On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:56:00 +0100, "Tim C."  wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:34:58 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
><news:3ddte5lh43plvfkt3t0opqv4aa32k5s1v9@4ax.com> :
>
>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:19:30 +0100, "Tim C."  wrote:
>> 
>>>On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:57:40 -0000, Ophelia wrote in post :
>>><news:7l7oovF3che5nU1@mid.individual.net> :
>>>
>>>> "Tim C."  wrote in message 
>>>> news:1dtsqvfi9vjig.351j9yoyedzc.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:21:00 +0000 (GMT), Jane Gillett wrote in post :
>>>>> <news:50b2c9fe7aj.gillett@higherstert.co.uk> :
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <19kita5prqk3t$.gfnlcoaonfnc$.dlg@40tude.net>,
>>>>>>    Tim C.  wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:50:41 +0000 (GMT), Jane Gillett wrote in post :
>>>>>>> <news:50b2436144j.gillett@higherstert.co.uk> :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks. That ties up pretty well with what I found. Tamiflu slows the
>>>>>>>> progression of the disease within the body because it cannot leave the 
>>>>>>>> cell
>>>>>>>> it has multiplied in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> AIuI there is still a potential for creating resistance by badly 
>>>>>>>> managed
>>>>>>>> use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course. The side effects might help prevent that though. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell me more! Seriously, I don't understand. What side effects?
>>>>>> Jane
>>>>>
>>>>> Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pains, and headaches. Plus others 
>>>>> in
>>>>> rare cases.
>>>> 
>>>> I seem to have been very lucky!
>>>
>>>Well, I suppose most people don't get any, but I've heard (from a number of
>>>reliable sources) the side-effect rate is relatively high. But I have no
>>>real data to prove it. 
>> 
>> You've probably heard that the swine flu vaccine is dangerous too.
>
>I never said Tamiflu(tm) was dangerous.  :-)

I "forgot" to go for the annual flu jab last week.
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Martin