Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[riser4]

Ok, I have been converted into a covid denier. Everybody knows that Disney Paris isn't real:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/media...own/index.html

[jono]

The same reason you wear a mask in public: because it could help stop the spread of a rampant virus. This year's flu season may be very mild, or it may not be.

That is it this year. It wouldn't surprise me if the societal cost of the flu this year is less than all costs of vaccination. Likelihood of exposure should be a century low given recent infection rates and probable social distancing through most (maybe all) of the flu season. (Should be--obviously not a certainty.) These are the conditions where the rational/selfish argument against vaccines starts to entice a few people.

[uglymoney]

You used to get actual flu (not a bad cold) every year? Did you do a lot of plane travel or something?

I had a bad flu almost 30 yrs ago after a shitty long flight. I lost ten pounds (I’m pretty lean to begin with) and it took two months to be full strength for climbing mtns etc.

The actual flu, weakness achiness super tired and screaming upper respiratory. But not 10 pounds lost bad.

I think the flu is kind of like covids. Some people like me get the hammer and others barely notice. But they still get it. So my experience with my bodies reaction to flu makes me extremely wary of the covids. It could be people who suffer less from the flu are less worried about c19.

?

Or not.

Just thinking out loud after OG's comment.

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[XXX-er]

I got stuck for the flu a couple weeks ago, It strikes me that it might be good to get the flu shot to skip getting the flu

so not have to deal with Flu & covid at the same time ... could be life or death ?

they are giving it free up here for almost any reason

[The AD]

I would also suggest that not having had the flu before (despite never getting a shot) is probably pure luck and that luck is likely to run out sometime.

[evdog]

Interesting article

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scien...-19-180976122/

Interesting for sure. Wonder what the trend is with autopsies in other countries where profit is not the bottom line on healthcare.

[Zeedashbo]

felt like getting a test after hanging with friends last weekend. No symptoms or anything but if its free I might as well. King county rocks.

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[The AD]

^ Is that the old emissions test station on Aurora just north of Home Depot?

[Toadman]

Seems like the right thread, no need to create another.

Talk me in or out of a flu shot. I'm completely open minded on the subject and have never had one, or the flu (besides the 'rona).

Well, if you never needed one, don't get one. Wait until you get the flu and need it, then get the shot. Same for the COVID, or any other infectious disease. Preventative medicine is way over rated.

[XXX-er]

The point of a ful shot is to prevent the flu, they told me flu shot takes 2 weeks to kick in so if you wait till you got the flu to get a flu shot its too late,

other than telling you its time to quarantine, there isnt any point in getting a covid test unless you got the symptoms, just a waste of time & resources

[altasnob]

^ Is that the old emissions test station on Aurora just north of Home Depot?

Looks like it. And since you are no longer required to get an emissions test on your vehicle, they have to do something useful with all those state owned emissions testing sites.

[simple]

Sarcasm doesn't work the same online. Use italics or /s

Idiots

/s

[dan_pdx]

I got the flu once in my life, when I was 20, and it knocked me on my ass. I was basically bedridden for 3-4 days, only getting up to use the bathroom and sleeping most of the day. If it can do that to a healthy 20-year old, I really don't want to get it again, now that I'm...let's just say not 20 anymore. Free flu shot for prevention? Why not? I wear my seat belt even though I've never crashed my car.

[TG]

https://twitter.com/laurie_garrett/s...27987847139329

I've said it before, but it bears repeating. There is one place in the world where a map of #COVID19 cases & deaths reveals a straight line, with a huge amount of disease on one side, very little on the other.
Where? The 3000+ mile border US/#Canada
It's stark.

[SoVT Joey]

felt like getting a test after hanging with friends last weekend. No symptoms or anything but if its free I might as well. King county rocks.

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Sounds like a stellar use of resources.


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[Toadman]

Sarcasm doesn't work the same online. Use italics or /s

Idiots

/s

It's more of an art form than a science. And science is definitely a waste of time and money.

[The Tortoise]

https://twitter.com/laurie_garrett/s...27987847139329

This is a huge misrepresentation.

That map only gives the total per province in Canada vs by county in the US.

For sure the infection rate is lower in Canada than most parts of the US, but right now it's not at dramatic as most of us Canadians would like to believe.

[simple]

It's more of an art form than a science. And science is definitely a waste of time and money.

Sarcasm is humor for lazy people. Not an art form

[riser4]

Sarcasm is humor for lazy people. Not an art form

You shut your whore mouth.

[jono]

This is a huge misrepresentation.

That map only gives the total per province in Canada vs by county in the US.

For sure the infection rate is lower in Canada than most parts of the US, but right now it's not at dramatic as most of us Canadians would like to believe.

Thank you. I was kinda curious how Canada managed to move everyone away from the border so well.

[uglymoney]

Sounds like a stellar use of resources.


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Negative nose swab selfie. It has beat out the dick pic pm as the best way to get lucky on tinder.

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[ex-powderbroker]

This is a huge misrepresentation.

That map only gives the total per province in Canada vs by county in the US.

For sure the infection rate is lower in Canada than most parts of the US, but right now it's not at dramatic as most of us Canadians would like to believe.

700 deaths per million in America
200 deaths per million in America’s hat


the map misrepresents the situation but the body count does not.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Medical professionals are recommending you quarantine for up to two weeks of you come down with flu like symptoms. So if you don't want to be stuck in your house for a week or two (again) get the flu shot.

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[KQ]

^ Is that the old emissions test station on Aurora just north of Home Depot?

so great that they have repurposed those but a bummer a pandemic brought it about.

I got the flu once in my life, when I was 20, and it knocked me on my ass. I was basically bedridden for 3-4 days, only getting up to use the bathroom and sleeping most of the day. If it can do that to a healthy 20-year old, I really don't want to get it again, now that I'm...let's just say not 20 anymore. Free flu shot for prevention? Why not? I wear my seat belt even though I've never crashed my car.

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Remember all you flu shot fence sitters: It take about 2 weeks for immunity to build so the longer you delay the deeper you are into flu season. Conversely if you get it too early immunity will wane when you need it most. Sweet spot for the northern hemisphere is between early September and late October.

[m2711c]

virus showing a steady increase in many major wintersports markets.....

https://www.saminfo.com/images/COVID...ing_102520.pdf











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