Kin ell,havent they heard of vacination any more.
Or was it just my generation that had all the jabs!

have they not heard of the MMR vaccine?

Hopefully he makes a quick recovery

That's all we need. Hope Ben Thaler is sympathetic with us. Does Bryn live anywhere near Wigan's ground if so get him to spread his mumps around a bit. We could do with a bit of luck going our way. Ade will be in no fit state after having a bug.

Still Come on you Saints.

we needed another prop to go out injured, we've got to many fit as it is! Who will fill in for Bryn??

Emmit?

Serious question.

Do you think it's mumps or swine flu?

I have my reasons for asking.

and your reason is?


The thought did cross my mind but then why would they not just say that?

My eldest daughter is a practice nurse, so figure it out.

Piggy Riddell's been playing with swine flu for years.... BOOM BOOM!

maybe, but why not just say that? Swineflu isnt ebola, no matter what the press say

Piggy Riddell's been playing with swine flu for years.... BOOM BOOM!

So are you saying that you know Bryn defo has swine flu.

It is around the area, I just wondered if it is being kept quiet. I'll get bollocked now for discussing it.

I think it's a big conspiracy as well. I think they've all been poisoned by that Russian guy when he mistook Saints players for some others who used to be big during the Cold War era.

Its around every area though tbh.

And I doubt Flannery and Eastmond had it, as both were only out for one week so unless it was caught very early and treated or they were very lucky to both get mild cases!

Flannery only played for 20 minutes at the Stoop, didn't he? It's reported on the Saints website somewhere that he couldn't manage any more than that. He had lost weight apparently as a result of his illness.

it's no secret its in the area, and other clubs like bradford have admitted it. The only reason i can think of for hiding it is that the team could be quarantined which would be bad news all round

I really don't understand the hysteria around swine flu. All the medics are consistently saying that it is mild. It's now been in this country for a few months yet it's only managed to kill 29 people, only one of which had no underlying health problem, and yet 'ordinary' seasonal flu kills 3000 to 4000 people in this country every year but where is the hysteria about that?

It's just plain stupid.

Rant over.

Why would they have to do that when it has been said many a time that it is now the case that if you have been in contact with someone with swine flu as long as you are asymptomatic you don't have to be quarantined and you can go around your day to day life as normal.

The hysteria comes from the fact that it will kill a lot of people as it's very easily passed around. Sure the number of seriously ill people is low, but if they don't encourage people to keep a lid on it a lot more catch it and a few more sadly die.

There is also the spectre of armageddon flu where someone with one strain catches another and the virus mutates and kills millions (Don't laugh it happens).

If a player had it wouldn't the employers be liable for duty of care for other employee's and public? so I could see a complete lock down happening.

It's already whizzing around the country. This area seems to have been largely untouched until recently. But it only lasts about a week, the vulnerable people being those with underlying lung conditions and also young children (the elderly are not vulnerable because it appears to have similar features to the Asian flu of the 1950s and many elderly people caught that so have some immunity). It's no worse or better than regular flu, which is passed around in exactly the same way as swine flu - through sneezes and coughs and people's lack of hygiene.


Not laughing. The mutation is a feature of viruses which has everyone nervous but there are no signs as yet and until or unless there are such signs then I say it's a load of hysterical hype over nothing very much. Had it been killing hundreds as it went through in some kind of plague like fashion then I'd be the first one to give up work and stay indoors! No sign of that though. Just a nasty virus for a week. So, what's new?

Talk about over the top reaction!!

Anyone with symptoms goes into quarantine and understandably until they are symptom free but there is no reason everyone else shouldn't go about daily life like normal. If we start shutting places and going for a lock down approach because a couple of people have swine flu then the whole country will come to a standstill.

Excuse me! but I'm quoting from a doctor on Radio 2 on Friday luv.
As an employer if you are proven to have ignored the well being of employee's and the public you are leaving yourself wide open.

Strange as when I myself and others I know where diagnosed we were all told that we were the only ones who had to take any sort of quarantine action and that work places - other than obviously accepting sickness until fit to return - didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary.

I know a lot of places have started providing hand gels and promoting the "catch it, kill it, bin it" and vigilance but they certainly don't have to go into lock down just because someone with swine flu has been in.