re: Does tamiflu work as a preventative?

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Did she say why she wouldn't swab? It's pretty common this time of year to occasionally run out of flu swabs due to the volume of potential flu patients they get.

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The flu test isn't all that sensitive (false negatives aren't rare), and she had already made up her mind to treat regardless of what the test was. It's a case of adherence to one of the cardinal rules of practice- never order a test that won't change your management.