Comments on: Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague A Site About Everything and Nothing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9214 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:21:25 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9214 Hi PM thanks for inside story, very much appreciated. The medical services, at all levels, are surely in for a nightmare. I watched Question Time last night and they were grilling a Minister as to whether the Health Service could cope. Everybody was full of PC garbage and said they could . . . But, the <b>Health Service will never cope</b> if predictions for spread are correct. This is no reflection on the system or those that work in it - in fact if they could cope that would be a disgrace as it would mean they'd spent unimaginable sums of money building huge spare capacity into the system. If it does get bad I hope people just get on with it instead of looking to blame everybody and calling for yet another pointless public enquiry. We all need to be realistic and accept that these things happen and have realistic and logical expectations of the health system - I mean it's easy to say give everybody a jab now - but how the hell do you actually do that ? It's logistically impossible Must dash as I'm busy sealing the windows up :) Best Rod Hi PM
thanks for inside story, very much appreciated.
The medical services, at all levels, are surely in for a nightmare. I watched Question Time last night and they were grilling a Minister as to whether the Health Service could cope.
Everybody was full of PC garbage and said they could . . .
But, the Health Service will never cope if predictions for spread are correct.

This is no reflection on the system or those that work in it - in fact if they could cope that would be a disgrace as it would mean they’d spent unimaginable sums of money building huge spare capacity into the system.
If it does get bad I hope people just get on with it instead of looking to blame everybody and calling for yet another pointless public enquiry.

We all need to be realistic and accept that these things happen and have realistic and logical expectations of the health system - I mean it’s easy to say give everybody a jab now - but how the hell do you actually do that ?
It’s logistically impossible

Must dash as I’m busy sealing the windows up :)
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Practice Manager http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9213 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:40:52 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9213 All I can say is one of our patiients called the swine flu helpline and all they got was a load of crackling.... Sorry, bad joke! Seriously though, this is really becoming a problem for GP surgeries. As we are telling people not to come to practice, we are restricted to diagnosing over the phone and then issuing a script for anti virals. In some cases this is a waste of money for the cash strapped NHS as a large number of the people probably don't have anything more than a cold and most of the anti virals end up wasted because they make them feel worse than the 'bug' itself! The other crazy thing is that most of the people with a genuine positive diagnosis are school age but are they in the target groups for the first batch of the new vaccine? No! I think the world has gone slightly mad.... :- ) P.S I hope our good host is taking the wise precaution of staying away from his teenage fan club and remaining cooped up in the safety of his own home x All I can say is one of our patiients called the swine flu helpline and all they got was a load of crackling….

Sorry, bad joke!

Seriously though, this is really becoming a problem for GP surgeries. As we are telling people not to come to practice, we are restricted to diagnosing over the phone and then issuing a script for anti virals. In some cases this is a waste of money for the cash strapped NHS as a large number of the people probably don’t have anything more than a cold and most of the anti virals end up wasted because they make them feel worse than the ‘bug’ itself!

The other crazy thing is that most of the people with a genuine positive diagnosis are school age but are they in the target groups for the first batch of the new vaccine? No!

I think the world has gone slightly mad…. :- )

P.S I hope our good host is taking the wise precaution of staying away from his teenage fan club and remaining cooped up in the safety of his own home x

]]> Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9212 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:41:55 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9212 LB, sorry to hear about your friend - I suspect we'll all have a similar story before too long. Strange how a news story is just that - a story - until it actually comes home ! Good point about the scaremongering ! Cheers Rod LB,
sorry to hear about your friend - I suspect we’ll all have a similar story before too long.
Strange how a news story is just that - a story - until it actually comes home !

Good point about the scaremongering !
Cheers
Rod

]]> Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Little Brother http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9209 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:12:05 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9209 Rod, My friend has it and is very poorly, she has been given no help or advice from her GP and has had to rely on a friend of hers in the States who is in the police force and has attended seminars on the subject for help and information. All that said there is too much scaremongering going on, the fact is at least 5,000 people die of flu in the UK every year. LB Rod,
My friend has it and is very poorly, she has been given no help or advice from her GP and has had to rely on a friend of hers in the States who is in the police force and has attended seminars on the subject for help and information.
All that said there is too much scaremongering going on, the fact is at least 5,000 people die of flu in the UK every year.

LB

]]> Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9207 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:03 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9207 Hi Annie, thanks for that, much appreciated. I presume I'll be OK as I am . . . <i>The Man They Couldn't Hang</i> :) Best Rod Hi Annie,
thanks for that, much appreciated.
I presume I’ll be OK as I am . . . The Man They Couldn’t Hang :)
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on Swine Flu in Grimsby ~ Wybers Wood Plague ! by: Annie Flinn http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9206 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:55:07 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/swine-flu-in-grimsby-wybers-wood-plague#comment-9206 Hi, At present I do not think there is a vaccine, but there are anti-viral that can assist if you are diagnosed. I find that the grocery store in the place where one is most likely to contact any "bug" that is making the rounds. The best thing you can do is to frequently wash your hands, or use some of the commercial brands of hand sanitizers when you are out and about in confined places, such as stores. Our Center for Disease Control has already issued a warning to all medical facilities that this winter's flu season will be a pip. If I were you, I would make sure to get the annual flu jab from your quack. Sorry I don't have any infoa on the Grimsby outbreak, but will do research and will conveey anything I learn. Cordially yours, Annie Flinn Girl Detective Hi,
At present I do not think there is a vaccine, but there are anti-viral that can assist if you are diagnosed. I find that the grocery store in the place where one is most likely to contact any “bug” that is making the rounds. The best thing you can do is to frequently wash your hands, or use some of the commercial brands of hand sanitizers when you are out and about in confined places, such as stores.

Our Center for Disease Control has already issued a warning to all medical facilities that this winter’s flu season will be a pip. If I were you, I would make sure to get the annual flu jab from your quack.

Sorry I don’t have any infoa on the Grimsby outbreak, but will do research and will conveey anything I learn.

Cordially yours,
Annie Flinn
Girl Detective

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