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Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals by Gibbon1 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:43AM (#22694670)
Taking to some nurse friends they say a lot of people think they have the flu when it's a bad cold. And some people just appear to not be very susceptible. Friends that have gotten the flu appear to be laid out flat for week or more.

Based on that I think I've never had the flu.

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Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals by rootusrootus on Thursday March 26, 2020 @02:35PM (#22696469)
> laid out flat for week or more

That sounds about right. I did not really appreciate the distinction between a bad cold and the flu until I finally got the flu. I gained a real appreciation for why it kills weaker people.

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Re:Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals by karatestomp on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:50AM (#22694758)
I didn’t get the flu until well into my 20s. Never got vaccinated, either. Ditto strep throat and sinus infections. Get all of them now. My diet and lifestyle are vastly healthier now than then and I have less exposure, so I guess HGH and massive amounts of testosterone are just a hell of a drug.
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