Do you NOT CARE about the whole Swine Flu issue?

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I had a high fever a few days ago. Freaked me out a little bit. But getting sick just before winter is common with me, so I may skip a winter cold altogether.

I have the beginning of a cold too. I'm concerned that my eldest son is living on campus in an international residence and coming home at the weekend to do his part time job in a busy supermarket. So much international travel goes on in universities and teenagers are getting sick before their parents so I've read.

We just have to wait and see how it's affecting people before we panic.

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I wouldn't say I don't care.
But I'm not concerned

My family has been sick, but spring time with allergies and weather changes...it's normal. Nothing too bad, just some mild symptoms. One year old had it worse, but the worse of it only lasted 24 hours.

One thing that this has made me change anything in my life for is that I read that a group of Mexicans were protesting a pig farm in Mexico, and one of the first fatal cases was a little boy who was at that protest. The company that owns the pig farm is in Pennsylvania. They swear their farm is to sanitary standards and none of their pigs have the swine flu. But I can't help to think of the peanut butter scare and all the lies that company had on the matter. Until the Mexican gov't decides to investigate, I can't believe the company. So I will be watching this story more and being a little more hesitant on purchasing ham from companies in PA since I forget the name of the company, so I do need to watch it more. Not because I'm worried about the swine flu, but if they killed a boy through negligence, my money is too good for them.

Edit to add: They were protesting before the swine flu came about, and they were protesting for sanitation issues as I understood it. And, seeing all that our country has done for Puerto Rico (or to Puerto Ricans) and have lied about it, I believe the locals have good reason to be protesting. Whether they were right or close to being right is only the issue.

Today I was listening to the radio about Thatcher. I thought they said Thatcher 'avled' (died) 1990, but they actually said 'avgick' (resigned) 1990. I pointed this out to my parents. my mom said she think Thatcher is still alive today, and my dad replied that we'll see about that now that the swine flu has come.

So now I'm going to call it the Thatcher flu.

At the moment I'm not worried, but if it starts affecting many people in my area then I might start to worry.

I just suddenly started running a high fever today..it started accellerating just a few hours ago.......i am weak, I have body aches and I also have a slight cough. I have NOT been freaking out about swine flu over the past few days...I might have had a little bit of a throat thingy for the past few days, but I didn't think it was anything to worry about...we have been busy...our immune systems have been taxed...and I have not had a fever until today.

When I told Flakey about my symptoms, he told me that it was psychosematic....which to me sounds like he is accusing me of lying....my symptoms are NOT my imagination. I am very frustrated and don't really know what to do at the moment. I keep watching the news for info about what to do if you think you have contracted swine flu, but there is NOTHING to that effect...only info on school closeures...a small handfull of school children have been infected but there is no news of their condition..

There is very little info about cases in my area...a brief mention has the cases numbering into the 20's ...in the third largest city in the united states (I am in Houston TX)

Anyway...I know that i might be just getting sick and that it is not necc. the Swine Flu...but I can't help but be concerned. I don't think I am overreacting...(Flakey seems to think so )

We have a really big show tonight and I am supposed to work the bar...I really really REALLY don't want to.....for one, I am feeling too sick and weak...and even if it is not the swine flu, I am most likely contageous...and for two.....one never knows...it MIGHT be the bloody swine flu...What am i supposed to do?

i dont. its blown way out of proportion, as usual though. whenever the media is involved it usually is, from now on. and im being seious when i say
this anytime another disease springs up somewhere im going to treat it like watching the olympics. wich is, i show no intrest and dont cry like a puss when my country is winning

Oh good...then I shouldn't worry.....what a relief!

I am hoping he will let me stay in the back....just to err on the side of caution.

I took some aspirin...now I am weak, nauseous and clammy because the fever broke a little.