https://www.omaniaa.co/blog.php?u=123471793 سبلة عمان,سبلة,السبلة,السبلة العمانية,سبلة العرب,عمان,سلطنة عمان,سوق,سوق عمان,سياسة عمان ar Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:52:07 GMT vBulletin 60 https://www.omaniaa.co/newimg/misc/rss.jpg https://www.omaniaa.co/blog.php?u=123471793 https://www.omaniaa.co/entry.php?b=98680 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:30:30 GMT Reports have emerged of people intentionally mixing with friends who have flu. Their reasoning is that it is best to be infected before the winter... Reports have emerged of people intentionally mixing with friends who have flu.
Their reasoning is that it is best to be infected before the winter when the virus could become more deadly.
But public health expert Dr Richard Jarvis said such behaviour could undermine the fight against swine flu.
He also stressed while it was a mild flu, people would still be putting their health and the health of their children at risk.
Dr Jarvis, chairman of the British Medical Association's public health committee, has been working for the Health protection Agency in the north west to help test, diagnose and treat people who have got swine flu.
He said: "I have heard of reports of people throwing swine flu parties.
"I don't think it is a good idea. I would not want it myself.
"It is quite a mild virus, but people still get ill and there is a risk of mortality."
Health service pressure
Dr Jarvis, who was speaking in his BMA capacity at the union's conference in Liverpool, admitted getting the virus now was likely to give people immunity even if it mutated slightly to become more virulent.
But he added that if people actively sought to get flu, health services may not be able to act in the same way as they are doing now. ]]> kippingbrea https://www.omaniaa.co/entry.php?b=98680