I wanted a bit more confirmation on that, and on whether we had to report officially or anything, so I called Telehealth. Here's what I found out.
- They're not doing routine testing of everyone reporting "flu", according to the nurse, just those who go to the hospital. That said, here's the stats from PHAC for the week ending November 7 (Canada-wide): "A total of 8,054 specimens tested positive for influenza this week (all A except 2 B) and 99.8% of the positive influenza A subtyped specimens were Pandemic (H1N1) 2009." (So it's as near as dammit, as my dad would say.) - Anyone who has flu symptoms should treat it as if it's H1N1, get medical help if it gets worse and, when recovered, get the H1N1 vaccine (when it gets released to the rest of the population... eventually...). - Tamiflu can help if it's administered within 48 hours, but they're not recommending "routine" use of it. Basically, it's to be used if someone's already very sick or at high risk of complications, but the last thing they want is for H1N1 to develop resistance
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- They're not doing routine testing of everyone reporting "flu", according to the nurse, just those who go to the hospital. That said, here's the stats from PHAC for the week ending November 7 (Canada-wide): "A total of 8,054 specimens tested positive for influenza this week (all A except 2 B) and 99.8% of the positive influenza A subtyped specimens were Pandemic (H1N1) 2009." (So it's as near as dammit, as my dad would say.)
- Anyone who has flu symptoms should treat it as if it's H1N1, get medical help if it gets worse and, when recovered, get the H1N1 vaccine (when it gets released to the rest of the population... eventually...).
- Tamiflu can help if it's administered within 48 hours, but they're not recommending "routine" use of it. Basically, it's to be used if someone's already very sick or at high risk of complications, but the last thing they want is for H1N1 to develop resistance ( ... )
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