Swine Flu

Seems like swine flu is spreading again in the new york. They are closing 3 schools even though CDC does not recommend closing them. Looks like swine flu is not bad as they thought. But it may turned into a very virulent /strong virus down the road. So far it is not bad. Initially CDC said doctors have to do FLU test. If the influenza A comes positive then we have to send specimen to the health department and they will do test for swine flu. As for yesterday they called doctors office back and said swine flu can be still positive even if the influenza A is positive for flu. This means even if the flu test is negative for Influenza you will never know whether the patient is positive for swine flu or not. They are asking the doctors to go ahead and give Tamiflu if the symptoms look like flu even if the flu test is negative. Basically the doctors can given tamiflu based on symptoms without doing flu test.