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It would be helpful if people could stop using the flu - or, outside the anglosphere, influenza - as a blanket descriptor for the common cold and all sorts of m
by interfixus 9y ago
It would be helpful if people could stop using the flu - or, outside the anglosphere, influenza - as a blanket descriptor for the common cold and all sorts of minor malaise.
Influenza is serious and relatively rare. Not something you get several times a year, one or two days at a time.
- Retric 9y agoTheir are several types of Influenza, but most cases last less than a week and 1/3 of the time people have no symptoms. So, being really sick for 2-3 days is not uncommon, though your right that many other things can cause similar symptoms.