My doctor: "SO much flu ... "

Good grief, OP. You're preaching to the choir. Save it for elsewhere.

Naturally, they're looking at China.

My brother caught it last week, still suffering symptoms.

OP, can you cut to the chase and clearly TELL ME what outrage I'm supposed to contribute?

I haven't personally seen any difference this year than last, and I was just on two extended work trips - numerous airports, 2 convention centers, etc. I always get a flu shot, and nearly everyone I know does.

Yeah go ahead and be all smug R4. I'm hacking up a lung over here!

Why is everyone on the OP? He's relating a story from his visit to his doctor and how many flu cases he's seeing. And added he justified disdain for the anti-vaxxers. As I mentioned in another thread, my son had to wait all day and into the evening to get admitted to a room because of all the flu, Covid, and RSV cases they were seeing. It's not, "oh no, the sky is falling," but it is serious if it's straining our health care system.

R7 1) because it's possibly an EST

2) there is more than one agenda

3) its concern trolling, but is it only that?

4) Nasty aside about Magats who have the flu, and it's assumed no magat takes vaccines, ever.

I currently have the flu. I haven't had it in so many years that I honestly forgot about 'the flu'. It really really fucked me up and I just found out there's a thing after the flu that cause pretty painful muscle spasms (different from muscle ache of the flu). Guess how I found this out?

[quote]1) because it's possibly an EST

OP here. Trust me: "my doctor is seeing a lot of flu right now" isn't my idea of 'elaborate.'

I get the flu shot each autumn, cuz ... it's included in my ACA policy.

On the plus side, I didn't eat more than a few crackers a day for a week. I am surprised it's not a more popular diet.

I joke, I don't diet nor recommend the flu. but, triskits are great if you are sick.

Western experts have publicly called on China to be more transparent about a viral outbreak overwhelming its hospitals — as data shows the virus is growing in the US.

Beijing has downplayed footage of overcrowded waiting rooms and wards posted on social media, saying respiratory infections are 'less severe' and 'smaller in scale' compared to last year.

That has led some to fear there are similarities with the current situation and the Covid outbreak in 2019, which was initially played down by China.

r10 It's not the fact that your doctor is seeing a lot of flu. It's the fake conversation you created that lost rational readers here.

R7, don’t you get it???

ALL FORMS OF SICKNESS are a demoncrat conspiracy. People don’t get sick unless the dumbocrats want us too! And there’s just doing it to inject their fake mind control vaccine into us, and subject us to mask slavery.

I distinctly heard Emperor Trump say this exact thing in 2022, the sixth year of his presidency.

[Quote] triskits are great

Oh dear.

I had a flu shot but got sick with it anyway. Horrible but it’s slowly going away.

[quote] It's not the fact that your doctor is seeing a lot of flu. It's the fake conversation you created that lost rational readers here.

Why do you think the conversation was fake, R14? Was my son's experience in the ER last week also fake?

[quote]2) there is more than one agenda

Tell us, what is your agenda, R8.

[quote]4) Nasty aside about Magats who have the flu, and it's assumed no magat takes vaccines, ever.

Oh, you poor baby! He said a nasty thing! Boo-fucking-hoo. Most anti-vaxxers are MAGAts.

R18 I done EXPLAINED it to you already in my r of the 15!!! Can you not READ, brother?

Or have you fallen for the FEAR and PARANOIA culture of the Dopeycrats and their phoney mind control vaccines???

Yes, I read your drivel at R15. You're just a fucking idiot troll.

r18 I agree with your 2nd and 3rd points, but your first is idiotic. Learn to read. I said "It's not the fact that your doctor is seeing a lot of flu." So, do you get it? I agree that this is likely true.

It's the "He stopped and sighed. After a second he said, "SO much flu. I don't get it. We try to give good information and free flu shots and it's like no one is interested any more. And it feeds on itself. The more people get it, the more people get it from them and on and on." that is the ridiculous, fake quotation.

Also - seriously - sorry your son had/has it.

[quote]It's the "He stopped and sighed. After a second he said, "SO much flu. I don't get it. We try to give good information and free flu shots and it's like no one is interested any more. And it feeds on itself. The more people get it, the more people get it from them and on and on." that is the ridiculous, fake quotation.

No it's not.

I doubt the OP had a pen and paper to write down exactly what the doctor said but the quote sounds perfectly fine and conversational: ""SO much flu. I don't get it. We try to give good information and free flu shots and it's like no one is interested any more. And it feeds on itself. The more people get it, the more people get it from them and on and on."

I’m now officially scared of bird flu

I'm scared how divisive and nasty and disingenuous we are with each other on DL. Wait. I'm bored. If this were delightful and witty I'd be into it.

Yep, my boss had it earlier and was down for a week. She's a workaholic, so it takes a lot to keep her down. My employee and her daughter may have it now.

I’m more frightened by some of the responses here than I am of the flu.

r24 "If this were delightful and witty I'd be into it. "

Your 3rd post in this thread, so you must be into it a little.

[quote]"SO much flu. I don't get it. We try to give good information and free flu shots and it's like no one is interested any more. And it feeds on itself. The more people get it, the more people get it from them and on and on."

Maybe your doctor asks his patience about their vaccine status so he knows they didn't get vaccinated, but many patients may have gotten their flu shot this year but are seeking medical care because 2024/25 wasn't a great match; they may have gotten a different strain of influenza:

"Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest

Data from the southern hemisphere show that this year's flu shot was 34.5% effective against hospitalization in high-risk groups during that half of the globe's winter respiratory season.

Kawsar Talaat, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, told USA Today that the 34.5% effectiveness from the southern hemisphere is "a little bit disappointing," adding that physicians would like it to be closer to 50%.

Indeed, if the trend tracks last year, the U.S. could be looking at a far less successful vaccine effectiveness this winter season."

My point was that flu-related doctor visits/hospitalizations aren't necessarily a sign that people aren't getting the flu shot, just that some years the vaccine isn't the best match. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but I assume/hope the annual flu shot uptake has remained steady.

OP sounds REALLY old.

This conversation is something you hear your 80 year old frauen talking about.

OP forgot to tell us his blood pressure and cholesterol numbers, what CPAP machine he’s using, and what brand of fiber he’s taking to bulk up his stools.

It does seem that more friends and family have had it this year. And it seems to take longer to get over it.

*patients (not patience)

r34 You're determined to bump this thread for some odd reason

[QUOTE] I’m now officially scared of bird flu

So is my bank account. Fucking eggs are damn near $6 a carton.

[quote]You're determined to bump this thread for some odd reason

Not at all. After I posted I kind of wondered if it sounded like I was saying something against the flu shot, which I absolutely wasn't...so I clarified. Then I saw that I had somehow written patience instead of patients and didn't want an "Oh, dear", so I corrected it. Nothing to see here...

Was hospitalized four times last year, not from flu, but had c-diff twice. During the c-diff stays, I was put in my own room in isolation, with huge red signs and tape all over the doorway advising staff to wear masks, gloves, and gown up. Nothing could leave my room without being discarded into the biohazard trash or placed into a special bin for decontamination. Strangely, my huzbear never got it, thank goodness. During my visit in early Fall, while giving me meds, one of the staff came in with a needle already loaded. She said "flu season is already bad this year... do I have your permission...? I said "Yes" as the needle went into my arm. I always get flu and the latest COVID shots as soon as they come out, but put it off last year.

The last hospitalization lasted over four weeks. This time,, for heart, liver, and kidney failure. Yes, I'm a mess and will not survive this for long. Anyway, I was then transferred to a "post-acute rehab center for a week. It was basically a (depressing) nursing home. While there, husbear said there were seven rooms sealed off with the red warning signs on my floor. When we asked if c-diff is going around, they said no, that it was all MRSA cases bacterial, not viral infections). We couldn't wait to get home.

Getting back to flu, last year I knew of 3 or 4 friends who got flu, all lasting at least a week, none of whom got the vaccination. All otherwise healthy people. One was a UCLA-educated scientist in his late 20s who reported to me in a medical lab. He'd already had COVID earlier last year, which spread throughout the rest of the group. No vaccines. I'd already been sick and had been working from home. It was the last straw. I decided to retire. a couple of years early. During a Zoom meeting, I went off on a rampage about it. My boss was there, nodding in agreement and shaking his finger at them. I

t's been six months since I've seen them. I've lost 68 lbs and am skin and bones. I plan to visit soon and will confess that I've spent most of my adult live drinking and smoking myself to death.

All I keep hearing about is some nasty stomach bug that hits hard and fast and then is gone within 48 hours. And some respiratory thing that hangs on forever. Not sure if either of those is the flu ...

Same here r39.

[Quote] Yes, I read your drivel at [R15]. You're just a fucking idiot troll.

What a dimwit “Dustin” is.

My cousin has a weak immune system. He got his Flue Shot in November and became desperately ill with a different strain of flu a couple weeks ago. He had to go to the ER and get IVs for dehydration. High fevers that were all over the place and severe congestion and diarreah. It was bad. He is finally starting to feel better, but it was bad.

OMG!!!! When did this flu thing start? I've never heard of this! What exactly is the flu? How do you catch it? SYMPTOMS PLEASE!!!!

Flu is dangerous

Immediate neighbors, a conventional family of 4, all got NOVO at a New Year's Eve event in Maryland. They only emerged from the house this morning.

When I have influenza I INSIST that I have Le Grippe.

My Wife and I both came down with it after the day after Christmas. We’re still sick, albeit on the tail end. I still don’t have a voice, and am finishing up my round of antibiotics due to a secondary sinus infection.

Nurse here. Get vaccinated or don’t, IDGAF anymore. Tired of trying to convince people who reject fact and objective reality to be proactive about their wellbeing.

I used to get the flu shot and then get the flu every spring when it wore off. Stopped taking it 15 yrs ago and haven't had the flu since then, until this past week. At one point, I couldn't breathe well and had to go to ER. Steroids and an inhaler and back to normal a few days later. It's brutal.

i am fine so far...touch wood.

wash your hands boys!

I got all my shots, and I avoid crowds and when I am out in public at the grocery store I don't dally. And yes. Wash your hands. keep a mask handy for touchy situations. Be smart. Get enough rest hydrate and don't be a drunk.

Still have the throat tickle with an occasional dry cough, not sneezing and blowing as much, but my left eye is watery.

SHOTS! More shots PEOPLE!

It's not so much about washing your hands, but not touching your eyes, nose or mouth AT ALL But if you must, do it with your knuckles, which are much cleaner than your fingertips. Unless you're the type of person to press buttons with your knuckles.

r54 Seriously you bumped this asinine thread to just add that?

R55, *shrugs* I just got home from work, I'm not on the internets the whole day. You not excoriating r53 from 5 hours ago? Sheesh.