TAKE FLU SERIOUSLY

The Previous Blog was a light hearted side swipe at the dreaded Flu ~ but considering the fact that our government is taking the threat of Swine Flu seriously enough to stock pile Tammiflu & Flu vaccines, issue leaflets & set up a web site,I think perhaps I should look at the matter seriously.

As stated previously, I have been attacked by the Flu 3 times in my life ~at aged 9yrs I got the 'Asian Flu' of the 1960's ~as a young mum I was struck down violently & suddenly by the seasonal Flu of '82 & again in '94 when my immune system was compromised. I must state categorically, I am talking INFLUENZA ~ not the psuedo flu that warrants a week off work ~tucked up under a duvet on the sofa watching daytime tv,~ I'm talking about a sudden & violent attack on your body, which drains every ounce of your bodys resources to fight it, and leaves you as weak as a kitten for sometime after ~ so much so, that it's months later, when you eventually feel really well, that you realise just how much fighting the Flu had taken out of you!!
So many people will THINK they have had the Flu, when in fact what they have had is a heavy cold (NOT to be underated as very debilitating) that if infected by the real thing, they will wonder just what the hell has hit them! ~ it is only those who have REALLY suffered the verocity of the real thing who will truly understand the threat posed by Swine Flu.

Whilst not wanting to be a scaremonger ~ I do feel people should take the threat seriously, & be prepared. Here I think the government have missed a trick in not encouraging/advising people to take action NOW in using preparations like ECHINACEA & ALOE VERA (& there are others) to help boost their bodies own immune system to help resist/fight the virus if it attacks.
Hopefully, the predictions of a Flu Pandemic will be as accurate as the weather forcasts & we will all be complaining that 'they' got it wrong AGAIN ~ but there is no harm in being prepared ~ just in case !!!