The man stays home from work again the next day, claiming to have the flu.
The idea is that people can immediately find out whether they have the flu or have no illness at all.
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Margaret Duchez, 94, did not have the flu, but remembers that in 1918 her grandmother locked the door so that she couldn't go outside during the pandemic.
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And so, what we're saying is that if you have the flu, you stay home for seven days, and add one day on after your symptoms have gone away.
It is important to mention that individuals that already have the flu who then become more ill during the duration of the illness, (difficulty breathing, or shortness of breath) need to seek medical attention immediately in an emergency department, as the risk of secondary pneumonia rises with an abrupt deterioration of your condition.
The catch, Canadian officials say, is that the animals may have caught the flu from a human.
On Saturday, the virus strain was found in a herd of swine in Alberta, Canada, and the animals may have caught the flu from a farmer who recently returned from a trip to Mexico.
It takes about 2 weeks to build up immunity (antibodies) to influenza after you have had the flu shot.
That means that of every 10 people who would have gotten the flu without the shot, three or four still will.
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Even though it only prevents six out of 10 people who would have gotten the flu from getting sick, it still dramatically slows the spread of the virus and drops your chances of getting ill.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have also launched The Flu Survey, which has recruited volunteers from 10 European countries to report symptoms and provide weekly updates of the spread of flu across the continent.
Acting CDC Director Richard Besser, also speaking on "State of the Union, " said U.S. health officials are examining whether people who received flu shots for the swine flu in 1976 may have some level of protection from the current swine flu.
In Rochester, 225 people have been hospitalized for the flu this season, and eight have died.
Nationally, 20 children have died from the flu this season, the CDC has reported.
Many people, especially young people, have been spared the flu this season because of the flu shot.
So far, 64 children have died from the flu this season, a number still lower than 153 reported in the 2003-04 season.
So far just 40% of expectant mums in Northern Ireland have received the swine flu vaccine and the BBC understands there are currently several cases of pregnant women being treated in local intensive care units.
But in the equity markets, tourism and aviation stocks have ignored fears that the flu could impede travel.
Three players at the club have been recovering from the swine flu virus.
The organism Ignacio Cirac and Oriol Romero-Isart have in mind is the flu virus.
It has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience spending time with the world number one and her closest family and friends in Guadalajara, but the concerns over the flu virus have certainly put an uncomfortable edge on the past few days.
Rightly or wrongly, many seem to believe that officials have understated the number of people who have gone down with flu (which might be an alternative explanation for the seemingly high death rate).
Most times, they already have health problems that the flu makes worse, he said.
Peterson isn't against all vaccines -- she and her daughters have already gotten the seasonal flu vaccine, for example.
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Nearly 3, 900 people, including about 540 children, are believed to have died from the H1N1 flu in the first six months of the epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Although it's not known for sure how much benefit a surgical mask has in preventing the transmission of swine flu, people who have the illness may consider wearing one as a way to reduce the amount they cough and sneeze onto others, said Dr. Arthur Reingold, head of the epidemiology division at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.
Theatres have closed down for ten days, the first time they have all gone dark since 1918 when Spanish flu swept the world.
Prior to this death, the PHA said that the youngest person to have died from swine flu was a child and the oldest was 67.
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