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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... |
A few weeks ago about 10 of 14 on my 13 year-old-daughters soccer team were sick.
One tested positive for strep, 2 tested positive for swine flu, one has a nurse for a mom who said it was most likely swine flu, 1 called the doctor who told her, "you can come in and I can charge you for the test, but it's going to say swine flu so stay home, rest & take advil." (they stopped giving out Tamiflu here, too, due to resistence and shortage). The rest just assumed it was swine because the 2 tested positive and they all had the same symptons within roughly a 2-week period.
So, you can be suspect of the doctors, but the fact is they are overwhelmed with the swine flu and are, indeed, telling people not to come in, just stay home and treat with advil. A lot of them aren't testing for it. I've heard it a lot around here. Luckily, we've avoided (knocking wood) but there have been a lot of people sick and the seasonal flu isn't going around yet.
Lisa