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04-29-2008, 07:48 AM
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Who can I blame today for my troubles??
Hmmm... maybe that guy... yeah... him...
Hold on... I have to go yell at someone...
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04-29-2008, 08:10 AM
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Warrior Princess
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Originally Posted by ewomack
I think it's possible but not likely. Since colds come from viruses we either fight them or toss the big cookie. So I've heard, at least, but I'm only a doctor in my spare time, so take any medical advice with a grain or a block of sodium pentathol... I mean chloride... sodium chloride... I always make that mistake. Dang to the nth exponent.
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crack me the D,E, AND F up.
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04-29-2008, 09:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ewomack
I think it's possible but not likely. Since colds come from viruses we either fight them or toss the big cookie. So I've heard, at least, but I'm only a doctor in my spare time, so take any medical advice with a grain or a block of sodium pentathol... I mean chloride... sodium chloride... I always make that mistake. Dang to the nth exponent.
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The Spanish Flu killed an estimated 20 million people throughout the world. Predominantly the young I might add.
Every 60 to 70 years there is a new variation that our immune systems can't cope with. That's what happened with the Spanish Flu, the young had little immunity so suffered worst. The older generations faired better because of repeated infections over the years from the flu viruses.
The new one is over due btw, hence the stock piling of anti-viral drugs by most sensible governments world wide. They were thinking that bird flu would mutate and infect humans. Fortunately it has not, up to now.
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04-29-2008, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
The Spanish Flu killed an estimated 20 million people throughout the world. Predominantly the young I might add.
The new one is over due btw, hence the stock piling of anti-viral drugs by most sensible governments world wide. They were thinking that bird flu would mutate and infect humans. Fortunately it has not, up to now.
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Oh yes that flu was a nasty one - I assume that's the 1918 pandemic you're referring to? There were a few other smaller pandemics (though I think they were called epidemics) throughout the 20th century, the last noteworthy one in the 1960s (a man I work with caught it as a child and barely survived).
There was a swine flu scare in the 1970s but it never turned into a pandemic as feared. There followed a mass vaccination, and more people ended up dying from the vaccine than from the flu itself. So some books tell me.
But that's the flu virus, which can do lots of damage. I think KJ was referring to the common cold virus, which I think does kill some number of people a year, but usually through some sort of wacky complication. Again, so some books and websites tell me. So this is all cheap second hand knowledge. Useful as a used kleenex, so I've heard.
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04-29-2008, 11:10 AM
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Can cars run on satire, or should that be sake
(A thought inspired by Mr Watley)
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04-29-2008, 11:21 AM
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geez boys - i was merely referring to gagging to death on phlegm, which i'm sure i could still do.
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04-29-2008, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by ewomack
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But that's the flu virus, which can do lots of damage. I think KJ was referring to the common cold virus, which I think does kill some number of people a year, but usually through some sort of wacky complication. Again, so some books and websites tell me. So this is all cheap second hand knowledge. Useful as a used kleenex, so I've heard.
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Doh! Well now I just feel stupid. Again!
Colds - Rhinovirus
Flu - Influenza virus
"... Although it is sometimes confused with the common cold, Influenza is a much more severe disease and is caused by a different type of virus ..."
Sorry!
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04-29-2008, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by kristeejo
geez boys - i was merely referring to gagging to death on phlegm, which i'm sure i could still do.
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Hey, you are out of the equation now. The question has taken on a life of its own. 
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04-29-2008, 07:08 PM
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I am thinking that my food better hurry up cooking because I am sooooooooo hungry.
I am making risotto, btw. yum yum.
I should have eaten dinner earlier.
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04-29-2008, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie
I am making risotto, btw. yum yum.
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Mmmm can I come to your house lol
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04-29-2008, 07:14 PM
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I am too hungry to share, sorry.  lol.
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04-29-2008, 07:35 PM
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I was thinking to myself: ooooh risotto sounds so good! Then, darn it, I scrolled up one notch, and saw Christy and SITA discussing phlegm!
....not so hungry anymore. 
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04-29-2008, 07:40 PM
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Oh my...it is nice to be back home, in my chair...and nothing to do...
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04-29-2008, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Domestic Diva
I was thinking to myself: ooooh risotto sounds so good! Then, darn it, I scrolled up one notch, and saw Christy and SITA discussing phlegm!
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Ewww.. I didn't even bother to scroll up this time. Glad I ate my food first. lol.
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05-01-2008, 05:39 AM
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i'm thinking about Disneyland, it's been so long since the last time i've been there..
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05-01-2008, 07:14 AM
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Its been raining so much lately I'm thinking about what size flippers to buy.
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05-01-2008, 10:20 AM
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I think my uvula hurts...
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05-01-2008, 11:45 AM
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A mid-wife once told me that babies should be kept at 18 degrees centigrade. I was gullible.
It never occurred to me to ask what happens to babies born in countries anywhere near the equator like myself. Are they kept in refrigerated rooms?
I lost respect for mid-wives when it occurred to me. Authority figures don't have all the correct answers!
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05-01-2008, 04:41 PM
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I think tomorrow is going to be one hell of a day....
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05-01-2008, 08:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G10
I think tomorrow is going to be one hell of a day....
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for me too?? 
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