To be fair blanket vaccination in this country isn't the ideal solution, we are just more likely to manage that sooner than the ideal solution.
Ideally there should be blanket vaccination in Hong Kong, China and a couple of other area's of the far east which is where the vast majority of strains originate from. There should also then be a mandatory vaccination certificate needed for entry into those countries (like the Yellow Fever scheme). This would cut down the world wide incidence of 'Flu by some large significant percentage. There would then only be the occasional oddity to deal with.
Oh and because lj user="chrestomany"> said this: The Gibbon's flu is also not recorded by the BMJ, and The Gibbon doubts the other 4 people in the office who caught it (and gave it to The Gibbon, who incidentally may have passed it on to you) contacted relevant health authorities either.
I would also like to say that the strain variation of 'Flu happens on a fairly longterm basis so long as a couple of people in that oubreak overall have been tested the strain will have been registered.
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Re: Vaccines..
Date: 2003-02-26 03:49 am (UTC)Ideally there should be blanket vaccination in Hong Kong, China and a couple of other area's of the far east which is where the vast majority of strains originate from. There should also then be a mandatory vaccination certificate needed for entry into those countries (like the Yellow Fever scheme). This would cut down the world wide incidence of 'Flu by some large significant percentage. There would then only be the occasional oddity to deal with.
Oh and because lj user="chrestomany"> said this:
The Gibbon's flu is also not recorded by the BMJ, and The Gibbon doubts the other 4 people in the office who caught it (and gave it to The Gibbon, who incidentally may have passed it on to you) contacted relevant health authorities either.
I would also like to say that the strain variation of 'Flu happens on a fairly longterm basis so long as a couple of people in that oubreak overall have been tested the strain will have been registered.