Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica

Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica by vwarner1411 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:54PM (#23697280)

The colds that would crop up after a month always surprised me during my deployments. Where did it come from? We haven't had contact with anyone outside our group of like 40-50 people.

I remember always feeling suddenly overwhelmed by people. You spend a few months with only a couple dozen people. Then you end up in NZ or Chile and fly back stateside. Suddenly there are thousands of people around.

Dang, I suddenly miss all my Antarctic peeps.

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Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @06:56AM (#23700097)

During our current isolation I've had probably 3 bouts of colds, that seems no less than normal (and one that I thought was a cold and now think might be a midlife tree pollen aversion). That surprised me - like where is it coming from!

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Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica by flemhans on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:42AM (#23700364)

I’ve had nothing since February, and I’d usually get something over such a long period

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