Comments on: Alt Meds and Swine Flu http://www.reactivereports.com/chemistry-blog/alt-meds-and-swine-flu.html Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How to Prevent Flu http://www.reactivereports.com/chemistry-blog/alt-meds-and-swine-flu.html/comment-page-1#comment-256 How to Prevent Flu Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:23:40 +0000 http://www.reactivereports.com/chemistry-blog/?p=85#comment-256 Is it better for a physician to recommend supplements or just plain old home remedies like gargling salt and getting enough sleep? Is it better for a physician to recommend supplements or just plain old home remedies like gargling salt and getting enough sleep?

]]> By: reactive http://www.reactivereports.com/chemistry-blog/alt-meds-and-swine-flu.html/comment-page-1#comment-62 reactive Thu, 07 May 2009 14:44:29 +0000 http://www.reactivereports.com/chemistry-blog/?p=85#comment-62 Fellow science writer Natasha Loder alerted me to the concept of flu parties a couple of weeks ago...you attend with people known to be infected and spread the viral love to help prime your immune system for the more virulent strains that may one day arrive. Today, she highlighted an article in the NYT on that very concept: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/americas/07party.html?hp Kat Arney then cracked the inevitable: "I went to NYC and all I got was crappy swineflu". Incidentally, it's pointless to call UK's NHSDirect health service about swine flu, all you'll get is crackling on the line...what a boar. Fellow science writer Natasha Loder alerted me to the concept of flu parties a couple of weeks ago…you attend with people known to be infected and spread the viral love to help prime your immune system for the more virulent strains that may one day arrive. Today, she highlighted an article in the NYT on that very concept:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/world/americas/07party.html?hp

Kat Arney then cracked the inevitable: “I went to NYC and all I got was crappy swineflu”.

Incidentally, it’s pointless to call UK’s NHSDirect health service about swine flu, all you’ll get is crackling on the line…what a boar.

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