Ryanair's cure for swine flu - take a strepsil
Originally published on businesstraveller.com 29/04/2009 - Filed under: News »
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary says that a potential swine flu pandemic will not affect short-haul flights around Europe this summer, and advises “a couple of strepsils” should be enough to combat the virus.
The outspoken O’Leary made the comments at a press conference this morning (April 28), adding that swine flu was “a tragedy only for people living... in slums in Asia or Mexico”.
O’Leary is also quoted as saying that the “a couple of strepsils” should be sufficient to cure the two Scottish travellers who have recently been diagnosed with swine flu. The newly-wed couple recently returned from a honeymoon in Cancun, where it is believed they contrated the virus.
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Report by Mark Caswell
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JimBannerman1 - 29/04/2009 19:22
Oh no, the NHS blacklisted Strepsils years ago when I was still young. We and the WRVS took turns at the time to buy them for the patients. Eventually we accepted they had no efficacy and moved on. Similar cures [for hangovers] like simple linctus and the proprietary cough mixtures had a similar fate.
ferrarihire - 02/05/2009 17:30
I noticed all the cold and flu tabelts were sold out in the supermarket yesterday!
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