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morethanpretty · 01-06-2013, 07:50 AM

Oh poor Zen. I hope its nothing more than a cold. My coworkers have been dropping like flies and running 102+ fevers.

glatt · 01-06-2013, 08:37 AM

My wife's been in bed for the last 2 days and today looks like it will be another one. 103 fever last night. At this point, I'm thinking it's the flu. I'm sleeping on the floor in my sons room, which is not very comfortable. Really hope the rest of us don't get sick. It's a nasty one.

*washes hands again*

Pete Zicato · 01-06-2013, 02:34 PM

I read recently that the flu pandemic of 1918 killed more people than the Black Plague.

footfootfoot · 01-06-2013, 03:27 PM

Well there were more people to kill in 1918.

DanaC · 01-06-2013, 06:17 PM

Not to mention a more mobile and interconnected world.

ZenGum · 01-06-2013, 07:07 PM

... that was already stressed by WWI ...

The flu kills several hundred thousand people per year every year.

orthodoc · 01-07-2013, 08:48 AM

We're just a mutation away from another 1918 'flu pandemic.
Get your 'flu shots (every year)!

glatt · 01-07-2013, 09:10 AM

Should you get a flu shot if you currently have a cold? Or does that risk screwing up your immune system?

I was at a scout leadership meeting last night, and out of 10 adults, 3 of them were just getting over the flu, and one was absent because she and her only child both had the flu. It's dropping folks like flies here in Arlington. 3-4 days in bed before being well enough to be shuffling weakly around. My wife is finally among the living and is talking about possibly taking a shower today after 3 days in bed.

I'm a bit nervous about getting this flu, but have lingering cold symptoms from a cold I got about a week ago. Is it dumb to be looking for a shot right now?

jimhelm · 01-07-2013, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I have a cold.

It is hot.

This is no longer funny.

Would you feel better if it was called a 'hot' when you caught one in the summer?

footfootfoot · 01-07-2013, 01:50 PM

I'm not fully sold on flu shots. I am a firm believer in avoiding the food at hippy pot lucks and any type of event where your snotty nosed kids are grabbing food after eating the boogers from their fingers. That's my #1 prescription for health.

jimhelm · 01-07-2013, 01:51 PM

Just wash your hands and avoid being infirm, very young or elderly.

footfootfoot · 01-07-2013, 01:56 PM

And I never leave my plastic bubble.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_(1995_film)

Pete Zicato · 01-07-2013, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

Just wash your hands and avoid being infirm, very young or elderly.

And don't touch your eyes or your nose if you haven't just washed your hands.

glatt · 01-07-2013, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm not fully sold on flu shots.

I was doing them religiously at work for years because they are free, but then I hardened my heart against them. Now I'm wondering about the wisdom of that.

This is what my commute is like twice a day:
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Don't know if that makes me healthier or less healthy. My immune system is exposed to a lot.

ZenGum · 01-07-2013, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm not fully sold on flu shots. I am a firm believer in avoiding the food at hippy pot lucks ...

Yeah, um, I did just get back from a week long hippy festival out in the bush. Now, I specifically didn't go to the kissing workshop, but I did [mumble, cough, mumble] with a woman who did. She's fine, flu-wise, now. Then there was new years eve/night in the chai tent...

01-06-2013, 07:50 AM	#4756
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Oh poor Zen. I hope its nothing more than a cold. My coworkers have been dropping like flies and running 102+ fevers. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

01-06-2013, 02:34 PM	#4758
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I read recently that the flu pandemic of 1918 killed more people than the Black Plague. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-06-2013, 03:27 PM	#4759
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Well there were more people to kill in 1918. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-06-2013, 07:07 PM	#4761
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	... that was already stressed by WWI ... The flu kills several hundred thousand people per year every year. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-07-2013, 08:48 AM	#4762
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	We're just a mutation away from another 1918 'flu pandemic. Get your 'flu shots (every year)! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-06-2013, 08:37 AM	#4757
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife's been in bed for the last 2 days and today looks like it will be another one. 103 fever last night. At this point, I'm thinking it's the flu. I'm sleeping on the floor in my sons room, which is not very comfortable. Really hope the rest of us don't get sick. It's a nasty one. washes hands again

01-07-2013, 09:10 AM	#4763
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Should you get a flu shot if you currently have a cold? Or does that risk screwing up your immune system? I was at a scout leadership meeting last night, and out of 10 adults, 3 of them were just getting over the flu, and one was absent because she and her only child both had the flu. It's dropping folks like flies here in Arlington. 3-4 days in bed before being well enough to be shuffling weakly around. My wife is finally among the living and is talking about possibly taking a shower today after 3 days in bed. I'm a bit nervous about getting this flu, but have lingering cold symptoms from a cold I got about a week ago. Is it dumb to be looking for a shot right now?

01-07-2013, 01:50 PM	#4765
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm not fully sold on flu shots. I am a firm believer in avoiding the food at hippy pot lucks and any type of event where your snotty nosed kids are grabbing food after eating the boogers from their fingers. That's my #1 prescription for health. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-07-2013, 01:51 PM	#4766
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Just wash your hands and avoid being infirm, very young or elderly. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-07-2013, 01:56 PM	#4767
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	And I never leave my plastic bubble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_(1995_film) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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