Tamiflu is an antibiotic used for treating people with swine flue. It is not a vaccine against swine flu. As a matter of fact, the antibiotics act in a way quite opposite to action of vaccines. While antibiotic help to fight and overcome an existing infection in the body, the vaccine acts by actually introducing an infection in the body. The infection is such that it is not harmful, but it is in some ways similar to the infection against which it provides immunity. The principle of vaccine is that once you get infection of one type the body develops resistance to that type and some other similar type of infection.
We now discuss the need for you to take swine flu infection. If you have already been infected with swine flu once, it is as good as being vaccinated against swine flu. There will be no conflict between the tamiflu you have already taken, and the swine flu vaccine you take in future. It is just that you have already developed the immunity from swine flu. I believe the swine flu will not have any effect on you, good or harmful. However it is a wise policy to avoid unnecessary medication.
If you school or other authorities insist that you get vaccinated, you can consult the doctor who treated you for swine flu, and if necessary, obtain a suitable certificate that you don't need to be vaccinated against swine flu.
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