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A person I once asked mentioned a 24hr type flu where he was on his back in bed for a day.
How do you tell the difference?
How do you tell the difference?
@drewnogal saidFlu will wipe you out (for more than a day). A cold is usually manageable and still possible to get on with things.
A person I once asked mentioned a 24hr type flu where he was on his back in bed for a day.
How do you tell the difference?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThe UK is said to be heading for a huge flu outbreak this winter. Not yet had my flu jab and we 3 in our house suddenly got trachaeitis within a day of each other 5 days ago and still feeling unwell. One of us never even gets a cold so must be flu I guess as the other had a negative Covid test.
Flu will wipe you out (for more than a day). A cold is usually manageable and still possible to get on with things.
@drewnogal saida long time back my eldest brother caught hongkong flu he passed out in the bathroom and spent over a week in bed.
The UK is said to be heading for a huge flu outbreak this winter. Not yet had my flu jab and we 3 in our house suddenly got trachaeitis within a day of each other 5 days ago and still feeling unwell. One of us never even gets a cold so must be flu I guess as the other had a negative Covid test.
@drewnogal saidI flipped a coin...it’s a cold.😲👍
A person I once asked mentioned a 24hr type flu where he was on his back in bed for a day.
How do you tell the difference?
@drewnogal saidFunny last year there was no flu, just covid and now they're trying to get the economy working again it's going to be a flu winter.
The UK is said to be heading for a huge flu outbreak this winter. Not yet had my flu jab and we 3 in our house suddenly got trachaeitis within a day of each other 5 days ago and still feeling unwell. One of us never even gets a cold so must be flu I guess as the other had a negative Covid test.
@badradger saidTrust he made a full recovery.
a long time back my eldest brother caught hongkong flu he passed out in the bathroom and spent over a week in bed.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidmy son love it he used to sing2hong kong fuey never seen u for ayear)
Trust he made a full recovery.
Did he go on to become Hong Kong Fluey? (Niche joke.)
@relentless-red saidSome colds can make you feel rough and lethargic for days yet it sounds pathetic to ring in sick for work saying it’s because of a cold so we call it flu.
@drewnogal
The problem with short lived viral illnesses is that you really have very little idea what they were. When people get a viral illness at it's worst it gets much easier to figure out what it was because it produces it's typical picture, but if people have it in a mild way it can mimic a 24 hour cold or even be asymptomatic.
Historically some people were ...[text shortened]... for a 24 hour self limiting illness, but since common things occur commonly it was probably a cold.
@drewnogal saidThat's like claiming to have flu to have a sicky when you're sick anyway. If I tried that I'd probably get flu three weeks later which would then sound impossible. I'd have to say I was stuck at home due to wiper blade issues which sounds more pathetic than a cold. It's so much better just being retired.
Some colds can make you feel rough and lethargic for days yet it sounds pathetic to ring in sick for work saying it’s because of a cold so we call it flu.
@relentless-red saidOh dear, the perished rubber issue rears it’s ugly head once again 🙂
That's like claiming to have flu to have a sicky when you're sick anyway. If I tried that I'd probably get flu three weeks later which would then sound impossible. I'd have to say I was stuck at home due to wiper blade issues which sounds more pathetic than a cold. It's so much better just being retired.
@drewnogal saidMost discussed topic at the Brook Advisory Clinic.
Oh dear, the perished rubber issue rears it’s ugly head once again 🙂