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Added: Thursday, 22 October, 2009, 23:19 GMT 00:19 UK

Scaremonger tactics, thats all i can say, my grandad told me many things to watch out for from goverment and this is one of them, sorry people, but be careful to what you put into your own body.The Goverment do strange things to peoples minds.Thankyou grandad RIP you told me things before they even came about, how did he know?

Alan, London, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 24 September, 2009, 22:12 GMT 23:12 UK

goverment trying to scare people into taking a usuless vaccine that kills more than the flu does ,so can line there own pockets from the large pharma companys that fund them do not believe them ..dont take the vaccine

richard, Mansfield, UK, England,

Added: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 17:44 GMT 18:44 UK

I had swine flu a couple of weeks ago, and seasonal flu last February, and I can assure you the seasonal one was 10 times worse. I would bet a lot of people will have had swine flu without knowing. It is yet again, media scaremongering, and dare I say, the government using it to distract us from their incompetence.

James, London, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:53 GMT 23:53 UK

What is this country coming to? "The only thing we should fear is fear itself"? Well Jo public and hooray Henry Press seem to be scared witless by nothing more than a mild flu.

MIke, Lenzie, UK, Scotland,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:22 GMT 23:22 UK

if 2600 people are calling per second that means in 24 hours nearly a quarter of a billion will have called? Not bad for a population of 60 - 70 million!

David, Peterborough, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:19 GMT 23:19 UK

George Galloway said he thought the government has dealt with the swine flu pandemic 'very well' - how wide of the mark can he be? This system of obtaining the Tamiflu drug is an absolute farce. Any Tom, Dick or Harry claiming to have all the symptons will receive this drug without the blink of an eye. Of course, people are going to order it without really having flu to keep in the medicine cabinet, just in case. What an utter waste of taxpayer's hard-earned money. This Government is inept.

Sue, Ware, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:18 GMT 23:18 UK

While something clearly needs to be done to ease both peoples' fears and the pressure being put on the medical infrastructure, I do not think that a webform with a few simple questions which lead to an advised response is enough. Just to see what the NHS Direct tells us symptoms of swine flu are, I looked at the 'give us your symptoms' pages last week: I input my hayfever symptoms, and at the end of the questionnaire was told to call 999 for an ambulance........

Liz, Leeds, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:17 GMT 23:17 UK

Interesting that Mr Galloway comments on how unqualified people should not give medical advice, whilst telling people to just take paracetemol and go to bed.

Wan, Bedford, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:16 GMT 23:16 UK

It is very concerning I think that non-medical staff are manning the phones to give advice where swine flu is feared. They mean well but they are not doctors and as a result will not reassure any person worried that they may have swine flu. Any person worried that they may be suffering from swine flu needs to speak to a fully qualified doctor just in case they are suffering from a condition far more serious. This could well be the case which could be fatal if a wrong diagnosis was given.

Steve Fuller, Hove, UK, England,

Added: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 22:15 GMT 23:15 UK

It isn't the first time beaurocrats do doctors jobs, I have lost track of these petty minded people who have tried to overrule my doctors since I became disabled in 1998, they have made my life a misery by judging my condition without the benefit of a medical degree (please dont mention my name because I will have to endure yet more from these medical misfits)

Peter Summerscales, Halifax, UK, England,