Influenza outbreak is ongoing since November . . . just like every year except 2020.

how about pro and college sports. they use them daily for everyone involved. screw us.

I had cold/flu/sinus infection symptoms between Thanksgiving and Christmas pretty much gone by Christmas. I did not even consider getting tested. Might have been COVID who knows but I had the jabs and it went away like a normal virus of that type. Only thing I took was some Mucinex and it did seem to help. I don’t get the testing for every little sniffle either.

same here. we all had it.

I can identify with her illness. Of course I had my well documented case (documented here on the OT) in April 2020. Then in early Oct Mrs RayBob, who has been exposed hundreds of times doing face to face interviews pre-surgery with patients in her little 10'x12' office finally came down with it (pretty sick for a week). Well I got sick on her 3rd day of illness with the same symptoms. She had had a positive rapid test and a negative flu swab. We were both pretty sick but no high fevers.

Then right before Christmas our 19 yo daughter got sick. Quarantined in her room (Her BF had been sick several days earlier). The, like clockwork, right before New Year oldest son got sick, got a positive swab, came home rode it out. Right after him, middle son got it, then last Friday I became symptomatic. Sat. fever 103 and barely responsive to tylenol and Advil. Pretty sick that day, Sunday a little better.

Symptoms the much the same, 3-4 days fever , cough, sore/scratchy throat, some headache, wiped out energy. Pretty contagious.

Well said SIR

Dang, hope you get better soon.

well, we're all going to die

Thank God, he just came back with a thumbs up negative test. Hallelujah! Now we can wait until the next test.

I can identify with her illness. Of course I had my well documented case (documented here on the OT) in April 2020. Then in early Oct Mrs RayBob, who has been exposed hundreds of times doing face to face interviews pre-surgery with patients in her little 10'x12' office finally came down with it (pretty sick for a week). Well I got sick on her 3rd day of illness with the same symptoms. She had had a positive rapid test and a negative flu swab. We were both pretty sick but no high fevers.

Then right before Christmas our 19 yo daughter got sick. Quarantined in her room (Her BF had been sick several days earlier). The, like clockwork, right before New Year oldest son got sick, got a positive swab, came home rode it out. Right after him, middle son got it, then last Friday I became symptomatic. Sat. fever 103 and barely responsive to tylenol and Advil. Pretty sick that day, Sunday a little better.

Symptoms the much the same, 3-4 days fever , cough, sore/scratchy throat, some headache, wiped out energy. Pretty contagious. [/quote]

Dang, hope you get better soon.[/quote]

Slowly climbing out of this hole. Thanks for the well wishes.

Some employers have in in their coming back to work standards and by default then when symptomatic one will have to be swabbed for diagnostics.

Clinics and providers have been swabbing for influenza and strep for decades. I'm cool with swabbing as a diagnostic tool. But swabbing because you're "scared" and "just want to be safe" is stoopid !

Another quorstion is are you trying to hook them up? I can see introducing them to each other but taking them out everyday for a week seems like overkill !

I see reading comprehension isn't some of y'alls strong suit.

So is this the new definition of a cold front?