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I read in the Times that Swine Flu cases have plummeted

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BooHooo · 16/01/2010 19:05

are they still recommending the jab for under 5s? I haven't had any letter and DD is 3. What is the state of play with the jab now and do you think it is die to the vaccination programme that it is decreasing?

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BooHooo · 16/01/2010 19:05

DUE

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sarah293 · 16/01/2010 19:12

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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 16/01/2010 19:16

I would have thought that the weather has played quite a part in the fall in the number of cases - people have been staying at home, schools have been closed and other gatherings have been cancelled, so there's been less chance for the flu to spread.

NanBullen · 16/01/2010 19:20

i asked my doctor last week whether i should let my 2 year old have the jab and he said not to bother. He said the only reason the sf jab was being offered to children is because hardly any old people or pregnant women took up the offer of having it.

according to him france and germany are trying to flog their surplus vaccinations to other countries as hardly anyone there has bothered with it either. he said that a lot of people have had sf now whether they realised it or not.

Make of that what you will!

BooHooo · 16/01/2010 19:43

Ah interesting. I didn't know it was declining before the vaccine was being introduced. It is all a bit weird isn't it? No real news anymore but still a complete lack of information.

How the F are we meant to make important decisions if we have no information?

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Peachy · 16/01/2010 19:57

There is ionfo out there, newnight had it on and i've seen a fair bit.

We had our letter this week,although we're not going ahead (the boys wern't tested by swab but have since spent time (2 hours a day in a SN taxi to be exact) with someone who was swabbed so I feel confident they are immune)- does seem programme is underway though. Our family isn't typicalWRT vaccinations, I wouldn't advise most people not to have it.

Maybe ask the GP surgery? Letters get lost etc after all.

The immunilogist on the news said that they are expecting older people to start developing SF next year and that to causeissues, but theya dmitted that they missed some old fashioned tests which would have predicted the pattern better.

Having said that,of course if yourfamily were affected then you wouldn't feel it was a panic would you? And certainly a lady in the next county died aged in her twenties and PG, so although there was a far less risk there was still some risk. And i'drather we over-equipped for something like this than under, which is the parallel risk.

DS2 was the first in our family to get it and I have never seen anyone get so ill,so fast:from fine toreally illin 30 minutes. DS4 had it after and even though that was August he still hasn't got him immune system back full strength I don't think, knocked flat by everything going.

I don't think the Government could have got this right tbh: people died they'd have let people down and all adisaster, people didn't die and its all a panic and what a farce. Hmm, I'll take the farce thanks

biggirlsdontcry · 16/01/2010 19:57

there has been 1,700 new cases in Ireland this week , so its still active .

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biggirlsdontcry · 16/01/2010 21:19

it was in yesterdays newspaper - the Irish daily mirror , up until yesterday i hadn't heard of any new cases in a few weeks ,

BooHooo · 17/01/2010 12:16

That doesn't concur with my article in the Times, odd...

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brettgirl2 · 18/01/2010 11:18

I don't think it's necessarily dropping, but the point is that in general it's so mild people aren't getting in touch with the health service.

Even if you do then they can't confirm whether it's sf or not anyway. They offer tamiflu to anyone with a temperature.

mommymeggie · 21/01/2010 00:26

My 19 month old has just been to the docs after 3 days with a temp of 39 degrees and very lethargic. The doc said it COULD be swine flu and gave her Tamilflu just to make sure. I was actually a bit shocked to hear that b/c I thought it had died down as well. Guess not.

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