H1N1 / Swine flu - Personal experiences and stories you have come across
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Nov 14th, 2009, 07:12 PM
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I rarely get sick, but I woke up this morning with a running nose & feeling yucky.
One of my bf is an Avian Flu/Swine Flu fear-monger. So, I've decided to cancel all plans & stay home at least for today. I have to admit I don't feel well.
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Nov 14th, 2009, 08:20 PM
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i think obama had some HOLY CRAP water during his campaign that everyone was FORCED to drink causing their reasoning to fall out of their poopers
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Nov 14th, 2009, 10:09 PM
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Seems to be picking up steam by the sounds of it. The rate of posts in here are increasing, this trend should continue as it gets colder.
In colder weather your sinus cavity and lips get dry, this leads to little cracks forming which the virus can easily enter.
So the colder and dryer it gets, the more cases we should see.
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Nov 14th, 2009, 10:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StockJock-e
Seems to be picking up steam by the sounds of it. The rate of posts in here are increasing, this trend should continue as it gets colder.
In colder weather your sinus cavity and lips get dry, this leads to little cracks forming which the virus can easily enter.
So the colder and dryer it gets, the more cases we should see.
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Interesting. I didn't know that dry lips caused more chances of catching viruses. I guess it makes sense. Maybe I'm a little slow. So, chap stick is a pretty good barrier huh?
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Nov 14th, 2009, 11:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Janie
I rarely get sick, but I woke up this morning with a running nose & feeling yucky.
One of my bf is an Avian Flu/Swine Flu fear-monger. So, I've decided to cancel all plans & stay home at least for today. I have to admit I don't feel well.
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One of your bf? i like how you roll 
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Nov 14th, 2009, 11:28 PM
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Went on a trip to china this past summer, there were about 2000 students, there was a huge swine flu scare.
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Nov 14th, 2009, 11:40 PM
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I have no plans for traveling this flu season, and I don't go out much in the winter except to get groceries and such. I'm thinking I'll be fine. Just use hand sanitizer after you're done using shopping carts and things like that. I learned in microbiology that shopping carts are notorious for being fomites.
*A fomite is any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms. Yay vocab!
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Nov 15th, 2009, 04:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StockJock-e
Seems to be picking up steam by the sounds of it. The rate of posts in here are increasing, this trend should continue as it gets colder.
In colder weather your sinus cavity and lips get dry, this leads to little cracks forming which the virus can easily enter.
So the colder and dryer it gets, the more cases we should see.
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h1n1 is respiratory. Those who have respiratory issues like myself, are at high risk. It shouldn't matter if you have cracked lips or not, if you can breathe period, you are at risk of being infected.
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Nov 15th, 2009, 11:55 AM
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The CDC has a good website which answers pretty much any question you would want to know (and a bunch you probably don't care about) about the H1N1 flu...
http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/
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