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<blockquote data-quote="Audrey" data-source="post: 308741" data-attributes="member: 8114"><p>Um...I'll step in here a bit. I'm a nurse and the "contagious" question is one I answered for years while "on call" for the docs after hours. Particularly flu season.</p><p> </p><p>Swine flu (and any flu or contagious VIRAL illness) is contagious as long as there are symptoms or fever. </p><p> </p><p>Any BACTERIAL illness is contagious until 24 hours after antibiotics have started and fever (if any) is gone 24 hours.</p><p> </p><p>Frankly, the Swine Flu is no different than any other flu, we just don't have a vaccine for it. We don't have a vaccine for ANY flu until the year after it starts most of the time, so I think we're doing pretty good right now with the vaccines already on the market <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>Maybe doctor has been sick for a week and tomorrow's the cutoff! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Audrey, post: 308741, member: 8114"] Um...I'll step in here a bit. I'm a nurse and the "contagious" question is one I answered for years while "on call" for the docs after hours. Particularly flu season. Swine flu (and any flu or contagious VIRAL illness) is contagious as long as there are symptoms or fever. Any BACTERIAL illness is contagious until 24 hours after antibiotics have started and fever (if any) is gone 24 hours. Frankly, the Swine Flu is no different than any other flu, we just don't have a vaccine for it. We don't have a vaccine for ANY flu until the year after it starts most of the time, so I think we're doing pretty good right now with the vaccines already on the market :) Maybe doctor has been sick for a week and tomorrow's the cutoff! :) [/QUOTE]
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