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ThatBritGuy: which would still make H1N1 much less dangerous than a typical annual flu round.

That is good news for me!  I've had a flu since Monday and now it is pretty full blown.  I just called the U.S. Center for Disease Control to see if and when I should go get it checked out.  They told me that they have run out of the H1N1 test, but that I should go get a prescription for tamiflu.  Problem is, it's been more than 48 hours since symptoms kicked in, so tamiflu won't help at this point.

Since I hardly go out these days, the only place I can think I caught it was at the zoo last Saturday where there were lots of people.

In any case, I'm having my father go to the clinic to get a prescription for tamiflu, since he is not showing any symptoms of it, but better to minimize any chance that he contracts it from me.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 08:51:02 AM EST
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Get some stock Vitamin D. It's been proven (as described in a SciAm feature) to calm the immune system and make a cytokine storm much less likely.

I take silly amounts of Ester C, especially when I'm feeling very tired and run down, and its ability to minimise or eliminate symptoms remains impressive.

But really, so far with this strain all of the data suggests that the chances of life-threatening reactions are incredibly tiny, and much lower than other everyday dangers.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 09:18:12 AM EST
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Thanks for the tip.  Will "Calcium Plus Vitamin D" work?

Yeah, I'm not too worried about this flu getting out of hand in my case (though last night I had a pretty bad fever).  But I am worried about giving this to my father.  He is 68, gets very sick whenever he catches anything, and he has a long awaited and planned for vacation coming up in July, which would be horrible to spoil with the flu.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 09:54:14 AM EST
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Zinc would be better than Calcium. Take the chelated form, it's easier to metabolise.

A useful dose for Vit D is 10-25ug/day. It's almost impossible to overdose on D - you'd need to eat an entire 90 capsule pack every day for a couple of months - so this is a safe basic intake.

You could try if you have symptoms and they're showing signs of getting serious.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 12:10:08 PM EST
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ThatBritGuy:
I take silly amounts of Ester C,

how much, several grams per day?

it is a great infection fighter.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 11:18:16 AM EST
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At least 2g every day, but sometimes more. When run down or on the edge of developing something unpleasant it's up to 1g/hr.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 12:05:59 PM EST
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now that's what i call a power user!

linus pauling is surely proud of you.

wonderful stuff, if only it were used as generously as antibiotics..

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 05:19:42 PM EST
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