Swine flu takes no prisoners, not even the wizard students of Hogwarts can escape the pig virus as witnessed by the recent swine flu contraction of Rupert Grint who plays Harry Potters best friend side-kick, Ron Weasley.
Fortunately for the young wizard it was a mild infection and he didn't need to call on his buddy for any hokus-pokus magic potions, indeed he recovered in time to attend the Premiere of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.
Rupert's case was a classic example of getting a quick diagnosis and early treatment which enabled him to return to the film-set with minimum disruption.
The UK is in fact experiencing a surge in diagnosed cases of swine flu, the last count was approaching 8000 cases - and worse, if not kept in check by the UK authorities escalation has been estimated at more than 100,000 cases by August end.
"Wizard Weasley" was extremely lucky, reports of him suffering some nausea and a mild sore throat bodes well for early detection. Some people however are not so fortunate with an already rising death toll.
In actual fact, according to the Guardian, Britain's worst case scenario is a death toll of 65,000. Further, according to Britain's Chief Medical Officer an expected fatality of 3,100 due to contracting swine flu is real.
The message for everyone then is crystal clear. At the first moment of suspected symptoms get your butt to the doctor as experience as shown, early detection increase dramatically the possibility of survival with no ill effects.
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