A friend of mine’s son who lives in the Spokane area got influenza A and B simultaneously over Thanksgiving.

The flu comes on suddenly and usually has a fever. We had influenza A three weeks ago. I went from having a slight tickle in my throat to full blown sick with 102+ fever in just a few hours. Silly me just assumed I had RSV since I had known contact with a sick kid. Turns out we got the double whammy RSV and flu!

There are antivirals like Tamiflu that when administered quickly lessens the impact, but they don’t do much for someone on their 6th day sick.

What about a z-pack? Isn't that one for viruses?

Sounds like you've just got a terrible immune system.

The shot doesn't cover all strains. So you could very well have gotten a different strain.

Ugh. Freaks me out, mid-gastritis flare. I can't currently afford to leave the house and get sick. Please drink lots of water. The last time I was very ill, I swear water and broth saved me. Take care.

What's a Zima Mike?

Any anyway, what's the problem? Did I say something that made you have feels? Idk what TBH. Are you a little white girl on a cul-de-sac pretending to be gangsta, and this hit too close to home?

Honestly asking.

Honestly can’t tell ya, I’m currently in bed with my very first case of the Flu.

I only know cause I was tested.

Tomorrow is the end of week 3 for me. I do feel better but the cough is not going away yet

I'm not convinced that's Western wa

God go get your Zima Mike and leave us alone

Is absolutely hitting hard right now.

Considering the median house prices in many large urban areas in western Washington I'd be suprised if there isn't at least one, million dollar house in that image lol.

That’s horrific. Babies die from RSV, and so do immune-compromised kids.

They have a physical office. Why not just go down in person?

I can honestly say I’ve never had a case of the flu, just bad colds and stomach bugs. How do you tell the difference soon enough in those early days?

No way to know. Could just as easily be North Bend as Battleground or Mill Creek.

What I am sure of is that it's far-removed from anywhere where her street cred might be ... questioned.

Word is they hang at a tavern that has two parking lots - "Liquor in the front - Poker in the rear".

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You’re a baboon

My illness started back in October. Ear infection,pink eye, strep. I took two rounds of antibiotics to get rid of it only to get sick once again later with tonsillitis, then that evolved to what I have now with a nasty cough, mucus coming out of my chest and nose and I’m extremely tired all the time. I’ve been sick for two months straight. I’ve taken all the precautions and vitamins but I’m just not getting any better.

Meanwhile I just saw that one of the County "Health Districts" in one of the deep red counties that was subject to a politically driven takeover during COVID just updated their guidance to encourage parents to send their kids to schools with RSV, mono, and a whole host of other communicable diseases because fuck it, germ theory is a scam or something.

Where in suburbia do you think this person lives?

Well unfortunately it takes other people wearing masks to not transmit it, and those dum dums are too busy marveling over the technology that turns the mountains on a bottle of bud light blue.