Yes, lots of bad reports coming out of the UK...”the center does not hold.”
Australia had around a 40% absentee rate in the schools recently.
Do a search on vit D and Flu for some interesting reading.
UK’s first ‘fit’ swine-flu victim had agonising week-long battle before he died
By Jo Macfarlane
Last updated at 11:36 PM on 11th July 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199107/Week-long-battle-UKs-fit-swine-flu-victim.html?ITO=1490
The only Briton to die of swine flu and not to have underlying health problems fought for life for nine days.
He was admitted to Basildon Hospital in Essex on July 1 and was placed in isolation in the intensive care unit.
The man, who came from the local area, was understood to have been in full health before contracting the virus. Despite this, he lost his battle against the flu strain on Friday morning.
A hospital spokeswoman could not confirm whether he had been given Tamiflu.
Doctors concluded that he died of the H1N1 flu strain but the case has been referred to the coroner’s office for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death.
There have been 15 swine flu-related deaths so far in the UK but this latest case has raised fears that the strain is becoming more virulent.