Flu Season Again

[MilkBoy]

So we all know, of course, that the flu season is once again with us. This time, with the nasty little addition of H1N1.

So today the first case of it at my school was confirmed along with about 5 others and a handful of cases of the regular flu.

While all the people I know are sitting at home, sick, bored, posting statuses on facebook saying "Sick. Bored. Stuck at home" I get to post a status saying "Everyone is getting the flu. I got kidney stones. I win."

So who else is with me this flu season with stones instead of the flu? Anyone?

 

[Spitfire'd]

this might not be a bad thing. Earlier this week in my home state of Michigan a school in St. Johns closed down for the entire week because 25% of the students called in sick. As far as I know it was just regular flu, but they weren't taking any chances.

Maybe you'll get some time off! Don't get me wrong, education is important but breaks are nice too!

 

[chapp]

I had it a couple weeks ago, it's no worse than the regular flu. You just have to take care of yourself and watch out if it turns into pneumonia.

 

[acefisher1]

I actually got a job doing data entry for the Health Dept. They need all the vaccinations recorded and they gave the job to friends of people that work there and my aunt got me one of the jobs. It pay $15/hr just for data entry, which is kinda sad... But now I'm just waiting for our county to get the vaccine, which apparently isn't any time soon. I guess everyone is running out and they're saying no more vaccines to anyone until November at the earliest, and even then most people won't be getting it.

And about the schools, well I know Chicago is having several schools shut down for at least one week and they're talking about possibly 2 more weeks of shut downs. And the local school here is still running this past week, but I know the whole cheerleading team got it, so probably next week we'll see the school here shut down.

 

[MilkBoy]

Yeah some schools are shutting down. I think the media really made a huge deal about it though...it's not worse than the regular flu. The only people who die from it are elderly people and really young children like infants. Anyone with weakened immune systems. As long as you take care of yourself while you have it, it shouldn't cause any complications.

But did anyone read my whole post and see that the real point was about kidney stones?

 

[lotus blade]

i dont have it. in afghanistan. they have heatstoke. xD