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It is a different virus Kennedyflair. The normal seasonal flu vaccine doesn't work against this one although that virus changes every year which is why a new batch of vaccine always has to be produced. Swine Flu has behaved differently and has spread in a more aggressive way to cause a world-wide pandemic. Although it is usually quite mild it appears to cause very severe illness occasionally in some groups of people who are not normally at significant risk with flu, healthy young adults, young children and pregnant women whose immune response is weaker than normal.

How do you know whether you had it? One can't be certain. When everyone with a temperature of 38 C or more and flu symptoms was tested at the start of the epidemic, the majority tested -ve. So one just assumes it may be Swine flu if the temperature is at least that high and there are other flu symptoms but one can't be sure.
Children frequently get vague symptoms and a temperature as infections are very common in that group and one can't assume they have flu and we are now also coming into the normal flu season.
One just has to take normal precautions not to spread it around, stay home and take Paracetamol and have lots to drink unless it gets bad. The other problem is that not everyone needs anti-viral medication and may have side effects from it but if it is used it needs to be in the first few days or it doesn't work.

We are really all still a bit in the dark as to what is best to do.

I'm pleased you are now over it and I wish Scarlett better.