Swine flu and media hype

It was only a matter of time before a blog like this came along.

Today I heard on the news that swine flu is yet again spreading, more people are getting sick, Tamiflu is being recommended and even being hailed as a cure for Swine Flu, so say the newsreaders and the Media.

I for one am a bit pissed off with this as Tamiflu is just the pharmacutical equivalent of Beechams. It is NOT a cure, all it does is lesson the effects of the swine-flu.

So, if you have a snotty nose, a sore throat and a bad cough, you will have to suffer that for about 5 days while the virus runs it's course (before your immune system will kick it's ass.) If you get given a course of Tamiflu you will have a not-so-snotty nose, a not-so-sore throat and an annoying cough for 4 days.

Oh, but I forgot to mention the side effects of it, or rather, the main one.

Nausea

Bad nausea at that

So, even though the effects of the symptoms are reduced and it can take up to a day off them. It will leave you feeling like throwing your guts up until you stop taking it (which is something like 2 weeks)

And as an extra note, my mam is a nurse, she has witnessed people PRETENDING to have swine flu, or at least pretending they have the effects, so they can give it to their kids saying "take this and you won't have swine flu"

I propose we introduce licences for breeding if this is the mentality of parents "take this symptom reducer and you will not get the disease"

ah, I feel I am deviating from the main point of this, which is MEDIA!!!! STOP FUCKING AROUND AND TELL THE TRUTH, TAMIFLU IS NOT A CURE!!!! AND IT MAKES YOU WANT TO VOMIT FOR THE DURATION YOU TAKE IT!!!!

I'd rather have the 5 day flu