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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2210502, member: 1764"] Bingo. As I hinted at in my last post, the biggest advantage we have is that we have freely available health care. In the case of a flu epidemic, the government makes tamiflu available free or at least greatly subsidised. It's prohibitively expensive for most people at normal times (about $40 a pop I think) and given it only reduces symptoms it's usually not worth it. Its primary aim is to prevent spreading. Compare with third world countries and "user pays" health systems like the US, if you get the flu you're on your own...and the real risk once you do have it is not resting, keeping fluids up etc. That hurts your body's ability to fight it, which can lead to dangerous complications (pneumonia etc). That's how healthy, strong people die from the flu. [/QUOTE]

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