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7_Sorrows
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Hope you get well soon Stephie. Tonight I feel like I might be coming down with something.
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StephieNorthCo
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Thanks. Get ahead of it. Lots of rest. It ain’t any fun at all.
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theCardinalbird
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ive been getting sick recently, colds. maybe I’m getting it at Church? I’m debating if i should go to church tomorrow because I’m in another country and i dont want to catch anything or get anyone else sick.
what should i do?
what should i do?
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7_Sorrows
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I was really looking forward to the Masses this weekend. I am hoping it might just be sinuses.
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TigerLily-1
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Same here and fingers crossed it’s only a cold or a reaction to the frigid weather we’re having here.
Hope you feel better tomorrow!
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TigerLily-1
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Get well soon Stephie!
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babochka
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Thank you so much for this! I also have a condition that results in a chronic, sometimes severe, cough and occasional vomiting. I assure you, I am not contagious.
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7_Sorrows
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I hope you feel better too. I certainly could not live in North Dakota or Minnesota.7_Sorrows:
Same here and fingers crossed it’s only a cold or a reaction to the frigid weather we’re having here.
Hope you feel better tomorrow!
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babochka
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Life is a petri dish. You ought to see what they find on shopping carts. Any surface, really.El_PAso:
Also skip the Holy Water Font. That thing is a petri dish.
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TigerLily-1
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Neither could I! I live on the east coast and this is very cold for us. It’s 17 F and on Sunday night, it’ll be 8 F. We’ll have this weather for about another week.
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oldgraymare2
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Unfortunately, I’ve heard that the shot/s weren’t very effective, either. 
All that any of us can try and do is just try and stay as healthy as we can.
God bless all of us, and I wish all of us a healthy and happy New Year!
All that any of us can try and do is just try and stay as healthy as we can.
God bless all of us, and I wish all of us a healthy and happy New Year!
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babochka
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Coughing and sneezing are much more likely to be symptoms of a cold. If you’ve got the flu and you know about, it is highly unlikely you’d be in church. Most people with the flu can barely get out of bed. The biggest danger lies in the day or two before you’re showing signs of illness, when you’re already contagious, and the period of up to three days after symptoms have subsided that you can still spread the germs. Some illness have a persistent cough, even when the contagious period has long since passed.
Of course, people have to be considerate and not knowingly pass on an illness, but if an individual is immune-compromised or otherwise cannot get sick, it is really important to take every precaution - masks, hand sanitizers, staying out of crowded public places, etc. It is easy to place in your sights the person who is coughing at church, but is is just as likely to be the clerk at the grocery store who handled your carton of milk, the person in line before you who signed the credit card machine, or somebody who touched the pen or the counter at the doctor’s office.
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oldgraymare2
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I remember the Hong Kong flu that was going around in the late 60’s.
My whole immediate family had it, all at the same time. I remember feeling so ill, that I asked my Mom for reassurance that we would be alright.
I hoped to never be that ill again. That was one horrible flu strain.
The shots that are given today, contain a dead virus. People can have a reaction to the shot/s, but a person cannot get the flu from the shot, as the virus is dead. Your body builds up antibodies to it.
The nasal mist that is given, is a live flu virus.
My whole immediate family had it, all at the same time. I remember feeling so ill, that I asked my Mom for reassurance that we would be alright.
I hoped to never be that ill again. That was one horrible flu strain.
The shots that are given today, contain a dead virus. People can have a reaction to the shot/s, but a person cannot get the flu from the shot, as the virus is dead. Your body builds up antibodies to it.
The nasal mist that is given, is a live flu virus.
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EricF
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I’ve only had full blown influenza once, 21 years ago. The first week I was afraid I was going to die. The second week I was afraid I wasn’t. It was rough.
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oldgraymare2
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It’s horrible, isn’t it.
The last time that I had it, was in the early 90’s. I became ill really quickly.
I ended up going to the ER after calling our doctor because I was having trouble breathing and I needed a breathing treatment.
I was also given an inhaler to use.
I ended up with bronchitis on top of, and I had a lingering cough for several weeks, and it took me several weeks to recover too, before I could actually breathe more normally again.
The last time that I had it, was in the early 90’s. I became ill really quickly.
I ended up going to the ER after calling our doctor because I was having trouble breathing and I needed a breathing treatment.
I was also given an inhaler to use.
I ended up with bronchitis on top of, and I had a lingering cough for several weeks, and it took me several weeks to recover too, before I could actually breathe more normally again.
Tis_Bearself
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Petri dish is good for you, builds up your immune system.
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TheHolyTrinity
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Flu season has passed here, there were triple the number of those affected with the flu this winder than in 2016. Though illnesses not so bad. The increase numbers infected where due to as the dominant strain influenza A, H3N2, began to mutate. A couple of years ago a friend mid 40’s died at home from ARDS a complication of influenza. Very sad times.
I stopped having the flu vaccine in the early 2000’s because I would develop influenza about three months post vaccination. This occurred three years running, the worst years infection wise for me. Some vaccines I can tolerate well, like the whooping cough vaccine. But others like polio and the flu vaccine seems to play havoc with my immune system where by I become very unwell for long periods of time.
I stopped having the flu vaccine in the early 2000’s because I would develop influenza about three months post vaccination. This occurred three years running, the worst years infection wise for me. Some vaccines I can tolerate well, like the whooping cough vaccine. But others like polio and the flu vaccine seems to play havoc with my immune system where by I become very unwell for long periods of time.
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TheHolyTrinity
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This wise parish used the correct PPE gear during a epidemic flu season …
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Greenfields
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Carrying hand sanitisers with you for shopping,being at the medical clinic,using public toilets…everywhere
is a good idea.Have them handy in your car and bags
is a good idea.Have them handy in your car and bags
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TheLittleLady
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The shops in this part of the world often have auto open doors that do not need to be touched and they do supply anti bacterial wipes in a dispenser next to the carts, so, one can do at least a swipe at cleaning. I carry Clorox bleach wipes and alcohol based gel to use on my hands after touching such things.
Awareness of bacteria and viruses is important when one has an immune compromised person in the home (or when you simply do not enjoy missing work for illness).
Also, in this part of the world the Holy Water in the fonts is made from plain ole tap water without added bleach or other chemicals. The fonts are cleaned weekly, after cleaning those fonts a couple of times one realizes how much dirt and grime comes off hands into that water. Ewwwwww.
Awareness of bacteria and viruses is important when one has an immune compromised person in the home (or when you simply do not enjoy missing work for illness).
Also, in this part of the world the Holy Water in the fonts is made from plain ole tap water without added bleach or other chemicals. The fonts are cleaned weekly, after cleaning those fonts a couple of times one realizes how much dirt and grime comes off hands into that water. Ewwwwww.
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