a number of stories<\/a>, but obviously they’re all geared towards having a dig at Labour .<\/p>\nYesterday, the news included advice for pregnant women to avoid situations where they might increase their chances of getting Swine Flu . Commonsense would suggest that pregnant women should avoid any situation whereby they might contract a potentially nasty illness – colds, normal flu, anything. So the news yesterday was just reminding people who might not be all that bright in the first place to be just a little bit careful. This is exactly what the Health Secretary has said: be careful, just as you would anyway.<\/p>\n
All of this is because a woman – one woman – died from the illness shortly after childbirth (at a time when she was vulnerable to such infections and their effect on the body).<\/p>\n
Of course, saying nothing at all would have had the journos at the Daily Mail crying for blood. Labour blood. And saying something<\/em> has had exactly the same effect. No surprise there, then.<\/p>\nThere’s a photo in the online story linked to above: people at Gatwick all wearing face masks (I seem to remember some other such stunt during the last Armageddon ( Bird Flu )). Talk about stirring up fear deliberately.<\/p>\n
Of course, politicians don’t help themselves. One cannot help but wonder at the mental state of someone who would declare that Swine Flu is a ‘bigger threat than terrorism ‘, as the Home Secretary said yesterday.<\/p>\n
It isn’t. Swine Flu is just flu. It’s no big deal – well, no bigger than normal flu. If you get it, you feel ill – like with flu. Some people can die, just like with flu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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