Will you be the next Swine Flu Death Statistic?

has however been expected for some time now so everyone should have been ready.

Why hasn’t action been taken to prevent swine flu deaths in the UK for example. Surely the health protection agency had a plan in place to ensure the spread of the virus would be minimised.

If there is a plan to eliminate swine flu deaths it isn’t working, we can see each day the number of people diagnosed is increasing and correspondingly more people are dying.

We can clearly see from the graph from the Health Protection agency that there has been a significant rise in the incidence of flu like illness. When I walk around listening to people coughing and spluttering it makes me wonder how many swine flu deaths we will see in my local area before this pandemic is contained.

Earlier this week a resistant strain of the virus was found in the Netherlands, this could further increase the liklihood of swine flu deaths if it means the planned treatment is ineffective in protecting public health.

The primary indicator appears to be a temperature of over 38 degrees so if you are feeling hot go and see your doctor before you are a statistic in the swine flu deaths saga. Then again the advice we, the public, are recieving is for everyone with the relevant symptoms to stay away from surgeries at the moment so maybe we should all just curl up in bed and hide until the problem goes away.

I would not advise anyone to go to the swine flu parties being held in the midlands unless you want to die from swine flu yourself.

Are you at risk, watch the BBC FAQ’s and take note of the conclusion that there will inevitably be some more swine flu deaths.

Paul Palmer