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The Flu and Airports (fastcompany.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The CDC says this year's flu season is on track to either rival or dethrone 2009's swine flu. 3,000 people across the U.S. have died as a result of the flu in the first 20 days of 2018, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, and that number has likely risen. If you want to avoid the flu (and of course you do) the National Institute of Health says orange juice won't cut it. Instead, the best flu prevention is a vaccine, and it's not too late to get one. Pair a flu shot with frequent hand washing, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose, or mouth so you don't transfer any virus from your hands, and you just might manage to avoid the flu.
But I'd heard that this year's vaccines had mostly missed the mark.
It'd probably be more effective this year to wash your hands often, don't shake hands (I know, it's antisocial), and keep your hands away from your face.. or my face.
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Not going to work when you have the flu would also be helpful, but probably even the CDC understands that is not a reasonable recommendation.
-- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
In most of the US there are no paid sick days for restaurant workers.
So when you are drinking your soda and eating your sandwich, ask yourself if the sandwich maker could afford to take a sick day.
Is America a truly modern country without universal healthcare or paid time off for illness?
Handshaking. We MUST get rid of this stupid form of greeting. I'm what's commonly referred to as a germaphobe -- I hate touching the hand rails at Disneyland, or the TV remote in a hotel room. (EXTRA CREDIT: The sponge in the sink at work) And, just as loathsome is touching the hand of someone that I haven't just witnessed washing his or her hands.
If we stopped shaking hands, this would go a long way toward stemming the spread of sickness. Hey, Mythbusters confirmed it.
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There are a large number of viruses out there that cause flu-like symptoms that are not actually the flu. The flu vaccine will never protect you from any of these other viruses. So regardless of whether or not you get the flu vaccine it is best to avoid sick people and take other precautions such as proper sanitation.
There is no mention of airports in TFS.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
However, for comparison, the accident rate on commercial airliners is about one in fifteen million take-offs-- with a measured rate of zero for last year-- so if he's comparing it to the risk in a plane crash, that risk is pretty much negligible.
The flu shot, as it turns out was of low efficacy this year. Having had the flu, however, I will take the minor pain in the arm to reduce my chance of getting it by 10%.
I've been on /. too long. I read this a LaTeX and GIMP.
This is a strain known for producing severe flu cases and sometimes-fatal secondary complications.
There is evidence that in past A/H3N2 outbreaks, people who contracted the flu despite being vaccinated had less severe symptoms and fewer complications. Even if the vaccine is only "10% effective" at preventing infection, the evidence still suggests that it's worth getting, especially as this flu is claiming the lives of many young, healthy people.
IMPORTANT: the "10%" figure was an early estimate from Australia in December. More recent figures I've heard are 17% effectiveness and 30% effectiveness in the US.
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I just got through reading an online reference saying that the second round of flu-like symptoms likely isn't flu but rather pneumonia.
If you get the flu, and then seem to get a "relapse" within a week or two, go see a doctor to get evaluated for pneumonia. Pneumonia symptoms are close to those of the flu.
Reference:
https://www.texasmedclinic.com...
--PM
Bullshit. There is no cure for the common cold.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
Eating garlic regularly should help you avoid colds, since it would probably lead to people keeping further away from you.
Eating dog poop would probably be even more effective in that regard.
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A not poor woman in my neighborhood died a week ago from complications of the flu. First she was treated in a local hospital, then taken by ambulance to a major hospital of the highest quality. It was neither prejudice nor poverty that did her in, just misfortune and a nasty disease.
So take your leftist anti-US bias and shove it.
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