Summer flu is the worse

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LoveTulips

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I am at the end of my bad cold. Not that I want to be sick at any time, but I prefer having a very bad cold in colder weather where at least I feel cozy inside while the weather is cold and wet outside while I am recovering. And it's nice and quiet in colder and wet weather because everyone is inside and not doing outside activities.

Instead, it is stifling hot and it is noisy outside. Landscapers are working outside, kids are playing outside, people are playing music outside now.... yup, hate flu in the summer season.
 

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What people refer to as summer flu is gastroenteritis that is not related to the influenza virus at all. Many people have always casually called stronger cases of Rhinovirus, flu, but not doctors as symptoms are different than head colds. If one does catch any kind of stronger sinus virus in summer, today it is more likely COVID-19, so one ought purchase a drug store test kit and test themselves. Simple to do. This person showed a very clear positive this morning.
 

David777 said:
What people refer to as summer flu is gastroenteritis that is not related to the influenza virus at all. Many people have always casually called stronger cases of Rhinovirus, flu, but not doctors as symptoms are different than head colds. If one does catch any kind of stronger sinus virus in summer, today it is more likely COVID-19, so one ought purchase a drug store test kit and test themselves. Simple to do. This person showed a very clear positive this morning.
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Sorry I should have said a very bad cold, I don't know why I said flu. I will correct.
 
As noted, if one comes down with a serious head cold in the summer, it is now likely to be COVID-19 that people ought test for given its contagiousness and possible lethality around those with weak immune systems. In 2022, I bought 4 kits for about $8 with a September 2023 expiration date. So the test I ran Tuesday was with an expired kit. However, with expired iHealth kits, the result could be false negatives, not false positives as I had. Thus, my kits were still working for a positive result. One can buy these kits cheaply on Amazon or at any drug stores and I will be doing so.

https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=23480822011
 
Thanks for the reminder David. I had about a dozen test kits at one time, but I think they're all used up now. My son thinks he has COVID every time he gets a sniffle, so he needs lots of tests for reassurance. I wonder if that's a thing with his generation?
 

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