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maybe, or perhaps it's the lack of winter here. 
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"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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I came down with the 'flu on December 23rd. It made for a very slim Christmas- no face stuffing for me. One of my New Year's resolutions is to eat more, now that I can taste and smell again.
Also I agree with Imran- 'flu is one of those ghastly things that affects so many different parts of the body at the same time- ear, nose and throat, joints, muscles, chest- and have all those people making light of 'flu forgotten the Spanish Influenza epidemic ?
Apparently so....Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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NO BODY expects the Spanish Influenza!“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Really? The symptoms you describe mean that I must have never had the flu in my life - in which case I clearly don't need a flu jab...Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
I've had some pretty ****ty colds, actually had a pesky one over Christmas myself, though nothing that would prevent me from dragging my ass to work. BUT, I do know better than to infect everyone else, so when I come down with something like that, I'm more than happy to pull a sicky...
"Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" LoinburgerComment
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Are you a doctor (of medicine)?Originally posted by I AM MOBIUS View Post
An epidemiologist ?
A virologist ?
If not, STFU.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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"I have escaped danger thus far; ergo, there is no danger." Is that about the shape of things here?Comment
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More like "It's only snowed twice in recorded history in this city, so I think I'll take the risk of not getting snow tires".Indifference is BlissComment
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That kind of grossly underestimates the overall likelihood of getting the flu. If you've never gotten the flu, and you live in a place where the flu is a thing (which Wales is), then you're probably just lucky.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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No, Wales is most definitely a land that gets its fair share of flu...
What I'm saying is that of course I've had flu and sometimes I've felt pretty ****ty, but I look after myself and if the symptoms I get is all flu's got then clearly I don' need no steenkeeng flu jabs...
Come on guys, hardly anyone here is in their sixties - most of you shouldn't even need a flu jab!
There are side effects, you know:
Not to mention Anaphylaxis in very rare cases - and that is ****ing serious!You may experience soreness and/or swelling in your arm at the injection site after getting a flu jab. Some people have cold-like symptoms, including a mild fever, sniffles, headache, runny nose, sore throat, cough and muscle aches for a day or two after getting the flu jab.
Seriously, why go to the trouble of abusing medicine if you don't need it...
"Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" LoinburgerComment
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Here's the story:
Between the time the flu vaccine was manufactured and now, one of the flu strains mutated. So that particular strain is not being covered very well by the flu vaccine. The other strains are covered just fine.
Get your flu vaccine."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
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And at the same time keep Guy in a job...
"Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" LoinburgerComment
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It's 35°C and ~60-65% humidity over hereOriginally posted by Guynemer View Post
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I was already in the clinic for my shoulder, the nurse says "oh we're offering flu shots for $5." It was not even out of my way. Considering that it protects me as well as the people around me, not getting it would make me (more of) an *******.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
MOBIUS should come up with less pathetic trolls.
Incidentally, Kuci got the flu this week. He didn't get his flu shot.
edit: my bad, actually I was in for my leg, not my shoulder. I had a bunch of crap wrong with me in the fall and it blurs together a little.Last edited by regexcellent; January 9, 2015, 18:46.Comment
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No, not getting the vaccine would encourage the spread of the disease, possibly to small children, which would keep Guy in a job. I don't believe the state of Ohio has yet been reduced to conscripting pediatricians to churn out vaccine. Or is "job" Welsh slang for "good temper"?Originally posted by I AM MOBIUS View PostAnd at the same time keep Guy in a job...Comment
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Wait... how many times do you have to go the ****ing clinic? Do you injure yourself often?Originally posted by regexcellent View Post“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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