MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should you give up your night out due to swine flu?

Clubz

I agree with Soloman, if you ever get " Flu" you will KNOW IT. You have no muscle strength at all, I couldn't walk for days...... .....so the question is academic.

FoxIII

You've booked a £50 tickets for a concert tonight however but are feeling slightly achey, snuffley and a bit hot, early swine flu symptoms. It's too late to sell them (you've tried), no refunds or exchanges are possible and you’re really looking forward to the concert. You want to go, but are worried you may infect others.

First of all, if it was real flu, you wouldn't be able to move. Secondly, whether it is swine flu or not; once the symptoms have developed you are no longer contagious. Third, I think the paranoia is a good thing - hand sanitizers have run out in all shops where I live, so obviously where we are we're going to wipe it out anyhoo :j

And as I heard; "If it was called fluffy-bunny flu, no one would worry."

--Tony--

For everyone saying "you wont move with flu" Martin did say:

"early swine flu symptoms"

tryingtoruletheworld

I am shocked at how selfish people can be! :eek:

What happened to the days when people looked out for each other, and didn't inflict their illness on other people? I have friends like this, bring their kids to see me, hand them over and then explain how ill they have been with yet another cold/tummy bug etc, with no thought about anyone but themselves and their 'need' to get out.

I avoid people whenever I am ill, despite the fact it means I don't earn any money. I recover to full health much more quickly if I take some time, and I would not like to knowingly make people ill, especially if it is something that could cause severe problems if they have underlying conditions.

It looks like the days of people acknowledging 'coughs and sneezes spread diseases' are well and truly over.

geri1965_2

raisen wrote: »

When I had flu I had 2 duvets, 3 hot water bottles and thermal clothes on and was still sooo cold. Couldn't move, could hardly breathe (asthma doesn't help), definitely couldn't go into work.

I agree - I had flu just before Xmas and for four days I could barely get off the sofa. I managed to struggle into work on Christmas eve, which was the 5th day, but it was really hard and I probably shouldn't have done it.

Ebenezer_Screwj

For "swine flu" read "ordinary flu / colds light to variable and sundry viruses." We've all had them and they are not going to go away. I probably wouldn't feel like going anywhere if I had early onset of this "thing that's going around" but then again, if I was feeling better I would.

Reverbe

Lot of people have had it and havent had any symptoms.My flatmate is convinced I had it the other week tho the symptoms I had were nothing like the list ones - no fever, no rushing to the loo etc.I did have a bad cough and colda,ached but I put that down to moving a flat twice and my chest was all wheezy and I couldnt get my breath. This lasted about a week.

So my point purple is that from what I have heard no 2 people seem to get it the same. I have heard of 2 ppl who had it - one said it was just like normal flu and the other just had a sore throat for a while.

Mummy_McThrifty

nbt wrote: »

Usually by the time you see the symptoms, you are past the infectious stage, so as long as you feel up to going out, go out. As has been mentioned above, people dying from flu is nothing new: the spanish flu pandemic in 1918 killed more people than were killed in the whole 4 years of world war I.

I think you're thinking of chicken pox, you're still infectious when you have the flu!

Mummy_McThrifty

moneypennies wrote: »

It's completely irresponsible for people to be out and about with possible swine flu. There are many with underlying health conditions for whom this could prove fatal. Example: my partner is asthmatic, has ulcerative colitis and is therefore on immuno-suppressants + high dose steroids. The steroids have also given him uncontrollable diabetes which his insulin injections don't always keep in check. He goes to work on his medications on public transport; many people do. Those who think it's only mild or think only about their own situation are missing the point. Pregnant women or prople with ongoing medical conditions are put at unnecessary risk.

I completely agree, our family is in a similar situation. How would someone feel if they passed it on to a vulnerable person who died as a result of their selfishness?

Mummy_McThrifty

@FoxIII who wrote:
"Secondly, whether it is swine flu or not; once the symptoms have developed you are no longer contagious."

I quote from the NHS website:

"People are most infectious to others soon after they develop symptoms, although they continue to shed the virus (for example, in coughs and sneezes) for up to five days (seven in children). People become less infectious as their symptoms subside, and once their symptoms are gone, they are no longer considered infectious to others."

@Soco1
Again I quote the NHS website: "It is irresponsible to purposefully catch the virus as you may perpetuate the spread."

So stuff the concert tickets! It never ceases to amaze me the amount of people who spout hearsay as fact instead of finding out the truth for themselves. I can only hope that when we are in the middle of a bird flu pandemic (yes it will happen in our lifetime!) that the selfish-virus-ridden-concert-goers are among the 50% of those that kick the bucket first!

And to them I say "Use atishoo!"