Has the second wave of H1N1 arrive?

Do not hit the panic button. Not yet at least. There is a patient admitted to the ward which is confirmed positive for H1N1. So the next logical thought is, has the second wave arrive? I'm not sure to be perfectly honest. But I do know that there are more sniffles about town. And I am down with a second bout of flu in the same month. What bad luck. Better stock up on those vitamin Cs. Desperate days ahead. I've practised better hand hygiene and tried as much as I could, not to touch the face after examining patients but alas, the sorethroat which developed 5 days ago has stubbornly stayed on. At least this time, I'm still energetic enough to hoover.

The second wave of H1N1 possibly

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We are all down with the flu. When I saw we, I mean the entire family except the mother. ( She has miraculously escaped this. She swears by zinc tablets.) And I 've had at least 4 of them yesterday, as a desperate attempt to rid self of the bug. I've also wolfed down a couple of paracetamols along the way. What is the actual bug? Well, whatever bug it is, can you please be kind enough to leave my tired-achy body and find yourself another host? Because you are causing great inconvenience and I need my healthy-body back asap. And could you leave the nose in the condition you found it in? ( I now have blood streak leaky nose goo....) I'm now wide awake as a direct result of you...you silly awful bug. Two more paracetamols coming right up. And ...beware I am contemplating some antibiotics. Bang! Bang!....

How I spent my Saturday

The series of lectures ranged from basic facts on H1N1 , targeted I suspect to the General Practitioners in the audience...and this was repeated in slides from different speakers. This reflects ( what I think) the MOH's decision to make the public aware that GPs are being updated in a big way. What was odd was there was not a single respiratory physician represented in the panel of speakers. 90% of the H1N1 infections lead to respiratory related symptoms. Not that we're complaining of the lack of attention. Horrors NO! The GPs voiced their observation that they weren't represented. ( the resp physicians in the audience were too busy updating self with more personal gossip)