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Old 11-07-2009, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by cjs216 View Post
"My son has swine flu....AGAIN! "

I would not have thought that it was possible to fall victim to the same virus twice.

It's pretty ridiculous to me that absolutely nobody is getting a normal cold or respiratory virus at all this year. It's all H1N1....every last cough, sniffle, sore throat, fever....all swine flu. It's as if it's some kind of merit badge.

cj/
Colds are certainly different than an influenza. I was talking to a friend of mine at the Halloween Target clearance today. All her kids had influenza recently when it swept through the schools. She called the doctor and they are not testing for H1N1, as I've already stated, and she said the doctors are going by what is prevelant locally. And that is influenza. Call it H1N1 or whatever you want but it's not a simple cold or little virus but an influenza. It's not a merit badge but with all the hype it's a relief to get it over with. We are in a town with a pretty darn good medical school and I do give our local doctors credit for being on top of things. They are human, they can be wrong, but they are definitely above average here.