Comments on: Swine flu’s still around?

By: Avitable

Avitable — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:37:04 +0000

@bluepaintred, I would not. It’s a flu, just a new one. And I think that vaccines should be limited to those that are completely necessary.

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:30:16 +0000

My children and I had the swine flu. For us, it was pretty mild as influenzas go. It does seem to affect people’s lungs badly especially those that have asthma or are prone to that sort of thing. But, the reason so many more people are having complications and dying than in the regular seasonal flu is that so many people are getting it. This is a novel virus for those of us born after 1968 so more people born after 1968 will get sick with it and therefore more people born after 1968 will have complications and/or die. This virus, itself, is not more deadly though. They keep saying this on the news but nobody seems to understand. So, if you are a seasonal flu vaccine sort of person.. sure get the h1n1 vaccine too. If you aren’t, then don’t. Personally, I’m glad to be done with it. (Also, I suspect that a ton of people have had it and don’t know it, because like I said, it wasn’t horrendous).

By: radioactive tori

radioactive tori — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:16:53 +0000

@Tiffany, My two boys are experiencing the same thing. My one son is feeling a bit better today but that cough just won’t go away. My other son still has a high fever (104 last night!) The fever is pretty scary when it doesn’t go down with tylenol and motrin. I always thought that was powerful enough to knock out any fever but I guess not. Now I just need to hope like crazy that my daughters don’t get it (or me! I really really don’t want this!)

Hope your kid is feeling better soon!

By: Nobody

Nobody — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:18:25 +0000

You never go ass to mouth.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:19:18 +0000

You just freaked me out. I’m bleeding from my fingers that almost got chopped off in the trash! I have swine flu!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000

My own kid was diagnosed with H1N1 last week. While the symptoms themselves weren’t real scary, the fact that we couldn’t make them GO AWAY was a little on the freaky side. I couldn’t get the fever to break for 4 days, even with Tylenol and Motrin. We tried at least 6 cough medications and who knows how many sprays/lozenges, but the couch still will not go away. Our pedi is telling us that he would be non-contagious 24 hours after the fever broke, without the aid of medication. The cough on the other hand, will not go the hell away. If anything, it seems to be ‘settling in’, so if I don’t see some drastic improvement soon, his hiney is back to the doc to rule out pneumonia.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:48:18 +0000

FYI, in France the infection has been treated drinking pork anus tea, which is like a homemade vaccine. You just have to go to your local butcher shop and buy some anuses. DO NOT WASH THEM, using soap and water removes the weakened H1N1 virus. Boil water and pour it in an 8 oz cup that has already one anus (use two if you like your tea stronger). Let sip for 5 minutes and enjoy. You can drink as many cups as you like.
This is good for people that have not developed the infection yet; it is merely a preventive treatment.
I hope this helps.
Stay healthy.

By: Stone Fox

Stone Fox — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:46:09 +0000

@just beth, it’s hardly irresponsible to do what health canada is suggesting and go to the clinic to get a shot. unfortunately, glaxosmithkline did not provide enough vaccine for everyone. that, i believe, is the cause of all the ridiculous line ups; people don’t necessarily understand that there is only enough vaccine for high-risk groups right now; everyone else has to wait. also, there are a lot of high-risk people when you think of all the kids under 5 and anyone who lives with/cares for kids under 5.

also, it’s kind of insulting to assume that “everyone” who is “flooding the clinics” is looking for a “magical cure.” most of the people i know, myself included, have done the research and based our decisions on facts and our own judgment.

h1n1 is going to mutate whether people are vaccinated or not; the vaccine is not going to cause the virus to mutate. research suggests that the adjuvant in h1n1 causes an immune reaction that may actually provide some protection against strains of mutated h1n1.

“once people get the vaccine they may not be as careful with themselves and their germs”
-what about the people who don’t think h1n1 is worth getting vaccinated for? if it’s not a big enough deal to get a shot, the germs probably aren’t that bad, either, right?

By: Darryl

Darryl — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:18:54 +0000

I am so relieved to know that pig vaginas remain untainted by H1N1 thus no impact on my social life so far.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:02:47 +0000

many thoughts crossed my mind reading this…
1. hot dogs contain pig anus? yuck. SO glad I don’t eat them. However my husband just bought my daughters hot dogs on Sunday. Aaaargh!
2. are you suggesting that it started with someone having sex with a pig? ewwwww.
3. how the heck do you know all those “forbidden sex acts”? I had to look most of them up on UrbanDictionary. Wait, on second thought, don’t tell me.
4. Are you doing the Gatorade thing? Please share photos.