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Posted by parakeet on Sat Jan 29th at 3:11am 2005

I have the flu. and i would like to know how many other snarkpitters have it as well. & what your symptoms were *dont get too grafic* = P
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Posted by Hugh on Sat Jan 29th at 3:15am 2005

Nay, I don't. Yay for flu shots.
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Posted by parakeet on Sat Jan 29th at 3:20am 2005

darn the american flushot shortage, maybe its just my area , but a LOT of people have the flu over here
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Posted by Bobv on Sat Jan 29th at 4:15am 2005

Hey what are you doing posting on the forums! What if you infect somebody!!

i mean.. uhh.. I hope you get well soon :o)






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Posted by diablo on Sat Jan 29th at 4:24am 2005

No flu here at the moment.



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Posted by satchmo on Sat Jan 29th at 5:35am 2005

I have just recently recovered from the flu. I work with sick kids all day, so it's no surprise when I came down with the flu. I did, however, get the flu shot, but this time it didn't seem to have helped me much.

I had the whole works: fever, chills, phlegmy cough, complete loss of olfaction (anosia). I probably felt worse than a poisonous zombie with four headcrabs on his head.

But I am finally better. There is no description for the joy when I recovered my normal bodily function again.
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Posted by $loth on Sat Jan 29th at 8:54am 2005

no! I am totally imune to thousands of varients and bugs.
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Posted by thesilence on Sat Jan 29th at 10:06am 2005

? posted by $loth
no! I am totally imune to thousands of varients and bugs.

Maybe so but there are still millions of bugs out there to catch - the probability of you getting a bug is still very high, unless your a health madness man! My mum is (not man ,women) and she never gets any colds or viruses!





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Posted by $loth on Sat Jan 29th at 10:47am 2005

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no! I am totally imune to thousands of varients and bugs.

Maybe so but there are still millions of bugs out there to catch - the probability of you getting a bug is still very high, unless your a health madness man! My mum is (not man ,women) and she never gets any colds or viruses!



Hehe, I was joking, and related to the actual question, I had a bit of a sore throat but thats about it
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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Sat Jan 29th at 10:53am 2005

I'm good so far but i'm like my mum in being able to fight bugs off before they manifest as anything more than a tickly throat etc. When they do get me though, it feels like the world is going to end!

I used to work in a doctor's practice too and only got ill once over a period of a year and a half. I've not had the flu vaccination as people tell me that once you've been given it, you get the flu...some ballsed up scientific way of fighting it off I suppose

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Posted by $loth on Sat Jan 29th at 11:32am 2005

? quote:
. I've not had the flu vaccination as people tell me that once you've been given it, you get the flu...some ballsed up scientific way of fighting it off I suppose



Yes... they inject the flu into you so that you become imune. Makes sense sorta.
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Posted by Andrei on Sat Jan 29th at 11:39am 2005

Well, usually it forces your body to generate antibodies which, theoretically, protect you.
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Posted by satchmo on Sat Jan 29th at 4:36pm 2005

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I've not had the flu vaccination as people tell me that once you've been given it, you get the flu


As a physician, I feel I have the authority to refute this statement completely. It's a misconception I have to clear up on a daily basis.

The flu vaccines are made from viral components. It does not contain live viruses. Consequently it's impossible to get the flu from the vaccine alone.

However, it can and does trigger an immune response from your body, and the resulting IL-1 and TNF (interleukin 1, tumor necrosis factor) released into your bloodstream by your own body can induce a slight fever. What happens most frequently is that when you wait in the doctor's office to get the flu shot, you'll actually end up catching the flu from other sick people in the waiting room. So in about two days after the doctor's visit, you'll end up with the infection.

It takes approximately two weeks for the immune response to be adequate after the vaccine, so if anyone catches the flu on the same day as the administration of the vaccine, he/she would not be protected.

Go get the flu shot. It's worth the trouble. I am still hacking up green loogies this morning.
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Posted by Monqui on Sat Jan 29th at 10:01pm 2005

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I'm good so far but i'm like my mum in being able to fight bugs off before they manifest as anything more than a tickly throat etc. When they do get me though, it feels like the world is going to end!
I used to work in a doctor's practice too and only got ill once over a period of a year and a half. I've not had the flu vaccination as people tell me that once you've been given it, you get the flu...some ballsed up scientific way of fighting it off I suppose


I'm pretty much like you, then. I occasionally get sore throats, but they usually aren't too bad. But, if I ever get sick, I get sick. Usually not in just the vomiting sense or anything, but in the being physically unable to get up from bed due to bouts of nausea and waves of pain. It's a blast. [addsig]



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Posted by Foxpup on Sun Jan 30th at 11:12pm 2005

I eat lemons. A long time ago, a guy called Edgar Cyace said citric acid kills the germs or something (I can't remember exactly). This may explain why my dishwashing liquid is 40% orange juice (interestingly, there is orange drink in my fridge that's 25% orange juice), and also way I don't get sick. [addsig]



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Posted by satchmo on Mon Jan 31st at 12:18am 2005

There is no scientific evidence that vitamin C or citric acid kills the germs in your body. Eating fruits, however, is good for you anyways. So don't stop, but that's not the reason why you don't get sick. [addsig]




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