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Originally Posted by dannic  "Doctors are labeling it swine flu. Most aren't testing" I work in a large academic hospital and not ONE dr is labeling this SWINE flu without testing to back it up. I would be suspect to those who are... |
It's impossible for any of us to know exactly what doctors around the country have said, obviously, but I know what ours are saying:
"He's got all the symptoms of swine flu, but the only way to know for sure what it is is to test. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you want us to do that or not. It's going around, and about 85% of those we've tested are coming up positive, so it's quite likely... but without a test, we just can't know."
Some are putting only those who get the test and are positive for H1N1 on Tamiflu.
So... do those patients who didn't get the test than running home and saying, "He said it looks like I have swine flu!"?
Are their friends and families then saying, "John went to the Dr. and he has swine flu!"
When the reality is... that's not quite what the Dr. said...