you should get it

ooooooooooooooo a pig flew past my window - wonder if something unbelievable happened or whether it's got a cough

exactly FAQ, they have to be named, it would be completely reckless not to.

PMSL @ 'Snout wrong with having swineflu.'

thank you, saggar. I like it too

My mum has left her daily mail (scottish version) with me. The front page is all about the scottish honeymooners - lol.

"We thought we were going to die alone"

plus huge double page spread inside