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Colloquially people talk about the flu as if its like a cold but a little worse. But the flu can be very serious: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/symptoms.htm
by eindiran 7y ago
Colloquially people talk about the flu as if its like a cold but a little worse. But the flu can be very serious: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/symptoms.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/symptoms.htm
Fevers of 5+ degrees F (lasting 3-5 days), chills, aches, chest pain, etc. And complications (eg pneumonia) are fairly common and can be deadly.
I would wager that most "flu" cases people self-report aren't actually the flu.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoPeople that talk this way about the flu most likely have not had the flu, or at least not a “full flu”. I came down with it in a year when the flu shot was particularly ineffective and that was enough to end any deliberation with the flu shot for me ever again.
- jacquesm 7y agoHow about paralysis? https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/guillain-barre-syndrome.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/guillain-barre-sy... Not directly caused by the flu but correlated, fortunately quite rare.
- eindiran 7y agoInteresting. I has heard the link between GBS and the flu vaccination before (since all the flu vaccine questionnaires mention it), but that article suggests there's evidence that the flu is more likely to cause it than the vaccination, which is supported by this article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19025491 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19025491