Swine Flu

I'm at a small-ish university where there has been an "outbreak" of swine flu. Not that many people have it- but I can more than a handful of cases, just off the top of my head.

My housemate is super sick right now- extremely achy body, coughing, runny nose, nautious, etc. Flu symptoms. I asked her politely if she would get tested, and she refuses.

What should I do? Am I overreacting?

Original Post by elfkittie22:

I work at a lab where we do testing for H1N1 so let me give you some advice.

Getting tested for it is POINTLESS at this stage. It does NOT change the way the flu is treated. Who cares what kind of flu you have? You treat it the same way: fluids, rest, ibuprofen.

As kriklaf said, testing is soon going to stop. We're completely overwhelmed with samples. No more testing at our facility (as of the 23rd I believe) unless the patient is hospitalized with life-threatening complications.

Secondly: IT'S THE FLU. STOP FREAKING OUT. An otherwise healthy person is not going to get the flu and drop dead the next day. You feel like crap for a week or so and then you're fine. They're predicting less deaths from this type of flu than occur EVERY YEAR for the "regular flu."

Sorry if I seemed snarky, but I am REALLY sick of everyone panicking about this. I am on the phone half the day with people answering questions about it.

 This. Thank you elfkittie for articulating what I have been thinking for months. I work in HR for a fairly large company and have been dealing with people freaking out as well (although I'm sure not to the extent you have). Thank you for being the voice of reason.