So, what I actually meant earlier is that the flu is crazy in Boston this year: [link]
(I think in real life, the flu is crazy everywhere.)
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 09, 2013 8:59:46 am PST #7107 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pix - Jan 09, 2013 9:08:36 am PST #7108 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
ND picked up the flu in Florida and was sick as a dog--103 fever in the ER last week. TamiFlu knocked it back after a few days, but everyone, GET your flu shot!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2013 9:11:16 am PST #7109 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've been around people with the flu all through the holiday season, but I did get a flu shot this year and so far no sign of the ick. I hope if I haven't gotten it yet, I'm not going to at all, but we'll see.
Kate P. - Jan 09, 2013 9:12:34 am PST #7110 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yikes, scary reports about the flu! All three of us got our flu shots already, so I hope we'll be OK. Rose had to get hers in two parts, and we took her for the second one just a few days before Christmas, whereupon she promptly came down with a bad cold, quite possibly from some sick kid in the waiting room. But still, far better to have a cold than the flu! (She's all recovered now.)
Jessica - Jan 09, 2013 9:15:03 am PST #7111 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I got my flu shot WAY late this year since Hurricane Sandy pushed back my office's health fair to a date when I couldn't make it into the office. But I did finally haul my ass over to Walgreens so the family is all vaxxed up. (Except Aeryn, who gets her second dose at her 2-year appointment next week. And next year both kids can get Flumist which will make them both much happier.)
le nubian - Jan 09, 2013 9:15:41 am PST #7112 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn. I missed my flu shot. would it do any good to get it this week?
-t - Jan 09, 2013 9:18:33 am PST #7113 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't gotten mine either, but I keep seeing PSAs saying it's not too late, so I'll try to squeeze one in soon.
flea - Jan 09, 2013 9:19:14 am PST #7114 of 30001
information libertarian
The flu shot takes 2 weeks to fully protect you (and even then it's not 100% effective), but flu season continues through March, so it's probably worth it (and free with many insurances, and only $20 or so at Kroger/CVS/etc. clinics).
Connie Neil - Jan 09, 2013 9:19:58 am PST #7115 of 30001
brillig
Got my shot in October. Yay, metabolic disorder!
edit: I think I got a hepatitis shot at the same time.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2013 9:20:27 am PST #7116 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got me my flu shot, but I'm trying to remember what the other shot one of the triaging nurses asked me about was...hmm. I'm low risk in that I rarely am in contact with people with compromised immune systems, except hospital every week. So there's that.
Okay, I got to knuckle down. It might not be a day of onerosity for everyone, but I've got half a Twix and a cup of tea, and I'm going to hammer away at these testing documents. And only cheat by doing research on graphics tablets. Is it cheating if you make rules to allow it?
Oh! Speaking of cheating, I was thinking of this question easier--if you found out that the SO of someone close to you (family member, best friend), would you tell the cuckold the truth? Do you consider it more or less "getting in their business" to insist the cheater come clean?
Okay, I gotta go set some scope and shit.