67 Flu deaths in NC...

chiefjason said:
When I read it in high school I got sick right after starting it. I was not amused.


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I read both versions. The edited shorter version and the later release as King intended.
Every time I got the sniffles after that is flash back to the book.

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My wife spent nearly 5 hours at the walk in clinic with our daughter yesterday. Bad headache, chest congestion. Luckily no flu. But another bug that they have seen a lot of this month.
Gave us a scare because her headache symptoms were similar to meningitis.

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I spent 12 hours at a hospital last Monday, nearly 7 of those hours in an ER waiting room with friends who were waiting to be seen. Perhaps 80 people waiting, and it seemed like 40 of them were coughing and oozing flu cases. Okay, maybe not all 40 of them, but it sure felt that way- I kept moving around to find a neutral corner, assessing which ones were trying to be polite and which ones were trying to see how many other folks they could infect as if they get paid a commission for each one. I think I disinfected my hands 20 times that day. So far lucky as my immune system seems to have held the fort.
 
Would be curious to see how many people died driving home from work?
 
Chuckman said:
They always miss the mark. The best efficacy I have seen in the literature is about 30%. Some years it is about 18%. But it is hard to make a vaccine for a virus that you cannot contain. So they engineer existing viruses to make the vaccine based on best guess of what the next season flu looks like. It mutates so quickly.
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I guess it's still a ways off, but the goal is to develop a vaccine that attacks the stalk rather than the "hook" that the virus uses to attach to its intended victim cells and that would provide immunity against all variants. I guess it's much harder to develop but if they're successful, the flu could pretty much be a thing of the past.
 
noway2 said:
I guess it's still a ways off, but the goal is to develop a vaccine that attacks the stalk rather than the "hook" that the virus uses to attach to its intended victim cells and that would provide immunity against all variants. I guess it's much harder to develop but if they're successful, the flu could pretty much be a thing of the past.
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Yeah, that shows the issues with viruses. They usually mutate faster than the vaccine can develop. If you can somehow disrupt their ability to mutate and replicate, then you have a winner.
 
just today before lunch, I get this slight runny nose, sniff it and get the burning sensation. been sniffly ever since but Clear passage. a bit ago my ears are trying to pop but wont and getting a little tight in the back of my neck....
blech..

and i just sneezed... twice. it's usually once.
 
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Mirac said:
just today before lunch, I get this slight runny nose, sniff it and get the burning sensation. been sniffly ever since but Clear passage. a bit ago my ears are trying to pop but wont and getting a little tight in the back of my neck....
blech..

and i just sneezed... twice. it's usually once.
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I feel about the same right now, it maybe because today was my Friday and I'm not at work anymore. Lol.
I was cutting some mahogany crown moulding lastnight and my vacuum on the saw was plugged, shop was filled with dust. Maybe it's just from that.
Find out tomorrow if it get better or worse.
 
Mirac said:
I feel about the same right now, it maybe because today was my Friday and I'm not at work anymore. Lol.
I was cutting some mahogany crown moulding lastnight and my vacuum on the saw was plugged, shop was filled with dust. Maybe it's just from that.
Find out tomorrow if it get better or worse.
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Dude if you don't wake up feeling better run to the Dr. I luckily caught it fast enough that tamiflu helped.
 
I don't think you can have a healthy disease-fighting system if you prop it up with medications. The biggest success to be attributed to those vaccines is making you more susceptible the next go-round.
 
Up to 95 people, in the hospital now with my wife. She has the flu and been here since Wednesday around 0630. She may get to go home around lunch. Was on a bypap? most of Wednesday with around the clock nebulizer treatments. Finally off oxygen, her levels still drop when she sleeps, think she might also have sleep apnea. We'll have to get her checked out.
 
Chuckman said:
Make sure you are practicing good hand hygiene

http://www.wral.com/flu-deaths-spike-to-67-across-nc/17289262/
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Good hand hygiene, by the way, means wash them with soap and water.

This hand sanitizer cr*p is baaaaaaaad for your skin. I don't care how much aloe/lotion a hand sanitizer has in it, that doesn't change the fact that rubbing your skin down with 70% (or higher) alcohol isn't killing layers of skin. All the aloe/lotion is doing is making that dead skin soft.

Alcohol will bind with, and remove, both water and oils from your skin. That means all the skin cells it touches...IT KILLS.

I'll say this again: dousing your skin with alcohol is BAD FOR YOUR SKIN.

Treat your skin well...not only is it the largest organ of your body, it's absolutely critical to your health because it's literally your first line of defense against infections. A healthy skin keeps the rest of your body healthy.
 
Diverdad said:
Up to 95 people, in the hospital now with my wife. She has the flu and been here since Wednesday around 0630. She may get to go home around lunch. Was on a bypap? most of Wednesday with around the clock nebulizer treatments. Finally off oxygen, her levels still drop when she sleeps, think she might also have sleep apnea. We'll have to get her checked out.
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best wishes for her speedy recovery.
Sleep studies are one thing you can compare prices for. You insurance company may have a Link to easily compare. After all, you could get hit with the cost depending on your deductible.
I had a sleep study in 2011. Scored a 75.
CPAP helped my wife sleep better too. [emoji6]

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Wife and daughter tested positive for the flu, we all had our shots, I’m on a preventative dose of tamiflu
 
My 87 year old dad had it last week. He had been to the Dr. and was over the hump by the time he let me know. Not good when someone of that age catches it. Fortunately he is in pretty good shape for his age.
 
+1 Remshooter....my father-in-law had the Flu.

he's better now. Hospice was called but they backed off.
he's in a Nursing Home where they ask you NOT to visit due to Flu.

my Grand-Uncle told us stories about the Spanish Flu.
he rode the train with the Idaho soldiers 100 years ago.
according to him, over 200 died during a 3-day trip.
 
3ought2 said:
From this article it seems many died from the "Spanish flue" from fear by those not sick.
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I remember several years ago when the swine flu was raging. They said that older folks who had been around for the Spanish flu would be more likely to have some resistance to it as they were similar strains.
 
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