Are u all scare of getting H1N1?
Is there any extra personal measures being implement at home or by yourself to aviod it? if yes, what are the measures?
i got young and old people in my family. they belongs to the high risk group risking to high chance of complications. im worried for them more than myself.
do you think getting an air purifier helps?
1)
you are more likely to die from Type A influenza than H1N1.
2) you are at risk if you are younger and older, but that
does not equate to instant/confirmed death warrant.
3) you are actually more at risk if you have an underlying medical condition that may render the immune system weaker. if so, any cold symptoms that appear in such people, bring them to the doctor immediately. if I'm not mistaken, treatment will be the administration of tamiflu within the first 72 hours of symptom showing (at least this is what we're doing in Melbourne).
3a) I said cold symptoms because while the flu and cold symptoms overlap each other greatly, the skeletal aching sensation normally comes later. the first symptoms to show may be a fever, running nose or a sore throat. since these symptoms are similar to the cold, most people confuse it with the flu and start bringing doom upon themselves by thinking so. also, you know you're down with the flu if you take up to 18 days to recover from your symptoms, as compared to the common cold and its turn around period of < 1 week.
4) an air purifier will work as well as you trying to clean your dishes by licking it clean. the efficacy for such things have been doubtful at most, and since the flu does not only spread via airborne particles, you'd be better of taking other preventative measures. such as washing your hands with soap regularly, covering your mouth/nose whilst sneezing or coughing, and making sure you use tissue paper to blow your nose, and disposing them into a dustbin immediately.
5) be less paranoid. for now, it is still a mild and less virulent form of the Type A influenza (which statistically kills MORE PEOPLE annually than swine flu has in all its three occurrences in the past 100 years).