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Does your family have the swine flu?

October 15th, 2009, 12:49 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Marla Jo Fisher, Staff Writer

Do you wonder if someone in your family has the swine flu? Are they starting to oink or growing a curly tail?

OK, that was a joke. The American Pork Council really, really wants you to know that this flu doesn’t come from swine!

But, seriously, would you like to know how to tell if the H1N1 virus has penetrated your defenses and entered the perimeter of your house?

Sometimes it can be a little confusing to tell if it’s the flu or something else.

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Here is a helpful online test to tell if it’s the swine, er, H1N1 flu.

At the end, you can agree to let the program report its findings, or keep it private.

I found this useful. I hope you do, too. It’s from Emory University in Atlanta.

Click here to go to H1N1 flu (swine flu) self-assessment website.

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 3 Comments

  • Martha says:

    Thanks for that Marla, because it’s unlikely we can tell between flu and swine flu very easily, but so important for treatment!

  • Julie Scott says:

    Ugh. Everyone is sick in our family, but no one has swine flu per the website. ;)

    Thanks for the tip!

  • Jan Bay says:

    I can never remember a year when everyone was sick so early in the year. Is it the swine flu? Who knows! From what I’ve heard you could be over it before they know for sure.