This combines with today's report that sensible drinking limits are being ignored. Which begs the question - which is more dangerous? Binge drinking or Swine Flu?
Certainly when it comes to driving the evidence is clear - it is more dangerous to drive while suffering from flu than when drunk. However - this is not justification for drink-driving - rather it is a warning that one should not try to "make it in" like some kind of martyr.
If you reckon you've got flu, stay at home. If you're more dangerous than some bridge-playing town councillor who's overdone the Pinot Noir, you shouldn't be in your car, no matter how heroic you feel. Don't come to the Community "because I didn't want to let anyone down".
And don't attend Pouring Out of Beakers if you're infected. I know we have a small hard-line group of fundamentalists who believe that if you're taking part in a religious ceremony you're immune from disease - but don't. Just don't take any notice of them. These people are living in a make-believe world. Let's face it, this community has another bunch of fundamentalists who believe there's a gibbon living on the moon.
Many people swear by whisky as a cure for flu. I can't help reflecting that, if this were really the case, the NHS wouldn't be going to all that trouble to develop vaccines and lay in Tamiflu. The Government would instead be stock-piling Famous Grouse and primary schools would be issued with Laphraoig (it smells like TCP so it would just fit much better in a school environment). None of these things have happened, so let's assume that it's not true.
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